The Senate’s Republican Leader – Mitch McConnell – has said he will support gun legislation currently being crafted in the Senate. According to The Hill, McConnell told reporters Tuesday that he is “comfortable with the framework and if the legislation ends up reflecting what the framework indicates” he would support the bill. As our team previously reported, the Senate’s framework includes the following proposals: “initiatives to support state crisis intervention orders; a national expansion of mental health services for children and families; expanding mental health programs in schools; enhanced review process for gun buyers under the age of 21; penalties…
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Victoria Snitsar Churchill
Victoria Snitsar Churchill is a proud immigrant and naturalized U.S. citizen with a decade of experience in grassroots politics and community organizing. Her writing has been featured in many online publications, including Campus Reform, The Daily Torch and The Daily Signal. As an undergraduate at the University of Kansas, Victoria appeared in media outlets such as CBS News, TIME Magazine, The Washington Post Magazine, The Blaze and NRATV. Victoria is also a former NCAA D1 student-athlete and Kansas College Republicans State Chair. After moving eleven times in six years, Victoria resides in Arlington, Virginia and enjoys overpriced brunch on Sundays with her husband.
Members of the House of Representatives voted to send a bill that would allow for the police protection of Supreme Court Justices and their families to President Biden’s desk last night. S.4160 seeks to grant “the Marshal of the Supreme Court and the Supreme Court Police the authority to protect any member of the immediate family of the Chief Justice, any Associate Justice, or any officer of the Supreme Court if the Marshal determines that such protection is necessary.” The House approved the bill by a vote of 396 – 27. All Republicans voted in favor of the legislation, and…
The Biden White House had to issue an update on the baby formula crisis via Twitter after Press Secretary Karine Jean – Pierre was unable to answer a reporter’s question on the issue during yesterday’s White House press briefing. The Administation shared the following update on their official Twitter feed this morning. “Operation Fly Formula Update: nine new flights are scheduled for this week — projecting to import over 4 million 8-ounce bottles of infant formula. This means by this Sunday, Operation Fly Formula will have imported nearly 12 million bottles of infant formula to the U.S.” https://twitter.com/WhiteHouse/status/1536710045798387712?s=20&t=WsSZ13cChLeP2TTu5BlwUQ During yesterday’s…
Senators Release Gun Bill Framework Senators are currently working on a bipartisan gun bill. Fox News reported earlier that the framework of the bill contains the following provisions: “The proposal includes initiatives to support state crisis intervention orders; a national expansion of mental health services for children and families; expanding mental health programs in schools; enhanced review process for gun buyers under the age of 21; penalties for straw purchases; and additional funding for school resource officers.” This bill is rumored to be much less radical than the one passed by the House last week, based on that framework. The…
West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin (D) has told CNN that he will be a “yes” vote on confirming Steven Dettelbach to be the next director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF). “I’m going to support him,” said Manchin. “I feel confident he’ll be able to lead this extremely important (agency) and protect the people who are on the front lines, and these agents need leadership and they need someone who understands what they do and how vital their services are to our country.” (RELATED: Manchin Supports Raising Age Limit on Guns, Open to Assault Weapons Ban)…
After nearly 10 hours of testimony, the U.S. House of Representatives finally voted on its bloated omnibus crammed with tough new gun control legislation Wednesday evening. Hearings started at 10 a.m. and the votes were recorded at 7:20 p.m. The Protecting Our Kids Act (H.R. 7910) contains the following provisions per the bill’s official summary: “This bill makes various changes to federal firearms laws, including to establish new criminal offenses and to expand the types of weapons and devices that are subject to regulation. Among the changes, the bill generally prohibits the sale or transfer of certain semiautomatic firearms to…
During a breakout session at the Turning Point USA Young Women’s Leadership Summit held over three days last week in Grapevine, Texas, two conservative young women elected to public office took the mic to encourage conference attendees to follow in their footsteps and run for office themselves. (RELATED: How to Defeat Woke, Inc.) Kansas state Rep. Tory Marie Arnberger-Blew and North Dakota state Rep. Claire Cory addressed the audience to share their experiences, both having held their respective offices since their early 20s. Cory was initially appointed to her position at the age of 21 in 2019 and then ran…
Congress is back in session today after the Memorial Day recess period. The radical left is presently deep in the middle of a full-blown attack on the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding Americans from all sides. Here is the rundown of anti-gun measures being pushed by both chambers of Congress and the White House. The House Late last week, the House Judiciary Committee voted along party lines to advance the most radical package of gun control measures in recent memory. The legislation is cleverly named the “Protecting Our Kids Act” while having no measures to do just that. As summarized…
One of the conservative movement’s most effective Second Amendment advocates — Dana Loesch — used her time on the main stage at the Turning Point USA Women’s Leadership Summit to demolish ongoing attempts by Washington Democrats to push reactionary gun control measures through the halls of Congress. A former spokesperson for the National Rifle Association and current nationally syndicated radio host, Loesch has been a leading voice for the Second Amendment for over a decade. She has an outstanding track record of defending law-abiding gun owners, both when it has been easy and when it’s been hard. Last night she…
To no one’s surprise, House Democrats are once again looking to capitalize on recent national tragedies in Buffalo and Uvalde, Texas, in order to push their radical gun control agenda. Although Congress is formally in recess this week, an emergency markup of a package of eight bills called the “Protecting Our Kids Act” is scheduled for tomorrow. Punchbowl News summarized elements included in the package in yesterday’s brief: “The omnibus package includes bills to raise the purchasing age for semi-automatic rifles from 18 to 21; ban the import, sale, manufacture, transfer or possession of high-capacity ammunition magazines, although existing magazines are…