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Senate Republican Conference

Formal organization of Republican U.S. senators

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Nov 13, 2025
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Who is the current US Senate Majority Leader?

As of the most recent, authoritative material in the package, , having been elected by Senate Republicans in November 2024 and taking the post at the start of the 119th Congress on January 3, 2025. Mu...

Nov 8, 2025
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What is the specific end date in the 2025 continuing resolution?

The available reporting shows no single, universally agreed-upon end date for the 2025 continuing resolution across all stakeholders, but the most recent contemporaneous news reporting identifies as t...

Jan 14, 2026
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How many illegals crossed the border during Biden?

Across the Biden presidency, U.S. government sources and analysts consistently report millions of “encounters” at the border — not unique people — with totals ranging from roughly 9 million to more th...

Oct 24, 2025

Which democratic politicians have been accused of receiving cartel donations?

The available reporting shows in the documents provided; instead the materials detail investigations, allegations, and partisan claims that implicate Mexican actors, a Republican Senate candidate’s ba...

Nov 1, 2025

how many times did president biden ignore or circumvent the courts

President Biden has been accused of “ignoring or circumventing the courts” in several high-profile policy areas—most commonly the CDC eviction moratorium, student loan relief, and race-conscious colle...

Nov 4, 2025

What are the key policy initiatives of the Trump administration in 2025?

The Trump administration’s 2025 agenda centers on aggressive tax cuts, expanded defense and border security spending, broad deregulatory moves and a rapid slate of executive orders that mirror the Pro...

Jan 17, 2026

was covid-19 caused by a lab leak in wuhan?

The question cannot be answered with certainty from available public reporting: no definitive "smoking gun" proving a Wuhan lab leak exists, and no conclusive proof that SARS‑CoV‑2 emerged naturally h...

Jan 18, 2026

What legal mechanisms does Congress have to block a president from using military force without authorization?

Congress has several legal levers to block or terminate presidential military action without its authorization: the War Powers Resolution’s reporting and automatic-termination machinery, statutory joi...

Nov 8, 2025

Who is the Senate Majority Leader in 2025?

John Thune, Republican senator from South Dakota, is the Senate Majority Leader in 2025 after Senate Republicans secured a majority in the 2024 elections and the GOP conference elected Thune to lead t...

Nov 22, 2025

Was Pam Bondi accused of removing or tampering with evidence in any investigation?

Available reporting in the provided sources shows multiple public accusations and calls for discipline about Attorney General Pam Bondi’s handling of investigative materials — especially in recent hig...

Nov 17, 2025

Phone taps of Republican senators

A provision slipped into the November 2025 government funding bill lets “any United States Senator” seek statutory damages—reported as $500,000 per violation and potentially up to $1 million under som...

Nov 17, 2025

What factors have contributed to increased illegal immigration during Biden presidency?

Illegal border encounters rose significantly during the Biden presidency according to multiple analyses and became a central political issue; experts point to a mix of supply-and-demand factors (stron...

Nov 9, 2025

When has the nuclear option been invoked in the Senate before 2025?

The Senate’s “nuclear option” was invoked multiple times before 2025 to lower the cloture threshold for certain nominations: the most consequential changes occurred in (Democrats, Harry Reid), (Republ...

Jan 18, 2026

How many illegal immigrants came into one US during President Biden administration

There is no single, uncontested tally of how many people “came into” the United States illegally during the Biden administration because agencies and analysts report different metrics (encounters, got...

Nov 17, 2025

How did Speaker Newt Gingrich’s Contract with America influence the 1995-96 shutdowns?

The 1994 Contract with America, authored and championed by Newt Gingrich and allies, set an aggressive agenda of spending cuts, a balanced-budget amendment, and other reforms that Republicans pledged ...

Dec 11, 2025

What is the current status of the FBI's probe into Hunter Biden's laptop?

The FBI has possessed the laptop since December 2019 and investigators initially concluded the device “was genuinely his and did not seem to have been tampered with or manipulated” . As of 2025, the F...

Nov 13, 2025

What major federal policies could Republicans pass if the filibuster is ended in 2025?

If the Senate filibuster were abolished in 2025, Republicans would be positioned to enact a broad, partisan legislative agenda using simple‑majority procedures, targeting election rules, immigration e...

Nov 10, 2025

How did Trump administration affect ACA subsidies?

The materials show three core claims: the Trump administration sought to reshape Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies by cutting insurer payments, urging redirection of funds to consumers, and pursuing...

Nov 7, 2025

Which Democratic senators and representatives voted on any 2025 subsidy changes?

The available reporting and roll-call compilations show ; instead, coverage describes negotiations, promises of future votes, and party-line opposition to major fiscal packages. Contemporary reporting...

Oct 29, 2025

How many times have republicans voted to end the government shutdown?

Republicans in the Senate have moved to advance a House-passed, GOP-backed continuing resolution to reopen and fund the government , but each cloture or advancement attempt has failed to reach the 60-...