Showing posts with label John Cornyn. Show all posts
Showing posts with label John Cornyn. Show all posts

Thursday, June 01, 2023

Lankford votes to block Biden’s student debt transfer scheme


Lankford Votes to Block Biden’s Student Debt Transfer Scheme

WASHINGTON, DC (June 1st) – Senator James Lankford (R-OK) today voted to overturn President Biden’s student loan cancelation scheme. Lankford joined Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), John Cornyn (R-TX), and Joni Ernst (R-IA) and their colleagues to introduce the resolution to overturn Biden’s debt transfer, which would pass up to $20,000 in student loan debt per borrower onto taxpayers, costing an estimated $400 billion. The resolution passed in a vote of 51-46.

Monday, March 03, 2014

Inhofe draws his first GOP challenger: Iraq vet Erick Wyatt


Republican Erick Wyatt wants to be your next United States Senator, and thinks he can beat incumbent Sen. Jim Inhofe.

Wyatt, an Army and Coast Guard veteran, was born in Tulsa and resides in Norman with his wife and two children. His website is EricWyattForOK.com, and according to a post on Facebook, announced his candidacy against Inhofe on February 25th.

In 2013, Wyatt had launched a campaign for Senate in Texas, against incumbent John Cornyn, but then withdrew in November.

Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Unbelievable: Murkowski keeps GOP leadership post

After Senate GOP leaders like Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and John Cornyn (R-TX) said that Lisa Murkowski (R?-AK) would likely be stripped of her ranking membership on the Energy and Natural Resources committee, since she is now running as a write-in candidate against Alaska Republican senatorial nominee Joe Miller (who defeated Murkowski in the primary)...

... they decided to let her keep the post.

As Michelle Malkin said, another head-banging-against-the-wall moment for the still-don't-get-it GOP leadership.