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Personal advertisements on Craigslist have been shut down following the passing of an anti-sex trafficking bill.

Thirty-nine Democrats supported the bloated 2,232 spending bill while only 25 Senate Republicans voted for the bill. Independent Sen. Angus King also supported the bill.

A Restoration PAC ad details how Sen. Jon Tester “fakes Montana values around election time,” while state auditor Matt Rosendale “lives them every day.”

The Freedom Caucus urged President Trump to reject the omnibus, arguing that it “outright rejects” the promises they made to voters.

Congressional Committee Asks Mark Zuckerberg to Testify on Facebook Data Scandal

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in a recent interview that he would be “happy” to testify before Congress about the site’s recent data scandal but dodged a commitment to do so by adding the caveat that he would testify only if it is “the right thing to do.”

The House Freedom Caucus officially came out against the omnibus spending bill on Wednesday night, calling it an “insult to American taxpayers.”

Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) said on Wednesday that the $1.3 trillion omnibus spending bill “is a Great Dane-sized whiz down the leg of every taxpayer.”

Republican voters say immigration, along with the economy, is the most important issue in deciding whom they will vote for in the 2018 midterm elections, a new poll reveals.

Under the hashtag #ConfirmGrenell, conservative activists have demanded an end to the Senate block against President Donald Trump’s appointment of Richard Grenell as ambassador to Germany.

Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) argued at a press conference on Wednesday that he hopes that the White House will veto the omnibus spending bill.

Congressional leaders have yet to release the omnibus spending bill that they must pass before Friday; leaders have reportedly iced down some details.

President Donald Trump advised Congressional Republicans to move further to the right side of the political spectrum, noting that Democrats were moving further left.

A study conducted by the Coalition for Prosperous America found that President Donald Trump’s tariffs on aluminum and steel will add roughly 19,000 jobs. 

Rep. Mark Meadows (R-NC) said that “the Senate Democrats seem to be calling most of the shots” regarding the upcoming omnibus spending bill.

A congressional leadership PAC tied to Speaker Paul Ryan says its pro-second amendment ad about Democrat Conor Lamb helped Republican Rick Saccone in the race that may end up going to Democrat Lamb by a hair’s margin.

The House will not include an Obamacare bailout package in their must-pass omnibus spending bill. 

“Ninty percent of the heroin in America comes from our southern border, where eventually the Democrats will agree with us, and we’ll build the wall to keep the damn drugs out,” he said, prompting chants of “build that wall” in the room.

Perry Parker, an international businessman and a Mississippi farmer who is running for Congress in Mississippi’s third district, told Breitbart News Saturday that the Republican establishment does not “know what to make of a businessman who just wants to grow the economy, and not looking to build a power base in Washington, DC.”

Rep. Steve King (R-IA) told Breitbart News Sunday hosts Matthew Boyle and Amanda House that Congress should fund the wall in the ensuing omnibus spending battle, saying, “Let’s fund the whole wall and let’s build it all.”

Michael Flynn, who previously served as President Donald Trump’s national security advisor, made a rare public appearance on Friday to endorse Rep. Maxine Waters’s (D-CA) Republican challenger, Omar Navarro.

Rep. Mo Brooks (R-AL), a member of the House Freedom Caucus, told Breitbart News in an exclusive interview how his new legislation would prevent government shutdowns and avoid the partisan brinkmanship over federal spending battles.

Congress is moving to ban child sex dolls in the United States, following in the footsteps of other countries which have outlawed their importation.

Congresswoman Louise Slaughter (D-NY) died Thursday night after being admitted to hospital following a fall earlier this week, according to Politico.

Despite the embarrassing humiliation delivered in the public repudiation of her leadership by winning Democratic Congressional candidate Conor Lamb in Pennsylvania’s special election on Tuesday, 77-year-old U.S. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi clings tenaciously to her party’s top position in the lower chamber of Congress.

Conservatives balked at a potential Obamacare bailout that moderate Republicans senators wish to include in the omnibus spending bill.

Rep. Dave Brat told Breitbart News Daily that Larry Kudlow “is going to be a breath of fresh air” in the White House.

President Donald Trump praised Conor Lamb, the winner of the Congressional special election in Pennsylvania, for running a smart campaign on his agenda.

The Senate passed a bill that would roll back financial regulations created by the 2010 Dodd-Frank banking overhaul.

Rep. Marsha Blackburn told Breitbart News Daily that “Silicon Valley elites are trying to impose their values” on Americans and other digital users.

A Morning Consult poll released on Wednesday revealed that 70% of Republican voters support President Donald Trump’s tariffs on foreign steel and aluminum.

The House failed to pass the Right to Try Act to let sick patients gain access to treatments the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has yet to approve.

CNN’s Chris Cillizza expressed surprise that Congress must pass a law raising minimum gun buying age before the President can sign it.

Rick Manning told Breitbart News that if Trump were to approve the Qualcomm takeover, the “Chinese would have controlled everything we do on the Internet.”

A poll conducted by American Action Forum (AAF) released last Friday revealed that a majority of American voters oppose a single-payer healthcare system.

The House will vote on Tuesday to pass the Right to Try Act to let sick patients gain access to treatments the FDA has yet to approve.