Rep. David Cicilline (D-RI) plans to resign from Congress in June to become the president and CEO of the Rhode Island Foundation. His plans will inevitably set up an off-year special election to fill the seat.
Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) told Breitbart News in an exclusive interview on Wednesday that he plans to take a comprehensive look at monopolies across all industries as the House Judiciary antitrust subcommittee chair.
Rep. Ben Cline (R-VA), a member of the House Appropriations Committee, told Breitbart News in an exclusive statement that the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act (JCPA) should not be considered in a must-pass spending bill.
The House on Thursday passed a massive defense bill that was passed on a bipartisan basis but gave Republicans some big policy wins.
Sen. Mike Braun (R-IN) told Breitbart News in an exclusive interview on Thursday that controversial bills such as the Journalism Competition and Preservation (JCPA) should be considered “standalone” instead of being “crammed in” must-pass bills such as spending bills.
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) said Democrats tried using the JCPA “as a negotiating chip for ending the COVID vaccine mandate on our troops.”
Rep. Greg Steube (R-FL) called for removing liability protection for Big Tech companies as a measure to combat digital censorship on Wednesday’s edition of the Breitbart News Daily podcast with host Alex Marlow.
Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) said the Open App Markets Act would end Apple’s and Google’s shared role as “gatekeepers” of mobile apps.
The National Association of Broadcasters lobbied for the JCPA’s inclusion in the NDAA despite the prospect of politicizing the funding authorization for the nation’s troops.
Sen. Steve Daines (R-MT) is one of the Senators preventing the Democrats from ramming the widely condemned Journalism Competition and Preservation Act (JCPA) through the legislative process without a debate on the floor. The JCPA is a financial handout for
Laura Ingraham, host of The Ingraham Angle on Fox News, slammed Democrats and establishment Republicans on the hill for their last-ditch efforts to secure a corporate welfare package for their cronies in the corporate establishment media by attaching the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act (JCPA) to the “must-pass” National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).
Donald Trump Jr. on Tuesday questioned why some Republicans would work with Democrats to “destroy alternative media,” and urged Congress to strip the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act from the NDAA.
Klobuchar claimed that the flailing media cartel bill is important for “national security” as Democrats weigh trying to attach it to the NDAA.
Pompeo called on all Republicans to oppose cramming Democrat legislation into a defense bill that would create a mainstream media cartel.
Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) said on Tuesday that the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act (JCPA), which he described as a “backroom” bailout for “big media,” should not be in the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) sobbed on Tuesday as the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act (JCPA), which she has led, might get cut from the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).
Democrats are trying to load up a defense bill with unrelated items, jeopardizing the passage of legislation that has passed for more than 60 years.
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) called on Republican senators to filibuster the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) over congressional leadership’s move to latch the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act (JCPA) onto the bill.
Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA) has remained silent on leftist calls to block the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act, a bill that progressives contend would be a boon to media conglomerates and harm independent news outlets.
Sen. Alex Padilla (D-CA) has remained silent on leftist calls to oppose the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act (JCPA), a bill that has been decried as benefitting media conglomerates and subverting independent news outlets.
A Twitter poll by House Judiciary Committee Republicans found that users overwhelmingly reject the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act (JCPA).
R Street Institute fellow Josh Withrow said on Breitbart News Saturday that, contrary to the bill’s portrayal from defenders, the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act would only benefit media conglomerates instead of being a boon to local, independent news outlets.
Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in a statement on Friday that Congress should block the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act (JCPA, arguing it would lead to censorship of conservatives.
Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) said the JCPA would create a cartel between government, Big Tech, and media to censor outlets such as Breitbart News.
Sen. Tom Cotton said the JCPA would allow left-wing news media and Big Tech to conspire to censor “conservative outlets like Breitbart.”
Proponents of the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act admitted during a House Judiciary Committee hearing last year that it would essentially help combat “misinformation,” as Democrats and liberal media outlets champion the bill, which would promote censorship of conservative viewpoints under the guise of protecting local journalism.
Democrat Sen. Alex Padilla (D-CA) raised additional concerns about JCPA at a Thursday hearing following Sen Ted Cruz (R-TX) caving to the left’s legislation, which would allow media organizations to form cartels to negotiate with Big Tech companies.
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) said on Wednesday that conservatives should oppose the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act (JCPA) because it will lead to more censorship.
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) on Thursday promised a vote soon on the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act (JCPA) after she delayed a vote on the bill twice.
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin (D-IL) announced Thursday the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act (JCPA) will be delayed as lawmakers hash out disagreements over content moderation provisions in the bill.
Sen. Amy Klobuchar’s (D-MN) presidential aspiration has imperiled the push to pass the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act (JCPA). Congressional staffers told Breitbart News the bill could be canned ahead of Thursday’s hearing.
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) announced on Tuesday that he would no longer support the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act (JCPA), a bill that would create a media cartel to negotiate with big tech.
Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) said during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Thursday that the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act (JCPA) would likely violate the Constitution by compelling speech and could serve as an “Obamacare for the free press.”
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) told Breitbart News that the delay of the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act (JCPA) was a “huge victory for free speech” and an indictment of how much Democrats “love censorship.”
The Senate Judiciary Committee delayed a committee markup to advance the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act (JCPA) after the bill faced bipartisan push back.
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) shocked the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday when he announced that he would back the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act (JCPA).
The Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday will vote on the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act (JCPA), a bill that would carve out an antitrust exemption for establishment media outlets.
The China Daily, a Chinese Communist Party-controlled outlet, has paid over $1 million to establishment outlets that support the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act (JCPA).
The News Media Alliance, a trade association representing some of the most powerful media conglomerates, has showered Congress with cash in lobbying and donations to advance the deceptively-named Journalism Competition and Protection Act (JCPA).
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) said in a statement on Tuesday that every conservative should oppose the Journalism Competition and Protection (JCPA), which he believes would allow the establishment media to collude with big tech to “create a media cartel.”
