House dismissed for July 4 holiday amid SAVE America Act impasse ^42.2%

Washington Examiner - By Lauren Green, Hailey Bullis - 6/30/2026, 11:09 PM

Fundamental Attribution Error 28% - False Dilemma 26% - Biased Writer Voice 24.5%

House GOP leadership is sending members home early for the weeklong July 4 recess, after a GOP blockade shut down the floor for the second week in a row. Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) canceled scheduled votes over his inability to pass procedural rule votes to allow legislation to come to the floor, as a coalition of Republicans is... more

Mike Johnson Accidentally Tanks Defense Budget Bill Over SAVE Act ^49.6%

The New Republic - By Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling - 6/30/2026, 8:05 PM

Biased Writer Voice 70.5% - Negativity Bias 62% - Politically Left Leaning Bias 37.4%

A procedural vote on the National Defense Authorization Act failed to pass the House Tuesday, in no small part because the SAVE America Act was attached to it. The lower chamber voted 198–224 to reject the rule, with 14 Republicans joining Democrats to oppose the last-minute addition of Donald Trump’s voter restriction bill to the... more

'Went down in flames!' MS NOW frenzied over Mike Johnson's 'massive embarrassment' ^69.3%

Raw Story - By Matthew Chapman - 6/30/2026, 7:37 PM

Negativity Bias 59% - Recency Bias 28.2% - Appeal to Emotion 25.9%

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) attempted an end-run strategy to pass President Donald Trump's anti-voting-rights SAVE America Act through Congress — only for a contingent of Republicans to block it and deal him a fresh humiliation. And MS NOW commenters were quick to react. " Mike Johnson just tried to get the SAVE America Act through... more

I’m a veteran. Here’s why I voted against the defense authorization bill. ^0%

MS NOW - By Sen. Tammy Duckworth - 12/24/2025, 4:31 PM

One of the proudest moments of my life was the first time I laced up my boots, put on my uniform and raised my right hand to salute as a member of the Illinois Army National Guard. I was honored to wear the flag on my shoulder. To be trusted to keep the country I love safe and defend the rights and freedoms that have defined this nation... more