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Senator Ben Sasse (R., Neb.) called to repeal the 17th Amendment on Tuesday, which would eliminate the requirement that U.S. senators be elected by popular votes. In a Wall Street Journal op-ed titled “Make the Senate Great Again,” Sasse called for an end to the amendment, among other changes to the Senate “aimed at promoting debate, …

Senator Ben Sasse (R., Neb.) slammed President Trump’s remarks on Wednesday in which he seemed to encourage believers in the QAnon conspiracy theory. Followers of QAnon believe that the U.S. is run by a cabal of pedophiles and cannibals in the Democratic “deep state,” media, and Hollywood, and that Trump is saving the country from …

Senator Ben Sasse (R., Neb.) doubled down on his criticism of President Donald Trump’s recent executive orders in a tweet on Monday afternoon, saying “no president” has the power to make such unilateral policy decisions. “No president — whether named Obama or Trump or Biden or AOC — has unilateral power to rewrite immigration law …

President Trump on Monday took aim at Senator Ben Sasse, accusing him of “foolishness” over the Republican senator’s criticism of Trump’s executive actions over the weekend intended to provide economic relief for Americans in the absence of a legislative solution from Congress. “RINO Ben Sasse, who needed my support and endorsement in order to get the Republican …

Senator Ben Sasse (R., Neb.) on Capitol Hill in 2018 Senator Ben Sasse (R., Neb.) took aim at House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.) for hijacking Senate negotiations over a phase-three economic relief package with an “ideologically-driven wish list” of Democratic policies unrelated to coronavirus. Pelosi’s 1,404 page bill, introduced Monday after the House Speaker …