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Sen. Mike Lee, other GOP lawmakers press Secret Service for answers about cocaine found at White House

Republican lawmakers continue to direct questions at the Secret Service about the ziplock bag of cocaine found in the west wing at the White House last week. Sen. Mike Lee of Utah took to Twitter and said that he has used the entrance, where the substance was allegedly discovered, “a million times.” “It’s one of the most heavily secured and constantly surveilled places on earth. They keep detailed records on who enters and exits and when,” he said. “I find it difficult to accept that they can’t figure out who...

Sens. Mike Lee and Mitt Romney support decision to overturn President Biden’s student loan program

Both of Utah’s Republican senators expressed their support Friday for the Supreme Court’s decision to cancel President Joe Biden’s student loan program. In the court’s Biden v. Nebraska decision, the majority opinion, written by Chief Justice John Roberts, said Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona did not have the power to forgive student loans under the post-9/11 law used to justify the Biden administration’s program. The HEROES Act gives Cardona some power to modify existing regulations, “but does not allow the Secretary to rewrite that statute to the extent of canceling...

Sen. Mike Lee and Sen. Mitt Romney voice support for Supreme Court decision on affirmative action

The two Republican U.S. senators representing Utah voiced their support for a Supreme Court decision released Thursday that strikes down affirmative action in college admissions. The court said race-based admissions policies are unconstitutional in two separate cases — Students for Fair Admissions v. President and Fellows of Harvard College, and Students for Fair Admissions v. University of North Carolina. Sen. Mitt Romney reacted on Twitter to President Joe Biden’s comment at the end of a press conference about the decision, when he said, “This is not a normal Court.” Biden...

Twitter reverses suspension of Mike Lee’s personal account

Twitter reversed the suspension of Sen. Mike Lee’s (R-Utah) personal account on Wednesday afternoon, hours after it was locked for unknown reasons.

Lee appeared to regain access to his @BasedMikeLee account around 2:30 p.m., when users were able to see his Tweets once again.

Mike Lee demands Japan free naval officer; briefly suspended on Twitter

SALT LAKE CITY — Sen. Mike Lee intends to call for the U.S. to renegotiate its military agreement with Japan because the Far East nation ignored his one-man deadline to release an imprisoned Navy officer. And the Utah Republican's language on his personal Twitter account toward Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishidia for not returning Lt. Ridge Alkonis may have led to @BasedMikeLee being briefly suspended from the platform Wednesday morning. ".@kishida230, you've made your choice. I hope you're ready for some conversations on the Senate floor that you're not likely...

McConnell Boots Two Senators Off Top Committee After They Tried To Oust Him As Leader

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) removed Sens. Rick Scott (R-FL) and Mike Lee (R-UT) from the Senate Commerce Committee on Wednesday after the two lawmakers attempted to oust the veteran Republican leader.

Sen. Mike Lee and other politicians’ fiery reactions to a potential gas stove ban

The news that the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission was considering a potential ban on gas stoves left a lot of people upset. Commissioner Richard Trumka Jr. told Bloomberg that due to health concerns, “Any option is on the table. Products that can’t be made safe can be banned.” However, an immediate ban was not on the table, as many on social media assumed. Another option the Safety Agency was considering included setting emission standards on new appliances, the Deseret News reported. Trumka clarified in a tweet, stating “CPSC isn’t...

Who Sen. Mike Lee says Japanese prime minister needs to have with him at White House summit

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is scheduled to be in Washington on Friday, and a Utah senator says he needs to have imprisoned Navy Lt. Ridge Alkonis with him. In a long string of tweets Sunday and Monday on his personal account, including quoting a Wall Street Journal editorial calling for Alkonis’ return to the United States, Republican Sen. Mike Lee continued to push for the federal government to work with Japan to free the lieutenant. “As I’ve worked on this case for more than 18 months, I’ve been left...

Mike Lee, Title 42 drama holds up omnibus passage

An effort led by Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) to maintain Title 42 is threatening efforts to pass a sweeping government funding bill before a shutdown deadline later this week.

Congressional negotiators on both sides say the biggest holdup is ongoing negotiations to decide what the voting threshold would be to pass the amendment.

The Porn Industry Is Worried That a Republican Senator Wants to Ban Porn

Some members of the adult industry are worried that a prorposed federal bill that’s going after content that aims to “arouse, titillate, or gratify” sexual desires has the potential to outlaw porn nationwide.

This week, Republican Sen. Mike Lee, from Utah, introduced the Interstate Obscenity Definition Act (IODA), which seeks to “establish a national definition of obscenity that would apply to obscene content that is transmitted via interstate or foreign communications,” according to a statement from Lee’s office.

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