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Sen. Adam Schiff writes on his Substack: Tomorrow, the U.S. Senate will have a very significant vote on a CR, a six-month CR, that is a six-month continuing resolution. I will be a hard no. I hope this CR is defeated. I fear that it may not be, and I want to tell you why I’m voting no and why …

The Advance reports: U.S. Sen. Tina Smith made news after she took to social media and referred to Donald Trump‘s close advisor Elon Musk as a “dick.” Musk, in response, clapped back on X, asking Smith, “What did you get done last week?” Fox Business took note of the online spat and had a chyron that read, “Sen. Smith (D-MN), …

Minnesota Public Radio reports: U.S. Sen. Tina Smith announced Thursday she will retire after next year, opting against a 2026 bid for another six-year term and putting a Democratic-held seat in play in an increasingly competitive Upper Midwest. The decision comes after Smith had been conveying her plan to run again for a seat she has held since 2018. She …

The Washington Post reports: Democrats are seeking to overhaul an 1873 federal law that bans abortion-related materials from being sent through the mail, worried that a future Trump administration could invoke the Comstock Act to crack down on abortion access or effectively ban the procedure altogether. “There is a very clear, well-organized plan afoot by the MAGA Republicans to use …

The Huffington Post reports: Republican Karin Housley, a state senator running to represent Minnesota in the U.S. Senate, compared then-first lady Michelle Obama to a “chimp” in 2009. In an April 2009 Facebook post, Housley criticized the first lady’s posture when she met Queen Elizabeth II. “Michelle is soooo far from cool. Don’t we expect our First Ladies to at …

The Minneapolis Star-Tribune reports: A former Republican White House lawyer and prominent critic of President Donald Trump is running for former Sen. Al Franken’s seat. And he’s running as a Democrat. Richard Painter filed paperwork with the Federal Election Commission late last week to run for the seat after exploring a bid for more than a month. Painter served as …

Talking Points Memo reports: Former Vice President Joe Biden will escort Sen.-elect Doug Jones (D-AL) to his swearing-in ceremony on Wednesday morning, according to CNN and local reports from Alabama. While the state colleague typically accompanies a new senator to the swearing-in ceremony, Jones did not ask Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL) to attend, AL.com and WAAY TV reported Tuesday evening. …

The Minneapolis Star-Tribune reports: U.S. Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., plans to resign from Congress on Jan. 2, a spokesman said Wednesday. Minnesota Lt. Gov. Tina Smith, who Gov. Mark Dayton appointed to replace Franken, will be sworn in the next day. Franken announced his resignation earlier in December after several women made allegations of unwanted sexual advances or touching and …