Eric McDaniel
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1,523 appearances
119 recordings
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first heard Mar 2026
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It would require 60 votes to pass, and currently there are only 51 Senate Republicans able to show up for votes.
The president has derailed his own intel chief confirmation hearings and the renewal of a key piece of spy legislation, as well as the implementation of a bipartisan housing bill, which went into effect without his signature, all in protest of the chamber's math problem.
Now Graham's death leaves both President Trump and Senate Republicans short a reliable go-between and consistent GOP vote, as they try and do the basics, like fund the government, in an election year.
Eric McDaniel, NPR News, Florence, South Carolina.
I mean, he was one of the last standard bearers of a bygone Republican idea that the U.S.
should be the world's protector.
He supported the U.S.
military campaigns in Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, Syria, as well as robust military aid for Ukraine and Israel.
He, in fact, just returned from an overseas trip to bolster security relationships with U.S.
allies.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Graham had visited the country 10 times since its war with Russia began.
Well, as chair of the Judiciary Committee during Trump's first term, Graham shepherded the confirmations of scores of federal judges.
He was instrumental in getting Trump's three Supreme Court nominees all the way to the bench.
And last year, as chair of the Budget Committee, he successfully steered Trump's signature tax policy legislation, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, through a briar patch of negotiations with his colleagues and Senate procedural staff to get the package across the finish line without any Democratic support.
Not to mention his close relationship with President Trump made him a key go-between in crucial moments, including publicly lobbying his Senate colleagues to acquit Trump on impeachment charges after the president attempted to remain in power despite losing the 2020 presidential election.
According to his campaign biography, Graham was born in the town of Central South Carolina and lived in a single room with his family, adjoining his parents bar, liquor store and pool house.
His parents died when he was still in school and he became his sister's primary caretaker.
He eventually adopted her.
After finishing law school, Graham served six years active duty in the Air Force before entering politics.
He remained in the South Carolina Air National Guard and then the Air Force Reserves until 2015.
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