Cancel
CreatorsPublishersAdvertisers

Ben Sasse

avatar
Ben Sasse
Benjamin Eric Sasse ( SASS; born February 22, 1972) is an American politician, author, professor, and academic administrator who serves as the junior United States senator from Nebraska, a seat he was first elected to in 2014. Sasse is a member of the Republican Party. Born in Plainview, Nebraska, Sasse earned a doctorate in American history from Yale University. He taught at the University of Texas and served as an Assistant Secretary in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. In 2010, he was named president of Midland University in Fremont, Nebraska. In 2014, he successfully ran for a vacant seat in the U.S. Senate, defeating Democratic nominee David Domina by a margin of 65% to 31%.
Expandarrow_down
Born
1972-02-22
Birth Place
Plainview, Nebraska, U.S.
Education
Yale_University
Political Ideology
Republican_Party_(United_States)
Spouse(s)
Melissa McLeod
Children
3
Expandarrow_down
Nashville, TNtennesseestar.com

Crom Carmichael Examines the Curious Disposition of Republican Ben Sasse and Biden’s SALT Wound

Live from Music Row Wednesday morning on The Tennessee Star Report with Michael Patrick Leahy – broadcast on Nashville’s Talk Radio 98.3 and 1510 WLAC weekdays from 5:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. – host Leahy welcomed the original all-star panelist Crom Carmichael to the studio who referenced a recent piece by Republican Senator Ben Sasse and the intellectual property of vaccines.
Picture for Crom Carmichael Examines the Curious Disposition of Republican Ben Sasse and Biden’s SALT Wound
RELATED CHANNELS
News Break
Politics
News Break
U.S. Politics
News Break
Congress & Courts
Congress & CourtsPosted by
Fox News

Sen. Ben Sasse presses ODNI nominee over his work for Huawei

Senator Ben Sasse Tuesday raised concern over a work done for Chinese telecom company Huawei by a White House nominee to a key intelligence post. At a Senate Intelligence hearing Tuesday for Christopher Fonzone’s nomination as Office of the Director of National Intelligence general counsel, the Nebraska Republican asked Fonzone about Huawei's link to China's oppression of its Uyghur minority.
Energy IndustryOmaha.com

After pipeline cyberattack, Ben Sasse and others say nation not adequately prepared

WASHINGTON (AP) — The operator of a major U.S. pipeline hit by a cyberattack said Monday it hopes to have service mostly restored by the end of the week. Colonial Pipeline had halted operations Friday because of a ransomware attack that the FBI has linked to a criminal gang. Supplies of gasoline, jet fuel and diesel could be disrupted if service isn’t restored soon.
RELATED PEOPLE
Person
Merrick Garland
Congress & CourtsWashington Examiner

Ben Sasse rightly calls out Democrats' filibuster hypocrisy

Democrats are arguing the legislative filibuster is racist. But not one of them has apologized for using and defending it when it gave them an advantage. Republican Sen. Ben Sasse of Nebraska gave them the opportunity to do just that during a speech on the Senate floor on Tuesday. In it, he blasted Senate Democrats for hypocritically trying to gut the filibuster, a legislative stall tactic that requires 60 votes (out of 100 senators), now that President Biden is in office, even though they used it repeatedly over the past few years.
Cherry County, NEdoniphanherald.com

Cherry County Republicans call for resignation of Sen. Ben Sasse

The Cherry County Republican Party became the latest arm of the Nebraska GOP to to rebuke Sen. Ben Sasse when it voted to censure him. Many Nebraska Republicans have been angry with Sasse because of his vote to convict former President Donald Trump of inciting the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol. Several county parties, including those in Sarpy, Hitchcock, Lincoln and Scotts Bluff Counties, have also chastised Sasse for dismissing allegations of fraud in November’s presidential election.
YOU MAY ALSO LIKE
News Break
Public Safety
News Break
Human Trafficking
News Break
Health
News Break
Vaccines
News Break
Foreign Policy
Cherry County, NEOmaha.com

Cherry County Republicans call for resignation of Sen. Ben Sasse

The Cherry County Republican Party became the latest arm of the Nebraska GOP to to rebuke Sen. Ben Sasse when it voted to censure him. Many Nebraska Republicans have been angry with Sasse because of his vote to convict former President Donald Trump of inciting the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol. Several county parties, including those in Sarpy, Hitchcock, Lincoln and Scotts Bluff Counties, have also chastised Sasse for dismissing allegations of fraud in November’s presidential election.
Nebraska StateStar-Herald

Nebraska GOP rebukes Sen. Ben Sasse, stops short of censure

COLUMBUS, Neb. — Nebraska’s most politically involved Republicans, many of whom have been itching to give U.S. Sen. Ben Sasse a piece of their mind, sent him a message on Saturday. But the Nebraska Republican Party stopped short of formally censuring Sasse. Instead, core activists on the GOP’s State Central...