Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) has wisely, rightly stopped from going forward most of the legislation House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) has passed and sent his way.
In the Donald Trump Age of Nicknames (which thus far no one delivers...
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Republican leaders have been silent on the allegations of sexual assault by Trump from writer E. Jean Carroll — the latest in a long line of women who have accused Trump, an admitted sexual assailant.
Top Republicans like Senate Majority Leader...
As he underwent confirmation for the Pentagon’s second-highest position in 2017, acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan told lawmakers he was “aware of no incidents reflecting adversely” on his ability to do his job and had “never been...
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Jeff Sessions was part of the coup against President Trump.
We first published this over a year-and-a-half ago in November of 2017 – and each day it became more and more apparent that Jeff Sessions was failing America and his duties as...
Mr. Biden said his words about Southern segregationists who served with him in the Senate were misunderstood and stopped just short of an apology.
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Citing what are reportedly credible threats from militia groups, Oregon's top lawmakers decided to shut down the state capitol on Friday.
The threats stem from a standoff in the state Senate between Republicans and Democrats over a cap-and-trade...
SALEM, Ore.—The president of the Oregon Senate ordered the state Capitol to close on Saturday due to a “possible militia threat” from right-wing protesters as a walkout by Republican lawmakers over landmark climate change...
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As we already discussed here, Alabama's gift to Democrats, former judge and failed candidate Roy Moore, has announced his candidacy for the United States Senate, and as HBO Real Time guest Liz Mair pointed out in the clip above, polling indicates...
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State Sen. Royce West, D-Dallas, met this week with the top Democrat in the U.S. Senate as he mulls a challenge to U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas. State Sen. Royce West, D-Dallas, met this week with U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y.,...
Did you hear what the disgusting, reprehensible, thieving hack who currently serves as Senate Majority Leader said the other day about reparations for slavery? The House Judiciary Committee was getting ready to hold hearings for the first time in...
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is pressing the Congressional Research Service (CRS) on its finding that the 2017 GOP tax law had little to no impact on the economy in its first year, saying that his staff and others are...
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He was also convicted of obstruction of justice after attempting to silence a witness by threatening to release the private health information of a Senator's children, bullying an individual into helping him 'wipe down' the scene of his burglaries,...
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Sweet fancy Moses on a crutch. Imagine being Cory Booker or Kamala Harris, having just been gift-wrapped an opportunity by Biden to make inroads with his base of black voters in South Carolina, waking up to see the one guy in Congress whom the party...
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Senate Republicans in Oregon are refusing to come to the capitol, denying the legislature the quorum needed to vote on a cap-and-trade bill. The governor has sent the state police to retrieve them.
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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's opposition to election security legislation faces new pressures in the Senate.
Possessing one for recreational activities would be a felony, according to a CNBC report.
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It’s over! The Senate concluded its session at around 10 p.m. last night and the Assembly wrapped up at about 7 a.m. this morning, with lawmakers approving what’s known in Albany as the “Little Ugly.”
The “Big...
A group of Democratic senators is demanding answers from the government’s antitrust enforcers about their oversight of the nation’s tech giants after a string of media reports alluded to investigations into companies like Google and...
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If you live in New York state and bought one of The Boring Company's Not-A-Flamethrowers, you probably want to get rid of it shortly. The state's Senate recently passed a bill that bans the possession of a flamethrower for recreational...
Justice Department and Bureau of Indian Affairs officials couldn't take a position on any of the Senate bills addressing this crisis.