WASHINGTON — Democrats ground the Senate to a crawl on Friday as debate began on confirming Judge Amy Coney Barrett, President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, unleashing a barrage of dilatory tactics that briefly forced the chamber into an unusual closed
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Republicans Move Barrett’s Nomination to Senate Floor
new video loaded: Republicans Move Barrett’s Nomination to Senate Floor transcript Back bars 0:00/2:10 –2:10 transcript Republicans Move Barrett’s Nomination to Senate Floor The Senate Judiciary Committee voted on Thursday to advance Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s Supreme Court nomination despite
Watch Live: Senate Panel Vote on Judge Barrett’s Nomination
The Senate Judiciary Committee is expected to vote on Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s nomination to the Supreme Court.
Republicans Set to Advance Barrett Nomination Amid Democratic Boycott
WASHINGTON — Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee were prepared on Thursday to advance the nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court, planning to skirt the panel’s rules and vote to recommend her confirmation as Democrats boycott
Democrats See a Cash Surge, With a $1.5 Billion ActBlue Haul
Democratic candidates in competitive Senate races received another surge in donations over the last few months, with some breaking fund-raising records in their states and many entering the final weeks of the campaign with significant stores of cash, according to
Hearings Behind Them, Republicans Close In on Barrett Confirmation
Senate Republicans plowed ahead with unusual speed on Thursday to fulfill their promise to confirm Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court, blowing past Democratic objections to cement a 6-to-3 conservative majority before the November election. In a partisan
Barrett and the zombie tots of the apocalypse
Judge Amy Coney Barrett testifying, sort of, before the Senate Judiciary Committee on the third day of her pre-ordained confirmation hearing in Washington, D.C. | Getty Images The Indiana jurist’s nomination is the devil’s bargain that Trump’s evangelicals have sold
The GOP’s Senate chances are collapsing
Republicans’ chances of holding onto their Senate control are not looking so great. Not only do seats like Colorado and Arizona — both currently held by Republicans — appear to be all but lost for the GOP in 2020, but
Watch Live: Day 4 of Amy Coney Barrett’s Confirmation Hearing
On Thursday, the Senate Judiciary Committee debates approving the nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court.
Chicago crook’s case highlights Supreme Court nominee’s black-and-white approach
Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett testifies Tuesday during her Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing. | Getty Images Amy Coney Barrett, a federal appeals judge in Chicago, was asked Tuesday during her Senate confirmation hearing to explain her dissenting appeals-court
US Senate high stakes spur astronomical spending in Montana
Political groups fighting for control of the U.S. Senate have poured more than $118 million into the contest between Montana’s Democratic Gov. Steve Bullock and Republican incumbent Steve Daines, a record shattering figure for the sparsely-populated state that dwarfs spending
South Carolina Is Changing. Is It Enough to Put Jaime Harrison Over the Top?
CHARLESTON, S.C. — Jaime Harrison, the surprisingly competitive Democratic challenger in the U.S. Senate race in South Carolina, will need a lot more supporters like Nikki Hinske if he wants to defeat Lindsey Graham, the savvy, shape-shifting fixture of Republican
Watch Amy Coney Barrett’s full opening statement to the Senate Judiciary Committee
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Senator Lindsey Graham has gaveled in the start of the hearing.
Video The Senate on Monday begins the confirmation hearing for Judge Amy Coney Barrett, President Trump’s choice to fill the Supreme Court seat of the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.CreditCredit…Erin Schaff/The New York Times
Watch Live: Confirmation Hearing for Amy Coney Barrett
The Senate on Monday will begin the confirmation hearing for Judge Amy Coney Barrett, President Trump’s choice to fill the Supreme Court seat of the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
Tommy Tuberville’s Financial Fumbles
Tommy Tuberville, the Republican candidate for Senate in Alabama, is running in large measure on his experience in college football’s Southeastern Conference, known as the S.E.C., where he coached Auburn University. But he has had experience with another S.E.C., the
Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s Hearings Begin Today. Here’s What to Watch.
A deeply divided Senate Judiciary Committee will kick off four days of contentious confirmation hearings on Monday for Judge Amy Coney Barrett, President Trump’s nominee for the Supreme Court, drawing battle lines that could reverberate through the election. Democrats will
White House seeks limited coronavirus relief bill, promises further talks on broader stimulus
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Members of congress participate in the weekly Senate policy luncheon on Captiol Hill in Washington By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Trump administration on Sunday called on Congress to pass a stripped-down coronavirus relief bill
Parties Offer Divergent Portraits of Barrett as Senate Opens Hearings
The Senate on Monday will dive into an extraordinary week of Supreme Court confirmation hearings for Judge Amy Coney Barrett, with Republicans and Democrats offering two starkly divergent portraits of a nominee who would tilt the court decisively to the
Democrat’s praise of strict gun law roils Kansas Senate race
Republicans on Sunday circulated a video of the Democrats’ candidate for an open U.S. Senate seat in Kansas praising strict Australian gun laws that she said “took them all away” to undercut her campaign as a political moderate in what’s
McConnell says no COVID-19 bill likely before Election Day
Senate Majority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell of Ky. walks towards the Senate floor on Capitol Hill, Thursday, Oct. 1, 2020, in Washington. | AP Majority Leader Mitch McConnell told an audience in Kentucky that he doesn’t see a deal coming
McConnell Says Any Deal on Stimulus Unlikely Before Election
© Bloomberg. Nancy Pelosi at the Russell Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 8. (Bloomberg) — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said the differences are likely too big and the time is too short for Congress to agree
How worried should Senate Republicans be for 2022?
With Pennsylvania Republican Sen. Pat Toomey announcing that he will not run for another term, Senate Republicans are in an even more precarious position heading into 2022. CNN’s Chris Cillizza explains what happened, and what happens next SOURCES AND FURTHER
Chicagoan from Kamala Harris family’s hometown in India among many women of color hosting debate watch parties
Democratic vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris, then running for the U.S. Senate in California, greets Bernadette Chopra at a June 2015 fundraiser in Chicago. Chopra, of Streeterville, is like many women of color, passionate about the candidacy of Harris, who
The Senate once watched Van Halen music video during ‘porn rock’ hearings
They weren’t hot for Eddie Van Halen. The U.S. Senate once watched the late guitar god’s music video “Hot for Teacher” at a hearing about too much sex, violence and Satanism in rock music. During the Sept. 19, 1985, meeting,
USTR Lighthizer says U.S. trade policies working despite August trade deficit jump
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Senate Finance Committee hearing on U.S. trade on Capitol Hill in Washington WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer said on Tuesday that the higher U.S. trade deficit in 2020 has been largely due to
The Trump Debate Fallout
Senate Republicans do the old dance around Trump and racism, while Biden presses his case in Ohio and Pennsylvania. Plus, a Q. and A. with Jim Rutenberg about his explosive voter-suppression investigation. It’s Thursday, and this is your politics tip
Senate Clears Stopgap Spending Bill to Avoid a Shutdown, Sending It to Trump
WASHINGTON — The Senate overwhelmingly approved a stopgap spending bill on Wednesday to keep the government funded through early December, punting the threat of a government shutdown and a series of thorny debates about federal funding until after the general
Barrett says Trump offered her Supreme Court nomination 3 days after Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death
Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett said in a Senate Judiciary Committee questionnaire that President Trump offered her the nomination to the seat vacated by the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Monday, Sept. 21, which is just three days
Obamacare takes center stage as Supreme Court fight heats up, Democrats ramp up tactics to squeeze Republicans
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer on Tuesday continued his aggressive use of procedural tactics to squeeze vulnerable Republicans as the fight over the Supreme Court nomination of Amy Coney Barrett gets underway, this time setting up a Thursday procedural vote