WASHINGTON — Unable to produce the final text of a nearly $1 trillion infrastructure bill, the Senate wrapped up a rare Saturday session making little visible progress on the legislative
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GOP senators demand second hearing for embattled ATF nom Chipman over racist comments
Every GOP senator on the Senate Judiciary Committee has demanded a second hearing for President Biden’s embattled nominee to lead the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) over
Dozens of House Republicans, staffers march maskless to Senate floor to protest mask mandate
Dozens of House Republicans and their staffers marched maskless out of the House to the Senate floor in protest of the new mask mandate for the lower chamber. The lawmakers
Congress passes bill to fund Capitol security, Afghan visas
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., arrives to meet with Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., before an event to promote investments in clean jobs, at the Capitol in
Senate Approves Emergency Spending to Secure the Capitol
The Senate on Thursday unanimously passed a $2.1 billion emergency spending bill to pay for Capitol security costs stemming from the Jan. 6 attack and a push by the Biden
Senate OKs bill to secure Capitol, help Afghans with visas
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., arrives to meet with Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., before an event to promote investments in clean jobs, at the Capitol in
Climate crisis ‘will be worse than COVID’: Schumer
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said Wednesday that the climate crisis will be worse than the coronavirus pandemic and that Democrats are ready to respond with “big, bold action”
$1 Trillion Infrastructure Deal Scales Senate Hurdle With Bipartisan Vote
WASHINGTON — The Senate voted on Wednesday to take up a $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill that would make far-reaching investments in the nation’s public works system, as Republicans joined
Senate Republicans rip CDC’s new mask guidance as ‘kabuki theater’
Senate Republicans blasted the Centers for Disease Control and Protection’s (CDC) new recommendations that fully vaccinated people should mask up again due to the spread of the COVID-19 delta variant,
Barrasso grills Haaland on Biden’s BLM nominee, tree-spiking during hearing
Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee ranking member John Barrasso, R-Wyo., grilled Interior Secretary Deb Haaland over tree-spiking and President Biden’s nominee to lead the Bureau of Land Management (BLM).
Schumer says he hopes U.S. Senate can vote on bipartisan infrastructure plan by week’s end
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) walks to waiting car as he departs the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., July 21, 2021. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz WASHINGTON
UFOs loom as a national security threat over Washington
The Senate Intelligence Committee’s report into unidentified aerial phenomena — or UFOs — highlights what could be possible threats to US airspace. Former intelligence and security officials help break down
Senate GOP report finds Biden administration spending $2B to suspend border wall construction
A new report by Republicans on a Senate subcommittee has concluded that the Biden administration is spending a minimum of approximately $2 billion to suspend construction of the wall at
Congressional Republicans propose barring federal funds from universities that offer the abortion pill
Republicans in the House and Senate proposed a measure on Wednesday that would revoke federal funding for colleges that provide the abortion pill. The bill “would be another important step
Garland: To help combat gun violence, confirm ATF leader
Attorney General Merrick Garland said Thursday he hoped the Senate would confirm the head of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, to help front the federal effort against
Democrats rally for Biden public lands pick despite scrutiny from Republicans
A bitterly divided U.S. Senate panel deadlocked Thursday on President Joe Biden’s pick to oversee vast government-owned lands in the West, as Democrats stood united behind a nominee whose credibility
Democrats get high-profile contender in Iowa Senate race
Former Rep. Abby Finkenauer of Iowa on Thursday declared her candidacy for the Senate, giving the Democrats a high-profile contender in the 2022 race for the seat currently held by
Senate Panel Splits on Confirming Stone-Manning to Lead Land Agency
A heated Senate panel deadlocked along partisan lines on Thursday over the nomination of Tracy Stone-Manning, whom Republicans have accused of lying about her connection to a 1989 tree-spiking incident,
G.O.P. Blocks Infrastructure Debate in Senate, Raising Doubts About a Deal
WASHINGTON — Republicans blocked the Senate on Wednesday from taking up an emerging bipartisan infrastructure plan, raising doubts about the fate of a major piece of President Biden’s agenda even
Infrastructure bill fails first vote; Senate to try again
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and other GOP senators speak to reporters ahead of a test vote scheduled by Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer of New York on the bipartisan
Former Democratic Aides Call for Changes to Senate Filibuster
Hoping to build momentum for a change in Senate filibuster rules, more than 30 former chiefs of staff to Democratic senators have written an open letter calling for “repeal or
Durbin says he won’t ‘join that chorus’ of Dems calling for Breyer to step down: ‘I admire him greatly’
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin said on Wednesday that Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer doesn’t need members of Congress to “push or shove” him into retirement, distancing himself from
Schumer forcing procedural vote on compromise infrastructure plan, putting bipartisan bill at risk
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is forcing a procedural vote on the yet-to-be-completed bipartisan infrastructure bill Wednesday afternoon, potentially risking a setback in negotiations if Republicans follow through on their
Cruz and 24 Senate Republicans file amicus brief defending Second Amendment right to carry
EXCLUSIVE: Sen. Ted Cruz and two dozen Senate Republicans, including Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, filed an amicus brief Tuesday in a Second Amendment case the Supreme Court is set
Arkansas Senate primary candidate, former NFL player ‘not going to sit idly’ while ‘radical left takes over’
Former NFL player, Army veteran and Arkansas Senate primary candidate Jake Bequette says he’s “not going to sit idly” by while the “radical left takes over” American institutions. Bequette on
Dr. Fauci excoriates Rand Paul
Dr. Anthony Fauci and Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) got into another heated exchange at a Senate hearing over Dr. Fauci’s past testimony over gain-of-function research. #CNN #News
GOP senators demand teachers union disclose if it is collecting info on critical race theory opponents
A group of Senate Republicans called Tuesday for the country’s largest teachers union to disclose more details about its plan to conduct research on groups that oppose the teaching of
Texas Dems slam education bill dropping MLK speech, history of White supremacy from ‘essential knowledge’
Texas Democrats are taking issue with a bill passed by the state Senate that removes most mentions of color from mandated teaching curricula and would no longer specifically require students
McConnell says bipartisan infrastructure will not be slowed by floor defeat
© Reuters. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell speaks to reporters following a weekly Senate lunch at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., July 20, 2021. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz WASHINGTON (Reuters) –
Yellen urges quick U.S. adoption of stablecoin rules
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen testifies before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services about the FY22 Treasury budget request on Capitol Hill, in Washington, DC,