White House pleads with Senate GOP on emergency declaration
Vice President Pence rushed to the Senate on Tuesday in a last-ditch effort to convince GOP senators to oppose a resolution approved by the House that would block President Trump’s emergency...
View ArticleVirginia man charged after threatening Sen. Mark Warner
A Virginia man was arrested last week for allegedly leaving Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) threatening voicemails, including one threatening to "f---ing pop" the senator. Anthony Butkiewicz III was charged...
View ArticleTrump in Vietnam mocks Blumenthal
President Trump mocked Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) on Twitter Wednesday morning while in Vietnam to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.Hours before his face-to-face meeting with Kim, Trump...
View ArticleSenate Dem: Cohen has incentive to tell truth
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) said Wednesday that President Trump's longtime personal attorney, Michael Cohen, has an incentive to be truthful with lawmakers during testimony on Capitol Hill,...
View ArticleGOP senator hits back in fight over Kavanaugh successor
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) is going on offense as he's come under fire from some conservatives for his skepticism about one of President Trump's picks for a key appeals court.Hawley, in an op-ed for The...
View ArticleSchumer: McConnell plan to force 'Green New Deal' vote a...
Senate Democratic Leader Charles Schumer (N.Y.) knocked his Republican counterpart on Wednesday, saying Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's (R-Ky.) plan to force a vote on the "Green New Deal" is a...
View ArticleDems wrestle over how to vote on ‘Green New Deal’
Senate Democratic leaders are grappling over how to vote on a controversial climate change proposal that is being championed by progressives and mocked by conservatives.The plan, offered by firebrand...
View ArticleBernie Sanders presses FDA to allow lower-cost versions of $375K drug
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) this week urged the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to permit pharmacies and manufacturers to distribute lower-cost versions of a $375,000 drug that treats a...
View ArticleSenate panel approves Kavanaugh successor on key appeals court
The Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday approved President Trump’s nominee to succeed Justice Brett Kavanaugh on a key appeals court. Senators voted 12-10 to send Neomi Rao’s nomination for the D.C....
View ArticleDemocratic senator: Trump meeting with Kim Jong Un was 'amateur hour...
Sen. Bob Menendez (N.J.), the senior Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said on Thursday that President Trump came unprepared to summit talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un,...
View ArticleSenate Dem planning legislation to tax stock trades
Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) said in a new interview that he is planning to introduce legislation next week proposing a tax on stock market trades.Schatz told Vox his bill could raise $800 million over...
View ArticleSenators unveil resolution to block Trump’s emergency declaration
Senators unveiled a resolution on Thursday to block President Trump's emergency declaration to construct the U.S.-Mexico border wall.Sens. Tom Udall (D-N.M.) and Susan Collins (R-Maine) introduced the...
View ArticleRoy Moore hints at running for Senate again in 2020
Roy Moore, who lost his bid in 2017 for an Alabama Senate seat, hinted this week that he could be considering launching another Senate campaign.Moore wrote in an email to supporters that Sen. Doug...
View ArticleGOP senator: Trump emergency declaration creates 'constitutional...
Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) on Thursday urged President Trump to reconsider his decision to declare a national emergency to construct the U.S.-Mexico border wall, warning that Trump was creating a...
View ArticleGraham defends Trump after North Korea summit: 'Trump means business'
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), a foreign policy hawk and a staunch ally of President Trump, on Thursday said Kim Jong Un knows "Trump means business" despite the recent setback in negotiations with...
View ArticleSchumer: Trump 'did the right thing' leaving Kim talks
Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) offered rare praise to President Trump on Thursday after Trump walked away from negotiations with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. "President Trump did...
View ArticleCory Booker introduces bill to legalize marijuana nationwide
Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) introduced a bill Thursday to legalize marijuana across the country.The 2020 presidential hopeful has made criminal justice reform and social justice issues central to his...
View ArticleWarmbier's home-state senator: 'We can't be naive about what...
Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio) on Thursday warned the Trump administration not to be naive about the “brutal nature” of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s government after President Trump said he believes...
View ArticleJulián Castro says his brother is weighing Senate bid
Presidential candidate Julián Castro (D) said Thursday that his brother Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-Texas) is considering a 2020 Senate run.“He’s considering that, but he really has not made a decision...
View ArticleGOP senators fuming over Trump comments on Warmbier
Republican senators were steaming Thursday over President Trump’s vehement defense of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s role in the death of American college student Otto Warmbier.Trump’s statement...
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