GOP leaders hope to circumvent Trump on shutdown
Senate GOP leaders are carefully planning an appropriations process that will diminish the chances of President Trump triggering a government shutdown weeks before Election Day.Senate Majority Leader...
View ArticleTrump pick Kavanaugh has ‘productive’ meeting with Manchin
President Trump’s nominee to the Supreme Court met for two hours on Monday with Sen. Joe Manchin (W.Va.), the first Democrat to publicly grant an interview with Brett Kavanaugh.Manchin is one of three...
View ArticleGOP senator: Nobody wins a government shutdown
Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Ala.) is warning against shutting down the government even as President Trump doubles down on a fight over funding of the U.S.-Mexico border wall. "Oh no, I don't think anybody...
View ArticleDems make big play for House in California
LOS ANGELES - The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) will spend millions of dollars on television advertisements aimed at winning Republican-held seats in historically red Orange County...
View ArticleSenators from both parties call for probe of immigrant abuse allegations
The top senators on the Senate Judiciary Committee are requesting that federal investigators look into claims of abuse of immigrants held at government-run detention facilities.Sens. Chuck Grassley...
View ArticleFranken: I miss being a senator, haven't ruled out running for office again
Former Minnesota Sen. Al Franken (D) said in an interview that he misses his former job and that he is considering a return to public service.Franken told CBS affiliate WCCO that it was "very...
View ArticleTop Senate Dem calls on DHS secretary to resign over family separations
Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) on Tuesday called for Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen to resign over the Trump administration’s “zero tolerance” immigration policy, which resulted in the...
View ArticleICE official compares detention centers to 'summer camp'
Family detention centers near the border are best described as "summer camp," a top official with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) said in testimony to Congress on Tuesday."With regard to the...
View ArticleSenate extends flood insurance program hours before deadline
The Senate on Tuesday cleared a short-term extension of the National Flood Insurance Program hours before funding for the program is set to expire. Senators voted 86-12 on the legislation, which would...
View ArticleSenate Dem bill would add questions on sexual orientation, gender identity to...
A pair of Senate Democrats are introducing a bill to require the U.S. Census Bureau to start collecting data on American’s sexual orientation and gender identity.Sens. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) and Tom...
View ArticleSenate Dems request all of Kavanaugh's White House documents
Senate Democrats are escalating a heated battle over the decades-long paper trail of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, pushing for documents from his time serving under former President George W....
View ArticleSenate Dems introduce bill to block release of 3D printed gun blueprints
Senate Democrats introduced legislation on Tuesday to prohibit blueprints for 3D printed guns from being posted online. The legislation, spearheaded by Sen. Bill Nelson (D-Fla.), comes as Defense...
View ArticleSchumer asks national archivist for sensitive Kavanaugh records
Senate Democratic Leader Charles Schumer (N.Y.) has asked the national archivist for documents related to Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s service as White House staff secretary, doing an...
View ArticleSenate GOP, Dems reach deal to move major domestic spending bill
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said Tuesday that he has reached a deal with Democrats to move a major spending package next month that would fund the Pentagon, the Department of Health...
View ArticleGOP senator blocks bill that would ban release of 3D gun blueprints
A Republican senator on Tuesday blocked legislation that would ban blueprints of 3D printed guns from being posted online. Sen. Bill Nelson (D-Fla.) tried to pass a bill by unanimous consent that would...
View ArticleSenators restart talks to fix family separations
As one Senate committee’s members appear to have hit a wall in their efforts to craft a bill to fix family separations at the border, a second Senate panel is quietly starting their own...
View ArticleSenators introduce legislation to bolster election infrastructure
A bipartisan group of senators on Tuesday introduced legislation to bolster U.S. election infrastructure amid increasing scrutiny over the ability to fend off foreign cyber attacks.Sens. Lindsey Graham...
View ArticleSenate GOP battles for leverage with House on spending
The Senate is taking significant steps to lower the odds of either a government shutdown or massive omnibus spending package —all while giving itself more leverage in negotiations with the House.Senate...
View ArticleKavanaugh tells senators Mueller’s appointment was appropriate: report
Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh has told senators during private meetings that he believes special counsel Robert Mueller's appointment was appropriate, according to CNN. During his 39 meetings...
View ArticleGOP senator on Russian interference: People feel like we're in the...
Sen. Richard Burr (R-N.C.) on Wednesday said there's a sense that Americans are in the "this is fine" meme — which depicts a blithely indifferent cartoon dog sitting in a burning room — regarding...
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