McConnell rejects calls to bring Senate back early for gun debate
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) indicated Thursday that he will not bring the Senate back early from its five-week August recess to debate gun legislation, despite pressure from...
View ArticlePelosi asks Trump to call back Senate on gun control
Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is enlisting the help of President Trump as Democrats race to increase pressure on Senate Republicans to cut short their summer break to consider gun safety legislation....
View ArticleMcConnell: Gun background checks will be 'front and center' in...
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) predicted Thursday that gun background checks and so-called red flag laws would be "front and center" in the chamber's upcoming debate on gun-related...
View ArticleDemocratic senator on possibility of Trump standing up to the NRA:...
Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii) on Thursday expressed doubt that President Trump would defy the National Rifle Association (NRA) as he and some other Republicans have called for certain gun control...
View ArticleMcConnell on protests: 'I will not be intimidated'
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) hit back on Thursday at protesters who have rallied outside his office and home in Kentucky this week."I have a word for everybody who's been in the front...
View ArticleSchumer, Pelosi urge Trump to support universal background check bill
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) said on Thursday that they had spoken with President Trump and urged him to support a universal background...
View ArticleMcConnell, allies lean into Twitter, media 'war'
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and his allies are embracing a fight with the media and Twitter that has struck a nerve among Republicans. Taking fierce criticism over election security,...
View ArticleGOP Sen. Tim Scott says if he runs in 2022 it will be his last race
Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) said Thursday that a potential reelection campaign in 2022 would be his final Senate bid.“I plan to run for reelection, but that will be my last one if I run,” Scott told The...
View ArticleGun control group releases ad asking McConnell for background checks vote
Gun control advocacy group Giffords on Friday released a pair of advertisements pressing Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and Sen. Cory Gardner (R-Colo.) to vote on background checks...
View ArticleFive proposals Congress is eyeing after mass shootings
Last weekend’s mass shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, are putting a renewed focus on what action, if any, Congress will take to curb gun violence.Though lawmakers are dispersed across the...
View ArticleGOP senator: 'Inexcusable' that Epstein not under constant suicide...
Sen. Ben Sasse (R-Neb.) said Saturday it was “inexcusable” that disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, who was found dead Saturday morning in his jail cell, was not kept under constant suicide watch...
View ArticleSasse tells AG that 'heads must roll' over Epstein treatment in...
Sen. Ben Sasse (R-Neb.) on Saturday wrote a letter to Attorney General William Barr that "heads must roll" regarding Jeffrey Epstein's apparent suicide after his body was found and it was reported that...
View ArticleSchumer proposes bill to regulate body armor
Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) said Sunday he intends to introduce a bill restricting the sale of body armor when the Senate reconvenes in September, according to the New York Post.The...
View ArticleHarry Reid calls for Senate to abolish filibuster in all its forms
Former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) on Monday called for Congress to abolish the filibuster in all of its forms, arguing the “arcane” procedural rule has turned the Senate into an...
View ArticleSchumer to call for Trump to fight gun violence, white supremacy with border...
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) is going to ask the Trump administration to formally remove a request for $5 billion for a border wall and use those funds for initiatives to fight gun...
View ArticleTrump phoned Democratic senator to talk gun control
President Trump said Tuesday he spoke with Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) about pressing forward on background checks in the wake of recent mass shootings."We had a very good conversation. We’ll see what...
View ArticleHouse Democrats request sit-down with McConnell to talk guns
Top Democrats on gun reform are seeking a meeting with the figure they deem the single greatest hurdle to adopting tougher firearms laws: Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.).In a letter sent...
View ArticleReid says he wishes Franken would run for Senate again
Former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) says in a new interview that he wishes former Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) would run again, despite Franken's resignation amid a slew of sexual misconduct...
View ArticleWyden calls for end to political ad targeting on Facebook, Google
Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) on Wednesday called on Google and Facebook to bar “micro-targeting” in political advertising.The senator’s comments come as the 2020 presidential campaign heats up and...
View ArticleWarren asks Trump transition adviser for answers on potential conflicts of...
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) called for answers Thursday from President Trump confidant and transition adviser Tom Barrack in response to reports he lobbied for a plan to construct nuclear power...
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