Justice IG to testify next month on alleged 2016 surveillance abuse
Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz will appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee next month to testify on a forthcoming report on alleged surveillance abuse during the 2016...
View ArticleCruz, Graham and Cheney call on Trump to end all nuclear waivers for Iran
High-profile members of the House and Senate GOP applauded the Trump administration’s move Monday to cancel some civil-nuclear waivers for Iran but called for a complete end to the program, which they...
View ArticleGOP senator calls impeachment 'sabotage' effort, raises questions...
Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) described the House impeachment inquiry as an effort to "sabotage" President Trump’s administration and raised questions about the credibility of a key witness on the eve of...
View ArticleKey GOP senator: 'We need a breakthrough' on spending talks
Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Richard Shelby (R-Ala.) said on Monday that the negotiations on top-line spending numbers need a "breakthrough," in the latest sign of trouble for the talks....
View ArticleKey Republicans say Biden can break Washington gridlock
Key Senate Republicans say they can see themselves working with Joe Biden if he is elected president, bolstering the centrist Democratic candidate's claims that he would be able to break through...
View ArticleGOP senator compares impeachment inquiry to Kavanaugh confirmation
Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) on Tuesday compared the impeachment inquiry against President Trump to the contentious hearings for Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination.“You know what these...
View ArticleSen. John Kennedy: Americans 'deserve some answers' on...
Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) on Tuesday called for a thorough investigation into the death of multimillionaire sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, saying during a Senate hearing that Americans deserve...
View ArticleGOP senator wants Violence Against Women Act passage by year end
Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) is moving forward with her own bill to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) after bipartisan talks broke down this month. Ernst is expected to introduce her bill...
View ArticlePrisons chief: FBI investigating whether 'criminal enterprise'...
Kathleen Hawk Sawyer, director of the Bureau of Prisons, told the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday that the FBI is investigating whether or not a “criminal enterprise” played some role in Jeffrey...
View ArticleGOP senators hope to avoid Christmas impeachment trial
Senate Republicans are hoping to avoid a Christmas impeachment trial as they try to plan the timeline for the proceedings. Some House Democrats have thrown out the possibility of having a vote on...
View ArticleSenators voice support for Iran protesters but stop short of taking action
Senate Republicans and Democrats stopped short Tuesday of calling for action in support of protesters in Iran, saying protests in Hong Kong, sanctions on Turkey and monitoring the situation in Iraq and...
View Article2020 Republicans accuse Schumer of snubbing legislation
Republicans are raising concerns that their status as in-cycle senators is impacting their ability to get Democratic support for passing legislation. At least two bills being pushed by senators on the...
View ArticleSenate passes legislation supporting Hong Kong protesters
The Senate easily passed legislation on Tuesday throwing support behind protesters in Hong Kong. The bill, known as the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act, passed by unanimous consent on Tuesday...
View ArticleMcConnell hopes Senate impeachment trial 'not too lengthy a process'
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said on Tuesday that he hopes the Senate is able to finish a likely impeachment trial after "not too lengthy a process." McConnell's comments come after...
View ArticleDem senator says Zelensky was 'feeling the pressure' to probe Bidens
Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) said on Tuesday that he believed Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky was feeling pressure from Rudy Giuliani to investigate the Bidens. Murphy, in a letter to the leaders...
View ArticleTensions rise in Senate's legislative 'graveyard'
Long-simmering tensions about the slow pace of legislation are boiling over in the Senate. Senators are lashing out at each other in an increasingly public blame game about who is responsible for the...
View ArticleMcConnell rips House Democrats for holding up USMCA trade deal
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) ripped House Democrats on Wednesday, arguing they were holding President Trump's trade deal with Canada and Mexico in perpetual limbo. McConnell, speaking...
View ArticleSenate eyes forcing House to vote again on stopgap as deadline looms
Senators are weighing bouncing a stopgap spending bill back to the House with only days until the shutdown deadline. Staffers are discussing switching the shell — the bill the continuing resolution...
View ArticlePentagon No. 2 denies trying to block official's impeachment testimony
The No. 2 official at the Pentagon on Wednesday insisted he was not seeking to block the testimony of another senior Pentagon official when he sent her lawyer a letter outlining the Trump...
View ArticleGOP senator blocks vote on House-passed Violence Against Women Act
Tensions over a long-stalled Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) reauthorization spilled into public view on the Senate floor on Wednesday. Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) tried to get consent to vote...
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