Poll: Majority oppose Kavanaugh's confirmation to Supreme Court
A majority of Americans oppose Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation to Supreme Court, according to a new CNN poll conducted in the days before he was confirmed on Saturday.Overall, 51 percent of those polled...
View ArticleHeitkamp says she was prepared to vote 'yes' on Kavanaugh until the...
Sen. Heidi Heitkamp (D-N.D.) was prepared to vote to confirm Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh but decided not to after watching his hearing in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee last month,...
View ArticleLindsey Graham hits Dem senator: 'The Hirono standard is horrific'
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) on Monday lashed out at Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), saying she acted as though Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh was “guilty until proven innocent” when sexual...
View ArticleNRA spokesperson mocks Booker: Is he working with GOP to help increase voter...
National Rifle Association spokeswoman Dana Loesch took aim at New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker (D) on Monday over his comment about a potential investigation and impeachment of Supreme Court associate...
View ArticleSusan Collins’s Kavanaugh vote sparks calls to boycott Maine products, tourism
Activists upset with Sen. Susan Collins’s vote to confirm Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh say they will inflict economic damage on the Republican senator's home state by boycotting Maine products...
View ArticleSinema announces raising nearly $7 million in third quarter
Rep. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) says she raised nearly $7 million in the third fundraising quarter of the year, shattering her previous fundraising records in the Senate race against Rep. Martha McSally...
View ArticleRand Paul vows to force vote on Saudi arms sales over missing journalist
GOP Sen. Rand Paul (Ky.) on Tuesday vowed to force a vote on U.S. arms sales to Saudi Arabia after the disappearance of Washington Post contributor Jamal Khashoggi."If they're responsible or even if...
View ArticleGOP senators praise Haley as 'powerful' and 'unafraid'
Republican senators are sorry to see Nikki Haley, one of the few senior officials in the administration willing to stand up to President Trump, step down as ambassador to the United Nations. GOP...
View ArticleGOP senator suspects Schumer of being behind release of Ford letter
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) on Tuesday said he "strongly suspects" Senate Democratic Leader Charles Schumer (N.Y.) was behind the leak of an explosive letter that almost derailed Brett Kavanaugh's...
View ArticleRand Paul on political climate: 'I really worry that someone is going to...
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) on Tuesday said lawmakers should tamp down their political rhetoric, warning that otherwise it could lead to violence.Paul, during an interview with a Kentucky radio station,...
View ArticleMcConnell: Dems 'overplayed their hand' on Kavanaugh
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said on Tuesday that he believes Democrats' tactics on the recent Supreme Court fight backfired and have helped Republicans. "I think they overplayed...
View ArticleMcConnell torches 'far-left mob' over Kavanaugh fight
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Tuesday knocked the "far-left mob" for the fight over Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court nomination, arguing critics were still trying to target the...
View ArticleTrump dismisses talk of Graham joining Cabinet
President Trump on Tuesday dismissed talk of Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) joining his Cabinet, telling reporters that he believes the senator "wants to stay right where he is.""Certainly I would,"...
View ArticleMurkowski brushes off GOP backlash: 'I'm good with' Kavanaugh...
Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) is brushing off questions about potential political retribution over her opposition to putting Brett Kavanaugh on the Supreme Court, which has earned her fierce criticism...
View ArticleTrump rally crowd erupts with chants of 'lock her up' about Feinstein
Attendees at President Trump's campaign rally in Iowa on Tuesday night chanted "lock her up" after the president questioned whether Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) leaked allegations of sexual...
View ArticleGOP on timing of Haley’s announcement: 'Unusual' and 'odd'
Republicans on Capitol Hill and party strategists are surprised and a bit annoyed by the timing of Nikki Haley’s decision to resign from the Trump administration.Publicly, Republican lawmakers are...
View ArticleGrassley says he wouldn't consider a Supreme Court nomination in 2020
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) says that his panel wouldn't consider a Supreme Court nomination if a vacancy appeared in 2020, breaking from Senate Majority Leader Mitch...
View ArticleGrassley pledges to raise $3M for Collins after Kavanaugh fight
Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) promised to raise $3 million to support Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) to counteract anger over her vote to confirm Justice Brett Kavanaugh."I'm going to...
View ArticleMcConnell: No one is going to beat Murkowski in Alaska
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Wednesday defended GOP Sen. Lisa Murkowski (Alaska) amidst conservative backlash over her opposition to confirming Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme...
View ArticleChris Cuomo: Presumption of innocence didn't apply to Kavanaugh because...
CNN anchor Chris Cuomo said Wednesday that presumption of innocence did not apply to Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh because the allegations against him were not reviewed in a courtroom."Now...
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