Democrats block foreign policy bill over shutdown fight
Senate Democrats blocked a bipartisan foreign policy bill on Tuesday as they deploy hardball tactics to try to break the shutdown stalemate.Senators voted 56-44 to get the legislation over a first...
View ArticleRepublican senators skeptical of using national emergency for wall funding
Republican senators are keeping their distance from talk of declaring a national emergency to get funding for a U.S.-Mexico border wall, even as President Trump has floated the possibility. Several...
View ArticleSenate Democrats hold talkathon to protest partial shutdown
Democrats held a talk-a-thon from the Senate floor on Tuesday night as they try to ratchet up pressure on Republicans to take up bills to end the partial government shutdown. Democrats spoke from the...
View ArticleDem senator jokes about holding drinking game for Trump's primetime address
Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) joked about holding a drinking game during President Trump’s primetime address regarding the border wall on Tuesday night.Murphy tweeted that he tried to convince Sen. Brian...
View ArticlePelosi, Schumer slam Trump for using Oval Office to 'stoke fear'
Congressional Democratic leadership ripped President Trump on Tuesday night, accusing him of trying to "stoke fear" with his calls for a wall on the Mexican border, which have led to a partial...
View ArticleGOP seeks health care reboot after 2018 losses
Republicans are looking for a new message and platform to replace their longtime call to repeal and replace ObamaCare, after efforts failed in the last Congress and left them empty-handed in the 2018...
View ArticleGOP’s Murkowski calls for shutdown's end: ‘I think we can walk and chew...
Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) on Tuesday called for an end to the current government shutdown, telling reporters that there are parts of the government that can reopen that "don't have anything to do...
View ArticleKaine: Rosenstein's reported departure ‘raises the stakes’ for Barr...
Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) said Tuesday that the reported pending departure of Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein would "raise the stakes" of next week's confirmation hearings for President Trump's...
View ArticleCNN’s Camerota presses Kaine over refusal to do any Senate business before...
CNN anchor Alisyn Camerota on Wednesday pressed Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) over the vow of some Senate Democrats to block all votes during the partial government shutdown.Camerota, the host of "New Day,"...
View ArticleGOP senator: No border security plan without a wall
Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.) on Wednesday said he would not support an agreement on border security that doesn't include specific funding for a wall along the southern border.Lankford said during an...
View ArticleBernie Sanders on Oval Office address: Trump trying to 'create fear and...
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Tuesday said President Trump is working to "create fear and hatred in our country" in his response to the president's primetime address on border security from the Oval...
View ArticleKamala Harris pushes back on Trump threat: Don't play politics with FEMA...
Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) on Wednesday called on President Trump to combat climate change rather than "withhold money from survivors" after he threatened cut Federal Emergency Management Agency...
View ArticleGraham says Barr will allow Mueller to complete investigation
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said ahead of a high-stakes confirmation hearings that President Trump's nominee for attorney general will let special counsel Robert Mueller finish his investigation into...
View ArticleFeinstein blasts Trump's 'empty threat' to withhold FEMA...
Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) on Wednesday blasted President Trump's "empty threat" to cut off Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) funding to assist victims of the California wildfires."It’s...
View ArticlePelosi: Shutdown is hurting vets
Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is trying to hit President Trump where it hurts in the shutdown debate by highlighting its impact on veterans who are federal workers and not getting paid.“Our veterans...
View ArticleKamala Harris praises Ocasio-Cortez: Her ideas 'should be discussed'
Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) on Tuesday offered praise for Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), saying she has introduced "bold ideas that should be discussed."Harris, who made the comments during...
View ArticleRubio, Tlaib trade barbs over Israel, free speech
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) got into a heated exchange with freshman Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) over freedom of speech and a proposed bill to protect Israel from boycotts.Rubio introduced a bill this...
View ArticleTrump: GOP is ‘totally unified’ on border strategy
President Trump emerged from a closed-door meeting with Senate Republicans downplaying signs of division within the party by saying they are “totally unified” in the border wall fight.“I would say that...
View ArticleGOP senators challenge Trump on shutdown strategy
Several Senate Republicans on Wednesday challenged President Trump on his strategy for ending a 19-day shutdown during a closed-door meeting where they expressed specific concerns over the harm it is...
View ArticleKushner meets with moderate Republicans in search of shutdown solution
Senior White House adviser Jared Kushner met with moderate Republican senators Wednesday afternoon in an effort to find a resolution to the 19-day partial government shutdown.Sen. Lindsey Graham...
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