GOP Senator Says DOJ Challenge To His Voting Law Is A Waste Of Resources
WASHINGTON — One of the newest members of the U.S. Senate suggested Wednesday that he did not think the Department of Justice’s decision to sue him was a wise use…
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Keystone bill moves closer to Senate passage
“It is now time to get through the remaining amendments and vote up or down on passage of this bill before we leave for the week,” said Senate Majority Leader…
Democrats press McConnell to drop immigration fight on DHS bill
READ: GOP immigration showdown looms “As we rapidly approach the date on which the Department of Homeland Security’s funding expires, and as law enforcement officials face major threats to our…
Peace Gets A Chance: Democratic Hawks Back Off Iran Sanctions Bill
WASHINGTON — Hawkish Senate Democrats are backing off an aggressive push for Iran sanctions legislation, saying they’ll give President Barack Obama breathing room to let international talks play out over…
Senate Democrats Demand A Clean DHS Funding Bill
WASHINGTON — It’s (even more) official: A bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security that also goes after President Barack Obama’s executive actions on immigration isn’t getting through the…
Mitch McConnell Fast Facts
Birth place: Colbert County, Alabama Birth name: Addison Mitchell McConnell, Jr. Father: Addison Mitchell McConnell Mother: Julia (Shockley) McConnell – October 23, 2010 – During an interview with the National…
Dick Durbin Will Speak Up For Dreamers Every Day This Week
WASHINGTON — Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) plans to take to the Senate floor every day this week to share the stories of young undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S….
Republicans Defend Obama’s Trade Pact While Pressing To Deregulate Banks
WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans on Tuesday offered to help President Barack Obama pass a sweeping trade package, while pressing for measures to deregulate finance and raise the price of prescription…
Former Senate Intel Chair Strikes Back At CIA For Spying
WASHINGTON — Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), the former chairwoman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, struck back at the CIA Tuesday, blasting the spies for failing to hold personnel accountable for…
Democratic senators to hold back on Iran sanctions
The decision makes it certain that the Senate cannot reach a veto-proof majority before the March deadline and unlikely it can reach a filibuster-proof majority to surpass Obama’s veto. The…
Senate Democrats Stall Vote On Keystone XL Pipeline
Senate Democrats have temporarily stalled progress on a bill to approve the Keystone XL oil pipeline, the top priority of the Republican-controlled Congress. – Some Democrats who had supported previous…
Senate Democrats Join GOP Attack On Financial and Environmental Regulation
WASHINGTON — Four Senate Democrats are working with Republicans to help the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and other GOP-affiliated lobbying groups undermine financial and environmental regulations. A new bill would…
Why the Iran sanctions fight is a big deal
It’s a message world leaders and diplomats working with the U.S. to wrangle Iran into relinquishing its nuclear weapons program have echoed. But none of that is stopping sanctions advocates…
Paul Ryan Fast Facts
Birth place: Janesville, Wisconsin Birth name: Paul Davis Ryan Father: Paul M. Ryan, an attorney Mother: Elizabeth “Betty” (Hutter) Ryan Douglas – December 2013 – Ryan and Senate Budget Chairman…
GOP May Abolish Supreme Court Filibusters
a move that could yield big rewards for whichever party controls the White House and Senate after 2016. Read the whole story at POLITICO
HUFFPOST HILL – Stoned Andy Harris Devours Entire Cake
Lindsey Graham clarified that the GOP does not favor rape, this on the heels of the press release put out by his office, “Senator Graham Sees News Report About Local…
Senate Republicans Remove ‘Civil Rights And Human Rights’ From Subcommittee Name
WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans revealed this week that they have eliminated the phrase “civil rights and human rights” from the title of a Senate Judiciary subcommittee charged with overseeing those…
Senate Intelligence Committee Democrats Prepare To Battle New GOP Chairman On CIA Torture Report
WASHINGTON — Democrats on the Senate Intelligence Committee are gearing up to fight their new Republican chairman’s attempts to reclaim the panel’s report on the CIA’s torture program, setting the…
‘Coming out’ on climate change
Phew. But are we causing it? Oh no-no-no, says half the Senate. Forty-nine senators (full list here) voted on Wednesday against an amendment that said climate change is happening and,…
House Education Panel Head Endorses Annual Student Testing
WASHINGTON (AP) — The chairman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee on Thursday endorsed continuing the federally required annual testing of students under the No Child Left Behind…
Senate emails down in ‘network outage’
“The Senate is currently experiencing a network outage including email and mobility and technicians are now working the issue,” Senate Sergeant-at-Arms Frank Larkin said through a spokeswoman. – CNN’s Ted…
The Senate Actually Just Acknowledged Climate Change Is Real
WASHINGTON — The Senate voted Wednesday to acknowledge that climate change is real, bringing itself up to date with every major scientific body in the world. But the Senate also…
HUFFPOST HILL – Golden Age Of Political Comity Put Off For Another Day
CNN will debut a political game show: a Republican and Democratic contestant will each be asked the same questions, but no actual answer will be given. The bigamy case against…
House Conservatives To Senators: Don’t Cave On Immigration
WASHINGTON — Republicans in the Senate likely don’t have the votes to pass a bill blocking President Barack Obama’s executive actions on immigration, but House conservatives said Wednesday that was…
John McCain Is About To Take The Senate To School On Foreign Policy
Five-term Sen. John McCain is taking the Senate to school on foreign policy. – “I think the 2014 election was a rejection of isolationism,” said Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., a…
McConnell allies form group to defend Senate
American Crossroads will also be heavily engaged in the GOP presidential primary fight, however, and Republicans will have 24 seats to defend in 2016 — far more than the 10 Democrats…
GOP Plans To Give Explosive Document Back To CIA
WASHINGTON — The new GOP chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee intends to give back to the CIA an explosive, secret document that has been at the center of a…
Joni Ernst to brave State of the Union rebuttal
Joni Ernst, the Republican Party’s latest rising star in the Senate, will do just that Tuesday, tapped by the GOP to deliver the rebuttal to Obama’s State of the Union…
Elizabeth Warren Fast Facts
Birth place: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Birth name: Elizabeth Ann Herring Father: Donald Herring, salesman and maintenance man Mother: Pauline (Reed) Herring, department store worker Marriages: Bruce Mann (July 12, 1980-present);…
Keystone debate moves ahead
“It is well past time,” said Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, the Republican chair of the Energy and Natural Resources Committee. “We would like to see this pipeline moving but…