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April 19, 2021

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HARSANYI: The hypocrisy of the filibuster busters

March 26, 2021 David Harsanyi

The effort to undo the Senate’s legislative filibuster is an un-American, Constitution-eroding, radical play to nationalize politics by empowering slim and fleeting majorities to institute wide-ranging, generational policies. Judging from the media coverage, you might […]

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McConnell says he will vote against Regan’s EPA nomination

March 10, 2021 Matt Mercer

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell said in a floor speech on Wednesday he was opposing N.C. Dept. of Environmental Quality Secretary Michael Regan’s nomination to become the administrator of the Environmental Protection […]

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Senate confirms Merrick Garland to be US attorney general, Ohio Rep. Fudge as housing secretary

March 10, 2021 Associated Press

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Senate has confirmed Merrick Garland to be the next U.S. attorney general with a bipartisan vote, placing the widely-respected, veteran judge in the post. Democrats have praised Garland, a federal appeals […]

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Biden urges Senate Dems to rally behind $1.9T virus bill

March 3, 2021 Alan Fram, Associated Press

WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Joe Biden urged Senate Democrats to rally behind a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill and stood by his proposed $1,400 payments to individuals, even as some party moderates sought to dial […]

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GOP’s McConnell blasts ‘loony lies’ by Ga. Rep. Greene

February 2, 2021 Brian Slodysko, Associated Press

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Republican Senate leader Mitch McConnell denounced newly elected Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene on Monday, calling the far-right Georgia Republican’s embrace of conspiracy theories and “loony lies” a “cancer for the Republican Party.” […]

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Biden faces scrutiny over reliance on executive orders

January 29, 2021 Aamer Madhani, Associated Press

President Joe Biden and aides are showing touches of prickliness over growing scrutiny of his heavy reliance on executive orders in his first days in office. The president in just over a week has already […]

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Senate filibuster fight cools for now, but battles ahead

January 26, 2021 Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Easing off a stalemate, the Senate moved forward Tuesday with a power-sharing agreement in the evenly split chamber after Republican leader Mitch McConnell backed off his demand that Senate Democrats preserve the […]

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McConnell seeks to push Trump impeachment trial to February

January 22, 2021 Mary Clare Jalonick and Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell is proposing to push back the start of former President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial to February to give the former president time to prepare and review his […]

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Fate of Biden agenda rests with Schumer in 50-50 Senate

January 20, 2021 Andrew Taylor, Associated Press

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Chuck Schumer, the incoming Senate majority leader, has never taken on such a torrent of challenges, with the opening days of both the Biden administration and Democratic control of the Senate coming […]

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Trump’s court appointments will leave decades-long imprint

January 12, 2021 Mark Sherman, Kevin Freking, and Matthew Daly, Associated Press

WASHINGTON, D.C. — On this, even President Donald Trump’s most fevered critics agree: He has left an imprint on federal courts that will outlast his one term in office for decades to come. He used […]

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