Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell expertly timed a proposal on Oct. 6 — after the “markets” closed — to go along with a temporary, conditional “deal” to extend our government’s debt limit until December. Some […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has warned Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen he is not budging on his demand that Democrats go it alone on the federal debt limit, deepening the emerging standoff […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Senate Democrats accused Republicans Wednesday of a “shameless, cynical” ploy that would damage the economy and the government’s credit rating after the chamber’s GOP leader said his party would vote against raising […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — More than for her shock of purple hair or unpredictable votes, Democratic Sen. Kyrsten Sinema is perhaps best known for doing the unthinkable in Washington: She spends time on the Republican side […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Senate is set for a key vote Tuesday on a sweeping federal takeover of voting and election laws, setting up a dramatic test of Democratic unity on a top priority that […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy said Tuesday that he won’t support a proposal to form a commission to study the Jan. 6 protest at the U.S. Capitol. McCarthy said he wanted the […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell is so determined to stop a sweeping elections overhaul pushed by congressional Democrats that he will personally argue against it, armed with a stack of amendments at […]
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 […]
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 […]
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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