US Senate

TUCKER: Retire the “Boneless Wonders”

September 4, 2019 Garland Tucker

Winston Churchill once recalled that, as a young boy, his parents took him to Barnum’s Circus where the sideshow headlined “The World-Famous Boneless Wonder.” The wonder was a giant slab of a man with no […]

MATTHEWS: The Democrats’ obsession with identity politics comes back to bite them in Colorado senate race

September 4, 2019 Stacey Matthews

Just days after dropping his bid for the Democratic presidential nomination, former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper announced a run for the U.S. Senate seat currently held by Republican Cory Gardner. The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee […]

Senate confirms 13 more judges

August 7, 2019 Matthew Daly | The Associated Press

WASHINGTON, D.C. — As the Senate departed for a five-week recess last week, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell hailed the chamber’s accomplishments, including a hard-won budget deal that staves off a possible government shutdown. But […]

HILL: This budget deal may be the worst in history

July 31, 2019 Frank Hill

If you love fiscal sanity, prepare to be sorely disappointed this week. Again. The Committee for A Responsible Federal Budget (CRFB) calls the most recent budget deal expected to be passed by the Senate and […]

Senate appears ready to vote against Trump border declaration

March 14, 2019 admin

WASHINGTON. D.C. — The Republican-led Senate is set to deal President Donald Trump a rebuke on his declaration of a national emergency at the Mexican border, with the only remaining question how many GOP senators […]

Coastal state Sen. Bill Cook will not seek re-election under new legislative maps

August 31, 2017 Mollie Young

RALEIGH — Four-term state lawmaker Sen. Bill Cook (R-Beaufort) announced Tuesday he will not seek re-election in 2018, as remedial legislative maps have significantly reconfigured his home district. Lawmakers passed the new Senate redistricting plan earlier […]