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Aug 23 2018
News
Latest Delay Tactic? Dems Refuse to Meet with Kavanaugh, Citing Trump Links to Cohen and Manafort
By the end of this week, Judge Brett Kavanaugh will have met with more than half of the Senate, including Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY). But many Democrats are still refusing to meet with the Supreme Court nominee and are calling for his hearings to be postponed, citing the connection between President Donald Trump and the legal troubles of Paul Manafort and Michael Cohen.
CBNSep 28 2021
Analysis
‘Non-starter’: Dems tangle over how to raise the debt ceiling
Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin says raising the debt ceiling via budget reconciliation is a “non-starter” that simply takes too long. Across the Capitol, his House counterpart Steny Hoyer put it differently: “Reconciliation is one option and that’s on the table.”
Those mixed messages underscore the confusion among congressional Democrats about how the majority party and its slim
PoliticoJul 28 2022
News
Surprise Deal Would Be Most Ambitious Climate Action Undertaken by U.S.
The $369 billion climate and tax package forged in a surprise deal by Senate Democrats on Wednesday would be the most ambitious action ever taken by the United States to try to stop the planet from catastrophically overheating.
The agreement, which Senate Democrats hope to pass as early as next week, shocked even some who had been involved in the sputtering negotiations over climate
New York Times (News)Feb 03 2023
News
Senate Democrats look for way forward on marijuana banking bill
Senate Democrats are giving marijuana banking legislation another look only weeks after it hit a wall with Republicans and was not attached to a year-end spending package.
A handful of Senate Democrats met with Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Wednesday to “ponder the path” to passage this Congress, Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) said, despite what seems to be a dead end
The HillDec 28 2022
Analysis
As Biden mulls 2024 bid, Democrats advise him to delay announcement
President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden have arrived in the U.S. Virgin Islands for their traditional weeklong beach break before a busy new year.
But St. Croix doubles as the picturesque backdrop where Biden considers whether to run for reelection, even as Democrats encourage him to delay any announcement.
Biden can and should take his time considering a reelection
Washington ExaminerAug 12 2017
News
Combative Trump Pulls His Punches for One Man: Putin
The roster of villains in President Trump’s world is legion. The list of people he has been willing, even eager, to publicly attack includes not just Mitch McConnell, his latest target, but Jeff Sessions, Chuck Schumer, Paul D. Ryan, John McCain, Hillary Clinton, Bill Clinton and Barack Obama
New York Times (News)Dec 12 2022
News
Democrats ready one-week stopgap funding extension
Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer put his chamber on notice Monday that a weeklong spending bill is on its way to the floor, given conversations between the two parties on fiscal 2023 appropriations have been productive but negotiators won't meet the Friday deadline.
Discussions turned more positive over the weekend, Schumer said, giving party leaders enough confidence to keep
Roll CallMay 03 2023
News
'Criminal scheme' with then-VP Biden gets hot with Congress demand to FBI
FBI Director Christopher Wray has been ordered by Congress to turn over a "form" that reportedly outlines a "criminal scheme" involving then-VP Joe Biden. The Washington Examiner said the order came in the form of a subpoena from U.S. Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., to Wray. The "scheme" purportedly involved Biden while he was vice president and a "foreign national." "We have received legally
WNDMay 03 2023
News
GOP demands FBI form, alleging Biden "criminal scheme"
Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., conducts the House Oversight and Accountability Committee hearing. Photo: Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images House Oversight Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) and Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) are demanding the Justice Department turn over a 2020 document they claim alleges a "criminal scheme" involving then-Vice President Joe Biden. Why it matters: Comer
AxiosOct 01 2021
News
Student Loan Forgiveness Won’t Be Available To These Borrowers
Student loan forgiveness won’t be available to these student loan borrowers.
Here’s what you need to know.
If there is more student loan forgiveness, it’s clear who it will help. Democrats in Congress and President Joe Biden agree that there should be wide-scale student loan forgiveness. However, they disagree on at least two points on student loan cancellation. First, while Sen
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