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Feb 08 2021
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Senate leaders close in on deal on impeachment trial rules, source familiar with the talks says
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell are closing in on an agreement on a trial resolution for the impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump, according to a person familiar with the talks.
Below is some of what has been agreed to, according to this person, but they note that this is not a complete list:
On Tuesday, up to a four
CNN (Online News)Aug 03 2022
Fact Check
No, Republicans Do Not Oppose Helping Veterans
Welcome back to Forgotten Fact-Checks, a weekly column produced by National Review’s News Desk. This week, we explain Republican opposition to a veterans’ health bill, look at Politico’s White House PR, and hit more media misses.
Republicans Smeared as Cold-Hearted Veteran-Haters
Senate Republicans last week voted down a bill that would provide funding for health care and
National Review Fact CheckMar 09 2019
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House Democrats pass plan to overhaul ethics rules, expand voting rights and target Trump tax returns
The House of Representatives on Friday passed a key priority of the new Democratic majority: A sweeping legislative proposal that Democrats call HR 1 that seeks to enact wide-ranging ethics reform, expand voting rights and mandate the disclosure of presidential tax returns. The vote was 234 to 193 and the measure passed along party lines. Congressional Republicans have criticized the
CNN (Online News)Jan 31 2020
Analysis
The most radical Democratic plan to fix the Supreme Court yet
What if we have to destroy the judiciary in order to save democracy?
At a campaign stop in Iowa, Democratic presidential candidate Tom Steyer embraced a radical proposal to counter Republican domination of the Supreme Court — court-packing.
After Justice Antonin Scalia died in 2016, stripping Republicans of their Supreme Court majority in the process, Senate Majority Leader Mitch
VoxJul 29 2015
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Senate To Vote on Defunding Planned Parenthood
Newly minted Republican Senator Joni Ernst introduced legislation late yesterday to defund Planned Parenthood after a series of undercover videos by the Center for Medical Progress revealed the abortion giant selling baby parts and haggling over prices. (In case you missed the videos, Cortney has you covered here). The legislation is co-sponsored by Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, GOP
TownhallMar 26 2020
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Senate unanimously passes massive coronavirus aid plan
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate passed an unparalleled $2.2 trillion economic rescue package steering aid to businesses, workers and health care systems engulfed by the coronavirus pandemic.
The unanimous vote Wednesday came despite misgivings on both sides about whether it goes too far or not far enough and capped days of difficult negotiations as Washington confronted a national
Associated PressJan 18 2022
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How a GOP majority in Congress might handle Biden in 2023
Republicans are feeling so good about their chances of retaking Congress this fall that they're already debating their governing relationship with President Joe Biden. And they're divided over how to handle their potential big wins.
With Biden and Democrats floundering right now, the GOP is increasingly favored to vault back to partial power in Washington by flipping the House, and
PoliticoSep 21 2020
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Biden in 2016: President Has 'Constitutional Duty' to Nominate Supreme Court Justice, Even Months Before Election
Former Vice President Joe Biden declared in 2016 that if he were chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee he would push ahead with the nomination of a Supreme Court justice "even a few months before a presidential election."
Biden penned a New York Times op-ed in March 2016—just weeks after the death of Justice Antonin Scalia—which accused Senate Republicans that year of neglecting
NewsweekJun 08 2020
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Exclusive investigation on the coronavirus pandemic: Where was Congress?
During President Trump's impeachment trial, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) asked Chief Justice John Roberts if he could make a brief announcement.
“In the morning, there will be a coronavirus briefing for all members at 10:30,” McConnell stated on Jan. 23, noting the Senate Health panel was taking the lead on it.
McConnell’s remarks represented the first time that
The HillNov 06 2014
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Can GOP, Obama find common ground? New Congress eyes Keystone, ObamaCare, tax code
Building the Keystone XL oil pipeline, overhauling the tax code and easing "excessive" regulations blamed for slow economic growth are at the top of the agenda for the new Republican majority in Congress.
But absent from a Wall Street Journal opinion piece penned by House Speaker John Boehner and presumptive Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is any mention of immigration, which
Fox News (Online News)