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Mar 18 2020
News
What’s in the Trump Administration’s $1 Trillion Stimulus Plan
Senate Republicans are racing to pull together a massive economic stimulus plan, the third phase of Congress’s coronavirus relief efforts, following an $8.3 billion emergency funding bill and the paid leave package passed Wednesday by the Senate.
Negotiations on the stimulus, including eventual talks with House Democrats, will likely extend into next week. Senate Majority Leader Mitch
Fiscal TimesNov 05 2014
News
Chris Christie had a busy post-midterms morning
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie was on "Fox and Friends" and "Good Morning America" and the "Today" show and CNN on Wednesday morning even though he is still not officially running for president in 2016.
Christie's message was much the same on each of the programs. That Americans want "governors [who] get things done," as he told "Today." That the big GOP's governorship wins were because
Washington PostNov 04 2014
News
Riding Wave of Discontent, G.O.P. Takes Senate
Resurgent Republicans took control of the Senate on Tuesday night, expanded their hold on the House, and defended some of the most closely contested governors’ races, in a repudiation of President Obama that will reorder the political map in his final years in office.
Propelled by economic dissatisfaction and anger toward the president, Republicans grabbed Democratic Senate seats in
New York Times (News)Oct 06 2020
News
Republican candidates receive more campaign donations from key private equity group: Report
The coffers of some Republican congressional candidates received a boost from the private equity sector as a major PAC representing the industry’s largest players doles out contributions.
The American Investment Council PAC has donated more than $243,000 to candidates in both the House and Senate since 2018, according to an Axios analysis of FEC records, and 65% of those funds were sent
Fox News (Online News)Feb 09 2017
Opinion
No, Elizabeth Warren Doesn’t Belong in the Same Breath as Harriet Tubman and Rosa Parks
The #ShePersisted campaign’s insistence that she does is offensive in the extreme. ‘Nevertheless, she persisted,” said Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, explaining his decision to invoke Senate Rule 19 against Massachusetts senator Elizabeth Warren, who was reading a letter in an attack on attorney-general nominee Jeff Sessions on the floor of the upper chamber. Within hours, McConnell’s remark
National Review (News)Sep 08 2014
News
Republicans Build Cushions in Key Senate Races
Republicans candidates have opened up leads in two key Senate races, according to new NBC News/Marist polls, brightening the party’s prospects for retaking control of the chamber in the November elections.
Rep. Tom Cotton (R., Ark.) has opened up a five-point lead over Democratic incumbent Sen. Mark Pryor in Arkansas among likely voters, with poll respondents split 45% to 40% in the
Wall Street Journal (News)Jun 10 2021
News
'The era of bipartisanship is over': Senate hits rough patch
The Senate’s months-long effort to clinch bipartisan deals — and prove the body can still function — is quickly running out of gas.
The Senate passed legislation this week aimed at combating China’s competitiveness, in a win claimed by both sides as an example of how the embattled chamber can cut and pass meaningful agreements.
But senators are facing a heavy lift as they try to
The HillJan 09 2020
News
'Get moving': Senate Democrats break with Pelosi on impeachment delay
Senate Democrats are breaking with their party leaders over House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s decision to hold on to the articles of impeachment, saying it is time to get President Trump’s trial rolling.
The grumbling in the ranks puts pressure on Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer, New York Democrat, who has stood by Mrs. Pelosi’s decision to withhold charges against the president in
Washington TimesFeb 09 2017
Headline Roundup
Civility or Free Speech?
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell silenced Sen. Elizabeth Warren during Senate arguments against Jeff Sessions' nomination. Both sides are debating whether it stifled her free speech or McConnell was just trying to bring civility back to the Senate.
Los Angeles Times Newsmax (News) NPR (Online News)May 29 2012
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Dire Predictions Amid Another Looming Fiscal Battle
There are growing warnings on Capitol Hill that the nation could be rolling toward an end-of-the-year fiscal train wreck.
"The looming tax hike will be absolutely devastating," Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said.
"You can call this a fiscal cliff. You can call it 'Taxmageddon' as others have done. Whatever you call it, it will be a disaster for the middle class
NPR (Online News)