by Emily Brooks Democrats’ options to bypass the 60-vote threshold to overcome a Senate filibuster and pass legislation without Republican support just got more complicated. Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough reportedly…
BY MARK TAPSCOTT An exasperated Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) tweeted his frustration late Thursday after the Senate on a 91-4 vote adopted a measure that cuts U.S. tariffs on hundreds…
BY MATTHEW VADUM Arkansas Republican Sen. Tom Cotton accused Democrats of “blackmail” for threatening to pack the Supreme Court if it upholds a pro-life Mississippi law. Cotton’s single-word tweet consisting…
by Martin Walsh Arizona Democrat Sen. Kyrsten Sinema is going after Joe Biden directly this week over his total failure at the U.S.-Mexico border. Sinema met with Arizona’s National Guard…
BY ALEXANDER BOLTON Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) is headed for a high-profile battle with the Senate’s leading progressives over whether to expand Medicare eligibility as part of President Biden’s human-focused…
BY TOM OZIMEK Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) said Friday that he does not support a bill that would make Washington D.C. the nation’s 51st state, dealing a blow to the…
BY TOM OZIMEK A group of Senate Republicans, led by Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas), have introduced a bill that would allow individuals with concealed carry privileges in their home state…
by Kyle Becker Numerous Republicans will not show up for Biden’s first address to Congress on Wednesday night. In a letter to Speaker Pelosi, Republicans explained why several GOP members…
By WENDELL HUSEBO The Democrats have proposed, within President Joe Biden’s first 100 days, radical initiatives contrary to Biden’s “back to normalcy” campaign sold to the American people. Accordingly, the…
By Solange Reyner Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., says she won’t budge and eliminate the filibuster, telling the Wall Street Journal the solution wasn’t to erode the rules, but “for senators…
D. Hunter Schwarz A bipartisan group in the U.S. House want to change how the chamber works, and they asked Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy on Monday…
By Nicholas Ballasy Republicans are describing the Democratic Party’s agenda as an attempt to, in effect, lock in one-party rule in the U.S. government — a far cry from President…
