Progressives have called on Senate Democrats to end the legislative filibuster if they win the majority and expand the number of Supreme Court justices to level the playing field. Durbin conceded that with only two Republican senators, Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, opposed to the process, […]
The remarks come with Democrats leading Republican senators in the polls in several key states — and with the pro-business, traditionally conservative Chamber facing a precarious moment. The group has clashed with President Donald Trump on issues including trade and immigration and is now facing an internal revolt over its […]
“There’s not much of a margin for error. But we don’t have much error,” said Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.). “We have our [party] meetings and no one has ever gotten up and made the case for why we should do this after the election.” “There’s going to be plenty of […]
Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer held several weeks of negotiations with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and White House chief of staff Mark Meadows from late July to early August, but the talks failed amid partisan finger-pointing. The two sides were hundreds of billions of dollars apart on overall […]
Feinstein sometimes gets confused by reporters’ questions, or will offer different answers to the same question depending on where or when she’s asked. Her appearance is frail. And Feinstein’s genteel demeanor, which seems like it belongs to a bygone Senate era, can lead to trouble with an increasingly hard-line Democratic […]
Both Democrats and Republicans are eager to reach a deal to avert last-minute drama, though the two parties have squabbled for weeks over various funding and policy provisions in the continuing resolution, which would buy more time for negotiations on a broader spending deal. “The talks continue, and hopefully we’ll […]
The legislation would tee up a spending standoff during a lame-duck session of Congress — possibly in the middle of a presidential transition and as both chambers are roiled over Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s pledge to vote on a replacement for Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died […]
Murkowski became the second Republican senator to oppose moving forward with a Supreme Court nomination in light of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death. | Alex Wong/Getty Images Sen. Lisa Murkowski on Sunday became the second Republican senator to oppose moving forward with a Supreme Court nomination in light of Justice […]
McConnell’s decision has already outraged Democrats, who have called for the majority leader to wait until January — when the control of the White House and the Senate could shift — to put a nominee on the floor. But McConnell, who blocked former President Barack Obama from placing Merrick Garland […]
U.S. Attorney John Durham. | Anna Moneymaker-Pool/Getty Images Four House committee chairs are asking the Justice Department’s top watchdog to open an “emergency” review of Attorney General Bill Barr’s handling of an investigation into the origins of the FBI’s Trump-Russia probe, questioning whether that probe — led by U.S. Attorney […]
