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Capitol Ink | Uphill Battle

By Robert Matson
Posted March 10, 2020 at 5:00am
California Sen. Kamala Harris cited environmental concerns for her opposition to the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Some senators from trade-heavy states opposed US-Mexico-Canada pact

By Shawn Zeller
Posted January 29, 2020 at 6:00am
Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., is not pleased with the administration's claim of executive privilege ona statutorily required report. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

White House angers GOP senator with executive privilege claim on car tariff report

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted January 21, 2020 at 6:33pm
Sen. Jim Risch, R-Idaho, checks his watch while waiting for Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., to wrap up a press conference in the Senate Radio/TV studio on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2020. Sen. Risch along with Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, were waiting to hold a press conference on USMCA, which passed the Senate Thursday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Senate passes USMCA bill, giving Trump a win on trade

By Ellyn Ferguson
Posted January 16, 2020 at 12:12pm
President Donald Trump gestures as he speaks during a “Keep America Great” campaign rally in Milwaukee on Tuesday night. (Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump signs ‘phase one’ China pact, first of two trade milestones this week

By John T. Bennett
Posted January 15, 2020 at 1:05pm
Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., attends a press conference to discuss climate change on Sept. 17, 2019. (Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call file photo)

USMCA bill tough vote for Democrats over lack of environmental protections

By Elvina Nawaguna
Posted January 14, 2020 at 5:07pm
Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., speaks to the media following the Senate Democrats’ policy lunch on Tuesday. (Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)

Senators look to clear legislative decks before impeachment trial

By Niels Lesniewski and Katherine Tully-McManus
Posted January 14, 2020 at 4:04pm
President Donald Trump speaks during a reelection rally at the Huntington Center in Toledo, Ohio, on Thursday night. (Kyle Mazza/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

‘Eliminated’ Soleimani and ‘booming’ economy: Takeaways from Trump’s first 2020 rally

By John T. Bennett
Posted January 10, 2020 at 1:04pm
A worker collects grapes in September 2019 in a vineyard near Rauzan in the Entre-Deux-Mers region near Bordeaux, southwestern France. The U.S Trade Representative wants to impose tariffs on French products from wine and cheese to cosmetics and cookware because of a tax that France imposed on U.S. companies providing digital services. (Georges Gobet/AFP via Getty Images)

US wine and cosmetic importers fear harm in response to French digital services tax

By Mark Bocchetti
Posted January 7, 2020 at 9:50am
Hemp flower on display at the Tennessee Grown booth at the Southern Hemp Expo in Franklin, Tenn., in September 2019. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

South Dakota tribe clears hemp plan but governor opposes industry

By Ellyn Ferguson
Posted January 3, 2020 at 1:44pm