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"​​Prior to home rule, it was a difficult city," said Paul Strauss, who lobbies for statehood as one of D.C.’s shadow senators.
Mark Warner, also a former Virginia governor, offered a downbeat assessment of Trump 2.0’s early economic record, asserting this week that unemployment and inflation were both "up" while stocks were "down
But Schumer had his defenders on the Democratic side, including Jay S. Jacobs, the New York state party chairman, who argued a shutdown would hurt Democrats’ electoral prospects in 2026 and 2028.
Kennedy Jr.’s Health and Human Services Department has made sweeping changes to the health agencies, including firing swaths of employees or offering buyouts to leave their posts.Â
Some Democrats might be willing to do so if they are first given a chance, perhaps through an amendment vote, to show their support for a one-month extension (S 924) and an 11th-hour effort to complete
The cost of the Navy’s fleet has nearly doubled in the last two decades but the number of vessels is about the same, said Shelby S.
"The president made the decision long ago to ally with Russia and destroy Ukraine," Senate Foreign Relations member Christopher S. Murphy said Wednesday. "None of this is on the level."
Christopher S. Murphy, D-Conn., said Wednesday that GOP senators have privately expressed concerns.
Christopher S. Murphy, D-Conn., described the scenes from Oval Office on Friday as a "planned ambush designed to embarrass President Zelenskyy in order to benefit Vladimir Putin.
Donald S. Beyer Jr. New York Rep. Gregory W. Meeks, the ranking member on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, will return as abroad finance chair, helping raise money from American expatriates.
What we’re reading All politics is local: The 51st ponders what might happen if Congress passes a bill proposed by two Republicans to eliminate D.C.’s home rule.
Frederica S. Wilson, D-Fla., who had last voted on Jan. 23, was back Tuesday night, as was Kevin Mullin, D-Calif., who’s been out due to complications from knee surgery. And Rep.
But it marked a rebound from 2023’s 18.5 percent. It was also higher than the nine most recent years in which the House and presidency were controlled by opposite parties.
Christopher S. Murphy told MSNBC last week, referring to some of the president’s more extreme foreign policy ideas. "But Donald Trump is really good at this campaign of distraction."
Christopher S. Murphy D-Conn., a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and the Senate State-Foreign Operations Appropriations Subcommittee, said at a rally outside USAID headquarters.
But Van Hollen said Thursday that Stefanik took House votes, including last year for an appropriations bill, that would have eliminated funding for the U.N.’s regular budget and several offices.
Senate Foreign Relations member Christopher S.