Policy · 119th Congress
Democrats call for hearings, independent probes over ICE shooting
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Trump's year included six confirmations to circuit courts and 20 to district courts, according to analysts' tallies.
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A bipartisan group of senators wants the Defense Department to move faster in its efforts to prevent sexual assault in the military.
Senators from both parties are working on a bill that would give small businesses a second tax break on Paycheck Portection Program loans
As with other disasters, Congress will allow no-penalty hardship withdrawals from 401(k)s and other retirement plans as Americans struggle to find cash to make it through the coronavirus pandemic
Adrian Smith, and the related S 517 by Sen. Deb Fischer, that would ease limits on E15. The groups also pushed against bills like HR 1315 by GOP Rep.
Trump does not yet back the broader bipartisan Senate legislation (S 1917) championed by Grassley that also includes changes to some federal sentencing laws, but still wants to see a bill passed, a White
research effort will be funded by a group of foundations on both sides of the political fence — the Laura and John Arnold Foundation, the Democracy Fund, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, the John S.
Christopher S. Murphy, D-Conn., that would bolster enforcement of the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, known as NICS. Cornyn said it has 69 cosponsors.
The Iowa Republican put forward the measure last week after Special Counsel Robert S.
Wray said he would support special counsel Robert S. Mueller III in his investigation of connections between the Trump campaign and Russian operatives during the 2016 election.
Trump has already questioned the close relationship between Comey and Robert S.
Biden Jr.’s cancer “moonshot” program and $1.6 billion for a program focused on enhanced understanding of brain-related diseases like Alzheimer’s.
This measure (S 2019) by Democratic Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota and Republican Sen. Charles E.
Christopher S. Murphy, who led the filibuster, said before the votes that he wasn’t certain of the outcome but believed it was important to put senators on the record.
Two of the four senators who Cornyn said supported the bill after the changes, Republicans Mark S. Kirk of Illinois and Steve Daines of Montana, were at the news conference.
Mark S. Kirk, R-Ill., have been the two main voices in the caucus calling for the nomination to move forward. “I am not optimistic that I will be changing minds on the issue,” Collins said.