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Senate panel advances Mayorkas bid to lead Homeland Security
These are serious challenges, and we need steady, qualified and experienced leaders at DHS,” said Sen.
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Minimum wage boost likely headed for budget reconciliation bill
tries to negotiate a bipartisan COVID-19 relief package, Democrats are laying the groundwork to use a procedure known as reconciliation, which would allow for Senate passage by a simple majority vote without
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Yellen confirmed as first female Treasury secretary
“I think the strong vote on our side to support her today is an indication that we want to engage.”
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Menendez: Passing immigration bill has ‘herculean’ challenges
I know from my time in the ‘Gang of Eight’ that passing immigration reform through the Senate particularly is a herculean task,” he said.
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Yellen wins unanimous Senate panel backing for Treasury post
“I can tell you a lot of times in the Senate, I don’t think we could get a 26 to nothing vote to agree to buy a soda,” he said.
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Democrats called for witnesses in first Trump impeachment trial, but not this time
“We’re talking about two different things,” Pelosi said Thursday. “We’re talking about a phone call that the president had as one part of it that people could say, ‘I need evidence.’
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Impeachment trial arguments to begin week of Feb. 8
Without an agreement, the trial would’ve started Tuesday.
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Buttigieg cites gas tax hike at hearing, but aide walks it back
“I think all options need to be on the table,” Buttigieg replied.
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Democrats planning budget blitz to pass Biden agenda
There’s no question about it,” Biden spokeswoman Jennifer Psaki said Wednesday.
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Vice President Harris new to wielding Senate gavel in challenging time
The chamber, even without a formal organizing resolution, confirmed Biden’s nominee to be director of national intelligence, Avril Haines. The 84-10 vote came after a brief hiccup when Sen.
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‘Byrd rule’ shadow could fall on Biden coronavirus relief plan
Unless Democrats can win GOP support for the broader plan, as Biden has said he’d prefer, their only paths are to try to pass all or part of it through reconciliation or eliminate the legislative
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Blinken wins praise for pledge to consult Hill on diplomacy
“I think you’re an outstanding choice. I intend to vote for you,” said Sen.
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‘All hell broke loose’: January so far a roller coaster for D.C. statehood
“What I was looking at on the news — it didn’t feel real,” he says.
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Yellen could win swift confirmation as first female Treasury secretary
“Now is not the time to enact a laundry list of liberal structural economic reforms,” he said.
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House impeaches Trump in wake of mob attack on Capitol
“I have not made a final decision on how I will vote and I intend to listen to the legal arguments when they are presented to the Senate,” McConnell said.
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Republicans join impeachment effort ahead of House vote
Everything that followed was his doing,” she said. “None of this would have happened without the President. The President could have immediately and forcefully intervened to stop the violence.
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Excluding lawmakers under 14th Amendment no easy task
Cori Bush, D-Mo., said on Twitter, pushing to expel lawmakers who voted against certification. “We can’t have unity without accountability.”
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Statements were made: Key Republicans avoid blaming Trump supporters for mob attack
He lit the flame,” Cheney said on Fox News.
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House members now screened for weapons when entering chamber
Metal detectors were erected outside the chamber Tuesday afternoon on the second floor of the Capitol, where House members are usually able to move freely, in large groups and without scrutiny.
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Democrats fume at tech companies, but legislation may be elusive
Reddit said it had banned a group devoted to Trump, and Twitch, a video platform used mostly by gamers, said it had banned a Trump channel.