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Political Drama Converges at Supreme Court Ceremony
</p> Trump and first lady Melania Trump were there for the occasion. Sen.
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</p> Trump and first lady Melania Trump were there for the occasion. Sen.
</p> Costello passed on his own re-election race. The two-term lawmaker told party leaders he would retire in March. </p> Tough political realities in his state played a role.
Francis Rooney, who were the only co-sponsors of a carbon tax bill introduced by Curbelo in August. Neither immediately responded to a request for comment.
</p> He said that for the first time in a while, there could be common ground on health care, and he singled our for praise the bipartisan opioids bill that was signed into law last month.
Bill Nelson, who reportedly conceded defeat just after midnight in his re-election bid against GOP Gov. Rick Scott, is now awaiting a recount.
He voted against House Republicans’ health care bill because he was concerned it wouldn’t ensure coverage for everyone with pre-existing conditions. </p>Rep.
</p> Democrats were aided by flawed opponents who ran on Republican legislative priorities that poll poorly among independent voters — including the 2017 tax bill and the prolonged push to strip protections
Those include the Government by the People Act, a campaign finance overhaul measure designed to incentivize small donations; the DISCLOSE Act, a bill to require public disclosure of super PAC donors; the
Bill Nelson on Tuesday night. As of 12:30 p.m., Wednesday, Scott led Nelson by less than 35,000 votes with all precincts reporting.
McConnell put finishing up the fiscal 2019 spending bills and a House-Senate agreement on the farm bill on the top of the “lame duck” legislating list.
But as chief executive, he has yet to sign a single major bipartisan bill other than one last month to combat the opioid crisis — and that one was mostly hashed out by lawmakers.
“We have a lot in common on infrastructure,” he said, stopping short of saying he expects to sign a bill to upgrade roads, bridges, airports, tunnels and seaports.
</p> “Millions of Americans exercised their right to vote in this election.
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</p> Such characterizations are not supported by data, said Lindsey Cormack, a political scientist and author of “Congress and U.S. Veterans: From the GI Bill to the VA Crisis.”
</p> Watch: Now That That’s Over (Mostly) Roll Call Looks Ahead to 2020</p> [jwp-video n=”1″]</p> But key Democrats did not support that effort and have made only cautious comments when talking about
</p> That translated into a good night for Republicans in the Senate and for Democrats in the House.</p> Democratic Sens.
</p> [A Defiant Trump Declares Midterm Outcome a Historic Event]</p> “It’s all about deal-making.
</p> The Florida Senate race appears to be an upset of incumbent Democrat Bill Nelson. The seat will go to Republican Gov. Rick Scott who spoke from his election night party in Naples, Fla.