Senate Votes in Doubt for Financial Reform Bill
Senate Democrats’ ability to clear a financial regulatory reform package this week is suddenly uncertain, with the death of Sen.
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Senate Democrats’ ability to clear a financial regulatory reform package this week is suddenly uncertain, with the death of Sen.
He wrote a four-volume, authoritative history of the Senate.
Russ Feingold confirmed Monday his opposition to the financial regulatory reform compromise hammered out last week by a House-Senate conference committee, saying it does not have the safeguards necessary
And in 2008, the longest-serving Republican Senator, Ted Stevens, lost his re-election bid in Alaska. That’s a lot of institutional change for the Senate in a fairly short time period.
Henry Cuellar (D-Texas), also a Blue Dog, said that in addition to spending fatigue and re-election worries bearing down on Members, House Democrats are also wary of “falling on our sword” by taking a
Stanley McChrystal was quickly embraced on both sides of the aisle on Capitol Hill, with Senate confirmation expected within days.
“It undercuts the war effort; it empowers our enemies, it confuses our friends, and I think it needs to be re-evaluated.”
Facing a tough re-election battle, Lincoln’s derivatives fight is a way to distance herself from Wall Street interests and to raise the profile of her Agriculture Committee clout.
In what is surely a reflection of the Republican-friendly political environment that has come to define the 2010 election cycle, every Member of the GOP squad who is up for re-election in 2010 is currently
Cal Cunningham on Tuesday night to secure the Tar Heel State’s Democratic Senate nomination.
moved through the House that have hit a wall in the Senate.
To be sure, Senate Republicans will grill Obama’s nominee to replace Office of Management and Budget Director Peter Orszag, using the confirmation process to cast a critical eye on the administration
“You’re going to see more and more of a direct conversation between presidents, leaders of the House and Senate, and the leaders of business, industry, unions and social organizations in America,
And in a brief impromptu interview Thursday, the Senator flatly declined to comment on her gubernatorial race or whether she will seek re-election in 2012, when her Senate term expires.
Each candidate is unique, but I don’t know that I’ve seen two so very different candidates in a matter of one hour as I did recently, when I interviewed Arizona Democratic Senate hopeful Rodney Glassman
passed Friday but would instead wait for an extenders package from the Senate.
Senate Sergeant-at-Arms Terrance Gainer agreed to reopen the search process for a new Senate Gallery deputy director Friday, after the Radio and Television Correspondents Association railed against his
The South Dakota Republican — who also leads the Senate GOP Policy Committee and is widely viewed as a 2012 presidential contender —is up for re-election this year.
The outcome — and whether the measure can move in the Senate — will weigh on Van Hollen’s stock in a Caucus through which he has risen quickly.
The Senate town-hall title is also held by a Wisconsinite; Sen. Russ Feingold (D) will hold his 69th face-to-face meeting today. Sen.