Politics · 115th Congress
Withdrawn Nomination Gives Democrats Hope in Brett Kavanaugh Fight
Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn of Texas said the White House decided to withdraw the nomination rather than lose. Minority Leader Charles E.
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Politics · 115th Congress
Democratic Sen. Donnelly Uses Trump’s Praise for Him in New Ad
Donnelly is in a tough re-election race in a state where Trump has close ties. Trump clinched his victory for the Republican nomination in 2016 when he won the Indiana primary.
Politics · 115th Congress
Democrats Press GOP for Quick Legislative Response on Russia
House and Senate Democrats are pressuring their Republican colleagues to bring to the floor legislation introduced in response to President Donald Trump’s comments — and revisions to those comments — this
Heard On The Hill · 115th Congress
Stressed About Your Job After Midterms? There’s a Book for That
“I worked for a senator who was in a very tough re-election race when I worked in Congress, and I just remember that it was a very stressful and tension-filled time in the office.”
Video · 115th Congress
Reporter’s Notebook: Democratic Senators Seeking Re-Election Have Less Diverse Staffs
By Sean McMinn and Juliette Rocheleau [jwp-video n=”1″] Roll Call data reporter Sean McMinn looks at the numbers released by Senate Democrats on the racial breakdown of their staffs
Politics · 115th Congress
After Helsinki, Senate GOP Quietly Takes Aim at Russia
Cory Gardner of Colorado — whose statement after the press conference condemned Russia’s history of foreign aggression but did not address the Helsinki summit or mention Trump by name — re-upped his calls
Politics · 115th Congress
Democratic Staff of Most Powerful Senate Committees Have the Least Racial Diversity
The Senate committees with the whitest Democratic staffs are also some of the chamber’s most powerful.
Heard On The Hill · 115th Congress
When Pig Selfies Fly: Pig Book Provides Ritual Railing Against Pork
And after nearly two decades in Congress, this was his last appearance at the event as a lawmaker, after he decided against seeking re-election this fall.
Politics · 115th Congress
State Department Nominees Could Be In For Procedural Headache
Watch: Trump Says He ‘Misspoke’ on Russian Election Meddling [jwp-video n=”1″] Senate rules do not allow a minority of senators to block nominations, but given the limited floor time, an
Politics · 115th Congress
Trump Helsinki Remarks Expose GOP Divide on Foreign Policy
Senate Foreign Relations Chairman Bob Corker said he received phone calls until “late last night from people about various ways of dealing with it.”
Politics · 115th Congress
Democratic House Challengers Raise More Than Senate Candidates
That’s more than at least one Democratic senator facing a competitive re-election and at least five Republicans running for Senate in competitive races this year.
Politics · 115th Congress
Vulnerable Senate Democrats Have Another Thing to Worry About: Diversity on Their Staffs
Democratic senators gearing up for competitive re-elections tend to have whiter staffs, according to a Roll Call analysis of data released by Senate Democrats. Sen.
Politics · 115th Congress
Blue Dog Democrats Vote With GOP More in 2018
Sinema, who is voting with fellow Democrats 66.3 percent of the time this year, is running for the Senate in the GOP-leaning state where Republican incumbent Jeff Flake is retiring after one term.
Politics · 115th Congress
Lawmakers Across the Aisle Fight Canadian Newsprint Tariffs
A representative for the North Pacific Paper Company, the petitioner for the tariffs, said the tariffs have allowed paper mills to ramp up production and re-hire American workers.
Politics · 115th Congress
A Visit to the Balkans Casts Light on the Divisions in America
“I would use as an example everything that’s happening in the Senate,” he said, accusing Democrats of “objecting to everything just to object to it — then everybody votes for it.”
Politics · 115th Congress
Mitch McConnell Expects Vote on Brett Kavanaugh Before October
Speaking in Louisville on Friday, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell re-affirmed the timeline for considering the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to be an associate justice of the Supreme Court.
Politics · 115th Congress
At the Races: The Unlikely Team Behind a 2018 Star
A Tilt Here, A Tilt There: Heads up, Senate watchers! Nathan shifted two Toss-up Senate races into the tilt categories.
Politics · 115th Congress
Analysis: Brett Kavanaugh and the Midterm Effect
At that point, a handful of Democratic senators up for re-election this year — most notably Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota, Claire McCaskill of Missouri, Joe Donnelly of Indiana, Joe Manchin III of
Why Former Sen. Jon Kyl Got Tapped to Guide Brett Kavanaugh
If Jon Kyl does not have the ideal background for successfully shepherding a Supreme Court nominee through this Senate, perhaps no one does.
Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: Why the Kavanaugh Pick Is Not as Safe as It Seems
Views like these raise the intriguing possibility that Rand Paul — the closest the Senate comes to an actual libertarian — may prove a pivotal figure in the Kavanaugh confirmation fight.