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Senate Ethics Committee closes inquiry into Sen.
The Senate Ethics Committee has closed an inquiry into Sen. Robert Menendez over allegations that he used his official position to benefit his friend, a Florida eye doctor.
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Amid border wall debate, House and Senate Republicans aligned on spending issues, for once
Even Trump’s border wall funding request had divided House and Senate Republicans for most of the last Congress, with the House appropriating more money for it than the Senate.
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Guest list: Here’s who you’ll see at the State of the Union
And the February 15th deadline for a House and Senate panel to broach a deal and avert another government shutdown approaches. [Podcast: The State of the Union is…perhaps outdated?]
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Debate over Ninth Circuit seats is latest battle in Trump-Senate judicial wars
The Senate Judiciary Committee’s first big battle this year, in the recurring judicial wars, is already taking shape.
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Alabama official backtracks after talking about Kyrsten Sinema’s attire
“Who accompanied new Arizona Senator Krysten Sinema (D) as she took the Senate floor improperly attired?” the original post read.
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A day of House drama over a resolution blaming Trump for the shutdown
The original resolution quoted five Republican lawmakers, including Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., expressing disapproval of shutting
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How one Democrat threads the needle on border security
Of the 10 Democratic senators who faced 2018 re-election challenges in states won by President Donald Trump two years earlier, few were forced to defend their positions on immigration more than Sen.
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Shutdown ends as Trump signs short-term funding deal after House, Senate passage
The White House announced Friday evening that President Donald Trump had signed a short-term spending measure that will re-open the government for three weeks.
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Photos of the Week: Federal workers protest, visit food drives and miss their second paycheck
(Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)The Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee offices in the Russell Senate Office Building are undergoing renovations as seen on Wednesday.
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Trump’s plan to fund wall and reopen government blocked in Senate
The Senate defeated President Donald Trump’s border security plan 50-47 on a procedural vote designed to re-open the government. The measure required 60 votes to pass.
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Senate sets up Thursday test votes on ending shutdown, but no deal in sight
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer have announced an agreement for a pair of test votes Thursday afternoon on government funding legislation.
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Congressional scandals ain’t what they used to be
Look no further than recent re-election wins by two Republicans under federal indictment — Chris Collins of New York for insider trading and Duncan Hunter of California for misuse of campaign money
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Rep. Steve King blames ‘unhinged left’ in new fundraising email
Republicans, including President Donald Trump ally Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, have called this week for King’s resignation.
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Sen. Bob Casey not running for president
Casey won re-election last fall by 13 points.
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Democrats back Pelosi decision to delay State of the Union as Republicans cry politics
Joint sessions of Congress can only be held if the House and Senate adopt a concurrent resolution.
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Trump abruptly cancels military support for Pelosi overseas trip
“The officials who are going are not directly involved in re-opening the government,” the White House official said.
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Susan Collins has a 2020 problem
Six years later, in Obama’s second midterm election, Collins cruised to re-election with over 68 percent of the vote against a weak Democratic challenger, Shenna Bellows.
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Steve King controversy deepens, with Liz Cheney now calling for resignation
That was a reference to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, who on Monday said if King did not know what was wrong with white supremacy and white nationalism, as he said in a recent New York Times
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3 yards and a cloud of shutdown
That includes the historic House and Senate office buildings, the Capitol itself, thousands of works of art and even the trees that dot the campus?”
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Senate Republicans Huddle to Break Shutdown Impasse
Tillis said various ideas the Senate took up last February, but couldn’t muster the 60 votes necessary to advance, were back on the table for discussion.