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The Senate passed a similar Olympics tax bill in mid-July, though without Pascrell’s millionaire amendment. There was no apparent opposition to the bill during debate Tuesday.
Rob Portman was a primary backer of the opioid legislation and, like Toomey, the Ohio Republican is facing a re-election challenge in a state that has acutely felt the problems caused by synthetics.
The November election may go poorly for the Senate Republicans, but there’s no reason to expect a leadership shake-up.
[Senate Democrats Block $1.1 Billion to Fight Zika] House Republicans seem even less keen to budge. Speaker Paul D.
With Congress out of town for a seven-week summer recess ending Sept. 6, lawmakers — particularly those up for re-election — continue to feel the political heat as the Zika situation worsens.
The measure was ultimately saved by a last-minute two-year budget deal that allowed the committees to easily amend the measure and re-send the bill to the president’s desk.
One proposal: Senate Environment and Public Works Chairman James M.
The display of Confederate flag imagery on federal land has re-emerged as a thorn in the side of this year’s process for enacting spending bills.
Senate Democrats waged a nearly 15-hour filibuster last week to force these votes on gun control measures after a June 12 mass shooting that left 49 victims dead in Orlando.
Once again, the Senate will vote on gun control in the aftermath of a mass shooting — this time the nation’s worst in modern history.
She is seeking to attach her amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act, which the Senate is set to consider next week.
But the salesman in chief also had something for U.S. lawmakers like Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky who support most trade deals but are skeptical about this one and wary of
Tom Cotton declared Thursday a criminal justice overhaul bill “dead” in the Senate, despite bipartisan support from some top leaders.
Joe Heck, who is running for the Senate , voted against the amendment in committee. But four Republicans are co-sponsoring Dent’s proposal to remove it, including Florida Reps.
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, who has a transgender son, and Carlos Curbelo, whose re-election race the Rothenberg-Gonzales Political Report/Roll Call rates as a Toss-Up . Rep.
Ryan of Wisconsin and the House Republican leadership, and then with Senate Republican leaders in an effort to find common ground.
The measure would reduce some mandatory sentences and facilitate criminal re-entry into society. These changes were previewed at a GOP Steering Committee lunch Wednesday.
Kelly Ayotte faces a tough re-election race and defending the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard could help. Ayotte is facing Democratic Gov. Maggie Hassan in what is very likely to be a close race.
Though business PAC has endorsed a slate of 13 House and Senate Republicans, Gerlach said he expects the nonpartisan group will back Democrats, too.
As the Senate race in Ohio heats up, Democratic Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland is contrasting his record on energy with incumbent GOP Sen.