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Moderates Could Get More Attention in Post-Nuclear Senate
Dean Heller of Nevada, who is up for re-election in 2018, but that would only ramp up with an effective simple majority threshold.
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Dean Heller of Nevada, who is up for re-election in 2018, but that would only ramp up with an effective simple majority threshold.
Weight loss program The Senate Weight Loss Program's first meeting is today, kicking off a 12-week Weight Watchers regimen for staffers.
fights, when liberal opposition has been trained mostly on Republicans, progressives so far in the Gorsuch fight have focused significant resources on their fellow Democrats, especially the 10 up for re-election
The debate over miner health care and pensions that brought the Senate to the precipice of a government shutdown in December might be coming back.
That's why the Senate is where it is today." Outside pressure Senators up for re-election in 2018 have been facing intense pressure from the left and the right over the Supreme Court.
The Republican-controlled Senate Judiciary Committee voted 11-9 along party lines Monday, as expected, to favorably advance Gorsuch's nomination to the Senate floor, but not before key Democrats said they
He subsequently called off several planned committee sessions, infuriating the minority side and putting House Intelligence's Russian investigation effectively in limbo even as the parallel Senate committee
The Senate Judiciary Committee meets to advance Gorsuch’s nomination to the Senate floor, with the panel’s 11-member GOP majority expected to deliver enough votes for a positive report.
He recently teamed up with some Republicans to co-sponsor a bill that would allow parents of U.S. citizens banned from re-entry for minor violations to have their statuses adjusted.
"You got a Republican House, Senate and president, and you can't do anything? That sounds to me like it's got backlash written all over it.
Same goes for Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.
Heitkamp, who faces one of the most competitive re-elections next year, has never sought EMILY's List's endorsement.
Donald Trump's first quest for a Hard Eight began long before Neil Gorsuch's two days as a Senate witness made it as easy as it's ever going to be for the president to win his first big judicial bet.
Should he blame the conservative purists in the House Freedom Caucus or skittish Republicans from swing districts unwilling to sacrifice their careers for an ungainly bill unlikely to survive Senate scrutiny
Chris Van Hollen, who leads his party's Senate campaign arm, says Republicans are creating a tough political environment in next year's midterm elections for themselves by taking up President Donald Trump's
said lots of members had input in building the policy, and those that followed him blindly on this will likely suffer loses, too — Democrats are hoping those loses will come when Republicans run for re-election
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has not yet said whether he would move to change Senate rules that currently require 60 votes to end debate on Gorsuch's nomination.
"I don't think there's time in two or three hours to re-architect a sixth of our economy and vote on this bill," the Kentucky Republican said. "It's done for this week."
. — Senate Democrats up for re-election in Republican-leaning states are united in opposition to the GOP health care plan. For them, overhauling the health care system is not just about policy.
"I'm going to be a "no' even if it sends me home," Meadows said, referring to the idea that his opposition could cost him re-election, although he does not see that as likely given that he feels his constituents