Search the Roll Call archive by keyword, date, Congress, section, or tags.
Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., jumped in to say he’s seen “a lot of this” and said witnesses before the committee should only decline to answer questions if they have a legal reason, such as asserting executive
Both Obama and President Donald Trump engaged in military action the Senate should have first debated and authorized, but never did.
McConnell should not be counted out.
“No budget, no tax reform, and that’s why there should be a sense of urgency to get this done quick,” Republican Study Committee Chairman Mark Walker said, suggesting that still remains a priority
Any Republican anticipating a tough race in either 2018 or 2020 should be rooting hard for legislative ineptitude.
Without a Democrat in the White House to be at the center of the GOP’s ire, Pelosi has already been used in political ads in at least two of this year’s four special elections for Republican-held
The Connecticut Democrat conceded that both sides had used the “nuclear option” to change precedents to eliminate the need for supermajorities on nominations, but legislation should be a different
“This order, properly construed, should really allow for only the narrowest implementation of any part of the ban,” said Omar Jadwat, director of the American Civil Liberties Union Immigrants’ Rights
Ahead of the court’s ruling, Trump issued updated guidance earlier this month for how his Cabinet secretaries should implement the executive order if the justices opted to lift an injunction blocking
McCain advised that Australia move to enact TPP without the U.S.’s involvement, hoping that “someday in the future, under different circumstances, America will decide to join you.”
There should be a way, for example, to revive public schools without making the Democrats the party of the teachers’ unions.
Republicans plan to use that process to rewrite the tax code too, because they don’t think Democrats will join them in that effort, but without a budget they won’t have a path to enacting their plan
“Maybe he should go from this to running a presidential campaign,” said Democratic pollster John Anzalone, who worked on the Ossoff campaign. “He has the mettle to really do any type of race.”
(And yes, that the polished orator was the child raised without a father and the other had a lineage of political privilege was part of the irony and appeal of the shiny, new package.)
“Legislation is too often shoved through Congress without proper hearings, amendments, or debate, as the secrecy surrounding the Senate’s health care bill and the pressure to vote for it with little
“We need a real family and medical leave policy nationwide, funded responsibly and sustainably without cuts to essential programs.”
McHenry of North Carolina has already started filling in — without either fanfare or formal anointing — as commandant of the vote-counting and vote-corralling organization.
Purists may wonder about the legal basis for Obama and now Trump opening the Syrian front without congressional approval.
The stakes are much higher than last year as the budget, through the reconciliation process, has become a tool for Republicans to advance legislation without Democratic support, something they lack
Dunkin’ Donuts without any guilt Getting a 98-page PDF, in tabular format, dropped on your lap at 5:30 pm on a Friday with a year’s worth of financial data.