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Implemented by the Trump administration in March 2020 at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, Title 42 allows border agents to rapidly “expel” migrants who cross the border without first considering
“We believe the federal government should serve as a model employer — and, by the way, we’re the largest employer in the country, so we can do this and we should do this — and then therefore serve
Republicans bringing up hot-topic issues had to balance exciting their base without alienating swing voters, John T. Bennett wrote this week.
Durbin stepped in and said: “I would at least give you an opportunity to speak, and you should at least give her a chance to respond.” That gave Jackson an opening to answer.
The result is much better than nothing, these advocates said, but not nearly what it could have been or should have been.
Jackson about an amicus brief she wrote in private practice, which argued that the president lacked the constitutional authority to hold enemy combatants at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base indefinitely without
“There is no border security without immigration reform.”
“We often have the ability to act quickly,” Rotunda said, noting the ability to get an undercover operation going without delay.
I evaluate the facts, and I interpret and apply the law to the facts of the case before me without fear or favor, consistent with my judicial oath.”
The Democratic caucus can stick together and confirm Jackson without the help of Republicans, and none of the Senate’s 48 Democrats and the two independents who caucus with them have voted against
But Democrats’ other goals for bolstering the agency likely hinge on agreeing to a larger budget reconciliation package they can pass without GOP support.
The unprecedented response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the global outcry from consumers, lawmakers and government officials may signal a shift in how corporations should be evaluated on environmental
Without at least one Republican present, the committee couldn’t hold an official vote on the nominees. The Democrats voted anyway, acknowledging that it was meaningless.
The aid was stripped out of the fiscal 2022 omnibus spending measure cleared last week because of a disagreement over where the money should come from.
President Joe Biden has vowed to veto if it passes there, with the White House saying “the determination of the timeline and circumstances under which masks should be required in these settings should
The British prime minister’s words, delivered in the Senate chamber on Dec. 26, 1941, were blunt: “We have therefore without doubt a time of tribulation before us … Some ground will be lost which
Raskin said in a 2020 op-ed in The New York Times that Congress should have excluded energy companies from its pandemic-lending facilities.
The confirmation path is a bit different now that the Senate rules have been changed and the Democratic caucus can confirm Jackson without the need for any Republican votes.
They were ultimately successful in getting the $15.6 billion COVID-19 relief stripped from the spending package and inserted into a new bill without the offensive state cuts that will be considered next
But passage of the omnibus — filed in the wee hours of Wednesday morning and five months after the fiscal year began — did not come without drama.