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Sanders minimum wage amendment surpasses the previous modern record holder from June 2019, on a vote to limit debate on an amendment by New Mexico Democrat Tom Udall that would bar U.S. attacks on Iran without
Manchin has said he prefers ending the unemployment benefit over the summer when businesses in his state and elsewhere should be reopening and looking for workers.
The previous record — on whether to bar U.S. strikes on Iran without congressional authorization — lasted 10 hours and 8 minutes in June 2019. “Well my goodness,” McConnell deadpanned.
“But without revealing any confidence, I just had a conversation with someone I never expected to be legislating with about his interest in doing a bill on an issue that was very surprising and encouraging
The next day, McCarthy told the guard they could not deploy the Quick Reaction Force without prior approval.
dealt mainly with how senators felt about President Donald Trump’s nominees to federal judgeships and executive branch jobs, the split was between institutionalists like Murphy, who believe presidents should
Before 1974, there was no way to end debate without meeting some kind of supermajority threshold, or waiting until filibusterers physically exhausted themselves.
Seven passed without any Democratic dissent. Pelosi is starting with the same list of bills in 2021.
“We should notify a part of the U.S. government that would be responsible for aggregating threat intelligence and make sure that it is put to good use to protect the country.”
Grijalva, D-Ariz., should pay for her security detail personally rather than having taxpayers foot the bill.
Democrats, however, believe that a new letter from the Congressional Budget Office bolsters the case they can make to Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough that a wage increase should pass
Waldow admitted in federal court that he failed to follow department rules when he recommended that Sourgoutsis be fired without meeting with her or consulting her supervisor.
Without witnesses, Trump’s second trial was on track to be significantly shorter than his first, ending Saturday after just five days.
“The people who tried to overturn the election should probably just sit out these conversations about global democracy promotion because it weakens my case in a place like Myanmar or Ukraine if I
While Leahy is certainly a VIP and has a designated Capitol Police security detail, he himself moves freely around the Capitol daily without interruption.
the notion that an incumbent commander in chief cannot stage a coup against his own government in order to overturn the will of the people speaks to how far we have strayed from our ideals as a nation, without
and the Senate, both of which Democrats control by narrow margins, are confronting complicated questions about how best to counter rising right-wing extremism, particularly white supremacist terror, without
Greene had earlier attempted on the floor to distance herself from previous violent and outlandish comments without renouncing them, while also claiming Democrats were out to “crucify” her for speaking
They argue private schools have managed to reopen without significant federal aid, and that powerful teachers unions have blocked a return to in-person learning.
When a member talks about school shootings being false flag operations, they should lose the privilege of serving on the Education and Labor Committee.”