Supreme Court to hear oral arguments over birthright citizenship
Last month, the House passed legislation to rein in nationwide injunctions on a largely party-line vote. A spokesperson for Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Charles E.
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Pardons for friends, retribution for foes
But other critics say it is Trump who has crossed a line.
Senate Judiciary Committee advances Patel for FBI director
The Senate Judiciary Committee approved the pick of President Donald Trump ally Kash Patel to lead the FBI on a party-line vote Thursday, setting up a final confirmation vote on the Senate floor as early
‘Horse race’ is on as Trump hears from senators on budget strategy
And while sympathetic to the need to extend Trump’s expiring 2017 tax cuts this year, he admonished the "tax-cut wing of the party" to fall in line with the two-step process.
Supreme Court ethics measure advances on party-line vote
The 11-10 party-line vote came as Democrats said Congress has to act because reports about undisclosed gifts and travel received by Supreme Court justices had stained the institution.
Congress · 116th Congress
COVID-19 threatens Senate chaos, but no pause in Barrett confirmation process
Sheldon Whitehouse, a Rhode Island Democrat on the committee, noted that even the chairman himself is in a difficult race this year against Democrat Jaime Harrison.
Congress · 116th Congress
Out of the impeachment, into the fallout
And, because Trump is Trump, Democrats expect him to yet again test the bounds of his power and where Senate Republicans might draw a line in the run-up to his reelection vote in November.
Congress · 116th Congress
Senators seek GOP support for bill to crack down on anonymous shell companies
Brown to try to get a committee consensus position that can pass not only the committee but the Senate, especially in light of the party-line vote on the House version,” Cotton told CQ Roll Call on Thursday
Congress · 116th Congress
Senate confirms Barr amid questions about Mueller report
Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., questioned whether Barr’s assertion of independence and transparency during the confirmation process will stand up to President Donald Trump.
GOP Slips Past Another Senate Custom, and Democrats Turn Blue
At a minimum, asking has been a courtesy afforded those senators as part of the constitutional advice and consent system — to allow them a special say-so about people in line for lifetime appointments
Policy · 115th Congress
Senate Republicans Steamroll Judicial Process
The Judiciary Committee had already advanced Talley’s nomination to the Senate floor on a party-line, 11-9 vote.
Politics · 115th Congress
Third Trump Judicial Pick Withdraws Nomination
Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., mocked Petersen’s performance when he posted the video of the nominee stumbling over answers as a “MUST WATCH” in a tweet that concluded “he can’t answer a single one.
Politics · 115th Congress
Trump Poised to Set Record for Appeals Court Judges
Sheldon Whitehouse put it bluntly ahead of the Dec. 7 committee vote: “I’m sorry to predict that Grasz, and Willett, and [district court nominee Mark] Norris and Ho will join a stream of a number of the
Policy · 115th Congress
Supreme Court Nominee’s Legal Approach Follows Scalia
Judge Neil Gorsuch included a line in his first remarks as a Supreme Court nominee that signals just how closely his approach to deciding cases aligns with the late Antonin Scalia, the polarizing and reliably
Policy · 115th Congress
AG Pick Sessions Defends Record at Contentious Hearing
Rhode Island Democrat Sheldon Whitehouse asked Sessions if he could, as attorney general, investigate Russian interference in the presidential election and prosecute even the president, his family
Popular Criminal Justice Bill Poses Political Risk
<p style="line-height: 18.0pt;"> Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., said the key will be having a core block of bill supporters who can “defeat unwelcome amendments on both sides.”