Congress · 119th Congress
Whitehouse says he’ll stall key bills over offshore wind pause
fairly by this administration," Whitehouse said.
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Senate begins long night of budget votes
The largely party-line 51-48 vote to adopt Sullivan’s amendment reflected what is likely to be the final outcome of the resolution in the wee hours of Saturday morning.
Bessent warns of ‘devastating’ consequences if tax cuts lapse
The two parties have long debated the impact of the 2017 law, and old arguments are resurfacing as the GOP pursues a party-line extension of expiring provisions.
‘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.
House passes sweeping fiscal 2024 spending package
But the measure enjoyed solid backing from House Democratic leaders, who whipped in favor of the Biden administration-backed bill and have a strong track record of keeping most of their caucus in line.
Carper retirement could leave two seats in Delaware open
Next in line for Carper’s committee seat would be Senate Budget Chairman Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., assuming Sen.
Markups? Floor votes? Senate appropriators say ‘yes we can’
"There’s just a real commitment, I think, on both sides of the aisle to get that done," said Arkansas Sen. John Boozman, top Republican on the Military Construction-VA Appropriations Subcommittee.
Congress · 117th Congress
Tension, misery, laughs and a small moment of unity as Trump trial nears end
Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island laughed so much with his colleagues in the back row, that his face turned red and he reached for a bottle of water.
Policy · 117th Congress
Raimondo hearing may examine Biden recovery plan
Jeff Hauser, the group’s executive director, said Raimondo’s decisions bent more toward helping the bottom line than workers.
Congress · 116th Congress
Durbin quest for Judiciary sparks opportunity debate
On Judiciary, the next Democrat in line after Durbin is Sen.
Congress · 116th Congress
Power shift, return to limelight in store for Senate Budget
The Rhode Island Democrat, who joined the Budget panel in 2007 along with Sanders, would “conceivably” be next in line, Whitehouse said.
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
Impeachment news roundup: Jan. 28
Here’s the latest on impeachment: 6:25 p.m. | On the air: With opening arguments in the impeachment trial over, both sides are on the airwaves trying to sway voters. Florida GOP Sen.
Congress · 116th Congress
Road ahead: Public impeachment hearings begin
The measure, which advanced out of the Financial Services Committee on a party-line vote, would increase the bank’s lending authority to $175 billion from $135 billion, and rename it the United States
Tough Choices for Democrats: Obstruct or Govern
On Jan. 29, activists spurred on by social media posts from the progressive Working Families Party showed up en masse for a spaghetti dinner put on by Sheldon Whitehouse in a Providence middle school auditorium
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
Politics · 114th Congress
DSCC Names First Female Executive Director
-elect Chris Van Hollen, the incoming DSCC chiarman, said in a statement on Wednesday. ”We must hold the Blue Line.”