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Senate confirms Pam Bondi as next attorney general
The Senate voted 54-46 to confirm Bondi in a nearly party-line vote Tuesday, with praise from Republicans for her background as a prosecutor and deep skepticism from Democrats that she will uphold the
Podcasts · 119th Congress
The road to a comeback goes through Fox, podcasts and social media, Dems say
That means vertical videos of lawmakers speaking direct-to-camera for less than a minute with captions — the sort of thing someone scrolling mindlessly while standing in a line or waiting for a bus might
Deck the Hill with books aplenty: Capitol insiders share their favorite reads of 2024
Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I. "Churchill’s Citadel: Chartwell and the Gatherings Before the Storm" by Katherine Carter (Yale University Press, 2024).
Senate Democrats bash Supreme Court’s Trump immunity ruling
It will be left to the American people and Congress to try to hold the line because, as Justice Sotomayor noted in her dissent, ’the President is now a king above the law,’" Durbin said. Sen.
Supreme Court enters election season with politically potent cases
Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., and other court watchers who hope to pass changes to the institution. "I think there’s actually some danger for the court in all of this.
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.
Why the narrative that Biden is drifting right for 2024 is closer to malarkey than reality
Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I. "I would be absolutely certain that he’s thinking about 2024 right now, but that doesn’t necessarily lead to the conclusion that he’s moving to the right." Sen.
Heard On The Hill · 117th Congress
Climate pins join a long line of Capitol Hill lapel adornments
Carper of Delaware and Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island wore warming stripe-themed pins to the speech, as did Rep. Chellie Pingree of Maine. Rep.
Congress · 117th Congress
Time running out on the ‘one opportunity’ for a climate bill
Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., said last week during an event organized by Ceres, an environmental advocacy nonprofit.
Campaigns · 117th Congress
Leahy, longest-serving sitting senator, to retire
Maine’s Susan Collins is expected to take the helm as the top Republican on the Appropriations Committee at the beginning of the 118th Congress with Washington state’s Patty Murray in line to become
Opinion · 117th Congress
Cooperation: The opportunity is there for the taking
Warner, Amy Klobuchar, Bob Casey, Dianne Feinstein, Sherrod Brown, Kirsten Gillibrand, Cory Booker, Mazie Hirono, Jon Tester, Maggie Hassan, Tammy Duckworth, Tim Kaine, Ed Markey, Jack Reed, Sheldon Whitehouse
Policy · 117th Congress
Trump’s energy plan was vacated and Obama’s is outdated. What’s next?
On deck Democrats’ first sweeping climate move on deck is a public works bill lawmakers are expected to introduce after Congress finishes work on the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package, while
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
Dianne Feinstein will relinquish role as top Democrat on Judiciary Committee
Dianne Feinstein of California stepped aside as the top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee on Monday, opening the high-profile role for a more aggressive or partisan approach as the Senate moves
Congress · 116th Congress
Justice Alito speech leads to rare court-Congress dialogue
Whitehouse on Friday said the “defensive” behavior from Alito seems to confirm that there is motive behind partisan Supreme Court decisions, “not just dispassionate adjudication.”
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
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.