Vanita Gupta, the high-profile civil rights advocate who’s been nominated for the number three position at the Justice Department, got one step closer to Senate confirmation Thursday amid heavy pushback from conservative activists. By a 49-45 vote, the Senate started the procedure that will get her confirmation on the Senate floor. Because the Senate Judiciary […] More
A group of House and Senate Democrats on Thursday introduced legislation to expand the Supreme Court from 9 members to 13, trying to spur momentum for the first change in the makeup of the court in 150 years. The Democrats and progressive activists said the change was necessary to restore balance to the court after […] More
As Democrats sought to strike a bipartisan deal to allow lawmakers to quickly pass legislation aimed at combating hate crimes directed at Asian-Americans, Senator Chuck Schumer of New York, the majority leader, urged Republicans to allow the bill to “go forward with a sense of urgency.” The Senate voted 92 to 6 on Wednesday to […] More
The Senate voted on Wednesday to advance legislation that would strengthen federal efforts to address hate crimes directed at Asian-Americans, paving the way for passage of the measure and sending a bipartisan denunciation of the sharp increase in discrimination and violence against Asian communities in the United States. The 92-to-6 vote moved the bill, called […] More
Former Missouri Governor and current Senate candidate Eric Greitens likely saved the life of a man at Mar-a-Lago over the weekend. Newsmax reported: Eric Greitens, the ex-GOP governor of Missouri and a current Senate candidate, sprang into action to help save the life of a man who collapsed near the Navy SEAL at Mar-a-Lago’s beach […] More
Sen. Maize Hirono (D-HI) said that not a single Republican in the Senate signed on to her anti-Asian American hate crimes bill. Hirono said: .@maziehirono says no Republicans have signed on to the COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act to address hate crimes against Asian Americans, which she introduced with @RepGraceMeng: “No. It’s not as though we […] More
Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill (R) on Wednesday admitted that he had an “inappropriate relationship” with a 44-year-old woman hours after he initially denied the extramarital affair, according to AL.com. Merrill also indicated that he will not run for the U.S. Senate after he had been rumored to run for the seat next year. […] More
The circus never ends in Arizona as now law firms are threatening suits against the auditors selected by the Arizona Senate to audit the questionable results in Maricopa County from the 2020 Election. There really must be some bad stuff lingering in the results of the 2020 Election in Maricopa County because the Democrats and […] More
It would be a way to bypass what Biden aides worried would be entrenched Republican opposition to the amount of pandemic aid they believed was needed, and then a vehicle to carry his longer-term economic agenda of spending on roads, bridges, water pipes, clean energy, child care, education and more. But the administration has seen […] More
WASHINGTON — Democrats might not have the votes to gut the filibuster, but they were just handed the procedural keys to a backdoor assault on the Senate’s famous obstruction tactic. With a ruling on Monday that Democrats can reuse this year’s budget blueprint at least once to employ the fast-track reconciliation process, Democrats can now […] More
The Senate parliamentarian’s new ruling is a major expansion of reconciliation and will give Democrats more opportunities to pass bills without being filibustered. Politico reported: The decision, as read by Schumer’s office, represents a major expansion of the reconciliation process that allows passage of some bills with a simple Senate majority. That stretch of reconciliation […] More
Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough ruled on Monday evening that Democrats are allowed to add revisions to the fiscal 2021 budget resolution they used to pass their COVID-19 relief package through reconciliation last month, giving Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer an extra opportunity to bypass the filibuster this year. Schumer’s office applauded MacDonough’s decision in a […] More
