Tag: Senate
Tina Smith stock trades further scrutinized as fellow Democrats call for...
Democratic Minnesota Sen. Tina Smith has seen certain investments in her family’s stock portfolio accumulate significant wealth in just a few short months.
Records with...
Senate Republicans vow to block DOJ funding, Biden nominees: ‘We no...
Eight Republican senators have pledged to oppose non-security funding increases that would allow the U.S. Department of Justice and other agencies to engage in...
Senate Democrats quickly dismiss impeachment articles against Mayorkas
(The Center Square) -- Within 20 minutes of convening to hold an impeachment trial of Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, Democrats in...
Mayorkas becomes first sitting cabinet member to be impeached in U.S....
(The Center Square) -- In its second vote attempt in exactly a week, the U.S. House on Tuesday night impeached Department of Homeland Security...
Stock trade of Sen. Tina Smith’s husband draws scrutiny
Archie Smith, the husband of U.S. Sen. Tina Smith, D-Minn., has seen some assets in his stock portfolio grow significantly in just the last...
Lawmakers still using TikTok after voting to ban it on federal...
(Daily Caller News Foundation) — Some lawmakers are active on TikTok even after concerns about the social media platform’s surveillance capabilities prompted Congress to...
‘Betrayal’: 18 Senate Republicans vote to pass $1.85 trillion omnibus bill
(The Daily Signal) — A total of 18 Republicans joined all Senate Democrats to pass a $1.85 trillion omnibus spending bill Thursday afternoon, in the final...
Bipartisan effort to repeal federal mask mandate on planes gains momentum
(The Center Square) — A bipartisan group of senators passed a resolution 57-40 that would overturn the federal mask requirement on airplanes and federally...
Senate Republicans block Klobuchar’s so-called ‘voting rights’ bill with filibuster
Much to the chagrin of Democratic politicians, Republican senators have successfully filibustered a partisan "voting rights bill."
The expected move came Wednesday when the Senate...
Klobuchar gives Senate floor speech claiming Republicans threaten ‘freedom to vote’
Sen. Amy Klobuchar recently gave a speech on the Senate floor that portrayed Republican governors and state legislators as imminent threats to the "freedom...