It only takes a simple majority of House members to impeach a President, but two-thirds of the Senate to convict him. Even if Republicans took over both chambers, there’s virtually no chance they’d take enough Senate seats to actually remove Biden or a Cabinet member from office. (Try ...
Senate. Republicans, Do Your JobWarren, Elizabeth
What makes this particularly detrimental to congressional Republicans is that it now extends to both sides of the U.S. Capitol. For much of 2023, House Republicans shot themselves in the foot repeatedly as their Senate counterparts looked on with a mixture of bemusement and horror. This year, ...
Now that Republicans have taken control of the House and Senate, they are pushing to change how the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) and the Joint Tax Committee (JTC) evaluate tax legislation. The effort is being made on two fronts. The first is an attempt by many Republicans to replace...
If Democrats can win control of the House and Senate in the November election and Biden is reelected, some or all of these legislative proposals could move forward early next year. But polls suggest that outcome appears increasingly unlikely. ...
The trend followed a national wave of dominance — Democrats wrested control of the House and were in a strong position to capture the Senate. They also made gains in state legislatures around the country — largely fueled by President Bush's fading popularity, resentment over the war in Iraq...
摘要: A new Monitor/TIPP poll finds that more than 1 in 4 Americans are more likely to vote for Mitt Romney after the court's landmark health-care reform ruling. But that doesn't mean that Republicans will gain from a repeal vote....
July 10, 2000 -- Launching his latest campaign offensive, Vice President Al Gore attacked the Republican-led House and Senate this afternoon for being the “do-nothing Congress of the 21st century.” The speech, timed for Congress’ return from its Fourth of July break, is the first part ...
Republicans have always had a good chance of winning at least one house of Congress in the upcoming midterms. As things stand, it looks a lot more likely that they'll take control of the House, but they could also win the Senate. So what would they do if they did win control of eit...
Following the Nov. 5 election, control of the House of Representatives is still up in the air, while ABC News has projected that Republicans will win the Senate. 5. What has the Supreme Court said on birth control? When the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in ...