At stake are tax cuts, border security, money todeport immigrantsand efforts to boostoil and gas energy production— priorities for Republicans coming to the White House, House and Senate. He first met privately with Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D.,...
He first met privately with Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., and is also expected to huddle over the weekend with House GOP lawmakers at his private club Mar-a-Lago. Thune said afterward the Republican senators and Trump want the same results. “It’s a...
Senate majority leader Harry Reid is facing increasing criticism in Nevada and is trailing in the polls against Republican challengers for his Senate seat, namely, real-estate developer Danny Tarkanian and Sue Lowden, chairwoman of the Nevada Republican Party. It notes that Reid's unpopularity in ...
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell was prepared to roll out the $1 trillion package in a matter of days. But divisions between the Senate GOP majority and the White House posed fresh challenges. Congress was returning to session this week as the coronavirus crisis many had hoped would have...
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R) heads to the Senate Chamber during Day 2 of the Senate impeachment trial on Capitol Hill in Washington D.C., the United States, on Jan. 22, 2020. (Photo by Ting Shen/Xinhua) While the outcome of the impeachment trial seems certain - the...
Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott to give Majority Leader Bill Frist of Tennessee direct control over half of all vacancies on committees as of November 2004. Result of the secret ballot during a Republican caucus on the Lott proposal; Concerns over the possible impact of the proposal made by ...
"Unfortunately, the utter pandemonium wrought by House Republicans this week is just one more example of how the extreme fringe of their party, led by election deniers, is pulling them further into chaos and making it impossible for them to govern," Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N...
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., predicted Wednesday that Gonzales would soon be out. "I think he is gone. I don't think he'll last long," Reid said in an interview with Nevada reporters. Asked how long, Reid responded: "Days." ...
But Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has said there is no “urgency.” The Senate will wait until after Memorial Day to consider options. “We must think big, for the people, now,” Pelosi said Tuesday from the speaker’s office at the Capitol. “Not acting is the most expensive ...
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, the Democrat leading the Senate under Bush, then decided to make it so that the chamber simply never recessed long enough for such an appointment to be made. When senators left town, the Senate held a “pro forma” session to prevent any recess appointments...