While many Americans struggle to save forretirement, elected representatives and senators in the United States Congress receive substantial pension benefits for life. Though Congressional retirement pay is not typically a big election-year issue, it might serve as evidence of a disconnect between la...
The liberal cabal of hard left Democrat senators who will fight tooth and nail against any nominee to the Supreme Court who takes the Constitution seriously — and the president’s potent short-term weapon to beat back this obstructionist minority ...
Delaware, North Dakota, South Dakota, Vermont and Wyoming — have three electors each, since they have one representative in the House and two senators, while California, the largest, has 54 electoral votes. Washington, D.C., is also allocated...
Senate, giving the American people—rather than state legislatures—the right to elect senators. The Supreme Court’s Role Expanded Supreme Court In comparison to its treatment of the executive and legislative branches of government, the Constitution itself remained relatively vague on the role of ...
He has been critical of several of Trump’s proposals for a second term, with a group he runs urging Republican senators not to confirm Robert F. Kennedy to lead the Department of Health and Human Services. Putin congratulates Trump — 10:06 a.m. By the Associated Press Speaking during ...
Some senators are urging Collins to fight the federal hiring freeze Trump declared Monday, saying it will sap the Department of Veterans Affairs’ ability to provide medical care or even run veteran cemeteries. “This hiring freeze should not apply to direct care workers,” said Maine Senator Ang...
ALTHOUGH FORMER AIPAC OFFICIAL STEVE ROSEN is now on trial for passing classified US government information to Israel, Rosen still works the Washington crowd of Congressmen and Senators with Jewish & AIPAC influential means at his disposal.
ABOUT THAT TAX BILL:The Senate has now been out of Washington for going on two weeks — and according to aides and others, not much progress has been made on the tax bill during that time. In fact, lots of GOP senators still have a variety of objections to the measure negoti...
Democrats are not risking the possibility that Trump might manage to talk his way out of his troubles with swing-state women. Ahead of the town hall yesterday, Georgia’s two Democratic senators, Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff, held a prebuttal conference call with reporter...
The battleground senators who aren’t speaking at the DNC Sens. Jon Tester, Sherrod Brown, and Jacky Rosen aren’t among the battleground Democrats speaking at the convention. Ally Mutnick08/22/2024, 9:27pm ET It's Senate night at the DNC. Democratic nominees from nearly every...