“Senators give great advice and this is how the process works. It's not going to be tried out here, it's going to be discussed inside the offices,” he said. “How we rebuild our military, put the war fighters first, that's what Donald Trump — President Trump has asked me to do...
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Republican-controlled Wisconsin Senate voted Tuesday to reject four of Democratic Gov. Tony Evers' appointees, including a member of the state's natural resources policy board and a former lieutenant governor who was to serve on
"Whether or not the president submits a formal proposal, he has been having good-faith negotiations and conversations with a number of senators from both parties," Representative Steve Scalise told reporters after a meeting at the White House. "I'm not sure ......
But senators want a bigger vote total to put pressure on the House, where the situation is much dicier. Few House Republicans supported the Senate’s recent bipartisan compromises on infrastructure, gun safety and same-sex marriage. Because Johnson faces regular threats to his speakership from th...
Arlington Police said a 911 call on Dec. 30 falsely reported a shooting at the residence of Jen Easterly, director of the Department of Homeland Security's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, or CISA. The incident is the latest in a string of reported swatting calls t...
Bid to Delay Immigration Bill Denied 57 Senators Voted against a Republican Measure for Tougher Border SecurityWASHINGTON -- In the first and only vote Thursday on theimmigration bill, senators turned back a...Mascaro, Lisa
voted toimpeachTrump over allegations that he had withheld aid toUkrainein order to pressure thecountryinto opening a corruption investigation intoJoe Biden, a politicalrival. The proceedings then shifted to the Republican-controlled Senate, and in February 2020 Scott voted to acquit Trump; the ...
WASHINGTON -- Within hours after President George Bush announced that he would ask Congress to vote on whether to wage war against Iraq, he sent Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld to a secure, windowless room on the top floor of the Capitol, nearly three-quarters of the Senators awaited him. ...
WASHINGTON -- Within hours after President George Bush announced that he would ask Congress to vote on whether to wage war against Iraq, he sent Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld to a secure, windowless room on the top floor of the Capitol, nearly three-quarters of the Senators awaited him. ...
But in a statement, McConnell cited comments from moderate Democratic Senators Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema, who said they would not favor eliminating the filibuster. "The legislative filibuster was a key part of the foundation beneath the Senate's last 50-50 powe...