And he added that although the bill cleared the House, the Senate needs to shape the legislation, saying the upper chamber "is not a rubber stamp." Cornyn claimed that Senate Democratic leadership "sat on the
The bipartisan bill quickly – and surprisingly – made it through the chamber by unanimous consent, but it’s unclear if or when the House would take up the legislation.
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Sens. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) and Kelly Ayotte (R-N.H.) introduced a bill that would take back bonuses paid to VA employees who falsified waitlist times.
The U.S. Senate on Tuesday voted 68-32 to approve a sweeping package of legislation intended to boost the country's ability to compete with Chinese technology, as Congress increasingly seeks to take a tough line against Beijing.RELATED STORIES U.S. markets plunge amid sweepin...
The Senate Finance Committee sent the House version of the bill to the Senate floor on Tuesday where it passed 12-7 after efforts to amend the bill in favor of a higher payout failed. Sen. Bert Stedman, the committee co-chair, had said that if the Senate adopted any chang...
The legislation was officially released shortly before the vote, giving the public little time to examine the final details.Democrats were outraged, asking for more time to review the measure. Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) claimed she was handed the amendments to be included in the bill not...
The bill would allow regulators to review Santee Cooper's future plans to generate power and their forecasts for power use. Santee Cooper, along with public utility SCANA, overestimated the state's power needs about 15 years ago and created a partnership to build two nucle...
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The Arkansas Senate on Wednesday approved a stripped-down hate crimes bill derided by longtime supporters of such legislation who claim the measure is too vague and would provide “insufficient” medicine for a state that's one
which consider and process legislation and exercise general control over government agencies and departments. Thevice president of the United Statesserves as the president of the Senate but can vote only in instances where there is a tie. In the vice president’s absence, the president pro tempore...