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But Democrats are using the delay to sow public doubt about the fairness of the process as they try to peel off wavering GOP senators for the upcoming votes. It takes just 51 senators to set the rules. “When we say fair trial, we mean facts, we mean witnesses, we mean documents,” ...
Other Republican senators are blocking expedited floor votes on some of the remaining Pentagon nominees over separate disagreements with the Biden administration. Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, said this week that he would continue his monthslongblock on speedy movement of Taylor-Kale and Plu...
I say was, because with the loss of the votes of Sens. Wright and Calderon and the current lack of Democratic supermajority, that measure seems to be on ice for a while. No Republicans would cross party lines and vote for public disclosure, so despite the passage in the Assembly, the ...
The legislation fell short in a vote of 48 in favor to 44 opposed, with 60 votes needed to advance the measure. Three Republicans — Sens. Josh Hawley of Missouri, Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma and Rick Scott of Florida — joined with Democrats in favor of moving forward with the bill. ...
With three weeks of legislative work left in the 2021 congressional calendar, House and Senate lawmakers will have limited time to negotiate a compromise to finalize a bill before the end of December. While this process typically begins over the summer, it’s feasible to pass the bill b...
Democrats will control the chamber, and the calendar, beginning on Jan. 20. “The Senate has absolute discretion over the rules of the trial,” said University of California-Irvine professor of political science and law Charles Smith. Once 67 votes are reached for conviction, a second ...
Just a week before the Paycheck Fairness Act died in the U.S. Senate, we learned that female Jewish communal professionals a... H Boushey 被引量: 0发表: 0年 Senate GOP blocks Paycheck Fairness Act for the second time Republicans say the Democrats are wasting time on political show votes....
The votes on the resolutions come on the same day that the House Ethics Committee again met to discuss the findings of its years-long probe into Gaetz — andagain punted on whether to release the report. Cumulatively, the actions leave the report without an obvious path to becoming public....
The votes on the resolutions come on the same day that the House Ethics Committee again met to discuss the findings of its years-long probe into Gaetz — and again punted on whether to release the report. Cumulatively, the actions leave the report without an obvious path to becoming public...