RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Both Democrats and Republicans in the Virginia Senate picked veteran legislators Wednesday to lead their respective caucuses beginning in next year's legislative session.
Party totals: Democrats (D) 48; Republicans (R) 49; Independents (I) 3 statesenator (party)service beganterm ends 1Martha McSally was appointed in December 2018 and took office the following month to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Jon Kyl, who had been appointed in Septembe...
A“Senate hold” is how a U.S. senator informally signals his objection to a bill or presidential nomination. Most congressional actions clear parliamentary hurdles by “unanimous consent” of the Senate, so a senator who intends to object to such procedures can, effectively,hold up the action....
Republicans have long sought to unseat Cartwright in this Scranton-based seat that Republican Donald Trump carried in the 2020 presidential election. Bresnahan is a first-time candidate and the CEO of an electrical contracting company founded by his grandfather....
Control of the U.S. House of Representatives still hangs in the balance after Republicans won the Senate early Wednesday. Follow the latest AP race calls, results and updates on who's winning.
analysis Tech’s five biggest turkeys of 2015 Nov 25, 20156 mins Show me more analysis Ephemeral environments in cloud-native development By David Linthicum Jan 10, 20255 mins Cloud ComputingCloud NativeDevelopment Approaches video How to automate web app testing with Playwright ...
This isn’t a matter of more or less government, however much Republicans and conservatives would like to wedge it in that old ideological box. The issue is how to revive the economy. When consumers and businesses can’t or won’t spend enough to keep the economy going, government has to...
Republicans have been consistently favored to win control of the House, but the Senate looks like a toss up. In recent months, Democrats had appeared more likely to hold their Senate majority — but in the final week before Election Day,a popular forecasttilted in the GOP's favor. ...
Senate Republicans are skeptical of Donald Trump’s aggressive new tariff plans — especially lawmakers from states with large agriculture industries that could bear the brunt of likely foreign retaliation. “Tariffs have a place, but there is also the other side, which is: what about the ...
How it'll work:The legislation — just six pages long — will move through an expedited process requiring two-thirds support in the chamber for passage. Look to see how many Republicans Speaker Mike Johnson loses. How does the suspension work?The bill maintains theso-called laddered approach ...