—“Heirs of Power,”by Lawrence Delevingne and Tom Lasseter in New Gascony, Arkansas: “The forebears of three members of Congress regained – and passed forward – wealth and power their families lost when slavery was abolished. Their success shows how the Southern elite exploited Black...
The United States Senate is made up of 100 members, two from each state. Senators serve six year terms, with staggered elections. In any given election year, one third of Senate seats are contested. In 2022, 21 seats held by Republicans and 14 seats held by Democrats were on the ballot...
26, according to Pennsylvania Secretary of State. Lead Art: The size of the razor-thin Republican majority remains in flux — even before factoring in the departures of three GOP members nominated for roles in the Trump administration. | Francis Chung/POLITICO Nov 2024 Trump Made 3 Big ...
leahy said. the spending bill also contains $3.8 billion to fund the annual operations of congress. it includes a provision to again deny lawmakers the annual cost-of-living pay raise that they are supposed to receive. salaries for members of congress have been frozen at $174,000...
The Senate bill contained a provision (sec. 6211) that would express the sense of the Congress concerning the Taiwan Relations Act (Public Law 96-8). The provision would also direct the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary of State, to conduct a review of coercive behavior...
Control of the House remains undecided, while Idaho Senator Mike Crapo is in line to lead the Senate Committee on Finance. NewsmakersApril 13, 2021 Florida Senate Passes Bill to Move Most State Workers to DC Plan Opponents say the proposed legislation attempts to solve a problem that doesn’t...
Voters are heading to the polls for primary elections in Connecticut, Minnesota, Vermont, and Wisconsin today. In Minnesota, progressive Congresswoman Ilhan Omar will defend her seat against former Minneapolis City Council member Don Samuels. The contest comes after two other members of the...
abandoning or even killing them. The havens can be boxes, which allow parents to avoid speaking to anyone or even being seen when surrendering their babies. More traditionally, the havens are locations such as hospitals and fire stations, where staff members are trained to accept a face-to-fac...
While Obamacare has made significant progress in reducing the number of uninsured Americans and slowing the growth of health care costs, we are still a long way from solving the problems that plague our nation’s and our state’s health care systems. Meanwhile, members of the Republican Party...
The State Department said today that it had temporarily halted funding for the U.N. Relief and Works Agency, which gives humanitarian aid to Gazans, after the agency said it fired several staffers whom Israel accused of participating in the Oct. 7 Hamas attack,per CNN. Secretary o...