The Senate uses committees (and their subcommittees) for a variety of purposes, including the review of bills and the oversight of the executive branch. Formally, the whole Senate appoints committee members. In practice, however, the choice of members is made by the political parties. Generally...
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Figure 1: The long odds of Senate Democrats in 2024. With more than two billion voters expected to cast a ballot, 2024 is a busy year for democracy. While many of these voters will be focused on domestic politics, party leaders across the globe are promising monumental foreign policy shakeu...
Abortion isa significant issuein the U.S. Senate race between incumbent Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and U.S. Rep. Colin Allred, D-Dallas. Advertisement Cruz has long supported abortion restrictions during his 12 years in Congress, co-sponsoring bills to withhold federal money from centers perform...
Earlier this month, House and Senate leaders reached an agreement on a short-term spending deal that would move upcoming government funding deadlines to March 1 and March 8, respectively, buying legislators more time to craft lo...
Figure 1: The long odds of Senate Democrats in 2024. With more than two billion voters expected to cast a ballot, 2024 is a busy year for democracy. While many of these voters will be focused on domestic politics, party leaders across the globe are promising monumental foreign policy shake...
U.S. Senate:Abortion isa significant issuein the U.S. Senate race between incumbent Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and U.S. Rep. Colin Allred, D-Dallas. This race could affect the balance of power in the Senate and the likelihood of a national law. ...
The US Senate has rejected two bills to end the government shutdown, leaving no end in sight to the record-breaking closure of federal agencies. The Republican legislation failed by 50-47 and the Democratic bill followed suit by 52-44. Both measures were long shots, needing 60 votes to pas...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives began debating the first of 12 fiscal 2024 spending bills on Wednesday, as lawmakers edged toward a looming showdown with the Democratic-led Senate that could trigger a government shutdown this autumn. ...
Senate Democrats and Republicans have introduced a bill that would give the administration new powers to ban Chinese apps that pose security threats, including the popular video-sharing platform TikTok. Mark Warner, the Democratic head of theSenateintelligence committee, announced the bill on Tuesday a...