Even the motion to take up a bill on the floor is now subject to obstructionism. From 1977 through 1982, only six cloture votes on the motion to proceed to the consideration of a bill took place; in 1991 and 1992, the Senate cast 35 such votes. These numbers only scratch the surface ...
WASHINGTON, D.C. (CBS) ---New Jersey Senator Cory Booker gave remarks on the US Senate floor on Monday in an effort to underscore the importance of marriage equality. In just two weeks, the US Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on whether the US ...
A U.S. lawmaker has sent a letter to Apple and Google asking for clarification on how they prevent fraudulent cryptocurrency apps on the App Store and Google Play Store. Sen. Sherrod Brown — who chairs the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs — penned two letters ...
Top US Senate Democrat Encouraged by House Republican Funding Bill More Reuters FILE PHOTO: Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) speaks to reporters at the Capitol in Washington, U.S., October 31, 2023. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo By Moira Wa...
Manchin seeks to move bipartisan energy permitting deal on US Senate floor this summer US Senate Energy and Natural Resource Committee Chairman Joe Manchin said he intends to have a bipartisan infrastructure permitting bill on the Senate floo... M Weber,M Christian - 《Platts Energy Trader》 被...
Benjamin Ginsberg, right, prepares to testify before a Senate Rules and Administration Committee hearing in Russell Building titled "Bipartisan Support for Improving U.S. Elections: An Overview from the Presidential Commission on Election Administration," on February 12, 2014. Tom Williams/CQ Roll Cal...
Benjamin Ginsberg, right, prepares to testify before a Senate Rules and Administration Committee hearing in Russell Building titled "Bipartisan Support for Improving U.S. Elections: An Overview from the Presidential Commission on Election Administration," on February 12, 2014. Tom Williams/CQ Roll Cal...
The Senate bill now proceeds to a rules committee. Backers in the House would either have to persuade one lawmaker to switch his or her vote or offer the bill as an amendment on the House floor. The proposal has two options. Under one proposal, taxpayers would help pay for a site-neu...
Erroll G. Southers who has been nominated to run the TSA faced the scrutiny of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee on Thursday in a relatively brief confirmation hearing on 10/15/09. Southers was queried at length about the treatment of travelers at airport security checkpo...
The US process is more concentrated and is focused on the renewal of the basic legislation, with competing bills working their ways through the committee stages to the floor of the Senate and the House and eventually to the desk of the President for signature, but after that the policy is ...