“Congress is supposed to be a check on the Executive Branch, not a rubber stamp,” said Sen. Alex Padilla, Democrat of California. “We won’t forget it.” In a move that allowed for confirmation of a bloc of 48 nominees to a variety of sub-cabinet positions across the executive branch that require Senate approval, Senate Majority […]
[content id=”79272″] “This isn’t shared sacrifice—it’s class warfare,” said one policy expert. Congressional Democrats and policy experts blasted U.S. President Donald Trump and Republican lawmakers’ recently signed megabill on Monday in response to a new nonpartisan analysis about its varied impacts on American households. U.S. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.), House Budget Committee Ranking Member Brendan Boyle (D-Pa.), Senate Minority […]
“Voters have a right to know that their elected representatives are acting in the public’s best interest and are not motivated by their personal financial interests,” said the general counsel at the Campaign Legal Center. The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Wednesday narrowly voted in favor of advancing a bill that bars […]
“Who’s he gonna pick?” Republican Thomas Massie asked of Speaker Mike Johnson. “Is he going to stand with the pedophiles and underage sex traffickers? Or is he gonna pick the American people and justice for the victims?” Republicans on the House Rules Committee have ground business in the chamber to a halt to avoid having […]