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McConnell Objects as Sanders, Senate Democrats Attempt to Force Vote on $2,000 Checks

By Common Dreams Staff on Dec 29, 2020   Featured, National, National/World, Politics, World  

McConnell Objects as Sanders, Senate Democrats Attempt to Force Vote on $2,000 Checks

“Working families need help now. Not next year, now,” said Sen. Bernie Sanders. Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday blocked efforts by Sen. Bernie Sanders and Democratic lawmakers to advance a House-approved measure that would provide one-time $2,000 direct payments to most Americans. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) requested unanimous consent for immediate consideration […]

Schumer Asks Defense Watchdog to Probe Trump Impeachment Retaliation

By Ken Bredemeier | VOA on Feb 10, 2020   Featured, National, National/World, Politics  

Schumer Asks Defense Watchdog to Probe Trump Impeachment Retaliation

  WASHINGTON – U.S. Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer asked the Defense Department watchdog on Monday to investigate what he said was “shameful” and “Illegal” retaliation by President Donald Trump against a witness who testified against him at last year’s impeachment hearings. Schumer asked 74 inspectors general throughout the government to probe any retaliation against […]

Schumer Proposes Senate Subpoena 4 White House Officials for Impeachment Trial

By VOA on Dec 16, 2019   Featured, National, National/World, Politics  

Schumer Proposes Senate Subpoena 4 White House Officials for Impeachment Trial

With the U.S. House of Representatives expected to impeach President Donald Trump this week, the top Democrat in the Senate is calling for the chamber that will conduct the impeachment trial to hear from four key Trump administration witnesses. Minority Leader Chuck Schumer wrote in a letter to Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Sunday that the Senate […]

Angry Trump Walks Out of Infrastructure Meeting with Democrats

By Steve Herman | VOA on May 22, 2019   Featured, National, National/World, Politics  

Angry Trump Walks Out of Infrastructure Meeting with Democrats

  WASHINGTON — A rare bipartisan commitment between the White House and Congress to make a sweeping agreement on infrastructure has dramatically collapsed. U.S. President Donald Trump refused to shake hands with lawmakers or sit for a scheduled Oval Office meeting with Congressional Democrats on Wednesday morning, according to those in the room. He then […]

Trump, Democrats Clash in Oval Office

By Steve Herman | VOA on Dec 12, 2018   Featured, National, National/World, Politics  

Trump, Democrats Clash in Oval Office

  [dropcap]W[/dropcap]HITE HOUSE — The Democratic leadership and U.S. President Donald Trump publicly clashed in the Oval Office on Tuesday with the president threatening to shut down the government if lawmakers do not provide adequate funding for his promised wall along the border with Mexico, declaring it a response to “a national emergency.” “I am proud […]

Trump: US Southern Border Secure, but Wants Wall Funding

By Katherine Gypson | VOA on Dec 11, 2018   Featured, National, National/World, Politics  

Trump: US Southern Border Secure, but Wants Wall Funding

[dropcap]C[/dropcap]APITOL HILL — U .S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday proclaimed the country’s southern border with Mexico secure against illegal migration, but said that if opposition Democrats don’t give him the votes to build a border wall he’ll order the U.S. military to do it. In one of a string of Twitter comments, the U.S. leader […]



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