“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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
[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 […]
[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 […]
