The full upper chamber voted 53-47—with the support of three Republicans—to advance the federal judge’s historic high court candidacy to a final Senate floor vote. Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s historic nomination to the United States Supreme Court cleared a minor hurdle Monday after the U.S. Senate overcame a deadlocked Judiciary Committee via a procedural vote in […]
“The American people have a right to know where their senators stand on the most important issues impacting their lives.” Voicing exasperation with months of fruitless backroom talks over the Build Back Better Act, Sen. Bernie Sanders on Wednesday demanded floor votes on individual pieces of the stalled legislation in order to force Republicans—and right-wing Democrats—to […]
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“Let him vote no on the Senate floor—not on Fox News.” Update: In a letter sent to colleagues Monday morning, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) announced that “the Senate will, in fact, consider the Build Back Better Act, very early in the new year, so that every member of this body has the opportunity to make […]
“The overreach and abuses of the last administration exposed a series of loopholes and problems that urgently need to be addressed.” As the Democrat-led U.S. House of Representatives voted Thursday almost entirely along party lines in favor of proposed legislation to curb executive power and bolster transparency, proponents of the bill urged the Senate to pass […]
The ruling is a win for Republican Gov. Kristi Noem, who directed the state to pay for the legal fight against the voter-backed amendment. The South Dakota Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld a lower court’s ruling in striking down a voter-approved measure that would have legalized recreational marijuana. In a statement explaining its 4-1 ruling, the […]
