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16 Mar 2016, 11:16 am
Constitutional scholars debate the question in the abstract, but WaPo Fact Checker Glenn Kessler looks at the historical record.Though the examples are few, they tend to support the right of Republicans to handle -- or not handle --this nomination as they wish. [read post]
27 Oct 2008, 10:39 pm
The longest-serving Republican senator in history, Stevens becomes the first senator to be convicted of a felony since 1981. [read post]
29 Jun 2012, 1:56 pm
Senate Republican Budget Officer Anthony Bucco (R- Morris) issued the following reaction to adjustments made by Governor Christie to the tax and budget bills passed this week along party lines for the upcoming fiscal year: In using his line item veto authority to trim spending in the Democrats’ budget bill, the Governor has freed up sufficient funding to pay for an immediate tax cut. [read post]
21 Oct 2021, 12:46 pm
“Republicans Turn Judicial Nominee’s Hearing Into Transphobic Spectacle; GOP senators took turns making false and offensive claims about ‘a male wearing a skirt’ involved in a Virginia sexual assault case”: Jennifer Bendery of HuffPost has this report. [read post]
31 Aug 2007, 8:25 pm
Republican Senator Lary Craig from Idaho says that the only thing that he did wrong was to plead guilty to a misdemeanor charge of lewd conduct without consulting a lawyer. [read post]
18 Nov 2024, 4:00 am
And he said that "the same Republicans" who might vote against one or more of Trump's nominees might "also have a problem voting to put the Senate into recess. [read post]
2 Feb 2017, 5:22 am
Garland, a Clinton appointee, was actively promoted by Republican Sen. [read post]
18 May 2010, 11:32 am
If confirmed by the Senate, Ms. [read post]
4 Mar 2009, 9:32 pm
As the great Coleman-Franken slugfest goes into its 156th round, it occurs to me to wonder if either side is studying what might be the most comparable precedent--the dustup between Republican Louis C. [read post]
22 Jan 2013, 11:49 am
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Republican Leader Mitch McConnell are close to agreement on modest reforms of the Senate's filibuster, according to The Hill and WaPo. [read post]
22 Mar 2013, 7:39 am
A bipartisan “Gang of 8” in the Senate—a group of four Democratic senators and four Republican senators—released a framework for immigration reform on January 28, 2013, and the... [read post]
1 May 2009, 7:49 am
The New Hampshire Senate passed a medical marijuana bill this week. [read post]
18 Mar 2016, 6:10 pm
"Merrick Garland Battle Moves to Home Front as Senate Recesses": David M. [read post]
29 May 2007, 9:54 am
Tate, a Middleburg businessman seeking the Republican nomination to run for the 27th District state Senate seat, has been indicted on 11 counts of election fraud... [read post]
22 Jan 2020, 6:27 am
Senate plunged into President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial with Republicans abruptly abandoning plans to cram opening arguments into two days but solidly rejecting for now Democratic demands for more witnesses to expose what they deem Trump’s “trifecta” of offenses. [read post]
21 Mar 2007, 6:54 pm
AP reports: New York's Republican-led Senate overwhelmingly approved legislation Wednesday to move the state's 2008 presidential primary from March 4 to Feb. 5, where it would join California and a host of other states for Super Tuesday. [read post]
19 Sep 2007, 9:28 am
The Washington Post reports: Republican lawmakers yesterday blocked the Senate from taking up the D.C. vote bill, a potentially fatal setback for the District's most promising effort in years to get a full member of Congress. [read post]
30 Jan 2008, 7:06 pm
Kaine and Republican Lt. [read post]
2 Nov 2006, 4:31 am
AP reports: A lawsuit seeking to remove four powerful Democratic senators from the general election ballot must be moved from Autauga County to Montgomery County, a Republican judge ruled Wednesday. [read post]
18 Sep 2007, 10:20 pm
The NY Times offers this report, which begins: "Republican senators dealt a crushing setback on Tuesday to the District of Columbia's hopes of gaining its first full voting member of Congress. [read post]
