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9 May 2012, 4:45 am
Senate Republicans just blocked a vote on a bill that would keep the rate at 3.4% because the difference to the federal treasury between the two interests rates would be "paid for" by closing a tax loophole that benefits wealthy stock holders of private companies. [read post]
27 Sep 2011, 8:59 pm
Attorneys preferred by Republican senators, against the advice of House Democrats. [read post]
3 Jun 2011, 3:25 pm
Feminist News: TN Republicans Prohibited from Blocking Planned Parenthood Funding: Republicans in the Tennessee state Legislature have abandoned attempts to defund Planned Parenthood by attaching an amendment to the state budget after they were advised by the Senate Speaker Ron... [read post]
9 May 2018, 5:14 pm
“The Republican Senate and rushed judicial confirmations”: Law professor Carl Tobias has this essay online at The Hill. [read post]
13 Nov 2003, 8:33 am
In environmental law news for Thursday, the Washington Post reports that Republican Senators have stepped up efforts to overturn existing environmental statutes in order to pass a national energy bill. [read post]
24 Nov 2003, 5:46 pm
In environmental law news for Monday, AP reports that following Friday's filibuster which blocked a vote on the proposed national energy bill, Republican Senators have considered dropping one of the most controversial [read post]
2 Dec 2021, 1:15 pm
Tillis is one of a growing number of Republican lawmakers who are speaking out strongly against Biden’s nomination of Sohn, who previously served as a senior staffer to former FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler during... [read post]
3 Apr 2019, 7:00 am
Senate Republicans are listening, Vox.com, Apr. 3, 2019. [read post]
20 Jan 2015, 6:00 am
Last week, Congressional Republicans held a bicameral retreat to discuss their plans for advancing their priorities, now that the party controls both the House of Representatives and the Senate. [read post]
5 May 2011, 10:27 pm
Senate Republicans wrote Thursday to President Obama that they would hold up any nomination to head the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, created under the Dodd-Frank financial regulation act, unless the administration agrees to "structural changes that will make the... [read post]
8 Jun 2011, 11:44 am
It was a leading fiscally conservative Republican in the Senate who brought the USPTO funding issue out of obscurity and to the top of the agenda. [read post]
4 May 2009, 5:57 am
Photo from Simcox for Senate website David Catanese on Politico.com reports that Senator John McCain will face a challenger in the Republican primary -- Chris Simcox, the controversial founder of the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps, a restrictionist group that patrols... [read post]
6 Dec 2011, 7:06 pm
"Filibuster by Senate Republicans Blocks Confirmation of Judicial Nominee": Charlie Savage and Raymond Hernandez will have this article Wednesday in The New York Times. [read post]
4 Mar 2023, 7:59 am
“We are built to disapprove,” said Senator Kevin Cramer, Republican of North Dakota.... [read post]
22 Jun 2010, 8:44 am
Senate confirmed the nominations of Republican Brian Hayes and Democrat Mark Pearce to be members of the National Labor Relations Board. [read post]
8 Mar 2007, 2:47 pm
"Senate Republicans Deliver Sharp Criticism of Gonzales; Senators Say Attorney General Fired Prosecutors Without Explanation": The Washington Post provides a news update that begins, "Senior Senate Republicans today delivered scathing criticism of Attorney General Alberto R. [read post]
10 Nov 2011, 9:53 am
Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), garnered no support from committee Republicans, who expressed doubts about the likelihood that the bill would clear the full Senate, let alone the Republican-controlled House. [read post]
12 Sep 2006, 4:12 am
Although the draft is closer to the Bush administration's own proposed legislation [PDF text; White House fact sheet], the senators' revision retains several points at [read post]
17 Mar 2011, 9:13 am
Republican U.S. senators stiffened their opposition today to confirming James Cole as deputy attorney general, adding to a list of reasons they cited last year in blocking a Senate vote on his nomination. [read post]
8 Sep 2020, 10:18 am
“The Senate Republican majority is introducing a new ... [read post]
