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26 Jan 2021, 6:21 pm
Just five Republican senators voted against dismissing the trial on legal grounds. [read post]
26 Jan 2021, 1:36 pm
(SenateNJ.com) Senate Republicans have been calling for such a committee to be formed since May. [read post]
26 Jan 2021, 12:22 pm
Easing off a stalemate, the Senate moved forward Tuesday with a power-sharing agreement in the evenly-split chamber after Republican leader Mitch McConnell backed off his demand that Senate Democrats preserve the procedural tool known as the filibuster. [read post]
26 Jan 2021, 11:47 am
Senate Republicans have begun rallying around a constitutional argument that the upper chamber lacks jurisdiction to try private citizens, even if impeached while in federal office. [read post]
26 Jan 2021, 11:46 am
While the Republican Party had 50 seats in the Senate before the run-off and Democrats now hold 48 seats, this number after the election changed to 50 seats for the Republican party and 50 seats for the Democrats as well as a tie-breaking vote by Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris as the president of the Senate in favor of the Democrat party. [read post]
26 Jan 2021, 8:14 am
And Republican Sens. [read post]
26 Jan 2021, 8:08 am
In 2018, the Republican-controlled Senate voted 52-47, via the Congressional Review Act, to reject the FCC’s elimination of net neutrality protections (the House never got the chance to vote on the CRA). [read post]
26 Jan 2021, 6:58 am
Senate. [read post]
26 Jan 2021, 5:22 am
” In order for an individual to be convicted, a two-thirds Senate majority is required, meaning at least 17 Republicans must vote in favor of conviction. [read post]
26 Jan 2021, 4:34 am
The tech titans have already booted dozens of conservatives off social media, and if they have their way, half the House Republican conference will be expelled from Congress. [read post]
25 Jan 2021, 11:07 am
The Senate is facing gridlock as Democrats and Republicans are unable to agree on procedural rules for how the body, which is divided 50-50 by party lines, should operate, writes the Washington Post. [read post]
25 Jan 2021, 5:00 am
., the Republican commissioners will continue to maintain a 3-2 edge at the CFTC until such time a third Democrat is nominated and confirmed by the Senate, be that a permanent chairman or another commissioner.Notably though and according to reputable sources, President Joe Biden is expected to nominate Chris Brummer, a law professor at Georgetown University, as the CFTC’s permanent chair. [read post]
25 Jan 2021, 12:15 am
Here is the gist: Republican senators and courage Sen. [read post]
24 Jan 2021, 11:54 pm
While the package is still a proposal, it is thought that even if it is watered down by Republicans in the senate, the stimulus checks will survive any slimming of the overall package. [read post]
22 Jan 2021, 9:26 pm
Indeed, even had Democrats not prevailed in the Georgia Senate races, Democrats could have used the CRA to force Republicans to vote on the advisability of controversial Trump policies. [read post]
22 Jan 2021, 3:44 pm
Washington (CNN)As the House prepares to send articles of impeachment to the Senate on Monday, CNN has learned that dozens of influential Republicans around Washington -- including former top Trump administration officials -- have been quietly lobbying GOP members of Congress to impeach and convict Donald Trump. [read post]
22 Jan 2021, 12:18 pm
Post says that another key issue from January 6th was that so many House Republicans voted to overturn the election with false claims of fraud and that if Congress does not pass legislation that deals with gerrymandering, we can expect such anti-democratic actions to continue. [read post]
22 Jan 2021, 11:10 am
Senate Republicans are unified in their opposition to Biden’s proposed $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief bill, reports Politico. [read post]
22 Jan 2021, 7:37 am
It might come during an international crisis; it might come at a politically inopportune moment; it might come after Republicans have won control of the House and the Senate; it might cost the Democrats the House or the Senate. [read post]
22 Jan 2021, 4:36 am
It may be that he anticipated a two vote Republican majority in the Senate, where he could use his personal good will to push through his priorities by prevailing upon his former colleagues to compromise just a bit. [read post]