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25 Mar 2010, 8:07 am
  Despite Democrats’ newfound confidence following their recent success on healthcare reform, Chairman Dodd must continue negotiations with the minority party and win at least some support from Republicans in order to win approval on the Senate floor, given the majority party’s loss of their 60 vote filibuster-proof majority this winter. [read post]
18 Jan 2008, 1:30 pm
His voting record is exactly the same as Clinton's in the Senate. [read post]
16 Jul 2008, 4:33 pm
In September 2004, we had the pleasure of shooting craps with Senator John McCain, now the presumptive Republican presidential nominee. [read post]
15 Nov 2006, 1:48 am
Just as Republicans voted unanimously for Ruth Bader Ginsberg, a qualified jurist properly nominated by the President who was known to have a judicial philosophy conservatives didn't agree with, the Senate should be mindful of their secondary role in this important process. [read post]
6 Nov 2009, 8:00 am
Both Democratic and Republican members of the Committee said more time was needed to consider the compromise bill, which besides White House support, has been endorsed by 70 journalism organizations. [read post]
10 Feb 2022, 7:45 pm by Allan Blutstein
Top Republican Suggests Regional Fed Should Be OverhauledToomey says status quo of regional banks is ‘unacceptable’He wants the Fed to be subject to public records request lawBy Laura Davison, Bloomberg, Feb. 10, 2022The top Republican on the Senate Banking Committee said Congress should weigh an overhaul of the U.S. [read post]
13 Jul 2016, 8:17 am by Tom Smith
Polling data is one of several stubborn realities undermining the conventional wisdom that the Republican majority is in more trouble than it would be in any competitive election year. [read post]
16 Dec 2014, 3:18 pm by Associated Press
No longer impeded by Republican blocking tactics, Democrats are on track to win confirmation of up to 88 of President Barack Obama’s top judicial nominations this year, a total that would be the highest for any president in two decades. [read post]
18 Jan 2007, 6:12 am
Still, minority status has a way of focusing the mind, and combined with continued DeMint-Coburn shaming, Senate Republicans appear to have re-embraced some principles. [read post]
6 Feb 2007, 6:01 am
[JURIST] Texas Senator Jane Nelson (R) [official website], Chairwoman of the Texas Health and Human Services Commission [official website], urged Texas Governor Rick Perry [official website] Tuesday to rescind his executive order making Texas the first US state to require that girls be vaccinated [JURIST report] for the human papilloma virus (HPV) [US CDC fact sheet], which is the primary cause [read post]
24 Oct 2019, 8:58 am by Brad Schnure
Prior to joining the Senate, Bucco served in the New Jersey General Assembly from 2010 to 2019, including as Republican Conference Leader in his final two years. [read post]
19 Apr 2007, 11:20 am
DANNY GLOVER HAS MORE on the "secret hold" that wasn't -- exactly -- a secret hold: While bloggers may be wrong on parliamentary procedure, they appear to be right on the money in assuming that some Republican lawmaker -- and perhaps the Senate Republican leadership -- doesn't like yet another transparency bill and may even be working to keep it from seeing action. . . . [read post]
16 Apr 2010, 1:04 pm by michael
This is kind of novel so I thought I’d mention it: From this post at The Hill.com: Senate Republican Whip Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.) wants taxpayers to have options on how to pay for an estate tax. [read post]
9 Oct 2021, 8:20 am by Tom Smith
Democrats hold a bare 50 seats in the Senate, which gives any member of their caucus the power to block anything he or she chooses, at least in the absence of Republican support. [read post]
22 Aug 2022, 1:28 pm by Unknown
Senators Leahy (Democrat) and Cornyn (Republican) (and others) sent a letter to the United States Patent and Trademark Office requesting that the USPTO review practices concerning granting “an excessive” amount of patents on pharmaceuticals, such as biologics, that may be driving up drug pricing costs. [read post]