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20 Jan 2010, 4:51 am
The Republican have achieved a 41st vote in the Senate (more if one includes Joe Lieberman, who can be bought for a free lunch), which is sufficient under Senate cloture rules to guarantee that nothing is ever accomplished.The Republicans have no interest in helping anyone, and all the people going to tea parties are fools. [read post]
16 Sep 2019, 9:03 am
” A Senate companion bill (S. 610) was introduced in February 2019 and referred to the Senate Judiciary Committee. [read post]
1 Jul 2010, 6:32 pm
"Republicans Press Kagan on Social Issues": This article appears today in The New York Times, along with an editorial entitled "Confirm Elena Kagan. [read post]
13 Jul 2016, 5:00 am
Even so, Senate Republicans reiterated their refusal to vote on or hold hearings on the nomination. [read post]
8 Nov 2016, 5:13 pm
One early result that might be a tiny bit of evidence is the early vote in Ohio, which shows the Republican senator believed to be at risk being reelected by a sizable margin while Clinton leads Trump, also by a sizable margin, although apparently not enough for the news organizations to have called the race yet. [read post]
13 Jun 2011, 5:00 pm
Senator Lindsey Graham, a Republican from South Carolina, said that the NLRB complaint, if successful, would give unions a virtual veto over business decisions and punish states like South Carolina.The NLRB, after President Barak Obama's appointments, has a democratic majority for the first time in a decade, but the NLRB remains an independent agency unaccustomed to overt political pressure from the White House or Congress. [read post]
19 Nov 2008, 8:56 am
As discussed previously on the Blawg, Democrats need to control 60 Senate seats to prevent a bill-busting Republican filibuster. [read post]
5 May 2008, 4:12 pm
The New York Times reported on April 24, 2008 that the US Senate fell four votes short needed to begin consideration of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, named for an Alabama woman, who lost her case against the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, because she had not filed her complaint within six months of the initial instance of discrimination. [read post]
19 Sep 2023, 1:53 pm
Some Senators and Representatives can be bought off by promising to appoint someone they want for a judgeship. [read post]
19 Jul 2012, 6:25 am
On Monday evening, Senate Republicans filibustered to kill S.3369, the DISCLOSE Act… “A bill to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to provide for additional disclosure requirements for corporations, labor organizations, Super PACs and other entities, and for other purposes. [read post]
12 Jul 2017, 6:57 am
Two Republican Senators, Mike Crapo (who chairs the Banking Committee) and Tom Cotton (a Banking Committee member), have announced plans to draft a resolution of disapproval to overturn the CFPB’s final arbitration rule under the Congressional Review Act. [read post]
18 May 2010, 8:27 pm
(David Bernstein) Jack Conway, Kentucky’s attorney general and one of the two leading candidates for the Senate seat on the Democratic side [said about Rand Paul, who has won the Republican nomination for Kentucky Senator]: “He wants to do away with the Department of Agriculture. [read post]
14 Dec 2009, 9:42 am
Senator Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) claims that the Democrats are short two votes needed to pass the healthcare reform bill currently pending in the Senate. [read post]
26 Sep 2019, 5:40 am
This bill has passed the House, but is expected to be strongly resisted by the Republicans in the Senate. [read post]
11 Apr 2022, 4:28 am
The “hint” is that when the Republicans are back in the Senate majority, they will refuse to give Biden’s Supreme Court (and maybe lower courts as well) nominees hearings and essentially shut down the process. [read post]
7 May 2007, 11:35 am
Republicans oppose the measure. [read post]
19 May 2016, 9:22 pm
Senator Feinstein stated that she hopes S. 2533 can pass the Senate, after which they can conference with the House to reconcile the bill with a House Republican proposal passed last year. [read post]
22 Oct 2012, 6:39 pm
He is the most decent man in the Senate. [read post]
22 Jan 2020, 3:13 am
During the Clinton trial, Senate Republicans did push to interview three witnesses behind closed doors, a decision that was approved along party lines. [read post]
2 Dec 2009, 3:15 pm
Well, it must have been those ignorant upstate Republicans, right? [read post]
