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19 Sep 2020, 5:54 pm
WASHINGTON—A handful of moderate and institutionalist Senate Republicans were thrust into the spotlight Friday after Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death prompted Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R., Ky.) to say that he would seek to confirm President Trump’s nominee to replace her on the Supreme Court.The Senate’s Republicans control 53 votes compared with 47 for the Democrats, giving them enough power to muscle through a… [read post]
19 Sep 2020, 4:33 pm
For example, there is a mass killing, and Republican senators filibuster an assault weapon ban. [read post]
19 Sep 2020, 12:45 pm
A key decision is whether Trump and McConnell should push to get a nominee approved by the Senate prior to the Nov. 3 presidential election, a move that could serve as a polarizing catalyst to motivate both Democratic and Republican party bases. [read post]
19 Sep 2020, 12:37 pm
With Democrats and even a couple of Republicans in the Senate calling for a delay in nominating a replacement for the now-open Supreme Court seat, Donald Trump declared this morning that he plans to do his job. [read post]
19 Sep 2020, 11:43 am
” Emily Cochrane of The New York Times has an article headlined “How Mitch McConnell Can Quickly Push Through Trump’s Supreme Court Nominee; The rules and partisan breakdown of the Senate make it possible for Republicans to swiftly confirm President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee; Here’s how. [read post]
19 Sep 2020, 11:19 am
Having fallen short of this achievement, RBG has at once highlighted the abject hypocrisy of Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell in seeking to her replace her so close to the election, but has also left it to her supporters and admirers to take the actions necessary to ensure that her decision to rebuff Obama will not be remembered as injurious to the goals she championed. [read post]
19 Sep 2020, 10:40 am
Republicans, not Biden or Democrats, later turned Biden’s comments into a ‘rule,’” Smith said A few Republican Senators already might be counted among the naysayers in any potential Republican movement to push through a nominee in their favor. [read post]
19 Sep 2020, 9:32 am
"This was the position the Republican Senate took in 2016, when there were almost 10 months to go before the election. [read post]
19 Sep 2020, 6:45 am
Among other things, there is a high likelihood that Trump and McConnell would oppose it, as would many Republican senators. [read post]
19 Sep 2020, 6:30 am
Looking around, we observe a political oligarchy (Congress) seamed with money and celebrity, hardly able to govern, increasingly irrelevant even as it remains at the heart of an old “republican” constitution; passionate demands (our commentators call them “populism”) for more than the state can summon the will or means to provide, from real economic security to dignity and recognition in a fragmented society (our commentators call it “polarization”),… [read post]
18 Sep 2020, 6:30 pm
“Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Death to Spark Titanic Supreme Court Nomination Fight in Senate; McConnell says Senate will vote to confirm a Trump nominee over Democrats’ objections, despite 2016 precedent, but a handful of his fellow Republicans could complicate the effort”: Siobhan Hughes and Kristina Peterson of The Wall Street Journal have this report. [read post]
18 Sep 2020, 6:26 pm
After Justice Antonin Scalia died in February 2016, Senate Republicans immediately announced that they intended to oppose any effort to confirm a successor to Scalia until after the 2016 presidential election. [read post]
18 Sep 2020, 5:48 pm
Senate Republican Leader Tom Kean (R-21) issued the following statement regarding the passing of United States Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg: Sen. [read post]
18 Sep 2020, 5:44 pm
With the passing of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Republican control of the White House and Senate, the Supreme Court will likely soon become more... [read post]
18 Sep 2020, 1:52 pm
“We saw some 2020 Senate candidates start advertising last summer. [read post]
18 Sep 2020, 8:54 am
In 2016, the targets were Republican candidates Ted Cruz (born in Canada to U.S. [read post]
18 Sep 2020, 3:00 am
National/Federal At U.S.A.I.D., Juggling Political Priorities and Pandemic Response New York Times – Laura Jakes and Pransu Verma | Published: 9/13/2020 Political intervention has roiled the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), an agency that prides itself as leading the humanitarian response to disasters, conflict, and other emergencies around the world. [read post]
17 Sep 2020, 5:57 pm
And as he explained, presidential appointment and Senate confirmation of the United States Attorneys and the senior Department of Justice officials is what legitimizes their exercises of sovereign power. [read post]
17 Sep 2020, 2:38 pm
Robinson appeared before a joint meeting of the Senate Finance and ... [read post]
17 Sep 2020, 2:14 pm
They are part of a Republican Congress that supports big business at the expense of the environment. [read post]
