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The US Senate on Monday voted 52-48 to confirm Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the US Supreme Court. [read post]
29 Feb 2012, 10:53 am by James Hamilton
The proposal goes on to acknowledge that joint ventures, acquisition vehicles and other widely-utilized corporate structures are generally not used to engage in investment or trading activities. [read post]
11 Dec 2007, 5:39 pm
Senator Dodd is going to fix the sub-prime mortgage mess. [read post]
16 Jun 2011, 10:00 pm by Stu Ellis
” Summary: Within 48 hours, the US Senate supported the continuation of ethanol programs and then voted to repeal them. [read post]
10 Nov 2011, 9:53 am
The US Senate has decided the Federal Communications Commission's Net Neutrality rules are OK after all. [read post]
26 May 2006, 9:40 am
[JURIST] The US Senate on Friday confirmed the nomination of White House staffer Brett Kavanaugh [White House backgrounder] to the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia by a margin of 57-36 [roll call] after a test vote Thursday cleared the way for his approval [AP report]. [read post]
9 Nov 2005, 7:32 am
[JURIST] The US Senate [official website] on has rejected a proposal to create an independent commission patterned after the Sept. 11 Commission [official website] to investigate US treatment of detainees in Iraq, Afghanistan and Guantanamo Bay. [read post]
8 Mar 2005, 9:40 am
[JURIST] A bill that would make consumers satisfy a series of requirements before being permitted to cancel their debts through bankruptcy is close to passage in the US Senate. [read post]
17 May 2006, 10:25 am
[JURIST] The US Senate Wednesday approved key amendments to an immigration reform bill that would create an additional 370 miles of fencing along the US-Mexico border and would deny the possibility of acquiring citizenship to illegal immigrants convicted of certain criminal offences. [read post]
27 Jul 2006, 10:47 am
[JURIST] At a US Senate Foreign Relations Committee [official website] confirmation hearing Thursday, Democrats renewed their fight against the nomination of John Bolton [official profile] as the permanent US ambassador to the United Nations [official website]. [read post]
13 Dec 2007, 2:32 pm
[JURIST] The US Senate Judiciary Committee voted 12-7 Thursday to report contempt of Congress resolutions [press release] to the full Senate for White House Chief of Staff Josh Bolten and former Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove [resolution texts] over their refusal to testify before the committee as part of its investigation into the US Attorneys firing scandal [JURIST news archive]. [read post]
11 Jul 2006, 6:48 am
[JURIST] President Bush again [JURIST report] urged the US Senate on Tuesday to pass legislation allowing him to use a line-item veto [JURIST news archive] to weed out what the White House has labeled wasteful spending. [read post]
27 Oct 2005, 8:23 am
[JURIST] Republican senators continued a long-running effort to build support for breaking up the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit [official website] into two circuits during a US Senate Judiciary Committee [official website] subcommitee hearing [witness list and prepared statements] Wednesday. [read post]
23 Sep 2011, 9:44 am by Maritime Law Staff
If passed, this would mean billions of dollars that would be used for economic and environmental recovery. [read post]
4 Jun 2008, 9:48 pm
US Senators at a Senate Commerce Committee hearing today scolded Bush administration officials over suspected interference with the federal government's safety investigators in Washington hearings June 4. [read post]
8 Apr 2010, 11:46 am by Judicial Watch Blog
  In a scandalous affair involving one of Pennsylvania’s most powerful political families, a state senator and her judicial assistant sister have been criminally charged for illegally using legislative resources and staff to work on another sister’s campaign for state Supreme Court. [read post]
8 Jul 2011, 11:12 am by AdminLaw Blogger
of recent Senate hearings on general regulatory policy in "Senate Committee Hears Regulatory Reform Testimony". [read post]
22 Sep 2015, 9:03 am by WIMS
Senate Democrats unveil climate-focused energy bill Senate Democrats to Unveil Broad Vision for Cleaner Energy Future Senate Dems to Unveil Ambitious Climate Bill Sierra Club: American Energy Innovation Act "a bold, ambitious vision" for Clean Energy and Climate Action AWEA statement: Wind energy ready to help US face energy challenges of 21st… [read post]