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14 May 2020, 3:42 am
Scott Fitzgerald, the leader of the Republican majority in the Wisconsin Senate, said lawmakers had long been seeking a voice in the conversation about how to respond to the pandemic. [read post]
13 May 2020, 9:01 pm
Although it is true that some Republicans were surprised to be pulled under by that movement (former Senator Bob Bennett, former House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, and so on), the Republicans used this ferocity to retake the House in 2010 and the Senate in 2014. [read post]
13 May 2020, 8:04 pm
Senate on Wednesday by a single vote. [read post]
13 May 2020, 12:13 pm
The fifteen members of the Senate Republican caucus sent a letter to the Senate President calling for the formation of a Senate Select Committee on the Executive Branch’s Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic. [read post]
12 May 2020, 1:57 pm
The EAC is a commission consisting of four members, two Republicans and two Democrats, so it requires bipartisan consensus to develop such standards.It would also rather dramatically expand absentee voting opportunities and alter verification procedures, and it would turn an election into an effectively all-mail election during disasters (including all 50 states in 2020). [read post]
12 May 2020, 1:37 pm
As Republican senators and Democratic committee chairs explained in their reactions to Trump’s personnel maneuvers, Congress depends on IGs to do its own job. [read post]
12 May 2020, 11:52 am
Ron Wyden and Republican Sen. [read post]
12 May 2020, 11:21 am
Measure Creates Tax Deduction for Contributions to NJ Charities During COVID-19 Pandemic The Senate Budget & Appropriations Committee has advanced legislation sponsored by Senate Republican Leader Tom Kean and Senator Troy Singleton that would give a boost to charitable organizations that are hard at work serving communities across New Jersey during the COVID-19 pandemic. [read post]
11 May 2020, 9:01 pm
Nonetheless, the disingenuous not-a-crime argument provided all but one of the Republican Senators with enough of a fig-leaf of a public justification for their predetermined votes to acquit Trump.In an 1897 speech, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. famously stated that the law can best be understood from the perspective of “a bad man, who cares only for the material consequences” of his actions. [read post]
11 May 2020, 7:00 am
On May 7th just days after the President signed his controversial April 22nd executive order limiting the immigration of certain aliens to the United States for 60 days, Republican senators rallied together to urge the President to pass more immigration restrictions—this time targeting nonimmigrant foreign workers. [read post]
9 May 2020, 6:30 am
But the House was controlled by Republicans. [read post]
8 May 2020, 12:32 pm
“‘We’re going to fill it’: Republicans ready for any Supreme Court vacancy; GOP senators denied Obama a seat on the high court. [read post]
8 May 2020, 9:48 am
Senate U.S. [read post]
8 May 2020, 8:28 am
Was Indiana Senator George Julian, a radical Republican, correct in applauding his assassination as a de facto act of Providence inasmuch as it paved the way, coupled with the mendacity of Andrew Johnson, for the takeover of Reconstruction by Radicals such as Thaddeus Stevens? [read post]
8 May 2020, 7:50 am
This controversy arose once again in the May 5 Senate hearings on the potential confirmation of Rep. [read post]
8 May 2020, 4:37 am
Aljazeera reports that four Republican Senate leaders have asked President Donald Trump to further restrict employment-based immigration to the United States until the unemployment caused by the coronavirus pandemic returns to normal. [read post]
8 May 2020, 3:00 am
Push to Revive FEC Could Curb Court Action on Campaign Finance Bloomberg Government – Kenneth Doyle | Published: 5/6/2020 Advocates of stricter campaign finance law enforcement fear a Senate Republican push to restore a quorum on the FEC could thwart their ability to pursue alleged violations in court. [read post]
7 May 2020, 9:05 pm
Republican Senators including John Kennedy (R-La.) and Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), however, have reportedly called for a “pause” in further legislative relief, and President Donald J. [read post]
7 May 2020, 11:09 am
(Both are Republicans). [read post]
7 May 2020, 9:32 am
Senate yesterday approved William Evanina, President Trump’s nominee for a top counterintelligence position, after some Senate Republicans blocked his confirmation for almost two years to compel the Justice Department to release documents related to the investigation of Russian election interference, writes Reuters. [read post]
