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18 Nov 2006, 5:39 am
Following up on new Senate Pro Tem David Long's announcement this week (see ILB entry here) that the Senate's generous health care perk will be pared somewhat, the Indianapolis Star opines today on other "areas ripe for reform":Long plans to sign an administrative order eliminating senators' heavily subsidized health-care perk. * * * Eliminating the perk will be a sound start for the new leader, a Republican from Fort Wayne. [read post]
3 Mar 2022, 6:07 am
Under the Senate rules, therefore, Democrats need at least one Republican present to constitute a majority of the committee. [read post]
3 Nov 2010, 4:57 pm
His views are typical of Republicans. [read post]
24 Jan 2010, 3:58 pm
" Pluralities on the Left (for Democrats) and the Right (for Republicans) thought that House passage of the Senate bill would be the best political outcome. [read post]
6 Apr 2011, 11:40 am
The breakdown of the remain 19 senators who did vote, however, was strictly partisan: 12 Democrats voted in favor, 7 Republicans voted against. [read post]
3 Jan 2023, 6:46 am
First, the votes in the Senate needed to overcome a filibuster just were not there. [read post]
1 Feb 2017, 1:24 pm
Jeff Sessions as attorney general to the full Senate floor, after a contentious hearing in which Democrats questioned the Alabama Republican's ability to show independence from the White House. [read post]
26 Jan 2010, 11:31 am
" Ironically, if a minority faction of Democratic Senators were doing to a Republican majority what the Republicans are doing to Obama, then the Tea Party crowd, led by Glen Beck, would almost literally be marching on the Senate (with good reason). [read post]
14 Jul 2011, 8:01 am
Alison Nathan, a former White House associate counsel to Obama and a pick for the SDNY, drew the most opposition, as the committee’s ranking Republican, Sen. [read post]
28 Jan 2008, 5:31 pm
The cloture vote failed 48 to 45, meaning the Senate can continue to debate over and amend the Senate Intelligence Bill. [read post]
3 Dec 2009, 1:52 pm
It appears that all Republicans and 26 Democrats voted against the bill -- I will update this information if my numbers are off. [read post]
4 Dec 2020, 9:38 am
McConnell yesterday filed a cloture motion on Trump's nomination of Republican Nathan Simington to the FCC. [read post]
3 Apr 2017, 4:09 am
In USA Today, Richard Wolf reports that the “Senate Judiciary Committee is set to vote on the nomination of federal appeals court Judge Neil Gorsuch just 62 days after his nomination by President Trump — a vote Republicans denied President Barack Obama’s nominee, Merrick Garland, for 293 days last year. [read post]
9 Jul 2018, 4:49 pm
President Trump's pick for the Supreme Court is likely to be confirmed because Republicans maintain a slim majority in the Senate. [read post]
26 Apr 2010, 2:05 am
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) [read post]
9 Sep 2008, 3:34 pm
Bob Dole’s decision in May to resign from the Senate and seek the presidency the “hard way” provided him with only a fleeting uptick in the polls. [read post]
12 Jul 2013, 4:00 am
Since Senator Reid undoubtedly expects Republicans to make good on their promise to block Mr. [read post]
25 Sep 2018, 3:58 am
” Sean Sullivan and others report for The Washington Post that “[t]op Republican senators signaled an openness to the Senate Judiciary Committee voting on the nomination by the end of the week. [read post]
4 Nov 2016, 4:39 am
Other coverage highlights divisions among Republican senators about the advisability of a blockade. [read post]
19 May 2011, 11:30 am
Many Republicans did during the Bush Administration, and many Democrats have been saying similar things in the present debate. [read post]
