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26 Oct 2007, 5:21 pm
Leahy and ranking Judiciary committee Republican Arlen Specter (Pennsylvania) be satisfied with seeing only the legal documents that came after the Intensive Care Showdown at Ashcroft's hospital bedside? [read post]
31 Mar 2017, 3:19 am by Robin Shea
Democrats have threatened to filibuster the vote on Judge Gorsuch’s nomination, and the Republicans have threatened to go for the so-called “nuclear option,” which would change Senate Rules to allow cloture to be invoked on a simple majority vote. [read post]
28 Mar 2012, 6:14 pm by Rick Hasen
Bloomberg BNA: “The House’s rejection March 27 of a proposal requiring greater disclosure for campaign advertising was just the latest litmus test of Republican and Democratic attitudes toward the issue, with general elections mere months away. [read post]
1 Dec 2017, 1:02 pm by Richard Primus
 Or, to use an imprecise but serviceable analogy: Senator Jeffrey Flake isn’t a secret liberal just because he’s against Roy Moore. [read post]
15 Apr 2010, 1:13 pm by WIMS
Chemical safety reform is not a Democratic or Republican issue, it is a common-sense issue and I look forward to building bipartisan support for this measure. [read post]
2 Nov 2010, 9:55 pm by Ed Driscoll
”But the Republicans fell short in their effort to gain control of the Senate and take full command of Congress. [read post]
30 Jan 2012, 5:16 am by Jonathan H. Adler
Many Republican Senators are on record supporting elimination of the filibuster for judicial nominations, but they will not agree to unilateral disarmament. [read post]
30 Mar 2010, 9:11 am by Franck Wobst
 However, the nominations stalled in the Senate, primarily due to Republican concerns over the nomination of Becker. [read post]
6 May 2015, 9:01 pm by Neil H. Buchanan
In my Verdict column this past Friday, I described a recent report from the Republican staff of the House Ways & Means Committee (which, along with the Senate Finance Committee, bears primary responsibility for writing the country’s tax laws). [read post]
15 Jun 2021, 10:43 am by Tom Smith
But what if Democratic Senator Joe Manchin switched parties, putting Republicans in charge? [read post]
18 May 2011, 11:01 am by Jonathan H. Adler
As Senate Democrats will need at least seven Republicans to vote for cloture, it could be close. [read post]
12 Oct 2018, 3:00 am by Christopher Tyner
As USA Today reports, the final Senate vote was 50-48, with Joe Manchin the lone Democrat voting in favor of Kavanaugh’s appointment and Lisa Murkowski the lone Republican voting against. [read post]
21 Jun 2022, 4:53 pm by Sabrina I. Pacifici
Fourteen Republicans joined all 50 Democrats in backing the bill…” [read post]
9 Nov 2018, 8:53 am by Gene Takagi
Notable Events of the Week: “Democrats seized control of the House while Republicans held the Senate on Tuesday in a national referendum on President Trump that drew record numbers of voters to the polls and opened the door to tougher oversight of the White House over the next two years. [read post]
19 Oct 2016, 4:58 am by Edith Roberts
McCain … was a voice of restraint on these matters,” he now “recklessly encourages Republican voters to expect that GOP senators will refuse any Democratic Supreme Court nominee. [read post]
26 Sep 2018, 3:57 am by Edith Roberts
For The Wall Street Journal, Natalie Andrews and Peter Nicholas report that “[u]nder White House pressure, the Senate Republican leadership is moving to expedite the final stages of Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court after Thursday’s planned hearing featuring [Dr. [read post]
16 Dec 2014, 10:36 am by Tom Smith
In the wake of the passage of CRomnibus –on the strength of GOP votes – the GOP leadership in Congress and the GOP establishment has been working overtime to rough up Texas Senator Ted Cruz and Utah Senator Mike Lee. [read post]
12 Jan 2011, 1:09 pm
Senator Joe Pennacchio, a member of the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee, issued the following statement regarding news reports that Illinois is preparing to raise state income taxes by 75 percent: “Over the past year New Jersey has made remarkable progress under the leadership of Governor Chris Christie and Senate Republican Leader Tom Kean. [read post]