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Rob Portman (R-Ohio), Ben Sasse (R-Neb.) and Tim Scott (R-S.C.), who had raised concerns the law’s new unemployment benefits were too large and would deter workers from returning to jobs.Scalia told conservative senators that once enacted, his agency would ensure the provisions his agency oversees would not hurt U.S. companies, according to three congressional officials aware of the conversations and granted anonymity to discuss the call. [read post]
28 Jan 2017, 8:07 pm by Nora Ellingsen
Representing a district with a sizable Syrian population, Representative Dent spoke out against the administration on Saturday: "I think it is important this executive action be temporarily suspended or not enforced until a fully vetted initiative can be announced" Senator Ben Sasse (R-NE) released the following statement, warning that the Executive Order was too broad and may make America less safe: The President is right to focus attention on the obvious fact that… [read post]
28 Nov 2018, 5:00 am by Max Smeets, Herb Lin
Ben Sasse asked: “Is there any response from the United States Government that’s sufficient to change the Chinese behavior?... [read post]
5 Dec 2016, 8:41 am by Douglas A. Berman
., folks like Ted Cruz, my wish pick for AG, Mike Lee, Rand Paul, Ben Sasse, Tim Scott— have always voiced a genuine commitment to personal freedoms, free markets, limited government and states' rights. [read post]
14 Jan 2019, 4:57 pm by Chris Castle
You might also find that Nebraska’s wind farms explain Senator Ben Sasse’s sudden interest in screwing pre-72 artists in line with Google’s desire to block the CLASSICS Act, particularly when you find out that Nebraska is in an internecine struggle with neighbor Iowa to get another of Google’s data centers. [read post]
29 Jun 2018, 2:04 pm by Michael Markarian
Ben Sasse (R-Neb.) and John Thune (R-S.D.) tried to drastically expand already excessively long truck driving shifts, which would increase the risk of crashes that endanger everyone on the road and animals being hauled. [read post]
27 Mar 2020, 9:40 am by Kevin Kaufman
In fact, Senator Ben Sasse (R-NE) introduced an amendment to ensure that additional unemployment benefits would not result in an individual receiving unemployment compensation greater than the amount of wages they were earning prior to becoming unemployed. [read post]
16 Feb 2017, 4:58 am by SHG
Ben Sasse has dubbed Cordray “King Richard,” and President Donald Trump has been threatening to fire him. [read post]
26 Sep 2020, 6:34 pm by Mark Walsh
At least five Republican members of the Senate Judiciary Committee arrive: Mike Lee of Utah, Mike Crapo of Idaho, Ben Sasse of Nebraska, Thom Tillis of North Carolina, and Josh Hawley of Missouri. [read post]
15 Oct 2020, 8:33 pm by Ilya Somin
" Such people could include Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski (who already oppose holding the vote at this time), Mitt Romney (who is on the outs with Trump anyway), and perhaps Ben Sasse (who just denounced Trump on a variety of issues). [read post]
4 Feb 2022, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
Ben Sasse Re-Introduces Bill to Ban Lawmakers from Trading Stocks and Becoming Paid Lobbyists After Retiring MSN – Bryan Metzger (Business Insider) | Published: 2/2/2022 U.S. [read post]
3 Jan 2021, 9:01 pm by Michael C. Dorf
Meanwhile, Senator Ted Cruz and the other craven opportunists and Trump loyalists who plan to join Hawley will be outnumbered by Democrats plus those Republican senators—led by the likes of Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski, Mitt Romney, Ben Sasse, and Pat Toomey—who believe in democracy and reality.It might, therefore, appear that nothing is at stake in Wednesday’s charade. [read post]
17 Oct 2016, 12:33 pm by Benjamin Wittes
The past two election cycles, my wife and I have hosted a “No Cheers, No Jeers,” non-partisan election returns party. [read post]
6 Dec 2018, 9:40 am by Paul Cassell
And as an example of more recent interest, yesterday Nebraska Senator Ben Sasse sent a letter to the Justice Department asking it to investigate its treatment of Jeffrey Epstein's victims. [read post]
23 Feb 2021, 10:50 am by Benjamin Wittes
In particular, Ben Sasse of Nebraska used his time to discuss with the attorney general designee the nature of executive discretion and the reasons for the decline in recent decades of congressional power in the American system of separated powers. [read post]
8 Jan 2021, 12:59 pm by Quinta Jurecic
In the days after a mob of pro-Trump rioters broke into the Capitol Building, the idea of impeaching President Trump a second time has rapidly gained support among members of Congress. [read post]
22 Dec 2021, 10:37 am by Neil H. Buchanan
  Go down the list -- Ben Sasse, Lisa Murkowski, Rob Portman, Susan Collins (ugh), and anyone else you care to name who is supposedly reasonable and non-extreme -- and at best there is one momentary pleasant surprise or two. [read post]
24 Aug 2018, 8:15 am by Christopher Porter
Cyber warriors in the United States are preparing for a digital Cold War, deterring cyberattacks against specific critical infrastructure—when what is most urgently needed is a counterinsurgency (an “e-surgency”) strategy to beat back the everyday cyberattacks that individually never rise to the level of acts of war. [read post]
31 Jan 2024, 11:47 am by Eugene Volokh
Rodrigues (see this Oct. 27, 2023 post for more on the background First Amendment issues): On October 24, 2023, less than three weeks after Hamas's horrific attack on Israel and a spike in antisemitic hate crimes throughout the United States, the Chancellor of the Board of Governors sent a memorandum to each university president in the State University System, including Defendant Ben Sasse, President of the University of Florida. [read post]