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19 Feb 2023, 3:58 pm
Admittedly scaled down in dollars from its first iteration as The Build Back Better Act, this Federal budget reconciliation bill broadened its breadth to gather votes such that following a vote a rama, the Senate passed the bill (as amended to gather constituencies) on a 51–50 vote, with all Democrats voting in favor, all Republicans opposed, and the Vice President breaking the tie. [read post]
19 Feb 2023, 10:53 am
“Biden and Republican senators join forces in attack on Big Tech at Supreme Court; Republican Senators Ted Cruz and Josh Hawley essentially agree with the Biden administration in opposing broad immunity for social media companies”: Lawrence Hurley and David Ingram of NBC News have this report. [read post]
17 Feb 2023, 6:02 am
” On six separate occasions since May of 2020, Senate Democrats have blocked efforts by Pennacchio and Senate Republicans to bring his resolution up for a vote. [read post]
17 Feb 2023, 3:00 am
Haley’s announcement seemed like a calculated appeal to Republican voters who are ready to turn the page from the Trump era without burning the book of Trump’s presidency. [read post]
16 Feb 2023, 11:32 am
Janet Malzahn and Andrew Hall working paper: We combine newly collected election data with records of public denials of the results of the 2020 election to estimate the degree to which election-denying Republican candidates for senator, governor, secretary of… Continue reading The post “Election-Denying Republican Candidates Underperformed in the 2022 Midterms” appeared first on Election Law Blog. [read post]
16 Feb 2023, 9:59 am
" This was not a momentary lapse of reason, because Lee was the surprise nominee when his state's Republican nominating convention that year turned against incumbent Senator Bob Bennett for having had the nerve to vote in favor of saving the global financial system from a complete meltdown (thus helping to prevent the Great Recession from becoming the Second Great Depression). [read post]
16 Feb 2023, 8:17 am
Stephen Wolf analysis for Daily Kos: Even though Democrats retained the Senate—and expanded their majority—in 2022, the results nonetheless marked the continuation of an unwelcome trend: Our new data shows that Senate Republicans last won more votes or represented more … Continue reading The post “Republicans have won the Senate half the time since 2000 despite winning fewer votes than Democrats” appeared first on… [read post]
16 Feb 2023, 7:13 am
That’s two-thirds of Senate Republicans. [read post]
16 Feb 2023, 4:25 am
The measures bring the Senate in line with a resolution passed by the House last week. [read post]
15 Feb 2023, 12:33 pm
Senate Republican Leader Steven Oroho and Senator Anthony M. [read post]
15 Feb 2023, 11:00 am
My guess is that the Biden team, as they thought through his State of the Union address and what to highlight, thought (rightly) that they could position themselves in a favorable political light by pointing out that various Republicans have been very vocal over the years in trying to cut, privatize, or simply eliminate those two wildly popular government programs.Did they expect the political gift that Republicans offered in response? [read post]
15 Feb 2023, 12:00 am
” With a democratic majority in the Senate, it is not anticipated that the legislation will become law in the current Congress. [read post]
14 Feb 2023, 6:05 pm
Losing both Senate seats in the January 2021 Georgia runoffs made it impossible for Senate Republicans to stop the Biden judicial train. [read post]
14 Feb 2023, 8:16 am
Enlarge / Gigi Sohn testifies during a Senate Commerce Committee confirmation hearing on Feb. 9, 2022. [read post]
13 Feb 2023, 11:44 am
Amid rising US-China tensions, a Republican state senator is proposing to broaden a ban to stop Chinese citizens and companies from buying real estate in Texas -- not only agricultural... [read post]
13 Feb 2023, 6:11 am
And on the legislative front, U.S. senators have proposed critical transitional justice legislation, including the Syrian War Crimes Accountability Act and the Rohingya Genocide Determination Act of 2021, and Congress enacted the Elie Wiesel Genocide and Atrocities Prevention Act of 2018. [read post]
13 Feb 2023, 5:51 am
Editor’s Note: This is part one in a multi-part series on foreign intelligence surveillance reform. [read post]
13 Feb 2023, 1:00 am
Please write to us with your thoughts and questions at letters@cafe.com, or leave a voicemail at 669-247-7338.References & Supplemental Materials:Leigh Ann Caldwell, Washington Post “Senators prepare for a showdown over judges and ‘blue slips,’” Washington Post, 1/30/23 Dylan Matthews, “Senate Republicans are making it easier to push through Trump's judge picks,” Vox, 11/16/17 Editorial Board, “How to Stop a… [read post]
13 Feb 2023, 1:00 am
Please write to us with your thoughts and questions at letters@cafe.com, or leave a voicemail at 669-247-7338.References & Supplemental Materials:Leigh Ann Caldwell, Washington Post “Senators prepare for a showdown over judges and ‘blue slips,’” Washington Post, 1/30/23 Dylan Matthews, “Senate Republicans are making it easier to push through Trump's judge picks,” Vox, 11/16/17 Editorial Board, “How to Stop a… [read post]
12 Feb 2023, 8:09 am
Or we might model the confirmation of federal judges by the Senate as a game played by Democrats and Republicans. [read post]
