Tag: Senate

The Senate Notches A Bipartisan Infrastructure Win. Now On To The Main Event

By Kate Riga | August 10, 2021 11:54 a.m.

Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal Heads Toward A Do-Or-Die Moment

By Summer Concepcion | July 19, 2021 6:19 p.m.

UNITED STATES - JUNE 10: Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., talks with reporters after a vote in the Capitol on Thursday, June 10, 2021. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

With The Filibuster Still A Problem, Dems Hope To At Least Get 50 Votes For Ballot Access Bill

By Tierney Sneed | June 17, 2021 5:42 p.m.

UNITED STATES - APRIL 28: Ketanji Brown Jackson, nominee to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the District of Columbia Circuit, testifies during her Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing in Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, April 28, 2021. Candace Jackson-Akiwumi, nominee to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Seventh Circuit, also testified. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call/POOL)

Jackson Confirmed To Garland’s Old Seat In Step Towards Potential Future SCOTUS Nomination

By Kate Riga | June 14, 2021 6:21 p.m.

Over 350 Scholars And Historians Urge Filibuster Reform To Restore Representative Government

By Kate Riga | May 4, 2021 12:44 p.m.

WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 30: Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR) looks on as Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin delivers the annual financial stability report to the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee on January 30, 2018 in Washington, DC. Mnuchin said the Treasury can extend the government's debt limit suspension period into February before it exhausts its borrowing ability. (Photo by Pete Marovich/Getty Images)

The Rules Dems Could Change To Keep The Tom Cottons Of The Senate From Delaying Biden Noms’ Confirmations

For now, it’s just one Senator threatening to hold up a small number of nominees, but if his tactic is successful at hamstringing their partisan rival, it’s only a matter of time before other Republicans follow Tom Cotton’s lead.

By Eleanor Eagan | April 29, 2021 5:24 p.m.

Simmering Voting Rights Fight Comes To A Head In Senate Hearing

By Kate Riga | March 24, 2021 2:37 p.m.

Report: Top Trump Enabler In House To Announce AL Senate Bid After Helping Incite Insurrection

By Cristina Cabrera | March 18, 2021 9:27 a.m.

McConnell Threatens To Grind Senate To Halt If Dems Don’t Let Him Keep Power To Grind Senate To Halt

By Kate Riga | March 16, 2021 2:22 p.m.

Peter Thiel Dumps Millions Into PAC Supporting J.D. Vance For Ohio Senate

By Kate Riga | March 15, 2021 1:51 p.m.