Trump endorses Vance in Ohio’s Republican Senate primary
(Reuters) – Donald Trump on Friday endorsed author J.D. Vance in the Republican Senate primary in Ohio amid a crowded race marked by negativity as …
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Trump endorsement of Dr. Oz in Senate race stuns advisers, divides loyalists
By Jarrett Renshaw PHILADELPHIA – Donald Trump’s decision to endorse celebrity doctor Mehmet Oz in the Pennsylvania Senate race has divided local Republican Party officials …
Did A Vulnerable Senate Dem Just Say We Need To Build A Border Wall?
Did A Vulnerable Senate Dem Just Say We Need To Build A Border Wall? Sebastian Hughes on April 12, 2022 A Democrat facing a tight …
Democrats In Danger Of Losing Key Senate Seat
Democrats In Danger Of Losing Key Senate Seat Sebastian Hughes on April 8, 2022 Democratic Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada is in danger of …
EXCLUSIVE: Rick Scott Has Five Reasons He Thinks The GOP Will Retake The Senate
EXCLUSIVE: Rick Scott Has Five Reasons He Thinks The GOP Will Retake The Senate Samantha Renck on April 8, 2022 Florida Republican Sen. Rick Scott …
Senate confirms Jackson as first Black woman on U.S. Supreme Court
By Lawrence Hurley, Andrew Chung and Richard Cowan WASHINGTON -Ketanji Brown Jackson was confirmed by the Senate on Thursday as the first Black woman to …
U.S. Senate approves Biden pick for Pentagon’s chief weapons buyer
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON -The U.S. Senate on Thursday confirmed President Joe Biden’s pick to be the Pentagon’s chief weapons buyer, a former official for …
Biden, Jackson to deliver remarks after Jackson’s Senate confirmation to Supreme Court
WASHINGTON – U.S. President Joe Biden and Ketanji Brown Jackson will deliver remarks on Friday on the latter’s Senate confirmation to the U.S. Supreme Court, …
U.S. Senate eyes Thursday vote on top court nominee Jackson -Schumer
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Senate should wrap up debate over U.S. Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson by Thursday, clearing the way for a final …
North Carolina U.S. Senate primary a test of Trump’s power over Republican voters
By David Morgan (Reuters) – When Donald Trump holds his next rally in North Carolina on Saturday, he’ll be trying to boost his handpicked favorite …
U.S. Supreme Court nominee Jackson clears procedural hurdle in Senate
WASHINGTON – U.S. Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson moved a step closer to being confirmed as a justice on Monday when the Senate voted …
Ketanji Brown Jackson headed to U.S. Senate confirmation to Supreme Court this week
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer on Monday said he will schedule a final vote later this week on President Joe Biden’s nomination …
Bill to legalize marijuana passes U.S. House, but faces dim prospects in Senate
By Moira Warburton WASHINGTON – The U.S. House of Representatives on Friday passed a bill to end the federal ban on marijuana, which has created …
U.S. Senate approves bill to ease export shipping backlogs
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON – The U.S. Senate on Thursday unanimously passed a bill to improve oversight of ocean shipping, a step supporters say will …
White House wants India ambassador nominee to receive expeditious vote in the Senate
WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden’s nominee for ambassador to India, Eric Garcetti, should receive a full and expeditious vote in the U.S. Senate, White House …
U.S. Senate votes to move forward with Bedoya’s FTC confirmation
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Senate on Wednesday voted to break a deadlock over the nomination of privacy expert Alvaro Bedoya to join the Federal Trade …
Anheuser-Busch Heiress Announces Run For Senate
Anheuser-Busch Heiress Announces Run For Senate Sebastian Hughes on March 30, 2022 The heiress to Anheuser-Busch has thrown her hat in the ring to be …
Four women join CFTC in U.S. Senate vote hailed as historic
By Pete Schroeder WASHINGTON – Four women will take seats on the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, returning the derivatives regulator to full strength, after a …
Four women join CFTC in U.S. Senate vote hailed as historic
By Pete Schroeder WASHINGTON – Four women will take seats on the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, returning the derivatives regulator to full strength, after a …
U.S. Senate approves $52 billion chips bill in bid to reach compromise
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON -The U.S. Senate on Monday again approved a bill to provide $52 billion in U.S. subsidies for semiconductor chips manufacturing in …
Vote to revoke ‘most-favored’ trade status for Russia delayed in U.S. Senate
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON – Legislation removing “most favored nation” trade status for Russia over the invasion of Ukraine was delayed in the U.S. Senate …
U.S. Senate majority leader says Senate on track to confirm Jackson to Supreme Court before April break
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Senate is on track to confirm Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court before its expected break for Easter on …
Effort to end ‘most-favored’ trade status for Russia slowed in U.S. Senate
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON – Legislation removing “most favored nation” trade status for Russia over the invasion of Ukraine hit a roadblock in the U.S. …
U.S. Senate to vote this spring on lowering insulin prices – Senator Schumer
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said on Tuesday he intends to hold votes this spring on a bill that would cap the …
U.S. Senate must quickly pass bill removing normal trade status for Russia -Schumer
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Senate must quickly pass legislation to revoke “most favored nation” trade status for Russia and hold Russian President Vladimir Putin accountable, …
Missouri U.S. Senate candidate Greitens accused by ex-wife of domestic violence
By Dan Whitcomb – The ex-wife of Eric Greitens, a former Missouri governor now mounting a run for U.S. Senate, accused the candidate in court …
U.S. Senate to promptly pass bill revoking Russia preferential trade status-Sen. Schumer
WASHINGTON – Legislation to revoke Russia’s Permanent Normal Trade Relations status following its attack on Ukraine will move through the U.S. Senate promptly, following imminent …
Intel, Micron CEOs to testify at U.S. Senate hearing on chip making
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON -The chief executives of Intel and Micron will testify on March 23 before the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee as the industry …
Idaho Senate halts healthcare bill targeting trans youth
– Idaho’s Senate has blocked a controversial bill that would have outlawed gender-affirming healthcare for transgender children under the age of 18. Republican leaders in …
U.S. Senate unanimously condemns Putin as war criminal
By Moira Warburton WASHINGTON – The U.S. Senate on Tuesday unanimously passed a resolution condemning Russian President Vladimir Putin as a war criminal, a rare …
Senate banking panel to move forward with other Fed nominees -Brown
– U.S. Senate Banking Committee Chair Sherrod Brown said Tuesday he will move to hold a vote on four of President Joe Biden’s nominees to …
White House urges Senate committee to advance Fed slate despite Manchin
WASHINGTON – The White House said on Monday it still supported moving all five of U.S. President Joe Biden’s nominees for the Federal Reserve through …
U.S. Senate poised to pass Ukraine aid, government funding
WASHINGTON – A majority of the U.S. Senate on Thursday voted to approve legislation providing $1.5 trillion to keep the federal government operating beyond this …
U.S. Senate confirms Pagán as top trade official at WTO
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Senate on Thursday voted 80 to 19 to confirm Maria Pagán as the top U.S. trade official in Geneva and Washington’s …
Brazil’s Senate approves bills to curb fuel prices
BRASILIA – Brazil’s Senate approved on Thursday two bills aimed at curbing fuel price hikes with subsidies and tax exemptions, a positive move potentially for …
Senate Majority leader Schumer: expect to pass U.S. spending bill by week’s end
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said on Tuesday he aimed to pass an omnibus government spending bill by the end of the …
U.S. Senate Republican: Spending, Ukraine aid bill awaits leadership approval
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Richard Shelby, the top Republican on the Senate Appropriations Committee, said on Tuesday that a sweeping government funding bill with emergency …
Democrats Force Biden’s Left-Wing Regulator Picks To Senate Floor
The Senate Commerce Committee on Thursday voted to advance the nominations of Federal Communications Commission (FCC) pick Gigi Sohn and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) pick …
Brazil Senate president indicates voting on proposals to lower fuel prices as oil climbs
BRASILIA – Brazilian Senate president Rodrigo Pacheco said on Wednesday that bills to curb rising fuel prices would be on the table next week amid …
U.S. Senate committee to hold hearings on Biden’s Supreme Court pick beginning March 21
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee will hold hearings on President Joe Biden’s Supreme Court nominee beginning March 21, according to a statement from …
U.S. Senate Republicans split over ‘Rescue America’ plan
By David Morgan WASHINGTON – The top Senate Republican and the architect of the party caucus’s campaign strategy were at odds on Tuesday over a …
U.S. Senate talks on omnibus spending bill hit snag over Ukraine defense money -Republican leader McConnell
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senate talks on an omnibus spending bill to fund the U.S. government have hit a snag over defense spending related to Ukraine, …
‘Too Little Too Late’: Top Senate Republicans React To Biden Bringing Back Nord Stream 2 Sanctions
‘Too Little Too Late’: Top Senate Republicans React To Biden Bringing Back Nord Stream 2 Sanctions Thomas Catenacci on February 23, 2022 Senate GOP leaders …
U.S. gov’t short-term funding bill clears Senate procedural hurdle
WASHINGTON – A temporary funding bill that would keep the federal government running through March 11 and avoid a potential partial shutdown cleared a procedural …
Florida House passes ban on abortion after 15 weeks, sends bill to Senate
By Gabriella Borter -Florida’s House of Representatives passed a bill to ban abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy late on Wednesday, a measure several Republican-led …
U.S. Senate expected to hold procedural vote on stopgap spending bill on Thursday
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Senate is expected to hold a procedural vote on a stop-gap funding bill on Thursday, Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said on …
Senate Confirms Robert Califf To Lead The FDA On A Vote That Divided Both Parties
The Senate on Tuesday narrowly confirmed Dr. Robert Califf to lead the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on a vote that divided members in both …
Facebook Blocks Republican Senate Candidate’s Super Bowl Ad
Facebook is blocking Republican Arizona Senate candidate Jim Lamon’s campaign ad featured during the Super Bowl, citing its rules against promoting the sale of firearms. …
Explainer-What’s next for Fed after Senate vote on Biden’s nominees delayed
By Jonnelle Marte and Ann Saphir – Senate Republicans on Tuesday delayed a pivotal committee vote on President Joe Biden’s nominees to the Federal Reserve …
Republicans plan to boycott Senate panel voting session on Fed nominees, source says
– Republicans on the Senate Banking Committee plan to boycott a meeting scheduled for Tuesday afternoon to vote on President Joe Biden’s slate of nominees …