Booker clashes with Senate Republicans over judicial nominee in heated committee exchange
NEWARK, NJ— Sen. Cory Booker drew sharp criticism Thursday after a tense exchange during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing over the nomination of Emil Bove to a federal judgeship. The incident drew…
Canada’s Senate passes budget, greenlighting measures on housing, Russian assets
OTTAWA – Canada’s Senate on Thursday passed Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s budget, adopting a long list of measures including a two-year ban on foreign home buyers and the power to confiscate and…
Pennsylvania Dem Senate Candidate Sought To Empty State Prisons While In Power, Records Show
Pennsylvania Dem Senate Candidate Sought To Empty State Prisons While In Power, Records Show Gabe Kaminsky on June 22, 2022 The Democratic candidate running for Senate in Pennsylvania, John Fetterman, has a…
U.S. Senate votes to take initial step toward gun legislation in procedural vote
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Senate took an initial step towards passing the country’s first major gun legislation in decades on Tuesday night, voting in favor of a procedural measure that would allow…
Trump-backed Katie Britt wins Republican nomination in Alabama’s U.S. Senate primary, NBC News projects
WASHINGTON – Katie Britt, an attorney and past senior U.S. Senate aide backed by former President Donald Trump, won the Republican nomination in Alabama’s U.S. Senate race, NBC News projected on Tuesday,…
Top U.S. Senate leaders express support for bipartisan gun legislation
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and his Republican counterpart, Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, expressed support for the gun control legislation released on Tuesday by a bipartisan group of senators.…
Senate candidate Greitens draws criticism for ad showing him hunting fellow Republicans
By Joseph Ax (Reuters) – Republican Eric Greitens, who is seeking a U.S. Senate seat in Missouri, released a campaign ad on Monday depicting him and a group of armed men going…
EXCLUSIVE: Watchdog Demands Senate Ethics Probe Democrat’s ‘Clear Violation’ Of Stock Filing Law After DCNF Investigation
EXCLUSIVE: Watchdog Demands Senate Ethics Probe Democrat’s ‘Clear Violation’ Of Stock Filing Law After DCNF Investigation Gabe Kaminsky on June 15, 2022 A federal watchdog is urging the Senate Ethics Committee to…
U.S. Senate Republican leader ‘comfortable’ with gun bill framework
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell said on Tuesday he was comfortable with the framework of a U.S. Senate gun safety bill and would support the final proposed legislation if…
Phil Murphy Wants Your Guns, Says Senate Gun Grab Not Enough
TRENTON, NJ – New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy wants your guns. All of them. It’s no secret. Today, he applauded the latest federal gun ban legislation but said it’s not enough. “The…
Biden says Senate negotiators in gun talks remain ‘mildly optimistic’
LOS ANGELES – U.S. President Joe Biden said on Saturday that Senate negotiators trying to hammer out a deal on modest measures to address gun violence were still “mildly optimistic.” He made…
Lebanon Man Sentenced For Threatening To Murder Members Of The United States Senate
HARRISBURG – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that a former attorney, Kenelm L. Shirk, age 72, of Lebanon, Pennsylvania, was sentenced to time served of…
U.S. Senate likely to pass bill to bar tech firms’ favoring themselves in searches
By Diane Bartz WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar and lawmakers from both parties said on Wednesday they had the Senate votes needed to pass legislation aimed at reining in the four…
Republican lawmaker urges top Senate Democrat to give gun talks time
By David Morgan WASHINGTON – Senator John Cornyn, the leading Republican in talks aimed at ironing out bipartisan legislation to address a plague of U.S. mass shootings, urged the top Senate Democrat…
U.S. Senate candidate Fetterman ‘almost died’ from stroke, vows to return to trail
By James Oliphant WASHINGTON – John Fetterman, the Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania and the state’s current lieutenant governor, said on Friday that he “almost died” from the stroke that…
Fed Chair Powell to testify at Senate June 22, Barr vote set for June 8
(Reuters) – Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell will give his twice-yearly report on monetary policy to the U.S. Senate on June 22, just a week after the central bank is expected to…
POLL: JD Vance Takes The Lead In Ohio Senate Race
POLL: JD Vance Takes The Lead In Ohio Senate Race Sebastian Hughes on June 1, 2022 Republican Ohio Senate candidate J.D. Vance secured a slim lead over Democratic Rep. Tim Ryan in…
U.S. Senate confirms auto safety chief amid traffic death spike
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON -The U.S. Senate on Thursday confirmed by voice vote President Joe Biden’s nominee to serve as the top auto safety regulator, the first to win approval since January…
Herschel Walker Wins Georgia Senate GOP Primary
Herschel Walker Wins Georgia Senate GOP Primary Sebastian Hughes on May 24, 2022 Retired NFL star Herschel Walker won the Republican primary for Georgia’s 2022 Senate race Tuesday, according to multiple election…
U.S. Senate candidate sues over mail-in ballots in Pennsylvania midterms primary
(Reuters) – Republican U.S. Senate candidate David McCormick has filed a lawsuit in a Pennsylvania court to compel counties to count undated mail-in ballots in his primary race against TV personality Dr.…
John Fetterman Wins Pennsylvania Dem Senate Primary
John Fetterman Wins Pennsylvania Dem Senate Primary Sebastian Hughes on May 17, 2022 Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman won the Democratic primary for the state’s open Senate seat Tuesday night, according to…
Fetterman wins Democratic nomination in Pennsylvania Senate race
WASHINGTON – Pennsylvania Lieutenant Governor John Fetterman, a progressive who disclosed he had a stroke last week, defeated centrist congressman Conor Lamb in the party’s U.S. Senate primary, Edison Research projected on…
After delay, U.S. Senate edges toward passing $40 billion Ukraine war aid
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON – The U.S. Senate voted on Monday to advance $40 billion more aid for Ukraine in its war against Russia, setting the stage for a vote on the…
Democrats’ hopes of holding Senate may rest on hoodie, shorts-wearing ex-mayor
By Jarrett Renshaw and James Oliphant PHILADELPHIA – The Democratic Party’s hopes of picking up a much-needed U.S. Senate seat in Pennsylvania are likely tethered to a 6-foot, 8-inch tall tattooed and…
U.S. Senate Republicans launch record early ad blitz in battleground states
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senate Republicans are about to ramp up spending on television ads in seven battleground states, part of a record $53 million messaging campaign aimed at winning a majority in…
U.S. Senate panel to question Fed nominee Barr on May 19
WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden’s second pick to serve as the top regulatory official at the Federal Reserve will be questioned by the U.S. Senate Banking Committee on May 19, according to…
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