Senators demand emergency session over looming 37 percent health benefit hike for NJ public workers
New Jersey Senate Republicans are demanding an emergency legislative session to address a proposed 37% spike in public employee health premiums, warning of widespread consequences for taxpayers, municipalities, and school budgets if…
‘We Learned Nothing’: Senators Still In The Dark On Aerial Object Takedowns After Classified Intel Briefing
‘We Learned Nothing’: Senators Still In The Dark On Aerial Object Takedowns After Classified Intel Briefing Micaela Burrow on February 14, 2023 Senators received a classified briefing on the U.S. downing of…
GOP Senators Move To Undo Biden EPA’s ‘Onerous’ Trucking Emissions Rules
GOP Senators Move To Undo Biden EPA’s ‘Onerous’ Trucking Emissions Rules John Hugh DeMastri on February 9, 2023 Republican Sen. Deb Fischer of Nebraska led a group of 34 GOP senators to…
Twitter Suspends Republican Senator’s Account Over Hunting Photo
Twitter Suspends Republican Senator’s Account Over Hunting Photo Alexa Schwerha on February 7, 2023 Twitter suspended Republican Montana Sen. Steve Daines’ Twitter account because his profile photo showed him hunting with his…
U.S. senators question Meta on Chinese, other developers’ access to sensitive data
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Senators Mark Warner and Marco Rubio, chair and vice chair of the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, wrote to Facebook parent Meta Platforms on Monday about documents that…
US senators, visiting Kyiv, blast delays in supplying tanks to Ukraine
By Max Hunder KYIV (Reuters) – A bipartisan delegation of three U.S. Senators visiting Kyiv blasted the delays around Western tank supplies to Ukraine on Friday, with one of them warning of…
Pennsylvania Senators Aiming To Repeal Law Banning Teachers From Wearing Religious Emblems In The Classroom
Kate Anderson on January 11, 2023 Pennsylvania state lawmakers are in the process of repealing a law that bans teachers from wearing religious emblems in the classroom. The current bill aims to…
Border Patrol Union Chief Open To Amnesty For ‘Dreamers’ As Senators Prep Immigration Bill
Border Patrol Union Chief Open To Amnesty For ‘Dreamers’ As Senators Prep Immigration Bill Jennie Taer on December 9, 2022 The Border Patrol union president said he will support an immigration bill…
U.S. senators propose law to boost transparency at regional Fed banks
By Michael S. Derby (Reuters) – Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren and Republican Senator Pat Toomey have joined together to propose legislation that would make it easier to get information out of the…
Senators Warren, Smith ask Fed for accounting of banks’ crypto ties
(Reuters) – U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren and Tina Smith are demanding an accounting from the Federal Reserve and other U.S. financial regulators of banks’ cryptocurrency activity and ties to the industry following…
U.S. senators want FAA to rewrite aircraft evacuation standards
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Two U.S. senators are proposing legislation to require the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to rewrite aircraft evacuation standards to do a better job of taking real…
GOP Senators Urge McConnell To Block Massive Spending Package
GOP Senators Urge McConnell To Block Massive Spending Package Arjun Singh on November 30, 2022 Four Senate Republicans on Wednesday urged Mitch McConnell to block an omnibus spending package to fund the…
‘This Is Not Safe’: Dem Senators Urge Biden Admin To Rethink End Of Major Trump-Era Border Policy
‘This Is Not Safe’: Dem Senators Urge Biden Admin To Rethink End Of Major Trump-Era Border Policy Jennie Taer on November 29, 2022 Four Democratic senators are urging Department of Homeland Security…
GOP Senators Who Passed Major Gun Control Law Say They Won’t Back An ‘Assault Weapons’ Ban
GOP Senators Who Passed Major Gun Control Law Say They Won’t Back An ‘Assault Weapons’ Ban Arjun Singh on November 29, 2022 Republican senators who, in the past, have worked with Democrats…
Senators urge Pentagon to reconsider Gray Eagle drones for Ukraine
By Mike Stone WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A bipartisan group of 16 U.S. senators pressed the Biden administration to carefully reconsider Ukraine’s request for lethal Gray Eagle drones to fight Russia and asked…
Dem Senators Attempt To Wrangle GOP Votes For DACA Bill In Lame Duck Congress
Dem Senators Attempt To Wrangle GOP Votes For DACA Bill In Lame Duck Congress Arjun Singh on November 17, 2022 Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has made passing immigration reform, including creating…
U.S. senators push to ban government deals with Chinese chipmakers -Politico
(Reuters) – U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Republican Senator John Cornyn are lobbying hard for a ban on government business with Chinese chipmakers, Politico reported on Thursday, citing three people…
Democratic U.S. senators accuse Musk of undermining Twitter, urge FTC probe
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Seven Democratic senators sent a letter on Thursday to the Federal Trade Commission, warning that Twitter, now owned by Elon Musk, was acting in disregard of users and urging the…
Democratic senators press U.S. auto agency on safety rules
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A group of 10 Democratic senators Tuesday urged U.S. auto safety regulators to move quickly to issue new regulations after traffic crash deaths hit a 16-year-high…
U.S. senators, in Kyiv visit, vow to continue bipartisan support after elections
KYIV (Reuters) – U.S. Republican Senator Rob Portman and his Democratic colleague Chris Coons vowed that bipartisan support would continue for Ukraine after next week’s midterm congressional elections, as they travelled to…
New Jersey Democrats ask Senators to target Hindu groups for fascism, Naziism
TEANECK, NJ – Days after the House Homeland Security came to Teaneck to host an anti-semitism hearing, Democrats in that town are asking U.S. Senators to target major Hindu organizations. Democrats on the Teaneck…
EXCLUSIVE: Senators Strike Deal On Journalism Bill, Adding Protections For Conservative Media
EXCLUSIVE: Senators Strike Deal On Journalism Bill, Adding Protections For Conservative Media Ailan Evans on September 21, 2022 Senators reached a bipartisan deal Wednesday on a bill intended to give news organizations…
Turkey’s Erdogan says received “positive” feedback from U.S. senators on F-16s
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Turkey President Tayyip Erdogan told Reuters on Tuesday that he has received “positive” feedback from the U.S. senators he has met in New York on their potential support…
TikTok’s Army of Lobbyists Includes Former Senators And White House Staffers
TikTok’s Army of Lobbyists Includes Former Senators And White House Staffers Harold Hutchison on August 1, 2022 Multiple former senators and staffers were revealed to lobby for the Chinese-owned social media app TikTok, which…
U.S. senators Schumer, Warner join calls to blacklist Chinese chipmaker YMTC
By Karen Freifeld (Reuters) – Top Democrats including Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer have joined an effort to place China’s fast-growing chip manufacturer, Yangtze Memory Technologies Company (YMTC), on a U.S. trade…
Republican Senators Call For Sanctions Against Russian Oil Sales To China
Republican Senators Call For Sanctions Against Russian Oil Sales To China Jack McEvoy on July 27, 2022 Republican senators introduced a bill Tuesday aimed at sanctioning Chinese purchases of Russian oil, according…
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