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…
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…
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…
EXCLUSIVE: Conservative And Pro-Energy Activists Urge Senators To Reject Top Biden EPA Nominee
EXCLUSIVE: Conservative And Pro-Energy Activists Urge Senators To Reject Top Biden EPA Nominee Gabe Kaminsky on July 26, 2022 Conservative and pro-energy activists are urging senators to reject President Joe Biden’s nominee…
EXCLUSIVE: More Than A Dozen Republican Attorneys General Demand Senators Reject ‘Anti-Gun’ Biden ATF Nominee
EXCLUSIVE: More Than A Dozen Republican Attorneys General Demand Senators Reject ‘Anti-Gun’ Biden ATF Nominee Gabe Kaminsky on June 22, 2022 Attorneys general in 15 Republican states are demanding Senate leaders block…
Senators Aim To Pass Gun Control Bill By Fourth Of July
Senators Aim To Pass Gun Control Bill By Fourth Of July Sebastian Hughes on June 14, 2022 Senators working on the bipartisan gun control bill have set a deadline of July 4…
EXCLUSIVE: Dem Senator’s Alleged Violation Of Stock Disclosure Rules Has Watchdogs Worried
EXCLUSIVE: Dem Senator’s Alleged Violation Of Stock Disclosure Rules Has Watchdogs Worried Gabe Kaminsky on June 1, 2022 Democratic Colorado Sen. John Hickenlooper recently disclosed asset trades potentially worth over $1 million…
Is A Fight Brewing Between Texas Senators Over Stricter Gun Laws?
Is A Fight Brewing Between Texas Senators Over Stricter Gun Laws? Sebastian Hughes on May 27, 2022 Republican Texas Sens. Ted Cruz and John Cornyn are divided on whether new gun restrictions…
Biden’s Interior Secretary Was Forced To Answer Senators’ Energy Questions. It Didn’t Go Well
Biden’s Interior Secretary Was Forced To Answer Senators’ Energy Questions. It Didn’t Go Well Thomas Catenacci on May 20, 2022 Interior Secretary Deb Haaland struggled to explain administration energy policy when grilled…
GOP Senators Chastise Conservative Justices In The Wake Of Leak
GOP Senators Chastise Conservative Justices In The Wake Of Leak Sebastian Hughes on May 3, 2022 Two moderate Republican senators criticized the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade in a…
Americans Support Trump’s China Tariffs. So Why Are GOP Senators Trying To Tear Them Down?
Americans Support Trump’s China Tariffs. So Why Are GOP Senators Trying To Tear Them Down? Sebastian Hughes on April 22, 2022 Polling indicates Americans want to continue retaliating against China with tariffs,…
Alaska Man Sentenced to 32 Months in Prison for Threatening U.S. Senators
FAIRBANKS – A Delta Junction, Alaska, man was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Ralph R. Beistline to 32 months in prison and a $5,000 fine after pleading guilty to two counts…
Dozens Of Republican Senators Urge Biden To Counter Russia By Boosting Domestic Fossil Fuel Production
More than two dozen Republican senators wrote Thursday to President Joe Biden, calling for him to boost domestic natural gas (LNG) production and exports amid increasing Russia-Ukraine tensions. The lawmakers argued that…
Senators Reveal Bipartisan Bill Targeting Big Tech Companies For Harms To Children
Republican Tennessee Sen. Marsha Blackburn and Democratic Connecticut Sen. Richard Blumenthal unveiled a bipartisan bill Wednesday aimed at curbing online harms to children. The Kids Online Safety Act is the result of…
Republican Senators Threaten Boycott Over Fed Nominee
Chris Brunet on February 15, 2022 The Senate Banking Committee was set to vote on President Joe Biden’s slate of Federal Reserve nominees on Tuesday, but Republicans threatened to boycott the vote,…
The Three Republican Senators To Watch As Another Supreme Court Confirmation Approaches
For the first time since then-Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell lowered the threshold to confirm a Supreme Court nominee from 60 votes to a simple majority, Democrats have a Senate majority. Despite…
Senators’ Reforms To Electoral Count Act Would Vastly Increase The Support Necessary To Object To A State’s Result
Senate Democrats unveiled on Tuesday potential reforms to the Electoral Count Act, among which include changing who presides over Congress’ certification of election results and how much support is necessary for an…
Senators Introduce Bipartisan Legislation To End US Reliance On Chinese Minerals
A Republican and Democratic senator introduced legislation Friday that aims to end U.S. reliance on rare-earth metals sourced from and produced in China. The Restoring Essential Energy and Security Holdings Onshore for…
Alaska Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Charges for Threatening U.S. Senators
FAIRBANKS – A Delta Junction, Alaska, man pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to two counts of threatening to murder a U.S. official, specifically Alaska’s two U.S. Senators. According to court documents,…
Senators Pressure Instagram Chief Adam Mosseri To Support Big Tech Regulations On Child Safety
Members of the Senate Commerce Committee earned a few token concessions from Instagram chief Adam Mosseri in a hearing Wednesday. Mosseri testified before the Senate panel in a hearing titled “Protecting Kids Online:…
House Sends Biden’s Mammoth Spending Package To Senate With Provisions That Democratic Senators Oppose
The House Friday morning passed its version of President Joe Biden’s spending package, sending the $1.7 trillion bill to the Senate where it is all but certain to be picked apart by…
