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…
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…
U.S. senators visit Kyiv to promote Russia ‘state sponsor of terrorism’ bill
By Max Hunder and Sergiy Karazy KYIV – Two U.S. senators seeking to pass a law designating Russia as a “state sponsor of terrorism” visited Ukraine’s capital on Thursday to discuss the…
Senators seek update on U.S. security review of TikTok
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON – A group of six Republican senators https://www.cotton.senate.gov/news/press-releases/cotton-colleagues-demand-action-from-biden-administration-against-tiktok on Friday asked U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen about an ongoing Biden administration national security review of social media platform…
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…
U.S. senators press U.S. airlines, USDOT on flight cancellations
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON – Two U.S. senators on Thursday urged airlines and regulators to take steps to reduce flight cancellations and delays after more than 2,700 Memorial Day weekend flights were…
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…
U.S. senators seek DEA answers on Mexico operations following Reuters reports
(Reuters) – Two senior U.S. senators have written to the head of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) requesting information on the agency’s foreign operations, especially in Mexico, following news reports about…
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…
U.S. senators propose FTC investigate beef price fixing
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren and Mike Rounds on Thursday introduced a bipartisan resolution asking the Federal Trade Commission to investigate beef companies for potential price fixing. It is the latest…
GOP Senators Chastise Conservative Justices In The Wake Of Leak
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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,…
Australia targets Putin’s daughters, Russian senators in fresh sanctions
SYDNEY – The Australian government has imposed sanctions and travel bans on two daughters of Russian President Vladimir Putin and Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov’s daughter, it said in a statement on Friday.…
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…
U.S. senators want ‘elevated and volatile’ West Coast pump prices investigated
WASHINGTON – Three U.S. senators wrote to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission on Tuesday to urge an investigation into “elevated and volatile” prices for gasoline, diesel and jet fuel. Senators Maria Cantwell,…
U.S. senators try to avoid weeks-long delay in Russia trade measure
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON – U.S. senators scrambled on Tuesday to reach a compromise to avoid further delays before passing legislation revoking “most favored” trade status for Russia and Belarus over the…
U.S. senators urge probe of Live Nation’s ‘exorbitant fees’ for tickets
WASHINGTON – Democratic Senators Richard Blumenthal and Amy Klobuchar, both active in antitrust, wrote to the U.S. Justice Department on Tuesday to urge officials to investigate potential anti-competitive actions by Live Nation,…
Russia protests to U.S. envoy over senator’s call to ‘take out’ Putin
LONDON – Russia’s Foreign Ministry protested to the U.S. ambassador in Moscow on Saturday over remarks by U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham advocating that President Vladimir Putin be assassinated. It said in a…
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…
El Salvador’s Bukele tells bitcoin-wary U.S. senators to stay out of internal affairs
By Nelson Renteria MEXICO CITY – President Nayib Bukele on Wednesday asked U.S. senators to stay out of El Salvador’s “internal affairs” after they called for an investigation into the economic risks…
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…
Two U.S. senators set to introduce ‘Kids Online Safety Act’
– Two U.S. senators will introduce legislation on Wednesday, called the “Kids Online Safety Act,” that would require social media platforms to provide parents with tools to protect their children online. The…
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,…
U.S. senators say CIA data collection has been hidden from public, lawmakers
WASHINGTON – Two U.S. senators claim the Central Intelligence Agency is running a secret program aimed at scooping up massive amounts of data and has been shielding it from Congressional oversight, they…
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