Tag: Senate
Senate rejects rival plans for ending shutdown; talks start
A splintered Senate swatted down competing Democratic and Republican plans for ending the 34-day partial government shutdown on Thursday, but the twin setbacks prompted...
Senate rejects rival Dem, GOP plans for reopening government
A splintered Senate swatted down competing Democratic and Republican plans for ending the 34-day partial government shutdown on Thursday, leaving President Donald Trump and...
Mo Brooks proposes State of the Union be moved to Senate...
With the government shutdown stretching to nearly a month, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi asked President Donald Trump to postpone the upcoming State of the Union...
Kay Ivey voices support for Brett Kavanaugh, hopes Senate makes ‘right...
She may not be able to cast a vote in favor of his confirmation, but that's not stopping Alabama Governor Kay Ivey from voicing...
Governors wary of Medicaid cost shift in Senate health bill
Governors in several states that opted to expand Medicaid under former President Barack Obama's health care law are wary of the Senate Republican plan...
Darryl Paulson: The filibuster, the nuclear option and the future of...
What little Americans know about the filibuster is due to James Stewart's portrayal of Senator Jefferson Smith in the classic movie, Mr. Smith Goes...
A divided Senate answers Orlando with gridlock on gun curbs
A divided Senate blocked rival election-year plans to curb guns on Monday, eight days after the horror of Orlando's mass shooting intensified pressure on...
Alabama Senate OKs more money for domestic violence coalition
Legislation passed the Senate last week, which will provide “significant funding” for the Alabama Coalition Against Domestic Violence (ACADV), an organization that provides support...
Darryl Paulson: The Antonin Scalia battle: The stakes have seldom been...
The passing of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia on Feb. 3, has created an opportunity for both the executive and legislative branches to work...
Amid attendance attacks, Marco Rubio focuses on Iowa
Amid new criticisms about his Senate attendance record, Marco Rubio says some of his rival candidates are getting "a little desperate and a little...
