Tag: Richard Durbin
Tommy Tuberville urges Senate investigation into human trafficking
U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Alabama) joined Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wisconsin), Sen. Katie Britt (R-Alabama), and the entire Senate Republican conference in sending a letter to Sens. Richard Blumenthal (D-Connecticut), who chairs...
$2T bill stalled, Senate Dems seem ready to move on for...
Democrats’ vast social and environment package was stuck in the Senate on Thursday as leaders’ hopes for an accord with holdout Sen....
Minimum wage hike all but dead in big COVID relief bill
Democrats’ hopes of including a minimum wage increase in their $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill seemed all but dead Monday as the...
Richard Shelby says ‘The dialogue is good’ as wall deadline nears
President Donald Trump and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi struck starkly different tones in their border security standoff Wednesday, as Trump planned a rally in...
Week 1: Cabinet picks contradict Donald Trump stands on some issues
The lack of fireworks surrounding Senate consideration of President-elect Donald Trump's Cabinet picks may reflect a slew of statements his choices have made contradicting...