Tag: US Senate
House passes defense spending bill with Alabama delegation support
On Friday, the annual defense policy bill overwhelmingly passed the U.S. House of Representatives by a vote of 375 to 34. It now moves to the U.S. Senate...
Senate GOP shies from fight over Medicare
Congressional Democrats are warning that Speaker Paul Ryan and President-elect Donald Trump are gunning for Medicare - and they are rubbing their hands in...
Online effort: Draft Perry O. Hooper Jr. for US Senate
With Sen. Jeff Sessions's appointment to U.S. Attorney General by President-elect Donald Trump, Alabamians are scrambling to make a case for themselves, and others, to...
Sens. Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren call research bill gift to drug...
Two of the Senate's most liberal lawmakers are assailing a $6.3 billion medical research bill as a gift to drug companies, even as Republican...
Luther Strange throws hat in ring to replace Jeff Sessions
Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange has thrown his hat into the ring to replace Jeff Sessions in the U.S. Senate after he vacates the...
Senate trade-off: More Barack Obama judges, Donald Trump gets nominees
Republicans are gleeful over Democratic-engineered rule changes that will make it easier for President-elect Donald Trump to get his Cabinet nominees through the Senate....
Jeff Sessions replacement — who will Robert Bentley choose?
Pending acceptance of the position and a Senate confirmation hearing, Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions is poised become the United States' next Attorney General in President-Elect...
This week in the U.S. House of Representatives, Senate: Nov. 14-17,...
Congress returns to Washington D.C. this week in the wake of one of the most historic elections in U.S. history for a lame duck...
Republicans keep control of the U.S. Senate as Democrats fall short
Republicans held onto their slim Senate majority, a stinging blow to Democrats in a night full of them. Democrats had been nearly certain of...
Richard Shelby wins re-election, 6th term in US Senate
Alabama U.S. Sen. Richard Shelby won re-election to the U.S. Senate on Tuesday night, besting Democratic challenger Ron Crumpton in what turned out to be a decisive...
