US Senate

Washington 08/31/20, 03:51

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is willing to let Americans starve if she does not have her own way. The White House has accused Pelosi of indefinitely postponing the next CCP (Chinese Communist Party) Virus stimulus package until the Republicans fully ...

D.C. 06/05/20, 11:15

A junior Democrat refused to cooperate on new rules to further prevent execution without a proper trial, a Kentucky Republican senator revealed. Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) has blamed Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) for taking months to consider an amendment to the ...

Politics 05/07/20, 13:32

President Donald Trump has vetoed legislation seeking to limit his ability to order military action against Iran, saying the prohibition would “endanger the lives of American citizens and brave service members.” “I am returning herewith without my approval S.J. Res. 68, ...

Politics 03/25/20, 12:25

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said on Wednesday, March 25, that the Senate’s massive CCP Virus rescue package agreement has moved closer to America’s workers, saying House Democrats will now review the final provisions from the bipartisan deal. In a statement, ...

Politics 03/25/20, 06:23

The Trump administration and Senate leaders reached a historic agreement on a massive $2 trillion relief package for workers and businesses hit by the CCP Virus in the wee hours of Wednesday, March 25. “We are done. We have a deal," ...

D.C. 02/14/20, 07:08

Military responses in the Middle East will take longer to authorize after tighter rules were imposed to force the president to seek prior approval from Congress. The Senate passed the new Iran War Powers Resolution that effectively prevents President Donald Trump ...

U.S. 02/03/20, 11:50

Senior Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said Sunday, Feb. 1, that he and other legislators expect to call witnesses in the coming weeks to begin hearings in the case of Hunter Biden, son of now Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, in ...

Trending 01/17/20, 05:02

A cross border trade deal worth more than $1.3 trillion will proceed after the Senate swiftly gave it the green light on Jan. 16. The Senate has approved the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). Fox Business is hailing the pact as the ...

Politics 01/14/20, 07:12

Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) said he would force votes to call Hunter Biden and others as witnesses in the Senate impeachment trial if Republicans support Democrats' impeachment witness demand. “My colleagues can’t have it both ways. Calling for some, while blocking others. If ...

Politics 12/19/19, 21:08

The Senate on Thursday, Dec. 19, passed a $1.4 trillion spending package, avoiding a shutdown and funding the government through the rest of the fiscal year, including the border wall. Lawmakers cleared the two-bill package in a series of votes, sending ...

Politics 12/16/19, 06:14

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) is proposing to call some GOP witnesses to testify in an expected impeachment trial in Senate this week, which he said must be fair and bipartisan, even after House Democratic leaders have rejected Republicans’ ...

Politics 12/13/19, 06:06

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is confident that some Democratic senators could join Republicans to vote to acquit President Donald Trump in the Senate impeachment trial. In an interview with Fox News on Thursday night, Dec. 12, McConnell said he believed no ...

Politics 12/11/19, 09:27

Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has indicated that an impeachment trial in the Senate will begin in January though the House Democrats are expected to vote on their impeachment resolutions as soon as next week, The Hill reported. Speaking at a ...

Politics 11/21/19, 22:35

President Donald Trump does not mind an impeachment trial as long as it provides him due process rights that the Democrat-led House has denied in their impeachment push. In a statement on Thursday, Nov. 21, White House spokesman Hogan Gidley said President ...

Politics 11/20/19, 03:39

The U.S. Senate passed legislation on Tuesday evening, Nov. 19, to support pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong amid a crackdown on the movement. China raised its voice to comdemn the human rights bill. The “Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act”, ...

Politics 11/10/19, 10:18

Up to 50 Republicans in the Senate have agreed to sign on to a resolution denouncing the House Democrats’ impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump while only three Republican senators refused. NBC News reported on Saturday, Nov. 9, that three Senate ...

Politics 11/05/19, 19:30

Republican senators will not be convinced there is enough evidence to impeach President Trump, said Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.). "How long it goes on just depends on how long the Senate wants to spend on it," McConnell said on ...

Politics 08/07/19, 16:28

In President Trump's first two-and-a-half years in office, records show that his judicial nominees faced unprecedented opposition from the Senate, with Democratic senators voting against potential judges in higher numbers than any time in American history. “For too long, thoroughly uncontroversial ...

U.S. 08/02/19, 03:54

As the Senate left for recess on Thursday, Aug. 1 for five weeks, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), praised the achievements of the chamber, including a hard-won budget agreement that staves off a probable government shutdown. But at the top ...

U.S. 07/07/19, 14:16

Two lawmakers, one from the Republican Party and the other from the Democratic Party, have introduced a bill in the Senate, which requires the federal government to buy national flags made in America. In their co-sponsored legislation, Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) ...