Democrats are conspicuously silent about changing filibuster rules now that they’re in the minority
The filibuster is a procedural, not constitutional, requirement and can be changed. It’s been on the Senate books since 1917, ...
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The Senate’s Tulsi Gabbard Test
As it weighs the nomination of Tulsi Gabbard for the position of Director of National Intelligence, the United States Senate faces a fundamental choice: Should it reject those like Gabbard who ...
'Fewer and smaller monuments': Republicans seek to limit the use of Antiquities Act
Republican legislators and the Trump Administration have launched a multi-pronged effort to cut back national monuments in ...
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Aquidneck Island high school seniors travel to Washington for Senate Youth Program
“I’ve been chosen as one of two delegates from Rhode Island to serve in this year’s 63rd Annual United States Senate Youth Program ... The two are headed to Washington for the program ...
When presidents would send handwritten lists of their nominees to the Senate, things were a lot different
The US now faces the likelihood of a bruising and raucous set of confirmation hearings − a clear break from the cooperative system the founders established.
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Kentucky has a new law on filling US Senate vacancies. Here's how it works
A 2024 law changed the process for filling vacated U.S. Senate seats in Kentucky. Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell's fall down the Senate stairs in Washington ... in the United States Senate ...
Chinese presence in Panama might trigger canal treaty violation, Senate panel told
President Donald Trump's suggestion of the U.S. taking control of the Panama Canal has a legal basis partly due to potential ...
New Secretary Of Defense Crossed The Delaware With Washington In 2021
Major Pete Hegseth narrated the pageantry on the banks of the Delaware before joining Washington in making the crossing.
On This Day: George Washington elected 1st U.S. president
George Washington of Virginia, the commander of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War, was elected the first ...
Senate Republicans insist Elon Musk isn't in charge after whirlwind actions
Senate Republicans defended the Trump administration’s sweeping revamp of the U.S. Agency for International Development led ...