Senate News

Senate Agrees On Bipartisan Gun Safety Bill

The Senate unveiled an 80-page bipartisan gun safety bill on Tuesday, setting the upper chamber up to potentially pass what…

2 years ago

Sen. John Cornyn Booed Over Gun Safety At Texas GOP Convention

Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas), the top Republican in the bipartisan Senate group seeking gun safety legislation, was booed on Friday…

2 years ago

Mitch McConnell Voices Support For Bipartisan Gun Safety Agreement

The gun safety framework worked on by a bipartisan Senate group comprised of 10 Democrats and 10 Republicans has gained…

2 years ago

Senate Bipartisan Group Reaches Agreement On Gun Safety Legislation

A bipartisan group of senators that has been working toward gun safety legislation in the weeks since the devastating mass…

2 years ago

Democrat & GOP Senators Fight For Joe Manchin’s Vote On Budget

Lawmakers from both parties are vying for centrist Sen. Joe Manchin's (D-West Virginia) support in President Joe Biden's social spending…

2 years ago

Sen. Ron Johnson Reportedly Used Tax Payer Money For Florida Travel

Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wisconsin) denounced a report from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinal that claimed federal records showed he had been…

2 years ago

Sen. Rand Paul Blocks Bill To Send $40 Billion In Aid To Ukraine

Rand Paul (R-Kentucky) was the lone senator to stall a bipartisan effort to send $40 billion in aid to Ukraine.…

2 years ago

‘Roe’ Protestors Gather Outside Justice Samuel Alito’s Home, Senate Passes Bill To Increase Protection For Justices

Justice Samuel Alito is the latest Supreme Court Justice to see protests outside his home following last week's leaked Supreme…

2 years ago

Senate Democrats’ Effort To Codify Roe V. Wade Fails In 49-51 Vote

Senate Democrats lost a 49-51 vote on Wednesday to pass a bill that would preserve the federal right to abortion…

2 years ago

Trump-Endorsed J.D. Vance Formerly Called Ex President ‘America’s Hitler,’ Old Roommate Says

Newly former President Donald Trump-endorsed candidate J.D. Vance's (R) former roommate at Yale Law School released screenshots on Monday exposing…

3 years ago

Trump Endorses TV Personality Dr. Mehmet Oz In Pennsylvania Senate Race

Former President Donald Trump officially endorsed TV personality Dr. Mehmet Oz for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania. "This is all about…

3 years ago

Rep. Mo Brooks Says Trump Repeatedly Asked Him To Help Overturn 2020 Election & Install Him As President

Alabama Rep. Mo Brooks (R) said Wednesday that former President Donald Trump asked him to go along with a plan to…

3 years ago

Senate Defeats Bill To Guarantee The Right To An Abortion Nationally

Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin (West Virginia) sided with the Senate Republicans to vote down a bill that would have codified…

3 years ago

GOP Sen. Tom Cotton Criticizes Senate Democrats For Supporting Trump Crime Bill

Republican Sen. Tom Cotton (Arkansas) criticized the Democrats for backing criminal justice reform that was actually signed into law by…

3 years ago

Manchin Urges Senate To Move Forward With Bipartisan Electoral Count Bill

Sen. Joe Manchin (D-West Virginia) is at the forefront of a group pushing for a bipartisan deal to reform the…

3 years ago

Bob Dole, Republican Senate Leader & Presidential Candidate, Dies At 98

Former three-time Republican presidential candidate and United States Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole (R-Kansas) died on Sunday at the age…

3 years ago

Biden ‘Disappointed’ By Senate Parliamentarian’s Call To Kill $15 Minimum Wage In COVID Relief Bill

On Thursday night, Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough ruled against Joe Biden's plan to raise the federal minimum wage to $15, as…

4 years ago

Trump Slams McConnell In Post-Acquittal Statement, Calling Him An ‘Unsmiling Political Hack’

Former President Donald Trump released an angry statement Tuesday night directed at Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky) for not supporting…

4 years ago

Jeff Sessions Joins Alabama’s Senate Primary Despite Fight With Trump

Former U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions is trying to reconcile his relationship with President Donald Trump, as he runs for…

5 years ago

Lawrence J.C. VanDyke, Trump Nominee For Federal Judgeship, Cries In Senate Judiciary Committee After Receiving ‘Not Qualified’ Rating From ABA

Lawrence J.C. VanDyke, President Donald Trump’s nominee for a federal judge at the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals, cried during…

5 years ago