With just days until a June 5 deadline, the Senate now is racing against time to pass the debt ceiling bill and avoid what would be an economically catastrophic default. But while Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said work would begin immediately after House passage Wednesday night, it’s rare for anything to get resolved quickly in […]
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Senators gear up for chaos in post-recess return
Lawmakers and party leadership will be forced to grapple with the debt ceiling’s ticking time bomb and a host of shifting political dynamics when the Senate returns from its May recess on Tuesday. Top of mind for the Senate is the bill that House negotiators brokered with the White House to end the debt limit […]
Feinstein crisis is Democrat’s newest nightmare
The absence through illness of California Senator Dianne Feinstein has been causing headaches to the Democrats, with the party split on how to deal with the situation. Feinstein, 89, has been out of action since early March as she recovers from the shingles at her San Francisco home following a spell at the hospital. During […]
Fetterman struggles to adjust to Senate life
Newly elected Sen. John Fetterman has described his severe hearing disability as causing him to hear the voice of the teacher from the “Peanuts” cartoon when listening to people speak, the New York Times reported. Fetterman suffered a stroke in May 2022 while campaigning for Pennsylvania’s open Senate seat, causing him to have cognitive issues […]
Georgia run-off: final push for crucial Senate seat
On Tuesday, Georgia’s seven million registered voters will go to the polls for the fifth time in four years. That’s thanks to a quirk in the state’s election law that requires winning candidates for state-wide posts in general elections not just to get more votes than everyone else, but to get fifty percent of the […]
Democrats vow to raise US debt ceiling quickly
Congressional Democratic leaders on Sunday vowed to tackle the nation’s debt ceiling in coming weeks, saying their party’s election victories offer them leverage even as Republicans have promised a potentially explosive fight. U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said they would act while President Joe Biden’s fellow Democrats control […]
Red Wave Fails, Dems keep control of Senate
The Democrats will retain majority control of the US Senate after winning a pivotal race in the state of Nevada. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto is projected to defeat Republican challenger Adam Laxalt, who was backed by former President Donald Trump. The results amount to the best midterm performance for a sitting party in 20 years. […]
Democrats in a panic over Fetterman debate
After getting their first long look at John Fetterman in Tuesday night’s Pennsylvania Senate debate, fellow Democrats are second-guessing his decision to appear on stage five months after a stroke — and some question whether he should have remained on the ballot at all. “He should not have debated. Anyone on his team who agreed […]
Will Fetterman survive after ‘Disastrous’ Debate?
John Fetterman and Dr. Mehmet Oz met in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, for a highly anticipated debate on Tuesday night. Fetterman, the state’s Democratic lieutenant governor, and Republican Oz, who shot to fame as a TV doctor, are vying for a crucial Pennsylvania seat that could decide the balance of power in the Senate. Fetterman, who suffered […]
Rock a Bye Baby Jerry Nadler
At 75 years old, longtime New York Rep. Jerry Nadler, a Democrat, is far from being the oldest member of Congress, but he’s certainly well past his prime. A Democratic staffer told the New York Post that Nadler, who serves as chairman of the powerful House Judiciary Committee, has earned a nickname from his peers: […]
Biden takes victory lap as Senate Democrats pass budget package
Democrats pushed their election-year economic package to Senate passage Sunday, a hard-fought compromise less ambitious than President Joe Biden’s original domestic vision but one that still meets deep-rooted party goals of slowing global warming, moderating pharmaceutical costs and taxing immense corporations. The estimated $740 billion package heads next to the House, where lawmakers are poised […]
Climate change activists’ appalled, outraged, and disappointed’, blast Manchin
After the news broke last Thursday night that Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., refused to vote for any measures to mitigate climate change in a budget reconciliation bill this month, environmentalists and progressive Democrats erupted in frustration. “There truly aren’t words for how appalled, outraged and disappointed we are,” Tiernan Sittenfeld, the legislative director at the […]