Tag: Senate
We need to make government bigger (it’s not what you think)
Put simply: The House of Representatives does not have enough members to adequately represent all 334 million of us.
What connects Trump’s likely arrest with the bank bailouts?
Let's start with multi-billionaire Peter Thiel, and follow the money.
‘Class war’ erupts at hearing as union leader and GOP senator...
Bernie Sanders declared at the conclusion of Wednesday's hearing that "there's a class war going on whether we want to recognize it or not."
Senate passes bill to fund government through Oct. 2023, Biden signs...
With the bill facing opposition from Republicans in the House, the "slim Democratic majority" is said to get the bill passed.
Arizona Sen. Krysten Sinema leaves Democratic party
Sinema intends to continue to caucus with Democrats and keep her committee assignments.
House passes bill to protect same-sex, interracial marriages
The "landmark legislation" will go to President Biden, which he is expected to sign into law.
Winning Georgia Senate seat, Sen. Raphael Warnock overcomes GOP push
More than 48 percent of Georgians voted for Herschel Walker, showing Republican loyalty in a battleground state.
Warnock defeats Walker in Georgia, giving Democrats 51-49 Senate majority
"Democrats can do a lot more with 51 Senate seats."
Putting ‘profits over people’, Senate rejects paid sick leave for rail...
Forty-two Republicans—and serial Democratic obstructionist Joe Manchin of West Virginia—voted down Rep. Jamaal Bowman's (D-N.Y.) proposal to include seven paid sick days in the tentative contract.
Dark money groups have pumped $1 billion into GOP effort to...
The finding comes a month after Senate Republicans tanked a bill that would have required dark money groups to disclose their donors and funding sources.
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ICE at the gates: Rights groups warn Trump airport deployment risks civil liberties crisis
Civil liberties advocates, unions, and lawmakers raise alarm over use of immigration agents in airport security amid shutdown-driven staffing crisis.
California’s herbicide spill ignites growing movement to ban paraquat nationwide
The spill, which closed a major highway and sent at least ten people to seek medical attention for respiratory symptoms, became a catalyst for a renewed political battle over the chemical's future in California.
Why Donald Trump just can’t stop going to war
When imperial America offers help, it just might get you killed.
The Age of Arrogant Amateurism – as ‘know-it-all’ opportunists seize power to control, not...
To win big in this brave new world, forget tested skill-sets and the wisdom of experience: chutzpah and risk-taking, even gambling, are paramount, then the facile ability to learn on the job how to cling to power.
Balanced budget amendment would put Social Security, Medicare, and core public services on the...
The proposal would make revenue increases extraordinarily difficult while allowing tax cuts to pass more easily, shifting pressure onto widely used federal programs.