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Montana GOP Senate candidate Tim Sheehy is still talking about his gunshot wound story in hotly-contested race
Tim Sheehy continues to be dogged by questions about his gunshot wound. Democrats have used the iss…
John L. Dorman
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Former GOP Sen. Jim Inhofe, famous for throwing a snowball in the Senate chamber, dead at 89
Inhofe famously threw a snowball in the Senate in 2015 while assailing climate change as "hoax." Bu…
Bryan Metzger
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Senate Democrats unceremoniously kill Mayorkas impeachment trial
The Mayorkas impeachment trial died without any formal debate after party-line votes. GOP Sen. Lisa…
Brent D. Griffiths,Bryan Metz…
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Republicans clash for hours on the Senate floor as tempers flare over Sen. Tommy Tuberville's blockade of military promotions
GOP Sens. Dan Sullivan and Joni Ernst held the floor for more than 4 hours as they forced Tubervill…
Brent D. Griffiths
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Mitch McConnell will step down from Senate GOP leadership in November
"Father Time remains undefeated. I am no longer the young man sitting in the back, hoping colleague…
Brent D. Griffiths
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Senate passes $95 billion aid bill for Israel, Ukraine, and Taiwan, but getting it through the House is another matter
The Senate approved a $95 billion emergency defense bill for Israel, Ukraine, and Taiwan on Tuesday…
Thibault Spirlet
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Senate Republicans can now stop Tuberville's military blockade — if they want to
After a committee vote on Tuesday, there's now an opportunity to circumvent Tuberville's block, but…
Madison Hall
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These 3 Democratic senators voted against a $95.3 billion Ukraine and Israel aid bill — citing the war in Gaza
While the three senators are all supportive of Ukraine aid, they each said that the US should not p…
Bryan Metzger
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Nearly every GOP senator has signed a letter blasting the Senate's new dress code: 'We must protect the sanctity of that place at all costs'
The 46 senators expressed their "supreme disappointment" in the change and call on Sen. Chuck Schum…
John L. Dorman
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These 11 senators supported Bernie Sanders's resolution to force a State Department report on Israeli human rights violations in Gaza
While the effort failed, it's an indicator of where senators stand on Israel's military campaign in…
Bryan Metzger
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The last time there was a fight in the Senate, they changed the rules to ban calling each other corrupt
In 1902, a fistfight broke out between South Carolina Senators John McLaurin and Ben Tillman, causi…
Grace Eliza Goodwin
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A bipartisan bill years in the making to boost the US semiconductor industry and competition with China will soon hit the Senate floor for a final vote
The Senate legislation provides around $52 billion to bolster competition with China and address th…
Oma Seddiq
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A GOP representative says new border legislation is the 'worst screwing in the Senate since that Dem staffer filmed his porno on Klobuchar's desk'
On Sunday night, the Senate released its bipartisan immigration bill, which quickly received ample …
Madison Hall
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The Senate failed its attempt to strip lower monthly student-loan payments from millions of borrowers
The Senate failed to pass a GOP-led bill to overturn the new SAVE income-driven repayment plan. Bid…
Ayelet Sheffey
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AOC says 'a lot' of House Dems would cast 'disingenuous' yes votes for Medicare for All if it came to floor because they 'know that it's going to a graveyard' in the Senate
Ocasio-Cortez argues that dismantling the Senate filibuster is crucial to enacting progressive poli…
Bryan Metzger
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Senate moves forward with plans to promote 3 generals and circumvent Tommy Tuberville's ongoing blockade
The Senate normally promotes military officers en masse via the unanimous consent process, but Tube…
Madison Hall
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Former President Donald Trump's impeachment trial to begin on February 8, says Senate Majority Leader
However, the crucial vote of Vice President Kamala Harris in her capacity as the chairman of…
PTI
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A Republican senator said 'nobody's buying' Tuberville's claims that blocking hundreds of promotions hasn't impacted military readiness
Sen. Dan Sullivan's comments come less than a week after he and other GOP senators tore into Tuberv…
Madison Hall
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Top talkers: These 20 lawmakers spoke the most on the House and Senate floors during the 117th Congress, including Rep. Buddy Carter and Sen. Marsha Blackburn
"I was not sent to Washington to be quiet," said Rep. Buddy Carter, a Georgia Republican, who made …
Nicole Gaudiano,Oma Seddiq
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Joe Manchin spotted chatting up Kyrsten Sinema on the Senate floor as Dems' Inflation Reduction Act hangs in the balance
Sinema has thus far stayed silent as to whether she will support the Dems' spending deal. Meanwhile…