December 11, 2013, 10:40 pm
By Ramsey Cox
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said Wednesday the Senate rule change to filibuster rules will result is “fire breathing liberals” confirmed to serve as judges across the country.
“The pressure from the [Democratic] conference to pick the most hard noise, fire breathing liberal is going to be intense and it will change the judiciary forever,” Graham said on the Senate floor. “Shame on you.”
December 11, 2013, 08:36 pm
By Ramsey Cox
Connecticut Sens. Richard Blumenthal (D) and Chris Murphy (D) used the one-year anniversary of the Sandy Hook tragedy to call for congressional action on gun-control reforms.
On Dec. 14, 2012, a gunman killed 20 first-graders at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., and six of their educators.
Murphy said members of Congress should feel “embarrassment and shame” for letting a year pass without passing any new gun-control measures.
December 11, 2013, 06:59 pm
By Erik Wasson
He's against the deal because it raises discretionary spending above sequester levels.
December 11, 2013, 06:51 pm
By Ramsey Cox
The Senate leader is pushing Republicans to yield time on President Obama's nominees.
December 11, 2013, 05:16 pm
By Ramsey Cox
Sen. John Rockefeller (D-W.Va.) urged his colleagues Wednesday to allow diplomatic efforts with Iran to go forward without the Senate passing any additional sanctions.
“If there is any chance at all that new sanctions right now might disrupt the agreement … why on earth would we risk that?” Rockefeller said on the Senate floor.
December 11, 2013, 04:29 pm
By Ramsey Cox
A group of Democratic senators asked for unanimous consent Wednesday to vote on a bill aimed at delaying flood insurance rate increases.
Sen. Bill Menendez (D-N.J.), the lead sponsor of S. 1610, asked for two hours of debate and a 60-vote threshold for final passage, but Sen. Pat Roberts (R-Kan.) objected.
December 11, 2013, 03:16 pm
By Ramsey Cox
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) accused Democrats of manufacturing a fight on President Obama’s nominees in order to distract the public from the failures of ObamaCare.
“The left believes the president’s agenda runs straight through the D.C. Circuit Court, that’s why they pressured Senate Democrats to break the rules to change rules — to pack the D.C. Circuit Court,” McConnell said Wednesday. “None of it should distract us from what ObamaCare is doing to our healthcare system.”
December 11, 2013, 02:27 pm
By Ramsey Cox
Reid said Democrats will push for an extension when the Senate returns in January.
December 11, 2013, 10:34 am
By Ramsey Cox
Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.) introduced a bill Tuesday that would force the federal government to review laws that criminalize certain actions by people living with HIV, such as spitting.
“It’s simply not fair that someone having been diagnosed with a chronic, treatable medical condition should automatically be subjected to a different set of criminal laws,” Coons said. “A disturbing number of state and local criminal laws pertaining to individuals with HIV/AIDS are rooted not in science, but in outdated fear.”
December 10, 2013, 07:36 pm
By Ramsey Cox
The Senate passed a bill Tuesday that would provides police protection for Supreme Court Justices.
Through a unanimous consent agreement, the Senate passed H.R.2922, which extends through Dec. 29, 2019, the authority of the Supreme Court Police to protect, in any state, the Justices of the Supreme Court.
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