Trump-Backed Hung Cao Romps in Virginia Senate Primary
Former Navy Capt. Hung Kao easily won the Republican nomination for Senate in Virginia on Tuesday night, earning the right to face off against Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) in a key state where President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden are locked in a close race. Cao outperformed four other challengers and was predicted by […]
Senate Passes Major Pro-Nuclear Bill, Sends To Biden’s Desk
The Senate passed a major pro-nuclear energy bill on Tuesday, sending the bill to President Joe Biden’s desk. The Senate overwhelmingly passed a fire aid and safety bill that includes language from the ADVANCE Act, a nuclear power bill. 88-2 A bipartisan vote. The bill represents one of the most significant efforts by Congress in […]
Trump-backed candidate wins Virginia’s Republican Senate primary to take on Tim Kaine
Hun Kao won the Virginia Republican Senate primary on Tuesday, earning the party’s endorsement to face incumbent Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) in November. Besides Kao, the two most likely candidates in the Republican Senate primary were former DeSantis staffer and Club for Growth official Scott Parkinson and constitutional lawyer Jonathan Emold. Former President Trump endorsed […]
Senate GOP Blocks Chuck Schumer’s Political Stunt on Bump Stock Ban
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-New York) pushed for a unanimous vote to ban bump stocks in an effort to use Republican opposition to portray Republicans as supporting mass shooters, according to congressional sources. The opposition of just one Republican could block a unanimous vote, and Democrats could use that single Republican vote to argue […]
Senate GOP blocks Democratic effort to ban bump stocks after Supreme Court ruling
Senate Republicans on Tuesday blocked Democrats from passing a bump stock ban bill following a Supreme Court ruling that overturned a Trump-era federal ban on bump stocks. Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-Minn.), the author of the BUMP bill, called for unanimous approval of the proposal, but Sen. Pete Ricketts (R-Neb.) blocked it. The move came days […]
Senate hearing previews emerging bipartisan consensus on reining in gain-of-function research
In a surprisingly substantive hearing today, members of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee seemed to signal an emerging consensus that gain-of-function research that some believe is a likely cause of the COVID-19 pandemic requires significant additional government oversight, or even a complete halt. The hearing, chaired by Democratic Senator Gary Peters (Mich.), […]
Rand Paul grills doctor on COVID-19 origins during Senate hearing: ‘Pushing an idea’
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Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun faces grilling at Senate hearing
Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun acknowledged the company’s flaws while answering questions from U.S. lawmakers on Tuesday afternoon after an airborne emergency on an Alaska Airlines 737 Max 9 jet in January caused widespread alarm. “I’m here to answer questions. I’m here in the spirit of transparency and I’m here to hold people accountable,” Calhoun told […]
Boeing CEO apologizes to families of crash victims at Senate hearing
Outgoing Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun apologized directly to the families who lost loved ones in the Boeing crashes during his opening testimony before a Senate subcommittee on Tuesday. “I want to speak directly to those who lost loved ones on Lion Air Flight 610 and Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302,” Calhoun said, referring to the deadly […]
Senate GOP to stop Dem attempt to ban bump stocks after SCOTUS reverses Trump-era rule
Republicans are poised to block Democratic attempts Tuesday to force a vote in the Senate on a bump stock ban that would reinstate a federal rule recently struck down by the Supreme Court. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York said Democrats are pushing for a vote on a bill that would ban bump […]