Senate Dems Block Standalone Israel Aid Bill
Senate Democrats blocked a standalone Israel bill Monday evening introduced by two GOP senators that would have provided the country with additional aid as tensions in the Middle East continue, lawmakers confirmed. Republican Tennessee Sen. Marsha Blackburn and Kansas Sen. Roger Marshall pushed for lawmakers to vote on the standalone bill, leaving out both Ukraine […]
Senate dismisses Mayorkas impeachment articles
The U.S. Senate voted Wednesday to end an impeachment drive targeting the Department of Homeland Security. Alejandro Mayorkas. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer raised It ordered each article of impeachment, arguing that it did not allege activity that rose to the level of constituting a high crime or misdemeanor, and was therefore unconstitutional. Both issues […]
Democrats Shut Down Senate Trial for Mayorkas Impeachment Charges
Senate Democrats unanimously voted to halt the Senate trial of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, who was impeached by President Joe Biden. At 3:18 p.m. Wednesday, the first round of voting resulted in 51 Democrats, 48 Republicans, and one non-voting Republican senator. The vote, initiated by Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), ruled that the first […]
‘Financial underdog’ Larry Hogan trying to flip blue Senate seat as billionaire Democrat has given his own campaign $41 million
Maryland‘s open Senate seat contest is more competitive than expected, leading Democrats and Republicans from across the country to pour millions of dollars into the state. With Sen. Ben Cardin (D-MD) retiring from Congress, both Democratic and Republican candidates are spending millions of dollars just a month ahead from the state’s primary. The top contender […]
House Republicans Present Impeachment Charges Against Alejandro Mayorkas to Senate
House Republicans have delivered articles of impeachment against President Joe Biden’s pro-immigration border secretary to the Senate. Impeachment of a sitting cabinet minister is unprecedented. come The move comes as Biden and Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas open the border to an influx of more than 1 million legal immigrants and contract workers a year, […]
House sends foreign surveillance reform bill to Senate
The House on Monday concluded proceedings on a bill to reform state warrantless surveillance powers, sending the controversial reauthorization to the Senate. Monday’s vote came after a tie vote on the floor of an amendment to add a warrant requirement to Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). The bill was rejected by […]
House to Send Mayorkas Articles of Impeachment to Senate
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) on Monday signed articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. The articles of impeachment are set out as follows: It was delivered It was submitted to the U.S. Senate on Tuesday afternoon. Mr. Johnson’s signing of the articles of impeachment against Mr. Mayorkas came after Mr. Johnson rescheduled […]
Gallego targets Lake on abortion in new Arizona Senate ad
A new ad from Arizona Rep. Ruben Gallego’s (D) Senate campaign targets Republican rival Kari Lake after the state Supreme Court last week upheld a Civil War-era law that made abortion a felony. Targeting abortion. Advertisement from Gallego campaign labels Lake as ‘abortion is wrong’ and releases clip of Republican candidate’s remarks call for abortion […]
House to send Mayorkas impeachment articles to Senate on Tuesday
House Republican impeachment managers plan to send articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to the Senate on Tuesday, a person familiar with the matter confirmed to The Hill. Shipping charges. The transfer would allow the Senate to formally take up the impeachment issue against Mayorkas, which has been pending since the House […]
Indicted Bob Menendez takes bite out of Democrat Andy Kim’s support in NJ Senate race: poll
Progressive Congressman Andy Kim is the clear front-runner to retain the Democratic column seat of New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez, who was indicted in November. Kim, 41, who represents much of Philadelphia’s eastern suburbs in the Garden State’s 3rd Congressional District, is leading both potential Republican rivals. Fairleigh Dickinson University Monday Poll However, if the […]