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No. 3 Senate Republican rips Biden's 'relentless war' on US gas in pushback against kitchen stove ban

Sen. John Barrasso, the top Senate Energy Republican, told Fox News Digital that his new bill would stop the administration 'from using regulation to kill popular gas stoves.'

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McConnell eager to return to Senate as he recovers from fall, senators say

McConnell was discharged from the hospital last week and is continuing his recovery at an inpatient rehabilitation facility.

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Manchin joins 21 GOP senators in push to ban China from World Bank loans

Sen. John Barrasso, the No. 3 Republican in the Senate, introduced the bill the day after China's president met with Vladimir Putin in Russia.

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Republicans unveil new debt ceiling bill that would force White House to propose its own plan to cut spending

Republicans in the House and Senate are unveiling a new proposal that would force the White House to offer its own plan for spending cuts as the debt limit fight heats up/

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Top senator demands answers from Energy Dept on lab leak reversal: 'I was never provided this report'

Sen. John Barrasso sent a letter to Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm demanding answers and a briefing regarding the Energy Department's assessment of the COVID lab leak theory.

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Senate Republican leaders introduce bills restricting Biden's SPR authority as WH threatens veto

The top Republican on the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee introduced bills Tuesday that would curb President Biden's authority over the nation's oil stockpiles.

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Republicans rate Biden's handling of the presidency two years in: 'Deserves an F'

Republicans reveal what grade they rate President Joe Biden's handling of the presidency, on the two-year anniversary of his inauguration.

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Top Republican calls for probe into Biden admin's vetting of non-binary official facing prison time

Sen. John Barrasso, the top GOP member of the Senate Energy Committee, is calling on the Department of Energy to answer questions about its vetting and security clearance process.

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Manchin rails against 'revenge politics' on permit plan

Sen. Joe Manchin on Tuesday railed against what he called “revenge politics″ being used against him, as liberals in the House and Senate team up with Republicans to oppose his plan to speed permits for natural gas pipelines and other energy projects.

Dems change some tax provisions as they ready economic bill

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer says Democrats have made changes in their giant economic bill that include paring part of their proposed minimum tax on huge corporations.

Tougher IRS enforcement central to Dem economic package

One of Washington’s favorite punching bags, the Internal Revenue Service, may finally get the resources it’s been asking Congress for if Democrats get their economic package focused on energy and health care over the finish line.

Surprise Senate vote would overturn Biden environmental rule

In a surprise victory for Republicans, the Senate on Thursday voted to overturn a Biden administration rule requiring rigorous environmental review of major infrastructure projects such as highways, pipelines and oil wells — a victory enabled in part by Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia.

Senate GOP splinters, allowing Dem wins as GOP deputies angle for future

With “Three Johns” aspiring to succeed McConnell, Republicans keep tabs on how their caucus splits on big votes.

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McConnell, GOP senators to visit Helsinki amid NATO talks

Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell and a delegation of GOP senators are due to visit Helsinki on Monday for talks with Finland’s president as the previously neutral Nordic nation bordering Russia seeks NATO membership.

McConnell, GOP senators meet Zelenskyy in surprise Kyiv stop

Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell says senators who visited Ukraine on Saturday have reaffirmed that the U.S. will back Ukraine until it wins its war with Russia.

McConnell and GOP senators visit Zelenskyy in Ukraine

The senators travelled to Ukraine days before the Senate is expected to pass a $40 billion package of military and humanitarian aid to Ukraine.

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Zelensky welcomes U.S. Senate delegation led by McConnell to Kyiv in surprise visit

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell led a delegation of Republican senators to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv.

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Hill bargainers seek Ukraine aid deal, COVID aid in question

Lawmakers are working toward a compromise on President Joe Biden’s $33 billion Ukraine aid request that they hope to have ready as soon as next week.

Live updates Abortion becomes central issue as Democrats draw contrast with GOP

The only public event on President Biden’s schedule Thursday is a Cinco de Mayo reception in the Rose Garden at the White House. But behind the scenes, Biden and fellow Democrats are scrambling to respond to the expected demise of Roe v. Wade.

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Biden order to boost mining may not have quick payoff

President Joe Biden is turning to a Cold War-era law to boost production of lithium and other minerals used to power electric vehicles.

Does Russia sell nearly $1 billion in uranium to the U.S. a year?

Despite sanctions imposed on Russia for the invasion of Ukraine, it still sells lots of uranium for nuclear energy -- but the precise number for its U.S. business is maddeningly difficult to determine.

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US pipeline agency pulls back plan to assess climate impacts

Amid pushback from industry groups and lawmakers in both parties, federal energy regulators are scaling back plans to consider how natural gas projects affect climate change and environmental justice.

Hill Dems, GOP show signs of backing $6.4B for Ukraine aid

Congressional Democrats and Republicans are showing signs of support for providing $6.4 billion or more in aid to Ukraine and its European neighbors.

Biden halts oil, gas leases amid legal fight on climate cost

The Biden administration is delaying decisions on new federal oil and gas drilling and other energy-related actions.

Top Biden Aide Says Ukraine Invasion Could Come 'Any Day'

Meanwhile, elite U.S troops and equipment landed in southeastern Poland near the border with Ukraine.

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Top Biden Aide Says Ukraine Invasion Could Come 'Any Day'

Meanwhile, elite U.S troops and equipment landed in southeastern Poland near the border with Ukraine.

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Top Biden aide says Ukraine invasion could come 'any day'

White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan says Russia could invade Ukraine “any day," launching a conflict that would come at an “enormous human cost."

Democrats defeat GOP sanctions on Russian gas pipeline

Senate Democrats have defeated a bill by Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz that would have slammed sanctions on a Russian natural-gas pipeline to Germany.

As South Dakota campaigns launch, Thune mulls retirement

South Dakota political candidates are revving into full campaign mode this week, with one big exception — Republican Sen. John Thune.

Senate rejects Biden's vaccine mandate for businesses

The Senate has narrowly approved a resolution to nullify the Biden administration’s requirement that businesses with 100 or more workers have their employees be vaccinated against the coronavirus or submit to weekly testing.

Omicron demonstrates Covid-19 'not done with us' says WHO

The emergence of the new Omicron variant shows that Covid-19 "is not done with us" says WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus at the opening of a special session of the World Health Assembly. Nations are meeting in Geneva from Monday to Wednesday to discuss an international agreement setting out how to handle the next pandemic -- which experts fear is only a matter of time.

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US bids farewell to Trump hotel that offered luxury... and access

The Trump International Hotel is the third-tallest building in the nation's capital

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Bordering on a crisis: Israel closes its doors to tourists in hopes of avoiding Omicron spread

Passengers arrive at Ben Gurion airport near Tel Aviv, as Israel shuts its borders to non-residents in a bid to stem the spread of the new Omicron variant of the coronavirus. The Prime Minister, Naftali Bennett, said at Sunday's weekly cabinet meeting that the measure is to protect Israel and to avoid a lockdown within the country.

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Fox News Host Confronts GOP Senator: ‘Why Are You Against’ Raising Debt Limit?

Fox News SundayFox News host Trace Gallagher briefly pressed Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY) on Sunday over the GOP senator’s refusal to support raising the debt ceiling, wondering aloud why Barrasso is against it since it covers already authorized government expenses.Following the Thanksgiving break, the U.S. Senate is poised for an extremely busy and tense next few weeks. Democrats, who hold a very slim majority in the chamber, will be tasked not only with trying to find a way to iron out intra-part

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Many environmentalists back Biden's move to tap oil reserve

Democrats and climate activists generally supported President Joe Biden’s decision to release a record-setting 50 million barrels of oil from America’s strategic reserve, even as the action appeared to contradict Biden’s long-term goal to fight climate change.

New framework bolsters Biden's hand as climate summit begins

President Joe Biden heads to a United Nations climate conference Monday energized by a new legislative framework that would be the largest action ever taken by the United States to address climate change.

Senate approves Biden land-agency pick over GOP opposition

A bitterly divided Senate has approved President Joe Biden’s choice to oversee vast government-owned lands in the West, despite Republican objections that she is an "eco-terrorist.'.

Biden can't budge fellow Dems with big overhaul at stake

President Joe Biden appears unable to strike swift agreement with two wavering Democratic senators over his big $3.5 trillion government overhaul.

Republicans want voters to blame the national debt on Joe Biden and the Democrats. The truth is they own it too.

The national debt has grown under both Republican and Democratic administrations. But the fight over it continues to be a partisan affair.

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As Senate debates Dems' $3.5T budget, GOP launches attacks

Democrats have started pushing their $3.5 trillion framework for bolstering family services, health, and environment programs through the Senate.

Lindsay Graham wants GOP to leave DC in last-ditch gambit to block Democrats' $3.5 trillion spending package. Some are open to it.

Democrats largely mocked the idea with one senator calling it "goofy." Graham's gambit could also backfire on the GOP.

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Democrats back Biden US lands pick assailed by Republicans

A U.S. Senate panel has deadlocked on President Joe Biden’s pick to oversee vast government-owned lands in the West amid bitter opposition from Republicans.

Retired investigator: Biden nominee stonewalled 1989 probe

A former federal law enforcement officer is alleging that President Joe Biden’s pick to oversee U.S. lands in the Western states stonewalled a 1989 investigation into the sabotage of an Idaho timber sale.

Exxon oil lobbyist in sting video identifies 11 senators 'crucial' to its lobbying

A senior official with U.S. oil and gas giant ExxonMobil was captured on video revealing the identities of 11 senators “crucial” to its lobbying on Capitol Hill, including a host of Democrats.

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Senate GOP hails new Interior deputy as 'voice of reason'

The Senate has easily confirmed former Obama administration official Tommy Beaudreau as deputy secretary at the Interior Department.

Senators press Interior Secretary Haaland on oil lease pause

Both Republican and Democratic senators are pressing Interior Secretary Deb Haaland for answers after a federal court blocked the Biden administration’s suspension of new oil and gas leases on federal lands and waters.

No. 3 Senate Republican John Barrasso vows to make Biden a 'one-half-term president'

The Wyoming lawmaker's remarks come after McConnell pledged to block the president's agenda and sharply criticized the administration's policies.

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Sen. John Barrasso: GOP aiming to make Biden a ‘half-term president’

The No. 3 Senate Republican echoed Mitch McConnell's comments during Barack Obama's first term.

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Mitch McConnell says it's 'highly unlikely' he'd let Joe Biden fill a Supreme Court seat in 2024 if Republicans win back control of the Senate

McConnell, who previously blocked Barack Obama from filling a court vacancy in 2016, told Hugh Hewitt he'd do the same to Biden.

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Go green or go bipartisan? Biden's big infrastructure choice

President Joe Biden’s hope of pouring billions of dollars into green infrastructure investments is running into the political obstacle of winning over Republican votes.

Biden nominee's link to 1989 logging sabotage blasted by GOP

President Joe Biden’s nominee to oversee federal lands in the U.S. West is facing Republican pressure to withdraw over her ties to environmental activists convicted of spiking trees to sabotage a national forest timber sale more than 30 years ago.

From the synagogue to the Senate: the busiest Democratic senator you’ve probably never heard of

Nevada Democrat Jacky Rosen is bent on being bipartisan in a Washington that is anything but.

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McConnell opposes a bill restoring a key part of the John Lewis Voting Rights Act, dashing all hope of any congressional action on voting

The minority leader threw cold water on the bipartisan proposal from Democrat Joe Manchin and Republican Lisa Murkowski.

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Biden offers tax deal to Republicans in infrastructure talks

President Joe Biden is trying to break a logjam with Republicans on how to pay for infrastructure.

Eyeing calendar, Biden to end GOP infrastructure talks soon

President Joe Biden wants to wrap up infrastructure negotiations soon with Senate Republicans.

Granholm sells stock in electric bus maker that Biden touted

Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm has sold her ownership interest in an electric bus maker that President Joe Biden touted during a “virtual visit” last month.

‘Just start paying your fair share’: Biden wants corp tax increase; GOP wants user fees

President Joe Biden traveled on Thursday to Cleveland to promote his $2.3 trillion infrastructure proposal while Senate Republicans released a $928 billion counteroffer.

Republican infrastructure counteroffer slashes Biden's electric vehicle and climate spending

The Biden administration's counteroffer to Republicans has reduced the overall price tag of the infrastructure plan while maintaining climate change policies.

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Republicans plan to send Biden nearly $1 trillion infrastructure counteroffer this week

Hopes for a bipartisan infrastructure deal appeared to dim last week after the Biden administration sent a $1.7 trillion counteroffer.

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Republican senators are privately worried the Capitol riot commission will distract them from their midterm campaigns, making it all but doomed in the Senate

GOP Whip John Thune told CNN there was concern among members that a commission "could be weaponized politically" by the Democrats.

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Biden, GOP senators upbeat, plan more infrastructure talks

After meeting at the White House, President Joe Biden and a group of Republican senators have agreed to talk again early next week as negotiations on an infrastructure plan are intensifying.

Wyoming politicians avoid Liz Cheney peril ahead of vote

Elected officials in Wyoming aren’t sticking their necks out in defense of Liz Cheney as she faces ouster from House GOP leadership.

$4 Trillion Economy Plan Worth Every Penny, Says Biden Administration

But Republican Sen. John Barrasso says White House "spending like someone with a new credit card."

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$4 Trillion Economy Plan Worth Every Penny, Says Biden Administration

But Republican Sen. John Barrasso says White House "spending like someone with a new credit card."

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Yellen: Biden's phased-in spending plan won't fuel inflation

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says President Joe Biden’s massive proposed spending on infrastructure, families and education won’t fuel inflation because the plans would be phased in gradually over 10 years.

AP sources: Biden to pledge halving greenhouse gases by 2030

President Joe Biden will pledge to cut U.S. greenhouse gas emissions at least in half by 2030 as he convenes a virtual climate summit with 40 world leaders.

Biden feels heat on emissions goal as climate summit nears

President Joe Biden faces a challenge as he convenes a virtual climate summit later this week.

Biden plan would spend $16B to clean up old mines, oil wells

Hundreds of thousands of “orphaned” oil and gas wells and abandoned coal and hardrock mines pose serious safety hazards, while causing ongoing environmental damage. Biden's plan would not only create jobs, but help reduce methane and brine leaks that pollute the air and groundwater. Biden's plan, which needs approval by Congress, would jump-start the well-capping effort and expand it dramatically. About $8 billion has been disbursed to states for mine-reclamation projects in the past four decades, but Biden's plan would ramp up spending sharply. AdEnvironmental groups hailed the announcement, saying unplugged wells and abandoned mines pose a significant environmental threat.

Haaland OK'd at Interior, 1st Native American Cabinet head

FILE - In this Feb. 23, 2021, file photo Interior Secretary nominee Rep. Deb Haaland, D-N.M., speaks during her confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. On March 15, the Senate confirmed her as Interior Secretary. Haaland was confirmed by a 51-40 vote, the narrowest margin yet for a Cabinet nomination by President Joe Biden. Haaland, a member of the Laguna Pueblo and a 35th-generation resident of New Mexico, thanked hundreds of supporters at a virtual party hosted by Native American organizations. Jonathan Nez, president of the Navajo Nation in Arizona, New Mexico and Utah, called Haaland’s confirmation “an unprecedented and monumental day for all first people of this country.

Pelosi pledges swift work on major infrastructure package

(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)WASHINGTON – House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Sunday pledged swift work by Congress on a job and infrastructure package that will be “fiscally sound,” but said she isn't sure whether the next major item on President Joe Biden’s agenda will attract Republican backing. AdBut work on passing infrastructure legislation in a Senate split 50-50 with Vice President Kamala Harris providing a tiebreaking vote will probably prove more difficult. Moderate Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., recently made clear he will block infrastructure legislation if Republicans aren't included. 3 Senate Republican, said he wants to see bipartisan support for an infrastructure legislation. Cost will be a major hurdle in passing an infrastructure plan.

Senate energy panel backs Haaland for interior secretary

FILE - In this Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021, file photo, Rep. Deb Haaland, D-N.M., listens during the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources hearing on her nomination to be Interior secretary, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Jim Watson/Pool Photo via AP, File)WASHINGTON – A key Senate committee on Thursday approved the nomination of New Mexico Rep. Deb Haaland to be interior secretary, clearing the way for a Senate vote that is likely to make her the first Native American to lead a Cabinet agency. The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee approved Haaland's nomination, 11-9, sending it to the Senate floor. Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski was the lone Republican to support Haaland, who won unanimous backing from committee Democrats. The committee vote follows an announcement Wednesday by Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, that she will support Haaland in the full Senate.

Eager to act, Biden and Democrats leave Republicans behind

But lawmakers and advocates are racing to capitalize on House rules that allow any bill to bypass lengthy committee hearings if brought forward by April 1. Senate Republicans are now threatening similar delays. Ad“We’ll be fighting this in every way that we can,” Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell said about the COVID-19 package. McConnell wants Senate Republicans to vote in lockstep against the virus aid, calling it a bloated liberal wish list, following the lead of House Republicans who gave it zero support. That leaves Democrats negotiating with themselves on the COVID-19 package, with Biden warning they won’t like every aspect as he courts centrists.

Collins to back Haaland for Interior, sealing her approval

The announcement makes Haaland's confirmation by the Senate nearly certain and follows Haaland's endorsement last week by Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin, chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee. Manchin, a moderate from West Virginia, had been publicly undecided through two days of hearings on Haaland’s nomination by President Joe Biden. Collins said she also appreciated Haaland’s support on issues important to Maine, such as Acadia National Park, “as well as her deep knowledge of tribal issues, which has earned her the support of tribes across the country, including those in Maine.'' Interior oversees the nation's public lands and waters and leads relations with nearly 600 federally recognized tribes. AdThe Senate energy panel is set to vote on Haaland's nomination Thursday.

Native American nominee's grilling raises questions on bias

The label of Haaland as a "radical" by Republican lawmakers is getting pushback from Native Americans. The exchange, coupled with descriptions of the Interior secretary nominee as “radical” — by other white, male Republicans — left some feeling Haaland is being treated differently because she is a Native American woman. “As much as I would love to see a Native American be on the president’s Cabinet, I have concerns about her record. Critics also have targeted Vanita Gupta, an Indian American and Biden’s pick to be associate attorney general, and California Attorney General Xavier Becerra as Health and Human Services secretary. That was seen in Haaland's response when asked about her motivation to be Interior secretary.

Former Michigan Gov. Granholm confirmed as energy secretary

Jennifer Granholm, D-Mich., testifies before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee during a hearing to examine her nomination to be Secretary of Energy, Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2021 on Capitol Hill in Washington. Granholm, who was sworn in late Thursday, is just the second woman to serve as energy secretary. She tweeted her thanks to senators and said, "I’m obsessed with creating good-paying clean energy jobs in all corners of America in service of addressing our climate crisis. “We can buy electric car batteries from Asia, or we can make them in America,” Granholm told senators. Wyoming Sen. John Barrasso, the top Republican on the Senate energy committee, said Biden “seems to want to pull the plug on American energy dominance.

Manchin says he'll vote for Haaland for interior secretary

Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., speaks during a Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources hearing on the nomination of Rep. Debra Haaland, D-N.M., to be Secretary of the Interior on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2021. Manchin, a moderate from West Virginia, had been publicly undecided through two days of hearings on Haaland's nomination by President Joe Biden. By contrast, Manchin said Haaland had earned his vote, despite disagreements over drilling on federal lands and the Keystone XL oil pipeline. Ad“I believe Deb Haaland will be a secretary of the Interior for every American and will vote to confirm her,'' Manchin said in a statement. Louisiana Sen. John Kennedy, a Republican who is not on the energy panel, called Haaland “a neo-socialist, left-of-Lenin whack job.''

Back in Paris pact, US faces tougher climate steps ahead

(AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)World leaders welcomed the United States' official return to the Paris climate accord Friday, but politically trickier steps lie just ahead for President Joe Biden, including setting a tough national target in coming months for cutting damaging fossil fuel emissions. Officially, the United States was only out of the worldwide global climate pact for 107 days. It’s the political symbolism that the largest economy refuses to see the opportunity of addressing climate change.” said Christiana Figueres, the former United Nations climate chief. Wyoming Sen. John Barrasso, the top Republican on the Senate energy panel, has criticized Biden for rejoining the Paris accord, tweeting: “Returning to the Paris climate agreement will raise Americans’ energy costs and won’t solve climate change. The Biden administration will set unworkable targets for the United States while China and Russia can continue with business as usual."

Trump rips McConnell as GOP divide deepens post-Capitol riot

The Republican Party still belongs to Donald Trump. The GOP privately flirted with purging the norm-shattering former president after he incited a deadly riot at the U.S. Capitol last month. Ad“There’s no question, none, that President Trump is practically and morally responsible for provoking the events of the day,” McConnell said Saturday, after Trump, the only president to be impeached twice, was acquitted on a 57-43 vote. McConnell had remained loyal to Trump during nearly all of his four years in office, when the pair were the two most powerful members of the Republican Party. In his statement, Trump criticized McConnell for failing to do more to back his unfounded claims of election fraud.

Senate panel advances EPA nominee; GOP slams Interior pick

(Caroline Brehman/Pool via AP)WASHINGTON – A Senate committee has endorsed President Joe Biden's nomination of Michael Regan to lead the Environmental Protection Agency, setting up a vote in the full Senate. The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee advanced Regan's nomination Tuesday on a 14-6 vote. Regan, who has served as North Carolina's top environmental regulator since 2017, would be the first Black man to run the EPA. A third Biden nominee, Deb Haaland, has not yet had a hearing on her selection to lead the Interior Department. AdHe also was concerned by Haaland's responses on issues such as wildlife management and access by hunters and sportsmen to public lands, Daines said.

Sanders, Ocasio-Cortez seek 'climate emergency' declaration

A week after President Joe Biden signed executive orders intended to combat the worst effects of global warming, Sanders, Ocasio-Cortez and other lawmakers urged him to go even further and declare a national emergency on climate change. “If there ever was an emergency, climate is one,'' the New York Democrat told MSNBC host Rachel Maddow last week, adding that an emergency declaration would give Biden “more flexibility.'' The sweeping plan is aimed at staving off the worst of global warming caused by burning fossil fuels. Sanders said the climate emergency has long been clear. But Wyoming Sen. John Barrasso, the top Republican on the Senate energy panel, said declaring a climate emergency would effectively “muzzle Congress.''

McCarthy meets with Rep. Greene; GOP faces Cheney decision

House Republicans are effectively deciding whether to prioritize the former president’s norm-shattering behavior and conspiracy theories and retain the loyalty of his voters over more establishment conservative values. AdThe House GOP Steering Committee, a leadership-dominated body that makes committee assignments for the party, also met late Tuesday but no decision was announced. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and others have boosted pressure this week on McCarthy and the House GOP to act. McConnell praised Cheney, R-Wyo., as “a leader with deep convictions and courage,” but House GOP lawmakers planned to meet privately Wednesday to decide her political fate. AdThe looming decisions over Cheney and Greene represent a moment of reckoning for a party struggling with its future.

Biden warns of growing cost of delay on $1.9T econ aid plan

Biden signaled on Friday for the first time that he's willing to move ahead without Republicans. “I support passing COVID relief with support from Republicans if we can get it," he told reporters. "But the COVID relief has to pass. Some Biden allies have expressed frustration that the administration has not more clearly defined what the massive legislation would actually accomplish. He said, “The American Rescue Plan — it’s a plan geared toward the future, bridging the gap between January and September, when people will be able to spend more freely.”

Pelosi sees 'momentum' toward a Covid stimulus deal as job growth slows

The sign of a flagging economic recovery comes amid a renewed congressional effort to pass a pandemic relief bill before the end of the year. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said "there is momentum" toward a coronavirus stimulus deal after new data Friday showed sluggish jobs growth in the face of an infection surge. President-elect Joe Biden echoed the Democratic congressional leaders Friday after what he called a "grim" jobs report. It is unclear how much the jobs report will affect the contents of a relief bill — or how quickly Congress can pass it. Sen. John Barrasso of Wyoming, the third-ranking GOP member of the chamber, cited Friday's jobs report as a testament to the strength of his party's economic policies.

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Senior Republican sees 'completion' of impeachment trial Friday or Saturday

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The No. 3 Republican in the U.S. Senate said on Thursday Republicans were prepared to stay through the completion of President Donald Trumps impeachment trial whether late on Friday or on Saturday. Senator John Barrasso told reporters Republicans were likely to beat back an effort by Democrats to call witnesses and wrap up the trial on Friday. When asked about the possibility Democrats could employ tactics to delay the conclusion, he said, Well be prepared to stay here through completion, even if that meant a session on Saturday.

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Republicans hopeful Senate will acquit Trump in impeachment trial as early as Friday

As senators questioned both the Trump legal team and the Democratic managers of the trial, Trump lawyer Alan Dershowitz offered an expansive defense of presidential power that provoked astonishment among Democrats. Late on Thursday, White House deputy counsel Patrick Philbin was asked if Trump agreed that foreign interference in U.S. elections is illegal. Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY) talks to media near the Senate floor during a brief recess from the day's Senate impeachment trial of President Donald Trump in Washington, U.S., January 29, 2020. CLASSIFIEDOn Wednesday, the White House objected to the books publication. The manuscript was submitted to the White House for pre-publication review, a process that civil libertarians have said gives the government too much power to censor speech.

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Trump could be acquitted in impeachment trial as early as Friday: U.S. Senator

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Democratic push to force Republicans to accept witnesses at Donald Trumps impeachment trial in the U.S. Senate appeared to be flagging on Wednesday, raising the possibility the president could be acquitted as early as Friday. Other Republican senators were predicting a similar outcome in conversations with reporters during breaks in the trial on Wednesday. Bolton left the White House in September after several sharp disagreements with Trump over the direction of foreign policy. Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY) talks to media near the Senate floor during a brief recess from the day's Senate impeachment trial of President Donald Trump in Washington, U.S., January 29, 2020. A Bolton spokeswoman had no comment on the White House letter.

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Senior Senate Republican sees 'momentum' to end impeachment trial Friday

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Republican Senator John Barrasso, a member of the Senate Republican leadership, told reporters on Wednesday that Republicans seemed to have the momentum to move to end the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump by Friday, without calling witnesses. Reporting by Richard Cowan; Writing by Makini Brice; Editing by Tim Ahmann

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Dow drops 170 points to end the week as coronavirus fears grow

Stocks fell on Friday after the second U.S. case of the deadly coronavirus was confirmed, stoking concerns over the sickness' impact on the global economy. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed down 170.36 points, or 0.6%, at 28,989.73 after jumping more than 100 points earlier in the day. The 30-stock average briefly fell more than 300 points before recovering some of those losses as Boeing shares turned around. The Nasdaq Composite ended the day 0.9% lower at 9,314.91. Treasury yields fell, pushing bank shares lower.

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'Even Democrats are pushing the panic button' GOP senator-doctor rips Warren's 'Medicare for All'

"Even Democrats are pushing the panic button on this one," said Barrasso, the third-ranking Senate Republican leader. Democratic presidential front-runner Joe Biden has been highly critical of Warren's health-care proposal, which she said last Friday would cost the country "just under" the estimated $52 trillion-over-a-decade cost of the current system. During Wednesday's "Squawk Box" interview, Barrasso ripped Warren's plan as a "fantasyland" with numbers that don't add up. "It's a complete government takeover of health care," he said, adding that Americas who get insurance through their work would be forced into the public system. Last month, the House Republican Study Committee released a health-care plan that it said would protect Americans with "pre-existing conditions, chronic illness, and serious health issues while reducing premiums, deductibles, and overall health care costs."

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Mitch McConnell blasts Trump's Syria withdrawal as 'a strategic nightmare'

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) speaks as Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY) looks on during a news briefing after the weekly Senate Republican policy luncheon September 10, 2019 at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC. Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Friday blasted President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw U.S. troops from northern Syria, calling the move "a grave strategic mistake" in an op-ed for The Washington Post. "The recently announced pullout risks repeating the Obama administration's reckless withdrawal from Iraq, which facilitated the rise of the Islamic State in the first place," McConnell wrote in the op-ed. While his piece does not explicitly lay blame at Trump's feet or even mention his name it warns that the Trump administration's sudden foreign policy shift "will leave the American people and homeland less safe, embolden our enemies, and weaken important alliances." The White House had announced earlier in October following a call between Trump and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan that Turkey would be moving forward with its long-planned incursion into northern Syria, where U.S.-backed Kurdish forces had been fighting ISIS.

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Senators back big jump in federal highway spending

It would boost spending by 27 percent over the prior highway bill, but lawmakers must find about $85 billion in additional revenue to pay for those repairs through 2025, officials said. The current spending bill expires in September 2020. In recent years, Congress abandoned the practice of largely requiring road users to pay for repairs. Since 2008, Congress transferred about $141 billion in general revenues to the Highway Trust Fund, according to the Government Accountability Office. Congress has not boosted the 18.4-cents-per-gallon federal gasoline tax since 1993, which is now worth just 11 cents after adjusting for inflation.

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Huawei expansion in Western nations may be 'a Trojan horse,' warns a top GOP senator

The increased presence of Chinese tech giant Huawei around the world, including in NATO countries, is troubling, GOP Sen. John Barrasso told CNBC on Friday. It could be a Trojan horse," said the third-ranking member in the Senate Republican leadership. The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday that China will demand the U.S. remove its restrictions on the sale of American technology to Huawei. If Trump were to accept those terms, that move would not sit well with Barrasso, chairman of the Senate Republican Conference. Huawei "is not something that can be used as a bargaining chip in trade," he said.

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GOP: Environmental rules are "based on ideology, rather than practicality"

Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyoming, blasted the EPA's regulations on clean air and water standards for costing the economy billions of dollars

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June 29: McCaul, Manchin, Barrasso

June 29: McCaul, Manchin, Barrasso The latest on the Benghazi terror suspect's trial and the escalating crisis in Iraq, with Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas, Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.V., Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., and others.

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