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2 hours ago

McConnell phones Senate Republicans, who say he’s ‘eager’ to be back

The conversations mark the first time McConnell has spoken directly with anyone on his leadership team — apart from exchanging text messages — since his fall.

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3 days ago

Bank failures: Anger in Congress, but division on what to do

Congress is trying to figure out how best to respond to the abrupt failure of two U.S. banks.

For senators’ health updates, full transparency is case-by-case

Another prominent senator, this time Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), has gone onto medical leave, with no certain timeline for returning.

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Ukraine invites Ron DeSantis to visit after Florida governor calls war a "territorial dispute"

"We invite him to visit Ukraine to get a deeper understanding of Russia's full-scale invasion and the threats it poses to US interests," a Ukrainian government spokesman said.

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GOP senators push back on Ron DeSantis over Ukraine

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who is widely expected to run for president in 2024, said the continued support for Ukraine is not a "vital" national interest.

cbsnews.com

New bipartisan Senate TikTok bill will be unveiled Tuesday

Democratic Sen. Mark Warner and Republican John Thune will unveil a highly anticipated bill to give the president broad power to address threats from TikTok.

cnbc.com

GOP senators tour southern border in Texas, say migrant crisis is a 'self-inflicted wound'

GOP lawmakers toured the southern border on Friday, before putting the blame for the ongoing migrant crisis at the feet of the Biden administration's policies.

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Fetterman draws praise for getting help for depression

The office of Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman says he has checked himself into the hospital for clinical depression.

Sen. John Fetterman checks into hospital for depression

Pennsylvania Democratic Sen. John Fetterman is in Walter Reed National Military Medical Center to seek treatment for clinical depression.

GOP senators push bill to block Biden's 'reckless' student loan bailout, prevent taxpayers from covering costs

The Stop Reckless Student Loan Actions Act of 2023 aims to prevent President Biden from canceling student debt and protect taxpayers from covering the costs.

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Harris says Biden was "in command" during State of the Union despite GOP "gamesmanship"

The vice president told "CBS Mornings" there has been a growing "theatrical element" to joint sessions of Congress for the State of the Union.

cbsnews.com

Republican Sen. John Thune on Biden's State of the Union address

South Dakota Republican Sen. John Thune joins "CBS Mornings" to discuss President Biden's State of the Union address and the Republican reaction.

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Republicans worry Kari Lake and Blake Masters will lose Arizona Senate race again in 2024

Kari Lake and Blake Masters ran unsuccessful campaigns for state office in Arizona last year, aligning themselves closely to former President Trump.

foxnews.com

Thune, Lankford pressure Dems to protect babies who survive botched abortions

Senators John Thune and James Lankford to codify protections for babies who survive botched abortions mirroring the bill that passed in the House earlier this month.

foxnews.com

After midterms, GOP reconsidering antipathy to mail ballots

After disappointing results in this year's elections, Republicans are reevaluating their antipathy to mail voting.

Trump's dinner disaster sparks new rules for his campaign

Donald Trump is betting he can win his way back to the White House by reviving the outsider appeal that fueled his success in 2016.

GOP's lackluster fundraising spurs post-election infighting

Republicans are engaged in a round of finger-pointing as both parties sift through the results of Democrats’ stronger-than-expected showing in the midterm elections.

Trump seeks White House again amid GOP losses, legal probes

Former President Donald Trump has launched another run for the presidency, promising supporters he will “make America great and glorious again.”.

2022 elections were "the funeral for the Republican Party as we know it," says Sen. Josh Hawley

Senate Republicans are mulling who will lead them into 2024, amid their disappointing midterm elections.

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Trump faces blame from GOP as he moves forward with WH bid

Former President Donald Trump is moving forward with his planned Tuesday announcement, pressing on with a third presidential run.

South Dakota Sen. Thune's win breaks 'curse,' defies Trump

Neither South Dakota's “Curse of Karl” nor the invocations of former President Donald Trump weighed on Republican Sen. John Thune this week as he breezed to a historic fourth term that could see him ascend to lead the GOP's Senate caucus. It's a conservative style that has been effective for Thune in deep-red South Dakota, which he has represented in the Senate since 2005. Only one other South Dakota senator has won four terms: Sen. Karl Mundt, whose time in Congress from the 1930s to the 1970s inspired a joke in state political circles known as the “Curse of Karl.”

news.yahoo.com

South Dakota Sen. John Thune hopeful about winning 4th term

South Dakota GOP Sen. John Thune seeks decisive re-election on Tuesday. Thune holds a major fundraising advantage over Democratic challenger Brian Bengs.

foxnews.com

'Slow day:' Guard emails don't match Noem border 'war' talk

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem described the U.S. border with Mexico as a “war zone” last year when she sent dozens of state National Guard troops there.

McConnell suggests higher odds of Republicans taking Senate

Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell says he believes his party now has a 50-50 shot of getting the chamber back less than six weeks away from the midterm elections.

GOP's Graham unveils nationwide abortion ban after 15 weeks

Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham has introduced a bill calling for a nationwide abortion ban.

'No SALT, no deal': Keeping these taxes could shake up House passage of the Inflation Reduction Act

The Senate's sweeping climate, health care and tax bill keeps limit on SALT tax deductions. House Democrats who oppose the cap plan to support the bill anway.

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Seven Dems vote for GOP amendment, forcing Democratic scramble

CORRECTION: Seven Democrats voted for the GOP amendment that would extend a cap on the SALT tax deduction. A previous version of this story included incorrect information. Maverick Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) on Sunday backed a Republican amendment to shield businesses that rely on capital investment from private equity groups from the 15 percent corporate minimum…

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GOP targets for Dem bill: Inflation, taxes, Manchin, Sinema

Republicans see inflation, taxes and immigration as Democratic weak spots worth attacking in the upcoming battle over an economic package the Democrats want to push through the Senate.

New crypto oversight legislation arrives as industry shakes

After 13 years, at least three crashes, dozens of scams and Ponzi schemes and hundreds of billions of dollars made and evaporated, cryptocurrencies finally have the full attention of Congress.

Biden no longer shy in singling out Trump, the 'former guy'

One month into his presidency, Joe Biden made clear his distaste for even naming the man he'd ousted from the Oval Office.

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.

washingtonpost.com

Republicans stay mum as Senate pushes toward same-sex marriage vote

Many Senate Republicans are not taking a position on the Respect for Marriage Act, a bill that would enshrine the right to same-sex and interracial marriage in federal law.

washingtonpost.com

Pressure on Senate GOP after same-sex marriage passes House

The Senate has unexpectedly launched a new push to protect same-sex marriage in federal law.

Biden signs new shipping law he says can cut consumer costs

President Joe Biden signed legislation Thursday meant to make shipping goods across oceans cheaper.

AR-15s useful to shoot prairie dogs, GOP leader says, as gun talks intensify

Senate Minority Whip John Thune's remarks follow arguments from other Republicans in the weeks after the mass shootings in Buffalo, Uvalde, Tex., and Tulsa that Americans use AR-15s to kill feral pigs, hunt hogs and get rid of raccoons.

washingtonpost.com

Trump has friends — and foes — in South Dakota Republicans running for reelection

In South Dakota, former President Trump has endorsed GOP Gov. Kristi Noem. As for Republican Sen. John Thune, Trump said his political career was "over" after Thune dismissed election fraud claims.

npr.org

South Dakota’s Noem, Thune repel GOP challenges from right

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem has won the Republican primary for another term, defeating a former legislative leader who accused her of using the office to mount a 2024 White House bid.

2022 midterms: What to watch in primaries in 7 states

Primary elections in seven states Tuesday will set the stage for U.S. House and Senate battles this fall that will play into control of Congress.

School massacre continues Texas' grim run of mass shootings

The gunman who killed 19 elementary school children and two teachers in Texas added to the state's grim recent history of mass shootings.

Biden plunges into the risky politics of student loans

As Biden mulls forgiving a portion of student debt, conservatives say it would be a gift to irresponsible elites, while liberals say it’s a crucial lifeline for young people struggling to get ahead.

washingtonpost.com

Quick Senate OK ahead for House-passed $40B aid for Ukraine

Final congressional approval of a $40 billion Ukraine aid bill seems certain within days.

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.

Nonprofits likely under fire as Senate explores ‘dark money’

A Senate hearing on Wednesday is likely to produce fireworks as Republicans and Democrats square off over the role that foundations and nonprofits are playing in elections.

Biden's $33 billion Ukraine aid request hits early snag over Covid funding in Congress

Biden's request for $33 billion in aid to Ukraine hit an snag on Capitol Hill, where a dispute over immigration threatens to hamstring assistance to Kyiv.

cnbc.com

The latest in the Joe Manchin party-switch saga

Manchin has responded to a new report about a meeting with Republicans by suggesting he wasn't seriously entertaining their entreaties. But how seriously should we take it?

washingtonpost.com

COVID spending bill stalls in Senate as GOP, Dems stalemate

A compromise $10 billion measure buttressing the government’s COVID-19 defenses has stalled in the Senate.

Senate to vote on revoking Russia's trade status, oil ban

Legislation punishing Russia for the war in Ukraine is finally getting a vote in the U.S. Senate.

GOP blocks Senate COVID bill, demands votes on immigration

Republicans have blocked a Democratic attempt to begin Senate debate on a $10 billion COVID-19 compromise that is just a day old.

Immigration snag threatens to stall $10 billion coronavirus package

multiple Republicans said Tuesday that they would seek a vote on border restrictions as a condition of the covid-19 package.

washingtonpost.com

Bipartisan bill to address supply chain kinks moves closer to the president's desk

The Ocean Shipping Reform Act, which was approved unanimously in the Senate after a version was approved in the House late last year, aims to ease shipping backlogs at U.S. ports.

npr.org

Jackson appears to remain ‘on track’ for confirmation, senators say

Jackson’s confirmation will not be overwhelmingly bipartisan, but leaders of both parties agreed the long and often tense interrogation did not alter the fundamental dynamics around the nomination.

washingtonpost.com

Top lawmakers reach deal on Ukraine aid, $1.5T spending

Congressional leaders have reached a bipartisan deal to provide $13.6 billion to help Ukraine fend off its invasion by Russia and assist European allies coping with the continent's worst refugee crisis since World War II.

Ukraine aid growing as lawmakers shape big budget bill

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer says proposed U.S. aid for Ukraine and its European allies has grown beyond $12 billion.

Dems, GOP set inflation, COVID mandates as election themes

Senate Democrats and Republicans each want to flash election-year signals that they’re helping families struggling with rising costs and the two-year-old pandemic.

Trump Versus McConnell Isn’t the Real Story

Sure, the minority leader would like to diminish Trump’s influence. But he cares much more about winning elections.

washingtonpost.com

Police records complicate Herschel Walker's recovery story

Police in Irving, Texas, once confiscated a gun from Republican Georgia Senate candidate Herschel Walker following a domestic disturbance — because, they said, the former football star talked about having “a shoot-out with police.”.

Republican Sen. John Thune says Trump shouldn't have torn up White House documents, says 'nobody should be exempt' from records laws

The National Archives has confirmed multiple reports of Trump's potentially very blatant violations of presidential records law.

news.yahoo.com

Voting bill collapses, Democrats unable to change filibuster

Voting legislation that Democrats and civil rights groups argue is vital for protecting democracy has collapsed.

Sen. Rounds pushes GOP to get 'louder' on false Trump claims

U.S. Sen. Mike Rounds of South Dakota has repeatedly made it clear that former President Donald Trump lost the 2020 election in a fair process.

Invoking Jan. 6, Dems pivot to fight for voting legislation

Democrats are mounting an impassioned bid to overhaul Senate rules that stand in the way of their sweeping voting legislation.

John Thune, No. 2 Senate GOP leader, announces he will seek reelection

The South Dakota Republican, a likely successor to Republican leader Mitch McConnell, says he will run for reelection in 2022, putting an end to the speculation about his political future.

npr.org

GOP Sen. John Thune of South Dakota says he'll seek 4th term

U.S. Sen. John Thune of South Dakota is seeking reelection to a fourth term in 2022.

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.

White House pushes GOP to end blockade of ambassador picks

As President Joe Biden announces two more ambassador nominees, the White House and Democrats are warning that maneuvering by some Senate Republicans to block all but a small fraction of Biden’s diplomatic and other national security appointees is doing serious harm to U.S. diplomatic efforts around the globe.

COVID-expanded child tax credit benefit nears lapse

It’s one of the most far-reaching of all the federal aid programs launched during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Senators say new social media laws could be on the way - sooner than later | Accountable

Senators say new social media laws could be on the way - sooner than later | Accountable

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Senators say new social media laws could be on the way - sooner than later | Accountabl

Senators say new social media laws could be on the way - sooner than later | Accountable

washingtonpost.com

Republicans were livid over Schumer's rebuke after debt ceiling vote. Joe Manchin would've 'done it differently.'

Republicans were livid over Schumer's rebuke after debt ceiling vote. Joe Manchin would've 'done it differently.'

news.yahoo.com

McConnell says he won't help Dems raise debt limit again

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell says he will not again help Democrats extend the government’s borrowing authority.

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.

news.yahoo.com

Mitch McConnell's Senate GOP votes for the US to default on its debt and for the government to shut down

Republicans are stepping up efforts to derail Biden's domestic agenda, and ensuring political brinksmanship over the debt ceiling will heighten.

news.yahoo.com

Senate advances $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill

The Senate voted to advance a $1.2 trillion infrastructure measure, setting up final passage as soon as this weekend.

news.yahoo.com

Republicans have given no fewer than 10 different reasons for opposing bipartisan Jan. 6 investigations

Many of those reasons were misleading or contradictory.

washingtonpost.com

$1T infrastructure bill gets first action as senators dig in

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is looking to speed up consideration of a nearly $1 trillion bipartisan national infrastructure package.

Senate advances nearly $1 trillion infrastructure plan

The Senate has advanced a roughly $1 trillion infrastructure plan with a bipartisan group of senators helping it clear one more hurdle on Friday.

Infrastructure talks leave Biden's entire agenda at risk

President Joe Biden has leapt back into the Senate’s up-and-down efforts to clinch a bipartisan $1 trillion infrastructure deal.

Schumer says Senate will act on bipartisan infrastructure bill next week

The Senate may vote to advance a vehicle for the bill next week, even if the legislative text is not finalized.

cbsnews.com

With McCain in mind, Sinema reaches for bipartisanship

Democratic Sen. Kyrsten Sinema is known for doing the unthinkable in Washington — spending time with Republicans.

Bargainers say have policing 'framework,' but issues remain

Congressional bargainers say they’ve agreed to a bipartisan framework for overhauling policing procedures.

Bipartisan group of senators reaches agreement on infrastructure framework

The agreement comes after White House officials met with the bipartisan group of senators twice on Wednesday.

cbsnews.com

Pelosi and Schumer to meet with White House officials to discuss infrastructure

The meeting comes after White House officials met with a bipartisan group of senators on Tuesday.

cbsnews.com

Pelosi, Schumer to huddle with White House on infrastructure

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer will confer with White House officials on next steps for President Joe Biden’s $4 trillion infrastructure plans.

The GOP's hopes on striking an infrastructure deal with Biden: torching his proposed tax hikes

Not all Senate Democrats are up for Joe Biden's planned social programs or the methods to finance them, and Republicans hope to split the difference.

news.yahoo.com

Republicans don't want to overhaul the economy as Biden's infrastructure plans draw strong public support

A new poll showed that Biden's $4 trillion sweeping infrastructure plan drew two-thirds support among voters. Republicans are pushing to cut its size.

news.yahoo.com

Yellen: administration is watching inflation closely

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is providing assurances to Congress the recent jump in inflation is being watched very closely by the Biden administration, but said again that such increases appear temporary.

Senators would stop 'micropolitan' label for 144 US cities

Some lawmakers are trying to stop 144 American cities from losing their designations as “metropolitan areas.”.

Republicans set their infrastructure trap

Republicans set their infrastructure trap

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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.

news.yahoo.com

South Dakota rocked again as a wind turbine plant shuts its doors

John F. Kerry, the special presidential envoy for climate, said only months ago that those losing fossil fuel jobs in coal and hydraulic fracturing will find they have a better choice in jobs in either the solar industry or as wind turbine technicians.

news.yahoo.com

Bipartisan Senators Revive Infrastructure Talks

Republican Sen. John Thune says they are closing in on a compromise that would not include any tax hikes.

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Bipartisan Senators Revive Infrastructure Talks

Republican Sen. John Thune says they are closing in on a compromise that would not include any tax hikes.

newsy.com

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.

news.yahoo.com

The Capitol Rioters Won

Although some Republican leaders deplored their violence, most have come to support the rioters’ claim that Trump’s defeat meant the election was inherently illegitimate.

theatlantic.com

Top GOP senator: Easing police protections hurts departments

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell says congressional Democrats’ efforts to make it easier to sue police officers are causing law enforcement agencies to have problems recruiting and retaining personnel.

McConnell slams the January 6 commission as 'a purely political exercise' and accuses Democrats of focusing on 'things that occurred in the past'

The GOP resistance to a bipartisan commission devoted to examining the deadly Capitol insurrection imperils a deeper investigation into the siege.

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Shock of Jan. 6 insurrection devolves into political fight

The horror of Jan. 6 has been reduced from a stunning assault on American democracy to another political fight.

Shock of Jan. 6 insurrection devolves into political fight

Pressed to explain his decision, Rep. Greg Pence of Indiana praised his brother as a “hero" and turned his ire on Democrats, calling the commission a “coverup about the failed Biden administration.” Pence's swift pivot to attacking Democrats and defending the former president about a riot that threatened his brother's life is a stark measure of how the horror of Jan. 6 has been reduced from a violent assault on American democracy to a purely political fight. Rather than uniting behind a bipartisan investigation like the ones that followed the 9/11 terror attacks, the assassination of President John F. Kennedy or Pearl Harbor, Republicans are calculating they can regain at least partial control of Congress if they put the issue behind them as quickly as possible without antagonizing Trump or his supporters.

news.yahoo.com

Tim Scott, only Black GOP senator, set to respond to Biden

Tim Scott of South Carolina is the only Black Republican senator.

Jan. 6 commission stalls, for now, amid partisan dissension

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has pushed for the commission, which would be modeled after the panel that investigated the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on New York and Washington. “The problem is the scope,” Pelosi said Wednesday. But Republicans swiftly decried the broad latitude that the commission would have to investigate the causes of the insurrection. Senate Republicans cast doubt that there was enough support for the commission. 2 Republican, said he doesn’t think the commission will happen if the legislation isn’t changed.

Lawmakers fear turning 144 cities into "micropolitan" areas

A bipartisan group of U.S. senators and congressmen is urging the federal government not to approve recommendations to remove 144 cities from the designation of metropolitan statistical areas. Reclassifying them as “micropolitan” would put key federal funding at risk, they said. Doing so would reclassify more than a third of the current 392 metro areas as micropolitan statistical areas. In a separate letter to the Office of Management and Budget, Hoeven said the proposal also would hurt micropolitan areas that were on the cusp of becoming metro areas. “If a metropolitan statistical area is redefined as a micropolitan area, it may fall out of the conversation.

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