Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., placed blame on former President Trump and Republicans for a potential partial government shutdown after the House failed to pass a stopgap spending measure on Wednesday. He filed cloture on Thursday in a procedural move in order to act as quickly as possible once the House passes a continuing resolution (CR), which is a …
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Russo-Chinese Arctic war games spur US response as Alaska officials warn only strength can deter crisis
After the Army deployed 130 airborne soldiers to a far-flung Aleutian Islands base amid joint Russian-Chinese military tests offshore, Alaskan leaders warned the only response should be American strength. The Army sent the soldiers to Eareckson Air Station on Shemya Island, less than 300 miles from Kamchatka, Russia. The deployment occurred amid the “Ocean 2024” joint military exercises between two …
Read More »Republicans block Dem-backed IVF bill revived by Chuck Schumer
Republicans blocked a Democrat-backed bill on in vitro fertilization (IVF) from proceeding on Tuesday, which has already failed in the upper chamber. The bill failed to garner the 60 votes necessary in the procedural vote, failing 51 to 44. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., announced he was scheduling an additional vote on the measure in a letter to senators …
Read More »'Misleading' Dem contraception bill fails key vote as GOP slams broad proposal
Democrats’ contraception bill failed a key procedural vote on Wednesday as Republicans slammed the broad proposal over parental rights and religious liberty implications. The Senate voted 51-39 against moving forward with the “Right to Contraception Act.” The bill needed to garner 60 votes in order to move forward in the upper chamber. JON TESTER CAMPAIGN ADMITS ‘HARD TRUTH’ SENATE RACE …
Read More »Schumer urges Trump allies to let legal process 'move forward' after guilty verdict
As Republican lawmakers weigh holding hearings to scrutinize prosecutors in the New York v. Trump trial, the Senate’s top Democrat is pleading with allies of former President Trump to let the legal process play out as Trump looks to appeal his guilty verdict. “The undeniable fact is Donald Trump went through the same legal process that all Americans go through, …
Read More »Balance of power: Filibuster fate could come down to 2024 Senate elections
The Senate’s filibuster could be at risk if Democrats retain the majority after the 2024 elections, with the exit of two staunch defenders of the tool in Sens. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and Kyrsten Sinema, I-Ariz. “It would be on the table,” Jim Kessler, former senior aide to Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., told Fox News Digital. But, he said, “I’m …
Read More »GOP Senate candidate in crucial state rips Schumer's immigration push after border trip: 'Height of cynicism'
Pennsylvania may be 1,600 miles from the U.S.-Mexico border, but the GOP candidate aiming to flip the crucial Northeast battleground state’s Democratic-held Senate seat from blue to red this fall is spotlighting the combustible issues of border security and immigration. Republican Dave McCormick claims that a new move by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, the top Democrat in the chamber, …
Read More »Republicans unite to block White House and Schumer backed 'fake border bill'
Republicans in both chambers of Congress are preparing to band together to block any hope of a Democrat-backed border bill getting to the finish line. In a letter to senators dated Sunday evening, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., revealed his plan to bring an immigration bill to the floor once again after it was rejected primarily by Senate Republicans …
Read More »Stefanik defends speech at Israel's Knesset torching Biden, Democrats: 'Equivocation after equivocation'
House Republican Conference Chair Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., on Sunday defended a recent speech she delivered to the Israeli Knesset in Jerusalem, torching President Biden’s “betrayal of the importance of the U.S.-Israel alliance.” Stefanik, who is meeting with Israeli leaders at the same time Biden’s national security adviser Jake Sullivan is also visiting Jerusalem, appeared on “Fox News Sunday” after …
Read More »Schumer says Senate to take up border bill again this week
The U.S. Senate will once again vote on a bipartisan border security bill this week after previous efforts collapsed when Republicans withdrew their support, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said in a letter to colleagues Sunday. In the letter, Schumer said the Border Act had received endorsements from the likes of the National Border Patrol Council and that congressional …
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