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White House, Senate Agree on a $2 Trillion Wuhan Coronavirus Stimulus Package

Posted by Mary Chastain on March 25, 2020 25 Comments

"We have a deal," announced White House legislative affairs director Eric Ueland a little after midnight. After a week of screaming and shouting, the White House and Senate agreed on a $2 trillion coronavirus relief package.

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Romney Will Vote for Senate Homeland Subpoena For Biden-Burisma Investigation

Posted by Mary Chastain on March 06, 2020 16 Comments

The office of Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) confirmed he will vote to subpoena documents in the Senate Homeland Committee's investigation into Hunter Biden and Burisma Holdings.

Alabama: Jeff Sessions, Tommy Tuberville Head to Runoff Election for U.S. Senate

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on March 05, 2020 39 Comments

Between the Crash and Bern and Warren coming in third in her home state, Super Tuesday was awesome. While much of our attention is on the Democrat presidential primary, there was an interesting development in Alabama. Former Senator and former Attorney General Jeff Sessions failed to secure the Republican nomination for his old Senate seat and now faces a runoff election on March 31st. Former Auburn football coach Tommy Tuberville won 33.4% of the vote to Sessions' 31.6%.

MA Senate 2020: Rep. Joseph Kennedy III Opens Lead Over Incumbent Ed Markey

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 02, 2020 28 Comments

Democratic Rep. Joe Kennedy III of Massachusetts is challenging MA Democratic Senator Ed Markey for the United States Senate seat he has occupied since 2013. Markey has the backing of many established figures in the party, but Kennedy has opened a lead according to a new poll.

Payback: Trump Promotes AOC Challenge to Schumer

Posted by Mary Chastain on February 10, 2020 30 Comments

President Donald Trump took to Twitter to continue celebrating his impeachment acquittal by the Senate. Trump made a series of predictions like Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez primarying Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, Republicans winning the Alabama Senate seat, and Rep. Jerry Nadler will lose to his primary opponent.

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Cook Political Report Shifts Alabama Senate Race to Lean Republican After Doug Jones Votes to Convict

Posted by Mike LaChance on February 06, 2020 24 Comments

Senator Doug Jones (D-AL) was already facing reelection challenges for next fall, but things just got a lot harder for him. As a Democrat, Jones lucked into this job in Trump country. He might not have it for much longer.

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Impeachment Verdict: Trump NOT GUILTY on Both Counts

Posted by Mary Chastain on February 05, 2020 47 Comments

The Senate will vote on two articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump at 4 p.m. ET.

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Swing-Vote Democrat Manchin Suggests Senate Censure Trump, Not Impeach Him

Posted by Mary Chastain on February 03, 2020 34 Comments

Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) bragged about his bipartisan ways during his floor speech on President Donald Trump's impeachment trial as a way to point out the obvious: The Senate does not have the 67 votes to convict Trump. Instead, he suggested the Senate censure Trump.

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Lindsey Graham Wants Senate Intelligence Committee to Call Whistleblower ‘to Understand How All This Crap Started’

Posted by Mary Chastain on February 03, 2020 17 Comments

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) said on Sunday Morning Features that his committee will call the whistleblower behind impeachment after the trial.

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LIVE: Trump’s Team, House Managers Give Final Closing Arguments Followed by Floor Speeches

Posted by Mary Chastain on February 03, 2020 14 Comments

President Donald Trump's defense team and House managers will give their closing arguments on the Senate floor for the impeachment trial. It starts at 11 a.m. ET and will last four hours. Senators will then have an opportunity to speak on the floor on why or why not the chamber should convict Trump.

CPAC Chair After Impeachment Witness Vote: Mitt Romney is “formally NOT invited to #CPAC2020”

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on February 01, 2020 57 Comments

Back in April of last year, Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) lamented that the Mueller report left him "sickened" by Trump. Apparently, he still is because he was one of only two Republican senators to vote with the Democrats for more witnesses in the Democrats' sham impeachment circus.

McConnell Resolution: Closing Arguments on Monday, Impeachment Vote on Wednesday

Posted by Mary Chastain on January 31, 2020 66 Comments

The Senate voted not to call additional witnesses and bring forth new evidence 51-49, with Sens. Susan Collins (R-ME) and Mitt Romney (R-UT) voting yay with the Democrats. The Senate then took a recess before voting on a motion from Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to have closing arguments on Monday and vote on the articles on Wednesday.

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Senate Vote On Additional Witnesses: Rejected 51 (NO), 49 (YES)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 31, 2020 46 Comments

Defeated, 49 YES, 51 NO. Collins and Romney voted with the Democrats to Kavanaugh the trial.

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LIVE: Trump Impeachment Closing Arguments

Posted by Mary Chastain on January 31, 2020 21 Comments

I'd jot down the lyrics to the song "The End" by The Doors, but we all know the Democrats will not stop investigating President Donald Trump. The Senate kicks off at 1 p.m. ET. They will vote on witnesses and additional documents. If that fails, which it likely will, the chamber will vote on the articles of impeachment.

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Dems Likely Short On Calling New Impeachment Witnesses: Collins (YES), Alexander (NO), Romney (Wants Bolton), Murkowski (thinking about it)

Posted by Mary Chastain on January 30, 2020 53 Comments

The Q&A session just ended. Republican Maine Sen. Susan Collins wasted no time announcing she will vote yes on calling witnesses. Tennessee Sen. Lamar Alexander will vote no. *We will update this post as more senators announce their decisions.

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