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U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal and U.S. Senator Chris Murphy today announced introduction of the Crumbling Foundations Small Business and Homeowners Assistance Act to provide $100 million in direct federal relief to property owners in Connecticut with crumbling foundations. The bill, introduced by Blumenthal and co-sponsored by Murphy would establish a grant program through the Federal Emergency Management Agency to award funding up to $20 million annually over a five year period.
For the past several years, researchers have compiled the Bipartisan Index to figure out who actually is the most bipartisan. Who is the most bipartisan in Congress? Ohio Sen. Rob Portman near the top, report shows.
If you think the fighting among Republicans seeking Indiana's U.S. Senate seat is childish, wait until you get a load of this. This is, quite literally, the most childish attack in Indiana's Senate race If you think the fighting among Republicans seeking Indiana's U.S. Senate seat is childish, wait until you get a load of this.
Civil rights groups are turning to churches and community groups to pressure Congress to undo a decision to add a question about citizenship to the Census. Civil rights groups turn to locals to ramp up pressure on Congress to undo citizenship question Civil rights groups are turning to churches and community groups to pressure Congress to undo a decision to add a question about citizenship to the Census.
Confronted with a federal judge's looming deadline, Florida Gov. Rick Scott called an extraordinary late-night meeting of top state officials Wednesday to decide what to do about the state's process for restoring voting rights to former prisoners. U.S. District Judge Mark Walker gave Florida until Thursday to create a new process after ruling in February that the state's system is unconstitutional and arbitrary, with decisions possibly swayed by politics and racial factors.
Now that the cameras have gone, the booster cushion has been removed from the witness chair, and Mark Zuckerberg is comfortably back in in Palo Alto, having survived his marathon two-days of testimony in front of a somewhat confused Congress, what's next? Following the revelations that a political marketing firm, Cambridge Analytica, improperly obtained personal information from approximately 87 million Facebook user profiles , Congress has more support than ever to regulate Facebook and other social media tech. On his 'apology tour,' and in congressional testimony, Zuckerberg has said he is open to some form of oversight.
Former Trump adviser Michael Caputo says he endures steep legal bills and death threats after being swept up in the Russiagate inquest. hile Washington feeds its insatiable Trump/Russia-collusion jones, Americans are going broke in the process.
A Republican candidate running to challenge West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin for his seat said he would like to "waterboard" opioid dealers during a primary debate on Monday. "When looking at this epidemic I might be a little bit stronger," Jack Newbrough said.
Democratic U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin has built a significant fundraising chest in his bid for a second full six-year term, far outpacing West Virginia Republicans hoping to defeat him this fall. Manchin's campaign has raised $4.5 million since the start of 2017 and had $5.4 million in cash on hand at the end of March, according to filings with the Federal Election Commission.
President Donald Trump said Tuesday that his pick to lead the Department of Veterans Affairs, White House physician Ronny Jackson, will decide whether it's worth it to pursue the post after lawmakers postponed a hearing on his nomination in light of several allegations. "I don't want to put a man through a process like this.
Rear Adm. Ronny Jackson, President Donald Trump's choice to be secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs, leaves a Senate office building after meeting individually with some members of the committee that would vet him for the post, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, April 24, 2018.
A Democratic senator who supports rolling back some of the financial rules put in place after the 2008 financial crisis warned bankers Tuesday that the legislation will stall if it comes back to the Senate for another vote. Sen. Mark Warner's comments are a warning shot to House Republicans, who are insisting on adding to Senate-passed legislation that would scale back the law known as Dodd-Frank.
WASHINGTON President Trump's nomination of Navy Rear Adm. Ronny Jackson to lead the Department of Veterans Affairs is in peril as the Senate delayed his confirmation hearing amid concerns about his record.
Scott Gottlieb, commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, has announced a nationwide crackdown on the sale of e-cigarettes to minors. Scott Gottlieb, commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, has announced a nationwide crackdown on the sale of e-cigarettes to minors.
The Senate Veterans Affairs Committee is examining allegations that President Donald Trump's nominee to lead the Veterans Affairs Department oversaw a hostile work environment as the White House physician and allowed the overprescribing of drugs, according to congressional officials briefed on the committee's work. The allegations, which have been under investigation since last week, forced the postponement of Jackson's confirmation hearing, planned for this Wednesday as senators scrutinize the nominee's time leading the White House medical staff.
A U.S. Senate committee approved the nomination of President Donald Trump's choice for secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, on Monday after a Republican senator who had been opposed threw his support behind the CIA director in the face of party pressure. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved the nomination on a party-line vote, with all 11 Republicans backing him, nine Democrats opposed and one Democrat, Chris Coons, voting "present" because one Republican was at a funeral out of town.
Voters outside of Phoenix head to the polls on Tuesday, looking to fill a vacancy created when Republican Rep. Trent Franks resigned in December amid sexual harassment allegations. Democrats don't think they will win the race that pits Hiral Tipirneni, a physician, against Republican Debbie Lesko, a former state senator.
Voters in Arizona will head to the polls Tuesday for a nationally watched special election for the seat once held by Rep. Harold Trent Franks The Hill's Morning Report - Lawsuits, investigations send Trump on Twitter tirade This week: Senate barrels toward showdown over Pompeo Arizona GOP tinkers with election rules with an eye on McCain's seat MORE Donald John Trump Rand's reversal advances Pompeo New allegations could threaten Trump VA pick: reports President Trump puts on the pageantry for Macron's visit MORE won by 21 points in 2016. But Republican groups have had to spend more than a million dollars on keeping the seat, which opened up in December when Franks resigned after allegedly asking a staffer to act as a surrogate mother.
Pelosi, who has led the Democrats since 2003, has given no indication she intends to relinquish her position, regardless of the midterm outcomes. But winning the 23 seats Democrats need to seize the House majority may be no guarantee that Pelosi can gather the 218 votes she'd need to retake the Speaker's gavel, which she lost after Republicans captured the chamber in a 2010 wave.