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Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia is demanding that a secret memo that describes President Trump's interpretation of his legal authority to declare war be released, according to a report. Kaine, a member of the Armed Services and Foreign Relations committees, urged Secretary of State Rex Tillerson in a letter late Thursday to release the seven-page document, NBC News reported .
President Donald Trump is signed a spending bill passed by Congress in wee hours of Friday re-opening the government after a short shutdown. Just signed Bill.
Here's an account of early morning votes in Congress to pass budget legislation that ended a brief government shutdown. Worth noting: * BLITHERING HYPOCRISY : Sen. Rand Paul held up the Senate vote, noting the hypocrisy of voting to add to the deficit after years of Republican complaints about the deficit.
Many questions remain about who knew what and when about Porter, alleged of physically and mentally abusing both of his ex-wives. The latest White House scandal snowballed into an avalanche, roiling some of the highest-ranking and most prominent West Wing staffers in the process.
In the 2016 election cycle, Democrats pinned their hopes of flipping a red Congressional seat in Texas on just one district. With Trump's low approval rating and a surge of energy among voters on the left, Democrats say they have their best shot in years of taking back a few critical seats in Texas.
Appearing on CNN's "New Day," Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., was blunt about the Rob Porter issue. "I have no use for anybody who beats their spouse," he said.
Good Friday Morning, Fellow Seekers. We'll close out the working week this week by turning our attention to the campaign for U.S. Senate, where Republicans are looking to retain their majority in the closely divided chamber.
Chris Hayes delivered a masterful essay last night on All In on the bad faith behind Republicans' supposed philosophy on the economy. I've argued for years that our differences are not over the size of government spending but over into whose pockets that spending goes.
Rep. Jim Renacci, R-Ohio, pictured here in 2014, recently switched from the governor's race to the Senate contest. Mark Duncan/AP hide caption Rep. Jim Renacci, R-Ohio, pictured here in 2014, recently switched from the governor's race to the Senate contest.
The Senate voted 71-28 early Friday to pass a massive, bipartisan budget agreement and spending bill to reopen the shuttered federal government. The bill now moves to the House.
Republicans rode the tea party wave to power eight years ago on a message of fiscal responsibility and attacking budget deficits, and kept at it during President Barack Obama 's two terms. That was then.
The Senate approved a stopgap bill early Friday to keep the government open and to boost spending by nearly $300 billion over the next two years. But thanks to a filibuster by Sen. Rand Paul , the government had already slipped into an official shutdown - already the second of the year.
U.S. stocks are lower Thursday morning as losses from the previous day continue. . Traders Peter Tuchman, left, and Patrick Casey work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Thursday, Feb. 8, 2018.
Companies selling some of the most lucrative prescription painkillers funneled millions of dollars to advocacy groups that in turn promoted the medications' use, according to a report released Monday by a U.S. senator. The investigation by Missouri's Sen. Claire McCaskill sheds light on the opioid industry's ability to shape public opinion and raises questions about its role in an overdose epidemic that has claimed hundreds of thousands of American lives.
Washington, Feb 9 - The US federal government officially shut down on Friday for the second time in three weeks after a single senator, Rand Paul of Kentucky, held up a vote on a far-reaching budget deal that would have staved it off. Senators are still expected to vote in favour of the deal in a series of votes that will most likely begin around 1 a.m., reports The New York Times.
The last time Sen. Rand Paul was in the news for a scuffle, it involved a neighbor who allegedly tackled him in his yard over a lawn dispute. Thursday night, the Kentucky Republican took on the entire U.S. Senate - and rather than fisticuffs, his weapons of choice were obstinacy and the chamber's weird rules.
Congressman John Larson, D-1st District, released a statement shortly after midnight, placing the blame for last night's federal government shutdown on Sen. Rand Paul, R-Kentucky, and suggesting it was motivated by a "personal, ideological agenda." "This shutdown falls squarely on the shoulders of egotists like Senator Rand Paul.
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif., is shown on television as she speaks from the House floor on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2018, as a news conference that she was supposed to attend goes on in the ... . Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., leaves the chamber after announcing an agreement in the Senate on a two-year, almost $400 billion budget deal that would provide Pentagon and domestic programs with huge spe... .
The government staggered into another shutdown on Thursday night after an outspoken fiscal conservative in the Senate singlehandedly delayed action by Congress on a stopgap funding bill wrapped up in... Beau Hossler and Kevin Streelman shot 7-under-par rounds of 65 on Thursday to share the first round lead of the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am in ... (more)