Oklahoma senator seeks more information on family reunification process

A bipartisan group of senators is demanding twice-monthly updates on family reunification from the Trump administration, according to a copy of a letter shared Wednesday with CNN. The letter was led by Democratic Sen. Chris Coons of Delaware and Republican Sen. James Lankford of Oklahoma and signed by 14 total lawmakers from both parties.

Congress’ leaders aren’t budging on government shutdown

WASHINGTON - Congressional leaders in both parties refused to budge publicly from their political corners Saturday on the first day of the government shutdown, avoiding direct negotiations and bitterly blaming each other for the impasse in speeches. But private glimmers of a breakthrough were evident by late Saturday, as moderate Democrats and Republicans began to rally behind a new short-term funding proposal to reopen the government through early February.

Senate sanctions to reverse Obama’s ‘Iran first’ policy

The latest confirmation of the Obama administration's support of Iran's terrorist activities was provided to the House Foreign Affairs Committee on June 8, 2017 by David Asher, who for many years worked with the United States government on counter-terrorist financing-related issues. According to Asher, "[i]n narrow pursuit of the P5+1 agreement, the administration ... systematically disbanded any ... action ... to dismantle Hezb'allah and the Iran 'Action Network' ... [for fear these would] derail the administration's policy agenda focused on Iran.

Senator Carper releases statement on U.S. Postal Service 2016 financial losses

On Wednesday, U.S. Senator Tom Carper , top Democrat on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, released a statement in response to the announcement that the U.S. Postal Service reported a net loss of $5.6 billion in fiscal year 2016. According to the release, this report came after the Postal Service faced the first rate decrease in almost a century with the court-mandated expiration of the emergency surcharge put in place after the Great Recession - which was apparently the only measure keeping the Postal Service from financial collapse over the last two years.

Senator Carper releases statement: “Exploring a Right to Try for Terminally Ill Patients”

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