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Benjamin Louis Cardin Federal anti-BDS legislation - Common sense and constitutional Top Dem: Privatizing Afghanistan War would be 'affront' to US troops Open record laws should apply to private prisons, too MORE Rob Portman The fight to protect the Affordable Care Act isn't over GOP senators rally to McConnell's defense amid Trump attacks Sex trafficking bill would make the internet a wasteland MORE of Ohio introduced a bill in the Senate, the " Israel Anti-Boycott Act ." A similar bill was placed before the House of Representatives.
During violent protests, when it was made clear to Americans who the "enemy" is, President Trump's 2020 reelection campaign released a new TV ad " Let President Trump Do His Job ," targeting a different enemy: the mainstream press and Democrats. Despite the terrorist attack in Charlottesville, Virginia, when President Trump refused to call out the violent white supremacists, KKK and neo-Nazis, the tone deaf ad was still released.
Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren is blocking the confirmation of President Trump's nominee to run the Justice Department's antitrust division, offering no explanation and refusing an offer to meet with Makan Delrahim, according to a source with knowledge of the confirmation process. Warren reportedly put a "hold" on Delrahim's nomination as the Senate confirmed dozens of nominees for key administration positions before lawmakers started their August recess.
Estonian Foreign Minister Sven Mikser met with a member of the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee, Senator Elizabeth Warren, on August 10th in Tallinn, and discussed cooperation in the fields of cyber defense and security as well as trade relations between the European Union and the U.S., reports LETA/BNS.... Read more...
U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren won't face voters for more than a year, but the broad outlines of the effort to unseat the Massachusetts Democrat, and her re-election pitch to voters, are taking shape. Two Republicans have announced their candidacies, two others are said to be weighing runs, and conservative political groups are chipping away at the candidate.
If Cuomo runs for president, he already has opposition A national GOP group is already trying to derail Gov. Andrew Cuomo's presidential ambitions, if there are any. Check out this story on pressconnects.com: http://press.sn/2u0lGjc New York Governor Andrew Cuomo speaks during a rally in support of the Affordable Care Act and against the Senate replacement bill, Monday, July 17, 2017, in New York.
Senators voted 92-5 Tuesday to confirm Christopher Wray as the new FBI Director. President Trump fired former FBI director James Comey, who was overseeing an investigation into potential collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia.
Schumer, the Democratic Senate minority leader, House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, progressive champion Sen. Elizabeth Warren and several other Democratic leaders will rally in a swing Virginia district Monday to roll out the new platform. In an interview with ABC's George Stephanopoulos on " This Week ," previewing Monday's event and the future focus on this agenda, Schumer was introspective about the mistakes Democrats made during last year's presidential election.
Republicans will pay a heavy price for breaking their promise to repeal the Affordable Care Act. For seven years, the GOP vowed to eliminate the unwise, unpopular law, and during Barack Obama's years in the White House, Republican legislators voted for repeal dozens of times .
... are going well in Massachusetts so it shouldn't come as a shock that the governor's approval ratings are high. US News and World Report named Massachusetts the number one state to live in the country. The unemployment rate is low. The public schools ...
President Donald Trump on Friday picked Anthony Scaramucci to be his new communications director, but in 2015, the Wall Street financier wasn't so fond of Trump. Scaramucci, who initially supported Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker during the 2016 presidential campaign, called Trump a "hack politician" in 2015 after Trump criticized the hedge fund industry as people who just "move around paper."
Rhode Island Senator Sheldon Whitehouse and Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren gave President Donald Trump a failing grade in their six month review titled the "Drain the Swamp" report card. "We all heard the 'drain the swamp' chants at Trump rallies.
Kamala Harris visited just about every corner of California during her successful 2016 campaign to take over Barbara Boxer's seat in the US Senate, and she's kept it up somewhat since taking office. But on a recent, sweltering July afternoon, I accompanied Harris to a place where no senator has set foot for at least a decade.
Senate Banking Committee Chairman Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, left, and the committee's ranking member Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, listen on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, July 13, 2017, as Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen testified before the committee. less Senate Banking Committee Chairman Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, left, and the committee's ranking member Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, listen on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, July 13, 2017, as Federal ... more Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, July 13, 2017, before the Senate Banking Committee.
Elizabeth Warren continued on her fund-raising tear for the second quarter, building up her 2018 war chest to more than $11 million, according to numbers Warren's campaign provided to the Globe. The Massachusetts Democrat raked in $3.5 million in the three-month period ending June 30. As with her previous haul, much of that money came from small-dollar donors: Donors writing checks for $50 or less made up 93 percent of the individual contributions; those writing checks for $25 or less comprised 76 percent of the contributions.
Alabama Senate candidate, Rep. Mo Brooks, says he supported President Donald Trump in the general election, after backing Texas Sen. Ted Cruz in the primary. President Donald Trump may be embroiled in scandal in Washington, D.C. But in Alabama - a state he won by nearly 30 points last fall - he remains extremely popular.
"I know that the effect is that there's an appearance that the businesses are profiting from [Trump's] presidency," Shaub said. Following his abrupt resignation on Thursday -which lawmakers and watchdog groups said should be " deeply unnerving " to advocates of government accountability-Office of Government Ethics head Walter Shaub said in a televised interview on CBS that it appears Donald Trump and members of his family are profiting from his presidency.
Former Trump transition aide Anthony Scaramucci said Thursday that CNN's false story about him is another example of the "politics of personal destruction" happening in Washington. "I thought the whole thing was unfair.
With the election season still months away, most Massachusetts voters haven't heard of the challengers seeking to topple Gov. Charlie Baker and U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, according to a WBUR poll. The survey, conducted by MassINC Polling Group, also found broad support for a 2018 ballot measure to hike income taxes on earnings over $1 million and a potential ballot question to lower the sales tax rate.
Despite campaign promises from then candidate Donald Trump as well as from incumbent and new members of Congress to repeal and replace Obamacare, now almost six months into the Trump presidency, Obamacare is still the law of the land. Progress, albeit slow, was apparent this week as the Senate passed their version of a replacement, following the House doing the same two months ago.