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As divisions flared at the Conservative Political Action Conference on Saturday, Democratic activists in California issued a surprising rebuke of Sen. Dianne Feinstein, a longtime fixture of both their state and their party. After serving for a decade as the mayor of San Francisco, Feinstein was elected to the Senate in 1992, where she's remained for more than a quarter of a century.
The Latest on activity inside the Georgia Capitol as lawmakers approach a key legislative deadline on Wednesday : The university system of Georgia would have to create a free-speech policy protecting invited speakers under a proposal that passed the Senate on Monday.
Matt Schlapp and Ian Walters together haven't helped the Republican Party's image with their treatment of Michael Steele. The 2018 annual Conservative Political Action Conference might be over, but the bitter taste over racially insensitive remarks made by one of the organizers about Michael Steele, the former chairman of the Republican National Committee, still lingers.
Trump is speaking at a White House meeting with the nation's governors. He says then-President Barack Obama told him that North Korea is the "single biggest problem" facing the U.S. A North Korean envoy sent a message through South Korea on Sunday saying the North has "ample intentions" of holding talks with the U.S. The U.S. and other world powers are pressuring North Korea to give up its nuclear and missile programs.
WASHINGTON When the Republican-controlled Congress first approved its tax bill in December, most Democrats believed it would be a political loser for the GOP. Indeed, a New York Times poll found that just 37 percent of Americans approved of the plan.
Whoopi Goldberg couldn't help but notice that leaders of the Republican party like Speaker Paul Ryan and Senate Leader Mitch McConnell have been remarkably silent in wake of the Stoneman Douglas massacre. "One of the things I heard over the weekend and people kept saying is 'Well, where were the Republicans?'" Goldberg asked.
U.S. Rep. Beto O'Rourke , an El Paso Democrat, once again reported raising more money than Republican U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz in what is shaping up to be an intense general election matchup. Over the first 45 days of 2018, O'Rourke raised $2.3 million - almost three times more than Cruz's $803,000, according to new reports filed by Cruz and O'Rourke with the Federal Election Commission.
The closing days of the Republican primary to replace an Arizona congressman who quit in a sex scandal have included a top contender admitting he received texts from a Senate aide posing topless, and a second favorite fighting claims of campaign funding improprieties. It remains to be seen what the impact may have on Tuesday's contest to replace Rep. Trent Franks because the state relies heavily on mail-in ballots completed before the revelations surfaced.
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As Congress returns to Washington this week, a sweeping and polarizing debate on guns is waiting for them, and lawmakers must decide if it's one they're willing to tackle just months ahead of the midterm elections. Control of the Senate is up for grabs , though Democrats face a steep climb to regain the majority as they have 10 seats in states President Donald Trump won that they must defend.
Rep. Mike Conaway , who is currently leading the House Intelligence Committee's investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, told CNN this week that he doesn't see any need for Congress to scrutinize loans given by Deutsche Bank to President Donald Trump on the grounds that it isn't a Russian bank. "I don't see the link at this stage," Conaway said, referring to calls to examine whether the Deutsche Bank loans establish financial links between Trump and Russia.
During a discussion about the solutions in wake of the Parkland, Florida, mass shooting, former Sen. Rick Santorum argued that laws are already in place to keep guns away from the mentally ill. CNN host Chris Cuomo had to fact-check the senator with an A+ rating from the NRA in real time.
"They have no damn right," former Vice President Joe Biden said on Feb. 16, denouncing Russia's interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. Biden spoke for many Americans who are indignant over the mounting evidence of a multifaceted effort by the Kremlin to sow discord among Americans and tilt the election in favor of Donald Trump.
After a 10-day break, members of Congress are returning to work under hefty pressure to respond to the outcry over gun violence. But no plan appears ready to take off despite a long list of proposals, including many from President Donald Trump.
When the Republican-controlled Congress first approved its tax bill in December, most Democrats believed it would be a political loser for the GOP. Indeed, a New York Times poll found that just 37 percent of Americans approved of the plan.
Fines from the Florida agency that oversees restaurants inspections has dropped sharply to $1.1 million in fines in 2017 against 2,500 food establishments in 2017, compared to $4.7 million in 2010. Fines from the Florida agency that oversees restaurants inspections has dropped sharply to $1.1 million in fines in 2017 against 2,500 food establishments in 2017, compared to $4.7 million in 2010.
The main problem with teachers not getting a raise and who should we blame? The blame goes to the voters that voted for Jim Justice. That's what happens when we don't think when we vote! persons into the U.S. Ironically, today's immigration policies appear to have been formulated by the first three and mass murders are being committed by the mentally deranged.
And Willis views that as an asset in his run for the U.S. senate seat held by Democrat incumbent Joe Manchin. "It's going to take someone who is coming from the outside with fresh ideas about business, how the economy works and how currency flows, to make the changes that we need, " Willis is one of six Republican challengers - along with U.S. Rep. Evan Jenkins, State Attorney General Patrick Morrisey, former Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship, Bo Copley and Jack Newbrough -all who will run in the May 8 primary.
Tony Mendoza on Thursday became the third state legislator and the first senator to resign after being accused of sexual harassment in the scandal that has enveloped the Capitol. As his fellow senators were meeting in closed "caucuses," mulling whether to expel or suspend him, an aide to the Artesia Democrat walked up to the Senate's front desk and submitted a vitriol-filled resignation letter.