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Sen. Tom Cotton was accused of casual racism on Wednesday after he compared Sen. Corey Booker to a fictional character named "T-Bone." At a Senate confirmation hearing for Attorney General nominee Jeff Sessions, Booker testified that the Alabama Republican's record on civil rights was disqualifying.
Sen. Cory Booker will make history Wednesday when he becomes the first sitting senator to testify against another sitting senator for a Cabinet post as he fights Jeff Sessions' nomination to become President-elect Donald Trump's attorney general. The decision has thrust Booker, a New Jersey Democrat and fixture on lists of potential 2020 presidential candidates, into the limelight.
If you confine yourself to the Congressional Record, you would assume that Republicans methodically followed their game plan to dismantle Obamacare in the first week of the new session. The Senate passed the first phase of their repeal bill under a process called reconciliation, a budget procedure that requires only a simple majority in the Senate, without opportunity for filibuster.
A few years ago President Barack Obama came under conservative fire for choosing, at times, to read his daily intelligence briefings, rather than receive them in-person. Republican Rep. Paul Ryan was among those piling on.
Republican Senator John McCain, chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, has scheduled a hearing for Thursday on foreign cyberthreats. He has said Russia must be made to pay a price for attacks "on our very fundamentals of democracy."
Sen. Tom Cotton on Sunday urged President-elect Donald Trump to take a firmer stance on Russia, saying Moscow needs a new set of "boundaries" in the global order. Appearing on "Fox News Sunday," the first-term Arkansas Republican said the U.S. must make clear that Russian President Vladimir Putin will face consequences for his actions.
Republican leadership reacted with fury to the Obama administration's decision to abstain from a UN Security Council vote condemning Israel's settlement enterprise on Friday, vowing to reverse his policy gains and punish the UN for repeatedly targeting the Jewish state. President-elect Donald Trump said on Twitter that things would change after he takes office next month, and House Speaker Paul Ryan called the vote an "absolutely shameful" blow to peace.
In light of the Left's fresh obsession with combating the alleged crisis of "fake news," as well as getting to the bottom of Moscow's malign influence and meddling, the Senator from Arkansas raises a rather interesting point , doesn't he? Via Politico : The White House opposed a Republican-led push earlier this year to create an executive-branch task force to battle Russia's covert information operations, according to a document obtained by POLITICO.
Democrats are accusing Rex Tillerson, President-elect Donald Trump's pick to become secretary of state, of reneging on a pledge to hand over three years worth of tax returns. A standard questionnaire sent jointly by Democrats and Republicans asks whether the nominee would be willing to provide prior tax returns for himself and his spouse "if asked."
Kellyanne Conway, senior advisor to President-elect Trump's transition team, vowed Tuesday to rein in the power of political consultants, in addition to that of lobbyists. "Draining the swamp is not just about lobbying and politicians, it's also about consultants," Conway said during an interview on "The Laura Ingraham Show" radio program on Tuesday.
This is a miscarriage of justice the likes of which we haven't seen since it was insinuated that San Antonio has better breakfast tacos than Austin . According to a blind taste-test from a group of Republican senators Wednesday in Washington, D.C., Arkansas' cheese dip is better than Texas' queso.
U.S. Senator Tom Cotton smiles after he was ceremonially sworn-in by Vice President Joseph Biden in the Old Senate Chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington GOP Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton urged the Obama administration Monday to stop the transfer of any more detainees from Guantanamo Bay to foreign countries. The Obama administration transferred yet another detainee out of the facility to Cape Verde over the weekend, leaving just 59 behind.
From left, Texas Senator Ted Cruz and Arkansas Senator Tom Cotton applauded President-elect Donald Trump's decision to accept a telephone call from Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen on Friday. President-elect Donald Trump's telephone call with Taiwan's president on Friday broke decades of U.S. diplomatic policy in the region and brought a quick objection by China, but several Republican members of Congress have applauded Trump's decision to accept the call.
A spokesperson for Facebook has not explicitly denied a report claiming that the social media company developed a "censorship tool" that would allow it to "suppress posts from appearing in people's news feeds in specific geographic areas," as part of efforts to enter into the Chinese marketplace. A Facebook spokesperson asked about the report, which was published by the New York Times on Tuesday night, told ABC News that the company has "long said that we are interested in China," and is "spending time understanding and learning more about the country," but has "not made any decision on our approach to China."
Tom Cotton, the Arkansas senator, and rumored 2020 presidential hopeful seems to be sharpening his attack a bit ahead of schedule. Senator Cotton appeared on Hugh Hewitt's radio program and was asked to comment on the reopening of the Hillary Clinton email investigation and also, the FBI probe into the Clinton Foundation.
Republican lawmakers already leery of the Iran nuclear deal railed at new US Treasury Department guidelines indicating foreign companies will not be sanctioned for doing business with Iranian entities. The updated guidelines , which were published last Friday, allow for business dealings inside Iran so long as the US financial system and Americans are not involved.
A pair of dangerously close encounters between the Iranian and U.S. navies in the Persian Gulf this week have raised fresh questions about Tehran 's intentions, a year after Obama administration officials hoped the much-touted nuclear deal would moderate the behavior of the Islamic republic and its military.
Democratic senatorial candidate Conner Eldridge has issued a statement blasting Donald Trump' s comment yesterday suggesting a "Second Amendment " solution to avoiding Hillary Clinton appointees to the U.S. Supreme Court. "Donald Trump's reference yesterday to individuals taking violent action against Hillary Clinton is astounding.