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Mayorkas becomes first sitting cabinet member to be impeached in U.S....

(The Center Square) -- In its second vote attempt in exactly a week, the U.S. House on Tuesday night impeached Department of Homeland Security...

Stock trade of Sen. Tina Smith’s husband draws scrutiny

Archie Smith, the husband of U.S. Sen. Tina Smith, D-Minn., has seen some assets in his stock portfolio grow significantly in just the last...

Lawmakers still using TikTok after voting to ban it on federal...

(Daily Caller News Foundation) — Some lawmakers are active on TikTok even after concerns about the social media platform’s surveillance capabilities prompted Congress to...

‘Betrayal’: 18 Senate Republicans vote to pass $1.85 trillion omnibus bill

(The Daily Signal) — A total of 18 Republicans joined all Senate Democrats to pass a $1.85 trillion omnibus spending bill Thursday afternoon, in the final...

Bipartisan effort to repeal federal mask mandate on planes gains momentum

(The Center Square) — A bipartisan group of senators passed a resolution 57-40 that would overturn the federal mask requirement on airplanes and federally...

Senate Republicans block Klobuchar’s so-called ‘voting rights’ bill with filibuster

Much to the chagrin of Democratic politicians, Republican senators have successfully filibustered a partisan "voting rights bill." The expected move came Wednesday when the Senate...

Klobuchar gives Senate floor speech claiming Republicans threaten ‘freedom to vote’

Sen. Amy Klobuchar recently gave a speech on the Senate floor that portrayed Republican governors and state legislators as imminent threats to the "freedom...

Commentary: Is Mitch McConnell the best Senate leader of all time?

Should Republicans lose U.S. Senate control in next week’s elections, it will be the first significant defeat for Mitch McConnell in many years. When President...

Klobuchar says Senate should be working on stimulus, but voted against...

During Tuesday’s Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearings, Sen. Amy Klobuchar opened her questioning of Judge Amy Coney Barrett by reciting statistics on COVID-19 deaths and...

Is a Health Care Repeal Possible?

WASHINGTON D.C. -- A second attempt by Senate Republicans to sponsor and pass health care legislation has failed as Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) joined...