Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) defended her support for the filibuster on Monday despite near-unified opposition from the rest of her party, taking the absolutist view that it should even be restored for judicial nominations.
As Dr. Mehmet Oz and Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman run neck-and-neck in the final stretch to claim a crucial U.S. Senate seat in the November midterms, questions regarding Fetterman’s overall health — following a near-fatal stroke incident in May — are finally being raised among his own people.
A little more than a week after the South Carolina state House passed a near-total abortion ban, the bill was killed Thursday during a special session of the state Senate, where it was opposed by moderate Republicans and Democrats.
House Minority leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) took to Facebook Wednesday to shame those Republicans remaining quiet “while Democrats in Washington are abusing their power[.]”
The House of Representatives on Friday passed the "Assault Weapons Ban of 2022," a bill that would ban various semi-automatic guns, though the measure would grandfather in firearms that people already own.
House Democrats passed a radical pro-abortion bill Friday that would force states to legalize the killing of unborn babies for basically any reason up to birth and force taxpayers to pay for their deaths.
Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and his staff told Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D, N.Y., unequivocally Thursday that he is only willing to support a reconciliation bill in August that includes a provision to lower prescription drug prices and a two-year extension of subsidies for the Affordable Care Act, according to a Democrat briefed on the conversations.
Lawmakers start shuffling back to Washington on Monday after a two-week break and will commence the first round of legislative business since the Supreme Court overturned nationwide abortion rights.
Joe Biden on Friday surrounded himself with abortion fans, including those representing the extreme perspective such as Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra, to sign his executive order, demanded by Democrats, that claims to protect access to abortion nationwide.
