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The Senate on Tuesday advanced a backlog of military nominations only hours after Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) released his nearly 10-month hold on them, in protest of the Pentagon’s abortion policy.  Senate Majority Leader…

A group of Senate Democrats are demanding answers about a shortage of a new drug that prevents respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in infants. In a letter led by Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) sent Friday, the lawmakers asked…

SACRAMENTO —  The California Democratic Party Convention provided an opportunity for a show of unity as delegates and activists head into a high-stakes election year. But the weekend-long gathering proved to be anything but that.…

Democratic Senate campaigns and the campaigns of independents caucusing with the Democrats have raised more than twice as much as Republican senatorial campaigns, according to the Federal Election Commission (FEC). Of the $496.2 million…

Democratic Rep. Elissa Slotkin of Michigan said Friday one of the reasons she voted against a bill to provide aid to Israel was due to a lack of aid for Gaza. Israel started military operations against Hamas after the radical Islamic…

The U.S. Senate passed an amendment by Republican Sen. Joni Ernst of Iowa Tuesday to address abuses of telework by federal government employees, particularly within the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). Ernst previously called out…

Photo by Olivier Douliery/Abaca/Sipa USA via AP Images Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s (D-CA) continued tenure in the Senate despite obvious and troubling signs of severe mental decline is being propped up by longtime ally Rep. Nancy Pelosi…

The House Freedom Caucus released a statement on Thursday vowing “no further discussion” on raising the debt ceiling until the Senate passes the House bill, which would raise the borrowing limit while cutting spending. “The U.S.…

By Staff The Canadian Press Posted May 18, 2023 5:00 pm…

Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call via AP Images Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) insisted to a reporter on Tuesday that she’s been in the Senate and voting despite a three-month absence from Washington that just ended last week. Feinstein, 89,…