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Menendez support among Democrats falls in New Jersey poll

Sarah Fort...August 17, 2023

Sen. Bob Menendez’s (D-N.J.) support among New Jersey Democrats took a hit over the past year, according to a poll published Thursday. In the latest Monmouth University poll, Menendez, who…

Cassidy introduces bill to fund community clinics citing stalled negotiations with Sanders

Joseph Cho...July 13, 2023

Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP), introduced legislation on Thursday to reauthorize funding for community health centers as his…

Schumer calls out Thomas Alito for accepting lavish gifts and vacations from billionaires

Alexander ...July 9, 2023

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Sunday called out conservative Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito for accepting “lavish gifts and vacations from their powerful, billionaire friends.” Schumer did…

Senate launches late night votes to stave off US default wrap up BidenMcCarthy debt ceiling…

Associated...June 1, 2023

Days away from a default crisis, the U.S. Senate is dashing to wrap up work on the big debt ceiling and budget cuts package. President Joe Biden negotiated the deal…

With Debt Ceiling Deal in Hand McCarthy and Biden Turn to Task of Selling It

Luke Broad...May 28, 2023

With the right and the left up in arms about the agreement in principle reached by the president and the speaker, both sides started to make the case for its…

In Pursuit of Consensus Did Biden Find the Reasonable Middle or Give Away Too Much

May 28, 2023

The deal to raise the debt ceiling bolsters President Biden’s argument that he is committed to bipartisanship, but it comes at the cost of rankling many in his own party.