Kansas Senate president calls for civility, while issuing warning, as chamber picks leaders
Kansas Senate President Ty Masterson’s ask for unity and civility turned into a warning Monday as he retained his title in an ...
Here are the rising Democratic populist leaders to watch
A group of Democrats on the left are searching for a new standard-bearer to put forward an economic populist agenda for America after extensive losses in the November election. These Democrats in ...
A Second Trump Term Poses a Crucial Test of the Senate’s Independence
President-elect Donald J. Trump is threatening to challenge the institution’s historic role, and the Constitution, with his ...
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Senate Majority Leader-elect John Thune blasts Democrats for lack of Israel support
Thune said that Senate Republicans will make it clear that the “United States Congress stands squarely in Israel’s corner” when the party gains the majority in January. Photo by Andrew ...
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Arkansas Senate restricts minority party power
KG 40/29 NEWS LEADERS OF THE MINORITY PARTY- ARE ... for the single pettiest legislative chamber in the United States of America."State Senate Majority Leader Republican Blake Johnson said ...
Women hold majority in New Mexico legislature for the first time
This is a first for New Mexico, and puts the state in a unique position, as the second-highest female majority in the ...
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Republicans flip the US Senate, ending three years of Democrat control
The Republican Party has reclaimed control of the United States Senate, ending more than three ... But as the state leaned rightwards, Democratic leaders like Brown faced increasing threats ...
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Wild and Scenic: Tester bill to protect sections of 20 Montana rivers heads to full Senate
The bill includes protections for sections of the Gallatin, Madison and Yellowstone rivers, along with Hyalite Creek and the ...
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Republicans reject Trump allies' pick, elect John Thune as next Senate majority leader
The 63-year-old Thune will succeed Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, who has led his chamber's Republicans since 2007 and is the longest-serving Senate party ... in the United States Senate ...
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Election Highlights: Signs of Change Under Trump Start to Emerge
Trump and the Republican Party, which has already won a majority in the Senate, are expected to ... executive orders that would withdraw the United States from the Paris climate accord, allow ...
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Republicans begin picking their next leaders in Congress
Republicans have selected their party ... Senate will continue to be a body where the minority party has a voice in the process. "We will do the job the founders intended us to do in the United ...
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The Republicans gain control of the Senate
It became evident that Republicans would control the upper chamber after the party ... Senate could empower moderates to reject Trump nominees outside the political mainstream. Nothing united ...