Legislative Topic: Congress

The Democrat-led House of Representatives voted Tuesday to pass a bill seeking to remove confederate statues from the U.S. Capitol. The vote was 285–120 in favor of the bill, H.R. 3005, with all votes against it coming from Republicans. The proposed legislation seeks to remove statues of those who supported the Confederate army in the U.S. Civil War. It … Continued

The people don’t believe Washington looks out for their interests — and it doesn’t make much difference whether “the people” are Republicans, Democrats or independents. According to a survey released Wednesday, more than three-fifths of all voters, including three-fourths of Republicans and a majority of Democrats, think that “the will of the people is no longer a … Continued

Three cheers for the Senate filibuster rule, which requires 60 votes to move a bill forward. Were it not for that, Democrats might’ve succeeded in ramming through a sweeping bid to federalize nearly all national election rules — mostly to benefit themselves. Only 50 senators, none Republican, voted last week to advance the misnamed, 900-page “For the … Continued

Devin Nunes and fellow Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee are investigating China’s efforts to manipulate and coerce U.S. businesses and warning that Beijing has launched a “campaign of malign influence across a wide range of U.S. economic sectors.” The House Republicans on the Intelligence Committee have drawn “preliminary conclusions” and warn that U.S. companies … Continued

WASHINGTON—President Biden and a group of 10 centrist senators agreed to a roughly $1 trillion infrastructure plan Thursday, securing a long-sought bipartisan deal that lawmakers and the White House will now attempt to shepherd through Congress alongside a broader package sought by Democrats. Mr. Biden and Democratic leaders said that advancing the deal on transportation, water and … Continued

President Joe Biden has nominated Cindy McCain, the widow of former Republican Senator John McCain, to serve as the U.S. representative to the United Nations Agencies for Food and Agriculture. Biden’s move to recruit McCain comes after she, disillusioned with the Trump administration and its negative treatment of her husband, endorsed Biden as a presidential candidate. During … Continued

A group of 23 Republican lawmakers, led by Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.), on Wednesday introduced a resolution to censure President Joe Biden for what they say has been his “dereliction of duty” at the U.S.-Mexico border, and a failure to enforce border security and immigration laws. “My censure resolution holds President Biden accountable for his actions—or lack thereof—at … Continued

Democrats are confronting the reality that absent any seismic shifts, their top agenda items face long, if not impossible, odds in the Senate amid growing frustration with the legislative filibuster. After achieving a unified government for the first time since 2010, Democrats pledged to go “big’’ and “bold” after four years of the Trump administration. … Continued