Hegseth Surpasses First Confirmation Process, Heads to Final Nail-Biting Vote

Hegseth Surpasses First Confirmation Process, Heads to Final Nail-Biting Vote

Mateo Guillamont
|
January 23, 2025
Secretary of Defense nominee Pete Hegseth recently survived a Senate procedural vote enabling him to be considered for the Defense Secretary position. Hegseth obtained 51 votes in favor and 49 against, surpassing the procedural hurdle by razor thin margins.  Hegseth’s final and decisive confirmation vote is scheduled for Friday, January 24th.  Senate Majority leader John […]
Read More
Trump Opposes PRESS Act, Calls For Senate to Kill Press Protections Passed by House

Trump Opposes PRESS Act, Calls For Senate to Kill Press Protections Passed by House

Mateo Guillamont
|
November 21, 2024
President-elect Donald Trump has signaled his opposition to the bipartisan PRESS Act, passed in the US House of Representatives in January.  The PRESS Act was sponsored by Kevin Kiley (R-CA) and nine other Republican representatives.  It would prohibit the national government from compelling journalists or their employers from releasing information regarding their sources or information […]
Read More
Rick Scott Introduces the 'Let's Get to Work Act'; Embodies Former Campaign Slogan

Rick Scott Introduces the 'Let's Get to Work Act'; Embodies Former Campaign Slogan

Jackson Bakich
|
June 22, 2022
Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) is echoing a familiar slogan yet again. The slogan is “Let’s get to work” and it was Scott’s slogan as he successfully won the governor’s seat in both 2010 and 2014, and it fueled his Senate campaign in 2018. Now the Senator is using this slogan to accommodate his newest bill. […]
Read More
Rubio, Scott Pen Letter Urging Biden to Pressure Maduro

Rubio, Scott Pen Letter Urging Biden to Pressure Maduro

Jackson Bakich
|
June 16, 2022
On Thursday, Sens. Marco Rubio (R-FL) , Rick Scott, Jim Risch (R-ID), and other senators penned a letter to President Joe Biden (D) imploring him to “immediately increase U.S. and international pressure to compel the Maduro regime to free all political prisoners and conduct free and fair elections.” “The March 2022 meeting between senior Biden […]
Read More
Senate Republicans Block Progressive Freedom to Vote Act

Senate Republicans Block Progressive Freedom to Vote Act

Jim McCool
|
October 20, 2021
Elections have become one of the most polarizing issues in American politics, now U.S. Senate candidate US Rep. Val Demings (D-FL) is pressing Senators to vote in favor of the Freedom to Vote Act, which is the senate version of the House For The People Act. The measure was blocked by Senate Republicans by a vote […]
Read More
Senate Republicans Block Capitol Riot Commission Investigation

Senate Republicans Block Capitol Riot Commission Investigation

Javier Manjarres
|
May 28, 2021
Senate Republicans just stuck a fork in the bill to create an independent commission to investigate the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol complex. On a 54-35 vote, only six Republicans voted with Democrats, but Democrats still failed to reach the 60 vote supermajority needed to pass the measure, causing an automatic block of the measure.
Read More
Coronavirus

Coronavirus "has upended' Senate Democrats chances in 2020

Javier Manjarres
|
March 24, 2020
The Coronavirus pandemic has all-but paralyzed the political world, but while Republicans don’t appear worried about their chances of retaining The White House and Senate, and winning back the House, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) is a little worried about their chances of winning the Senate in 2020.
Read More