by Angelina Campanile, Megan Lebowitz, Evan Ochsner and Zamone Perez | Jan 21, 2020 | Featured, Impeachment, Politics
WASHINGTON – Eleven times Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer rose before Chief Justice John Roberts on Tuesday and Wednesday morning to introduce amendments to allow more evidence in the Senate impeachment trial of President Donald Trump. Each time, those amendments...
by Stephanie Haines | Mar 12, 2014 | Politics
WASHINGTON – The Senate Foreign Relations Committee Wednesday approved legislation that would impose sanctions on Russia for its intervention in Ukraine. The Senate bill would also provide a $1 billion loan to Ukraine and reform the U.S. participation in the...
by Jonathan Palmer | Mar 11, 2014 | Politics
WASHINGTON — A bill to reauthorize major child care legislation will be voted on this week in the Senate with a key Republican joining Democrats to champion the proposal after years of inaction. The Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 2014 would update and...
by Preetisha Sen | Feb 12, 2014 | Business, Politics
WASHINGTON — The Senate passed the bill to suspend the federal debt ceiling until March 2015 on Wednesday after a crucial 67-31 vote to end debate on the measure, with a flurry of support from Republican leadership. The procedural vote for cloture, which...
by Stephanie Haines | Feb 4, 2014 | Environment
WASHINGTON—A bipartisan coalition of senators and congressmen urged President Barack Obama to approve the Keystone XL pipeline, the fourth installment of an operation to channel oil from Canada to Nebraska, at a news conference Tuesday. The $7 billion project proposed...
