Tag: United States Congress
McConnell backs new process to fill Kentucky Senate vacancy
FRANKFORT, Ky. — Mitch McConnell has given his blessing to legislation to change how a vacant U.S. Senate seat would be filled in his...
Stay or go? Fence, Guard pose Capitol security questions
WASHINGTON — Nobody, it seems, wants to keep the security fence around the U.S. Capitol anymore — except the police who fought off the...
Democratic push to revive earmarks divides Republicans
WASHINGTON — Can lawmakers bring home the bacon without it being pork?
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Stay or go? Fence, Guard pose Capitol security questions
<p>WASHINGTON — Nobody, it seems, wants to keep the security fence around the U.S. Capitol anymore — except the police who fought off the...
McConnell backs new process to fill Kentucky Senate vacancy
<p>FRANKFORT, Ky. — Mitch McConnell has given his blessing to legislation to change how a vacant U.S. Senate seat would be filled in his...
Pace of spending for pandemic aid? Try $43,000 every second
BALTIMORE — To pay out his coronavirus relief package, President Joe Biden must spend an average of $3.7 billion every day for the rest...
COVID relief bill could permanently alter social safety net
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package is being hailed by Democrats and progressive policy advocates as a generational expansion of...
Longtime Arizona Rep. Kirkpatrick won’t seek 2022 reelection
TUCSON, Ariz. — U.S. Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick, a five-term Arizona Democrat, announced Friday she won't run for reelection in 2022.
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COVID relief bill could permanently alter social safety net
<p>WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package is being hailed by Democrats and progressive policy advocates as a generational expansion of...
Ex-Coast Guard officer seeks review of terrorism sentence
RICHMOND, Va. — A former Coast Guard lieutenant accused by prosecutors of plotting to kill members of Congress to advance a white nationalist agenda...