The House approved the measure on a 406-21 vote, with all opposition coming from Republicans. Only 12 House Republicans voted against the March measure bestowing the Gold Medal, another sign of how GOP sentiment of the rioters has softened in the months since the mob overran the Capitol. Several Republicans have subsequently downplayed the danger […]
The news comes as NATO leaders are increasingly aligning themselves with Washington’s confrontational stance on Beijing. Four years after former President Donald Trump made countering China a top foreign policy priority, NATO allies this week declared Beijing a security challenge and said the Chinese are working to undermine global order. The discussions grew out of […]
“The number’s important, but the quality of the nominee is even more important,” said Senate Judiciary Chair Dick Durbin (D-Ill.). “So we’re being supportive and careful that the people who come before the committee are ready to serve.” Durbin added that he’s urging Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer to “move our judges as quickly as […]
“It’ll be awful hard to get those moderate Democrats to be for that,” Thune said. “The stars are kind of lining up for an infrastructure bill. And if you do do something bipartisan on that, then I think doing something partisan on reconciliation — in some ways, with certain Democrats — it gets a lot […]
During the meeting, “NATO leaders reaffirmed their commitment to continue to stand with Afghanistan with training and financial support for Afghan forces and institutions,” Stoltenberg said. Training of the Afghan security forces, especially the special forces, will take place at an undetermined location outside Afghanistan, a NATO spokesperson said after Stoltenberg’s remarks. Training and advice […]
The Democratic state lawmakers are set to hold meetings with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi; Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), who chairs the Senate committee with jurisdiction over the “For the People Act” and other elections-related legislation; and Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), the lead sponsor of the Senate version of the bill. They’re also slated to meet […]
The White House has been hesitant to abandon talks with centrist Democrats and Republicans, leading a growing number of progressive lawmakers in both chambers to decry the slow pace of negotiations. This past week a handful of Democratic senators shot off warning tweets at the White House, threatening to withhold support for infrastructure bills without […]
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“It’s not a surprise that you’ve seen some countries express, pretty straightforwardly, their dissatisfaction with the way things were done,” said one European official, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss a sensitive topic. “This is another example of one of the issues where within NATO, we should be more substantially discussing and consulting with […]
In a statement Tuesday, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said that Biden was disappointed that “while he was willing to reduce his plan by more than $1 trillion, the Republican group had increased their proposed new investments by only $150 billion.” Psaki also said that Capito’s offer didn’t “meet the essential needs of our […]
The CBC’s membership has largely been comprised by Democrats, and while it has included Black Republicans in the past, some have made a point not to join the group. Currently there are no GOP members of Congress in the CBC. Unlike Donalds, other first-term members were brought into the CBC early this year. A BuzzFeed […]