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U.S. Senate to vote on Respect for Marriage Act; several groups...
Several groups argue the Respect for Marriage Act (ROMA) currently before the U.S. Senate is unconstitutional and, if enacted, will eventually be...
Joe Guzzardi: Pro-Environment platform a mid-term winner
The latest mid-term election polling shows that Republicans and Democrats are dead even. In January, the same polling firm Statista had the GOP ahead...
John Cornyn and Ted Cruz: President Joe Biden derelict of duty...
Seven Republican U.S. senators visited the Rio Grande Valley Friday, expressing outrage at the “horrific” situation at the border led by Texas...
Kyrsten Sinema sponsors bill to support Veterans
This week Senator Kyrsten Sinema cosponsored bipartisan legislation, Bill SB544. The bill increases mental health awareness for veterans by establishing a “Buddy Check Week,” helping...
Some in GOP worry new limits will hurt their voters, too
As Republicans march ahead with their campaign to tighten voting laws in political battlegrounds, some in their party are worried the restrictions will backfire...
Mark Kelly joins other leaders to change sexual assault investigations in...
U.S. Senator Mark Kelly has joined a bipartisan group of senators to support a bill that will change the way the military conducts sexual...
GOP largely sides against holding Donald Trump impeachment trial
All but five Senate Republicans voted in favor of an effort to dismiss Donald Trump’s historic second impeachment trial on Tuesday, making clear a...
Donald Trump impeachment goes to Senate, testing his sway over GOP
House Democrats delivered the impeachment case against Donald Trump to the Senate late Monday for the start of his historic trial, but Republican senators...
Parties’ late spending on Senate races shows GOP’s jeopardy
Republicans and Democrats are unleashing millions in eleventh-hour spending to contest Senate seats in states that read like a list of reliable GOP strongholds:...
Senators weigh COVID risk for Amy Coney Barrett Supreme Court hearing
Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett vows to be a justice “fearless of criticism” as the split Senate charges ahead with confirmation hearings on President...