Senate Republicans block bipartisan border package, then scramble to find support for Ukraine aid

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Published
February 7, 2024

Senate Republicans block bipartisan border package, then scramble to find support for Ukraine aid

A deeply divided Republican conference was scrambling to find support for the wartime funding, even though it has been a top priority for Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell.
Published
February 5, 2024

U.S. Senate border security bill includes faster work permits for asylum seekers

Maine's congressional delegation has been pushing to let asylum seekers work sooner, although the prospects appear dim for the bipartisan Senate bill that contains Sen. Susan Collins' provision on speeding up work permits.
Published
January 25, 2024

Senate deal on border and Ukraine at risk of collapse as Trump pushes stronger measures

Senate negotiators have been striving for weeks to finish a carefully negotiated compromise on border and immigration policy that is meant to tamp down the number of migrants who come to the U.S. border with Mexico.
Published
January 18, 2024

House, Senate pass short-term bill averting government shutdown until March

Far-right House conservatives were furious over the move, which sends the bill to President Biden to sign into law and keep the government open.
Published
October 23, 2023

Sen. Menendez enters not guilty plea to a new conspiracy charge

The rewritten indictment added a charge alleging that the senator, his wife and a businessman conspired to have Bob Menendez act as an agent of the government of Egypt and Egyptian officials.

Published
October 1, 2023

California governor names Laphonza Butler, former Kamala Harris adviser, to fill Feinstein’s Senate seat

In choosing Butler, a Democratic strategist, Gov. Gavin Newsom fulfilled his pledge to appoint a Black woman if the late Dianne Feinstein’s seat should become open.
Published
September 27, 2023

Sen. Bob Menendez pleads not guilty to pocketing bribes in a wide-ranging corruption case

Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey was released on a $100,000 bond after pleading not guilty to federal charges in a case accusing him of pocketing bribes of cash and gold bars.
Published
September 19, 2023

Senate ditches dress code as Pennsylvania’s Fetterman and others choose casual clothes

Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine argues that the relaxed rules debase the institution of the Senate and joked, 'I plan to wear a bikini tomorrow to the Senate floor.'
Published
August 26, 2023

Auction will include 1941 Plymouth owned by Margaret Chase Smith

The late U.S. senator's car will be auctioned Sunday with a starting bid of $7,500, but Thomaston Place Auction Galleries estimates it will sell for at least twice that amount.
Published
June 1, 2023

Just days to spare, Senate gives final approval to debt ceiling deal, sending it to Biden

President Biden said he would sign the bill into law as soon as possible. "This bipartisan agreement is a big win for our economy and the American people,” the president said.

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