The controversial “One Big Beautiful Budget Bill” passed the U.S. Senate on Tuesday by the narrowest of margins. With 50 Senators voting in favor and 50 – including three Republicans – opposed, […]
What’s now called the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” is being debated this evening in the U.S. Senate with no final vote as of this writing. According to the Associated Press, at […]
The “Big Beautiful Bill” advocated by President Donald Trump is being debated in the U.S. Senate and voting may not begin until 9 a.m. Monday (6 a.m. Pacific time). According to The […]
The U.S, Senate overcame an attempted filibuster and with bipartisan support approved military aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan on Tuesday night. The vote was 79 in favor and 18 against. The […]
Congress is “halfway there” in appropriating enough money to operate the federal government, as the U.S. Senate on Friday approved a $460 billion spending package on a bipartisan 75-32 vote. President Joe […]
The U.S. Senate, divided on party lines, gave President Joe Biden a victory Sunday for his domestic agenda by passing his proposed “Inflation Reduction Act.” With the two parties evenly divided and […]
The filibuster – a Senate rule that allows a minority to block consideration of a bill favored by the majority – was the winner Thursday. All 50 Republicans and two Democrats – […]
As many as 50,000 to 300,000 more Americans may die of the coronavirus before it is expected to abate in the spring. According to the Associated Press, a computer model indicates that […]
In a rare case of bipartisan cooperation, more than a dozen Republicans joined all Democrats in the U.S. Senate on Thursday to allow a decision on raising the federal debt ceiling on […]
Raise the debt ceiling, let Uncle Sam borrow more money and stave off a government shutdown? Maybe, maybe not. Fiscal drama over Thursday’s deadline to pass a bill funding government operations heightened […]
