., cleared House unanimously and passed Senate 97-3, when both chambers were controlled by Democrats. ..…

Troy Heinert, a longtime opponent of the Keystone pipeline, led the Senate opposition to the bill. . ... Troy Heinert, South Dakota’s new state Senate minority leader, is also a rodeo pickup rider and member of the Rosebud Sioux. ..…

BEIRUT WASHINGTON - bomb attack claimed by Islamic State killed two U.S troops and two civilians working for U.S military Syria on Wednesday, weeks after President Donald Trump said the group had been defeated there and that he would pull out all American forces.. ..…

In Senate, the margin is closer, and more Catholics in the chamber are Democrats than Republicans, 12-10. Protestant Senate Republicans, double the number of Protestant Democrats, 40-20.. ..…

State of Union, September 9, 2018 The United States Senate has passed resolution rebuking two Democrat Senators for their critical questioning of nominee due to him being member of Knights of Columbus.. ... In Wednesday evening speech on Senate, Sen. Sasse explained that he introduced..…

Whitaker noted that Religious Freedom Restoration Act had passed House unanimously and Senate by 97-3 vote. Chuck Schumer, now Senate leader, was the one to offer the in House.. ..…

New York State passed two bills on Tuesday protecting transgender and gender non-conforming individuals from discrimination and banning conversion therapy... ..…

For years, State Senate Republicans had blocked both legislative proposals, including May 2018 when New York Senate Investigations & Government Operations Committee defeated GENDA in 5-4 vote that fell on party lines.. New Yorkers for Constitutional Freedoms has denounced the passage of..…

As the Senate Judiciary Committee holds its confirmation hearings for William Barr, the current nominee for Attorney General of the United States, it is clear Barr needs to brush up on his constitutional law, as well as U.S. history.   .   . ..…

The webinar, Facilitated Communication and Down Syndrome, was sponsored by NDSS's Inclusive Education Taskforce and was led by Christy Ashby, PhD, director of Institute on Communication Inclusion, at Syracuse University.. ..…

On this edition of Political Rewind, senate raise their voices frustration over committee assignments, and both Democrats and Republicans back committee chair. ..…

Fox News host Tucker Carlson asked when the doves became cheerleaders for war.. ..…

President Bill Clinton appointed Ginsburg to the Supreme Court in 1993 and the Senate confirmed her, 96-3. . ..…

Trump's AG pick was top cop during the siege and killing of Randy Weaver's wife and son.. ..…

Later, she went to work for the 2000 Senate campaign of Hillary Clinton, a position that brought her within the Clinton inner circle. ... After a seventh woman came forward with similar accusations, Franken announced that he would be resigning from the Senate. . ..…

Senate Intelligence Committee’s report on Russian interference was the intensity of Russia’s efforts to influence African-Americans. . ..…

Virginia State Senate has passed Equal Rights Amendment, House of Delegates to consider, which could pose Constitutional question of legality for the long-desired law.. ... Virginia State Senate has passed resolution for Virginia to ratify Equal Rights Amendment Republicans joined all..…

On January, Senate Republican Conference, 's last line of defense against tax-and-spend, downstate-centric policies, assumed its new role as the minority party in New York State Senate.. ... She is Ranking Republican on Senate committees of Elections and Ethics and Internal..…

Senate's only African American Republican, took Republican Party to task on the issue of racism. ..…

Four Democrats, have made clear steps towards recent weeks, and many more including several of Gillibrand's Senate colleagues, anti- Trump businessman and former Joe Biden waiting in the wings.. ..…

Speaking before the panel presentations, state Senator Jim Beall, D-San Jose, leader on healthcare issues in California legislature, told strikers they have full support of his colleagues in Mental Health Caucus and Senate Select Committee on Mental Health... ..…

Senate’s Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee. . Q: So does that mean the law is immediately dead? ... He got up out of his sickbed, flew to D.C., walked into the Senate chamber and turned his thumb down on repeal. . ..…

Will Congress – including the Republicans who control the Senate – finally step up to their responsibility as a co-equal branch of government to stop Trump? ..…

NNPA Columnist   So, the midterm elections are fast approaching and, with every passing day, ing that the world will end if Republicans take Senate on November 4. ..…

The law, passed Assembly by vote of 100-40 and State Senate by 42-19 margin, largely along party lines.. The measure to ban licensed therapists from subjecting minors to therapy was much more well-received in both chambers, with only three lawmakers in Assembly and four in Senate voting..…

Senate coasters before him on the witness stand, Barr insisted the onus is on Congress to make the law. . ... Barr didn’t address the policy, nor did any member of the Senate Judiciary Committee inquire about Barr’s view on the issue. . . . . . . ..…

And last year, disabled activists occupied local congressional offices and Senate office buildings in D.C. to defend the Affordable Care Act. ..…

It passed House unanimously and was approved 97 to in Senate, at Heritage Foundation Jan 16.. ..…

The Senate Judiciary Committee holds its second day of hearings on William Barr’s nomination to be the country’s next attorney general. . . ..…

Gillibrand revealed November she was still mulling over 2020 presidential run, even though she pledged prior to election she would serve her full six-year term if re-elected to Senate. Franken, Minnesota Democrat and frequent of President Donald Trump, was once considered to be in the..…

Gothamist reports that the measure was in New York State Senate, and that the influx of Democrats allowed the bill to pass 57-4. According to AP, both measures passed Democratic Assembly many times, only to be blocked by Senate.. ..…

He has degree and masters Foreign Service from Georgetown and has worked in US Senate, World Bank, Children's Defense Fund, United Nations Development Programme, and as stringer for Economist. ..…

His current research about Congress touches on the historical development of committees, origins of partisan polarization and Senate elections. . ... Senate Committee on the Judiciary. . Sponsored by the School of Law. . ..…

Supreme Court — So far Trump has won Senate confirmation for two Supreme Court nominees, Justice Neil Gorsuch and Justice Brett M. ... Trump must share responsibility for this record with the Republican majority in the Senate. ..…

Plenty of George Soros money was invested into this black man who was pushed into the United States Senate. ..…

The bizarre quote is sure to come up again should O'Rourke decide to run for president, scenario that looks more likely in the aftermath of his Senate challenge. ..…

Obviously, Republicans control the Senate and are unlikely to cooperate with a Democrat-passed budget resolution from the House, so any Democrat budget will not become law under a concurrent resolution. ... They don’t need the Senate’s approval. With the new rules, the government..…

Throughout its passage through Legislature, Its original purpose remained the same — to promote and regulate elementary and in the state, while only the mere details of the law were changed during the debate process in House and Senate.. ..…

Knights of Columbus has taken number of extreme positions, in written questions, citing the group's contributions to California's Proposition campaign to define marriage as between one man and one woman.. ..…

Gillibrand, has been among Senate's most vocal members on issues like sexual harassment, military sexual assault, equal pay for women leave, issues that could be central to her presidential campaign... ..…

These are bombings against imperialist targets   federal building on Staten Island, National War College at Fort McNair, US Senate November 1982, Israeli Aircraft Industries Building April 1984, South African Consulate September 1984, and NYC Policemen's Benevolent Association February 1985.. ..…

Government employees who are not receiving paychecks during the shutdown have lost about $5,000 each on average so far, according to analysis by The New York Times. ..…

In 1954, Senate voted 58-19 to approve amendment requiring all justices and federal judges to retire at 75, and House never took up the proposal. ..…

He was senator from extremely liberal state who only identified and moreover described as socialist. ..…

Two-hundred thirty-three years ago, the Virginia Senate passed the Statute for Religious Freedom, which remains one of the most eloquent defenses of religious freedom ever written. . ... It passed the House unanimously and was approved 97 to 3 in the Senate. . ..…

Arguably, the injustice and worst crime against the democratic of United States is for cadre to engineer and attempt to carry out coup that subverts the government elected by the people... ..…

Senate that aggressively investigated the CIA and FBI, not the incipient Deep State which investigated the elected politicians of that era. . ..…

Gillibrand was appointed to Senate in 2009 after Clinton left to become secretary of State in Obama administration. ... Gillibrand has been Trump critic and endeared to the anti- Trump resistance by being Senate Democrat. ..…

But they have since 2001 – and it was actually approved by the Senate in 2002 – they are pushing the so-called more usable, low-yield nuclear weapons which are called the B61. ..…