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mcconnell: no gop control over senate trial if house impeaches

Schumer said he anticipates at some point, sitting down with Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York, to agree on a process but that the “balls and strikes” of the proceedings are under the control of Roberts, who was nominated by President George W. Bush and confirmed by the Senate. ...

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liberal groups urge lawmakers to investigate brett kavanaugh

Democrats also took issue with the records released from Kavanaugh's time working for independent counsel Kenneth Starr and in White House for President George W. Kavanaugh's confirmation process was further roiled which prompted Senate Judiciary Committee to testimony from Kavanaugh and..

campaign 2018 -- an e&e special report

E&E Daily Friday, April 20, 2018 The prosecutor who put Don Blankenship behind bars now leads group targeting his opponents in the West Virginia Republican Senate — maneuver by Democrats to win the nomination for the former coal boss.. ..

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conservatives call for federal probe into bloomberg's role in

., capitol of Albany, band of property-rights warriors gathered for Carol W. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, has asked for briefing from Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo about two caravans of migrants..

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cold war arms pact hangs in the balance as bolton meets with putin

When it was signed at the White House, the pact elicited widespread support in the West. The Senate ratified it with a 93-5 vote. European allies rejoiced that the midrange nuclear missiles would no longer be deployed in their backyards. . ..

ending prison rape

The Prison Rape Elimination Act, sponsored, was passed by both House and Senate.  When President George W. Last Thursday — nearly nine years and, as Attorney General Eric Holder said in press release that was issued along with them, they represent critical step forward... ..

is u.s. senate signaling the end of roe v. wade?

While seats in the House of Representatives are allotted according to population, Senate seats are allotted two per state, so that small and sparsely populated states like West Virginia can have equal standing in the Senate with huge states like California. ... Perhaps the 14..

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