by Jim Heath | Aug 1, 2019 | Headlines
The Senate passed a sweeping two-year budget and debt ceiling deal today, sending the agreement to President Trump’s desk. Senators voted 67-28 to approve the bill, which suspends the debt ceiling until mid-2021 and adds an estimated $1.7 trillion to the deficit over...
by Jim Heath | Jul 29, 2019 | Foreign Affairs, Headlines
The U.S. Senate late today failed to override President Trump’s veto of legislation passed by Congress that would have blocked the sale of certain weapons to Saudi Arabia. By a vote of 45-40, the Senate fell short of the two-thirds votes needed to overturn a...
by Jim Heath | Jul 24, 2019 | 2020, Congress, Headlines, Republicans
Senate Republicans blocked two election security bills and a cyber security measure toay in the wake of former special counsel Robert Mueller warning about meddling attempts during his public testimony. Democrats tried to get consent to pass two bills that would...
by Jim Heath | Jun 20, 2019 | Foreign Affairs, Headlines
The Senate voted to block the sale of billions of dollars of munitions to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates on today, in a sharp and bipartisan rebuke of the Trump administration’s attempt to circumvent Congress to allow the exports by declaring an emergency...
by Jim Heath | Jun 20, 2019 | 2020, Headlines, Republicans
Roy Moore, the polarizing Alabama Republican whose Senate campaign in 2017 was derailed by allegations of sexual misconduct, said today that he would seek a rematch next year. His decision was an unsurprising act of overt defiance toward many of his party’s national...
