by Jim Heath | Nov 18, 2020 | 2020, Headlines, McCain
Sen.-elect Mark Kelly said he’s looking forward to using the late Sen. John McCain’s old desk in Washington when he enters office, saying the veteran lawmaker was one of his heroes growing up. Kelly, who is expected to be sworn in sometime in December,...
by Jim Heath | Nov 17, 2020 | 2020, Headlines, Kamala Harris
Vice President-elect Kamala Harris was greeted on the Senate floor today with fist-bumps and congratulations by some of the same Republicans who have publicly denied she and President-elect Joe Biden have won the election. Reporters on Capitol Hill, along with...
by Jim Heath | Oct 26, 2020 | 2020, Headlines, Trump
Amy Coney Barrett was confirmed to the Supreme Court tonight by the Senate in a 52-48 vote – with Republican Susan Collins crossing the aisle to vote against her. Donald Trump’s third nominee was not in the chamber to watch the roll call vote, which allows...
by Jim Heath | Oct 12, 2020 | 2020, GOP, Headlines, Supreme Court
Senate Democrats used the first hours of Amy Coney Barrett’s Supreme Court confirmation hearings today to torch the GOP’s decision to ‘rush’ through the process amid a pandemic just week’s before the election – and called it an effort to...
by Jim Heath | Sep 19, 2020 | 2020, Headlines, Supreme Court
If Mark Kelly, the Democratic nominee for Senate in Arizona, unseats Senator Martha McSally, a Republican who was appointed to her seat and began serving last year, he could be sworn in as early as Nov. 30 — possibly in time to vote on a new Supreme Court nominee....
