House votes to force rail companies, workers, to agree and avoid strike
December 1, 2022
President Joe Biden urges the Senate to take quick action so he can sign the bill and avoid a serious threat to the economy.
McConnell supports presidential vote certification improvements
September 28, 2022
The only committee vote against the decision to send the bill to the Senate floor came from election denier Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas.
Democrats put same-sex marriages on back burner until after midterms
September 16, 2022
The vote could be a factor in votes that neither party wants to face right now.
GOP filibuster aborts effort to turn Roe v. Wade into federal law
May 12, 2022
Democrats may control the Senate (barely) but that is not enough to abide by the will of the majority of Americans who oppose outlawing abortion
Schumer plans vote on easing filibuster rules to pass stalled bills
January 3, 2022
The Senate majority leader says it is time to take needed action.
Arizona vote audit: Where GOP fraud fantasies thrive
May 11, 2021
The purported recount no longer even pretends to be anything other than a partisan attempt to overthrow a legal election
Judiciary Committee sends impeachment to House of Reps.
December 13, 2019
The Democratic-majority House is expected to approve the charges against Trump next week, but the Republican-controlled Senate is likely to acquit him after a January trial.
House votes 420-0 for public release of Mueller report
March 14, 2019
The House voted unanimously Thursday for a resolution calling for any final report in special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation to be made public, a
Did Jeff Flake save the day or just delay the obvious?
September 29, 2018
The tension in the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing room was almost unbearable in the hours and minutes before Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake announced that he
Senate Republicans: Americans or just party hacks?
September 28, 2018
After a day that alternated from the gut-wrenching testimony of a woman who talked about a life-changing assault on her more than three decades ago