Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is moving to banking reform legislation — not gun control or other responses to the high school shooting in Florida — next week in the Senate. McConnell has filed a motion to have a procedural vote Tuesday on legislation sponsored by Senate Banking Committee Chairman Mike Crapo (R-Idaho). After […]
Private-Equity Giants Get a Surprise Win in $1.3 Trillion Spending Bill…
McConnell Shelves Gun Bills for Banking Reform…
Broward County School District’s Corruption Runs Deep: Grand Jury Report BLASTS ‘culture of misfeasance and malfeasance’…
“Take The Guns First” – Trump Breaks With Republicans Over Gun-Control Plan…
Georgia Yanks Tax Break for Delta after Airlines Cuts Ties with NRA…
Shutdown Draws Near as Paul Delays Budget Vote…
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) is blocking the Senate from speeding up a budget agreement as Congress lurches closer to a lapse in funding for the federal government. Both the Senate and House need to pass the two-year budget deal, which includes a stopgap funding bill, by midnight Thursday to prevent the second shutdown in less […]
Senate Leaders Near Two-Year Budget Deal to Prevent Shutdown…
Senate leaders are close to a two-year budget deal that would avert a government shutdown, Senate Democratic Leader Charles Schumer (N.Y.) announced Tuesday. The deal would set spending levels for fiscal 2018 and 2019 and avoid the prospect of a government shutdown when a stopgap spending measure expires on Thursday. “There are still some outstanding […]
CIA Head Explains Meeting with Russian Spy Chief…
CIA Director Mike Pompeo is defending a meeting between U.S. and Russian intelligence officials after a top Democratic lawmaker seized on the talks. Pompeo sent a letter to Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) saying he suggested during a press conference earlier this week that “there was something untoward” about the meeting. “Let me assure […]
Shutdown Clock Ticks…
Hopes in Congress for a breakthrough deal on immigration that would avert a potential government shutdown are fading with only a few hours left before federal funding expires at midnight. The Senate is scheduled to vote at 10 p.m. on a four-week spending stopgap passed Thursday by the House but it is expected to fall […]