The measure could reduce thousands of sentences and save the federal government millions of dollars in incarceration costs. Still, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says the bill is unlikely to be put up for a vote this year.
McCarthy thinks the red tilt of many of the areas Democrats will represent when they take the House majority gives the GOP an opportunity.
President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced his support for a bipartisan measure that would overhaul the nation's criminal justice system, saying that it's the "it's the right thing to do."
The Arizona Republican, who did not seek re-election and will retire at the end of his term, made the announcement on the Senate floor, minutes after Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., objected to his attempt to bring up the bill.
Utah Republican Senate elect Mitt Romney plans to submit requests to join at least three Senate committee posts, including the Finance and Commerce committees.
The California Republican and current majority leader put down a leadership bid from Rep. Jim Jordan.
WASHINGTON, Nov 14- Top U.S. Senate Democrat Chuck Schumer said on Wednesday that President Donald Trump should not interfere in lawmakers' negotiations if he wants a smooth government funding process. "We believe if President Trump stays out of the appropriations process, we can get good bipartisan agreement and government can move smoothly forward," Schumer...
Republican Senator Jeff Flake and Democratic Senator Chris Coons said they would take to the Senate floor at around 4:15 p.m. EST, to ask for their colleagues' consent to allow a vote that could anger President Donald Trump, who has repeatedly dismissed the federal probe as a "witch hunt." Another party leader, Senate Republican whip John Cornyn, has said he favors...
The slate of Senate leaders for both major political parties will be elected Wednesday, and while most of the top brass are expected to hold onto their power, a few key shifts are expected.
WASHINGTON, Nov 13- Republican U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham said on Tuesday he supported a bill that would protect Special Counsel Robert Mueller from any politically motivated firings and would urge Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to allow a vote on it. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley said he also supported the bill but would not...
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is already up and working in her hospital room, a day after breaking three ribs in a fall, her nephew said late on Thursday at the Hollywood premiere of a film about her life.
WASHINGTON, Nov 7- The top Democrat in the U.S. House of Representatives pledged a new era of congressional scrutiny over President Donald Trump on Wednesday, shrugging off White House threats of political warfare if Democrats launch investigations into his affairs. Trump earlier threatened to forgo any attempt at bipartisanship and urge retaliatory...
WASHINGTON, Nov 7- The incoming head of the U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee wants the White House to back significant additional federal funds to rebuild crumbling U.S. roads, bridges and airports, as President Donald Trump suggested on Wednesday a deal could be had. A Trump administration plan unveiled in February 2017 designed to...
OTTAWA, Nov 7- Canada has no particular concerns over the fate of a new continental trade deal after U.S. elections that gave Democrats control of the House of Representatives, a senior official said on Wednesday. Some U.S. commentators are already predicting that the U.S.- Mexico- Canada pact agreed in late September could face problems when the new House...
WASHINGTON, Nov 7- The top Democrat in the U.S. House of Representatives pledged a new era of congressional scrutiny over President Donald Trump on Wednesday, shrugging off White House threats of political warfare if Democrats launch investigations into his affairs. Trump earlier threatened to forego any attempt at bipartisanship and urge retaliatory...
Sen. Lindsey Graham says that the constituents of those Democratic incumbents who voted against Kavanaugh "held them responsible for being part of a despicable smear campaign orchestrated by the left."
WASHINGTON, Nov 7- Armed with subpoenas and a list of grievances, a handful of lawmakers will soon be leading investigations likely to make President Donald Trump's life a lot tougher, now that Democrats have won a U.S. House of Representatives majority. Hours after Democrats captured control of the House, Trump fired back on Twitter early on Wednesday that House...
Now, unleashed by a decisive Republican victory in the Senate in Tuesday's midterm elections, the president's ability to shape the ideological makeup of the federal judiciary has only increased.
Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) comments on discussing a possible bipartisan infrastructure deal with House majority leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.).
WASHINGTON, Nov 7- Armed with subpoenas and a long list of grievances, a small group of lawmakers will lead the investigations poised to make President Donald Trump's life a lot tougher now that Democrats have won a majority in the U.S. House of Representatives. Democrats said Republican lawmakers will no longer be able to protect Trump from a watchful Congress.
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