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On Monday night, Senate Republicans confirmed Donald Trump‘s nominee Amy Coney Barrett as Supreme Court Judge with a vote of 52 for and 48 against. Maine Senator Susan Collins was the only member of the GOP to oppose Barrett’s nomination. Collins is up for re-election later this year, and currently embroiled in a tight race against Sara Gideon. Conservatives now have a 6-3 […]
Amy McGrath has pulled out all the stops to try and oust Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. The army veteran and current member of the US House has run a campaign as a right-wing Democrat, hoping to suck up dissatisfied voters who still might find it hard to shake their dislike of the Democratic Party. […]
The fourth Tuesday of every September is National Voter Registration Day. This year, the holiday falls a month and a half before one of the most crucial elections in modern U.S. history. Typically, every election is critical, but with the COVID-19 pandemic wreaking havoc on our public health, educational system, and economy, the 2020 presidential […]
Sen. Mitt Romney has announced that he supports voting on a Trump nominee to fill the Supreme Court vacancy before the election. In a statement shared early Tuesday that was met with immediate push back from the left, Romney alleged that his decision had been made “based on the immutable fairness of following the law, […]
The Senate is officially on break for the remainder of August, despite failing to reach a coronavirus relief deal. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) announced the decision Thursday, amid stalled negotiations over the next stimulus package. The Senate is expected to return on Sept. 8; however, there’s a slim chance the Senate can be recalled if House Speaker […]
A vote by the Senate Intelligence Committee will require the Defense Department and U.S. intelligence agencies to put together in-depth analysis for public consumption based on the data they have on “unidentfied aerial phenomenon,” according to POLITICO. Put in a way that’s easier to understand, those reports should include all the weird shit that Navy […]
To add even more fuel to the blazing trash fire that is 2020, we now have to worry about the Senate fucking us all over by failing to prohibit warrantless surveillance of internet search and browsing records in connection with the Patriot Act. Earlier this month, Senators Ron Wyden (a Democrat repping Oregon) and Steve Daines (a Republican repping […]
Dr. Anthony Fauci, a leading voice of reason on COVID-19 and thus a consistent target of Trump-related ire, is making sure the U.S. is aware of his stance regarding hasty pushes toward reopening. Sheryl Gay Stolberg of the New York Times reported late Monday that Dr. Fauci had relayed his message via e-mail, noting that […]
Congress has approved a $104 billion aid package that will combat the devastating consequences of coronavirus. The bipartisan bill, dubbed The Families First Coronavirus Response Act, was passed with a vote of 90 to 8 on Wednesday, just days after it was approved by the House. According to CBS News, the emergency package guarantees free testing for […]
Politico reports that Congress plans on raising the minimum age for the purchase of tobacco to 21 as part of a $1.4 trillion spending bill that must be passed by December 20 to avoid a government shutdown. The bipartisan support that this legislation has received is likely in response to the 52 deaths in the United States stemming from the use […]
