Dr. Mehmet Oz heads to the Senate with pitch to oversee America's health insurance programs
Dr. Mehmet Oz, President Donald Trump's pick to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, will testify before the ...
Ethics panel deadlocks on complaints against senator charged with felony — again
The Senate Subcommittee on Ethics deadlocked 2-2 on partisan lines on two new complaints against Sen. Nicole Mitchell, ...
Schumer will clear the way for GOP spending bill, breaking with his party
Sen. Chuck Schumer of New York broke with his party Thursday and lined up enough Democrats to advance a Republican-written bill to keep federal funding flowing past a Friday night deadline.
Colorado’s two U.S. senators say they will vote no on Republican-drafted spending bill
Colorado’s two U.S. senators, Democrats Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper, both say they intend to vote no on a Republican-drafted spending bill as the federal government lurches toward ...
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MN Senator Nicole Mitchell addresses Senate Ethics Committee for first time
Minnesota State Senator Nicole Mitchell (DFL-Woodbury) spoke to the Senate Ethics Committee for the first time without legal counsel present on Thursday morning, testifying against two separate ethics ...
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Government & Politics North Dakota Senate rejects resolution opposing same-sex marriage
Sen. Diane Larson, R-Bismarck, introduced the resolution and told lawmakers to vote how they saw fit. The Senate Judiciary Committee, which Larson chairs, voted 6-1 on Wednesday to advance the ...
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MN Senate Ethics Committee again deadlocks on Mitchell complaints
For the first time since her arrest for burglary nearly a year ago, Minnesota DFL Sen. Nicole Mitchell spoke publicly at a ...
Schumer to support GOP funding bill, unwilling to risk government shutdown as deadline nears
Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer relented Thursday rather than risk a government shutdown, announcing he's ready to ...
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Schumer backs down on fight against GOP’s government funding bill as Democrats face reckoning over Trump strategy
Veteran Democrats privately believed Chuck Schumer’s decision on the shutdown was inevitable. Others were ready for the top Senate Democrat to lead them into their ...
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Senator Hagerty’s stablecoin bill clears Senate Banking Committee
Senator Bill Hagerty led the legislation with support from Tim Scott, the committee’s chairman, as well as Senators Kirsten ...
Lawmakers advance CYFD oversight bill, defying warnings from governor's administration
SANTA FE — New Mexico lawmakers are forging ahead with a bill establishing outside oversight of the state's troubled child welfare agency, despite opposition from the agency's secretary. The ...