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It’s actually happening. Bridget Anne Kelly, the former Chris Christie aide who wrote the “Time for some traffic problems in Fort Lee” email that kicked off the Bridgegate scandal, is
There is evidence that Kelly was used as a scapegoat. And the Mastro report’s theory that she ordered the lane closure because she was dumped by Bill Stepien was indeed baseless and misogynistic. She suffered longer-lasting consequences than many other people involved. But that doesn’t negate Kelly’s actions in the late summer of 2013, and she continues to argue that she was not aware that creating a huge tra
Jan 25, 2021 7:50 PM EDT
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) Sarah Sanders, Donald Trump’s former chief spokeswoman, announced she’s running for Arkansas governor at a time other Republicans are distancing themselves from the former president facing an impeachment charge that he incited the deadly siege at the U.S. Capitol.
But the former White House press secretary, who left the job in 2019 to return to her home state, ran the other direction with an announcement Monday that embraced Trump as much as his rhetoric.
“With the radical left now in control of Washington, your governor is your last line of defense,” Sanders said in a nearly eight-minute video announcing her 2022 bid that prominently featured pictures of the president as well as some of his favorite targets.
(CNSNews.com) - In a taped interview with MSNBC s Rachel Maddow that aired on Monday night, Senate Democrat leader Chuck Schumer said no no way, we will not let Mitch McConnell dictate to us what we will do and not do. Period.
Schumer was talking about McConnell s insistence that the Senate filibuster the 60-vote threshold must be preserved in exchange for Republicans agreeing to a power-sharing agreement in the 50-50 Senate.
As the Schumer interview aired at 9 p.m., McConnell issued a statement saying, I look forward to moving ahead with a power-sharing agreement, given the assurances that two Democrats Sens. Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema have publicly confirmed that they will not vote to end the legislative filibuster.
(CNSNews.com) - In a taped interview with MSNBC s Rachel Maddow that aired on Monday night, Senate Democrat leader Chuck Schumer said no no way, we will not let Mitch McConnell dictate to us what we will do and not do. Period.
Schumer was talking about McConnell s insistence that the Senate filibuster the 60-vote threshold must be preserved in exchange for Republicans agreeing to a power-sharing agreement in the 50-50 Senate.
As the Schumer interview aired at 9 p.m., McConnell issued a statement saying, I look forward to moving ahead with a power-sharing agreement, given the assurances that two Democrats Sens. Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema have publicly confirmed that they will not vote to end the legislative filibuster.
Vilsack confirmation is slowed by Senate fight over rules Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell indicated on Monday evening that he was ready to end the week-long impasse since it appeared Democrats would not eliminate the filibuster. By
1/26/2021 The Senate scheduled confirmation hearings for half a dozen of President Biden’s cabinet nominees this week but Tom Vilsack, seeking to become agriculture secretary for the second time, was not among them. The Agriculture Committee cannot consider his nomination until Senate Republicans and Democrats agree on how to divide power in the chamber, said Senate staff workers on Monday. With the retirement of Sen. Pat Roberts of Kansas, the Agriculture Committee no longer has a chairman who can call a meeting. And with the defeat of committee member Sen. Kelly Loeffler of Georgia in a special election on Jan 5, Republicans no longer have a majority on the panel. Membership is split evenly, 9-9, just as the Senate h