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A rocky start for the transfer of power—in the Senate “It’s not the end of the world in the short term if it doesn’t pass,” said James Wallner, a resident senior fellow for governance at the center-right R Street Institute, of prospects for an organizing resolution. “But if you want a Senate that’s going to be productive and kind of get into the regular flow of business, it does need to have committee members who are interested in being committee members and holding hearings, and ...

McConnell also lacks special powers when it comes to ending debate on presidential nominations. Senators could filibuster presidential nominations before 2013 and 2017, when Democrats and Republicans, respectively, used the nuclear option to circumvent the Senate’s rules permitting unlimited debate unless three-fifths of senators duly chosen and sworn, typically 60, vote to invoke cloture or to end debate on a nominee. Consequently, 51 senators can now schedule a final confirmation vote on Bi...

By the time the sun sets on Joe Biden’s first half-day as president, he will have signed nearly twenty orders, memoranda, and other documents to begin combatting what he and his advisers describe as “a quartet of crises” after four years of Trump.

The new power of Blumenthal and Murphy in a 50-50 Senate FacebookTwitterEmail U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy speaks during an interview following a meeting at a Southwest Community Health Center facility in Bridgeport, Conn. Oct. 13, 2020.Ned Gerard / Hearst Connecticut Media WASHINGTON — Soon after the presidential inauguration on Wednesday, U.S. Sens. Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy will step into a Senate majority for the first time since 2015. And it will mark the first time Democrats have he...

How Schumer will share power in a 50-50 Senate FacebookTwitterEmail 1of5 Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer works on a speech in his office on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021. Schumer is poised to become New Yorks first Senate majority leader. (Erin Schaff/The New York Times)ERIN SCHAFF/New York TimesShow MoreShow Less 2of5 Former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle (D-SD) participates in his Senate Confirmation hearing before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee ...

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51 Is Greater Than 1 And what else you need to know today. Good morning. The Senate seems to have a deal on virus relief — despite Mitch McConnell’s “red line.” Image Mitch McConnell speaking at the Capitol on Tuesday.Credit...Pool photo by Rod Lamkey Over the spring and summer, Mitch McConnell repeatedly declared that he had a litmus test for any new coronavirus stimulus bill: It had to protect businesses from lawsuits from workers or customers who contracted the virus. “We have a re...

Ahead of the midterms, revealing divisions, dysfunction, and jockeying agendas within congress and the west wing. the folks at vox write today about the emerging struggle between gop lawmakers and the leadership. quote, when members look behind the curtain and the emperor has no clothes, then it becomes contagious, said james wallner, a political scientist and former executive director of the senate steering committee. and thats what leaders dont like. so far they have been successful in convinc...

Quote, "when members look behind the curtain and the emperor has no clothes, then it becomes contagious, said james wallner, a political scientist and former executive director of the senate steering committee. and thats what leaders dont like. so far they have been successful in convincing members that its not good for the majority." well, with us tonight is bill kristol, a veteran of the reagan and bush administrations, editor at large of "the weekly standard," who not unlike the von trap fami...

Divisions, dysfunction, and jockeying agendas within congress and the west wing. the folks at vox write today about the emerging struggle between gop lawmakers and the leadership. quote, when members look behind the curtain and the emperor has no clothes, then it becomes contagious, said james wallner, a political scientist and former executive director of the senate steering committee. and thats what leaders dont like. so far they have been successful in convincing members that its not good for...