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Democrats sweeping election overhaul bill hits roadblock with tie vote in Senate panel Sahil Kapur and Frank Thorp V © Provided by NBC News WASHINGTON — Democrats hit roadblocks Tuesday as they sought to advance their massive voting and election overhaul bill to the full Senate after a long and contentious committee session. The Senate Rules Committee vote on whether to move the legislation forward concluded with a predictable 9-9 tie along party lines, trapping the bill in ...

Bidens first 100 days: A look at what the president has done since taking office Published  President Biden Speaks on COVID-19, vaccines and mask mandates President Biden speaks, moments after the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updates its COVID-19 guidelines for childrens summer camps. WASHINGTON - On Thursday, 100 days will have gone by since President Joe Biden took the oath of office. Presidents usually mark the milestone by touting accomplishments and promises kept during...

Bidens first 100 days: A look at what the president has done since taking office Published  President Joe Biden’s Full Remarks to Joint Session of Congress President Biden, in his first address to a joint session of Congress Wednesday night, laid out his vision for America. WASHINGTON - On Thursday, 100 days will have gone by since President Joe Biden took the oath of office. Presidents usually mark the milestone by touting accomplishments and promises kept during their first three months. I...

Richard Cook for VT President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion Covid Relief Bill, AKA “The American Rescue Plan”, passed Saturday night in the Senate on a party line vote of 50 Democrats vs. 49 Republicans. The Plan may be viewed by history as the start of an entirely new era of U.S. governance. The Plan is being viewed by many as a resurgence of the New Deal, and with good reason. Government that benefits all the people, not just the elite and their trickle-down minions, is back. It may not be...

Hiding Out in Cancun: What TX Nurses Are Saying About Ted Cruz There’s a new scandal taking the media by storm. Texas senator Ted Cruz caused an uproar late last week when he was seen flying to Cancun, Mexico with his family as millions of Texans were left without heat and power in the middle of a snowstorm. Dangerously low temperatures and freezing pipes pummeled the state’s infrastructure, leading to rolling power outages. Residents were trapped inside their homes, forced to burn furnitur...

Photos circulating on Twitter late Wednesday purport to show Texas Senator Ted Cruz on a flight to Cancun, Mexico.

Cruz’s jaunt across the border happened while hundreds of thousands of homes in Texas are on their fourth day without power or heat

Such a Ted Cruz thing to do that most people aren't even surprised, just disgusted as usual.

After facing intense online criticism for travelling to Mexico while many in his state were without power, heat or water, Texas senator Ted Cruz has boarded a plane back home. Overnight, images of a man bearing a striking resemblance to Cruz surfaced on Twitter, purporting to show the senator at an airport and on an airplane to Mexico. By morning, “Cancun” was trending on Twitter, as journalists, political advisors, and everyday users accepted...