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February 8, 2021

Cornyn: Progressives have Schumer 'scared' of primary challenge in 2022

Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, reacted Monday to rumblings that Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer, D-N.Y. is expressing farther-left politics than normal because he fears a 2022 primary challenge from a New York progressive like Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

February 5, 2021

Left-wing 'dark money' groups pressure Democrats to kill filibuster, pack Supreme Court

On Friday dozens of progressive nonprofits wrote a letter to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer demanding he take steps to eliminate the Senate filibuster. 

February 5, 2021

Senate adopts budget resolution for coronavirus relief after Republicans squeeze Dems in marathon vote-a-rama

The "vote-a-rama" in the Senate that started at about 2:30 p.m. Thursday concluded shortly before 6 a.m. Friday after a marathon process in which Republicans forced Democrats to take votes on tough issues for more than 15 hours. 

February 4, 2021

Democrats urge Biden to cancel up to $50k in student loan debt by executive action

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Rep. Ayanna Pressley on Thursday urged President Biden use his executive authority to cancel up to $50,000 in student loan debt for federal student loan borrowers.

February 3, 2021

Gregg Jarrett: Democrats' impeachment of Trump – here's why this is a lost cause

The inexorable outcome of the Senate trial set to begin on Feb. 8, 2021, was ordained the moment 45 Republicans voted last week to dismiss the case against Trump on the ground that the Senate "lacks jurisdiction over the 45th president because he holds no public office from which he can be removed."

February 3, 2021

Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick lies in honor at Capitol; Biden, others pay respects

Lawmakers and others held another memorial service Wednesday for Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick in the Capitol Rotunda, where he has been lying in honor since Tuesday evening after dying last month from injuries suffered during the Jan. 6 riot at the building that he helped defend.

February 3, 2021

McConnell: Biden talks 'unity' but White House staff, Dem leadership have different 'playbook' on COVID talks

Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell, in comments on the Senate floor Wednesday, alleged that President Biden's staff and Democrats in Congress are preventing the president from making a deal with Republicans on coronavirus relief. 

February 3, 2021

Schumer, McConnell strike deal on Senate power-sharing agreement

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced Wednesday he sealed a deal with GOP Leader Mitch McConnell on a new power-sharing agreement for Democrats to control the agenda in the Senate.

February 2, 2021

Schumer says Dems could censure Trump if impeachment trial ends in acquittal

Few Senate Republicans have indicated a willingness to vote against Trump, making the 67-vote threshold required to convict him a dim proposition for Democratic leaders.

February 2, 2021

McConnell rips DHS nominee Mayorkas for creating an 'unethical favor factory for Democratic Party royalty'

Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell blasted President Biden's pick to lead the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) as an "ethically-compromised partisan lawyer" who abused his power during the Obama administration.