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July 20, 2020

Schumer calls on Dems to be ready to oppose GOP coronavirus bill drafted by McConnell

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer urged fellow Democrats to block the coronavirus bill being drafted by Majority Leader Mitch McConnell if it falls short of the many Democratic priorities included in the House’s HEROES Act.

July 16, 2020

Schumer unveils $350B Economic Justice Act to fight 'systemic racism'

Senate Democrats on Thursday released a $350 billion plan to tackle "systemic racism" and "historic underinvestment" in communities of color that have been hardest hit by the coronavirus pandemic and economic downturn. 

July 11, 2020

Nonprofit watchdog files complaint against Hickenlooper's Senate campaign alleging illegal coordination

A Washington, D.C. based nonprofit watchdog filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) against John Hickenlooper's U.S. Senate campaign this week, accusing the former Colorado governor of illegally coordinating with an outside group. 

July 8, 2020

7 of 47 in Senate Dems Caucus have mostly non-white staffs, survey shows

Seven out of 47 senators who caucus with the Democrats have a team made up of at least 50 percent of staffers who identify as “non-Caucasian,” according to new data.

July 2, 2020

Pelosi denies prior knowledge of Russia bounty reports: 'Intelligence community should have brought it to us'

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she wasn't aware that U.S. intelligence officials believed Russian was paying bounties to Afghan fighters to kill American soldiers and said she should have been briefed on such "consequential" information.

July 2, 2020

Watch: McConnell says Democrats are 'threatening' institutions, declaring 'war on the rulebook itself'

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., on the Senate floor Thursday tore into Democrats for allegedly "threatening" the courts, the Senate and other "governing institutions" to get their way on policy. 

July 2, 2020

Sen. Tom Cotton: When Trump gets hawkish on Russia, Dems 'curl up in the fetal position'

Although Democrats claim to be outraged over explosive reports alleging that President Trump had been aware of classified intelligence indicating that Russia offered bounties to the Taliban for the deaths of American soldiers, when the administration gets "hawkish" on Russia they "curl up in the fetal position," Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., said.

July 1, 2020

Schumer: Trump won't veto defense bill over renaming military bases

The White House has repeatedly said changing the names of military bases was a nonstarter

July 1, 2020

Sen. Thom Tillis: Democrat majority in Senate — goodbye filibuster and hello radical, socialist agenda

It’s time for Senate Democrats to come clean about their plan to fundamentally transform America through one simple procedural vote. 

June 27, 2020

Doug Schoen: Democratic divide between progressives and moderates is good news for Trump

Strong showings by several left-leaning underdog Democratic candidates in Tuesday’s primaries reveal the ascendancy of the progressive movement within the party and pose risks to Democratic chances to win general election races in November.