#Senate

TheValuesVoter

TheValuesVoter

The two youngest members of Congress:@HawleyMO (Senate)@AOC (House)As different as they may seem, the youngsters have a couple of things strongly in common. They crave attention and they disrespect their

Providence

ProvidenceAve

THREAD: Explanation of Not Supporting GA SenateHot button issue, widely misunderstood1. Kemp/SoS complicit with most insecure voting system nationwide2. Left already stuffing absentee3. GOP not aligned behind fixing GA election

Ezra Klein

ezraklein

Did Schumer win the fight with McConnell? I'm less certain on this than others. He certainly didn't lose it. Sinema and Manchin simply said what they've said before on the

Hayes Brown

HayesBrown

So you’d think that under Trump there would’ve been more successful filibusters than ever given Democratic opposition.Nope. The vast majority of cloture votes passed — the Senate already nuked the

Ali Faruk

FamiliesFwdVA

The @VaSenate Finance & Appropriations Committee begins with a presentation from @RichmondFed Renee Haltom with an economic update. She says the scale of things we're seeing is truly unprecedented. http://virginia-senate.granicus.co

Kelly Moller

KellyForUs

I am beyond frustrated that the Senate GOP walked away from criminal justice reform. The media @StarTribune @MPRpolitics @MinnPost @MNReformer needs to report on what actually happened this special session:

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RKJ65

1./ I know we hoped and many expected that Dems would flip the Senate. I hear the media saying that the fact the Republicans (almost surely) have kept the Senate

ACLU of South Dakota

ACLUSouthDakota

Senate Bill 90, proposed by Sen. Nesiba and Reps. Healy, Duba and Keintz, would recognize hair discrimination as an unfair and discriminatory practice. We support #SB90 because hair texture discrimination

Rhuta Bhayga

RhutaBhayga2

For everyone upset because the Dems did not call witnesses (I was) here's some clarification from several sources, including Del. Stacey Plaskett:1) We would not have seen witnesses testify in

Mueller, She Wrote

MuellerSheWrote

THREAD: My thoughts on the decision not to call witnesses. Please correct me if I'm wrong. This take is based on what I think I know, and there's much I

David Corn

DavidCornDC

New Senate report has damning info on Trump-Russia ties.1. Manafort was in league with a Russian intel official & possibly tied to Putin's attack on 2016 election.2. Trump campaign helped

Jeff Fecke

jkfecke

We all know that the Senate needs to be reformed, and we all know that reform is going to be difficult. But I have a proposal that might actually be

Tokyo Sand

DHStokyo

Ok, guys. Clearly we are in great need of a story. The story of what happened the last time the Senate had an equal 50-50 split.Don't assume you know the

Rick Petree

RickPetree

A lot of talk about 'expelling' GOP members, or 'not seating' them, pointing to supposed Civil War precedents. Here are the facts:https://www.senate.gov/about/powers-procedures/expulsion/CivilWar_Expulsion.htm As war neared,

Disability Justice Network of Ontario

djnontario

We're tuned into Senate (again)! Today will likely be their last debate on #BillC7. We're waiting for a ruling on the Speaker's motion on whether or not to get rid

Eric Boehlert

EricBoehlert

reminder: days after Nov election, DC press was typing up GOP talking points abt how Republicans had GA in the bag. that didn't make any sense to me 7 weeks

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