Sanders won't back Schumer as Democratic leader
Sen. Bernie Sanders said Tuesday he won't support Sen. Chuck Schumer as Democratic leader in the new Congress, becoming the most prominent progressive to oppose his candidacy to date.
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Sen. Bernie Sanders said Tuesday he won't support Sen. Chuck Schumer as Democratic leader in the new Congress, becoming the most prominent progressive to oppose his candidacy to date.
Sens. Chris Murphy and Alex Padilla have spent the past two days calling colleagues to whip opposition to the DHS funding bill, according to a source familiar with the process.
President Trump posted on social media that Democratic lawmakers who urged members of the military to disobey illegal orders should be arrested and face trial for "seditious behavior."
Senate Democrats are trying to force the Justice Department to release the Epstein files using a little-known law.
Schumer, the top Jewish elected official in the U.S., said statements "raise serious concerns about antisemitic motivation."
"I myself don't give away anything for nothing," Rep. Nancy Pelosi said about Schumer's handling of last week's government shutdown vote.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer's postponements come amid expected protests in response to his vote to advance a Republican measure to avert a shutdown.
House Speaker Mike Johnson is looking for a path forward to keep the government open after the of the month.
The decision to invite Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to address Congress comes amid deep political divides across the U.S. over the war in Gaza.
The bill failed for a second time, and Democrats are trying to use Republicans' opposition to shift public opinion on immigration in their favor.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced on Wednesday that the chamber would consider the legislation, called the Right to Contraception Act, in June.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, the highest-ranking Jewish elected official in the U.S., said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has "all too frequently bowed to the demands of extremists."
A $95 billion aid package for Ukraine, Israel and the Indo-Pacific is slowly making its way through the Senate after a series of setbacks.
The Senate advanced a short-term spending measure as the government faces a Friday deadline to avert a partial shutdown.
The agreement is central to avoiding a government shutdown later this month.
Republicans want stricter border security measures in exchange for Ukraine funding.
Sen. Chuck Schumer said a bipartisan group of U.S. senators visiting Israel was having lunch on Sunday when warning sirens went off.
The attack has killed at least 700 people in Israel so far, with hundreds more injured and an unknown number of people taken hostage by Hamas.
House Republicans' efforts to pass four spending bills would not avert a government shutdown.
While Schumer said he will still wear a suit, other senators can now wear whatever they want.
The legislation now goes to President Biden's desk, pulling the nation back from the brink of a financial crisis.
Feinstein, who has been absent since February because of health problems, asked for a temporary replacement on the panel.
The announcement came hours after the passage of a bill incentivizing semiconductor chip production.
