Tag: US Senate
Can Trump and McConnell get through the 4 steps to seat...
Caren Morrison, Georgia State University
United States Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died on Sept. 18, thrusting the acrimonious struggle for control of the...
Business liability shield is holding up another coronavirus bailout – a...
Timothy D. Lytton, Georgia State University
Senate Republicans’ push to grant companies sweeping immunity from civil liability for failure to adequately protect workers and customers...
Limiting Senate inquiry ignores Founders’ intent for impeachment
Clark D. Cunningham, Georgia State University
Senators will soon decide whether to dismiss the articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump without hearing any witnesses....
Impeachment trial senators swear an oath aimed at guarding ‘against malice,...
Susan P. Fino, Wayne State University
The 100 United States senators who are jurors in the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump have taken a...
Senators’ silence suggests they may be taking their impeachment trial duty...
Lynne H. Rambo, Texas A&M University
Several Republican senators have taken a “vow of silence” on the impeachment inquiry in the House of Representatives.
Maine...
The Senate filibuster explained – and why it should be allowed...
Daniel Wirls, University of California, Santa Cruz
Sen. Elizabeth Warren is the latest Democrat to argue an arcane Senate rule governing debate stands in the...
Keith Krach Confirmed as Under Secretary During U.S. Senate Confirmation Vote...
Washington DC (Life & News) — At 2:30pm EDT on Thursday, June 20th, 2019, during the United States Senate's 116th Congress, 1st Session, Keith...
Will John McCain be the last Republican leader in the Senate...
Tim Profeta, Duke University
“He was just doing his job.”
When I asked a longtime staffer to Sen. John McCain why the senator battled to address...
EXPLORING NATURE
The western US is in a snow drought, and storms have...
Alejandro N. Flores, Boise State University
Much of the western U.S. has started 2026 in the midst of a...
