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9 hours ago |
thehill.com | Alexander Bolton |Al Weaver
Sens. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) and Patty Murray (D-Wash.) are viewed by Senate insiders as the three lawmakers competing to succeed retiring Sen. Dick Durbin (Ill.) as Senate Democratic whip, the No. 2-ranking member the Senate Democratic leadership. Schatz, the chief deputy whip, appears to be a strong frontrunner for the job as he’s already performing some of the whip’s duties in helping to manage the floor, according to Democratic sources.
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3 days ago |
thehill.com | Alexander Bolton
Republican leaders are rapidly running out of ways to pay for President Trump’s agenda as GOP lawmakers shoot down various proposals to cut spending or increase revenues. Without finding some new ideas, the GOP risks adding trillions of dollars to future deficits by passing Trump’s agenda, something many conservatives are loathe to do. Outside observers are expressing pessimism the Republicans will land on ideas that have enough support to get passed into law.
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6 days ago |
thehill.com | Alexander Bolton
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), who finished in second place to President Trump in the 2016 Republican presidential primary, has distinguished himself from MAGA World by declaring his skepticism of long-term tariffs, remaining a hawk on Russia and coming out against proposals to tax the rich.
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1 week ago |
thehill.com | Alexander Bolton
Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) told a group of nonprofit leaders in her home state earlier this week that she is among many people she knows who are “afraid” about the upheaval President Trump has created in the federal government since taking office in January, and she worries about potential retaliation for criticizing the president. “We are all afraid,” Murkowski told the group who attended an annual leadership summit in Anchorage. “It’s quite a statement.
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1 week ago |
thehill.com | Alexander Bolton
Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) is calling on Attorney General Pam Bondi and the FBI to investigate whether the recent arson attack on Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro’s home is an antisemitic hate crime under federal law. In an April 17 letter to Bondi, Schumer cites what he calls the “deeply troubling allegations that the suspect targeted Gov.
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