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2 weeks ago | 
news8000.com | Morgan Rimmer |Ted Barrett |Ella Nilsen
(CNN) — The Republican-led Senate on Thursday overturned several key Biden-era waivers allowing California to set its own vehicle emissions, a major blow to that state’s effort to regulate pollution from cars and trucks that could have broad environmental impacts for the rest of the country.
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1 month ago | 
wkow.com | Morgan Rimmer |Ted Barrett |Manu Raju
(CNN) - Vice President JD Vance traveled to Capitol Hill late Wednesday to cast a tie-breaking vote in the Senate that killed a bipartisan effort to rebuke President Donald Trump 's trade policy. Earlier in the evening, the Senate rejected the resolution that would have effectively blocked the Trump's global tariffs by revoking the emergency order the president is using to enact them. Two senators who were set to vote for the resolution, GOP Sen. Mitch McConnell and Democratic Sen.
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2 months ago | 
cnn.com | Morgan Rimmer |Ted Barrett
Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) speaks at a rally in support of USAid on the grounds of the U.S. Capitol on February 05, 2025 in Washington, DC. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images CNN — New Jersey Sen.
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2 months ago | 
kesq.com | Veronica Stracqualursi |Morgan Rimmer |Ted Barrett
By Veronica Stracqualursi, Morgan Rimmer and Ted Barrett, CNN(CNN) - Congressional Republicans are grappling with how to respond to senior Trump administration officials' use of a Signal group chat to discuss a military strike, with a key Senate committee requesting a watchdog probe of the matter as some in the GOP say there's no need for further investigation.
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Feb 20, 2025 | 
cnn.com | Clare Foran |Ted Barrett |Morgan Rimmer
A view of the US Capitol Building on February 18, in Washington, DC. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images CNN — Senate Republicans kicked off a marathon vote series Thursday evening in a bid to adopt a budget blueprint, taking the first step to advance President Donald Trump’s sweeping agenda and setting up a clash with the House.
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Jan 28, 2025 | 
cnn.com | Ted Barrett
Senate Democrats on Tuesday voted to filibuster a GOP-led bill to sanction International Criminal Court officials. The measure was designed to punish the ICC for issuing arrest warrants for top Israeli officials. The court issued those warrants last year for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his former defense minister Yoav Gallant and a senior Hamas official, accusing them of war crimes during and after the October 7, 2023, Hamas-led attacks on Israel.
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Jan 24, 2025 | 
thesouthern.com | Morgan Rimmer |Ted Barrett |Manu Raju
(CNN) — The Senate narrowly voted to confirm embattled Pete Hegseth as secretary of the Department of Defense, in a major win for President Donald Trump and his new administration. kAm':46 !C6D:56?E ys '2?46 42DE E96 d`\d_ E:6\3C62<:?8 G@E6 27E6C 7@C>6C v~! {6256C |:E49 |4r@??6== 2?5 v~! $6?D] {:D2 |FC<@HD<: @7 p=2D<2 2?5 $FD2? r@==:?D @7 |2:?6 ;@:?65 s6>@4C2ED E@ @AA@D6 w68D6E9’D ?@>:?2E:@?]k^AmkAmxE H2D ;FDE E96 D64@?5 E:>6 :? 9:DE@CJ E92E 2 G:46 AC6D:56?E 92D 3C@<6?
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Jan 24, 2025 | 
cnn.com | Morgan Rimmer |Ted Barrett |Manu Raju
The Senate narrowly voted to confirm embattled Pete Hegseth as secretary of the Department of Defense, in a major win for President Donald Trump and his new administration. Vice President JD Vance cast the 51-50 tie-breaking vote after former GOP Leader Mitch McConnell and GOP Sens. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Susan Collins of Maine joined Democrats to oppose Hegseth’s nomination.
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Jan 14, 2025 | 
cbs58.com | Morgan Rimmer |Ted Barrett |Manu Raju
By Morgan Rimmer, Ted Barrett and Manu Raju(CNN) - The Senate narrowly voted to confirm embattled Pete Hegseth as secretary of the Department of Defense, in a major win for President Donald Trump and his new administration. Vice President JD Vance cast the 51-50 tie-breaking vote after former GOP Leader Mitch McConnell and GOP Sens. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Susan Collins of Maine joined Democrats to oppose Hegseth's nomination.
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Nov 21, 2024 | 
krdo.com | Tierney Sneed |Ted Barrett
By Tierney Sneed and Ted Barrett, CNN(CNN) — Senate leaders have reached a deal that will smooth the path for Democrats to confirm several of President Joe Biden’s district court nominees, averting Republican procedural tactics that significantly slowed down the process, in exchange for ending efforts to confirm four pending appeals court nominees.
