Tag: United States Senate
Arizona election audit enters new phase as ballot count ends
PHOENIX — Technology consultants hired by Arizona Senate Republicans to probe the 2020 election have finished counting and photographing nearly 2.1 million ballots from...
Key GOP senators balk at terms of Biden infrastructure bill
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden's bipartisan infrastructure deal has been thrown in doubt as Republican senators said they felt “blindsided” by his insistence that...
In Georgia, Herschel Walker puts GOP in a holding pattern
ATLANTA — The recently ousted former senator who wants her old job back. A football hero considering his first run for office. Little-known politicians...
Analysis: Biden rebuts doubts, wins bet on bipartisanship
NEW YORK — Day after day, as the partisan battle lines hardened on Capitol Hill over President Joe Biden’s domestic agenda, his calls for...
Wisconsin’s Johnson to tout claims of vaccine side effects
MADISON, Wis. — Republican U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, a vocal critic of COVID-19 vaccine mandates, announced plans Friday to hold a news conference bringing...
Senate OKs bill to certify farm practices limiting emissions
The U.S. Senate has approved a measure intended to encourage greater use of farming and forestry practices that prevent greenhouse gas emissions and remove...
US seeks ways to recruit, retain wildland firefighters
BOISE, Idaho — U.S. wildfire managers are considering shifting from seasonal to full-time firefighting crews to deal with what has become a year-round wildfire...
Biden extols bipartisan infrastructure deal as a good start
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden has announced a hard-earned bipartisan agreement on a pared-down infrastructure plan that would make a start on his top...
Election bill defeat revives fight over Senate rules
WASHINGTON — The filibuster is here to stay, for now.
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Bipartisan senators reach tentative plan on infrastructure
WASHINGTON — A bipartisan group of senators reached a tentative framework on an infrastructure deal Wednesday ahead of a crucial meeting with President Joe...
