Category: sen. richard blumenthal

PGA Tour Will Appear Before a Senate Panel Investigating Its Deal With Saudi Backers of LIV

WASHINGTON—The PGA Tour said Wednesday, June 21, that it would appear next month before a Senate subcommittee whose leader asked executives from the tour, Saudi golf interests and LIV Golf to testify as Congress investigates the business agreement. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., announced that the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations would hold a hearing on…


Democrats Introduce Bicameral Bill Banning Arms Sales to Saudi Arabia After OPEC+ Decision

Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) on Oct. 11 introduced legislation that would ban arms sales to Saudi Arabia for a year. Saudi Arabia, long one of the best allies of the United States in the otherwise turbulent and hostile region, has faced attacks by Democrats recently due to a decision by…


Senate Confirms Biden Nominee Dettelbach as ATF Director

The Senate voted on July 12 to confirm Steve Dettelbach as head of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF). The 48–46 vote broke down mostly along party lines, with some Republicans joining Democrats to confirm Dettelbach, who was appointed by President Joe Biden. Dettelbach received the support of two Republicans—Sens. Susan Collins (R-Maine)…


U.S. Senators Meet With Ukrainian President, Discuss Designating Russia as ‘State Sponsor of Terrorism’

U.S. Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the capital city of Kyiv on June 7 to discuss legislation that would assign a terrorism designation to Russia. The proposed bill seeks to designate Moscow as a “state sponsor of terrorism” and would place Russia alongside countries like…


US Senators Meet With Ukrainian President, Discuss Designating Russia as ‘State Sponsor of Terrorism’

U.S. Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the capital city of Kyiv on July 7 to discuss legislation that would assign a terrorism designation to Russia. The proposed bill seeks to designate Moscow as a “state sponsor of terrorism” and would place Russia alongside countries like…


Chronological Feed Coming to Instagram in 2022, Might Lessen Impact on Children: Mosseri

The head of Instagram said on Wednesday that the social media platform is working on a version that features a time-based feed, in a congressional hearing regarding the adverse impacts of the app on young children. “We believe in more transparency and accountability and we believe in more control. That’s why we’re currently working on…


Deep Dive (Oct. 8): Sen. Blumenthal: 800 Americans & Allies Made It out of Afghanistan

The Senate voted to raise the nation’s debt limit into December after eleven Republicans broke ranks to join Democrats in breaking a filibuster. The short-term increase now heads to the House. The deal between Senate leaders calls for increasing the borrowing cap by $480 billion. That’s how much the Treasury Department told Congress it needs to…


Democrats Are Criticizing the Supreme Court Emergency Procedures to Warrant Adding Justices: Sen. Grassley

Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) said calling a normal Supreme Court procedure like the emergency docket (when the Court hears last-minute cases in a shortened time frame) a “shadow docket” is the latest attempt by Democrats to change public opinion about the Court, so they can add more justices….