Sen. Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) has returned to Washington after a stroke left him incapacitated and left Democrats’ slim majority in peril. The 49-year-old senator suffered from a stroke a few weeks ago, leaving Democrats shuffling to rearrange items on the legislative calendar to ensure their success. In the evenly-divided Senate, where Democrats the slimmest-possible…
Bipartisan Senate Group Formed to Investigate Federal Prisons
A bipartisan group has formed in the Senate to examine concerns over rampant corruption and abuses in the federal prison system. The group, dubbed the Senate Bipartisan Prison Policy Working Group, is led by Sens. Mike Braun (R-Ind.) and Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.). Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) also is working closely with the…
Hill Democrats Push to Allow Congressional Staff to Unionize
House Democrats, led by Rep. Andy Levin of Michigan, are pushing a proposal to enable congressional aides to form collective bargaining unions, like those that represent nearly half of the federal government’s 2.1 million career civil servants. “In a matter of days, 130 of my colleagues have joined me to say we could not serve…
Celebrity Surgeon Dr. Oz: A Glimpse Behind the Curtain
Commentary Political neophyte Dr. Mehmet Oz needs to answer a few questions during his primary campaign for the U.S. Senate. Oz has come a long way in the public eye since hosting the Discovery Channel’s “Second Opinion with Dr. Oz” in 2003: over 60 appearances on Oprah Winfrey’s talk show, becoming a daytime talk show…
Senate Passes ‘#MeToo’ Sexual Assault Arbitration Bill, Sending It To Biden
The Senate on Thursday passed the Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act, which has been colloquially dubbed the “#MeToo” bill, and has sent it to President Joe Biden’s desk for signature. The bill would make significant changes to arbitration for victims of sexual assault and sexual harassment in the workplace, which proponents…
Senate Vote Set for Biden’s Nominee for FDA Commissioner, Whom Some Democrats Oppose
President Joe Biden’s nominee to head the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is set for a Senate vote next week after the upper chamber’s top Democrat filed cloture on the nomination on Feb. 10. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) filed cloture on the nomination of Dr. Robert Califf even as some Democrats continued to…
Partial DNA Donation Law Debate to Enter Third Day
Laws allowing for partial DNA donations for women whose genes predispose their children to mitochondrial disease are due to enter their third day of debate. The bill is commonly referred to as Maeve’s Law after five-year-old Maeve Hood who has a severe type of mitochondrial disease which was diagnosed at 18 months. Her Leigh syndrome…
Maryland Gov. Hogan Rules Out Senate Run, Dashing GOP Hopes to Unseat Van Hollen
Maryland Governor Larry Hogan, a moderate Republican, has announced that he will not run as a GOP challenger against Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), dashing hopes that the seat could be flipped. Because Hogan’s second term—the final term allowed to him under the Maryland state constitution—ends in 2023, and because of his significant popularity in…
A Look at Financials in Pennsylvania’s US Senate Race
February 8, 2022
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Campaign finance reports filed last week show the deepest pockets in Pennsylvania’s U.S. Senate race belong to Lt. Gov. John Fetterman, a Democrat, but other apparently well-financed candidates have not yet been required to file financial reports with the Federal Election Commission. Republican David McCormick officially got into the race late, registering as a candidate…
Tennessee Lawmaker Expelled From State Senate After Wire Fraud Conviction
A Tennessee lawmaker has been expelled from the state Senate after a vote in the upper chamber following her conviction on wire fraud charges. State Sen. Katrina Robinson, a Democrat from Memphis, was convicted on wire fraud charges last year after she was accused of stealing funds from a healthcare school that she operated. Federal…
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