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McConnell returns to Senate, urges Biden to ‘stop wasting time’ on debt ceiling

WASHINGTON — Minority Leader Mitch McConnell returned to the Senate on Monday weeks after suffering a concussion and fractured rib in a fall, jumping back into the fray by accusing President Joe Biden of taking an “extreme position” over a coming debt ceiling deadline.

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Replacing Feinstein can be complicated, Senate history shows

WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer said Monday that Republicans should let another Democratic senator temporarily fill California Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s Judiciary Committee seat.

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McCarthy blasts Biden, Democrats over debt limit

WASHINGTON — Speaker Kevin McCarthy began laying out House Republicans’ plan to lift the debt limit and curb spending in a speech at the New York Stock Exchange Monday where he tried to amp up the pressure on Democrats to negotiate.

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McConnell returns to Senate, urges Biden to ‘stop wasting time’ on debt ceiling - Roll Call

Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell used his public remarks in weeks to blast President Biden for not holding new talks on the debt ceiling.

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Replacing Feinstein can be complicated, Senate history shows - Roll Call

California Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein's request that she be replaced on the Judiciary Committee temporarily could get complicated.

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Schumer announces resolution to support funding for DOJ, FBI

WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer announced plans to offer a resolution next week that condemns a call from former President Donald Trump to defund the Justice Department and the FBI.

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Schumer announces resolution to support funding for DOJ, FBI - Roll Call

The Senate majority leader will offer a resolution to condemn Donald Trump's call to defund the Justice Department and the FBI.

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Senate votes to repeal two Iraq military authorizations

WASHINGTON — The Senate on Wednesday passed a bill that would repeal two decades-old authorizations to use military force against Iraq after supporters of the legislation had fended off floor efforts to amend it, including proposals that would have singled out Iran as a threat in the Middle East.

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Senate votes to repeal two Iraq military authorizations - Roll Call

The measure would repeal the 2002 and 1991 authorizations to use military force in Iraq, and now goes to the House.

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McCarthy to Biden on debt limit: ‘You are on the clock’

WASHINGTON — Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Tuesday wrote to President Joe Biden asking him to set a date for their next negotiating meeting on the debt limit by the end of the week.

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Paul eyes floor votes on firefighter bill after committee spat - Roll Call

The Senate will vote to begin debate on a bill to reauthorize federal grant programs for local fire departments.

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House Republican leaders work to fuse support for energy package

ORLANDO, Fla. — House Republicans spent the last day of their annual issues conference discussing their top legislative priority, an energy package dubbed HR 1, that will test the new majority’s ability to unite around major legislation when it hits the floor next week.

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House Republican leaders work to fuse support for energy package - Roll Call

House Republicans are rallying around an energy package that will test their ability to unite around major legislation.

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With US fossil fuel production up, GOP would step on the gas - Roll Call

A Republican energy bill in the House would push to expand domestic fossil energy production for a global market the U.S. dominates.

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Markups? Floor votes? Senate appropriators say ‘yes we can’

WASHINGTON — New Senate Appropriations Chair Patty Murray, D-Wash., knows that returning the chamber’s appropriations process to regular order “won’t be a walk in the park,” as she said during a news conference last week.

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Markups? Floor votes? Senate appropriators say 'yes we can' - Roll Call

Senate Appropriations Committee leaders are vowing to mark up fiscal 2024 spending bills in committee and move them across the Senate floor.

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Senate advances bill repealing Iraq military authorizations

WASHINGTON — The Senate on Thursday voted to limit debate on a bipartisan bill that would repeal two military authorizations for use of force against Iraq, setting up a likely vote on passage early next week, 20 years after the March 19, 2003, attack on Baghdad.

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Senate advances bill repealing Iraq military authorizations - Roll Call

The Senate took another step toward repealing the authorizations to use military force against Iraq in 2002 and 1991.

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As DC backtracks on changes to city's criminal code, Senate vote is moving forward

WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer has rejected a plea from the Democratic chairman of the Washington, D.C., Council to cancel a planned vote on a House-passed measure blocking the district’s new criminal code.

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As city backtracks, Senate vote on DC criminal changes going ahead

Senate Majority Leader Schumer is rejecting an attempt by D.C. officials to avoid a vote to block a new criminal code.

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Eric Garcetti's stalled nomination to ambassador's post sees slight progress

WASHINGTON — Eric Garcetti's nomination to be ambassador to India made incremental progress this week as the former Los Angeles mayor impressed a Republican senator after a private meeting and won over an undecided Democrat.

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Roll Call’s Bill Clark snaps up WHNPA wins - Roll Call

Roll Call photo editor Bill Clark won multiple accolades in the White House News Photographers Association’s 2023 Eyes of History contest.

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Will Chief Justice Roberts Respond To Senator Wyden's Attack On Judge Kacsmaryk?

In March 2020, Senator Charles Schumer stood outside the Supreme Court and assailed the two newest members: "I want to tell you, Gorsuch. I want to tell you, Kavanaugh. You have released the whirlwind, and you will pay the price. You won't know what hit you if you go forward…

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Biden, McCarthy make ‘no promises’ on debt, will keep talking

WASHINGTON — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy left a White House meeting with President Joe Biden on Wednesday afternoon saying they had a “good conversation,” but made “no agreements, no promises” in regard to the debt limit.

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McCarthy left a meeting with Biden saying they had a “good conversation,” but made “no agreements, no promises” in regard to the debt limit.

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