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Senate To Consider CFTC Pick As Market Structure Bill Moves To Chamber
Brian Quintenz, US President Donald Trump’s pick to chair the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), is scheduled to appear before lawmakers [...]
Senate To Consider CFTC Pick As Market Structure Bill Moves To Chamber
Brian Quintenz, US President Donald Trump’s pick to chair the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), is scheduled to appear before lawmakers [...]
Republicans on Senate Panel Vote to Advance Bove’s Nomination After Democrats Storm Out
An even more intense battle is expected on the Senate floor over the nomination of a Trump immigration policy enforcer to a lifetime judicial post.
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Senate Approves Trump’s Bid to Cancel Foreign Aid and Funds for NPR and PBS Stations
The bill to claw back $9 billion in congressionally approved spending passed over the objections of Republicans who said it abdicated the legislative [...]
Senate Democrats Rail at ‘Sloppy, Rushed’ State Dept. Firings
Republicans on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee said the changes were needed and called the outrage overblown.
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Ex-Justice Dept. Lawyers Urge Senate Not to Confirm Emil Bove as Federal Judge
The lawyers wrote that Emil Bove III, the face of some controversial moves by President Trump’s Justice Department, had disgraced the department.
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Senate Advances Trump Clawback of Foreign Aid and Public Broadcast Funds
The vote to take up legislation to rescind $9 billion in funds Congress has already approved suggested that Republicans would bow to the president’s w [...]
Senate Approves First Judge of Trump’s Second Term
The pace of judicial confirmations is lagging compared with the president’s first stint in office, but more are in the pipeline.
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US Senate to consider Trump’s pick for CFTC chair
Brian Quintenz, a former commissioner on the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), may have the opportunity to chair the agency after his no [...]
US Senate to consider Trump’s pick for CFTC chair
Brian Quintenz, a former commissioner on the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), may have the opportunity to chair the agency after his no [...]
Crypto lobbyists push Senate to quickly pass stablecoin bill
A stablecoin-regulating bill will soon be on the US Senate floor for debate, and crypto lobbying groups have called on lawmakers to focus on passing t [...]
J.D. Scholten Will Challenge Joni Ernst in Iowa Senate Race
J.D. Scholten, a state representative who is also a minor-league baseball pitcher, said he had felt compelled to take on Senator Joni Ernst, a Republi [...]
The Filibuster, a Staple of the Modern Senate, Is on the Ropes
The Senate skirting the filibuster to strike down California’s plan to phase out gas-powered vehicles was the latest wound to a tactic in decline.
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Fiscal Hawks in the Senate Balk at Trump’s Domestic Agenda Bill
Senator Ron Johnson of Wisconsin and Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky both indicated that they would seek major changes to the bill that passed the House [...]
Fiscal hawks in the Senate balk at the House’s bill to deliver Trump’s agenda.
Fiscal hawks in the Senate balk at the House’s bill to deliver Trump’s agenda.
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