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Senate Democrats aim to reveal which Republicans oppose abortion ahead of midterms – live | US politics
Schumer seeks to capitalize on voters’ fury over abortion rights The US Senate will today channel a week of anger, acrimony and fractious debate over abortion rights into the formal step of setting up a vote to enshrine a woman’s right to the procedure into law. By passing cloture (the official term for cutting off …
Scott Pruitt, former Trump official, to run for US Senate seat in Oklahoma
Scott Pruitt, who had a scandal-ridden spell in charge of the Environmental Protection Agency under Donald Trump, filed on Friday to run for an open US Senate seat in Oklahoma. Pruitt, 53, a former state senator and Oklahoma attorney general, is seeking the seat being vacated by the longtime Republican senator Jim Inhofe. Pruitt stepped …
Ga. Senate passes mental health co-responder act | News
ATLANTA — An effort to establish a statewide co-responder model as part of mental health reform in Georgia was unanimously approved Thursday in the Senate. Building on the success of local programs currently in operation, the “Georgia Behavioral Health and Peace Officer Co-Responder Act” would create a partnership and collaboration between behavioral health professionals and …
Senate Passes Bill Funding Technology Research Through NSF
The Senate passed bipartisan legislation Tuesday that would authorize billions of dollars in funding for technology research in the United States, much of which would be available for institutions of higher education. If the U.S. Innovation and Competitiveness Act — intended to help the U.S. better compete with China — passes the House as is, …
Democrats fear Biden’s agenda may be squandered as they pressure key moderates to abandon Senate GOP
At a closed-door lunch on Tuesday, Sinema, an Arizona Democrat, informed her caucus that she would try to get a bipartisan deal with Republicans on an infrastructure package and that she had Biden’s blessing to make that attempt, according to three sources in the room. But after Sinema left the meeting, one Democrat after another …
US Capitol Riot: Senate report reveals new details about security failures ahead of January 6 attack but omits Trump’s role
The report adds an authoritative emphasis to previous evidence that there were massive intelligence failures, critical miscommunications, and unheeded warnings that ultimately led to the chaotic response that day. Among the failures was an inability by intelligence officials to tie together a swirl of troubling internet chatter leading up to the riot and a reliance …
California Senate passes bills promoting firefighting technology research, prescribed burning
The California Senate has passed two bills authored by state Sen. Bill Dodd to address the growing wildfire threat through more advanced firefighting technology and by easing the path to wider use of prescribed fire. Senate Bill 109 would create the Office of Wildfire Technology Research and Development within the state Office of Emergency Services. …
Jan. 6th Commission vote fails in Senate
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WAOW) – After weeks of back-and-forth debate within and outside of the Senate chambers, a vote to create a Commission to investigate the January 6th attack on the US Capitol has failed. That vote failed by a margin of 54 to 35. In total, all Democratic members and 6 Republican members voted in …
Senate Republicans appear poised to block bill to create January 6 commission
Senate Republicans appeared set early Friday to block the House-passed bill creating a commission to investigate the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. Although most Republicans appeared unified in their opposition to the bill, worrying that a commission would drag into next year and potentially affect GOP chances of retaking Congress in the 2022 midterms, a few argue …
Key vote on January 6 timing unclear after Republicans bog down Senate floor overnight
The timing of the vote to create the independent panel is still not known because it’s unclear how long Republicans will drag out the fight over the previous bill. At least eight Republicans have requested time to speak on the floor overnight — for up to an hour each — to voice their objections to …