Romney Opts Out of Senate Reelection Bid in 2024
Political News
Romney Opts Out of Senate Reelection Bid in 2024
2023-09-13 20:04:36
by Dan McCue

WASHINGTON — Republican Utah Sen. Mitt Romney announced Wednesday that he will not seek reelection to another term in the Senate in 2024, saying it's time “for a new generation of leaders” to “shape the world they will be living... Read More

Sens. Warren and Romney Unite on Women’s Health Advocacy
Health
Sens. Warren and Romney Unite on Women’s Health Advocacy
2023-03-02 16:22:53
by Kate Michael

WASHINGTON — “It is strange … to see Elizabeth Warren and Mitt Romney promoting the same thing,” Sen. Romney, R-Utah, quipped at an advocacy event Wednesday night in the Senate Hart building. His pledge to the late Sen. Orrin Hatch,... Read More

Fiscal Watchdog Says Recess Will Give Senate Time to Fix Flaw in Relief Funding
Federal Budget
Fiscal Watchdog Says Recess Will Give Senate Time to Fix Flaw in Relief Funding
2022-04-08 18:02:38
by Dan McCue

WASHINGTON — The bipartisan COVID-19 relief bill introduced this week in the Senate had a fatal flaw beyond a lack of support from Republicans, its “pay-as-you-go” billing was completely illusory, a prominent fiscal watchdog said Friday. The Concord Coalition is... Read More

Analysis: Three GOP Senators Buck Party to Back Biden Court Pick
Supreme Court
Analysis: Three GOP Senators Buck Party to Back Biden Court Pick

WASHINGTON (AP) — By announcing they will vote to confirm Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson as the first Black woman to the Supreme Court, three Republican senators are marking the historical moment by building legacies of their own. Every senator has a voice, and... Read More

Senate Republicans Block Debate on COVID-19 Relief
Political News
Senate Republicans Block Debate on COVID-19 Relief
2022-04-06 15:11:02
by Dan McCue

WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans blocked a Democratic attempt Tuesday to begin debate on a $10 billion COVID-19 compromise, hoping to force inclusion of an amendment that would prevent President Joe Biden from lifting Trump-era restrictions on migrants entering the U.S.... Read More

Senate Negotiators Reach Deal on COVID Relief Package
U.S. Senate
Senate Negotiators Reach Deal on COVID Relief Package
2022-04-05 13:39:59
by Dan McCue

WASHINGTON — Senate negotiators reached an agreement late Monday afternoon on a slimmed-down $10 billion COVID relief package that preserves vaccine and treatment regimes here, but eliminates virtually all funding for similar programs abroad. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y.,... Read More

Collins, Romney and Murkowski Break With GOP on Jackson Nomination
Supreme Court
Collins, Romney and Murkowski Break With GOP on Jackson Nomination
2022-04-04 23:57:37
by Tom Ramstack

WASHINGTON — The Senate Judiciary Committee deadlocked on Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Supreme Court nomination in a Monday vote, the panel’s first tie on a high court pick since Clarence Thomas' nomination in 1991.  Senators voted 11-11 on sending Jackson’s nomination... Read More

<strong>RNC Declares Siege on US Capitol ‘Legitimate Political Discourse’</strong>
Political News
RNC Declares Siege on US Capitol 'Legitimate Political Discourse’
2022-02-04 21:43:11
by Dan McCue

SALT LAKE CITY — The Republican National Committee formally censured Reps. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., and Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill., on Friday, taking the extraordinary step of also declaring the Jan. 6, 2021, siege on the U.S. Capitol “legitimate political discourse.” Both... Read More

What They’re Saying About the Anniversary of the Jan. 6 Attack on the Capitol
Jan. 6
What They’re Saying About the Anniversary of the Jan. 6 Attack on the Capitol
2022-01-06 18:47:08
by TWN Staff

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris both spoke at the U.S. Capitol Thursday morning in observance of the first anniversary of the attack on the building by insurrectionists loyal to former President Donald Trump. Many more... Read More

Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill Advances in the Senate
Political News
Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill Advances in the Senate
2021-07-29 14:32:12
by Dan McCue

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Senate on Wednesday evening voted to advance bipartisan infrastructure legislation, despite the lack of actual bill text to consider and a looming battle in the House over the measure. By a 67-32 vote, the Senate moved... Read More

White House Pulls Plug on Capito Infrastructure Talks
Infrastructure
White House Pulls Plug on Capito Infrastructure Talks
2021-06-09 14:11:05
by Dan McCue

WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden walked away from negotiations over an infrastructure bill with a group of Republicans led by Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R- W. Va., and now hopes to strike a deal with a separate, bipartisan group of... Read More

Romney, Whitmer, Among Those Tapped for Special Profile in Courage Awards
In The News
Romney, Whitmer, Among Those Tapped for Special Profile in Courage Awards
2021-05-04 16:29:01
by TWN Staff

BOSTON - Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, and Michigan's Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer will be among the honorees on May 26 when the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation bestows its next slate of Profile in Courage awards. Romney is being honored... Read More

As Momentum Builds, Analysts Discuss Proposals for a Basic Child Allowance
Child Care
As Momentum Builds, Analysts Discuss Proposals for a Basic Child Allowance
2021-02-19 15:21:17
by Kate Michael

WASHINGTON — With proposals by both the Biden Administration and Sen. Mitt Romney coming to the table in early 2021, prospects for an American child allowance have their strongest-ever chance of coming to fruition. Both plans create a new child... Read More

Somber Senate Unites to Reject Election Challenges
U.S. Senate
Somber Senate Unites to Reject Election Challenges

WASHINGTON (AP) — A sober, shaken Senate returned to its hallowed chamber Wednesday night to slap away a frivolous election challenge, but its secondary purpose seemed to be to rise from the wreckage of a shocking day in which they... Read More

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