US Senate to Know Next Week if COVID-19 Bill Can Include Minimum Wage Hike – Sanders
" said on Friday his deeply divided chamber will pass the bill before March 14."
Read moreDetails" said on Friday his deeply divided chamber will pass the bill before March 14."
Read moreDetails"Make no mistake."
Read moreDetails"We're trying to work as well as we can with the parliamentarian to get minimum wage to happen."
Read moreDetailsThe one-day delay raises questions about how long it will take to finish the trial, which is set to begin in the Senate on Tuesday. The Senate is not currently ...
Read moreDetails"I think he already took a step through executive action on the first day, and he would look to Congress to take the next step."
Read moreDetails"We cannot dawdle, we cannot delay, we cannot dilute."
Read moreDetailsDemocrats will take control of Senate committees.
Read moreDetailsBiden's package faces a potential Republican roadblock in the 100-member Senate, which is divided 50-50 but requires a 60-vote threshold to pass most legislation.
Read moreDetails"I think the president should be tried... anything past that is something we can discuss."
Read moreDetailsSchumer announced the plan to file a fiscal-year 2021 budget measure in the Senate and House, saying it would allow Congress to fast-track a coronavirus package for passage by both ...
Read moreDetails"There are inherent and perhaps unintentional consequences of changes the rules of a place where your power is never permanently guaranteed."
Read moreDetails"Our preference is to make this important work bipartisan."
Read moreDetails"A vote on a budget resolution could come as early as next week."
Read moreDetails"The work must move forward."
Read moreDetails"The time for talk is over. No more excuses."
Read moreDetailsSchumer is not holding back.
Read moreDetails"We'll try to get that passed in the next month, month and a half."
Read moreDetails"The legislative filibuster was a key part of the foundation beneath the Senate's last 50-50 power-sharing agreement in 2001."
Read moreDetails"If this filibuster has now become so common in the Senate that we can't act — that we just sit their helpless — shame on us."
Read moreDetailsDoug Andres, a spokesman for McConnell, said the senator was pleased Democrats had given Trump's defense more time, and laid out a timeline that could have the trial begin as ...
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