He really was content, he told me, to stay where he was, building his influence over time, awaiting his turn to speak inside the deliberative cacophony of the Senate, but then a storm arrived. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

What officer is designated by the Constitution to be president of the Senate of the United States? Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

In February of 44 BCE, the Senate acknowledged Caesar’s popularity. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

Right on cue, a messenger rushed into the Senate House, gasping as if he’d run all the way from camp. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

After the speech, however, the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Samuel G. Foote, refused to take action. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

To back him up, the Venetian Senate officially forbade him to leave the Republic. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

The pressure on Palmer got even worse in the middle of October 1919, when the US Senate demanded to know why Palmer had not acted more aggressively to put an end to the Communist threat. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

He was back in Venice before the end of August, where his demonstration of the telescope to the Senate was a sensation. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

“NO! That’s the Senate. The House has four hundred and thirty-five!” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Shortly after the strike began, the US Senate Committee on Education and Labor began to investigate the walkout by holding public hearings. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

Senate and other offices—it was certainly handicapped, at least in the short term, by Kennedy’s brazen dissemination of inside information. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

“First in space means first, period,” declared Senate Majority Leader Lyndon Johnson. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

The Ides of March It was only a matter of time before Caesar’s enemies in the Senate took action. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

This move would strengthen his role as a political leader in New York and in the Senate, while weakening Garfield's power. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

In June, both the House and Senate approved bills to block all funds for U.S. military activities in Vietnam. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

The deciding votes came from the Quakers, among Philadelphia’s most prosperous and pious citizens, who did not want to see a “grogshop man fixed in the Senate.” An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

Not surprisingly, the Committee on Privileges and Elections never voted to send the Susan B. Anthony Amendment to the full Senate for consideration that year. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

The Department of Justice had opened an investigation, and the Senate had held hearings. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Its port ballista fired a massive spear wreathed in Greek fire, which sailed straight through the broken dome of the Senate House and exploded inside, lighting up the building like a jack-o’-lantern. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

An Air Force general blessed with the surname of Power warned a shaken Senate committee that the Russians could render this country defenseless with a missile strike lasting only thirty minutes. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

We addressed a joint session of Congress, a rare occasion in the Capitol, attended by members of the Senate, the House of Representatives, the Supreme Court, and the President’s Cabinet. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

As Percy and his friends strolled past the damaged Senate House, a dazzling rainbow appeared in the night sky. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

That night the senator called a special session of his Subcommittee on Buildings and Grounds—just about the least prestigious subcommittee in the Senate. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

He said absently, “Lee’s trying to get around us, between us and Washington. And won’t that charm the Senate?” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

First Africa rebelled, then the Senate with the entire populace of Rome, and finally all of Italy conspired against him. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

Soon after the Army-McCarthy hearings were over, the US Senate voted to censure McCarthy for having charged so many people falsely. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

For more than eight months, the Senate refused to vote. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

After this astonishing political loss, Conkling and fellow New York senator and Stalwart ally Thomas Pratt dramatically resigned their Senate seats in mid-May. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Senate, winning 70 percent of the vote statewide, the largest margin in Illinois history and the biggest landslide of any Senate race in the country that year. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Basner had been an African Representative in the Senate, an early member of the Com-munist Party, and a passionate supporter of African rights. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

What we got, however, was an elaborate disquisition on the history and architecture of the Capitol and a look at the official china patterns produced for the Senate, followed by a polite and chitchatty lunch. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

On August 13, after a number of long speeches, the Senate approved ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment by a vote of 25 to 4. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

In 1902, she appeared for the last time before the Senate Select Committee on Woman Suffrage. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Senate in 1914, he was absent for the debates on women’s suffrage and Prohibition—two of the biggest political issues of his time. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Someone in the Senate who tried to excuse him declared that there were many men who knew how not to err better than they knew how to correct their mistakes. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

As Percy watched, a cannonball hit the Senate House and the dome partially collapsed. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

The Harry Potter contest and the Senate reception had made big ripples in my ninth-grade fall. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

At Senate hearings, John Dean testified that he had talked with the president more than thirty times about details of the cover-up. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

It would still have to pass the Senate and be signed into law. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

On March 29, 1924, with Priddy’s help, the Virginia Senate authorized eugenic sterilization within the state as long as the person to be sterilized had been screened by the “Boards of Mental-health institutions.” The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

In 1878, the Senate Committee on Privileges and Elections invited both the suffragists and the anti-suffragists to present their views on a national suffrage amendment before Congress. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

The Tennessee Senate had passed the suffrage measure five days before. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

After reading my winning essay, the public relations people for Casey Family Services asked me to be a presenter at their postadoption services conference and also to address a Senate reception. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

“Popinjay, is your father a millionaire, or a member of the Senate ?” “No, sir.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

The Senate voted on the suffrage amendment on February 10, and it failed to pass again, but this time by only a single vote. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Cicero called a special meeting of the Senate, to which—adding to the theater—Catiline had the brass neck to show up. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

He then filed the document with the Roman Senate, putting the might of Rome behind his wishes in case the Egyptians had ideas about taking control Pompey was appointed to serve as the children’s guardian. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

Senate office whose steady demeanor would keep me grounded in high-stress moments—plus a no-nonsense, politically savvy communications specialist named Stephanie Cutter. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

The Senate investigators didn’t agree; the committee censured the police superintendent. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

So on the afternoon on February 9, 1919—the day before the Senate planned to consider the amendment—nearly forty suffragists marched to the White House. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

After the bill was introduced, Stanton had the opportunity to testify before the Senate Committee on Privileges and Elections. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

He had a Senate office and an apartment in a shabby building on Capitol Hill, a little one-bedroom that was already cluttered with books and papers, his Hole away from home. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

To make matters worse, his duties in the Senate removed him from the deliberations of the cabinet. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Alex does know—the same health care reform as last year, the one stalled out since they lost the Senate in midterms. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He was told it is in a Senate committee and likely to pass. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

He had recently lobbied the Roman Senate to put Herod on the throne of Judea. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

In October, the Roman Senate declared Ptolemy to be “a friend and ally” of Rome. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

I knew that the Senate, with fourteen of its one hundred members being female, was not quite as antiquated as it had once been. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Carol Moseley Braun also won decisively, becoming the first African American woman ever to hold a Senate seat. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Finally, on October 1, 1918, the Senate voted, 34 to 62, two votes short of the required two-thirds majority. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Senate spouses, I’d watched—half in shock, half in awe—as Laura Bush posed, serene and smiling, for ceremonial photos with about a hundred different people, never once losing her composure or needing a break. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Now it was up to the US Senate. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

This is the worst idea in the long and storied history of terrible ideas, right on up there with Julius Caesar marching up to the Roman Senate when he knew everyone wanted him dead. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

In August 1859, the local Republican Party asked him to run for Ohio State Senate. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Alex has had the layout of the building memorized since his dad first got elected to the Senate. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Her tactics seemed to help: That year the Senate held the first vote on women’s suffrage since 1887. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

On February 9, 1864, two African American men carried large bundles of petition rolls into the Senate chamber. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

I get the feeling his research is less about science and more about the mayor’s impending run for Senate. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Senate race and was locked in what would become a tight race in the general election. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Both the House and Senate Intelligence Committees "introduced bills calling for sweeping reorganization of the entire intelligence apparatus of the government." Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

On March 2nd, the Senate passed the Kansas-Ne- braska Bill which repealed the Missouri Compromise restriction and divided the Nebraska Territory into two territories: Kansas and Nebraska. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

In 2019, the United States Senate passed a resolution in her honor. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“We have made partners of the women in this war,” he said in an address to the Senate. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

After more than four months of debate, both the House of Representatives and the Senate voted by overwhelming margins to approve the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

Stanton delivered the speech to the House and Senate Judiciary Committees and the convention. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Now he stayed away from the Senate for an hour to accompany his wife on her regular morning visit to their daughter and her new companion. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

The Doge and the Senate, delighted, offered to give Galileo tenure in his post at the University of Pisa for life, with his salary doubled to 1000 crowns a year. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

They’d read it right away, the senator said, and set up a public hearing of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee—a dramatic setting in which to unveil the Pentagon Papers to the American people. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

The next morning, on Capitol Hill, Senator Morse cornered several senators before the joint hearings of the Senate Armed Services and Foreign Relations Committees began. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Later in life, Johnson was reelected to the Senate, but soon afterward he died from a stroke, on July 31, 1875. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

The implication that Lott was a fan of segregation raised enough of a fury that he was forced to quit his Senate leadership post. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

On August 7, both the House and Senate overwhelmingly approved the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

But before we kick back, relax, and wait for racial justice to trickle down, consider this: Obama chose Joe Biden, one of the Senate’s most strident drug warriors, as his vice president. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Senate is in session, and she meets her senators from Washington, who invite Annabelle to the State of the Union address in February. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

The Senate House interior looked like a high school lecture hall. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

The day of the meeting, nearly one hundred people squeezed into the Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs hearing room. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

But after Adams’s initial fling at participating in the debates, the members of the Senate decided that the vice president was not permitted to speak. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

This Senate race presented a unique opportunity, Barack explained that day. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

There are many more Catholics, Jews, and Mormons in the Senate than there were a generation or two ago. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

From that post, he led the fight against creating a federal holiday to honor Martin Luther King, Jr. Helms was appointed chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in 1995. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

To stir up more trouble, Octavian arranged for the Senate to host a state banquet. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

Then if you live long enough you might make it to the Senate. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a man whose burning ambition was to win the presidency, the Senate’s criticism and threat was a bitter blow. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

She smiles down at her husband, adds in a lower tone, “And don’t forget, voters. Holbrook for State Senate.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

In their eyes, he was a danger to democracy—“a man who flouted the authority of the Senate, who overrode the Constitution while his followers cheered.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

The Senate held two weeks of hearings into the police conduct during the procession. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

It put Strauss in “an absolute dither,” Rabi would recall: Strauss “went around and talked to newspapermen all over, and to the House and Senate, and whatnot.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

In twenty-four years of representing Texas in the House and Senate, Johnson’s focus had always been on domestic policy. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

‘I heard. The Senate plans to elect you Pontifex Maximus' Jason shrugged. ‘I don’t care about the title so much. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Because his Ohio Senate duties weren't full-time, he continued as president and teacher at the Eclectic Institute, too. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

He was a tailor by trade and entered politics in his twenties, working his way up to the Senate. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

In retaliation, Conkling tried to stop Garfield's many other nominations from getting necessary Senate approval. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

They dove straight into a shadow on the Senate House wall and disappeared. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Two days later, on March 12, the Utah State Senate passed legislation to ban texting and driving. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

On June 4, 1919, with little debate, the Senate passed the amendment by a vote of 56 to 25, two more votes than necessary. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Senate, Henry Cabot Lodge thumped a copy of On the Origin of Species, warning that the influx of inferior peoples from southern and eastern Europe threatened “the very fabric of our race.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Just as often, however, Adams also used the correspondence to unburden himself of opinions that his muzzled status in the Senate prevented him from sharing publicly. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

She had learned that the Senate was going to conduct hearings about the parade, and she wanted to gather testimony before the suffragists returned to their hometowns. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Paul told the Senate that she had warned the police about the large crowds. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

The Senate made it clear that if he did not move boldly against the Red menace, he faced the possibility of being removed from office. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

House and Senate leaders agreed to hold hearings the next day. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Sensing the unpopularity of the pact, Washington attempted to keep its terms secret until the Senate had voted. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

And she got results: the Maryland State Senate sent a resolution on fancy paper, saying, “Be it hereby known to all that The Senate of Maryland offers its sincerest congratulations to Henrietta Lacks.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

The Senate, which had openly clashed with Johnson over other key issues, began impeachment hearings, stating that Johnson did not have the authority to remove the secretary of war. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

Though Johnson escaped removal from office by one vote in the Senate, Stanton was the clear winner in the case. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

It was reintroduced dutifully every year, but the full Senate did not vote on it until 1887, when it was defeated 16 to 34, with twenty-five senators not even bothering to vote. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

‘I am the goddess of success in battle! Roman generals worshipped me! Augustus himself erected my altar in the Senate House!’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

His overly verbose answers to questions at town-hall forums and campaign debates seemed only to drive home the point that he belonged on the Senate floor. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“You know that’s not the way it works. It doesn’t matter what he believes. It’s what Mississippi believes. He’s running for the U.S. Senate this fall and I’m unfortunate enough to know that.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Simpson had spent eighteen years in the Senate, including ten as the Republican whip, the second-ranking senator in his party. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Without missing a beat in his Senate duties, he’d have to build and maintain a coast-to-coast campaign operation, develop a policy platform, and also raise an astonishing amount of money. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

When he arrived in Rome the Senate elected him emperor out of fear, and put Julian to death. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

Ammu had told them the story of Julius Caesar and how he was stabbed by Brutus, his best friend, in the Senate. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jefferson visited Madison at Montpelier on July 2–3 to discuss their response to the Sedition Act, which passed the Senate the following day. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Caesar’s former friends and colleagues, led by two senators named Brutus and Cassius, stabbed him to death on the steps of the Senate. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

Even so, there were still those in the Senate who supported Mark Antony over Octavian. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

The dome was cracked open on a building she guessed was the Senate House. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Senate Judiciary Committee scheduled hearings on innocence and the death penalty a few months after Walter’s release, and we both testified. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Speaking on the floor of the Senate, he declared the Boston Police Strike was “one of the most dastardly acts of infamy that has ever occurred in this country since the act of Benedict Arnold.” 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

Instead of running for reelection to the House, she ran for Senate and lost. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Daschle, who had served as the Democratic leader in the Senate, left office with plenty of clout in Washington, which softened the blow. Welcome to the losers’ club, Eric Cantor. Now, find the right metaphor for what’s next.

Republicans also criticized Senate Democrats who fled across the state line to this year in an effort to try to stop the GOP from passing the union measures. GOP retains grip on Wisconsin Senate 2011-08-10T16:28:00Z

Her bond with Biden developed nearly three decades ago in the Senate, where she often felt ostracized. Former senator Carol Moseley Braun is back on the campaign trail, stumping for Joe Biden 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z

The couple met in July 2016 while both were working at the Senate in Washington. Politics Aside, a Win for Both in the Senate Softball League 2020-01-18T05:00:00Z

Fetterman walked through the Capitol to a set of windowless rooms in the basement of the Dirksen Senate Office Building, a temporary workspace for new senators awaiting renovations on their regular offices. A look under the hoodie: Inside Sen. John Fetterman’s first week back 2023-04-23T04:00:00Z

Missing from that mix, but not for lack of trying on Burstein's part, are accounts from her conservative rivals, except for former Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist. "Hillary" review: Scorching contempt is this trailblazer's lot in Hulu's candid Clinton docuseries 2020-01-26T05:00:00Z

This documentary seems particularly relevant after the latest gun control measure – a proposal to adopt more stringent background checks – failed last week in the Senate. Top 5 investigative videos: Stoned on the job 2013-04-27T18:00:00Z

Penn did not travel to Cannes with Fair Game, opting to remain in the US and attend a Senate committee hearing in Washington DC about the Haiti crisis. Getting tough 2010-05-20T14:50:00Z

That word percolated up time and again during Thursday’s Senate Judiciary hearing, an event that dominated television news across many networks, broadcast and cable. From Clarence Thomas to Brett Kavanaugh: the view of history and her story, as seen on TV 2018-09-28T04:00:00Z

A year later she lobbied California's Senate to pass The Phoenix Act, which she hoped would extend the statute of limitations on domestic violence felonies from three years to 10. In HBO's enraging "Phoenix Rising," Evan Rachel Wood shows how her abuse was painted as rock romance 2022-03-16T04:00:00Z

Better to have a squabbling Imperial or Republican Senate than an emperor who dissolves the Imperial Senate. From “Star Wars” to our wars: What the Force has in common with “Thank you for your service” 2018-06-05T04:00:00Z

Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, a Senate committee began looking into some of these abuses a few years ago, but in the end, the only thing that emerged was a tepid report that was quickly shelved. Five ways churches get preferential treatment and benefit from legal loopholes 2012-07-31T05:25:00Z

She became a political wife, campaigning hard to get her husband elected to the Senate by attending endless charity benefits, shaking hundreds of hands, and speaking at public functions. Elizabeth Taylor obituary 2011-03-23T14:01:48Z

But by the time Barack set his sights on the United States Senate, “my distaste for politics was only intensifying,” Michelle writes. Isabel Wilkerson on Michelle Obama’s ‘Becoming’ and the Great Migration 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z

I enjoyed the sabbatical I took, but you’re not going to see me running for Senate. Kal Penn Isn’t Making a Political Point with His Immigration Sitcom 2019-09-18T04:00:00Z

On Jan. 6, Bolton finally agreed to testify at the impeachment trial if the Republican-controlled Senate subpoenaed him — which, as predicted, it never did. In ‘The Room Where It Happened,’ John Bolton Dumps His Notes and Smites His Enemies 2020-06-17T04:00:00Z

How long he will last in the Senate is unclear, now that there is a move to impeach him. ArtsBeat: 'Big Love' Watch: Women Under Pressure 2011-01-24T20:55:46Z

Senate seat left open by Barack Obama's election to president in 2008. Blago prosecutors deny allegations of bias 2011-08-23T13:47:00Z

Warren, a former law professor, was elected to the Senate in 2012. Elizabeth Warren has a book coming in April. Its title? 'This Fight Is Our Fight' 2017-02-08T05:00:00Z

We see Sen. Elizabeth Warren being silenced on the Senate floor by her colleague Mitch McConnell, who said, “She was warned. Nevertheless she persisted.” This “bitch” won’t shut up: Sexist attacks on outspoken women are a problem for men to fix, too 2017-06-25T04:00:00Z

Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell stymied Reid's effort to dispose of the Republican bill, saying he wanted to turn first to the government funding bill. Government shutdown looms 2011-12-14T19:12:06Z

Being in the Senate soon delivered another lesson in the perils of political comedy. Al Franken Has Been Sitting on Jokes for a Decade. Now He’s Ready to Tell Them. 2017-05-29T04:00:00Z

It started in 1858, when Lincoln had just lost his famous Senate race against Stephen Douglas. All the Presidents Penned 2020-02-09T05:00:00Z

A. “I have spent a lot of time on the Senate floor.” Style Invitational Week 1353: What’s playing at the retroplex 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z

During Tuesday’s testimony, Sessions told the Senate intelligence committee in a fiery opening statement that he was prepared to defend his honor from “scurrilous innuendo.” Here’s how late-night TV reacted to Jeff Sessions’ testimony 2017-06-14T04:00:00Z

Percy, a moderate Republican, entered the Senate in 1966 after defeating one liberal icon, the late Paul Douglas. Former U.S. Sen. Charles Percy dies 2011-09-17T12:43:00Z

That's how you have to see a lot of how the election plays out in 2016 and in the Senate report, you know. "There's no agreement on facts": Alex Gibney's look at Russian interference shows America's weakness 2020-09-23T04:00:00Z

The only person charged and convicted stemming from Rambo’s efforts is James Wolfe, a former security director for the Senate Intelligence Committee who had a personal relationship with Watkins. Watchdog; Federal anti-terror unit investigated journalists 2021-12-11T05:00:00Z

Maloney said she is optimistic that the Senate will finish the job. Congress takes crucial step toward establishing Latino and women’s history museums 2020-12-03T05:00:00Z

Bin al-Shibh, as we know from the recently released Senate Intelligence Committee report, was even then enduring brutal torture in a black site in Morocco. ‘Guantánamo Diary,’ by Mohamedou Ould Slahi 2015-01-20T05:00:00Z

TV pundits remarked with apparent shock that the anticipated “red wave” — the Republican influx expected to overturn control of the House and the Senate — didn’t seem to be happening. Perspective | It was a wave election. The wave was women defending abortion rights. 2022-11-09T05:00:00Z

It was Nguyen who moved Shaheen to introduce the measure in the Senate, and who has advocated for a growing number of similar bills at the state level. Meet the 24-year-old who could change how the US handles sexual assaults 2016-02-23T05:00:00Z

He certainly is one of the Senate’s most endangered Democrats. Sherrod Brown thinks he could have helped Democrats win in 2016. But what about 2020? 2017-07-23T04:00:00Z

The bill goes before De León's Senate committee on Monday, where a vote will likely be delayed to allow time for negotiations. Sen. De León says he supports expanding California's film tax credit 2014-08-06T04:00:00Z

The adaptation goes beyond the original Senate report. 'The Torture Report: A Graphic Adaptation' illustrates the grim reality of CIA interrogation techniques post 9/11 2017-11-04T04:00:00Z

So dominant in the West, for example, that US vice president Joe Biden introduced the Recognizing Addiction as a Disease Act for debate in the US Senate on March 28, 2007. Addiction is not a disease: How AA and 12-step programs erect barriers while attempting to relieve suffering 2015-07-11T04:00:00Z

The former Senate candidate Jason Kander, who in 2018 dropped out of the Kansas City mayoral race to concentrate on recovering, appears in the film. Summer Movies 2023: Here’s What’s Coming to Theaters and Streaming 2023-05-24T04:00:00Z

His father died in 2009 after many years representing Massachusetts in the Senate. Longtime bachelor Patrick Kennedy, 43, is engaged 2011-03-28T17:33:14Z

The Illinois Senate today voted in favor of Mayor Rahm Emanuel's measure that would allow Chicago to start using cameras to ticket speeders in so-called safety zones. Illinois Senate approves speeding cameras 2011-10-26T22:19:00Z

It’s clear that Johnson could not have achieved these victories without the years he spent building relationships in the House and Senate. Why is Lyndon B Johnson suddenly prevalent in pop culture? 2016-06-03T04:00:00Z

Swift said she will be casting her vote for Bredesen in the Senate and Jim Cooper for the House of Representatives. “Fox & Friends” segments questions if Taylor Swift wrote her Instagram post endorsing Democra... 2018-10-08T04:00:00Z

Following the Iowa caucuses results disaster and Donald Trump’s Senate acquittal, the Democrats have a lot riding on this event. Saturday Night Live: RuPaul teaches the art of drag but episode can't slay 2020-02-09T05:00:00Z

Before he became a TV writer and playwright, the “House of Cards” creator Beau Willimon worked as an intern on Mrs. Clinton’s 2000 Senate campaign. Kevin Spacey, Star of ‘House of Cards’ and a Bromance With Bill Clinton 2015-02-20T05:00:00Z

He was young and principled and uber-ambitious, following a path to the Senate he had charted out as a freshman in high school. Chris Murphy’s gun-control crusade has arrived back where it began 2022-06-03T04:00:00Z

But the Senate is voting on her confirmation. 'House of Cards' Season 3 Episode 2 Recap: Balancing the Eggs 2015-02-27T05:00:00Z

He talks about how his parents were immigrants from Ireland, how he once worked as a Senate garage parking attendant and how we need to “ease the squeeze” on American businesses. Tracking the trackers: What it’s like to have the most mind-numbing job in a campaign

The White House would not say whether Trump, who last week offered reporters his most expansive explanation for why he didn’t want Bolton to testify before the Senate, had been briefed. News of Bolton book sends jolt through impeachment trial 2020-01-27T05:00:00Z

Cipollone was in line to take the lead at the Senate impeachment trial that everyone knew was coming. Trump lawyer Pat Cipollone was a camera-shy Washington Everyman — until impeachment made him a star 2020-01-30T05:00:00Z

That bill also created the 23-member task force, which will also include of two members from each the House and Senate and the commissioners of the departments of Health, Human Services and Public Safety. Minnesota news in brief at 7:58 p.m. CDT 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z

The talks come a week after Brown announced he wouldn't run a third time for the Senate. Ex-Mass. US Sen. Brown talking to Fox about job 2013-02-07T00:52:08Z

He was often assigned to the Supreme Court and the United States Senate, where he covered the debates leading up to the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Watergate hearings. Howard Brodie, 94, Combat and Courtroom Artist, Dies 2010-09-24T05:19:00Z

That was the portrait of the mainstream news media that emerged from former FBI director James B. Comey’s appearance Thursday before the Senate Intelligence Committee. Perspective | ‘Like feeding seagulls at the beach’: Comey’s unflattering view of news media 2017-06-08T04:00:00Z

It was not ever thus: Romney claimed to be more staunchly for gay rights than Ted Kennedy when he challenged Kennedy for the Senate in 1994. GOP: Gays out of the party 2012-10-09T11:45:00Z

But there’s one major flaw with attributing Graham’s friendship with Trump to McCain’s death: Graham had charted his course for Trumpistan long before the giant of the Senate shuffled off this mortal coil. Why is Lindsey Graham acting like this? 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z

Democrats currently have slim majorities in both the House and Senate. H.E.R, J.Lo, Curry join Michelle Obama’s voter campaign 2022-01-31T05:00:00Z

Democrats will be defending 23 Senate seats in November – compared with 10 for the GOP – but just a handful are considered truly up for grabs. Longtime Indiana Sen. Richard Lugar ousted 2012-05-08T23:50:00Z

Roy M. Cohn, the head lawyer for Joseph R. McCarthy’s Senate subcommittee, was a distant cousin. Books of The Times: In ‘The Scientists,’ Marco Roth Seeks Truth About His Family 2012-09-18T14:03:58Z

Senate to bring in federal dollars to develop resources and build an economy. 'Crude Awakening': An inside view of Alaska 2011-11-02T21:10:04Z

New legislation, designed to protect thousands of local bookstores, and nicknamed the anti-Amazon law, was passed last week by the French Senate. France Gives Cold Shoulder to Amazon 2014-06-30T04:00:00Z

The bill passed the Senate Finance Committee on October 13, and the full House of Representatives on November 7. Our great healthcare denial 2012-06-17T12:00:00Z

In addition to his wife, Mr. O’Brian is survived by his brother, Don Krampe, a co-founder of his foundation and an unsuccessful Republican candidate for Senate in this year’s California primary. Hugh O’Brian Dies; Dashing TV Star of ‘Wyatt Earp’ Was 91 2016-09-05T04:00:00Z

I made it my mission years ago to address filibuster reform, and now they’re debating it on the Senate floor. Washington?s New Brat Pack Masters Media 2011-03-25T21:24:46Z

The “Daily Show” correspondent Michelle Wolf wondered why Senate Republicans have put the drafting of their health care bill in the hands of 13 men and zero women. Jimmy Kimmel Responds to Critics Over Health Care 2017-05-09T04:00:00Z

Jordan showed himself to be a cautious student of the Brett Kavanaugh proceedings, mimicking the feigned red-faced outrage of his Senate brethren on that committee. The Michael Cohen Show: Where GOP politicians angle to become Trump's new co-stars 2019-02-28T05:00:00Z

It, along with the House and Senate office buildings, are open to the public, as are the underground tunnels that connect them. At Home in Washington 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z

“He may have cost his party the U.S. Senate — he and his confederacy of dunces.” For media following Georgia, nail-biting and lots of numbers 2021-01-05T05:00:00Z

Durbin, speaking from the Senate floor, noted that raising the debt ceiling has been done 89 times since 1939: 55 times by Republican presidents and 34 times by Democratic presidents. Durbin: 'Fate of American economy' at stake 2011-07-30T18:57:00Z

Nevertheless, the bill passed the House and Senate handily in early 1998, and National Airport became known as Reagan National Airport. They’re trying to deify Ronald Reagan: Inside the right-wing plot to turn the Gipper into a modern-day God 2016-02-06T05:00:00Z

Senate and the first woman, Black person and Asian American to be elected vice president. VP’s historic election celebrated in cracked glass portrait 2021-02-04T05:00:00Z

He recounts the attacks on his credibility, by Trump and others, after his wife, Jill, ran for Virginia’s State Senate as a Democrat in 2015. In ‘The Threat,’ Andrew McCabe Issues the Latest Warning Call About Trump’s America 2019-02-16T05:00:00Z

Being in the Senate, Franken admits, has softened his own partisanship, though not everyone is treated gently. Al Franken Has Been Sitting on Jokes for a Decade. Now He’s Ready to Tell Them. 2017-05-29T04:00:00Z

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid announced Thursday that McCarran International Airport will be participating in a pilot program that offers more flexibility in scheduling customs agents. Vegas customs line set to shorten with new program 2014-07-24T04:00:00Z

Though he has privately called the health care bill that passed in the House in May “mean” and wants the Senate Republicans to be “more generous.” Marco Rubio is wary of the Republicans’ secret health care bill 2017-06-19T04:00:00Z

The "Don't Say Gay" bill was passed by the Florida Senate on Tuesday and is currently waiting to be signed into law by DeSantis. Bob Chapek finally condemns “Don’t Say Gay” bill, but Disney employees say it's not enough 2022-03-11T05:00:00Z

The Senate has 51 Democrats, 47 Republicans and two independents who tend to vote with Democrats. Durbin: 'Fate of American economy' at stake 2011-07-30T18:57:00Z

House and Senate for the next two years. What’s on TV Tuesday: ‘The Purge’ and the Midterm Elections 2018-11-06T05:00:00Z

He said in State Senate hearings early on that the residential island was “very fairly much barren” and told constituents there were “no voters” in the flight path. Last Stop on the Way to the Cosmos? No Thanks. 2021-08-21T04:00:00Z

Prodded by Sen. Henry Clay, the Senate passed the proclamation anyway. Five people who fought the Christian takeover of America 2012-08-16T17:47:00Z

House and Senate members and staff at the House Judiciary Committee impeachment hearings in November, 1998. Photographing Impeachment Proceedings Against Three Presidents 2020-01-17T05:00:00Z

Was it glib to compare her to the “Hillbilly Elegy” author turned struggling Senate candidate? The Riddle of Riley Keough 2021-07-20T04:00:00Z

But the author writes that the political fallout from this incident, arguably including the Democrats’ loss of a Senate seat with Scott Brown’s upset victory in Massachusetts, effectively spooked the Obama team. Review: Charlie Savage’s ‘Power Wars’ Dissects Obama’s Evolution on National Security 2015-10-30T04:00:00Z

“He was dogged and determined, almost to the point of being psychotic,” says the Senate staffer, who requested anonymity to be forthright in a manner unbecoming of the upper chamber. This Hill staffer (maybe) saved the free world. But all he wants is a career in theater. 2017-07-18T04:00:00Z

Mr. Miller also wrote “Running in Place,” from 1986, about a week in the life of the United States Senate. Review: ‘Powerhouse’ Recalls a Heyday of Matched Jaguars and Packaged Films 2016-08-11T04:00:00Z

As someone in my Twitter feed observed minutes after the announcement, that debate in the Galactic Senate, or whatever it's called, is going to be so, so riveting now! George Lucas' pathetic 3-D "Star Wars" re-release 2010-09-29T22:01:00Z

Senate, though that certainly has been at the center, lately, of the broader crusade. Perspective | Reality scores a win over the perverse drive to discredit honest reporting 2017-11-28T05:00:00Z

Her opponent spent years representing the area in the state House and Senate. Melissa Gilbert won hearts as a child star. Can she win a seat in Congress? 2016-03-19T04:00:00Z

He had “a very big role” in designing opposition in the Senate, confirms Erich Pratt, the executive director of Gun Owners of America. This Hill staffer (maybe) saved the free world. But all he wants is a career in theater. 2017-07-18T04:00:00Z

This episode is omitted from a new film treatment of the labyrinthine saga involving the Senate report — making a rare case of real life sometimes being more dramatic than the Hollywood portrayal. ‘The Report’ and the Untold Story of a Senate-C.I.A. Conflict 2019-11-15T05:00:00Z

But Lordy, I’m having a hard time coming up with a better explanation for what happened this week with Herschel Walker, the Senate candidate from Georgia. Perspective | The baffling defense of Herschel Walker 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z

The author of “Al Franken: Giant of the Senate” has at least one Congressional Research Service report on his night stand. Al Franken: By the Book 2017-05-25T04:00:00Z

He did, first by getting elected to the House of Representatives, then the Senate and then the presidency in 1960. John F. Kennedy, an always youthful president, would be 100 this month 2017-05-23T04:00:00Z

Praise for Ms. Chu, whose nomination must be confirmed by the Senate, followed the announcement. ArtsBeat: Obama to Nominate Jane Chu to Head Arts Endowment 2014-02-13T18:41:07Z

Now 75, Dean barely resembles the man who, in June 1973, testified before the Senate committee investigating Watergate and national television cameras. John Dean takes a fresh look at Watergate in 'Nixon Defense' 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z

If Kid Rock is serious about running for the United States Senate — which, despite all common sense, he seems to be — he may be breaking the law. Is Kid Rock's senate run illegal? 2017-09-01T04:00:00Z

Voter registrations spiked in the state, but Swift’s preferred candidate for Senate lost the election. Taylor Swift releases song and petition calling for LGBTQ equality 2019-06-17T04:00:00Z

And a woman running as a Democrat for the United States Senate outperformed Clinton in Pennsylvania’s “T” — the region between Pittsburgh and Philadelphia that James Carville memorably identified as “Alabama without the blacks.” Why Trump Voters Supported Trump 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z

Jamie, whose brand of awkward includes perpetually flushed cheeks and blurting embarrassing portmanteaus, is nervous about his upcoming canvassing gig for Jordan Rossum, a local candidate running for State Senate in a special election. Working for Social Change, High School Students Find a Social Life 2020-05-08T04:00:00Z

“There’s a reason you don’t tell jokes on the floor of the Senate,” Franken said during the interview, which took place earlier this month at the Great Hall at Cooper Union in New York City. Al Franken: Donald Trump has no sense of humor, doesn’t “think he’s funny at all” 2017-08-22T04:00:00Z

The talks wrapped up at 1:30 a.m., and if the House speaker, Nancy Pelosi; the Senate majority leader, Harry Reid; or anybody else had anything to say about the delay, they held their tongues. 2010-02-13T03:35:00Z

And, after a few days of hearings in front of the Senate Subcommittee on Antitrust and Monopoly, there was still no evidence that Ali or Liston had done anything illegal. “They’ve got to kill me. They can’t afford to let me live”: Inside the amazing friendship between Muhammad Ali and Malcolm X 2016-03-20T04:00:00Z

The bill will be reviewed by a Senate committee next week. Porn production plummets in L.A. 2014-08-05T04:00:00Z

For instance, a segment about an all-male Senate panel on health care became a bit about men being clueless about menstruation. Comedy’s next big star Michelle Wolf doesn’t want to make a point — she just wants to make you laugh 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z

Debate over whether to change the filibuster rule stalls the Senate. Crib Sheet: The 10 Things to Talk About This Weekend 2011-01-26T17:35:55Z

Announcing a nominee this week would leave less than 40 days for the Senate to vote before the election. President urges vote on new Supreme Court justice before Election Day 2020-09-21T04:00:00Z

And he said that if he were to retire at age 68 — more than 20 years away — he’d still be “one of the youngest members of the Senate.” Marco Rubio is just the guy to win the youth vote. Or so the old folks think. 2015-11-25T05:00:00Z

If the Senate embarks upon the trial portion of the impeachment, the focus will not be on weighing the evidence but tearing apart the people who submitted it to the public. From "Survivor" to D.C., women are showing up strong on TV, but does patriarchal America care? 2019-11-23T05:00:00Z

Newhouse has twice been named the pollster of the year by the American Association of Political Consultants, most recently for the work he did on Scott Brown’s winning 2010 Senate campaign in Massachusetts. A question for Washington pollsters: How wrong must you be to never work again?

The film shows C.I.A. officers physically entering the secure room used by Senate staffers to examine files and computers. ‘The Report’ and the Untold Story of a Senate-C.I.A. Conflict 2019-11-15T05:00:00Z

"The View" panel referenced a moment when Gillibrand used Biden's decision to vote against increasing a child care tax credit in the Senate in 1981 to question his commitment to women’s rights. Sunny Hostin slams Gillibrand's attack on Biden: "She really played a game of dirty politics" 2019-08-02T04:00:00Z

Oz, 61, will bring his unrivaled name recognition and wealth to a wide-open race that is expected to be among the nation’s most competitive and could determine control of the Senate in next year’s election. Several TV stations pull ‘Oz’ show as host runs for Senate 2021-12-01T05:00:00Z

"Failure to act could be catastrophic," Donahoe told members of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, which oversees the postal service. Postmaster General calls for 'radical changes' 2011-09-06T22:50:00Z

Senate on a collision course with Scotland's devolved parliament in Edinburgh. Fringe stages father's quest for Lockerbie justice 2010-08-12T16:52:00Z

The state’s Senate will debate the bill in an upcoming meeting. CBD oil confiscations at Dallas airport have 'skyrocketed,' official says — and passengers may be arrested 2019-04-26T04:00:00Z

In hopes of moving the project forward nonetheless, Davis is cheering on a bill recently introduced in the Virginia State Senate to allocate $150,000 to preservation efforts at Central. A Virginia mental institution for Black patients, opened after the Civil War, yields a trove of disturbing records 2021-03-26T04:00:00Z

If she fails, Silverman promises to donate what she does raise to the National Women’s Law Center, which is pushing to get the Paycheck Fairness Act brought back to the Senate floor. Sarah Silverman's $29 Trillion Campaign for Equal Pay 2014-10-08T04:00:00Z

Charles Booker, the state legislator running in the Democratic primary to challenge Mitch McConnell for Senate in Kentucky, mentions reparations on his campaign website, noting his own family’s history of lynching and enslavement. How Reparations for Slavery Became a 2020 Campaign Issue 2020-06-18T04:00:00Z

Fox News aired 38 hours of the Senate trial live, or 57% of it. TV news ready to shift gears after impeachment saga ends 2020-02-05T05:00:00Z

At a Senate Judiciary hearing in January, Live Nation came under harsh, bipartisan attack, with senators openly calling the company a monopoly. Ticket Giants, Under Pressure From Biden, Promise Transparency on Fees 2023-06-15T04:00:00Z

A form of competitive bidding was even part of Obamacare, or at least the version of Obamacare passed by the Senate. Mitt Romney's Vaguely Promising Plan for Entitlement Reform 2011-11-05T19:41:51Z

“We got a surprise preview today of what Comey plans to share: The Senate released his prepared statement. President Trump was like, ‘You can prepare statements?’” James Comey’s Testimony Has Late Night on the Edge of Its Seat 2017-06-08T04:00:00Z

If it passes there, it goes to be voted on by the House and Senate, which are both majority GOP. Louisiana congressman helping lead GOP effort to limit federal definition of gender 2017-08-09T04:00:00Z

The Senate breaks in favor of O’Brien’s vice-presidential candidate, Laura Montez. ‘Veep’ Season 5 Finale: Hell to the Chief 2016-06-27T04:00:00Z

House of Representatives and cut into their majority in the Senate. Obama takes his act to Jon Stewart's "Daily Show" 2010-10-20T19:31:00Z

“Indelible in the hippocampus is the laughter,” she recalled, with a clinician’s reserve, to the Senate Judiciary Committee. Perspective | Whose hero’s journey was it anyway? Your 2018 in review 2018-12-28T05:00:00Z

Agreement came hours after Obama and Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, adversaries who rarely agree, both urged House Republicans to accept a bill to keep payroll taxes at their current level. House GOP leaders yield on payroll tax 2011-12-23T02:49:00Z

The Senate declined to take up her nomination after Democrats questioned her resume. Auction claims to be selling vial of Reagan blood 2012-05-22T15:16:00Z

“They have the House, they have the Senate, they have the White House. And so we have to take it back ourselves. We have to be the ones doing the work.” Uber’s Whistle-Blower Is Developing a Movie and Having a Baby 2017-10-21T04:00:00Z

Cochran is in line to return as chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee. Will Republican leadership in Congress harm small but significant NEA budget?

If confirmed by the Senate, Ms. Lowe, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation, would be the first Native American and the second woman to lead the agency. Biden Nominates New Chair for the National Endowment for the Humanities 2021-10-06T04:00:00Z

Numerous speakers told a Washington state Senate committee that they oppose the rapid increase in railcars carrying crude oil from the Bakken fields of North Dakota and Montana through the state. 5 Things to Know in Montana for June 18 2014-06-18T04:00:00Z

His bill passed the House without debate by a 200-to-1 vote and is now going before the Senate for approval. Wine bill gives hope to Pennsylvania B&Bs 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z

“When he announced he was thinking about running for Senate, I told Annie, ‘This is a man you need to think about. John Fetterman’s TikTok Whisperer 2022-12-17T05:00:00Z

Senate seat and a well-established brand as the 2012 GOP presidential nominee had chosen to become a lurker in order to communicate his positions. Perspective | The woeful defeatism of Mitt Romney’s secret Twitter account 2019-10-22T04:00:00Z

There, the Senate, having just finished a communal dinner of chicken pie, filed into the House chamber, followed by the diplomatic corps, four Supreme Court justices and the president’s generals. ‘Here for the show’: At the Capitol, expectations for Trump’s State of the Union ran high and low. 2018-01-30T05:00:00Z

Experts discovered that the Old Senate Chamber’s last restoration, in 1905, did not conform to architectural practices in late Colonial Annapolis, and did not present the room the way it was in 1783. State House restoration to be complete in December 2014-07-14T04:00:00Z

But the Senate Intelligence Committee report released Tuesday rejects this narrative. What the Torture Report Reveals About Zero Dark Thirty 2014-12-10T05:00:00Z

Burns initially planned to use a pair of psychologists as his entry point but, after meeting Jones, settled instead on the Senate staffer. In ‘The Report,’ setting the record on torture straight 2019-11-12T05:00:00Z

“If you’d asked me is he ever going to run for Senate, I’d say, ‘Are you crazy?’ ” says Michael Kinsley, editor at large of The Atlantic Wire and a longtime friend. Mickey Kaus Seeks to Correct the Flaws of Liberalism 2010-06-04T21:43:00Z

Coaching, as he emotionally told the Senate last year, is a very big deal to him. Brett Kavanaugh’s Washington: A smaller, colder world for a justice under a cloud 2019-10-01T04:00:00Z

The privilege to act as a societas publicanorum was rare, and required a decree by the Roman Senate or the emperor. How Businesses Became People 2018-03-05T05:00:00Z

“This is the absurdity of the Senate,” he said. Late-night roundup: Jeff Sessions is 'the human antidote to the Voting Rights Act' 2017-02-09T05:00:00Z

Obama began his career without Axelrod's help when he muscled his way into the Illinois Senate and then unsuccessfully challenged Rep. Bobby Rush. Political consultant David Axelrod delivers in revealing 'Believer' 2015-02-16T05:00:00Z

To this day, Joe’s ongoing faith in his Senate colleagues is based less on policy differences and more on personal moments like this. Analysis | Ten things we learned from the new Valerie Biden Owens book 2022-04-13T04:00:00Z

Members of the other chamber of Congress, the Senate, are elected for six years. On Election Day, cast your vote for the best book about elections

The Indiana state Senate vote of 28 to 22 was followed by calls of "shame, shame" from members of the public outside the chamber. Indiana joins right-to-work ranks 2012-02-01T20:39:05Z

President Obama was reelected, the balance of power in the Senate and the House remained the same. Kenneth Vogel on billionaires, politics and his book 'Big Money' 2014-06-09T04:00:00Z

Hunter Biden: Ivanka: The Senate probe’s just underway But we all know what they will say: Your “service” on that Ukraine board Was shady, crooked and untoward. Style Invitational Week 1378: It’s (emergency) Parody Time 2020-04-02T04:00:00Z

Senate hearing, adding that he "personally believes in the items I talk about in my show." Half of Dr. Oz's medical advice is baseless or wrong, study says 2014-12-19T05:00:00Z

The House passed the women’s history museum bill in February and the Latino museum bill in July, and both were approved unanimously by the Senate Rules Committee on Dec. 3. Congress authorizes Smithsonian museums focused on American Latinos and women’s history 2020-12-22T05:00:00Z

On its face, the voting was about control of the Wisconsin Senate, where Republicans held a 19-14 majority going in. GOP retains grip on Wisconsin Senate 2011-08-10T16:28:00Z

Politico reported that “most Senate Republicans have refused to publicly acknowledge that Biden will become the next president, even though they admit that’s going to happen in private.” Republicans have ‘concerns’ about Trump — but won’t let reporters quote them by name about it 2020-12-10T05:00:00Z

In your book, you share experiences with poverty as a teen; near-death injuries, including losing both legs when your helicopter was shot down in Iraq; struggles with IVF and a miscarriage during your Senate campaign. Sen. Tammy Duckworth says it was food stamps that allowed her to stay in high school 2021-05-06T04:00:00Z

But "Master of the Senate" was a redemptive book for both subject and biographer and Caro was welcomed, for the most part, by the Johnson camp. Caro is back, and the obsession goes on 2012-04-30T11:39:10Z

A year later, on Aug. 1, 2019, she was confirmed by the Senate to be the 12th chair. Trump’s NEA chief steps down ahead of schedule as Biden team comes in 2021-01-19T05:00:00Z

Senate giants like Richard B. Russell Jr. of Georgia and Everett Dirksen of Illinois loom large, even though they are now known more by the Senate office buildings named for them. Political Hardball in ‘All the Way’ Draws Fans From Capitol Hill 2014-04-09T12:00:02Z

After the family moved back up to Cornwall, he traveled around with him during his unsuccessful bid for a New York State Senate seat in 1958. Whit Stillman and the Song of the Preppy 2012-03-18T05:30:57Z

In July, the state Senate approved new legislation that would, for the first time, fund T.N.R. efforts. Video: Cats of the Urban Wild 2015-09-08T04:00:00Z

Senate race — and all that potential seemed to evaporate. You can’t keep a good culture warrior down: The return of Oliver North 2018-05-09T04:00:00Z

She was wearing the pants — something women didn’t even do in the Senate until 1993 — as well as picking out china. Clinton fashion: The styles, they were a-changin’ 2016-07-20T04:00:00Z

Announcing that the chanteuse would devote her brand to “purposeful pop,” she wore an armband emblazoned with the word “PERSIST,” a nod to Elizabeth Warren’s protest on the Senate floor against Jeff Sessions’ confirmation. In the face of the Trump presidency, Katy Perry asserts her political self, but to what end? 2017-02-22T05:00:00Z

Her mother, who works in Tallahassee is a senior lawyer to the Florida Senate Judiciary Committee. Katherine Davis, Michael Golden 2017-12-31T05:00:00Z

“Nevertheless, she persisted” has become a rallying cry, and the spectacle of Kamala Harris being repeatedly interrupted during Senate hearings prompted passionate conversations about how men talk over and belittle female colleagues. From Ancient Myths to Modern Day, Women and the Struggle for Power 2017-12-05T05:00:00Z

Trump: No, we don’t have the votes, Nancy, because in the Senate, we need 60 votes and we don’t have it. Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer beat Donald Trump at his own game — reality TV 2018-12-12T05:00:00Z

Four Senate Republicans put forth a new health-care plan on Monday that would allow states to tailor their insurance systems but would maintain the ban on denying coverage based on preexisting conditions. Obamacare was a boon for many restaurant workers. Now what, they wonder? 2017-01-27T05:00:00Z

Earlier this month, the Senate confirmed Pack, a conservative filmmaker and President Trump’s pick to run the agency that oversees VOA. Top Voice of America editors resign amid strife with White House, arrival of new Trump-appointed director 2020-06-15T04:00:00Z

My sister managed my Senate campaign and pulled off the most improbable upset. Joe Biden Talks About His New Memoir, ‘Promise Me, Dad’ 2017-11-07T05:00:00Z

Morrissey could have run for the Senate without moving to the 16th, but he wanted to challenge Dance, a former delegate and mayor of Petersburg who is sometimes seen as too buddy-buddy with the Republicans. Scandals usually end political careers. Not Joe Morrissey’s. 2015-08-17T04:00:00Z

It was late 2001 and Mr. Giuliani, despite having withdrawn from his Senate race against Hillary Clinton the year before, was burnishing his national image after his widely applauded handling of 9/11. Victoria Gotti Is Back in a Big Way on Your Teensy Screens 2019-02-14T05:00:00Z

“The Senate confirmed him unanimously and the Senate never agrees on anything,” he said. Late night hosts on the evolution of Trump: 'Dickish to dictatorish' 2017-02-07T05:00:00Z

The measure moved to the full Senate on a 9-0 vote of the Senate Pension Committee. Union pension abuse crackdown gains steam 2011-11-09T18:00:00Z

The three jobs I'm looking at — Senate, the presidency and governor — are separate and distinct jobs that have very different responsibilities, very different outcomes and different pathways. Stacey Abrams: Being a black woman in politics isn’t ‘some fatal diagnosis’ 2019-05-10T04:00:00Z

“I sang “Happy Birthday” to all three of them,” said Mr. Menendez, 67, the former chairman and senior Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. How They Proposed 2021-01-21T05:00:00Z

Sharing her reaction to Blackburn's Senate victory, Swift said, "She gets to be the first female senator in Tennessee, and she's Trump in a wig." GOP Sen. Marsha Blackburn continues long-running Taylor Swift feud with bizarre "Marxism" rant 2021-07-10T04:00:00Z

Legal experts said a postal vote may also require Senate approval, however, setting the scene for a likely court challenge to the government's plan. Australia to hold postal vote to decide on same-sex marriage law 2017-08-07T04:00:00Z

Goldsmith covers Bobby Kennedy’s scorched-earth campaign against Hoffa, first waged when Kennedy was the chief counsel for a Senate subcommittee on investigations and then when he became attorney general. ‘In Hoffa’s Shadow’ Details How a Famous Disappearance Hit Close to Home 2019-09-24T04:00:00Z

The act, however, is stuck in the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions—waiting to come to the floor for a vote. “They ripped him apart”: Searching for answers in the suicide of bullied teen Jadin Bell 2013-09-08T11:00:00Z

"I might say after last Sunday's Academy Awards, we need you more than ever," said Jackson, referring to Davis' work on gender issues as she introduced the actress and other honorees on the Senate floor. Actress Geena Davis critical of Oscar host 2013-03-05T04:01:04Z

Thurmond, who served in the Senate for more than 47 years, paid for her college education while governor of South Carolina and later helped her when she was widowed. Was Prince a dad? The secret kids of some prominent people 2016-05-25T04:00:00Z

A number of times over the years, semi-sincere New Jersey fans have threatened to draft Springsteen as a candidate for the U. S. Senate, but the singer has wisely demurred. Born in the U.S.A.: When the president met the Boss 2012-05-28T18:00:00Z

The push was successful, but now, the Senate is proposing cutting all of the discretionary funding the grants program receives through the agriculture appropriations bill. Making cheese or jam? A USDA program to pay farmers more for their crops faces cuts—again 2019-11-03T04:00:00Z

“I dated a girl in college who I had to explain what the Senate was — that was bad.” Date Lab: They bonded over ‘Mamma Mia! 2’ 2019-07-19T04:00:00Z

The caption under drawings of the House minority leader Nancy Pelosi and the Senate majority leader Harry Reid reads: “These people need to improve their behavior and get better at what they do or resign.” Noticed: Tea Party II Coloring Book, Social Activism for Kids 2012-06-15T19:28:28Z

Alvin Greene, the mysterious and strangely reticent winner of the United States Senate Democratic primary in South Carolina. Crib Sheet: Ten Discussion Points for the Weekend 2010-06-17T00:53:00Z

That one raised eyebrows, too; only two hours earlier, acting FBI director Andrew McCabe told the Senate Intelligence Committee that Comey enjoyed “broad support” inside the bureau. Sarah Huckabee Sanders is suddenly the star of the feel-bad story of the day 2017-05-11T04:00:00Z

He is the chairman of the Senate Finance, Ways and Means Committee. Nicole Osborne, Bo Watson 2018-08-12T04:00:00Z

If Ellsberg had had access to the Senate Intelligence Committee report on CIA torture, a summary of which was released in 2014, “I would have put that out,” he said. Perspective | Daniel Ellsberg, who leaked the Pentagon Papers, asks: Who will be the next Snowden? 2017-02-26T05:00:00Z

The Senate is gone, and so too the Forum and the battlefield. Movie Review: ‘Caesar Must Die,’ by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani 2013-02-05T22:49:07Z

"As though the Senate was a functioning body before tonight," Stewart said. Jon Stewart apologizes for election day voting comment 2014-11-05T05:00:00Z

WASHINGTON— A measure to cut spending and raise the U.S. debt ceiling to avert an unprecedented default gained enough votes to pass the Senate on Tuesday, as voting continued. U.S. Senate passes debt plan 2011-08-02T16:39:00Z

McCain voted for the motion and then gave a speech about the dysfunction and “decline” of the Senate, pleading for bipartisanship and a “return to order.” ‘The moment when it really started to feel insane’: An oral history of the Scaramucci era 2017-08-01T04:00:00Z

America Rising PAC, a pro-Republican research outfit, asked whether Shaub’s ethics office had become an “arm of the Senate Democrats’ campaign of obstruction.” How the U.S. ethics chief took on Trump and became a reluctant Washington hero 2017-03-28T04:00:00Z

They found lawmakers to sponsor bills in the state Senate and General Assembly. Students shine a light on a turtle and get a lesson in politics 2018-09-24T04:00:00Z

One would assume that with a Democrat in the Oval Office whose party holds the Senate, Kerger can relax. The health and value of PBS in 2023: "People need access to information" 2023-01-17T05:00:00Z

Nevada is prime battleground for Democrats, who face losing Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid if Republican Sharron Angle's tea party bid is successful. Singer Sara Bareilles to open for Obama in Vegas 2010-10-20T12:01:00Z

The film is opening just as Democrats on the Senate Intelligence Committee approved a 6,000-page report Thursday concluding that torture did not play a significant role in finding bin Laden. Movie ‘Zero Dark Thirty’ stokes debate on CIA torture 2012-12-15T03:44:31Z

On Tuesday night Jon Stewart dissected the torture report released yesterday by the Senate Intelligence Committee. Jon Stewart slams Bush administration over “deluge of depravity” in torture report 2014-12-10T05:00:00Z

“Between 1830 and 1860,” she writes, “there were more than 70 violent incidents between congressmen in the House and Senate chambers or on nearby streets and dueling grounds, most of them long forgotten.” Congressional Bloodshed: The Run-Up to the Civil War 2018-09-24T04:00:00Z

On Wednesday’s “Late Show,” Stephen Colbert joked that Mehmet Oz had already faced some obstacles as a Senate candidate in Pennsylvania: “For one thing, he lives in New Jersey.” Stephen Colbert Ponders Dr. Oz’s Views on Abortion 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z

He was so famously broke during his run for the Senate that his credit card was once declined at a hotel counter. Sucks for us: Why Barack and Michelle Obama’s $65 million book deal is the last thing we need 2017-03-06T05:00:00Z

For the fourth year in a row, a National Journal study found that no Senate Democrat was more conservative than a Senate Republican, and no Senate Republican more liberal than a Democrat. Senator Angus King knows that being a man without a party comes with perks

About one-third of the Senate seats are up for election this year. On Election Day, cast your vote for the best book about elections

In the Illinois State Senate, a colleague doesn’t pressure Obama to support a less-than-ethical deal, because “Barack’s different, he’s going places.” Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie on Barack Obama’s ‘A Promised Land’ 2020-11-12T05:00:00Z

CNN aired the most of the Senate’s impeachment trial live, showing 63 hours, or 95% of the trial time through Monday, according to the watchdog group Media Matters for America. TV news ready to shift gears after impeachment saga ends 2020-02-05T05:00:00Z

Under normal conditions, credentialed journalists can informally approach lawmakers in the hallways or on the way to the elevator or the Senate subway. Reporters claim new rules will hinder impeachment coverage 2020-01-15T05:00:00Z

Years later, in an interview, Hill asked a simple question: “What if the Senate had actually taken me seriously?” One Year of #MeToo: The Legacy of Black Women’s Testimonies 2018-10-10T04:00:00Z

Not with former FBI director James B. Comey coming to testify before the Senate Intelligence Committee. Inside the heaving, jostling Capitol media mob: ‘We are one tripped senator away’ from disaster. 2017-06-06T04:00:00Z

But the treaty lacked the force of law, necessitating a bill like the one now before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Senate Bill Would Help Recover Art Stolen by Nazis 2016-06-07T04:00:00Z

In 2009, the Oregon House and Senate passed the Safe Schools Act, a piece of legislation that mandated that every school district in the state draft anti-bullying policies. “They ripped him apart”: Searching for answers in the suicide of bullied teen Jadin Bell 2013-09-08T11:00:00Z

He apologized during the campaign, but in his recent memoir, “Al Franken, Giant of the Senate,” he wrote that he regretted the apology: “I was just doing my job.” Franken and Trump, Hiding Behind Their ‘Jokes’ 2017-11-20T05:00:00Z

The Senate version of the bill, which is more consumer-friendly, would require a study on airline seat size, long a burr under the saddle of economy-class passengers. This bill makes it unlawful to remove passengers from planes. But that’s not enough. 2017-06-29T04:00:00Z

He also spoke about the absurdity of letting the male members of the Senate read parts of the letter while Warren was denied. Late-night roundup: Jeff Sessions is 'the human antidote to the Voting Rights Act' 2017-02-09T05:00:00Z

Though the Senate was his great love, he decided he didn’t have it in him for another run. ‘I hate palm trees’: The sentimental journey of Harry Reid 2016-09-14T04:00:00Z

Senate majority leader, Scruggs was well connected in Southern politics and seemed invincible. 'The Fall of the House of Zeus': Portrayal of lawyer's fall not a pretty picture 2011-01-06T00:11:06Z

Republicans also criticized Senate Democrats who fled across the state line to earlier this year in an effort to try to stop the GOP from passing the austerity measures. GOP tries to maintain power in Wisconsin 2011-08-09T21:36:00Z

When the Senate convened to debate the offer, “an old, blind senator named Appius Claudius was carried into the Senate house by his sons.” What the Fall of the Roman Republic Can Teach Us About America 2018-12-24T05:00:00Z

"We all feel, to a person, that he will make a strong recovery," Durbin said on the Senate floor Monday evening. Kirk faces long recovery from stroke 2012-01-24T03:03:00Z

Neither the Senate Judiciary nor Intelligence Committees were consulted and no hearings were held. Memorial for America’s conscience 2012-05-24T20:20:00Z

“She would kill her way into the presidency as easily as she’d killed her way into the Senate,” says Lucas, who calls her “a psychopath,” a designation soon upgraded to “sociopath.” A Politician With Real Killer Instincts 2018-05-04T04:00:00Z

"The View" tackled the topic of ageism in politics after Republican presidential hopeful Nikki Haley slammed the Senate as the "most privileged nursing home in the country." “The View”: Alyssa Farah Griffin thinks Biden at 80 might be too old to run for reelection 2023-09-06T04:00:00Z

Companion legislation before the Senate that would make taxpayers the primary refinancing bank for higher-interest student loans would soak the public for an additional $58 billion over 10 years. Editorials from around Pennsylvania 2014-06-18T04:00:00Z

In his early Senate days, his team looked to her as guide and inspiration. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie on Barack Obama’s ‘A Promised Land’ 2020-11-12T05:00:00Z

Written, produced and directed by Francis Ford Coppola, “The Conversation” won top honors at the festival in May 1974, the same month that the Senate Judiciary Committee voted to begin hearings into the Watergate cover-up. 8 Cannes Film Festival Prizewinners We Love (and 3 We Don’t) 2020-05-22T04:00:00Z

The film stars Gotzon as Brooke McHenry, a woman who feels she is “no longer a priority” after her lawyer husband decides to run for Senate. Savannah back in Hollywood spotlight 2014-07-06T04:00:00Z

The 178-page bill, entitled the “Health Care Quality Improvement and Cost Reduction Act of 2012,” will be followed by similar legislation from the Massachusetts Senate this week. Massachusetts Institutes Health-Care Price Controls. Is America Next? 2012-05-07T03:03:48Z

Hostin also compares Oz's situation to that of former football running back Herschel Walker, who came out as the front-runner in recent polls amid his campaign to acquire a Senate seat in Georgia. "The View" hosts tickled by "Trump minions" at Fox News who are split over Dr. Oz Senate endorsement 2022-04-15T04:00:00Z

Of course, again, that interview aired many moons ago, long before the Senate revealed its unshakable loyalty to Trump even as he muscles us toward a Constitutional crisis. ABC's "30 Hours" Donald Trump special was a ratings bust — but in history's long view, it will count 2019-06-18T04:00:00Z

Senate voted in favor of the nation’s first major climate law, which, if enacted into law, would seek to bring about major reductions in greenhouse pollution. Too Darn Hot: How Summer Stages Are Threatened by Climate Change 2022-08-11T04:00:00Z

Senate legislation introduced to counter a new luggage fee of up to $45 at the low-cost carrier Spirit. Senate Considers Ban on Fees for Carry-On Bags 2010-04-14T12:26:00Z

A photographer captured several of the congresswomen marching up the steps of the Capitol on their way to try to speak to Senate Democrats at their caucus lunch. Anita Hill and her 1991 congressional defenders to Joe Biden: You were part of the problem 2017-11-21T05:00:00Z

Nine are tapped by the governor and one each by the Assembly speaker and Senate president. Budget agreement allocates $8.3 million to California Arts Council 2015-06-17T04:00:00Z

In 2022, Pennsylvania has an open governor’s race and Senate seat. Bruce Castor is a magnet for controversy. Naturally, he’s Trump’s impeachment attorney. 2021-02-07T05:00:00Z

Ted Kennedy never became president, but the people of Massachusetts re-elected him to the Senate seven more times. Review: ‘Chappaquiddick’ Revisits a Grim ’60s Kennedy Scandal 2018-04-04T04:00:00Z

“A facility that objectively teaches kids about the branches of government and the Senate’s role as a deliberative body is welcome. Our society benefits when people are engaged in representative government.” Edward M. Kennedy Institute Aims to Teach Collaboration 2015-02-08T05:00:00Z

It received bipartisan support in the Senate; ultimately, a huge lobbying campaign against it by the airlines doomed it. Perspective | In travel, what’s next for consumer-friendly legislation? 2019-05-16T04:00:00Z

In peddling specious claims of voter fraud, he said he had merely been doing his duty, “leading a debate on the Senate floor on voter integrity.” How ‘Orwellian’ Became an All-Purpose Insult 2021-01-13T05:00:00Z

Following Tuesday’s midterm election, where the Democrats lost the Senate, House, many gubernatorial races and state legislatures, Stewart brought some much needed context and humor into the picture. Must-see morning clip: Jon Stewart spares no one, puts midterms into “context” 2014-11-07T05:00:00Z

The final tallies in Congress voting for war: 79 to 49 in the House and 19 to 13 in the Senate. Exhibition Review: ‘1812: A Nation Emerges,’ at National Portrait Gallery 2012-06-25T21:40:37Z

Senate on Feb. 5 acquitted President Donald Trump of two impeachment charges. What happened next? An update on the world before the coronavirus 2020-04-15T04:00:00Z

Two years later, he was elected to the state Senate — a pol with a future. Jeff Smith was supposed to be in Congress by now. Instead he’s an ex-con — with a story to tell. 2015-09-21T04:00:00Z

And as Claire faces down a Senate committee — mostly male, mostly white, and mostly accurate in its portrayal of the actual United States Senate — it’s clear a diplomatic career may not be in her future. 'House of Cards' Season 3 Episode 2 Recap: Balancing the Eggs 2015-02-27T05:00:00Z

A Senate proposal would last two years and cost $109 billion, while the House is considering a six-year bill that could cut spending from current levels. Boehner asks Obama to delay speech 2011-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m under attack here,” Lockhart fumes, fearing the outcome of a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing. 'Homeland' recap: Besieged CIA director tries to shift blame 2014-10-06T04:00:00Z

This work led White directly into politics, specifically the effort to pass a federal anti-lynching bill, which began in 1918 and continues to this day — the most recent effort stalled in the Senate in 2021. Antagonist, Activist, Operator, Survivor 2022-02-08T05:00:00Z

Rubio clearly hopes to balance his relative inexperience — less than one full term in the Senate, much like Obama — with a heavy emphasis on ideas. Republican write-off: Rubio and Huckabee serve 'Dreams' and 'Gravy' 2015-01-29T05:00:00Z

Senate committee on aging that he had been emotionally and financially abused by family members. Mickey Rooney, versatile actor and master showman, dies at 93 2014-04-07T21:03:24Z

Mr. Stewart appeared on the show again, in the third act, to call the Senate majority leader, Mitch McConnell, Republican of Kentucky, “an enormous obstacle, unwilling to move the bill forward for purely political reasons.” Jon Stewart Returns to ‘The Daily Show’ for Zadroga Act 2015-12-08T05:00:00Z

Asked whether anything embarrassing might emerge during his Senate confirmation hearing, Goldsmith replied: “My former stepfather is the leading suspect in Jimmy Hoffa’s disappearance, and has long been associated with the Mafia.” ‘In Hoffa’s Shadow’ Details How a Famous Disappearance Hit Close to Home 2019-09-24T04:00:00Z

It's time for the United States Senate to act, and they're going to act. Government shutdown looms 2011-12-14T19:12:06Z

Senate, the two were able to raise awareness in support of a national holiday. In Boston, ‘The Embrace’ Honors Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Legacy 2023-01-15T05:00:00Z

Robert Carsen’s production presented Roman statesmen in modern suits, and the ancient Senate was represented by an auditorium resembling the Italian Parliament. Verdi’s Shakespeare Resonates Across Italian Opera Houses 2021-12-17T05:00:00Z

On Capitol Hill, Jones’s soon-to-be colleagues were busily divining meaning in the strangest Senate race in years. ‘We dodged that bullet’: In Washington, a bipartisan sigh of relief over the Doug Jones win. 2017-12-13T05:00:00Z

With soldiers increasingly loyal to their commanders, and commanders doing whatever it took to maximize the prospect of private profit, the Senate was no longer in charge. What the Fall of the Roman Republic Can Teach Us About America 2018-12-24T05:00:00Z

With a Republican House, Senate and White House all a real possibility, companies may come to believe that the benefits of having a Trump staffer on board outweigh the possible bad press. Trump got evicted from ‘the swamp.’ Some of his people are trying to stick around. 2021-04-05T04:00:00Z

Senate’s Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations said in a report last July in support of increased scrutiny. As Money Launderers Buy Dalís, U.S. Looks at Lifting the Veil on Art Sales 2021-06-19T04:00:00Z

Senate, wrote on Twitter last week that "corporate greed is driving inflation." "We must break up Big Ag," Sanders says after largest US egg producer posts 718% profit increase 2023-04-03T04:00:00Z

“A millionaire whose father is going to give him his chair in the Senate, and he’s marrying a criminal — that’s so Brazilian,” Mr. Falabella said. Broadway Musicals, Big Draw in Brazil for a Decade, Lose Their Audience 2015-10-16T04:00:00Z

Starting in January, Congress will have one political party — the Republican Party — in charge of both the Senate and the House of Representatives. Election puts Congress in control of 1 party

One of its newest political stars, Rep. Madeleine Dean, is among the House Democratic managers who will oppose Castor in the Senate trial. Bruce Castor is a magnet for controversy. Naturally, he’s Trump’s impeachment attorney. 2021-02-07T05:00:00Z

Members of the press corps met last week with representatives from the office of the Senate Sergeant at Arms, seeking clarification on how the proposed restrictions would actually enhance security. Reporters claim new rules will hinder impeachment coverage 2020-01-15T05:00:00Z

Republican, has signaled that he believes the Senate needs to more than simply reject his chamber's bill. Government shutdown looms 2011-12-14T19:12:06Z

Earlier Wednesday, reporters and congressional staff members filled a Senate corridor to get a view of Day-Lewis, considered a top contender for an Oscar. 'Lincoln' at the Capitol draws director and star 2012-12-20T02:46:05Z

In other words, this is about making Democrats squirm – not unlike what’s happening in reverse in the Senate. V-word vs. P-word 2012-06-26T15:57:00Z

She had testified before a Senate subcommittee on how the War on Poverty was working in the Southern States, and had invited the senators to come see for themselves. After Two Tragedies, a Love to Bring Down Barriers 2017-02-07T05:00:00Z

But Congress must act to raise the debt ceiling by Aug. 2, and the plan discussed in the Senate Tuesday was just a framework, not specific legislation that could take weeks to move through Congress. White House open to short-term debt deal 2011-07-20T18:34:00Z

On Tuesday, the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence released a sweeping report on torture practices used by the Central Intelligence Agency in its Detention and Interrogation program. Here’s what sleep deprivation does to the body 2014-12-10T05:00:00Z

After Warner won his Senate seat, he hosted a fundraiser breakfast at their Georgetown mansion for dozens of lobbyists, who paid $2,000 a seat. Elizabeth Taylor loved John Warner. Life in Washington nearly killed her. 2022-12-06T05:00:00Z

Raskin, a Democrat and former constitutional law professor, helped draft articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump for his alleged encouragement of the violent mob and led the impeachment prosecution in the Senate. Rep. Jamie Raskin’s book ‘Unthinkable’ coming out Jan. 4 2021-09-01T04:00:00Z

Naturally, Bush named him the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, slipping him through as a recess appointee because there was little chance he would be confirmed by the Senate. John Bolton’s been a political brawler for decades, but his rumble with Donald Trump is extreme — even for him. 2020-06-27T04:00:00Z

When districts are drawn in Montana in 1918, gerrymandering Rankin into a Democratic district, she counters by running for the Senate instead of the House. A Century Before Hillary 2016-08-16T04:00:00Z

“He was the first to become really afraid of Trump, and his party stepped in right behind him,” said former Senate majority leader and McConnell’s old sparring partner Harry M. Reid of Nevada. Mitch McConnell doesn’t care what you think. He just wants to win. 2020-01-23T05:00:00Z

The video of Mr. Biden swearing in newly elected members and greeting their families in the Old Senate Chamber this month provided 86 minutes of viral eloquence on this. A Biden Moment 2013-01-26T01:36:39Z

It took Ted years to varnish his reputation into “the lion of the Senate.” ‘Saturday Night Live’ thinks it’s figured out the Trump brothers. Does it get them right? 2018-03-14T04:00:00Z

And then she was being harassed by the United States Senate, the picture of the all-white guys — that caused stories. Anita Hill and her 1991 congressional defenders to Joe Biden: You were part of the problem 2017-11-21T05:00:00Z

Speculation about the Cambridge, Mass., native rose slightly when he did not completely rule out a Senate bid during an appearance on CBS' Face The Nation on Sunday. Ben Affleck won't run for US Senate in Mass. 2012-12-25T23:16:03Z

“That was all very surreal … to hear very specific elements of my childhood mentioned before the Senate and the world.” A writer mined his ’80s adolescence in the D.C. suburbs. Then came the Kavanaugh hearings. 2018-10-19T04:00:00Z

Senate candidate, filed a defamation lawsuit on Wednesday against Sacha Baron Cohen over his recent appearance in the actor’s Showtime television series “Who Is America?” Roy Moore files defamation lawsuit against Sacha Baron Cohen, CBS,... 2018-09-05T04:00:00Z

That search fits well with Rubio, the youthful, energetic conservative who has been the subject of presidential speculation almost since the moment he won a Florida Senate seat in 2010. Republican write-off: Rubio and Huckabee serve 'Dreams' and 'Gravy' 2015-01-29T05:00:00Z

They also note that Mr. Ryan, who hosted the picketed New York event, previously held a fund-raiser for one of Ms. Warren’s Senate campaigns. Pete Buttigieg and the One Percent 2020-01-03T05:00:00Z

Silent Hattie,” as she was known, spoke from the Senate floor on average about once a year over her entire senatorial career. The Unfavored Daughter: When Margaret Chase Smith Ran in the New Hampshire Primary 2016-02-06T05:00:00Z

The House of Representatives is 73 percent male with a median age of 58; in the Senate, it’s 76 percent and 64 years old. Perspective | A lot of powerful people seem to have no clue what motherhood means 2022-05-13T04:00:00Z

The Senate lost a brilliant strategic mind, a man with absolute integrity. Lugar defeat fits Obama campaign narrative on GOP 2012-05-09T10:15:00Z

Yes, that one: Ms. Hill is the subject of a documentary, “Anita,” that takes a fresh look at her 1991 Senate testimony. Scene Stealers: Henny Garfunkel Shoots the Stars at Sundance 2013-01-18T21:31:51Z

After a tour of the neighborhood, Ruben Sr. headed back to his Senate office, emblazoned with a giant picture of himself on the awning. Two Bronx politicians, father and son, find themselves at odds in the 2016 race 2016-04-18T04:00:00Z

There's a telling moment in "The Report," the new drama based on former Senate investigator Daniel J. Jones's years-long inquiry into the CIA's post 9/11 "enhanced interrogation techniques." How Maura Tierney learned to identify with a "monstrous" torturer 2019-11-15T05:00:00Z

Maelstrom No. 2 is an ongoing uproar over stock transactions Loeffler and her husband executed after she attended an early closed-door Senate briefing on the coronavirus. The young and eventful Senate career of wealthy Georgia businesswoman Kelly Loeffler 2020-04-03T04:00:00Z

President took the state in 2008 and won in all six state Senate districts up for election Tuesday, though Walker carried them two years later. GOP retains grip on Wisconsin Senate 2011-08-10T16:28:00Z

Beneath the symbols is the Latin inscription “EID MAR,” designating the Ides of March — March 15, 44 B.C. — the fateful day on which the conspirators left Caesar dead on the floor of the Roman Senate. Rare Coin, Minted by Brutus to Mark Caesar’s Death, Is Returned to Greece 2023-03-22T04:00:00Z

What about when the nominee’s confirmation vote is scheduled for Thursday in the Senate Judiciary Committee? Perspective | Do we really ‘believe women’? How the Kavanaugh accusation will put a slogan to the test. 2018-09-16T04:00:00Z

Graham's relationship with the Senate is one of the longest bonds he's ever had. Why is Lindsey Graham acting like this? 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z

By the end of the day the majority of Senate Democrats called for him to step down, too. What do you do with a problem like Al Franken? 2019-05-28T04:00:00Z

The big story of the week was the health care bill the Senate unveiled Thursday, so Jimmy Kimmel celebrated the occasion by talking to children, who will undoubtedly be affected by the “mean” legislation. Jimmy Kimmel discusses health care with kids 2017-06-23T04:00:00Z

“You can block a bill in the Senate with 41 senators representing something like 11 percent of the population,” says Dionne, citing an example of rural America’s disproportionate influence. Do Democrats hate cities? 2012-09-08T17:00:00Z

Senate, as well as serving as the Secretary of War under President Franklin Pierce before being elected president of the Confederacy in 1861. Review | 20 years after ‘Cold Mountain,’ Charles Frazier is hot again 2018-04-04T04:00:00Z

“Umpires don’t make the rules,” he told the Senate, “they apply them.” The ‘Enigma’ Who Is the Chief Justice of the United States 2019-03-18T04:00:00Z

Jesse Jackson Jr. acted improperly in seeking appointment to the Senate in 2009. House to address Jesse Jackson Jr. case 2011-12-02T11:50:00Z

A day after he’d joined their protest, Bowman saw the hunger strikers again on the Senate steps. Freshman blues: Inside the new House Democrats’ unsettling first year 2022-01-28T05:00:00Z

“President Trump tweeted yesterday, quote, ‘Alabama is sooo lucky to have a candidate like “Big” Luther Strange’ for the special Senate election to fill Attorney General Jeff Sessions’s seat. Trevor Noah Thinks Paul Manafort Got Mixed Up With the Wrong Crowd 2017-09-22T04:00:00Z

While Quinn estimates the state will have $33.9 billion to spend next year, House and Senate lawmakers are set to land on their own figure within the next week. Quinn: Budget woes a long time coming 2012-02-23T04:32:00Z

Most photos of him are from testimony to the Senate several years ago. Robert Mueller is the most unknowable man in Washington 2018-12-14T05:00:00Z

The irony, of course, is that it will launch at a time when few Americans find much to celebrate about the Senate. Ted Kennedy’s bricks-and-mortar legacy taking shape

Senate and House at the moment, both with provisions that would allow license-holders to seek court action to restrain infringing activities by websites. What 2011 in rock teaches us about the future 2011-12-28T06:00:00Z

Later in the afternoon, Affleck met in private with members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Affleck calls for stronger US leadership in Congo 2012-12-19T22:13:09Z

On a couch in the lobby, two women from Florida pored over the layout of Senate office buildings. If You Like the Arts, Save the N.E.A., Advocates Tell Lawmakers 2017-03-21T04:00:00Z

In one of the more terrifying images of last week, a man believed to be Munchel, wearing dark fatigues and a face-obscuring black gaiter, climbed over a railing in the Senate Gallery. Perspective | Trumpist masculinity reaches its high water mark 2021-01-12T05:00:00Z

Crump added that Nichols’s family was grateful Desert X would bring attention to proposed amendments to California Senate Bill 50 that are aimed at prohibiting traffic stops for low-level violations. Tyre Nichols’s Photography Will Soar on Desert X Billboards 2023-03-03T05:00:00Z

There's not a single Millennial in the Senate. New "OK Boomer" book tries to heal generational rift between Millennials and Boomers 2020-08-25T04:00:00Z

And while he hadn’t figured out a story line, Lapine had written three separate but intriguing scenes, including one showing Luce being grilled by a Senate subcommittee over her hawkish views. Up, Up and Away: The Trippy Tales Behind ‘Flying Over Sunset’ 2021-11-17T05:00:00Z

We saw a tribute video to Ted Kennedy, who defeated Romney for Senate in 1994, which some Republicans complained was crassly partisan for a tribute to the late senator. The Morning After: Michelle Obama, Between the Lines 2012-09-05T13:03:03Z

In fact, the president asked, or demanded, and Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Charles Grassley agreed, that there would be a limited investigation to the two principal parties. Anita Hill: ‘I think our journey, as a country, as a society, really tracks my own journey’ 2021-10-22T04:00:00Z

On Dec. 20, 2013, the Senate voted 59 to 36 to confirm him as the 48th commissioner of the IRS. How the IRS chief went from respected public servant to political punching bag 2017-02-28T05:00:00Z

He’s become a public face of advocacy for awareness about Alzheimer’s, even testifying before the Senate Committee on Appropriates last year in a bid to get more funding for research. Seth Rogen Says Government Needs to Step Up On Alzheimer's 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z

Carmona’s Senate campaign highlights his testimony before Waxman’s committee, proclaiming that he returned to Tucson “knowing he stood up and did the right thing.” Auction claims to be selling vial of Reagan blood 2012-05-22T15:16:00Z

“Maybe the two are the same person,” a Republican staffer in the Senate said. Washington is again captivated by an anonymous source. It’s different now. 2019-09-27T04:00:00Z

His next book is a study on the 1941 Senate attack on Hollywood. Review | The incredible life of ‘Handsome Johnny,’ a gangster worthy of the movies 2018-11-22T05:00:00Z

And one more: Can I recommend … House and Senate elections? Women Olympians: They’re hot! 2012-06-19T18:40:00Z

The Senate never scheduled a full vote on the nomination. Trump’s ambassadors fan out across the globe. But some powerful countries are still waiting. 2018-01-10T05:00:00Z

According to a report released by the Senate’s Health Education Labor and Pensions Committee, chaired by Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, Corinthian schools have some of the worst withdrawal rates in the entire for-profit sector. Can’t a capitalist be moral? 2012-06-17T22:00:00Z

The book was announced the same day the Senate voted to rebuke Warren for reading a letter written by Coretta Scott King, the widow of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., on the Senate floor. Elizabeth Warren has a book coming in April. Its title? 'This Fight Is Our Fight' 2017-02-08T05:00:00Z

When another former Knick, Bill Bradley, ran for Senate in New Jersey, his television commercials ended with him tossing a crumpled piece of paper into a tiny basketball hoop affixed to a garbage pail. The City Game? 2015-07-20T04:00:00Z

Jo Backer Laird, a lawyer who specializes in art law, said the pending Senate bill was founded on the view “that the Holocaust is simply different.” Dispute Over Bill to Protect Art Lent to Museums 2012-05-21T22:04:51Z

And I'm slowly making the Senate more accessible. Sen. Tammy Duckworth says it was food stamps that allowed her to stay in high school 2021-05-06T04:00:00Z

Senate Special Committee on Aging found numerous problems with conservatorship cases nationwide despite reforms specifically pointed to emergency hearings. Rights lost to conservator, songwriter fights back 2010-05-21T15:46:00Z

Oddly enough, most members of the House and Senate are signed on to the bill, yet the bill hasn’t been passed by either chamber of Congress. Jon Stewart returns to “The Daily Show” to shame Congress for ending 9/11 first responders benefits: “Mitch McConnell doesn’t give a sh*t about anything but politics” 2015-12-08T05:00:00Z

Both the agency and Senate Republicans were highly critical of the report and its findings, and public opinion has also split along party lines. ‘The Report’ and the Untold Story of a Senate-C.I.A. Conflict 2019-11-15T05:00:00Z

Patrick J. Kennedy, a former Democratic congressman from Rhode Island, added that his father “believed in a Senate that advanced the national interest, not partisan interest.” Edward M. Kennedy Institute Aims to Teach Collaboration 2015-02-08T05:00:00Z

The Confederate battle emblem still occupies a corner of the state’s banner, and the face of the Choctaw Indian Theresa Whitecloud is at the top of the Senate rotunda. 36 Hours in Jackson, Miss. 2013-05-30T17:27:31Z

Pundits were hinting that Kavanaugh had the votes to get approved by the Senate. Why is Lindsey Graham acting like this? 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z

“This bill is not about pro-life or the right to life,” she said from the Senate floor. The battle for Alabama’s soul 2019-07-01T04:00:00Z

Much of the credit goes to Kavanaugh, whose own Senate testimony was as effective, in its way, as Blasey Ford’s was. Dissecting Brett Kavanaugh’s ‘Supreme Ambition’ 2019-12-02T05:00:00Z

Braun has feasted on scenes like Greg’s inarticulate Senate testimony, for which the actor was handed several pages of dialogue the night before filming. How the ‘Succession’ Star Nicholas Braun Elevates Cousin Greg 2021-10-06T04:00:00Z

“To be a spokesperson you need to be able to defend the nominee without hesitation,” said Josh Holmes, a former chief of staff for Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. What happens when you tie your career to Donald Trump? Ask Sean Spicer in a few months. 2016-08-16T04:00:00Z

He knocked on a door, and when a person answered, he told them he is running in Virginia’s 16th Senate District. Scandals usually end political careers. Not Joe Morrissey’s. 2015-08-17T04:00:00Z

Pack’s nomination languished, with Republican leaders such as Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell more focused on getting conservatives confirmed for federal judgeships than little-known agency posts. How Trump’s obsessions with media and loyalty coalesced in a battle for Voice of America 2020-06-19T04:00:00Z

This was a lead, remember, that many predicted could result in a landslide Biden victory, help turn the Senate blue, and bring the Democrats amazing victories in red states like Ohio and Florida. Perspective | We still don’t know much about this election — except that the media and pollsters blew it again 2020-11-04T05:00:00Z

A draft bill permitting the free trade of works less than 70 years old — virtually all postwar art — is in the process of being approved by the Italian Senate. In the Shadow of Art Basel and Frieze 2016-11-11T05:00:00Z

The partisan plan passed in the House was considered dead upon arrival in the Senate. AOC slams Speaker Kevin McCarthy's "boy math" with a government shutdown looming 2023-09-27T04:00:00Z

From the Arkansas State Capitol to the White House to the Senate to Foggy Bottom, their wins and losses have shaped the American narrative for a quarter of a century. These Are The 25 Most Influential Marriages of All Time 2015-05-12T04:00:00Z

NSA last month notified the House and Senate intelligence committees that Carlson’s name was mentioned by unknown third parties and unmasked at the request of an official, The Record and CNN reported. Watchdog to review NSA following Tucker Carlson’s spy claims 2021-08-10T04:00:00Z

Perhaps even more intriguing than the play is Hammond’s work in the Senate — for which he was given a national honor by Poland in May: the Knight’s Cross of the Order of Merit. This Hill staffer (maybe) saved the free world. But all he wants is a career in theater. 2017-07-18T04:00:00Z

As first lady, she tended toward the pastel and the classic and the skirt, but when she began her Senate campaign, she wore only black trouser suits. Hillary Clinton and Theresa May Herald a New Age in Power Dressing 2016-07-27T04:00:00Z

It’s the ultimate contradiction: The Senate impeachment trial of the media-obsessed president is a remarkably bloodless TV spectacle. Perspective | Senate press restrictions have an ugly goal: Putting distance between the public and Trump’s impeachment trial 2020-01-22T05:00:00Z

On Dec. 10, Sanders, an independent, took the floor of the Senate and didn't relinquish it for 8 1/2 hours. Vt. Sen. Sanders to publish book on filibuster 2011-01-20T13:49:08Z

Senator Luther Strange ended up losing to Roy Moore, a twice-ousted Alabama Supreme Court justice with far-right views, in the Republican Senate primary on Tuesday. Jimmy Kimmel Is Surprised Trump Went ‘All In’ on a Loser That Wasn’t a Casino 2017-09-28T04:00:00Z

Usually these types of arrangements are worked out privately ahead of time, congressional aides said, and the speaker and Senate majority leader extend an invitation for the president to address Congress. Obama, Boehner clash over jobs speech 2011-09-01T06:23:00Z

Her approach seems in line with President Biden’s embrace of the arts for their potential to stimulate economic growth, a strategy seen during his years in the Senate and as vice president. Biden’s Pick to Lead N.E.A. Sees Culture as a Community Building Tool 2021-10-08T04:00:00Z

The change, part of a broader tax-cut measure approved by the House on Thursday and the Senate on Friday, extends to live theater a tax benefit already provided to the film and television industries. Broadway Tax Benefit Approved by Congress 2015-12-18T05:00:00Z

On Tuesday they stood sentry along the second-floor walkway in the Hart Senate Office Building, their bright red cloaks a creepy contrast to the colorless suits of Capitol Hill. Summer’s over, and things are back to bonkers. Here’s the view from Crazytown, D.C. 2018-09-05T04:00:00Z

In February, Robbins lobbied for arts in correctional facilities at a state Senate budget hearing in Sacramento. L.A. without the NEA: Tim Robbins on his $50-a-week first acting job, and why it proves the power of the NEA 2017-04-07T04:00:00Z

This is the day the Senate is headed for a vote to repeal Obamacare. ‘The moment when it really started to feel insane’: An oral history of the Scaramucci era 2017-08-01T04:00:00Z

So, after the Senate confirmed Acosta, Brown, an investigative reporter for the Miami Herald, went to her editor with a simple query: “I wonder what the women think about this.” Jeffrey Epstein’s case was covered in the media. But one Miami reporter made it big news again. 2019-07-10T04:00:00Z

Kansas state Senator Anthony Hensley, a Democrat and the party's leader in the Senate, criticized Republican Governor Sam Brownback and his administration for pursuing the sex toy auction. Kansas looks to sex toy sale as payback for overdue taxes 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z

The California Senate Fact-Finding Committee on Un-American Activities would later declare Ain “among the committee’s more notorious critics.” Celebrating a Phoenix of a Home in Los Angeles 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z

"If I decide to throw my hat in the ring for U.S. Senate, believe me ... it's game on mthrfkers," he said in the statement. Kid Rock may run for Senate, says voter registration 'critical cause' 2017-07-27T04:00:00Z

The state Senate is set to vote on the bill next month. Congressional leaders urge passage of film tax credit bill 2014-07-29T04:00:00Z

She became one of his most important patrons, commissioning portraits of Lady Bird Johnson, the Duchess of Windsor and Mike Mansfield, the Senate majority leader. Aaron Shikler, Portrait Artist Known for Images of America’s Elite, Dies at 93 2015-11-16T05:00:00Z

They’ll dredge up old footage of him on the Senate floor in which he almost appears to compare anti-union efforts in Ohio and Wisconsin to the work of Adolf Hitler. Sherrod Brown thinks he could have helped Democrats win in 2016. But what about 2020? 2017-07-23T04:00:00Z

He writes with asperity of President Obama and the Democrats, noting that the 2001 Patriot Act sailed through the Senate with one dissenting vote. David Shipler's 'The Rights of the People': the erosion of American rights in the name of security 2011-05-12T19:22:03Z

Force everyone else to sleep in cots outside the Senate chambers. No standing, no marathon speeches, no catheter bags: How filibustering got way too easy 2021-07-05T04:00:00Z

Elizabeth Warren, she of the spunky Senate floor speeches? How Nancy Pelosi turned the condescending ‘feisty grandma’ meme into a political weapon 2018-12-12T05:00:00Z

Nestle traces this back to the Senate Select Committee on Nutrition and Human Needs' 1977 report, the first dietary guidelines, which recommended eating less meat, less soda, and fewer foods with sugar and salt. Questions remain about Big Food’s influence on the new dietary guidelines 2021-02-12T05:00:00Z

She heads a party that has lost the House, the Senate and the White House under her leadership and is riven by infighting over whether she should defend Trump more forcefully — or at all. RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel is trying to hold together a party that Donald Trump might want to tear up 2021-01-28T05:00:00Z

Sen. Roy Blunt, the chairman of the Senate Rules Committee, said the changes are necessary to keep the emotional and intense impeachment proceedings running smoothly. Reporters claim new rules will hinder impeachment coverage 2020-01-15T05:00:00Z

Technically, the movie ends with, and gets its title from, a plea Ms. Giffords made to the Senate Judiciary Committee at a hearing on gun violence after her injuries made talking a physical challenge. A Documentary Grows With Each Mass Shooting 2016-04-13T04:00:00Z

He thinks that the hit was ordered by Michael, and so he agrees to enter witness protection and testify against the don in the government’s ongoing Senate investigation of the Mafia. Of Course Roger Stone Thinks That He Lives in “The Godfather” 2019-01-25T05:00:00Z

IS IT the veep on “Veep,” bragging over a glass of Champagne about winning some hard-fought changes in the Senate’s filibuster rules? Critic’s Notebook: Power-Play Advice From ‘Hillbilly Handfishin’ ’ 2012-07-27T22:16:25Z

Clinton was acquitted in a Senate trial and served out the remainder of his second term as president. Monica Lewinsky and "Catfish" host producing "15 Minutes of Shame" doc for HBO Max 2019-10-21T04:00:00Z

Of course, if it manages to get through the full Senate, it has the anti-choice House to contend with. V-word vs. P-word 2012-06-26T15:57:00Z

Mikulski: With the traditions of the Senate and the committee, Biden thought he was going to conduct a hearing, but the Republicans knew — led by Arlen Specter — that they were going to conduct a trial. Anita Hill and her 1991 congressional defenders to Joe Biden: You were part of the problem 2017-11-21T05:00:00Z

Zero Dark Thirty is certainly more accessible than, say, a Senate intelligence report, simply because it’s a riveting, beautifully made movie with excellent performances that’s likely playing at your local multiplex, if you’re in America. Behind the Story: TIME’s Jessica Winter on Kathryn Bigelow and Zero Dark Thirty 2013-01-25T12:45:35Z

All told, the Office of the Commissioner of Major League Baseball PAC donated $245,500 to scores of 2018 campaigns for Senate and House candidates on both sides of the party aisle. Black lives don’t matter to Major League Baseball — what else is new? 2018-11-27T05:00:00Z

Under Senate Bill 535, California directs 25 percent of the proceeds from its cap and trade program to climate investment funding in the state’s most affected areas. Healthy soil is ground zero for environmental justice in farm communities 2018-08-25T04:00:00Z

Last week, these organizations were joined by more than 70 faith leaders who wrote a letter to the Senate urging them not to pass the legislation. LGBT families under attack: Alabama law would make it legal to stop same-sex couples from adopting 2017-04-24T04:00:00Z

Senate and House of Representatives seats as Democrats seek to win control of those bodies from Trump’s Republicans and block his agenda. Hollywood rewrites its script to resist Trump in midterms 2018-10-11T04:00:00Z

Can an administration promise that the Senate will kill a bill? ‘House of Cards’ Season 4, Episode 8: Politics Is Show Business 2016-03-09T05:00:00Z

The 59-year-old becomes the 22nd woman serving in the Senate, a record number. Two Democrats join the Senate, which is now split, 51-49 2018-01-03T05:00:00Z

And at the Capitol, the Senate unanimously passed a nonbinding resolution that calls upon U.S. Equal Pay for Equal Play: The Case for the Women’s Soccer Team 2016-05-27T04:00:00Z

Meanwhile, Democrats and Republicans in the Senate have proposed legislation. Postmaster General calls for 'radical changes' 2011-09-06T22:50:00Z

Why did Trump contribute money to Clinton’s Senate campaigns and Foundation? Our nominee is a disaster: Time may be running out, but Democrats will come to rue Clinton over Sanders 2016-03-16T04:00:00Z

Senate committee on Wednesday passed a financial regulatory reform bill that supports Hollywood in outlawing the trading of futures contracts based on predicted movie ticket sales. Senate committee OKs bill that bans movie futures 2010-04-21T22:31:00Z

Obama signed the measure more than an hour after the Senate vote, ensuring that the nation is able to continue borrowing money to pay its bills. Debt debate over, Obama urges jobs focus 2011-08-02T18:07:00Z

Did he need authorization from Congress, he asked the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, to make a troop deployment like that? Books of The Times: ?Drift? by Rachel Maddow of MSNBC Traces American Militarism 2012-03-28T22:36:04Z

Senate to shield international art loans from seizure while being exhibited in the United States. Essential Arts & Culture: A new museum on the National Mall, Arthur Miller reimagined, the 'Vermeer' of L.A. 2016-09-17T04:00:00Z

Hill reporters track his movements on the Senate floor, staking out his office, sometimes for hours, and then orbiting around him like electrons as he walks the halls of Congress. One year of ‘President Manchin’: For the Democratic agenda, all roads go through West Virginia 2021-12-14T05:00:00Z

Those statements did not square with the CIA’s records, the Senate committee said. Senate report says CIA gave reporters inaccurate information on interrogations 2014-12-10T05:00:00Z

One extraordinary thing that we have is a filmed interview, sometime in the late 1980s, with Sen. William Proxmire who at the time was the chairman of the Senate Banking Committee. Cannes: How the bankers fleeced the world 2010-05-19T15:20:00Z

Senate candidate nationwide, a new twist in campaign media that already includes TV and radio spots, social media and other forms of communication. Senate hopeful in Hawaii launches a cable channel 2012-06-11T21:58:11Z

She agreed to support his Senate bid on the condition that, if he didn’t win, “really and for real, this would be the end.” Isabel Wilkerson on Michelle Obama’s ‘Becoming’ and the Great Migration 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z

Did you expect to see something like the Senate Bill 8, Texas’s near-complete ban on abortion? Eva Longoria Knows There’s Still Work to Do 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z

On Wednesday, the Senate passed an unprecedented $2 trillion stimulus package to provide aid during the national shutdown over the outbreak. TSA says hundreds of thousands of people are still flying during pandemic 2020-03-27T04:00:00Z

You have the White House, you have the Senate. Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer beat Donald Trump at his own game — reality TV 2018-12-12T05:00:00Z

Senate Democrats are expected to kill that plan, setting the stage for a potential compromise. Advertising blitz seeks to sway debt debate 2011-07-29T21:43:06Z

Congressional Democrats, including the Senate minority leader, Chuck Schumer, and the Massachusetts senator Elizabeth Warren have given charities thousands of dollars in donations they had received from Weinstein. Weinstein's wife to leave him as she condemns 'unforgivable actions' 2017-10-11T04:00:00Z

In May, Senate Republicans used their filibuster power to block the creation of such a commission. Recalling Jan. 6: A national day of infamy, half remembered 2022-01-04T05:00:00Z

On its face, the voting was about control of the Wisconsin state Senate, where Republicans currently hold a 19-14 majority. GOP tries to maintain power in Wisconsin 2011-08-09T21:36:00Z

He won re-election to the Senate in 1972 by more than 1 million votes, the largest plurality of any Senate candidate in the nation that year. Former U.S. Sen. Charles Percy dies 2011-09-17T12:43:00Z

Only Sasse, among Senate Republicans, has not budged and maintains he never will. As the GOP’s anti-Trump, Ben Sasse picked a big fight. What would it mean to win? 2016-06-20T04:00:00Z

I mean, it’s as if Emmanuel Lewis suddenly announced he was running for Senate. Mickey Kaus Seeks to Correct the Flaws of Liberalism 2010-06-04T21:43:00Z

The bill passed the state Senate in April and was approved by the state Assembly June 27. California to be the first state to ban natural hair discrimination 2019-06-28T04:00:00Z

Delaware Republican Senate candidate Christine O'Donnell says with a laugh that she tried several religions but skipped becoming a Hare Krishna because she didn't want to be vegetarian in a 1999 interview. Clip: Meat made O'Donnell avoid being Hare Krishna 2010-10-02T03:51:00Z

But we can’t square that intention with the facts of how this year’s Senate race is being conducted - and with Mr. Sullivan’s unwillingness to support limits on campaign finance in races other than his own. Alaska Editorials 2014-06-16T04:00:00Z

Senate, will offer her take on the campaign and her "frustrations" with the political process, St. Martin's Press announced Thursday. Christine O'Donnell has book deal. 2010-12-02T22:27:00Z

The number is definitely lower than half for taking the Senate. Donald Trump and the “N-word”: Many voters would still support him — but not enough 2018-09-11T04:00:00Z

Its fifth season, which covered the 2020 election cycle, ended in November; the sixth season debuts Sunday, in the wake of the Georgia Senate runoffs. What’s on TV This Week: ‘Mr. Mayor’ and ‘Tiger’ 2021-01-04T05:00:00Z

“Obstruction in Congress has been on full display in the past few months,” Meyers said, “with Senate Republicans refusing to even hold hearings on President Obama’s nominee to the Supreme Court, Merrick Garland.” Seth Meyers hits below the belt: Republicans in Congress “act like dicks” 2016-05-25T04:00:00Z

Senate candidate in Kentucky, wrote in response to the GOP leader's move. Solving childhood hunger shouldn't be a partisan issue 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z

Those proposals were rejected by Senate Democrats who substituted a tax on millionaires, with Obama's agreement. Obama pushes for passage of jobs bill 2011-10-08T12:32:00Z

His relationship with Trump became publicly strained following his certification of Joe Biden's election in the Senate and the attempted insurrection at the U.S. Mike Pence is starting a podcast ... because of course he is 2021-02-08T05:00:00Z

As a former Senate aide and senior official at the U.S. These four challenges will shape the next farm bill — and how the US eats 2023-05-08T04:00:00Z

“I don’t see it as a competition,” Brown said in an interview at his Senate office. Sherrod Brown was talking like Elizabeth Warren way before she was. So why isn’t anyone urging him to run? 2015-01-28T05:00:00Z

Senate backed proposals for further sanctions on Iran, including requiring companies listed on U.S. stock exchanges to disclose any Iran-related business. Marvel Comics plans wedding for gay hero Northstar 2012-05-22T16:46:00Z

But in public comments, several Senate Republicans were sharply critical of the proceedings in the House and suggested they could be open to a compromise with the Democrats. Debt crisis focus shifts to Senate 2011-07-30T03:46:00Z

“You could impeach Abraham Lincoln or George Washington or Bill Clinton, anyone. The Senate could be doing this from now until the end of time.” Bruce Castor is a magnet for controversy. Naturally, he’s Trump’s impeachment attorney. 2021-02-07T05:00:00Z

In dramatic testimony before the Senate Intelligence Committee, former FBI director Comey admits, under intense questioning from Democratic senators, that he cannot say “with absolute certainty” that Vice President Pence is not a Russian citizen. Dave Barry’s Year in Review: Russia Mania, covfefe and the Category 5 weirdness of 2017 2017-12-28T05:00:00Z

The Senate report said the agency never filed a “crimes report,” as required by law, when it leaked classified material about the interrogation program to journalists such as Kessler and Tom Brokaw of NBC News. Senate report says CIA gave reporters inaccurate information on interrogations 2014-12-10T05:00:00Z

All 118 House seats and all 59 Senate seats are up for an election — an occurrence that happens only once every decade. A final pitch to woo Illinois voters 2012-03-20T02:58:00Z

In her proposed reorganization, House and Senate leaders would each nominate 12 citizens, and the president of the United States would chose 21 from those 24 candidates. The money has landed: Kickstarter for Armstrong’s spacesuit is successful 2015-07-24T04:00:00Z

Bocelli told the conference at the Senate that he resented not being able to leave his home even though he “committed no crime” and revealed, without providing details, that he violated that lockdown restriction. Tenor Bocelli, who had COVID, says lockdown humiliated him 2020-07-28T04:00:00Z

At 78, Mr. Dean no longer wears the signature horn rims that set him apart from the crowd of nervous staff members testifying on live television before a Senate committee in 1973. John Dean, Who Worked for Nixon, Sizes Up Trump 2017-04-13T04:00:00Z

In his memoirs, Cassiday alleged that he was supplying liquor to 80 percent of a distinctly hypocritical House and Senate. ‘To Have and Have Another’: Ring in your new year as Hemingway might 2015-12-30T05:00:00Z

The actress testified during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing Tuesday that she plans to launch a campaign to raise awareness and spur action against human trafficking and slavery. Actress urges action against human trafficking 2012-07-17T17:28:08Z

Koehler, the lawmaker who sponsored civil unions in the Senate, would not say how he would vote on gay marriage legislation. Illinois push begins for gay marriage, amid much skepticism 2012-02-21T13:27:00Z

Pundits were baffled that Pelosi had interjected herself into a Senate primary, and assumed it was because she is still fiercely loyal to the Kennedys, whom she has known for decades. The Markey-Kennedy Senate primary battle is one Democrats wish wasn’t happening 2020-08-28T04:00:00Z

The New York State Senate is considering a similar proposal. New York TV writers want piece of state's production incentive 2014-08-13T04:00:00Z

“This election is about the future of the country,” said Stephen Law, the president of the Senate Leadership Fund. Perspective | The baffling defense of Herschel Walker 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z

In one instance, Senate staffers eventually went to the relevant office to demand the documents, then sent Foundry the paperwork. The Invisibles: The cruel Catch-22 of being poor with no ID 2017-06-14T04:00:00Z

Even just eliminating the felony restriction in the Senate version of the farm bill would be a great start. Congress likely to legalize hemp in farm bill. It should also heal USDA’s history of discrimination 2018-12-16T05:00:00Z

The Senate Republican plan would instead pay for the costs by making spending cuts elsewhere in the federal budget and requiring the rich to do without government aid. GOP: Charge wealthy more for Medicare 2011-11-30T23:02:00Z

As though the Senate was a functioning body before tonight.” Jon Stewart perfectly sums up last night’s shellacking 2014-11-05T05:00:00Z

The night ended up being a big one for Republicans, who took control of the Senate. Jon Stewart apologizes for election day voting comment 2014-11-05T05:00:00Z

But I can't help but wonder if those same politicians — as well as others, like Minnesota Senate Majority Leader Paul Gazelka and U.S. As GOP politicians continue to flout pandemic precautions, do restaurants have to serve them? 2020-10-12T04:00:00Z

But things stalled in the House, and she shifted to the Senate. A picture of persistence in honoring a Spanish hero of the Revolutionary War

The story then jumps two years back, and Elizabeth is shown testifying before a Senate subcommittee. Review: A Chilly ‘Miss Sloane’ Makes a Lecture out of Lobbying 2016-11-24T05:00:00Z

Senate in Pennsylvania, will be honored Friday with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame — just as he is being attacked 2,000 miles away in a rival’s TV ad saying he’s too “Hollywood.” Oz gets Walk of Fame star as rival says he’s too ‘Hollywood’ 2022-02-11T05:00:00Z

“When I look at Congress, when I look at the Senate,” she says, “it’s a bunch of white old men.” Trump has spurred hundreds of women to run for office. Guess what? Some are Republican. 2018-05-24T04:00:00Z

Not surprisingly, some of the institute’s biggest fans are ex-senators of both parties who worked with Kennedy and feel some nostalgia for a different kind of Senate. Ted Kennedy’s bricks-and-mortar legacy taking shape

As for additional government funding: The House has passed a relief bill with more substantial aid, but the Senate is unlikely to approve anything before next year. Looking ahead: The top food and agriculture stories for 2021 2020-12-31T05:00:00Z

When the curtain opens on Act II, after the Capitol is wrecked, all that remains of the Senate are burned-out bleachers. Opera Review: No Beauty Goes Unexplored in ‘La Clemenza di Tito’ 2014-02-17T16:05:54Z

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, a Nevada Democrat, acknowledged the fire on the Senate floor in Washington on Friday, saying his son, Leif, could see the fire from his home. Firefighters halt advance of Nevada blaze 2011-11-19T03:38:00Z

The Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate said in a news release that Kara Kennedy died after her daily workout. Kara Kennedy, oldest child of late Sen. Ted Kennedy, dies 2011-09-17T18:43:00Z

The outcome of the Senate trial was all but foreordained, his presidency would live. The impeachment vote felt like a funeral. But what died? 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z

A stint on the school board whetted his taste for politics, and he won a seat in the state Senate in 1998. Jon Tester could teach Democrats a lot about rural America — if he can keep his Senate seat 2017-05-01T04:00:00Z

As he predicted, American conservatism is moving in an ever angrier, more radical direction, unassuaged by its control of the presidency, the Senate and a majority on the Supreme Court. Did the Civil Rights Movement Go Wrong? 2020-01-17T05:00:00Z

"The Passage of Power" will arrive nine years after the previous volume, "Master of the Senate." APNewsBreak: Caro's final LBJ book coming in May 2011-11-01T15:11:08Z

In the U.S., she was condemned as a “powerful force for evil” on the Senate floor. Ingrid Bergman, As Time Goes By 2015-09-22T04:00:00Z

Only four democrats voted against the debt ceiling and budget cuts package that passed the Senate in early June and was then ultimately approved by President Joe Biden. How Biden's debt ceiling concessions screwed over folks who need SNAP 2023-06-18T04:00:00Z

But perhaps a film can’t be held to the same level of scrutiny as a Senate report. Cover Story: Kathryn Bigelow’s Art of Darkness 2013-01-24T12:35:23Z

If they’re interested, their names are submitted to the secretary of state for consideration; once nominated, they typically sail through hearings and are overwhelming approved by the Senate. Who’s got dibs on France? Trump friends and donors jockey for ambassadorships. 2017-02-15T05:00:00Z

Ever since John Fetterman, the lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania, won the Democratic nomination for Senate in his state by a landslide, his victory has resonated far beyond local borders. John Fetterman and the Remaking of Political Image 2022-05-26T04:00:00Z

A treaty providing for the annexation of Hawaii to the United States will, according to present arrangements, be sent to the Senate at an early date. From the archive, 15 June 1897: A volume filled with horrors 2010-06-15T15:22:00Z

Senate, if you don’t have any people, you don’t really have much power. True Hollywood story: The producer and the Black Panther 2012-06-09T19:00:00Z

In later years he got involved in the organized labor movement and wound up running as a labor party candidate for Senate in Brooklyn. Superheroes and Trailblazers: Black Comic Book Artists, Rediscovered 2020-12-31T05:00:00Z

In 1906, Mark Twain, dressed in his signature white suit, addressed the Senate patents committee as he argued for the extension of copyright protection. Don’t blame Jon Stewart for Donald Trump: Comedy Central didn’t make America fall for “fake news” and “post-truth” 2016-12-31T05:00:00Z

Reid, the Senate minority leader, was crucial to the cause, Govan says. Obama designates Nevada site of Heizer's 'City' a national monument 2015-07-10T04:00:00Z

“To shut down Stars and Stripes on Oct. 1 would also defy the expressed will of the House and preempt full consideration by the Senate.” Stars and Stripes closure ordered by Pentagon as Trump, lawmakers signal push to save legendary military newspaper 2020-09-04T04:00:00Z

I don’t see how the Democrats win the Senate at any time in the near future. Filmmaker James Stern on the era of “American Chaos”: “Worst situation since the Civil War” 2018-11-12T05:00:00Z

Sen. Kent Conrad, the Democratic chairman of the Senate Budget Committee called it “a Ponzi scheme of the first order.” Repealing the CLASS Act 2012-02-02T00:14:16Z

That, to most Senate Republicans and President Trump, is quite a vexing problem. Perspective | Senate press restrictions have an ugly goal: Putting distance between the public and Trump’s impeachment trial 2020-01-22T05:00:00Z

Trump’s demand, and his withholding of military aid to Ukraine, led to the House’s impeachment of Trump and his subsequent acquittal in the Senate. John Solomon columns on Ukraine ripped in newspaper’s internal investigation for conflicts and distortions 2020-02-19T05:00:00Z

Senate, he cast himself as an ardent opponent of fracking, the controversial gas-extraction method. The ballad of Big John Fetterman: Democrats yearned for a folk hero. But will they vote for one? 2018-06-18T04:00:00Z

The epitome of this approach was “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington,” the 1939 Frank Capra-directed movie in which Jimmy Stewart portrayed a Boy Scout leader selected to fill a vacant Senate seat. In Washington, the drama never ends

In 1994, after winning a seat on the county planning board, she decided to run for Senate. A Senate candidate. A murder plot. An undercover cop. A giant fiasco. 2016-05-24T04:00:00Z

“Donald Trump was created by Republicans in the House and Senate,” he said, driving past the Trump International Hotel. ‘I hate palm trees’: The sentimental journey of Harry Reid 2016-09-14T04:00:00Z

But the reflexive interest of the Senate committee in the volume of visitors indicates how difficult it is for public institutions to focus on quality of experience over quantity of attendance. Perspective | This new museum doesn’t want Instagram or crowds. Does that make it elitist? 2018-08-30T04:00:00Z

Hence Sunday’s episode by necessity began with its hosts birddogging the tortured confirmation process taking place despite the vocal anguish from scores of people sitting at the Senate’s doorstep. “The Circus” goes to Kavanaugh: Women’s pain collides with the sport of politics 2018-10-01T04:00:00Z

Well, No. 1, I believe that, on January 20, 2021, at 12 or 1 p.m., we’re going to have a Democratic President, a Democratic House, and a Democratic Senate. The Democratic Presidential Candidate Eager to Challenge Trump on Immigration 2019-04-24T04:00:00Z

Ginia Bellafante The rise of Rand Paul, an ophthalmologist and the Republican candidate for the Senate from Kentucky, has ignited further news media interest in the Tea Party movement. The Week Ahead: June 13 ? 19 2010-06-11T13:31:00Z

At the ideological center of a 50-50 Senate, Manchin, a Democrat, has found himself in the captain’s seat for much of what gets done, or doesn’t get done, in Washington. Washington’s hottest club is Joe Manchin’s houseboat 2021-08-05T04:00:00Z

Sen. Sam Slom, the state Senate's only Republican member, said he plans to vote against the bill. Hawaii Senate votes on Steven Tyler Act 2013-03-05T19:24:28Z

In 1991, after a confidential memo containing Ms. Hill’s accusations leaked out, seven female Democratic House members marched over to the Senate to demand that she be called as a witness. Anita Hill Is Celebrated in the Documentary ‘Anita’ 2014-03-12T11:00:02Z

In an exchange on the Senate floor, Reid objected to McConnell's move, insisting the payroll tax bill first be considered. Government shutdown looms 2011-12-14T19:12:06Z

A bill that would significantly expand funding for California’s television and film tax credits cleared a major hurdle on Thursday when it was approved by the state Senate Appropriations Committee. State Senate Appropriations Committee approves expanded film tax credit 2014-08-14T04:00:00Z

For Tester, the Senate trial has been a surreal experience, as he’s forced to play the role of both witness and juror. Donald Trump’s version of an insanity defense: His critics are insane 2021-02-11T05:00:00Z

After the collapse of Senate Republicans’ ‘Plan C’ — to repeal the Affordable Care Act now and replace it later — Jimmy Fallon said the G.O.P. wasn’t done offering alternatives. Colbert Says G.O.P.’s ‘Nothing Burger’ Is a ‘Quarter Pounder With Sleaze’ 2017-07-20T04:00:00Z

After the second senator, Andrew Maynard, followed suit, there was no longer enough votes to repeal Connecticut’s death penalty and the bill never made it to the Senate floor. Death Penalty opponents’ unlikely allies 2012-08-20T18:52:00Z

Senate is expected to vote on Tuesday on whether to begin debate on the annual Defense Department authorization bill, which includes language aimed at ending the Clinton-era "don't' ask, don't tell" policy. Lady Gaga urges repeal of gay military ban 2010-09-17T21:39:00Z

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., said he was postponing a test vote set for Tuesday "in light of recent events." Reid postpones vote on anti-piracy bill 2012-01-20T15:52:08Z

Oliver also criticised him for “wildly mischaracterised evidence” and named him “Judge Animal House” as he started “sweatily making up drinking games in front of the Senate”. John Oliver on Brett Kavanaugh: 'We should never forget what he represents' 2018-10-01T04:00:00Z

But soon the Senate will weigh the evidence against Trump, and potentially bar him from holding federal office again. What does Josh Hawley think he’s doing? 2021-01-16T05:00:00Z

In 1991, the US Senate Appropriations Committee instructed the National Institutes of Health to develop a research program in alternative medicine. The battle for medicine’s soul: A century of alternative remedies 2014-01-19T19:00:00Z

When Jimmy Kimmel dropped the humor and began a relentless campaign against the latest effort from Senate Republicans to repeal the Affordable Care Act, it was — at the very least — an uncommon moment for him. Jimmy Kimmel Wasn’t the First Host to Get Serious About Politics 2017-09-21T04:00:00Z

The Senate didn’t allow cameras, and in the House, they were permitted only under special circumstances; Lien would eventually get gigs drawing both chambers. This court artist has drawn everyone from Manafort to RBG. Will his craft survive? 2018-10-12T04:00:00Z

In fact, that story was wrong; after its publication, Comey released his Senate testimony, which indicated that he did not plan to contest Trump’s characterization of his assurances. The story behind a retracted CNN report on the Trump campaign and Russia 2017-08-17T04:00:00Z

Senate as a Democrat, thinks it’s all “fear and hype” by the American news media and a smear by the Democratic Party, especially Clinton. How Ed Schultz transformed from MSNBC lefty to the American face of Moscow media 2016-12-20T05:00:00Z

McConnell voted against holding an impeachment trial in the Senate on the basis that it was unconstitutional since Trump was no longer president. Donald Trump’s version of an insanity defense: His critics are insane 2021-02-11T05:00:00Z

Having delivered his withering antislavery speech “The Crime Against Kansas,” Sumner was sitting alone in the Senate at his desk, which was bolted to the floor, when Brooks approached him. Congressional Bloodshed: The Run-Up to the Civil War 2018-09-24T04:00:00Z

They were reacting to footage several hours earlier of a violent mob loyal to President Donald Trump storming the Senate and forcing lawmakers into hiding. Late night hosts react with shock, anger to Capitol attack 2021-01-07T05:00:00Z

By 29, he rose to the state Senate just months after getting his UConn law degree, then knocked off a 12-term Republican incumbent for his district’s seat in Congress in 2006, when he was 33. What’s wrong with politicizing a tragedy? For Sen. Chris Murphy, nothing at all. 2016-09-27T04:00:00Z

The Clean Energy Finance Corporation is also under attack, with government efforts to scrap the green energy backer so far blocked in the Senate. Australia’s relentless war on science 2014-04-24T12:30:00Z

In this case, that court would comprise the state Senate — minus its majority leader — and the seven judges of the state’s highest court. EXPLAINER: Where does harassment report leave Andrew Cuomo? 2021-08-03T04:00:00Z

As the two walked together to the Senate floor for his first votes, a reporter asked Casey how it felt to be back after a two-week recess. A look under the hoodie: Inside Sen. John Fetterman’s first week back 2023-04-23T04:00:00Z

As Senate Republicans rush to sign a deeply unpopular health care bill into law, “President Trump seems to be feeling a little emboldened,” observed “Late Night” host Seth Meyers on Thursday. Seth Meyers catches Donald Trump in one of his most brazen and egregious lies to date 2017-06-23T04:00:00Z

And if he were a Republican in the Senate? Fox legal analyst Napolitano emerges as Trump critic 2019-11-11T05:00:00Z

The Republican candidate for Senate has come to a Vietnamese deli to speak to Vietnamese business leaders. Tracking the trackers: What it’s like to have the most mind-numbing job in a campaign

He was blocked from getting a Senate pass, but the White House was entirely welcoming. There’s the major media. And then there’s the ‘other’ White House press corps. 2016-02-21T05:00:00Z

He smacks Chief Justice Roberts and Justice Sonia Sotomayor for telling the Senate they would simply follow the law, or "call the balls and strikes," as Roberts put it. 'The Case Against the Supreme Court' pushes for reforms 2014-09-19T04:00:00Z

Those sales, which were revealed on a Senate disclosure report in mid-March, took place before the stock market cratered amid concerns about the pandemic. The young and eventful Senate career of wealthy Georgia businesswoman Kelly Loeffler 2020-04-03T04:00:00Z

“Late Show” host Stephen Colbert last night refused to self-censor his disappointment with another round of Senate gridlock on gun control. Stephen Colbert can’t hide his disgust: “I thought the government might do its job and pass any kind of gun control” 2016-06-22T04:00:00Z

Four questioners brought up immigration and the Mexican border, while three asked about the filibuster, the arcane Senate rule that will be key to getting legislation passed. For media, Biden news conference notable for what’s missing 2021-03-25T04:00:00Z

The nation has impeached a president only twice, and in each case the Senate failed to remove him from office, leaving a split decision with no clear winner and no clear justice. The First Presidential Impeachment 2019-05-18T04:00:00Z

It’s disturbing to watch, and it quickly banishes from your mind the Oz sideshow of last week, in which the doctor testified before a Senate subcommittee about his promotion of dubious weight-loss aids. ‘NY Med’ Documentary Series Returns on ABC 2014-06-25T04:00:00Z

Hillary, meanwhile, “sprang into action,” inviting Brock to pitch her Senate fund-raising council and speak at a dinner for donors in her Chappaqua home. David Brock’s ‘Killing the Messenger’ 2015-09-21T04:00:00Z

The House did indeed impeach a Federalist justice, Samuel Chase, for being “highly arbitrary, oppressive and unjust,” but after Marshall testified for Chase, the Senate acquitted him. The Man Who Made the Supreme Court Supreme 2018-12-07T05:00:00Z

The Senate committee, meanwhile, provided $1 million in operating funds to keep the commission in business, but said, “Construction should not commence until there is broad support among the public, the Eisenhower family and Congress.” Eisenhower Memorial Design Nears Approval, but Funding Remains Uncertain 2015-07-01T04:00:00Z

In a particularly memorable Daily Show segment in 2010,the former television host brought four first responders on his show to share how they felt about a Senate filibuster of a health bill. Jon Stewart To Lobby Congress For 9/11 First Responders 2015-09-09T04:00:00Z

The next year, we drove to Washington together and attended the first three days of the Senate Watergate hearings. When I was in the Fugs — for one night. At the Mudd Club 2020-11-21T05:00:00Z

And, lest we forget, Richard Nixon is the president who pushed plans for the Environmental Protection Agency through the House and Senate. The environment doesn’t have to be a partisan issue -- or so one film festival is trying to show 2017-03-09T05:00:00Z

“I like that he’s got a fat wife,” a woman in a focus group told an Edwards pollster in his 1998 Senate race, as recounted in “Game Change.” 2010-01-16T04:00:00Z

“I went up to him in the Senate and said, ‘Lindsey, if I were voting in the Republican primaries, I’d vote for you.’ Al Franken tells Stephen Colbert which senators have a sense of humor 2017-08-02T04:00:00Z

“The Old Senate Chamber has sheltered events that affected the course of history. The genius loci of this room must be felt by all those who enter it.” State House restoration to be complete in December 2014-07-14T04:00:00Z

I’ll win my Senate primary If all the elves come out for me. Style Invitational Week 1376: Get thee to a funnery 2020-03-19T04:00:00Z

But Madigan, saying he was responding to complaints aired by on that Senate panel, said he would revise his bill to restrict camera use to between 6 a.m. and 10 p.m. around schools. Speed cameras would be widespread 2011-10-26T03:43:00Z

Senate to be built next to his brother’s presidential library, Connors thought: “I wonder why he’s telling me all of this?” Ted Kennedy’s bricks-and-mortar legacy taking shape

“He can even deliver the speeches about the Flag and the People so that they don’t sound quite so bad as, say, in the Senate,” a New York Times critic wrote in an amused review. Mr. Lincoln Goes to Hollywood (and Looks Like Henry Fonda) 2018-01-26T05:00:00Z

The news conference comes as Biden is attempting to salvage his voting rights initiative and economic agenda, both of which lack the votes to move forward in the evenly-split Senate. Biden to hold news conference next Wednesday 2022-01-14T05:00:00Z

In his monologue, Chappelle also took aim at Herschel Walker, the Republican candidate for Senate in Georgia, whom he called “observably stupid,” and said Trump is an “honest liar.” Chappelle returns to SNL with no apologies — and many jokes about Kanye 2022-11-13T05:00:00Z

The actors were helping to deliver petitions asking the Senate to fully fund the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which helps pay for Sesame Street and other programming. Sesame Street actors plead for funding 2011-03-15T21:57:36Z

“Really? Because you wrote a whole chapter about him and called him the Dwight Shrute of the Senate, which feels to me like shade,” Bee pointed out. Samantha Bee, Al Franken say mean things about Ted Cruz 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z

Dems may have lost the Florida Senate and governor races, but that state's voters repealed a remnant of the Jim Crow era that denied voting rights to felons. TV news learned nothing from 2016: Sports-style election coverage remains terrible and short-sighted 2018-11-07T05:00:00Z

That guarantee attracted bipartisan support, and both the House and the Senate approved the Equal Rights Amendment in the 1970s. Review: ‘Equal Means Equal’ Asks How Far Women Have Really Come 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z

But pushing westward had the effect of shifting more wealthy Democratic voters into his district — “potential donors for a future Senate campaign,” the New Republic suggested in 2012. A tour of what may be the nation’s most bizarrely gerrymandered district 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z

The state Senate approved the bill earlier this month. Arkansas to honor country legend Johnny Cash with holiday 2021-04-21T04:00:00Z

To cap his career, though, Reid wants to leave the Senate better than he found it. ‘I hate palm trees’: The sentimental journey of Harry Reid 2016-09-14T04:00:00Z

On April 17th, 2013, the Senate defeated several gun control measures, including the overwhelmingly popular proposal to expand background checks for firearms purchases. Guns in America after Newtown, by the numbers 2013-12-14T15:30:00Z

Stephen Colbert took on Obamacare, and the GOP’s new plans to “fix” the law now that they control the majority in both the House and the Senate and many state legislatures. Stephen Colbert examines the latest GOP plans to “fix” Obamacare 2014-11-14T05:00:00Z

Still, the bill's bipartisan group of sponsors seem optimistic about its chances of moving through the Senate this session. It’s been a big year for the labor movement. What about farmworkers? 2023-09-06T04:00:00Z

Campaigning is always an easier lift than governing, and much of the GOP agenda this year is likely to provide more bumper-sticker slogans than new laws because areas of compromise with the Senate remain slim. John Boehner pleads for unity at GOP retreat 2012-01-21T04:56:00Z

“I thought I was here to break a barrier for women in Georgia in the Senate. It’s now much bigger,” she said. The young and eventful Senate career of wealthy Georgia businesswoman Kelly Loeffler 2020-04-03T04:00:00Z

“We still haven’t made enough of a difference to leave,” says Sanders, who served in the state Senate for 35 years as a Democrat. The battle for Alabama’s soul 2019-07-01T04:00:00Z

But heartfelt messages had been delivered to four Senate offices. D.C. activists don’t have senators to call. So they found their own way to fight Trump. 2017-02-18T05:00:00Z

Inside, a pro-Trump loyalist posed on the Senate dais while another hung from the balcony in the chamber. Curators Scour Capitol for Damage to the Building or Its Art 2021-01-07T05:00:00Z

Democrats’ strategy would be to condemn the president’s actions swiftly but delay an impeachment trial in the Senate for 100 days. House of Representatives moves ahead on Trump impeachment 2021-01-11T05:00:00Z

The book, "The Senate Intelligence Committee Report on Torture: Committee Study of the Central Intelligence Agency's Detention and Interrogation Program," will be available in print as a paperback and as an e-book. CIA torture report to be published 2014-12-10T05:00:00Z

The Senate gathered to reopen the government, and boy did everyone have a great time. The Senate gathered to reopen the government, and boy did everyone have fun 2018-01-22T05:00:00Z

In a series of tweets last month, she told supporters: "Regretfully, I am currently unable to consider a campaign for the Senate." Has Ashley Judd's political career ended before it began? 2013-04-10T15:45:18Z

Georgia Senate candidate Herschel Walker denied reports that he paid for a girlfriend’s abortion, saying, “I send money to a lot of people.” ‘S.N.L.’ Taps Into Anxiety About Biden, Kanye and Super Mario 2022-10-09T04:00:00Z

Efforts to contact the Capitol Police and the Senate Sergeant at Arms for comment were unsuccessful. Reporters claim new rules will hinder impeachment coverage 2020-01-15T05:00:00Z

The House changed its rules in 2017, but the Senate hewed to tradition until Ms. Sinema’s election; the rules were actually changed for her. Kyrsten Sinema’s Style Keeps Us Guessing 2021-10-18T04:00:00Z

“When the U.S. Senate asks the St. Louis Art Museum to be part of the inauguration, we consider that an honor,” said Benjamin. The controversy behind the painting that will hang at Trump’s inaugural luncheon 2017-01-13T05:00:00Z

The Senate Rules Committee also delayed the consideration of horse racing commissioner David Israel, a writer and TV producer whose credits include "The Untouchables" and "Midnight Caller." Calif. delays Bo Derek confirmation to horse board 2010-08-26T02:09:00Z

He wanted to rage; he wanted to turn the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing into a bad simulacrum of a David Mamet play. Why Is Being Held Accountable So Terrifying Under Patriarchy? 2018-11-30T05:00:00Z

Cruz’s Senate office also declined to comment directly or respond to questions. The GOP’s big bulk book-buying machine is boosting Republicans on the bestseller lists 2021-04-15T04:00:00Z

The Senate bill would cap Medicaid funding, instead giving states fixed pools of money to pay for their program. What the Senate healthcare bill could mean for Californians 2017-06-23T04:00:00Z

On May 17, 1989, after the work’s presence in an exhibition drew national attention, an apoplectic Sen. Al D’Amato tore up the catalog on the Senate floor. Andres Serrano Lets Objects Do the Talking 2019-04-10T04:00:00Z

The declassified portion of the report is available on the Senate panel’s website. 'The Torture Report: A Graphic Adaptation' illustrates the grim reality of CIA interrogation techniques post 9/11 2017-11-04T04:00:00Z

An expected Senate vote Thursday is likely to be blocked by a GOP-led filibuster. GOP: Charge wealthy more for Medicare 2011-11-30T23:02:00Z

And more recently, the 2014 Senate Intelligence Committee torture report revealed CIA use of "sound disorientation techniques" on detainees, using songs like the Blues Brothers recording of "Rawhide" as part of interrogation practices. Florida city blasts "Baby Shark" to drive homeless people away from sleeping in public 2019-07-18T04:00:00Z

The stairwell room, which visitors will walk through before entering the restored Senate chamber, will have exhibits and interactive displays. State House restoration to be complete in December 2014-07-14T04:00:00Z

Their existence does lead to a rather amusing sequence in which, their traitorous men having spilled the beans on their beauty formulas, Rubinstein and Arden are forced to appear before a Senate investigation committee. Review: In ‘War Paint,’ Sing a Song of Face Creams 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z

“The investigation in the Senate is being handled by the intelligence committee and I’m sure they’ll get to the bottom of whatever happened,” he said. Donald Trump Jr. and the kamikaze tweetstorm that set Washington on fire 2017-07-11T04:00:00Z

The bill went to the Senate on a 62-53 vote over protests that the Land of Lincoln is turning into a “nanny state.” House votes to ban phone talking while driving 2012-03-08T21:38:00Z

Senate and House of Representatives meet — Bechtol oversees all of the trees and flowers that surround the building. Capitol Christmas Tree arrives after a 4,000-mile journey by land and sea 2015-12-01T05:00:00Z

It's funny, because I ran for the United States Senate the same year Mitt Romney ran for the United States Senate. Rick Santorum says he's got momentum 2012-02-08T14:33:00Z

The Senate on Tuesday will hold a hearing to examine the US response. Obama to announce Ebola force of 3,000 US military personnel 2014-09-16T04:00:00Z

“Rules, what little bit we have left, that maybe makes us take pause before we jump off of that bridge,” the West Virginia senator cautioned that day, on the Senate floor. Freshman blues: Inside the new House Democrats’ unsettling first year 2022-01-28T05:00:00Z

This year, key verdicts are expected in defamation cases involving President Trump, the Senate candidate Roy Moore and the actor Johnny Depp, and lawyers are watching the proceedings closely. #MeToo Cases’ New Legal Battleground: Defamation Lawsuits 2020-01-12T05:00:00Z

Senators voted 22-9 to send the bill, which earlier passed in the state House of Representatives, to the Senate Judiciary Committee, the Tennessean reports. Tennessee Senate kills proposal to make the Bible official state book 2015-04-20T04:00:00Z

This year, the state’s Senate race is once again in the spotlight, as incumbent Democratic Sen. Mark Begich will face a strong challenge from whichever Republican candidate emerges from the August primary. Alaska Editorials 2014-06-16T04:00:00Z

Why hasn’t that point been reached already, given the practical reality that a minority of the voting population controls the Senate, the White House and, therefore, the federal judiciary? Letters to the Editor 2020-03-13T04:00:00Z

Were it not for Ted Kennedy’s name being attached, federal funding for “an institute for the study of the Senate would never have gotten through,” said Steve Ellis, vice president of Taxpayers for Common Sense. Ted Kennedy’s bricks-and-mortar legacy taking shape

Senate floor, enraged that federal funds from the National Endowment for the Arts were involved with an exhibition of the work. HBO's 'Look at the Pictures' is as explicit as its subject, Robert Mapplethorpe 2016-04-04T04:00:00Z

Senate chamber, is indistinct and deeply shadowed, like an uncertain representation of the afterlife in religious art. Trump propaganda painter Jon McNaughton: "Greatest" artist of our time? 2020-01-26T05:00:00Z

The key question is whether it can get through the Senate. Congressional Research Service: Courts Could Force HHS to Implement CLASS Act, Despite Its Insolvency 2012-02-01T14:00:31Z

Trump had suggested to Pence that he had the power to essentially rejigger the electoral outcome as head of the Senate, an idea that Quayle told Pence was “preposterous and dangerous.” Bob Woodward Extends His Trump Chronicles With the Chaotic Transfer of Power 2021-09-17T04:00:00Z

Senate report on the torture of detainees after the Sept. 11 attacks. China says U.S. can't slam others on rights when it has racism problems at home 2014-12-11T05:00:00Z

They are set to return in July 2023 regardless of the fate of the House bill — which is unlikely to pass in the Democratic-controlled Senate. SNAP work requirements drastically limit the availability of food aid 2023-05-11T04:00:00Z

"You don't find that many Mark Kirks," Manchin said from the Hart Senate Office Building, where Kirk has his offices. Kirk's unlikely best friend optimistic 2012-01-26T04:09:00Z

“What we are seeing is yet another sophisticated federal tax avoidance scheme,” said Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon, the ranking Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee. Tax Break Used by Investors in Flipping Art Faces Scrutiny 2015-04-26T04:00:00Z

They declined to be interviewed at length for story after story, book after book, as Kennedy burnished a career as the “Lion of the Senate.” What really happened at Chappaquiddick? A new movie explores the truth we’ll never know. 2018-04-04T04:00:00Z

Thomas and Kavanaugh both were confirmed by narrowly divided Senate votes: 52 to 48, and 50 to 48, respectively. Perspective | Anita Hill and Christine Blasey Ford have a lot to talk about. And now, they’re letting us listen. 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z

With the new season of "Saturday Night Live" comes a fresh batch of political satire - and Delaware Senate hopeful Christine O'Donnell is the first target. O'Donnell is first political target of SNL season 2010-09-26T13:16:00Z

As the investigation intensified, Mr. Dean cooperated with the Senate committee and was fired in April 1973. John Dean, Who Worked for Nixon, Sizes Up Trump 2017-04-13T04:00:00Z

Second is Clinton, whom Abedin has served her entire professional life, through the first lady years to the Senate, from the State Department to that turbulent presidential campaign in 2016, and still today. Huma Abedin, loyal aide and betrayed wife, picks up the mic 2021-11-02T04:00:00Z

Senate sponsors of climate legislation are expected to unveil it next Monday. Sigourney Weaver urges action to protect oceans 2010-04-22T19:36:00Z

Comey, whom Trump fired last month, will testify in a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing regarding possible collusion between Trump’s campaign and Russian officials. Jimmy Kimmel Says James Comey Statement Is Like 'Fifty Shades of Orange' 2017-06-08T04:00:00Z

Senate and two years before he become the nation's 44th president. President Obama plans to write a book once he leaves the Oval Office 2016-12-27T05:00:00Z

In federal groping news, Minnesota Democrat Al Franken announces that he will resign from the Senate on the grounds that, according to him, he didn’t do anything. Dave Barry’s Year in Review: Russia Mania, covfefe and the Category 5 weirdness of 2017 2017-12-28T05:00:00Z

Most notable was a $100,000 contribution his son, Matthew, gave to the Michigan Republican Party last fall, one month before the bridge proposal died in a committee of the GOP-controlled state Senate. The Billionaire Vs. The Nerd: Who Gets To Control International Trade With Canada? 2012-06-22T15:56:09Z

As a congressman in 2003, Inslee testified in the Senate on the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and what to do about it. The Democratic debate is happening at ‘ground zero’ for rising seas. Could the climate candidate get a word in edgewise? 2019-06-27T04:00:00Z

McConnell's office off the Senate floor in the Capitol saw a steady stream of GOP senators coming and going. Debt crisis focus shifts to Senate 2011-07-30T03:46:00Z

But on Wednesday, De León, co-chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, emphasized that he would work with his colleagues to expand and improve the program. Sen. De León says he supports expanding California's film tax credit 2014-08-06T04:00:00Z

On Tuesday’s “Daily Show,” Jon Stewart slammed Democrats for “skimming” the bill when it went through the Senate judiciary committee. “Son of a b*tch!” Jon Stewart hammers “disingenuous” GOP and “dumb-ass” Dems over anti-sex trafficking fiasco 2015-03-18T04:00:00Z

If the overall Senate vote reflects that Ford’s account is more doubtful, what does that mean for the rest of us? From Clarence Thomas to Brett Kavanaugh: the view of history and her story, as seen on TV 2018-09-28T04:00:00Z

Senate Republicans have bowed out of the proceedings. Cover Story: John Cuneo’s “Walled In” 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z

When O’Rourke decided to run for Senate, he knew his low name recognition presented a challenge. Beto O’Rourke gets more attention than any other 2018 candidate. Will it translate to votes? 2018-09-03T04:00:00Z

The House then approved the Hyde Amendment in 2017 to become a permanent piece of legislation, but it never passed the Senate. Megan McCain: Biden will have to "talk to his creator" about stance on abortion 2021-06-21T04:00:00Z

Ms. Baldwin does her part by giving away bags of dried cranberries in her Senate office, which she says are easier to hand out than beer, bratwurst or cheese. Cranberry Growers Search for Ways to Share Their Bounty 2014-11-26T05:00:00Z

Boehner received a standing ovation when he, also, visited the Senate GOP lunch. Debt crisis focus shifts to Senate 2011-07-30T03:46:00Z

CASTLETON, Va. — The Senate is no longer a locus of oratory, and the House is a haven for demagogues. ‘Scalia/Ginsburg’: An affectionate comic opera look at the high court 2015-07-12T04:00:00Z

"It's not the time to pull back," Quinn told members of the House and Senate. Quinn shoves aside state's budget woes 2012-02-02T06:00:00Z

“Blatant hypocrisy,” Hulse declares in this entertaining and shrewd book, is a “defining characteristic” of the United States Senate, certainly in the 21st century. How Supreme Court Nominations Became So Partisan 2019-06-23T04:00:00Z

During one in November, Moseley Braun was even the subject of a Biden gaffe, when he cited her support and referred to her as the “only African American woman ever elected to the Senate.” Former senator Carol Moseley Braun is back on the campaign trail, stumping for Joe Biden 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z

And one of the things they pointed out –– it’s a weakness with Obama, too –– Kennedy was inexperienced enough to have a real difficult time dealing with the Senate and the House of Representatives. ArtsBeat Blog: Errol Morris Interviews Stephen King 2011-11-10T14:39:00Z

But he was acquitted in a Senate trial and went on to serve out the remainder of his second term as president with relatively few repercussions. Monica Lewinsky producing new "American Crime Story" about Bill Clinton's impeachment 2019-08-07T04:00:00Z

Controversial televangelist Creflo Dollar’s ministry has made news as both the site of a fatal shooting and the focus of an investigation for financial fraud by the Senate Finance Committee. My search for Creflo Dollar 2013-01-06T23:00:00Z

In the previous six years following the Republican takeover of the Senate, America had embarked upon an almost unprecedented experiment: effective conservative control of all three branches of government. Where has this Barack Obama been? If Obama had governed like this in 2009, he’d be a transformational, historic president 2016-01-20T05:00:00Z

In North Dakota, thousands of Native American voters may be prevented from voting next week in a key Senate race because of an ugly technicality that amounts to targeted voter suppression. Perspective | Voter suppression is a crucial story in America, but broadcast news mostly shrugs 2018-10-29T04:00:00Z

But, up against the ditherers in the Senate, how could Jack’s man of action look like anything other than a hero? '24': Drones On 2014-05-19T04:00:00Z

Thankfully, the bill was killed in the Senate. Kansas, Arizona and the GOP’s terrible new Jim Crow-style laws 2014-02-26T13:23:00Z

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, the Massachusetts Democrat who was silenced on the Senate floor Tuesday night, will publish a new book in April.  Elizabeth Warren has a book coming in April. Its title? 'This Fight Is Our Fight' 2017-02-08T05:00:00Z

Next year, when a handful of vulnerable red-staters, including Tester, will be forced to defend their Senate seats, things look as if they might get worse. Jon Tester could teach Democrats a lot about rural America — if he can keep his Senate seat 2017-05-01T04:00:00Z

No doubt Republicans feel buoyed by increasing their majority rule in the Senate, ensure another conservative Supreme Court pick should another Justice position come open. TV news learned nothing from 2016: Sports-style election coverage remains terrible and short-sighted 2018-11-07T05:00:00Z

President Biden gave a speech in Atlanta where he called on the Senate to pass two voting rights bills, saying, “I am tired of being quiet.” On ‘S.N.L.,’ Biden Urges Covid-Weary Nation to Stop Seeing ‘Spider-Man’ 2022-01-16T05:00:00Z

For nearly two months in the spring of 1954, the Senate’s Subcommittee on Investigations sat to determine the case. Roy Cohn and the Making of a Winner-Take-All America 2019-09-25T04:00:00Z

“At least tell me, where are you now on running for Senate?” Beto O’Rourke is a Mexico-loving liberal in Texas. Can he really beat Ted Cruz? 2017-02-21T05:00:00Z

Stephen Colbert is amazed that Mr. Trump wasn’t satisfied to be feuding with a hostile foreign power — he also got into a tussle with his own party’s Senate majority leader. Seth Meyers Thinks ‘Fire and Fury’ Has Something to Do With the Opioid Crisis 2017-08-11T04:00:00Z

So it falls to David Rice Atchison, president pro tem of the Senate, to serve as president for one day. Style Invitational: Songs without end (or beginning) 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z

Well, I don’t think people really knew me in the course of that campaign, or even previously in the Senate. John Kerry feels liberated. Does that mean he’ll run for president? 2018-11-21T05:00:00Z

Ready added, “I christen him Grand Wizard of the AZ Senate!” Why Etan Patz still haunts us 2012-05-25T18:00:00Z

The collection titled “Framing History: Highlights from the Oklahoma State Senate Collection” will be on display at the museum from July 10 to October 15. Okla. Senate artwork moved to Stillwater museum 2014-06-10T04:00:00Z

Senate legislation could make it easier to fill vacant positions next summer. Senators take another crack at visa program 2014-06-29T04:00:00Z

The main Senate sponsor, Judiciary Committee chairman Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., said he respected Reid's decision to postpone the vote but lamented the Senate's unwillingness to debate the bill. Reid postpones vote on anti-piracy bill 2012-01-20T15:52:08Z

The federal government spent at least $65 billion between 2006 and 2012 to secure its own networks, according to a February report from the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee. Heartbleed’s grim lesson: America’s cybersecurity is a joke 2014-04-17T12:30:00Z

Democrats needed to win at least three of the races to have a chance to recapture the Senate, which they lost when Gov. GOP tries to maintain power in Wisconsin 2011-08-09T21:36:00Z

The star of "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman" and "The Big Chill" was honored Monday with special receptions in the House and Senate lounges. Okla. honors actress Mary Kay Place for donation 2013-05-06T19:04:08Z

This past week, the Senate edged closer to passing the First Step Act, a legislative package that would reduce mandatory sentencing and address racial disparities in penalties for drug possession, among other reforms. Sunday Reading: America’s Incarceration Crisis 2018-11-18T05:00:00Z

Klobuchar, the senior senator from Minnesota, is the chair of the Senate subcommittee overseeing antitrust enforcement. 15 New Books to Watch For in April 2021-03-25T04:00:00Z

Post a Comment | Read Senate Panel Questions Apple on Corporate Taxes Apple’s chief executive, Timothy D. Cook, testified on Tuesday about how the company was able to avoid billions of dollars in taxes. The New York Times - Breaking News, World News & Multimedia 2013-05-21T18:07:06Z

Visitors to the institute’s Senate chamber will be able to participate in simulated legislative sessions using software designed by Edwin Schlossberg, the husband of Edward M. Kennedy’s niece Caroline Kennedy. Edward M. Kennedy Institute Aims to Teach Collaboration 2015-02-08T05:00:00Z

“Wall Street is doing great,” Hawley said last month, looking right into the Senate camera, in a speech that would be uploaded to his Facebook page. What does Josh Hawley think he’s doing? 2021-01-16T05:00:00Z

Kimmel and others urged Congress to instead stabilize current insurance markets with a package spearheaded by the Senate health committee’s Republican chairman and ranking Democrat. Late-night TV show host Kimmel blasts senator over healthcare bill 2017-09-20T04:00:00Z

Ellen Levine, editorial director of Hearst Magazines, told a Senate hearing that the Internet has not eliminated the need for mail delivery of magazines. If the post office closed, would anyone miss it? 2011-09-10T13:48:00Z

“We can only know what the records of the Secret Service reveal,” Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman said in opening the first Senate hearing into the matter. Library of Congress taps 25 sounds for registry 2012-05-23T14:47:00Z

The Senate approved his stalled nomination after the White House launched an extraordinary attack on VOA, claiming that it was promoting Chinese and Iranian government propaganda. Trump appointee sweeps aside rule that ensured ‘firewall’ at Voice of America 2020-10-27T04:00:00Z

It was not immediately clear when the House of Representatives and Senate would vote on the deal, but lawmakers hoped to do so before they leave Friday for a week-long recess. Congress reaches payroll tax-cut deal 2012-02-16T07:22:03Z

Senate bill “was an amazing piece of legislation last year,” Brizard said. CPS chief backs federal dollars 'following' students to private schools 2012-03-06T02:53:00Z

Adams, in turn, sent it to the Senate, which ratified the document. Five people who fought the Christian takeover of America 2012-08-16T17:47:00Z

Senate Democrats, eyeing an electoral advantage with Latino voters, served notice Tuesday they will seek legislation to overturn Arizona’s law if the Supreme Court were to revive it this summer. High Court to take on Ariz. immigration law 2012-04-25T10:05:00Z

Why is a bipartisan anti-sex trafficking bill stuck in the Senate? “Son of a b*tch!” Jon Stewart hammers “disingenuous” GOP and “dumb-ass” Dems over anti-sex trafficking fiasco 2015-03-18T04:00:00Z

Bin Laden is a UAS senator — and influential chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee. 'The Mirage': Matt Ruff's novel of 9/11 role reversal 2012-02-02T21:03:04Z

Exactly how wealthy is not clear, since he requested an extension to file a financial disclosure statement to the Senate. No notes, same logo: Dr. Oz’s campaign is like his TV show 2022-02-26T05:00:00Z

Jackson, who was confirmed Thursday by the Senate in a 53-to-47 vote, is not the first prominent Black woman to wear a natural hairstyle. What Ketanji Brown Jackson’s sisterlocks mean to Black women 2022-04-08T04:00:00Z

Senate and discovers political corruption in the Capitol, earned 11 Oscar nominations and won for best story, the original screenplay prize of its day. Film's golden year, 1939, included 'Gone With the Wind,' 'Wizard of Oz' 2014-11-25T05:00:00Z

But then she watched Ford’s sworn testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee. A viral confrontation with Sen. Flake made her ‘the woman in the elevator.’ She’s trying to make that matter. 2018-10-05T04:00:00Z

But the Senate trial is not a matter of political fortune. What does Josh Hawley think he’s doing? 2021-01-16T05:00:00Z

The Illinois House and Senate voted in favor of the new law on Saturday, Eater Chicago reports. Illinois votes to allow sale of cocktails to go 2020-05-28T04:00:00Z

It's there as a location in Inception – standing in as the Paris architecture school in the lecture and library scenes – while the nearby Senate House building features in Batman Begins. I was there at the Inception of Christopher Nolan's film career 2011-02-24T11:38:06Z

Six weeks later, Bowers lost a Republican primary for state Senate by 30 points to a man who insinuated that Trump’s defeat is part of a metaphysical conspiracy perpetrated by “the devil himself.” The Jan. 6th hearings: Was the finale just the beginning? 2022-10-13T04:00:00Z

Impeachment manager Rep. Jeffries quotes The Notorious B.I.G. in concluding his answer to a Trump lawyer's question about why the US Senate is gathered for the trial. Perspective | Senate press restrictions have an ugly goal: Putting distance between the public and Trump’s impeachment trial 2020-01-22T05:00:00Z

“I’m not going anywhere here, or anywhere that I want to go,” Hammond recalls thinking during his years in the Senate, when he wished he was writing plays. This Hill staffer (maybe) saved the free world. But all he wants is a career in theater. 2017-07-18T04:00:00Z

Feinstein is the head of the Senate Intelligence Committee, which has been investigating the interrogation programme adopted by the CIA during the Bush administration. John McCain criticises Zero Dark Thirty's depiction of torture 2012-12-20T14:05:52Z

Wednesday's hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee will examine the oil dispute and the limited access aid groups are being given to Sudan's southern regions. Clooney makes quiet visit to volatile Sudan region 2012-03-13T17:17:09Z

Zero Dark Thirty proves problematic in the face of the new report, though how inaccurate it is seems to depend on whether you ask the Senate committee or the CIA. What the Torture Report Reveals About Zero Dark Thirty 2014-12-10T05:00:00Z

The day after the 1983 bombing, House and Senate leaders agreed to restrict the people's access to the people's branch: Public entrances would be cut from 10 to four. How terrorists became the unspoken architects of the Capitol 2021-02-19T05:00:00Z

Swift's statement is a win for voter registration, but it remains to be seen if it can push Bredesen into the Senate. What Taylor Swift could learn from the #NotHim son: How to handle being smeared in the culture wars 2018-10-09T04:00:00Z

Flake said, hopping off the Senate trolley that runs through the bowels of the Capitol. The Senate gathered to reopen the government, and boy did everyone have fun 2018-01-22T05:00:00Z

And would it even be fair to ask her to entertain the Senate spouses while also raising two small children and wrestling with this Clinton Foundation octopus you’ve bequeathed to her? Dear Bill Clinton: Yes, first lady is a weird job. Here’s why you’d be great at it. 2016-09-05T04:00:00Z

October marks 30 years since you testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee in the Thomas hearings. Anita Hill: ‘I think our journey, as a country, as a society, really tracks my own journey’ 2021-10-22T04:00:00Z

The third book in his Johnson series, “Master of the Senate,” won the 2002 National Book Award for nonfiction. Biographer Robert Caro will release his next book — on audio only — in May 2017-03-20T04:00:00Z

Let the Nobel committee give him a premature Peace Prize; the House and Senate Republicans would deny him any favors, correctly judging that Obama’s push would never come to shove. 2016: Obama's America: Dinesh D'Souza Sees an End-of-Times 2012-08-24T19:27:44Z

A little past 7 p.m., security officials gave the all-clear to return to the Capitol, and the press led the caravan walking underground back to the Senate. Perspective | The enduring moments of 2021, as told by Post reporters

“What you want to call a wave, what you want to call a red wall on the Senate side — a lot of that is just semantics and political spin,” said CNN’s Chris Cuomo. TV news learned nothing from 2016: Sports-style election coverage remains terrible and short-sighted 2018-11-07T05:00:00Z

As a young Senate staffer, she experimented with Bantu knots. What Ketanji Brown Jackson’s sisterlocks mean to Black women 2022-04-08T04:00:00Z

Senate, and had a few words on her place in history. The 10 best (and worst) tweets of 2012 2012-12-28T15:09:00Z

But the real engine behind the Senate bill is Nguyen, the State Department employee and aspiring astronaut. Meet the 24-year-old who could change how the US handles sexual assaults 2016-02-23T05:00:00Z

He was there when Manning made a bid to run for the Senate less than eight months after release. Chelsea Manning director: 'She's a kind of punk rock figure for me' 2019-05-23T04:00:00Z

Finally, the Senate has ruled: we can stop talking about "consent"! Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation: The patriarchy strikes back at #MeToo 2018-10-06T04:00:00Z

She testified before a US Senate committee, made speeches and helped raise many millions of dollars for medical research and grants. Elizabeth Taylor, always leading lady 2011-03-24T15:29:00Z

But as played by Ted Levine, Brennan is accurately shown to be a fierce opponent of the Senate inquiry and its findings. ‘The Report’ and the Untold Story of a Senate-C.I.A. Conflict 2019-11-15T05:00:00Z

"I would suggest that JPMorgan take their business to Las Vegas because it's just a gamble," Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, a Democrat who represents Nevada, told reporters. FBI probes JPMorgan, shareholders back Dimon 2012-05-16T10:22:03Z

It looked like it came from the bowels of the Senate. ‘So did the world explode?’: An oral history of another insane week in the Trump era. 2018-04-15T04:00:00Z

A lot of folks would like him to shut down his Senate race. Seven crazy myths about the female anatomy 2012-08-24T13:37:00Z

She asked Ms. Warren about the infamous “nevertheless, she persisted” moment in the Senate this year. Samantha Bee Says the Health Care Bill Is Worse Than ‘Suicide Squad’ 2017-06-29T04:00:00Z

The stimulus package passed by the Senate on Wednesday night included a $500 billion government-lending program for distressed companies, which would include the airlines. The New Travel Document: Photograph of an Empty Plane 2020-03-26T04:00:00Z

Senate win this county, Trumbull, with 63 percent of the vote in 2012 — the same place where Trump would score a six-point victory. Sherrod Brown thinks he could have helped Democrats win in 2016. But what about 2020? 2017-07-23T04:00:00Z

TODAY, when you hear the words “poker face,” you don’t think of Senate subcommittee hearings. Possessed: Yoga Mat Helps Doctor Maintain Extensive Regimen ? Possessed 2012-03-30T22:13:15Z

Senate Democrats have asked the FBI to reopen the Kavanaugh investigation. Brett Kavanaugh’s Washington: A smaller, colder world for a justice under a cloud 2019-10-01T04:00:00Z

Some of that anger was directed at the 29 Senate Democrats who voted to authorize military force, including Kerry. ‘I don’t blame the scream speech’: Howard Dean on the first Internet campaign 2018-01-02T05:00:00Z

But last year, Senate investigators found gaps in the policies the art market now has in place. As Money Launderers Buy Dalís, U.S. Looks at Lifting the Veil on Art Sales 2021-06-19T04:00:00Z

“The Republican proposal cannot pass the Senate as it stands, but now that Republicans have reversed their position on this middle-class tax cut, we look forward to working with them to negotiate a consensus solution.” GOP: Charge wealthy more for Medicare 2011-11-30T23:02:00Z

Had they won and the G.O.P. retained control of the Senate, the chances for those ambitious climate policies would have been nil. How Does Bill Gates Plan to Solve the Climate Crisis? 2021-02-15T05:00:00Z

They are cautiously optimistic that their status could be resolved next week, before the Senate starts its recess. At Falls Church apartments, would-be ambassadors and families live in limbo

“Suddenly, he decides to run for Senate, and lots of people think it’s absolutely hilarious,” he says. Mickey Kaus Seeks to Correct the Flaws of Liberalism 2010-06-04T21:43:00Z

In her Senate testimony, Ford described running into Judge after the alleged attack at a Safeway where Judge was working. Key revelations from Mark Judge’s addiction memoir, “Wasted” 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z

His grandfather, William Taylor, was a moderate Democrat who served in the Indiana Senate in the 1960s. Miles Taylor spoke out against Trump as ‘Anonymous.’ Now he’s gone public and is hiding out. 2020-11-30T05:00:00Z

She can only try to make a persuasive case — then wait for the Senate jurors to let her know whether America really is what she thinks it is. Val Demings has an American dream. The impeachment trial is testing it. 2020-01-29T05:00:00Z

Warren replied, “I’m not dead — I’m just in the Senate.” Daniel Craig Hosts ‘S.N.L.,’ but Elizabeth Warren Steals the Show 2020-03-08T05:00:00Z

Eventually the Senate becomes “more and more like the House: a daily shouting match, theater.” John Kerry Describes Politics as It Used to Be 2018-10-08T04:00:00Z

The C.I.A. officers and Obama administration officials fencing with Senate staffers are portrayed as disingenuous or even malicious. ‘The Report’ and the Untold Story of a Senate-C.I.A. Conflict 2019-11-15T05:00:00Z

Before he decided to run for Senate, former attorney general Jeff Sessions held discussions about how to create an apparatus to carry on the ideals of the Trump movement — populism, nationalism, anti-immigration, protectionism. Donald Trump Jr. and the future of Trumpism: He upended expectations four years ago. What is he now? 2020-08-23T04:00:00Z

“Fox & Friends” deflected responsibility to the Senate: “As Congress Spars, President Focuses on Jobs,” one chyron read. Watching ‘Fox & Friends,’ Trump Sees a Two-Way Mirror 2017-07-19T04:00:00Z

For this year’s midterm elections, newyorker.com featured a live results map for the first time, with visualizations of all the House, Senate, and gubernatorial races in the country. The Best New Yorker Visual and Interactive Stories of 2018 2018-12-30T05:00:00Z

In New Jersey, the Assembly takes up the "Marriage Equality and Religious Exemption Act," which passed the Senate on Monday. Gay marriage bills in New Jersey, Maryland face hurdles 2012-02-16T13:45:14Z

In 2015, a former Senate colleague introduced him to Vidino, who hired him to work at the newly launched Program on Extremism. These researchers study terrorists. Sometimes, they also stumble across scoops. 2019-06-24T04:00:00Z

Emanuel laid out his plans for the casino money just days before Senate are poised to discuss how to deal with Quinn's concerns about the gambling legislation. Quinn: Slow down on Chicago casino 2011-08-16T17:17:00Z

The bill still must pass the Senate, and then go to the House, before the program is reinstated. Senators take another crack at visa program 2014-06-29T04:00:00Z

The legislation, which was introduced on Tuesday and referred to the Senate Judiciary Committee, would create a grant program to help states update their systems to ensure a set of basic rights to all survivors. This Video Shows the Absurd Laws Facing Rape Survivors 2016-02-24T05:00:00Z

The institute’s centerpiece will be a full-scale replica of the Senate chamber. Ted Kennedy’s bricks-and-mortar legacy taking shape

The Senate stopped requiring speaking filibusters in the 1970s; now, signaling intent to filibuster is enough to stop a bill. John Oliver: filibusters make US Senate 'a giant non-functioning roadblock' 2019-09-09T04:00:00Z

The bill, AB 1576, was approved by the California Assembly in May and could be voted on by the state Senate this month. L.A. porn industry latest to be hit by runaway production 2014-08-06T04:00:00Z

On Wednesday night Jon Stewart responded to the “tectonic skullf**king” that was the GOP takeover of the Senate, the House of Representatives, many state legislatures and governor seats. Must-see morning clip: Jon Stewart lampoons GOP hypocrisy on obstructionism 2014-11-06T05:00:00Z

“They held a screening of it in the US Senate,” he says. Fighting dirty: could Michael Bay’s Benghazi movie take down Hillary Clinton? 2016-01-27T05:00:00Z

On May 1, 1969, Rogers went before the Senate Subcommittee on Communications to argue against a proposed funding cut to PBS. Fred Rogers’s Life in 5 Artifacts 2018-06-05T04:00:00Z

AB 1839, which was unanimously approved by the Assembly in May, cleared a major hurdle earlier this month when the Senate Appropriations Committee approved the bill in a 5-0 vote. California to hike film tax credits 2014-08-28T04:00:00Z

Pack took over the agency last month after a long and bruising nomination battle in the Senate. Voice of America faces loss of international journalists as new overseer lets visas expire 2020-07-09T04:00:00Z

Now, in his role as keeper of the Senate trial, he has been at the forefront of protecting him. Mitch McConnell doesn’t care what you think. He just wants to win. 2020-01-23T05:00:00Z

He's steamed ahead with ramping up vaccinations and lent his voice to condemning hate crimes against Asian Americans, likely strengthening the bipartisan support for the COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act that the Senate just passed. On the Iron Anniversary of "Game of Thrones," here's hoping Joe Biden doesn't go Ned Stark on us 2021-04-23T04:00:00Z

He couldn’t find the entrance, had no idea where to park and was stuck in a parking lot overcrowded with people wearing “Beto for Senate” T-shirts — a traffic cluster of his own creation. Beto O’Rourke gets more attention than any other 2018 candidate. Will it translate to votes? 2018-09-03T04:00:00Z

Senate knowing that a successful election strategy would depend on increased turnout by Texas Democrats and traditional non-voters in the 2018 midterms. Calling for Beto in Texas 2018-11-04T04:00:00Z

He is working on a book about the 1941 Senate investigation of motion picture propaganda. Review | A forgotten filmmaker who influenced Alfred Hitchcock and Billy Wilder gets his due 2018-07-03T04:00:00Z

Grinspan was in the Senate gallery last week when he observed several politicians — who are banned from using cellphones during the trial — keeping their hands busy with the popular toys. The Smithsonian is already hunting for impeachment artifacts. Senators, please hand over your fidget spinners. 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z

“Kind of like me,” Reid said, comparing his dad’s affection for the mines with his own for the Senate. ‘I hate palm trees’: The sentimental journey of Harry Reid 2016-09-14T04:00:00Z

Today, Cruz, and the vast majority of the Senate all did vote together to keep the government running. The Senate gathered to reopen the government, and boy did everyone have fun 2018-01-22T05:00:00Z

Why shouldn’t we root for his impeachment from the Senate? ArtsBeat: 'Big Love' Watch: Rhonda Volmer's Return 2011-02-07T19:22:17Z

Beeks was allegedly one of the rioters who tried to breach the Senate chamber. "Jesus Christ Superstar" actor who played Judas suspended while under investigation for Jan. 6 2021-11-25T05:00:00Z

Mr. Hoylman, who took his Senate office last year, represents the heart of gay New York, in the Village, Chelsea and Hell’s Kitchen. In New York, a Push for Compensated Surrogacy 2014-02-19T21:59:45Z

A bomb threat cleared the Dirksen Senate Office Building in the middle of his testimony. What happens when a whistleblower returns to work after a decade’s fight 2016-03-02T05:00:00Z

“Upon this hint I spake,” Booth bellows, defending his character’s secret marriage to the beautiful Desdemona before her father and the Venetian Senate. L.A. exhibition probes Shakespeare-California connections, including a rare Edwin Booth recording 2016-11-18T05:00:00Z

Hundreds of arts advocates will join Baldwin and Spacey and plan to visit each House and Senate office. Baldwin, Spacey call for arts funding in Congress 2011-04-05T11:46:03Z

Similar versions of the legislation have been introduced in the House and Senate. Perspective | Congress may be about to help local news. It can’t happen soon enough. 2021-08-31T04:00:00Z

Senate voted on the House's articles of impeachment against President Clinton, Gorton voted yes on the obstruction of justice charge and no on perjury — and he had his reasons why. 'Slade Gorton': U.S. senator, octogenarian policy wonk 2012-01-18T21:16:04Z

A Senate Intelligence Committee investigation into the CIA's detainee program found that such methods produced no useful intelligence. Lawmakers say CIA may have misled filmmakers 2013-01-04T01:23:07Z

The Senate sweltered in summer and froze in winter. 'Freedom's Cap': the U.S. Capitol's big remodel 2012-03-01T00:10:08Z

“Full Frontal” host Samantha Bee last night reviewed Senate Democrats’ 15-hour filibuster and their Republican counterparts’ unflinching devotion to the NRA’s deep pockets. Samantha Bee is always right: She schools Republicans — again — on their ludicrous blocking of gun control 2016-06-21T04:00:00Z

Snowe, a self-described centrist, retired from the Senate in January after deciding she could not be effective given the polarization of the parties that left her increasingly alone in the middle. Snowe presses for bipartisanship in new book 2013-05-12T12:55:08Z

Just look at how the Senate handled her case: They treated Hill’s testimony as a “he said, she said, without fully investigating,” she said. Anita Hill reflects on her fateful testimony, 23 years later 2014-03-26T21:44:39Z

Her father was first elected to the Senate in 1962, taking the seat that his brother had occupied before winning the White House. Funeral Mass under way for Ted Kennedy's daughter 2011-09-21T15:51:07Z

Nikil Saval is a socialist candidate running for State Senate in Pennsylvania’s 1st district, which encompasses a huge swath of Philadelphia. The N+1 Candidate 2020-05-28T04:00:00Z

“This was not a one-time event,” said Collins, the senior Republican on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. Library of Congress taps 25 sounds for registry 2012-05-23T14:47:00Z

In a number of ways, his colleagues see him as a throwback to a Senate that Democrats and Republicans pine for. Jim Inhofe is a small-plane-flying, global-warming-denying senator. And now he’s got a gavel. 2015-01-07T05:00:00Z

Mr. Kutcher, who testified about trafficking before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee earlier this year, has spent a lot of time thinking about how to best combat the abuse of technology by traffickers. Hacks That Help: Using Tech to Fight Child Exploitation 2017-11-24T05:00:00Z

Before the Senate held its vote on Miguel Cardona’s confirmation to become the education secretary, Davies called around to Senate offices to try to figure out what the exact tally would be. This site bet big on political gambling. Regulators want it shut down. 2023-01-24T05:00:00Z

On Thursday, Maritza Solano looked up at Senate staffers peering from the balconied hallways of each floor of the Hart Building. ‘This is not a normal time’: A mad hot summer in the capital of the resistance 2018-07-02T04:00:00Z

Given that there were 43 Republicans in the Senate of the 103rd Congress, these 20 comprised nearly half of the Republican Senate Caucus at that time. The Tortuous Conservative History of the Individual Mandate 2012-02-07T20:32:34Z

Brown's signature is a formality given that he already announced last month that he would support the landmark legislation, which was overwhelmingly approved by the Senate and the Assembly. Gov. Jerry Brown to sign California film tax credit bill 2014-09-17T04:00:00Z

When the Senate Armed Services Committee considered these provisions, they did so behind closed doors, away from public scrutiny. Memorial for America’s conscience 2012-05-24T20:20:00Z

The proposed legislation came just weeks after a Senate subcommittee survey revealed that 41% of 236 American colleges had conducted no investigations of alleged assaults in the last five years. Campus Sexual Assault: Bipartisan Bill Aims to Reform the Investigation Process 2014-07-30T04:00:00Z

Even some of the most conservative Senate candidates are trimming their sails to get elected, especially in purple states. Move over, Mitch! Paul Ryan lets slip secrets of how GOP will run the Senate 2014-09-05T04:00:00Z

Organizers say they also will turn in enough signatures targeting the Wisconsin Senate majority leader and three other GOP senators. Gov. Walker foes to file recall petitions today 2012-01-17T11:21:00Z

Undocumented vendors have been protected from misdemeanor charges since 2019, when Senate Bill 946 went into effect, decriminalizing street vending in California. L.A. street vendors are caught between COVID and the law 2020-12-02T05:00:00Z

Uncertainty over the Senate’s schedule from hour to hour, much less day to day, complicates things even further. CBS’ early exit shows decisions networks face on impeachment 2020-01-21T05:00:00Z

He quoted from a tweet Mr. Trump sent on Wednesday weighing in on the upcoming Senate election in Alabama. Trevor Noah Thinks Paul Manafort Got Mixed Up With the Wrong Crowd 2017-09-22T04:00:00Z

When Sanders proceeded to argue that committees in the House, the Senate and the FBI have looked into Trump’s Russia connection and “everyone comes to the same conclusion,” co-host Mika Brzezinski cut her off. Sarah Huckabee Sanders is suddenly the star of the feel-bad story of the day 2017-05-11T04:00:00Z

The bill now goes before the Senate, where it is expected to face a tougher challenge. Assembly approves film and TV tax credit bill 2014-05-28T04:00:00Z

The problem with the Senate was that the judiciary committee members had never interacted with a Black woman as an authority on even her own life. Anita Hill Has Some Perspective to Offer 2021-09-25T04:00:00Z

Six Republican incumbents faced Democratic challengers in Senate districts scattered around the state. GOP retains grip on Wisconsin Senate 2011-08-10T16:28:00Z

Mr. Figures, who is 33 and works in Washington, is a lawyer and legislative aide in the United States Senate. Kalisha Dessources, Shomari Figures 2018-12-02T05:00:00Z

Sean Penn, who plays Ms. Plame’s husband, skipped Cannes to testify before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on the need for continued relief for Haiti. Film: At Cannes, Films Echoing World Events 2010-05-20T22:16:00Z

Senate” website, stoking speculation the 46-year-old was considering a run next year. Singer Kid Rock: Outcry over headlining new arena is political hatchet job 2017-09-11T04:00:00Z

Senate Democrats need 60 votes for their measure to pass, so for now, they’re short. Durbin: 'Fate of American economy' at stake 2011-07-30T18:57:00Z

Senate race on her own merit without voter sympathy about a cheating husband. “Vagina voter”: Witnessing the sexism hurled at Hillary in ’08 — and the assumptions made about her supporters — changed my life 2015-11-14T05:00:00Z

In 1996, the Senate altered reconciliation rules to include any legislation affecting the Federal budget, even if those measures expanded the deficit. Bush Budget Official Explains How to Repeal Obamacare via Reconciliation 2011-10-19T17:27:27Z

At the time, the Republicans held a 51-49 seat majority and were in danger of losing their Senate majority. In Iowa, endorsement haunts Santorum 2012-01-02T18:59:00Z

"He did not understand the culture of the University of Illinois, and it got him into trouble," said UIC biochemistry professor Donald Chambers, chair of the University Senates Conference. Departing U. of I. boss may get $285K as prof 2012-03-23T16:37:00Z

Through your parents: The Senate bill still allows people under 26 to stay on their parents’ insurance plans. What the Senate healthcare bill could mean for Californians 2017-06-23T04:00:00Z

Even though the House and Senate were both controlled by Republicans, Congress restored the $445 million in funding when it eventually passed the budget. No relaxation for PBS with Democratic House takeover 2019-02-02T05:00:00Z

Vidal ran for elected office twice: once for Congress in 1960, in upstate New York; once for the Senate in California in 1982. The A-Z of Gore Vidal 2012-08-01T19:00:06Z

The hotel industry is celebrating a big win after the recent introduction of the Stop Online Booking Scams Act of 2016 in the Senate. A proposed bill limits third-party hotel booking, but consumers have greater concerns 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z

The next year, it was denounced as warmongering propaganda in the United States Senate. Cannes Film Festival 2022: Politics Mixed With Moments of Grace 2022-05-19T04:00:00Z

Given that there were 43 Republicans in the Senate of the 103rd Congress, these 20 comprised nearly half of the Republican Senate Caucus at that time. The Tortuous Conservative History of the Individual Mandate 2012-02-07T20:32:34Z

The Senate gathers Thursday evening to vote on the repeal of the Affordable Care Act. ‘The moment when it really started to feel insane’: An oral history of the Scaramucci era 2017-08-01T04:00:00Z

His first night, he was asked to provide a commentary on the use of the slur “macaca” by the incumbent Senate candidate George Allen of Virginia. Larry Wilmore Is Ready for ‘The Minority Report’ 2014-05-11T21:55:43Z

Senate Republican leader Christine Radogno issued a statement last week saying such “abuse of the public trust” would not be tolerated, and that she was working with Schmidt regarding her personal and political future. Suzi Schmidt to seek re-election 2011-10-05T22:25:00Z

I want to thank the Senate Judiciary Committee for permitting me to testify in support of my impending appointment to the United States Supreme Court. Perspective | Taking the Fifth ... and the pills, too 2018-10-16T04:00:00Z

Perhaps this should have been our first clue that Mr. Craig, portrayed with blustery bewilderment by Mr. Dugan, was not the typical Idaho family man he played on the Senate floor. Rachel Dratch in ‘Tail! Spin!,’ a Political Comedy of Errors 2014-10-01T04:00:00Z

Did the president watch former FBI director James B. Comey’s testimony before the Senate? ‘I have no idea’: The White House’s spokesmen aren’t speaking much these days 2017-06-13T04:00:00Z

Senate ethics rules allow him to be paid $24,000 a year for his teaching, and the Senate’s less-than-crowded schedule allows him to attend most classes. What it’s like to take a political science class with professor Marco Rubio 2015-02-10T05:00:00Z

I first discovered New Jersey wine country last spring on a tour of South Jersey with the State Senate president, Stephen M. Sweeney, shortly after I began writing about the state. New Jersey Wineries, Like Auburn Road and Bellview 2013-05-02T21:59:15Z

Menendez on Thursday said the Senate was setting a “dangerous precedent” by moving ahead. Senate confirms Trump’s pick to lead Voice of America 2020-06-04T04:00:00Z

Kennedy was a Democratic U.S. senator from Massachusetts at the time, and the handwritten letters were written on Senate letterhead. ‘Anxious to see you:’ JFK letters to Swedish lover auctioned 2021-05-05T04:00:00Z

Senate Armed Services Committee who had frozen Okinawa funding until their budgetary and strategic questions were answered - said some of their concerns had been addressed. U.S., Japan unveil revised plan for Okinawa 2012-04-27T06:09:00Z

A bipartisan anti-sex trafficking bill was stuck in the Senate last March. This 4th of July: 6 wise Jon Stewart tips for a more perfect union 2015-07-04T04:00:00Z

“But what could the Senate do to stop it?” Perspective | The woeful defeatism of Mitt Romney’s secret Twitter account 2019-10-22T04:00:00Z

Senate seat so he could become governor, and naming Palin to a commission regulating oil production. 'Crude Awakening': An inside view of Alaska 2011-11-02T21:10:04Z

I remember really clearly, even though it’s been a quarter century, the night that David Duke lost the Senate race in 1990. “There was a market for white resentment”: Tim Wise on Trump, David Duke and the bigotry that risen from the shadows 2016-08-22T04:00:00Z

In the Senate there’s a legacy of decorum and working with the other side that’s clearly deteriorating now. Jeff Flake on Trumpism: ‘I don’t know anyone who thinks that this is the future of the party’ 2020-04-24T04:00:00Z

Sen. Daniel Inouye, chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, also pledged federal support Thursday. 'Sesame Street' to help create new museum near DC 2011-02-03T19:31:16Z

The Senate version of the bill, however, did not. Democrats Pre-Emptively Second-Guess Each Other on Obamacare's Supreme Court Reckoning 2012-06-25T03:59:05Z

When Dr. David Heimbach walked into the California Senate committee hearing last year, the stakes had never been higher for flame retardant manufacturers. Fear fans flames for chemical makers 2012-05-06T05:00:00Z

In the dial-up era 20 years ago, his Senate office launched the first congressional Web page, and he was among the earliest members to accept e-mails from the public. Ted Kennedy’s bricks-and-mortar legacy taking shape

Sen. Donne Trotter, D-Chicago, voted against sending the bill to the full Senate because he said it’s “people overreacting to, in most cases, very isolated incidents.” Pension measure killed by Senate panel 2012-05-03T01:03:00Z

The legislation is unlikely to be taken up by the Republican-controlled Senate. Michelle Williams aids cause of equal pay for equal work 2019-04-02T04:00:00Z

Later in the movie, when Michael’s wife, Kay, asks what really happened in the Senate hearing, he tells her, of Frank, “His brother came and helped.” Of Course Roger Stone Thinks That He Lives in “The Godfather” 2019-01-25T05:00:00Z

It led opposition to legislation on both areas, which passed when Democrats controlled both the House and the Senate. Campaign by U.S. Chamber to target federal regulations 2010-11-16T07:01:00Z

It turned out, no, from an institutional perspective this could be handled worse by a Senate Judiciary because that is what has happened with Christine Blasey Ford. Rebecca Traister: “We know what [MAGA] is code for. It’s not even a secret” 2018-10-08T04:00:00Z

Senate seat being vacated, so they’re in Pennsylvania fracking for votes. Dr. Oz’s Trump-infused Senate run is coming down to the wire 2022-05-13T04:00:00Z

"But the bottom line is there are solutions to that, and Biden has been pushing solutions, the Senate Democrats have been pushing solutions, the House Democrats have been pushing solutions." "The View" erupts into chaos after Alyssa Farah Griffin claims, "The red wave is coming" 2022-06-15T04:00:00Z

If Kennedy loses this primary, he could theoretically run again if Warren’s Senate seat became available because of a Biden Cabinet appointment, or if Markey retires. The Markey-Kennedy Senate primary battle is one Democrats wish wasn’t happening 2020-08-28T04:00:00Z

Agency for Global Media finally started work after a bruising, two-year Senate confirmation battle. How Trump’s obsessions with media and loyalty coalesced in a battle for Voice of America 2020-06-19T04:00:00Z

In 2018, after years of suspicions that she was secretly a Republican because she wasn't overtly political, Swift endorsed the candidate running against Marsha Blackburn for Senate. The right is coming for Taylor Swift. They don't stand a chance 2023-09-29T04:00:00Z

He wanted to understand why McConnell polls so poorly in Kentucky yet is serving his sixth full term in the Senate. ‘Mitch, Please!’ Tours Kentucky and Roasts a Senator 2020-03-23T04:00:00Z

Plenty more fans appeared to be streaming the hearing online, and a link to the Senate Judiciary Committee’s livestream of the proceedings was widely shared by fan social media accounts on Tuesday morning. Closely watching the Ticketmaster hearing today: Swifties. 2023-01-24T05:00:00Z

She wants to spend her “good girl” credit to decry the scorched-earth-conservative Senate campaign that Marsha Blackburn was running in Tennessee, Swift’s adopted home. ‘Miss Americana’ Review: Taylor Swift, Scathingly Alone 2020-01-30T05:00:00Z

A similar thing happened to Warren, a progressive superstar for conceptualizing the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau who saw then her ratings dip when she first sought a Senate seat. How Nancy Pelosi turned the condescending ‘feisty grandma’ meme into a political weapon 2018-12-12T05:00:00Z

Members of the Council are confirmed by the Senate. Most foul: Senator singles out Synetic’s ‘silent’ Shakespeare 2015-12-09T05:00:00Z

Take that follow-your-gut moment of his from six years ago: Sestak forged ahead and challenged Specter in Pennsylvania’s 2010 Democratic primary for Senate — but in the process alienated Democratic leaders who coalesced behind Specter. Joe Sestak still wants to be senator — so he walked solo across Pennsylvania. 2015-04-02T04:00:00Z

As with so many things in the Senate, Thursday lunches are imbued with history and competition. A Senate Lunch Tradition Draws on the Flavors of Home 2015-06-08T04:00:00Z

History Lesson of the Week: It turns out that the scandal with which Uncle Harold was involved was the Teapot Dome Scandal, subject of a 1922 Senate investigation. Downton Abbey Recap: Comings and Goings 2014-02-17T03:15:42Z

The senator’s attempts at protecting the rights of the Senate’s legislative minority have not struck everyone as virtuous — especially when it comes to protecting the rights of vulnerable demographic minorities. Black voters in West Virginia are tired of being invisible 2021-08-11T04:00:00Z

Senate, is scheduled to perform several concerts as the headliner at the Little Caesars Arena on Tuesday. Singer Kid Rock: Outcry over headlining new arena is political hatchet job 2017-09-11T04:00:00Z

And he reminded me of how when he was the leader of the Senate, he was always crossing the aisle and working with George Mitchell. Barbra Streisand Can’t Get Trump Out of Her Head. So She Sang About Him. 2018-10-30T04:00:00Z

After that, it went to the Senate where it failed on first attempt 17-14. LGBTQs in Louisiana gain slight progress, lots of pushback 2017-08-31T04:00:00Z

Barack’s ambitions crystallized into a Senate campaign, and then a Presidential one. Michelle Obama’s New Reign of Soft Power 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z

Senate Bill 6, which would prevent transgender people from using restrooms that correspond with their gender identity, gained little traction in the House of Representatives after Speaker Joe Straus opposed the measure, calling it “unnecessary.” “Lipstick on a pig”: Texas anti-LGBT bill would also target veterans, women and the elderly 2017-04-26T04:00:00Z

Case in point: Last week, the Senate unanimously passed a bill making certain types of animal cruelty a federal felony, following the House of Representatives’ unanimous support of a similar bill last month. Will 2020 mark the rise of a vegan voting bloc? 2019-11-24T05:00:00Z

The Feb. 14 episode shifted focus and setting, from the State Senate campaign to Juniper Creek and Mexico. Big Love: Shark-Jumping in Utah 2010-02-22T14:05:00Z

The two attempted to win the favor of their constituents by both introducing the Keystone XL pipeline bill in the Senate and the House, respectively. Must-see morning clip: Jon Stewart shames Mary Landrieu and Dems for Keystone XL ploy 2014-11-21T05:00:00Z

In 2006, when she ran for a Senate seat in New York, the Times unearthed a letter, from 1992, in which she outed her brother, who was dying of AIDS, to their parents. Gay America’s Harrowing, Heartening Year 2016-12-31T05:00:00Z

Durbin, the state’s senior senator, said he backs a plan by Senate Majority Leader , D-Nev., that would create a 12-member bipartisan panel, made up equally of senators, representatives, Democrats and Republicans, to consider deficit reduction. Durbin: 'Gang of 6' plan not part of debt talks 2011-07-20T19:57:00Z

After the State Senate voted in favor of the measure Monday, the Arkansas House of Representatives voted 57 to 20 in favor of the legislation today. Arkansas passes odious anti-LGBT discrimination bill — and Michelle Duggar helped inspire it 2015-02-13T05:00:00Z

It took him longer than any Democrat in Senate leadership to endorse Hillary Clinton, and he dragged his feet before coming out against Neil M. Gorsuch’s nomination for the Supreme Court. Jon Tester could teach Democrats a lot about rural America — if he can keep his Senate seat 2017-05-01T04:00:00Z

The Senate tentatively has a key, preliminary vote on a Democratic proposal set for 1 a.m. Durbin: 'Fate of American economy' at stake 2011-07-30T18:57:00Z

Oliver can’t understand why national level politics are getting all the attention, though, when party politics mean that almost nothing is happening in the House or Senate. Watch John Oliver Slam State Legislatures 2014-11-03T05:00:00Z

Meeks is the second Senate Democrat this week to announce a departure from politics. Sen. James Meeks won't run for re-election 2011-11-11T01:35:00Z

And there is only one Democrat running for Senate — Rep. Indiana voters head to polls for decisive election 2012-05-08T12:31:00Z

Senate seat reclaimed, an unexpected landslide in a once-close congressional race and a new majority in the state Senate. The Colorado soap opera that could be a major 2016 headache for the GOP 2015-07-15T04:00:00Z

Yet that was when many of his former colleagues from the Senate urged him to jump in. In Joe Biden’s Memoir, Private Grief and Its Effect on a Public Life 2017-11-13T05:00:00Z

They are also historical, in that some Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee are still hung up on recent history — namely, grievance in the name of the most recent White man confirmed to the court. Perspective | Indelible in the hippocampus is Brett Kavanaugh 2022-03-22T04:00:00Z

The US Senate Intelligence Committee has demanded more information about contacts between the CIA and the makers of Oscar favourite Zero Dark Thirty. CIA pressed over Bin Laden film 2013-01-04T01:35:23Z

Because we more than doubled the number of women in the Senate. Anita Hill and her 1991 congressional defenders to Joe Biden: You were part of the problem 2017-11-21T05:00:00Z

His victory in the Senate race stunned the state’s complacent machine Republicans. Moving Alabama Into the Modern Age 2019-03-26T04:00:00Z

The Confederate leader left the state when he was still a toddler and grew up in Mississippi, which he represented in the United States Senate as well as the House before the Civil War. Is There a Place for the President of the Confederacy? 2020-10-08T04:00:00Z

It’s amazing Joseph McCarthy didn’t drag one of these melons in front of his Senate subcommittee, if not to force it to testify, then to chug down its contents. Plugging a watermelon with vodka ruins both. There’s got to be a better way. 2017-06-15T04:00:00Z

A report prepared for the Senate Intelligence Committee, and obtained by The Washington Post, made that breathtakingly clear over the weekend. Perspective | It’s high time for media to enter the No Kellyanne Zone — and stay there 2018-12-17T05:00:00Z

I walked out of the meeting and was like, “I’m running for Senate, I guess.” Rand Paul’s campaign manager talks to the establishment Republican he ambushed in 2010 2018-01-02T05:00:00Z

In contrast, Kavanaugh led with accusatory anger directed at the Democrats on the Senate Judiciary committee halted, in places, as he wept. From Clarence Thomas to Brett Kavanaugh: the view of history and her story, as seen on TV 2018-09-28T04:00:00Z

Her group called for warning stickers on albums, a suggestion echoed during a Senate committee hearing the same year, which stirred fears of encroachment on musicians’ First Amendment rights. Cardi B’s ‘WAP’ Proves Music’s Dirty Secret: Censorship Is Good Business 2020-10-27T04:00:00Z

In the current Congress, the Republicans control the House and the Democrats control the Senate. Election puts Congress in control of 1 party

Chris Keyser, president of the Writers Guild of America West and a veteran television producer, also testified at the Senate hearing. AT&T and DirecTV defend deal on Capitol Hill 2014-06-24T04:00:00Z

She didn’t want to get on to the blacks, or have floating through the dining room a reminder that the still-Republican Senate would probably soon override Ronnie’s veto on this matter. ‘Finale’ review: A novel of the Reagan years that’s packed with real-life barbs 2015-09-14T04:00:00Z

The cries of woe rang loud enough to be heard in D.C., where, in July, the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee held a hearing on park overcrowding. Seeking out Alaska’s Denali National Park in a summer of overcrowded outdoor spaces 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z

The film, aptly titled Confirmation, is centered on the 1991 Senate confirmation hearings. Kerry Washington to Star as Anita Hill in HBO Movie 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z

The House and Senate judiciary committees will grill executives about AT&T's $48.5 billion deal to acquire the satellite broadcaster. Sequel battle! Loesch to exit Hub. Univision owners look for exit. 2014-06-13T04:00:00Z

Will anything change next week as the impeachment trial moves forward in the Senate? Perspective | The Sanders-Warren ‘feud’ and Ukraine revelations are nowhere near equal in importance. Try telling the media that. 2020-01-17T05:00:00Z

Edward Kennedy had been representing Massachusetts in the Senate since a special election in 1962. Memo: Mafia rumored to set up Kennedys for scandal 2010-06-14T22:19:00Z

Should it pass, it will proceed to the Senate, where a bill to allow same-sex marriage passed a year ago. Gay marriage bills in New Jersey, Maryland face hurdles 2012-02-16T13:45:14Z

Or Frederick Douglass: “I heard a rumor … that Black men will vote and that, before the year 1900, 1,500 Black Americans will hold office including seats in the House and Senate.” When Blackness Is a Superpower 2021-04-23T04:00:00Z

In a perfectly divided Senate, any Democrat has the power to play spoiler if they want. One year of ‘President Manchin’: For the Democratic agenda, all roads go through West Virginia 2021-12-14T05:00:00Z

They offered to accept the Senate plan if Reid agreed to two minor matters. House GOP leaders yield on payroll tax 2011-12-23T02:49:00Z

Day One featured very little discord on the Senate side of things. On Capitol Hill, picture day at the start of 115th Congress 2017-01-03T05:00:00Z

If you’ve been consuming any sort of media in the wake of the release of the Senate Intelligence Committee’s CIA torture report, you’ve likely been bombarded with stunned and disgusted pundits. Half of Americans are cool with CIA torture techniques 2014-12-16T05:00:00Z

With the White House in the GOP's sights and the chance to flip the Senate to Republican control, the underlying message to the rabble-rousers among them was clear: Don't blow this opportunity. John Boehner pleads for unity at GOP retreat 2012-01-21T04:56:00Z

Senate or maybe for president, joining a crowded field. Stacey Abrams lost the Georgia governor’s race. But her star is rising. 2019-02-02T05:00:00Z

Members, all or nearly all women, met with the Federal Communications Commission and testified before the Senate subcommittee on communications. Peggy Charren, Children’s TV Crusader, Dies at 86 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z

He rejects the labels — and just thinks he’d be more effective in the Senate. The Markey-Kennedy Senate primary battle is one Democrats wish wasn’t happening 2020-08-28T04:00:00Z

The two discussed Mr. Franken’s new book, “Giant of the Senate,” in which he describes Congress’s tradition of bipartisan comity. Jimmy Kimmel Explains Trump’s Backdrop for Leaving Paris Accord 2017-06-02T04:00:00Z

While he was in office, Dole was never able to achieve that goal, blocked by Senate colleagues and a White House loathe to anger Turkey, which continues to deny that there was a genocide. ‘The unparalleled champion’: Bob Dole’s forgotten fight to get Washington to recognize the Armenian genocide 2021-06-04T04:00:00Z

He brings worn-out dress shirts from his Senate office to wear as work shirts on the farm, and returns with beef butchered on the farm to eat in his Senate office. Jon Tester could teach Democrats a lot about rural America — if he can keep his Senate seat 2017-05-01T04:00:00Z

By the time Edward Kennedy died, in August 2009, he had represented Massachusetts in the United States Senate for nearly 47 years — longer than any of his brothers had lived. The Best of the Kennedys? 2020-10-28T04:00:00Z

After members of the Senate Intelligence Committee criticized the museum in January for “sanitizing” torture techniques in an exhibition about the “enhanced interrogation” program the C.I.A. used after 9/11, the museum revised that show. Lincoln Library Cancels Exhibition Over Racial Sensitivity Concerns 2020-08-05T04:00:00Z

The Senate unanimously passed a bill late Wednesday to require television stations and cable companies to limit the volume of commercials and keep them at the level of the programs they interrupt. Senate votes to turn down volume on TV commercials 2010-09-30T15:51:00Z

Senate race in Georgia was called for Raphael Warnock, and over on the Fox News show “Hannity,” the finger-pointing for Herschel Walker’s imminent loss had begun. John Fetterman’s TikTok Whisperer 2022-12-17T05:00:00Z

Melville House, a small press, has a long track record of publishing public documents, including the Senate Intelligence Committee Report on Torture and the Mueller report. The Most Sought After Manuscript in Publishing? The Jan. 6 Report. 2022-12-23T05:00:00Z

Morrissey said he decided to run for the Senate because the lopsided political balance in the House meant there was little opportunity for Democrats to govern. Scandals usually end political careers. Not Joe Morrissey’s. 2015-08-17T04:00:00Z

Airlines lobbied the House to pass the same measure two years ago, but the legislation failed to gain traction in the Senate. It’s time for Congress to stand up for air travelers 2016-02-18T05:00:00Z

Yes, the Senate agreed by a vote of 81 to 18, we should continue to have a government. The Senate gathered to reopen the government, and boy did everyone have fun 2018-01-22T05:00:00Z

Following last Tuesday's vote by the California Senate Committee on Health, Gabriel said "it's unacceptable that the U.S. is so far behind the rest of the world when it comes to banning these dangerous additives." "Toxic chemicals in our food": California bill would ban additives already prohibited in Europe 2023-07-03T04:00:00Z

The Senate resolution pays tribute to 16 million women it says worked or volunteered for the U.S. war effort, including many who toiled for the American Red Cross, hospitals, rationing boards and other non-factory settings. Rosie the Riveter finally gets national day of recognition 2017-03-21T04:00:00Z

Just as Doocy said, Gupta testified to the Senate Judiciary Committee that leaders need to “decrease police budgets and the scope, role and responsibility of police in our lives.” Peter Doocy and Jen Psaki’s daily clashes have become a White House briefing room ritual 2021-08-04T04:00:00Z

Mr. Wolfe was referring to the 1982 Cosmopolitan centerfold images of the Republican politician that were widely circulated online during his Senate candidacy. 2010-01-21T06:26:00Z

The Senate's stopgap measure would raise fees on federally backed mortgages. House GOP leaders yield on payroll tax 2011-12-23T02:49:00Z

Women were almost entirely absent in the Senate at the time. Still Thinking About Anita Hill 2016-05-23T04:00:00Z

Both he and Axelrod knew a Senate race was a Hail Mary. David Axelrod’s ‘Believer’ 2015-02-09T05:00:00Z

Pitt offered a caustic appraisal of the Senate’s handling of impeachment proceedings before settling into a more upbeat speech that thanked Leonardo DiCaprio, his co-star, and Quentin Tarantino, who directed the film. ‘Parasite’ Makes Oscar History With Best Picture Win 2020-02-09T05:00:00Z

The main reason the case against Kavanaugh failed, however, was that there simply was no audience for it in the Senate. Dissecting Brett Kavanaugh’s ‘Supreme Ambition’ 2019-12-02T05:00:00Z

His Senate supporters should have considered a simple verity: that a man sent off to slaughter for his country may not be the man suited to rule when he returns. Ralph Fiennes' Coriolanus: The Paths of Gory 2011-12-04T18:37:40Z

President Trump got cover Friday morning from the likes of the Drudge Report, Breitbart News and Fox News on the Senate’s failure hours earlier to repeal the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare. After a wild week, conservative media stand (nervously) by Trump 2017-07-28T04:00:00Z

He waits for the laughter in his office to subside, and then says that his work in the Senate “is the only thing I ever did not for the money.” And in the Left Corner, Weighing In ... 2010-09-25T21:04:00Z

But in her defense, her staff points to remarks made around the time of the Senate briefing by Anthony S. Fauci, the head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. The young and eventful Senate career of wealthy Georgia businesswoman Kelly Loeffler 2020-04-03T04:00:00Z

In addition to betting against this party’s prospects in the House, Sean also had wagers against Democratic candidates in most of the competitive Senate races: Arizona, Nevada, Wisconsin, Ohio … The Washington gambler 2023-04-26T04:00:00Z

His ministry was under investigation by a Senate committee for fraud. My search for Creflo Dollar 2013-01-06T23:00:00Z

As a former Senate staffer, O’Donnell takes a practitioner’s delight in the machinations of politics: He finds, and manages to convey, excitement in things like the movement of delegates from one camp to another. The Presidential Election That America Lost 2018-01-05T05:00:00Z

If there’s a problem, he added, it’s Mr. Rauner’s Democratic opponents, who control the Illinois House and Senate. Lincoln’s Papers Find a Familiar Spot: In the Middle and in Jeopardy 2016-02-12T05:00:00Z

“Every eye followed Thad Stevens as he limped down the center aisle of the crowded Senate chamber,” David O. Stewart wrote in his book “Impeached.” The rare and bizarre ritual of marching the impeachment articles from the House to the Senate 2020-01-15T05:00:00Z

Michelle, against the advice of a veteran Senate wife, chose not to move their family to Washington. Isabel Wilkerson on Michelle Obama’s ‘Becoming’ and the Great Migration 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z

Republicans picked up seats in the House and the Senate and 675 in state legislatures. Review: Jane Mayer’s ‘Dark Money,’ About the Koch Brothers’ Fortune and Influence 2016-01-12T05:00:00Z

Durbin said, however, that while support was growing in the Senate, there was no indication from House Republicans they could accept a plan that would involve tax increases. Durbin: 'Gang of 6' plan not part of debt talks 2011-07-20T19:57:00Z

All of this made the brutal stabbing scene at the Senate house naturally very explosive. Shakespeare and the politics of our age: Trump, 'Julius Caesar' and now 'Richard II' 2017-06-22T04:00:00Z

Bayh left office in January after representing Indiana for two terms in the Senate. Fox News hires ex-Ind. Democratic Sen. Evan Bayh 2011-03-14T22:40:16Z

When he asked the reasonable question of whether she believed the Senate should consider new evidence in the impeachment trial, she responded by calling him a "liberal hack" and stalking away. Don Lemon, this is no laughing matter 2020-02-02T05:00:00Z

The Senate is expected to consider the two packages Tuesday. Illinois House OKs tax breaks for CME, Sears 2011-12-12T20:26:00Z

On Wednesday, Senate Democrats failed to muster their slim majority to pass the Women's Health Protection Act, a bill that would have codified the landmark decision established in Roe v. "The View" slams Joe Manchin’s opposition to abortion bill, says "these fools" need to be voted out 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z

Richard Blumenthal, the Connecticut attorney general who is now running for Senate, asserts that lobbying by the sunscreen industry is at the heart of the gridlock. Skin Deep: The Long Wait for More-Effective Sunscreen Labels 2010-06-23T22:54:00Z

Thursday's Senate committee approval came after heavy lobbying by a coalition of entertainment industry unions, studio representatives and city officials, including L.A. California poised to hike film tax credits to stem runaway production 2014-08-15T04:00:00Z

In the years that followed, talks on gun legislation — often led by Murphy — have repeatedly collapsed in the Senate. Chris Murphy’s gun-control crusade has arrived back where it began 2022-06-03T04:00:00Z

Under the morning sun, about 30 people gathered around one television at the Irish pub to take in the Senate grilling with bloody Mary’s, white Russians, and pitchers of beer. “This is D.C.’s version of the Super Bowl”: In the nation’s capitol, James Comey’s televised congressional testimony is treated like a national holiday 2017-06-08T04:00:00Z

Senate that would lead to the famous congressional compromise over slavery later that year, Jefferson Davis of Mississippi delivered a florid floor speech that lamented the impending ruin of the nation. Was the Constitution Pro-Slavery? Jefferson Davis Thought So. Abraham Lincoln Didn’t. 2021-11-02T04:00:00Z

Last year, Abbado was appointed to the Italian Senate as a senator for life. Italian Conductor Claudio Abbado Dies 2014-01-20T12:22:29Z

Blagojevich was heard on the tape played Monday at his corruption trial saying Winfrey's name carried so much prestige that no one could criticize him if he named her to the Senate. Tape shows Blagojevich eyed Winfrey for Senate 2010-06-28T15:36:00Z

In June  he testified before a Senate panel where he was criticized for misleading consumers about the efficacy of weight-loss products such as "green coffee," which he told viewers produced "magic" results. Experts want Dr. Oz fired from teaching post 2015-04-17T04:00:00Z

In 1951, the Senate Internal Security Subcommittee investigated the Weavers for sedition. Pete Seeger, Songwriter and Champion of Folk Music, Dies at 94 2014-01-28T06:32:10Z

Becoming an ambassador used to be a rubber-stamp process: Once the president formally nominated a candidate, Senate confirmation was almost a given. Who’s got dibs on France? Trump friends and donors jockey for ambassadorships. 2017-02-15T05:00:00Z

The groom, 28, is the parliamentarian for the newly elected New York State Senate. Ilyssa Meyer, Kenan Kurt 2018-12-23T05:00:00Z

The powerful House and Senate leaders appear to be working in step with Emanuel on the issue, meaning their different versions of the legislation are growing ever more similar. Speed cameras would be widespread 2011-10-26T03:43:00Z

It was the centerpiece of James B. Comey’s testimony before the Senate Intelligence Committee. Perspective | The Trump-Ukraine ‘transcript’ is the latest manual for abusing power and saying you didn’t 2019-11-06T05:00:00Z

A similar approach worked for Barack Obama in 2008, when he was also a freshman legislator who hated the Senate; he mobilized massive numbers of young people to cast their ballots for him. Marco Rubio is just the guy to win the youth vote. Or so the old folks think. 2015-11-25T05:00:00Z

Meanwhile, the Republicans had already had a tough enough time finding a top-tier candidate to run for the Senate in 2016. The Colorado soap opera that could be a major 2016 headache for the GOP 2015-07-15T04:00:00Z

The resolution was adopted by the Senate 39-0 and now goes to the state Assembly. Fieri joins Calif. lawmakers to push family meals 2011-04-25T22:32:09Z

In the Senate, he made a habit of sauntering down the corridor and waiting for reporters to gather around him, which they invariably did. John McCain knew how to make journalists love him 2018-08-27T04:00:00Z

By contrast, Moore said he found the figure of 20% of women in the US Senate dismaying. Michael Moore: Meryl Streep should run for president 2015-09-11T04:00:00Z

House and Senate candidates in the November election. Franken enlists `SNL' star to raise campaign funds 2010-03-23T19:31:00Z

English said the bill, which was cosponsored by more than two-thirds of the Senate, could help increase celebrity tourism in Hawaii. Hawaii Senate votes on Steven Tyler Act 2013-03-05T19:24:28Z

After years of commissions, reports and hearings, two proposed museums dedicated to American Latino and women’s history moved a step closer to reality Thursday, when a key Senate committee voted unanimously to approve them. Congress takes crucial step toward establishing Latino and women’s history museums 2020-12-03T05:00:00Z

ABC News said Sawyer's interview on Wednesday took place in the Kennedy Caucus Room on Capitol Hill, and will air on ABC newscasts after the new Senate is sworn in on Jan. 3. Sawyer interviews women senators, to air Jan. 3 2012-12-12T21:00:11Z

The appointment lasts four years and requires Senate confirmation. Schwarzenegger names Geena Davis to Calif. panel 2010-07-20T18:53:00Z

Until this year, she was in the minority party in Congress, when Nancy Pelosi was speaker and controlled the House and the Senate. Bachmann on defense after Pawlenty barbs 2011-08-12T13:54:00Z

He plans to do this when the Senate begins working on legislation to reauthorize the Federal Aviation Administration before an Oct. Monday’s Air Travel News: More Flights to the Caribbean 2015-08-17T04:00:00Z

The bill’s defeat could be an early indication of how Youngkin’s proposed education reforms will fare in the Senate, which is narrowly controlled by Democrats. Bill to regulate explicit books in school libraries killed 2022-01-27T05:00:00Z

IN 1970, when the Senate was first debating passage of the Equal Rights Amendment, a featured speaker was Gloria Steinem, a 36-year-old magazine writer with a growing reputation as a forceful advocate of women’s issues. In the Woman?s Movement, Who Will Replace Gloria Steinem? 2012-03-17T00:33:53Z

Who’s that guy who is running for Senate, a voter may think? Perspective | ‘Birthing centers for polarizing rhetoric’: The outsize influence of Fox, CNN and MSNBC 2019-05-23T04:00:00Z

These clauses sent shock waves through the aviation community, which believed a Republican-controlled Senate wouldn’t interfere with a deregulated airline industry. More legroom? Fewer surprise fees? Wave of consumer-friendly legislation gives travelers new hope. 2016-03-16T04:00:00Z

The Tuesday vote was on whether to move the legislation to the Senate floor for debate. Reid postpones vote on anti-piracy bill 2012-01-20T15:52:08Z

These women were covered in buttons that read “Hillary’s husband for President” and “A woman’s place is in the House and the Senate.” My Gen X Hillary problem: I know why we don’t “like” Clinton 2016-03-02T05:00:00Z

Those existential questions weren’t even on her radar when Rachel, 26, who recently took a Senate staff job, applied to Date Lab more than a year ago. Date Lab: Her religion was very important to her. Would this first date be a miracle? 2020-10-28T04:00:00Z

Among those in attendance were about 100 alumni of Kennedy’s highly regarded Senate staff, a dozen or so current and former senators, Supreme Court Justice Stephen G. Breyer and a sprinkling of Kennedy kin. Ted Kennedy’s bricks-and-mortar legacy taking shape

Those choices could set the stage for a potentially riveting day of testimony in Greensboro, North Carolina, the state where Edwards won millions as a trial lawyer before being elected to the Senate in 1998. Ex-Senator Edwards, mistress could testify Wednesday 2012-05-16T11:29:00Z

“On a more personal level, my first run for the Senate brought these issues to light in a concrete way,” McConnell once wrote. Mitch McConnell doesn’t care what you think. He just wants to win. 2020-01-23T05:00:00Z

Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy, and she was unanimously confirmed by the Senate last year. Who’s got dibs on France? Trump friends and donors jockey for ambassadorships. 2017-02-15T05:00:00Z

I expect that, as in the Senate vote in the Andrew Johnson case, once the first vote is taken and passes, the others will follow quickly in succession with the same result. How an impeachment unfolds: Inside the 1974 Nixon hearings, day by day 2019-10-14T04:00:00Z

After the Republicans’ effort to replace the Affordable Care Act fell through in the Senate on Tuesday, President Trump said he’d now like to simply “let Obamacare fail.” ‘Let Obamacare Fail’? Fallon Says Democrats Are Trying That With Trump 2017-07-19T04:00:00Z

Above, Heimbach testifies in 2011 against a California state Senate bill that could have reduced the use of flame retardant chemicals in furniture. Fear fans flames for chemical makers 2012-05-06T05:00:00Z

There are all number of things “an imaginative senator can do to gum up the works of the Senate,” he said. No standing, no marathon speeches, no catheter bags: How filibustering got way too easy 2021-07-05T04:00:00Z

The US Senate Intelligence Committee's report revealed details of the CIA's "enhanced interrogation techniques" on terror suspects. Jolie: US must lead against torture 2014-12-15T05:00:00Z

Senator Kennedy is shown making brief, amiable appearances at meetings, where he is treated with gentle reverence, less the lion of the Senate than a lionized symbol of a greater, more gracious era. Television Review | 'The Senators? Bargain': On HBO2, ?Grand? Legislation Goes Wrong 2010-03-23T21:40:00Z

Taylor Swift’s fans, fueled by Ticketmaster’s botched sales for her upcoming Eras Tour, kept close tabs on the Senate Judiciary Committee’s proceedings on Tuesday morning. Closely watching the Ticketmaster hearing today: Swifties. 2023-01-24T05:00:00Z

Jones is the first Alabama Democrat elected to the Senate in 25 years. Two Democrats join the Senate, which is now split, 51-49 2018-01-03T05:00:00Z

The Senate is scheduled for a procedural vote on whether to proceed with a vote to repeal Obamacare — which would then be held later in the week. ‘The moment when it really started to feel insane’: An oral history of the Scaramucci era 2017-08-01T04:00:00Z

“The security is like the airport,” Isaac noted, impressed, after they passed through a metal detector into the Hart Senate Office Building. D.C. activists don’t have senators to call. So they found their own way to fight Trump. 2017-02-18T05:00:00Z

What does get through the noise to sway the public may then be lost in an increasingly politicized judiciary — Brett M. Kavanaugh, anyone? — and the reactions of a venal Senate majority leader and his minions. Perspective | Journalists can’t repeat their Watergate-hero act. The reasons should make us grieve. 2019-06-07T04:00:00Z

“By 2020, they want 50/50 in the state houses and the U.S. House and Senate. They want 50 percent women and 50 percent men, they want 50/50, they want equality,” Scott explained. Iowa RNC official’s nonsensical rant: Feminists should oppose same-sex marriage because same-sex marriages are sexist 2015-05-01T04:00:00Z

Maelstrom No. 1 came with her appointment in December by Georgia’s Republican governor to fill a vacant Senate seat. The young and eventful Senate career of wealthy Georgia businesswoman Kelly Loeffler 2020-04-03T04:00:00Z

Democrats on the Senate Intelligence Committee say no. Movie ‘Zero Dark Thirty’ stokes debate on CIA torture 2012-12-15T03:44:31Z

Of the 27 white Republican men who hold office in the 35-seat Alabama Senate, 25 voted for the ban. Men, we need to stay in the pro-choice fight — in Alabama and beyond 2019-05-23T04:00:00Z

A broad coalition of watchdog groups have petitioned the Senate to vote down this amendment. Reminder: The no-fly list is riddled with dangerous flaws 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z

Senate, with new legislation being proposed that would dramatically remake how America treats the 11 million immigrants in the country illegally. Play in a truck trailer highlights immigrant peril 2013-04-18T05:06:08Z

Agency for Global Media will face as much opposition in the Senate as Pack did, but the emergence of even a single opponent in the Senate can stall confirmation for months. Biden favorite to run Voice of America parent agency could face trouble with Senate GOP 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z

Delaware Republican Senate candidate Christine O'Donnell once told a TV interviewer that she tried several religions but skipped becoming a Hare Krishna because she didn't want to be vegetarian. Clip: Meat made O'Donnell avoid being Hare Krishna 2010-10-02T16:01:00Z

Its primary purpose is educational, but, much like a presidential library, it will also serve to honor the career of Mr. Kennedy, whom supporters called the Lion of the Senate. Edward M. Kennedy Institute Aims to Teach Collaboration 2015-02-08T05:00:00Z

On Thursday President Biden officially established Juneteenth as a federal holiday, an achievement born of rare unanimous support in the Senate and an overwhelming majority of votes in favor in the House of Representatives. This Juneteenth, "Atlanta" will give you all the insights you need on how America co-opts a holiday 2021-06-18T04:00:00Z

Lugar, known as one of the more centrist members of the Senate, was befriended by Barack Obama during his time in the Senate. Longtime Indiana Sen. Richard Lugar ousted 2012-05-08T23:50:00Z

Late-night hosts were practically obligated on Thursday to spend time discussing fired FBI Director James Comey’s testimony in front of the Senate intelligence committee. Here’s how late night TV reacted to James Comey’s blockbuster testimony 2017-06-09T04:00:00Z

Eventually they did create a placard for outside: Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities. What it was like to be 18 and investigating the president during the summer of Watergate 2017-06-14T04:00:00Z

The other was an agreement by Reid to appoint Senate members to a conference committee to work out a full-year deal. House GOP leaders yield on payroll tax 2011-12-23T02:49:00Z

Chamber of Commerce this week is airing more than $10 million in advertising in about 30 of the most competitive House and Senate races, a massive infusion by the business lobby against Democratic candidates. Questions on source of chamber's ads surface 2010-10-08T02:28:00Z

As Trump’s Senate impeachment trial approaches, some RNC members are leaning on her to at least acknowledge the former president’s direct role in inciting the attack on the U.S. RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel is trying to hold together a party that Donald Trump might want to tear up 2021-01-28T05:00:00Z

In Poland’s first free elections in 1989, Wajda was elected to the Senate and served for two years. Leading Polish Filmmaker Andrzej Wajda Dies at 90 2016-10-09T04:00:00Z

When Republicans won the Senate in 1980, he became the committee’s chairman and basked in telling supporters and friends of the kings, presidents, and prime ministers he had met. Former U.S. Sen. Charles Percy dies 2011-09-17T12:43:00Z

The aim of Senate Bill 827 was to override local regulations on building height in order to allow denser, high-rise construction near transit hubs. The Plight of the Urban Planner 2019-11-20T05:00:00Z

Since she joined the Senate, she has merely been further embracing that term. Kyrsten Sinema’s Style Keeps Us Guessing 2021-10-18T04:00:00Z

He represented his district outside Boston — with few Republican challengers — for more than three decades, which propelled him into the Senate after Kerry was named secretary of state. The Markey-Kennedy Senate primary battle is one Democrats wish wasn’t happening 2020-08-28T04:00:00Z

With typical obsequiousness to the armed forces, the Senate overwhelming voted to grant the waiver. Isn’t Trump supposed to be commander-in-chief? 2017-06-25T04:00:00Z

When you got a Senate subcommittee hearing on the lyrics, you get really lost if you're not politically savvy. Ex-2 Live Crew rapper runs for Miami-Dade mayor 2011-05-16T12:28:09Z

The last time a Democrat was in the Oval Office, Mr. O’Donnell was the chief of staff of the Senate Finance Committee, whose chairman was Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan. And in the Left Corner, Weighing In ... 2010-09-25T21:04:00Z

Kimmel and others urged Congress to instead stabilize current insurance markets with a package spearheaded by the Senate health committee’s Republican chairman and ranking Democrat. Late-night TV show host Kimmel blasts senator over healthcare bill 2017-09-20T04:00:00Z

“Senate report on CIA’s torture noted physically disabling results.” Style Invitational contest Week 1106: Resolutions for Jan. 1, 2115 2015-01-08T05:00:00Z

The Indiana Senate scheduled a vote this morning on the bill that, if passed, would be sent to Republican Gov. Indiana poised to pass right-to-work measure 2012-02-01T10:30:00Z

The state Senate on Thursday unanimously passed a bill designating Feb. 6 as Ronald Reagan Day. Calif. bill would create annual Ronald Reagan Day 2010-04-08T18:51:00Z

I guess I imagine in my mind a huge political figure in a back room with a beautiful woman and she somehow influences him to vote yea or nay in the Senate, either way. ArtsBeat: Q. and A. With Lady Gaga on Her 'Freedom Ride' 2011-05-20T12:00:49Z

He was speaking to a Senate Appropriations subcommittee, and he was talking about a subject he’s spent the past several years getting a grim crash course in. Seth Rogen’s funny, touching fight for Alzheimer’s patients 2014-02-27T15:28:00Z

An Italian historian traces the rise of Roman autocracy to Pompey’s baffling acquiescence when Caesar defied Senate orders to disband his troops. New & Noteworthy, From John Sayles to Julius Caesar 2019-12-31T05:00:00Z

Like this big New York Times Magazine story, by Salon favorite Matt Bai, on how Kerrey would like to return to the Senate to save America from political extremism. Women Olympians: They’re hot! 2012-06-19T18:40:00Z

There were glimpses of his politics when he appeared before the United States Senate. New Mister Rogers film downplays his radical edge: “His work was deeply political” 2018-06-21T04:00:00Z

In the antiseptic atmosphere of the Senate hearing room, and under the lofty language of civility, the yelling protesters were often the sharpest reminder that the hearing had high stakes. Perspective | ‘Civility’ vs ‘hysteria’ at the Kavanaugh hearings, and what they truly mean 2018-09-07T04:00:00Z

Afterward, Dole issued a statement calling the Senate’s refusal “a mockery of those who died, an insult to those who survived, and a repudiation of the sorrow of their families who live with us today.” ‘The unparalleled champion’: Bob Dole’s forgotten fight to get Washington to recognize the Armenian genocide 2021-06-04T04:00:00Z

Abortion could be codified by passing federal legislation, but doing so would require a 60-vote majority in the Senate, which Democrats do not have. Perspective | This is what the beginning of the end of the Roe era feels like 2022-05-06T04:00:00Z

House for the Democrats, others seemed down in the mouth that the Dems didn’t wrest Senate control away from the GOP. TV news learned nothing from 2016: Sports-style election coverage remains terrible and short-sighted 2018-11-07T05:00:00Z

And it shows the historic moment when, just a year into the show's run, Rogers had to speak to a Senate Subcommittee to defend public television against President Nixon's proposed decimation of its budget. Mister Rogers was actually a badass: New film “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?” shows his tough side 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z

It follows McCain as he received a standing ovation entering the Senate chamber. John McCain: film portrait of an ‘American hero’ skirts hard questions 2018-05-24T04:00:00Z

Then a House majority must vote to impeach, which then moves it to the Senate, where a two-thirds majority must vote to remove. John Oliver on impeachment: 'The case for inaction is starting to get weak' 2019-06-17T04:00:00Z

The implication behind the need for such painstaking negotiations is that a woman trying to do her job while parenting an infant is, even in 2018, a woman out of place on the Senate floor. She’s running: "Charlotte Walsh Likes to Win" is the essential political novel for the 2018 mid... 2018-08-04T04:00:00Z

One letter was from the office of Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, announcing that he was launching a Senate investigation into the brand. Behind Ted Cruz's Bud Light vendetta 2023-05-22T04:00:00Z

The chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee demands an accounting from Facebook about how it chooses what news stories to present to its billion daily users. Free speech is precious. What’s happening with Gawker and Facebook threaten it. 2016-05-27T04:00:00Z

Any day now, the doctors who formulated it should be expecting an empathetic note from outgoing Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Circus Circus, saying: Not bad! Sen. Ted Cruz to lead ongoing search for intelligent life 2015-01-16T05:00:00Z

With the recent desertions and a statement Thursday by Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell that it is too early to consider the bill, it appeared supporters lacked the 60 votes needed to advance the measure. Reid postpones vote on anti-piracy bill 2012-01-20T15:52:08Z

The truth is probably more complicated; some authorities view the tarantella as the re-emergence of a celebratory style taken to Italy by pagan Greeks and subsequently stifled by the Roman Senate. Music Review: L?Arpeggiata in ?La Tarantella? at Zankel Hall 2012-03-18T19:24:59Z

The New York Times demoted a reporter who acknowledged a romantic relationship with a Senate staffer who is suspected of leaking information to journalists. New York Times reassigns reporter who dated Senate intelligence staffer at center of FBI probe 2018-07-03T04:00:00Z

To Lincoln, and to the Senate that had earlier passed it, the amendment would prove the truth of Thomas Jefferson’s declaration that “all men are created equal.” Lincoln: Spielberg’s Urgent Civics Lesson 2012-11-08T13:00:50Z

In the BBC television adaptation of “I, Claudius” in 1976, he played the mad Roman emperor Caligula, who commanded his armies to plunder seashells from the god Neptune and appointed his horse to the Senate. Watch John Hurt in His Most Memorable Roles 2017-01-27T05:00:00Z

Senate Special Committee on Aging to order an investigation into the concerns. Rights lost to conservator, songwriter fights back 2010-05-21T15:46:00Z

Obama’s remarks will set the stage for a Senate vote on the Buffett rule on Monday, the eve of Tax Day. Obama to step up push for 'Buffett Rule' as Tax Day approaches 2012-04-10T10:05:00Z

Kennedy is well-liked as a House member but has failed to give, according to critics, a compelling rationale for his Senate bid beyond his youth. The Markey-Kennedy Senate primary battle is one Democrats wish wasn’t happening 2020-08-28T04:00:00Z

A well-regarded lawyer was brought in from the Humane Society to oversee government work and a puppy-mill bill passed in the New York State Assembly and Senate. Angst at the A.S.P.C.A. 2013-06-28T20:48:27Z

He was still having fun, he said, and wasn’t worried about his impending Senate trial. ‘THIS IS AN ASSAULT’: History collides with Trump 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z

Harry Reid, the Democratic Senate majority leader, had no objection to Obama's request. Boehner asks Obama to delay speech 2011-09-01T00:00:00Z

The experts also analyzed similar Peale portraits of Washington that hang at Mount Vernon and in the Senate. Was This Washington Portrait Really by Charles Peale? Experts Took a Look 2023-02-19T05:00:00Z

Earlier this year, Arizona Senate Republican Kelly Townsend submitted a bill to prohibit the use of food stamps at fast food restaurants. The repugnant myth of the poor’s unhealthy eating habits 2015-09-27T04:00:00Z

The Senate committee overseeing commerce recently advanced a bipartisan bill to extend funding for the organization through 2027. ‘Trump Slump’ in Travel to U. S.? Not Quite 2019-09-04T04:00:00Z

Freedman: The two best things you could be at that time were Woodward and Bernstein, or on the Senate committee. What it was like to be 18 and investigating the president during the summer of Watergate 2017-06-14T04:00:00Z

Despite their better efforts, Senate Republicans will now have to vote to close the gun show and online loopholes. “I can’t even watch porn without lying about my age”: Trevor Noah on the absurd ease of buying guns in the internet 2016-06-17T04:00:00Z

Circuit Court, the nonprofit advocacy group Little People of America sent a strongly worded letter to Charles Grassley, then chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and ranking Democrat Dianne Feinstein, opposing her confirmation. How a Trump judicial nominee reignited the debate over dwarf tossing 2019-01-22T05:00:00Z

Hogan and Board of Trustees chairman Christopher Kennedy are meeting this afternoon with the faculty group, the University Senates Conference, which is the primary faculty advisory body to the president and the board. Report: Anonymous U. of I. emails came from chief of staff's computer 2012-01-13T21:26:00Z

Now, people in rural states get so much more representation in the Senate than people in urban areas and suburban areas. We treat the Constitution like a religious text, with women’s bodies on the line 2018-11-14T05:00:00Z

With Trump’s backing, McGahn “wanted to dispense with all that,” and by and large he was able to, thanks to a compliant Republican Senate leadership. How Supreme Court Nominations Became So Partisan 2019-06-23T04:00:00Z

And if there’s a path to the history books for Brown, he sees it through the Senate, more Ted Kennedy than Barack Obama. Sherrod Brown was talking like Elizabeth Warren way before she was. So why isn’t anyone urging him to run? 2015-01-28T05:00:00Z

Hawley, against Senate custom, was playing directly to the TV camera. What does Josh Hawley think he’s doing? 2021-01-16T05:00:00Z

After sifting through 6 million pages of CIA documents, the Senate committee released a nearly 7,000-page report describing the torture and treatment of prisoners captured during the George W. Bush administration. 'The Torture Report: A Graphic Adaptation' illustrates the grim reality of CIA interrogation techniques post 9/11 2017-11-04T04:00:00Z

“We had a lot of resistance from members of Congress, especially on the Senate side to get this money in there,” said Nina Ozlu Tunceli, executive director of the Americans for the Arts Action Fund. Joe Biden and the Arts: No R.B.G. but a Loyal Promoter of Culture 2020-10-30T04:00:00Z

Senate in December 1945 that death from high-dose radiation exposure was "without undue suffering" and "a very pleasant way to die." Susan Southard's 'Nagasaki' faces nuclear horror as the 70th anniversary of the bombing approaches 2015-07-24T04:00:00Z

But the drafts of both the House and Senate bills offer a flight plan for air travelers during the next six years. This bill makes it unlawful to remove passengers from planes. But that’s not enough. 2017-06-29T04:00:00Z

“I don’t have to tell you that the Senate hangs in the balance,” Mr. Bennett told Mr. Day. For ‘Saturday Night Live,’ No Shortage of Targets, Including Louis C.K. and Roy Moore 2017-11-12T05:00:00Z

The signatories include several members of the Senate Armed Services Committee, which oversees the Pentagon’s budget. Stars and Stripes closure ordered by Pentagon as Trump, lawmakers signal push to save legendary military newspaper 2020-09-04T04:00:00Z

And her home state just so happens to be the site of one of the tightest and most important Senate races in the country, with Democratic former Lt. It’s always sunny for Philadelphia sports fan Jill Biden these days 2022-10-26T04:00:00Z

The manhole covers in the streets read SPQR, a Latin abbreviation for “Senate and People of Rome,” echoing ancient coins. ‘Rome: A History in Seven Sackings’ Review: The City That Survived 2018-06-29T04:00:00Z

Six Republican incumbents faced Democratic challengers in Senate districts scattered across the state. GOP tries to maintain power in Wisconsin 2011-08-09T21:36:00Z

Congress is expected to stay in session over the weekend, with the Senate planning to start its skirmishing with a possible 1 a.m. Debt crisis focus shifts to Senate 2011-07-30T03:46:00Z

But Bachmann gave no hint as to whom she would support in the race; she recently criticized Santorum for voting for earmarks while in the Senate. Michele Bachmann ends presidential campaign 2012-01-04T16:56:00Z

He was born into a political family — his father ran for president, his mother for Senate — but Ann Romney is the natural. The TV Watch: A Revved-Up Ann Romney at Republican Convention-TV-Watch 2012-08-29T04:48:29Z

In the House meantime, in a curious turn, lawmakers on Saturday were expected to torpedo the Senate Democratic proposal, even before it came up for a vote in the Senate. Durbin: 'Fate of American economy' at stake 2011-07-30T18:57:00Z

The Senate bill provides $1 million for operations but no construction funding. Eisenhower Memorial plan gets nod from arts panel 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z

Conservatives have already called the screenplay biased, portraying Hill as courageous, Thomas as disingenuous and Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Joseph R. Biden Jr. as inept. ‘It was just awful’: The Clarence Thomas hearings, in the words of those who were there 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z

With just eight months until Corker leaves the Senate for good, he was back in Tennessee finishing up a week-long tour of the state. Bob Corker is free to speak his mind about Trump. If he could only make it up. 2018-04-16T04:00:00Z

And Obama couldn’t budge the Senate and House Republicans, whose brilliant tactic of blanket obstructionism defeated much of his legislation and vitiated the rest. 2016: Obama's America: Dinesh D'Souza Sees an End-of-Times 2012-08-24T19:27:44Z

One night my boss at the Bluegrass Institute called me and said, “You need to talk to this guy out here in Bowling Green. I think he’s going to run for U.S. Senate.” Rand Paul’s campaign manager talks to the establishment Republican he ambushed in 2010 2018-01-02T05:00:00Z

Senate candidate Gordon Ball said Friday that he is pouring up to $400,000 of his own money into a statewide television advertising campaign to bolster his bid for the Democratic nomination. News briefs from around Tennessee at 1:58 a.m. EDT 2014-06-14T04:00:00Z

Filmmakers, he said, should be flattered to know that powerful lawmakers — like him — talk movies in the Senate cloakroom. D.C. Journey for ‘Lincoln,’ ‘Zero Dark Thirty’ and ‘Argo’ 2012-12-21T23:58:57Z

Currently, he serves on the Senate spouse club’s hospitality committee; Klobuchar likes to tell the story of spotting her husband walking across the Capitol lawn, carrying a pink box. Perspective | Farewell Chasten: an elegy for the first gents who might have been 2020-03-03T05:00:00Z

For the work Ms. Hysen simply wrote the words “Elizabeth Warren” in dark-pink cursive, replacing the Republican president with the Democratic Senate candidate from Massachusetts and critic of his economic policies. Last Chance: ‘Raw/Cooked: Ulrike Müller’ at the Brooklyn Museum 2012-09-06T22:21:20Z

After all, it had used the conservative figure of Bob Dole, former Republican leader of the Senate, to front its very sober advertising campaign. Viagra: the little blue pill that revolutionised our sex lives | Observer profile 2017-12-02T05:00:00Z

Collins has spent most of her 24 years in the Senate enjoying safe harbor here from the political gales blowing up from the Mid-Atlantic. Last stand of the Republican moderate 2020-11-01T04:00:00Z

With Raphael Warnock’s win, Democrats in the Senate will no longer have to rely on Vice President Harris for tie breaking votes. Steve Martin and Martin Short Trade Barbs, and Eulogies, on ‘S.N.L.’ 2022-12-11T05:00:00Z

More than a dozen Senate Democrats sent a letter to President Biden last week urging him to condition any support for Amazon preservation on significant progress reducing deforestation. DiCaprio, Fonda urge US not to sign climate deal with Brazil 2021-04-20T04:00:00Z

At a Senate hearing Tuesday, he said the Postal Service is all but certain to miss a $5.5-billion payment to its retiree health fund due at the end of the month. Postmaster General calls for 'radical changes' 2011-09-06T22:50:00Z

There was a Democratic majority in the Senate at the time and a Republican in the White House. ‘It was just awful’: The Clarence Thomas hearings, in the words of those who were there 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z

In this week’s commentary, Epshteyn predicted that if Trump was impeached, the case would be “laughed out” of the Senate. Sinclair dumping former Trump aide Epshteyn’s commentaries 2019-12-11T05:00:00Z

And VOA’s supporters note with hope that, as the former chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Biden has some appreciation for its work. Perspective | Restoring the Voice of America after a Trump ‘wrecking ball’ won’t be easy. But it’s worth saving. 2020-12-11T05:00:00Z

Senate and at least five state legislatures to strip funds from schools that used its curriculum. A Landmark Reckoning With America’s Racial Past and Present 2021-11-15T05:00:00Z

Andrew Romanoff, a Democratic candidate for Senate in Colorado, announced that he supports reparations for both Native and black Americans during a recent primary debate. How Reparations for Slavery Became a 2020 Campaign Issue 2020-06-18T04:00:00Z

The Senate bill would primarily loosen the statute of limitations to allow claims made within six years of when victims or their families find looted art and prove their right to it. Senate Bill Would Help Recover Art Stolen by Nazis 2016-06-07T04:00:00Z

In December 2010, the Senate voted down the Dream Act, which would have created a path to citizenship for young people brought to the country illegally as children. From journalism to activism: Jose Antonio Vargas’s life on the run

In 2003, Inhofe became the chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee for the first time, after nine years in the Senate. Jim Inhofe is a small-plane-flying, global-warming-denying senator. And now he’s got a gavel. 2015-01-07T05:00:00Z

To make matters worse, of the 647 key positions in the executive branch that require Senate confirmation, only 293 have been confirmed. Experts agree: Trump has made Washington hostile to experts 2018-03-27T04:00:00Z

He also cited the rule that 60 votes are needed to end a filibuster that blocks legislation as among several Senate changes needed to allow majority control. Daley talks Congress fix, bin Laden gamble 2012-04-25T20:48:00Z

Politics is an arena where he can do both, Pennsylvania’s Senate seat presenting “a combination of right time, right place,” Campbell says. Dr. Oz’s Trump-infused Senate run is coming down to the wire 2022-05-13T04:00:00Z

Chief executives of the two largest U.S. supermarket chains, Kroger and Albertsons, stood before members of the Senate Subcommittee on Competition Policy, Antitrust and Consumer Rights on Tuesday to defend a proposed $20 billion merger. As senators debate the Kroger-Albertsons merger, some grocery employees still aren't being paid 2022-11-30T05:00:00Z

So on entering the Senate in 2009, he embraced the low-key life of a freshman lawmaker, allowing his inner-nerd to flourish as he dove into legislation and limited his media contacts to home-state reporters. Franken ready to unleash wit and wisdom on Clinton's behalf 2016-06-24T04:00:00Z

They will try to elect likely presidential candidate Mitt Romney, backed by a GOP House and Senate, and repeal the law, although their chances of repeal would seem to be diminished by the court’s endorsement. FDA approves diet pill 2012-06-27T17:50:00Z

The payroll tax package now volleys to the Senate, where neither the Democratic nor Republican proposal has been able to pass. House approves payroll tax cut extension 2011-12-13T23:49:00Z

I think that our president has an obligation to do these things without concern necessarily for the climate in the Senate. Martha Plimpton Can’t Say Enough About Pamela Adlon, the Tate Modern and Abortion Rights 2022-08-09T04:00:00Z

On June 28, the California Senate Committee on Health approved the first-in-the-nation bill to ban five harmful chemicals from candy, cereals, and other processed food. "Toxic chemicals in our food": California bill would ban additives already prohibited in Europe 2023-07-03T04:00:00Z

In December 2012, Rice withdrew her name for consideration as secretary of state, though she believes “we would have won” confirmation — the Senate then controlled by Democrats. Susan Rice has spent her career fighting off detractors: ‘I inadvertently intimidate some people, especially certain men’ 2019-10-06T04:00:00Z

The attacks on Gisele, in particular, are dizzying in scope and ambition: It was her fault that her husband ran for Senate. Perspective | How Gisele Fetterman became the right wing’s favorite super villain 2023-03-02T05:00:00Z

House before his Senate election, Kirk has forged a reputation as a centrist Republican. Sen. Kirk hospitalized after stroke 2012-01-23T15:31:00Z

When she sees a chance to run for the Senate in 1992, she takes it and wins, even if it means losing a close black friend, upset that Rodham would compete against Carol Moseley Braun. Reader, She Didn’t Marry Him. Curtis Sittenfeld’s ‘Rodham’ Reimagines Hillary. 2020-05-11T04:00:00Z

Senate in 2018 and president in 2020, used his fundraising power last summer to help fund more than 50 state Democratic lawmakers who fled to Washington, D.C., to temporarily block a GOP voting overhaul. O’Rourke to release book on voting during Texas governor bid 2022-02-24T05:00:00Z

In a statement, Senator Cornyn, the lead sponsor of the legislation in the Senate, said that “I look forward to making that a reality.” House Votes to Create a National Museum of the American Latino 2020-07-28T04:00:00Z

More typically, though, the Senate is deployed as a blunt-force weapon — that, at least, has been the argument from a growing chorus of Democrats preparing for the Georgia runoffs on Tuesday. As the Georgia Runoffs Arrive, a New Book Says the Senate Is Broken 2021-01-04T05:00:00Z

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, shown here at a press conference at the Capitol earliier this week, praised the passage of a short-term extension Saturday of a payroll tax reduction. Senate extends payroll tax cut 2011-12-17T15:38:00Z

Officials emphasized that the study was merely the start of a process that would involve the report being given over to committees in the House and Senate for further work. U.S. Study Finds Further Regulation of the Art Market Not Needed Now 2022-02-04T05:00:00Z

Arnold Schwarzenegger has ruled out a run for the US Senate, in response to widespread speculation that the actor would return to political life to take on Donald Trump. Arnold Schwarzenegger rules out running for US Senate to oppose Trump 2017-03-13T04:00:00Z

The supermajority threshold was the result of a compromise in the Senate — “a reasonable thing to do at a time when Senate norms still compelled minorities to eventually yield to the majority,” Jentleson writes. As the Georgia Runoffs Arrive, a New Book Says the Senate Is Broken 2021-01-04T05:00:00Z

A man listening to a radio headset at a Watergate hearing before the Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities, in August, 1973. Photographing Impeachment Proceedings Against Three Presidents 2020-01-17T05:00:00Z

In 1992, 24 women were elected as new members to the House and four to the Senate, more than in any previous decade. Anita Hill and her 1991 congressional defenders to Joe Biden: You were part of the problem 2017-11-21T05:00:00Z

It was that women were looking to the Senate Judiciary Committee and his leadership to really open the way to have these kinds of hearings. Anita Hill and her 1991 congressional defenders to Joe Biden: You were part of the problem 2017-11-21T05:00:00Z

She’s got the president’s impeachment trial coming up in the Senate; he’s focusing on his law practice. The surreal lives of 2020 campaign spouses: What happens when your loved one wants to be president 2020-01-08T05:00:00Z

"I would like to suggest that as the hours wind down, we come together as a body here in the Senate and in the House to find a compromise." Senate debt vote delayed, Reid optimistic 2011-07-31T03:08:00Z

"We’ll be able to offer new services to customers at a better value," White said at the Senate panel hearing. AT&T and DirecTV defend deal on Capitol Hill 2014-06-24T04:00:00Z

Some Republican officials and donors have complained about Steele's spending decisions, saying the party should devote every available dollar to trying to win House and Senate races this fall. GOP fires staffer over $1,946 topless club visit 2010-03-30T15:35:00Z

Cato, Caesar’s last opponent in the Roman Senate and a figure whose cantankerous righteousness can make him a bother, has fled to Utica. At Glimmerglass Festival, ‘The Magic Flute’ Is Among the Reimagined 2015-08-05T04:00:00Z

But in campaigning to keep his Democratic allies in the House and Senate in power, he found himself challenged on his record. Obama courts youth vote in latest town hall 2010-10-14T20:34:00Z

Bobby Rush removes his suit coat, revealing a gray hoodie, while giving a speech in support of slain teen Trayvon Martin on the Senate floor. Rep. Bobby Rush wears hoodie on House floor 2012-03-28T15:09:00Z

There was a moment in the Senate Intelligence Committee hearings last week that made thriller writers like me sit up and take notice. The Trump era is posing some major challenges for thriller novelists 2017-06-22T04:00:00Z

Democrats complained that Senate Republicans were suddenly demanding that a new restriction on physician-owned hospitals had to be eased to gain their support. Congress reaches payroll tax-cut deal 2012-02-16T07:22:03Z

Herschel Walker fired back at Barack Obama this week after the former president said that having been a good football player didn’t qualify Walker for the Senate. Late Night Takes Up Herschel Walker’s Résumé Challenge 2022-11-04T04:00:00Z

In her maiden speech in the Senate, Ms. Hanson called for a ban on Muslim immigration to Australia. Celebrating the Great Australian Tradition of Meat in a Box 2020-05-07T04:00:00Z

The Senate banned them from US TV last week. From Sky to U2, this week's winners and losers 2010-10-08T23:06:00Z

Will craft beer and mountain climbing help Democrats hold on to the Senate? Men are Republicans because cavemen, columnist reveals! 2014-08-13T04:00:00Z

Booker, State Representative for the 43rd district, ran against McGrath in the Democratic Senate primary on a platform supporting the Green New Deal, Medicare for all and universal basic income. On being Black in Kentucky and Charles Booker's historic run for Senate 2020-07-07T04:00:00Z

The day in 1957 when the Russians launched Sputnik, Lyndon Johnson, then the Senate majority leader, was hosting a dinner at his ranch outside of Austin. How a Well-Intentioned Program Has Trapped Millions in Debt 2021-08-03T04:00:00Z

The bill gained widespread support but was rejected by the South American country’s Senate last year, and the issue has sparked mass protests by people on both sides of the debate. Clad in green, film crew protest Argentina abortion law on Cannes... 2019-05-18T04:00:00Z

Senate and contributed to his loss to Democrat Doug Jones, the first Democrat to represent Alabama in the Senate in a quarter-century. Judge tosses Roy Moore’s lawsuit over Baron Cohen interview 2021-07-13T04:00:00Z

In that year’s Senate race, they were offered the choice between Charles Robb, the scandal-plagued incumbent Democrat, and Oliver North, the Republican challenger and a prominent figure in the Iran-contra scandal. 8 Political Campaign Documentaries Worth Streaming 2020-09-30T04:00:00Z

Later, its proprietor, George Cassiday, shifted his base to the Russell Senate Office Building. ‘To Have and Have Another’: Ring in your new year as Hemingway might 2015-12-30T05:00:00Z

Still slim and studious-looking more than four decades after his gripping revelations before the Senate Watergate Committee, Dean, 75, discusses his years of work on the tapes with a subdued, geeky enthusiasm. John Dean, sex machine? And other new revelations from the Nixon tapes.

The timing — a last-minute allegation, as Erickson put it — may seem unfortunate, given that the Senate Judiciary Committee was due to vote on Kavanaugh this week. Perspective | The claim against Kavanaugh is not a suspicious 11th-hour bombshell. Because we’re not in the 11th hour. 2018-09-17T04:00:00Z

The Senate Judiciary Committee is scheduled to hold a hearing on AT&T's purchase of DirecTV on June 24. AT&T and DirecTV argue merger will benefit customers in FCC filing 2014-06-11T04:00:00Z

"What we're looking at is a real disaster," Clooney told a small group of reporters before testifying at a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing. Clooney highlights Sudanese humanitarian crisis 2012-03-14T15:30:21Z

In Arizona, the state Senate approved a bill that would add “rioting” to organized crime statutes, making participation in a protest that turns into a riot a possible criminal racketeering offense. Perspective | The civil rights and Vietnam protests changed America. Today, they might be illegal. 2017-09-22T04:00:00Z

How well I remember him saying not four days ago how proud he would be to be called upon as a defender of the president in a Senate trial. How an impeachment unfolds: Inside the 1974 Nixon hearings, day by day 2019-10-14T04:00:00Z

The bill passed through both the House and the Senate with broad bipartisan support and now awaits the signature of the president. Scrubbed clean: why a certain kind of sex is vanishing from the internet 2018-03-30T04:00:00Z

And in 1965, homeopath Wyeth Post Baker released confidential reports from the Senate Finance Committee revealing that an estimated twelve million people used homeopathic remedies without the advice or consent of their doctors. The battle for medicine’s soul: A century of alternative remedies 2014-01-19T19:00:00Z

But as he prepares to leave the Senate, with high hopes for his successors, even Reid can’t avoid displaying something resembling human emotion. ‘I hate palm trees’: The sentimental journey of Harry Reid 2016-09-14T04:00:00Z

Dodd, by contrast, emphasized his more than two decades in the Senate. Democrats Focus on Iraq In Contentious Second Debate 2007-06-04T10:00:00Z

In March, a group of women organized by Naral Pro-Choice Texas donned red robes and white bonnets and headed to the state capital in Austin to protest anti-abortion measures being considered by the Texas Senate. ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ Goes High Fashion 2017-06-09T04:00:00Z

And Mitch McConnell, his voice cracking on the Senate floor, uttered the words that have since come to define his career as a public servant: “God bless us, every one.” Our great healthcare denial 2012-06-17T12:00:00Z

Chris Dodd certainly knows a lot of dignitaries, both American and foreign, after spending 30 years in the Senate, but can anyone picture him handing out canapés in the East Room? A Guy as Keeper of the National Guest List? 2011-01-28T22:13:43Z

Burns cites the 14-1 Senate Intelligence Committee vote to open the CIA investigation as an example of non-partisanship unfathomable just ten years later. In ‘The Report,’ setting the record on torture straight 2019-11-12T05:00:00Z

“He was small, he was gray-skinned, his handshake was limp,” Arnone says of meeting the politician when he was running for Senate. Robert F. Kennedy and Mr. Rogers: Two icons of masculine empathy sorely missed today 2018-06-05T04:00:00Z

Twelve years ago, Illinois governor Rod Blagojevech was arrested for his part in a scheme to sell or trade Barack Obama's Senate seat, which Obama was vacating to assume the presidency, to the highest bidder. "Trial by Media" summarizes but doesn't challenge how coverage fuels drama in landmark cases 2020-05-11T04:00:00Z

Fiennes filmed the movie in Belgrade, with the Serbian parliament building serving as a modern-day Roman Senate. Fiennes modernizes Shakespeare's "Coriolanus" 2011-02-14T17:14:27Z

It required the president to get Senate approval to remove his own cabinet officials. The First Presidential Impeachment 2019-05-18T04:00:00Z

It would then need to pass in both the House and the Senate and would be subject to the appropriations process, during which the amount of funding available for the grants would be determined. A new bill aims to fix food waste in schools 2020-01-26T05:00:00Z

As the Senate moves through the question-and-answer portion of the impeachment trial, Demings will be reminded again that in this role, she cannot simply give directives. Val Demings has an American dream. The impeachment trial is testing it. 2020-01-29T05:00:00Z

After years in the trenches of the House and Senate, followed by his visible post at the trade representative’s office, he ascended to the RNC in 2011. What happens when you tie your career to Donald Trump? Ask Sean Spicer in a few months. 2016-08-16T04:00:00Z

“Well, the good news for President Trump is that his tax plan just passed the Senate. The bad news is he might not be president long enough to sign it,” Mr. Jost said. ‘Saturday Night Live’ Jabs at Trump, Michael Flynn and Matt Lauer 2017-12-03T05:00:00Z

Several Republican candidates for the Senate in last week’s midterm elections made the surprising move of advocating for over-the-counter sales of oral contraceptives. The Pill’s Difficult Birth 2014-11-11T05:00:00Z

Luckily, the third time was the charm, and, on April 22, he dropped to a knee and proposed at the lower Senate Park on the way to dinner at Charlie Palmer Steak. 12 dates in 12 states: Finding love on the campaign trail 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z

Last year, as Mr. Vance began his Senate run, he renounced his earlier criticism of Mr. Trump. How Hollywood and the Media Fueled the Political Rise of J.D. Vance 2022-05-15T04:00:00Z

Democratic Senate Leader Harry Reid will speak with Obama on Wednesday, an aide said, but a meeting with all of the top leaders in Congress did not appear likely. Obama praises 'Gang of Six' plan 2011-07-20T11:54:05Z

In the Senate, Cruz said that the election was in doubt because some Americans believe it is in doubt. Perspective | The grand finale of the Trump show: America watches farce devolve to horror 2021-01-07T05:00:00Z

Yet, in November, when Groves was asked by a Senate committee about radioactive residue in Japan, he testified: “There is none. That is a very positive ‘none.’” Experiencing War Far From the Battlefield 2020-08-06T04:00:00Z

The Senate will vote Wednesday on a proposal to expand background checks, the linchpin of the effort to curb gun violence. McCartney lends voice to anti-gun violence effort 2013-04-17T17:06:16Z

Lance believes a Republican-led Senate will function better, and that will help arts and cultural groups. Will Republican leadership in Congress harm small but significant NEA budget?

I happen to be working with the Chicago Tribune when he gets elected to the Senate. Pete Souza on throwing shade at Trump: ‘I couldn’t just sit by and not do anything’ 2019-02-26T05:00:00Z

After another round of interviews, back in the underground tunnels of the Dirksen Senate Office Building, Archila spotted a young girl wearing a gray "Smash the Patriarchy" T-shirt. A viral confrontation with Sen. Flake made her ‘the woman in the elevator.’ She’s trying to make that matter. 2018-10-05T04:00:00Z

Legal experts said a postal vote may also require Senate approval, however, setting the scene for a likely court challenge to the government's plan. Australia to hold postal vote to decide on same-sex marriage law 2017-08-07T04:00:00Z

Senate race in 2018. The musician sounds determined to keep his home state red. Ted Nugent joins Kid Rock as potential candidate for U.S. Senate race in Michigan 2017-02-17T05:00:00Z

It was so irrefutable that even the former president’s greatest enabler, Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell, admitted what the facts were: that Trump was “practically and morally responsible” for the insurrection. Perspective | ‘A moment of truth’? After years of Trump’s lies, amplified by MAGA media, that proved impossible for most Republicans 2021-02-13T05:00:00Z

McConnell found an ally in his daily sparring partner Chuck Schumer, the Senate minority leader, who announced his support for the proposal this month. Joint effort: cannabis lobby heads to Washington to woo US lawmakers 2018-05-24T04:00:00Z

The senators believed that the intelligence assessment Clapper was quoting flagrantly distorted what the Senate report had said, predicting dire consequences from the release of information that wasn’t even in the report. ‘The Report’ and the Untold Story of a Senate-C.I.A. Conflict 2019-11-15T05:00:00Z

The Orlando Republican is scheduled to be the next Senate president. Film industry moves on without new tax incentives 2014-05-17T04:00:00Z

All historical references are carefully elucidated in the same teacherly tone, from the House Un-American Activities Committee to the Senate hearings on juvenile delinquency to the development of photocopies and pesticides. Review | Jake Tapper’s new political thriller is at its best when it’s most bonkers 2018-04-23T04:00:00Z

Some, like ending partisan gerrymandering and getting rid of the Senate filibuster, are familiar. The Series of Historical Mistakes That Led to Trump 2019-02-22T05:00:00Z

In 1998, at the instigation of Trent Lott, the Republican majority leader from Mississippi, the US Senate passed Resolution No 155, declaring 6 April "national tartan day". To the Ends of the Earth by TM Devine ? review 2011-08-04T08:59:01Z

Trump’s probably will, too, given that his Republican allies control the Senate and thus his trial. The rare and bizarre ritual of marching the impeachment articles from the House to the Senate 2020-01-15T05:00:00Z

Senate candidate Rand Paul, saying his campaign is violating copyright laws by playing their music without permission. Rock band claims Paul violated music copyright 2010-06-03T14:29:00Z

Senate and was a high-profile figure during the financial meltdown, took over as chairman and CEO of the Motion Picture Association of America nine days. Hollywood "terrible" at marketing itself: lobbyist 2011-03-29T23:32:58Z

In Berlin, techno is respected and treated as culture, it gets money from the Senate and so on. New Europe: Poles dancing 2011-04-03T20:38:01Z

She is director of operations for the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee. Meet Lizzy Olsen, Miss D.C. USA 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z

The congressperson who spends the most wins 90 percent of the time in the House and Senate. The host of ‘Redacted Tonight’ is making his mock 2016-07-13T04:00:00Z

However, despite bipartisan support, the Senate has not passed it. The biggest cosmetics health risk? User error. 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z

She started calling the office of the official Senate historian. A picture of persistence in honoring a Spanish hero of the Revolutionary War

“It was tongue-in-cheek,” Romney would say later, but the joke worked because in an evenly divided Senate, everything Democrats wanted to accomplish needed the stamp of approval from the gentleman from West Virginia. Perspective | The enduring moments of 2021, as told by Post reporters

“The Supreme Court seems content to let it all happen. And both parties in the Senate are failing us on this issue.” Abortion, Taliban in spotlight at Hollywood women’s event 2021-10-01T04:00:00Z

As opera rehearsals were underway in Santa Fe last month, Tina Cordova, 58, a small-business owner who lives in Albuquerque, was in Washington testifying before the Senate. Bringing ‘Doctor Atomic’ to the Birthplace of the Bomb 2018-07-06T04:00:00Z

Senate’s balance of power at stake, attracted media attention that recalled the days after the presidential election, including breathless wall-to-wall coverage on cable news networks. For media following Georgia, nail-biting and lots of numbers 2021-01-05T05:00:00Z

Senate, but, when 11th District incumbent Dave Trott announced his retirement, she decided to run for the House, to ensure that the seat would remain in Republican hands. Trump has spurred hundreds of women to run for office. Guess what? Some are Republican. 2018-05-24T04:00:00Z

It led to a vituperative Senate Judiciary hearing at which senators from both parties called Ticketmaster and its corporate parent, Live Nation Entertainment, a monopoly. Live Music Is Roaring Back. But Fans Are Reeling From Sticker Shock. 2023-04-07T04:00:00Z

The tone is set when, facing an all-male Senate hearing in an introductory scene, she is told, “You have been warned, nevertheless you persist: Settle down.” Review: ‘The Unsinkable Molly Brown’ Has Its Ups and Ups 2020-02-26T05:00:00Z

He was among several people honored Monday in the Assembly and Senate. Actor Takei honored for California gay pride month 2014-06-23T04:00:00Z

The proposed bill, facing a deadline to pass the State Senate, now includes some targeted protections for existing renters. Everything You Think You Know About Housing Is Probably Wrong 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z

In the Senate, 43 out of 100 did. 43 percent of internships at for-profit companies don’t pay. This man is helping to change that. 2019-01-11T05:00:00Z

“I wish I were still in the Senate,” he said late last month. This is Joe Biden’s biggest moment. Why does he feel so small? 2020-04-14T04:00:00Z

Evening votes are approaching, meaning Manchin will soon emerge to make his way to the Senate floor. One year of ‘President Manchin’: For the Democratic agenda, all roads go through West Virginia 2021-12-14T05:00:00Z

Back then, a member of the Australian Senate threatened to shut down the government. Review: ‘Pacific’ Is Simon Winchester’s Latest Big-Picture Book 2015-11-01T04:00:00Z

The Senate’s decision to restrict the number of cameras to show its proceedings proved a real hindrance when it came time to vote, however. TV news ready to shift gears after impeachment saga ends 2020-02-05T05:00:00Z

Office space is taken, those 16 staff are hired, and they plan to tie the then-forthcoming On Deadly Ground into a 1994 Senate campaign. Steven Seagal: how the would-be senator was ahead by a ponytail 2013-03-21T18:40:01Z

Yes, a Senate resolution would be only advisory, because the White House has the final say. When the Oscars really matter: A nominee tries to show how the U.S. aided a genocide 2016-02-23T05:00:00Z

The Senate had approved its stopgap measure with bipartisan support, 89 to 10. House GOP leaders yield on payroll tax 2011-12-23T02:49:00Z

He was appointed to the Senate of the new Irish government. The Tower That Enchanted Yeats 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z

When the news broke on Thursday that Kid Rock — real name Robert James Richie — might run for the Senate in Michigan, members of the media were understandably skeptical. Kid Rock say his senate run is no hoax 2017-07-14T04:00:00Z

These days, it is considered a legislative achievement if the House and Senate can agree to simply keep the government open and avoid a debt default. Ted Kennedy’s bricks-and-mortar legacy taking shape

More than half of the Senate favored removing Johnson from office, but the two-thirds majority required by the Constitution proved just out of reach. The political battle after the Civil War 2015-03-27T04:00:00Z

A study by Michigan's Senate Fiscal Agency found that film incentives cost the state twice as much money as they brought in. Michigan's lost film incentives may be Illinois' gain 2011-03-10T21:38:21Z

Senate and was a longtime military expert who became famous as the sixth man to walk down the aisle with movie star Elizabeth Taylor. Final goodbye: Recalling influential people who died in 2021 2021-12-02T05:00:00Z

Kennedy, a liberal standard bearer and consummate congressional dealmaker known as "the lion of the Senate," died of cancer last year, aged 77, after 47 years as a senator. Film shows Kennedy battle for immigration reform 2010-03-23T22:19:00Z

Panetta, the former CIA director, told the Senate Wednesday that there is a Defense Department office that works with movie producers. Panetta says no unauthorized info to filmmakers 2012-06-13T16:44:26Z

So on a recent Tuesday morning, Oppenheimer appeared at the Dirksen Senate Office Building to meet with three Foreign Relations Committee staffers. When the Oscars really matter: A nominee tries to show how the U.S. aided a genocide 2016-02-23T05:00:00Z

“He would take us around to the Senate. And you’d see all the people, the guards, make a wake for these two young guys following behind him.” John Dean, Who Worked for Nixon, Sizes Up Trump 2017-04-13T04:00:00Z

Maybe a dozen reporters and aides in the gallery and virtually the entire Senate huddled inside.” Perspective | For one Capitol reporter, Jan. 6 was the final straw — but he had watched a crisis brew for years 2021-09-17T04:00:00Z

The Republicans had a one-seat majority in the Michigan Senate at the time. In Cosby Trial, Treatment of Women by Powerful Men Has Its Day in Court 2017-06-08T04:00:00Z

The former FBI director testifies in front of the Senate intelligence committee on Thursday, June 8. James Comey testimony drinking game: Play along 2017-06-07T04:00:00Z

His legislature recently pushed a bathroom bill, Senate Bill 6, that would bring HB 2-style discrimination to Texas. Worst of 2016: Picking the year’s 10 biggest anti-LGBT foes wasn’t easy 2016-12-31T05:00:00Z

That prevented the camera from further recording rioters entering the Senate chamber, the affidavit said. Son of conservative activist charged in Capitol riot 2021-02-17T05:00:00Z

But the memorial is expected to be a subject of congressional debate and it remains unclear how soon the Senate and House will get around to deciding the issue. Eisenhower Memorial gets final federal approval 2015-07-13T04:00:00Z

He seems on the verge of winning the New York Senate election when the New York Post runs a photo of David's exposed butt in a mooning escapade from his college days. The Adjustment Bureau: Matt Damon's Battle of the Angels 2011-03-04T17:00:00Z

“The KKK is, like, a thing again. David Duke is running for Senate.” Trevor Noah’s Crash Course in Surviving an American Election 2016-10-31T04:00:00Z

I voted for Hillary Clinton, thinking that she would become the first woman President of the United States, and Chuck Schumer, hoping that he would become the first Jewish Senate majority leader. Election Day in the East Village: Singing Helps 2016-11-09T05:00:00Z

"I think at the end of the day, it didn't happen during his governorship, it happened before his governorship," said former Senate Minority Leader Jim Brulte, who is now a Republican adviser. Revelations could tarnish Schwarzenegger's legacy 2011-05-18T10:31:23Z

“A lot not accomplished here,” Mr. Todd said, later noting, “That was with a Democratic Senate.” Chuck Todd Begins as Host of NBC’s ‘Meet the Press’ 2014-09-07T04:00:00Z

I kept the Hillary sticker on my car and told anyone who asked about her superior healthcare plan — with its utterly pragmatic individual mandate — and her workhorse Senate record. Young Democrats in love 2012-11-02T23:30:00Z

A publicist from AMC was also seated at our table, giving the proceedings the air of a slightly hostile Senate subcommittee hearing. Can ?The Killing? Make a Comeback? 2012-03-18T03:49:06Z

It also said that, according to a separate Senate review, the most accurate information about the courier had been provided by a CIA detainee prior to any harsh interrogation. CIA pressed over Bin Laden film 2013-01-04T01:35:23Z

Republican Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald said in a statement that he was proud the GOP maintained its majority through the s. 2 Wisconsin Democrats keep Senate seats 2011-08-17T03:41:00Z

A large percentage of the population of Helsinki crowded into Senate Square for this “Total Balalaika Show.” Choir in Plane Crash Projects Russian Pride and Soft Power 2016-12-27T05:00:00Z

Now that Strickland is back on the scene to go for Rob Portman’s Ohio Senate seat, it was Strickland’s primary challengers P.G. Stop mooning over John Kasich: He’s not more “reasonable” than Trump, he’s just better at camouflaging his agenda 2016-03-20T04:00:00Z

Dodd started the job this month after leaving the Senate, where he represented Connecticut for 30 years. Chris Dodd makes debut as Hollywood advocate 2011-03-29T22:21:24Z

Senator Rand Paul explains the plot of the Ayn Rand novel “Anthem” to the Senate. Crib Sheet: The 10 Things to Talk About This Weekend 2011-04-13T19:18:55Z

When she asked her husband what he wanted his legacy to be, Vicki Kennedy said, he told her: “I just want people to love the Senate as much as I do.” Ted Kennedy’s bricks-and-mortar legacy taking shape

The cold truth of that moment in the Senate hearing emerges later in the movie, when Michael’s lawyer and adopted brother, Tom, visits Frank in jail, and the two men negotiate a grim compromise. Of Course Roger Stone Thinks That He Lives in “The Godfather” 2019-01-25T05:00:00Z

The young and eventful Senate career of Kelly Loeffler, a wealthy Georgia business executive and political neophyte, was born in a maelstrom and was barely three months old when it entered another. The young and eventful Senate career of wealthy Georgia businesswoman Kelly Loeffler 2020-04-03T04:00:00Z

From his Senate confirmation in June until his resignation last week, Pack oversaw USAGM’s portfolio of international news agencies, including VOA, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and Radio Free Asia. Former Voice of America overseer hired two law firms to $4 million no-bid contracts. 2021-01-25T05:00:00Z

He looks presidential, spent decades in the Senate and was President Barack Obama’s vice president for eight years. I don't care "how black" Kamala Harris is and neither should you 2019-07-03T04:00:00Z

Senate this year, but withdrew your bid in October. Fighting the Good Fight: Q&A with Survivor?and Game Changer?Bob Massie 2012-05-15T10:00:49Z

There was no heavy-duty scrutiny of her views either from the White House or the Senate; indeed, at that early stage, she hadn’t really thought much about the issues that come before the Supreme Court. An Intimate Portrait of Sandra Day O’Connor, First Woman on the Supreme Court 2019-03-18T04:00:00Z

Hill: I will say this: If it had been up to the Senate, I would not have even had a written statement. Anita Hill and her 1991 congressional defenders to Joe Biden: You were part of the problem 2017-11-21T05:00:00Z

His Great Unclenching will occur if the Georgia runoff elections, on Jan. 5, result in Democratic control of the Senate. Democratic voters are still waiting to unclench 2020-11-13T05:00:00Z

“Had I testified,” Bolton intones, “I am convinced, given the environment then existing because of the House’s impeachment malpractice, that it would have made no significant difference in the Senate outcome.” In ‘The Room Where It Happened,’ John Bolton Dumps His Notes and Smites His Enemies 2020-06-17T04:00:00Z

The queen of all media hadn’t weighed in on her former TV pal’s Senate campaign for nearly a year, and the silence was deafening. An underwhelming end to Oprah’s Dr. Oz drama 2022-11-04T04:00:00Z

Taylor Swift getting involved in the Tennessee Senate race comes to mind. Kavanaugh, Kanye, Beyoncé, ‘Black Panther’: Washington on Pop Culture in 2018 2018-12-30T05:00:00Z

On Thursday evening’s edition of “The Colbert Report,” Stephen Colbert responded to the news that Sen. James Inhofe, one of the most fervent climate deniers, will soon chair the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee. “The Colbert Report” smashes climate deniers once and for all 2014-11-07T05:00:00Z

At 16, Ms. DeRosa began working as an intern for the political director of the New York State A.F.L.-C.I.O., which was preparing to endorse Hillary Clinton ahead of her bid for the Senate. Who Can Say ‘No’ to Cuomo? His Top Aide, Melissa DeRosa 2020-05-13T04:00:00Z

Stewart also took aim at the new Republican leadership in the Senate — especially new Environment and Public Works chairman, Senator Inhofe, who believes global warming is a hoax. Jon Stewart blasts new Congress: “Herpes, it’s like Congress on your d*ck” 2015-01-07T05:00:00Z

Glenstone was caught up in a 2015 investigation by the Senate Finance Committee, in which 11 private museums were asked about admission fees, opening hours, lending policies and visitor numbers. Perspective | This new museum doesn’t want Instagram or crowds. Does that make it elitist? 2018-08-30T04:00:00Z

The brouhaha is being refought now that Carmona, running as a Democrat, is given a chance of taking away a Senate seat Republicans have held for almost two decades. Auction claims to be selling vial of Reagan blood 2012-05-22T15:16:00Z

And she needed them by the next day, when a big meeting was scheduled to woo the Senate curator’s office — no easy task. A picture of persistence in honoring a Spanish hero of the Revolutionary War

The office of the Senate parliamentarian was ransacked. The Capitol mob desecrated a historical workplace — and left behind some disturbing artifacts 2021-01-08T05:00:00Z

But Congress would not buy the FAP, and it died in the Senate finance committee. The odd couple 2014-11-27T05:00:00Z

Mr. Lesniewski, 34, is the senior Senate reporter at Roll Call, a newspaper and website in Washington that covers Congress and politics. Kaitlin Oujo, Niels Lesniewski 2019-10-13T04:00:00Z

They appeared poised to hang on to the governorships in Michigan and Wisconsin and Kansas and Pennsylvania, and they’d picked up a crucial Senate seat in Pennsylvania. Perspective | It was a wave election. The wave was women defending abortion rights. 2022-11-09T05:00:00Z

When the bill's main sponsor, Sen. Emil Jones, presented the final draft of the legislation to the state Senate, he assured his colleagues of Daley's approval. Aldermen to reap generous pensions 2012-05-01T02:03:00Z

While the titans of the conservative media are tiptoeing uncomfortably away from Roy Moore’s Senate candidacy, Breitbart News is holding fast, sticking with the Alabama Republican even as the allegations against him mount. Even as Hannity and Limbaugh waver on Moore, Breitbart and Bannon hold on 2017-11-15T05:00:00Z

Taylor was at his desk in the Daily Press Gallery on Jan. 6 when the Senate abruptly gaveled out of session. Perspective | For one Capitol reporter, Jan. 6 was the final straw — but he had watched a crisis brew for years 2021-09-17T04:00:00Z

“She went many times to the White House and spoke before the Senate and at other other functions. She encouraged people to vote -- that was important to her.” Polly Bergen, dead at 84, was strong women's rights activist 2014-09-20T04:00:00Z

“We have a woman running who got fired from a company; now she’s running for president,” he said, in obvious reference to Fiorina, the former Hewlett-Packard chief executive and California Senate candidate. Meet the 19th most likely guy to win the GOP presidential nomination 2015-04-20T04:00:00Z

But things got complicated in the Senate league in which they originally played, perhaps a little too hard and a little too well. ‘We don’t talk politics out here’: Democratic staffers vent stress on football field 2016-05-17T04:00:00Z

When Sen. Al Franken decided to run for Senate, he sought advice from Brown on how to run as a progressive in a purple state. Sherrod Brown was talking like Elizabeth Warren way before she was. So why isn’t anyone urging him to run? 2015-01-28T05:00:00Z

“He is not worried about his image,” says Marc Smolonsky, a former Health and Human Services official and oversight committee investigator in the House and Senate. ‘It’s John against the world right now’

The Virginia Senate, by contrast, is nearly split. Scandals usually end political careers. Not Joe Morrissey’s. 2015-08-17T04:00:00Z

The first of two volumes, it carries the reader only about a dozen years into Kennedy’s nearly 47-year Senate run. New in Paperback: ‘The Office of Historical Corrections’ and ‘Alright, Alright, Alright’ 2021-11-12T05:00:00Z

Nguyen is confident the Senate bill will inspire more state efforts. Meet the 24-year-old who could change how the US handles sexual assaults 2016-02-23T05:00:00Z

Senate signed a letter condemning bomb threats against synagogues and Jewish community centers, which were eventually traced to a teenager in Israel. Donald Trump, Jews and the myth of race: How Jews gradually became “white,” and how that changed America 2017-04-09T04:00:00Z

Second, the filibuster’s defenders, such as Oklahoma senator Robert Kerr, in a video from 1952, claimed that the measure protected “minorities” and gentlemanly debate in the Senate. John Oliver: filibusters make US Senate 'a giant non-functioning roadblock' 2019-09-09T04:00:00Z

“We recognize the disruption and cost of just terminating without a proper transition period,” Delrahim told the antitrust panel of the Senate Judiciary Committee. U.S. agency considers how it might implement new music royalty rules 2018-10-03T04:00:00Z

He won confirmation after a bruising and largely partisan confirmation battle in the Senate. With their visas in limbo, journalists at Voice of America worry that they’ll be thrown out of America 2020-08-02T04:00:00Z

An Australian Senate committee produced a report in 2007 highlighting the difficulties of certifying the provenance of Aboriginal artwork. Special Report: Asian Art: Ancient Art Lost in Confusion 2011-11-04T13:00:10Z

Gearing up for what is going to be another fascinating mid-term election — where control of the House and the Senate is on the line, where members of Congress are facing record-low approval ratings. MSNBC's Norah O'Donnell on Motherhood and the Midterms 2010-09-01T13:20:00Z

Past efforts stalled because the Senate refused to include language that would repeal the full-fare advertising rule. Perspective | New legislation could make it harder to tell how much your airline tickets cost 2018-04-18T04:00:00Z

On Tuesday, the Senate voted to pass another stimulus package which would provide more than $300 billion to further fund the PPP. Petition urges Ruth's Chris Steak House to return $20 million in coronavirus relief loans 2020-04-22T04:00:00Z

But to come back to the media, when they saw the all-male Senate Judiciary Committee in their interaction with Professor Hill — Anita Hill and her 1991 congressional defenders to Joe Biden: You were part of the problem 2017-11-21T05:00:00Z

That afternoon, Senate Democrats failed to advance legislation to guarantee abortion rights nationwide. Ending a pregnancy in the last days of Roe 2022-07-02T04:00:00Z

“When the Senate came out and said there’s no direct evidence — guess what, Senate, I’ve proven many a case with just circumstantial evidence,” said Hostin a former prosecutor. Meghan McCain doubts Republican Senate's findings of "no collusion": "If it looks like a duck . . ." 2019-02-13T05:00:00Z

Nowadays, seeking the middle can make a politician — even one introduced at all her town halls as “the most candid member of the Senate” — appear unwilling to take tough stands. Claire McCaskill’s balancing act: How to be a moderate in immoderate times 2017-08-27T04:00:00Z

But in “1876,” the theme is corruption, the kind facilitated by the Senate cloakroom’s informality: “the practical tribune of the people prefers making himself easily accessible to those who want to give him money.” Stories of Then That Still Hold Up Now 2020-09-11T04:00:00Z

I was 10 when you testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Anita Hill Has Some Perspective to Offer 2021-09-25T04:00:00Z

She spoke before House and Senate subcommittees on human rights, and they saw each other while she was in Washington. For Two Frequent Fliers, a Trip Down the Matrimonial Runway 2016-02-26T05:00:00Z

According to lore, George Washington came up with the metaphor of the Senate as a “cooling saucer,” tempering the House’s blazing hot cup of tea. As the Georgia Runoffs Arrive, a New Book Says the Senate Is Broken 2021-01-04T05:00:00Z

Around the office, somebody mentioned that there was a guy with a funny name, running for the Senate, and we were looking for election stories to do that weren't presidential elections. Q&A with David Remnick, author of 'The Bridge: The Life and Rise of Barack Obama' 2010-04-14T21:15:00Z

The Senate’s longest-serving Republican, Lugar also suffered a blow earlier this year when a panel in Indiana ruled that he was ineligible to vote in his former home district because he no longer lived there. Longtime Indiana Sen. Richard Lugar ousted 2012-05-08T23:50:00Z

We all lost on Tuesday night — and no, I’m not talking about the GOP taking the Senate. Stephen Colbert’s final Fox News election coverage segment may have been his greatest 2014-11-05T05:00:00Z

In the case of an Electoral College tie, the House of Representatives chooses the president, and the Senate chooses the vice president. 'Veep' Season 4 Finale Recap: Ma'am Up 2015-06-14T04:00:00Z

If “Master of the Senate,” his 2003 book on Johnson’s years in the Senate, became a guide for Washington legislators, “Working” reads like a primer for authors and journalists. Robert Caro shares tips about his craft in ‘Working’ 2019-04-03T04:00:00Z

They included Carol Moseley Braun, the first black woman elected to the Senate. Still Thinking About Anita Hill 2016-05-23T04:00:00Z

Simpson, a Republican from Wyoming who is now retired from the Senate, defended his role in the hearings in a phone call with The Washington Post. Anita Hill and her 1991 congressional defenders to Joe Biden: You were part of the problem 2017-11-21T05:00:00Z

Fetterman hadn’t wanted his stroke to define his Senate career after it almost derailed his campaign. A look under the hoodie: Inside Sen. John Fetterman’s first week back 2023-04-23T04:00:00Z

At the time Romney was running for a Senate seat in Utah and the profile described a scene in which his campaign organized a casual dinner for supporters. "My favorite meat": Mitt Romney goes viral in an alien-like ode to hot dogs 2023-08-01T04:00:00Z

In Arizona, Democratic Senate candidate Mark Kelly – astronaut, husband of former Representative Gabby Giffords – goes tieless in sports jackets or a bomber jacket. The clothes make the candidate: The sartorial politics of this year’s key Senate races 2020-10-11T04:00:00Z

But with a divided House and Senate and so much on the table, it may be a more contentious cycle than usual. Looking ahead: Top food and agriculture stories for 2023 2023-01-01T05:00:00Z

When the planet is threatened with invasion and annihilation by the galaxy Senate, Jorl, a Fant Speaker, must race to save it by communing with ancient beings who hold even darker truths. Best science-fiction and fantasy books, December edition 2015-12-22T05:00:00Z

It all started with a piece of legislation passed in 1986 by a Democratic House and a Republican Senate and signed by Ronald Reagan, called the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act, or EMTALA. The Tortuous Conservative History of the Individual Mandate 2012-02-07T20:32:34Z

There was little question that a president’s first speech after a Senate trial and acquittal was newsworthy enough for broadcasters to break into regular programming. Broadcasters stick with Trump during acquittal victory talk 2020-02-06T05:00:00Z

TV news, after all, devoted considerable coverage when GOP Sen. Rand Paul held a rare one-man-speaking filibuster on the floor of the Senate earlier this year. In Texas Filibuster, YouTube Stands Up While “24/7″ News Falls 2013-06-26T13:21:43Z

It now goes to the Senate, where it faces tougher opposition. Hundreds rally in San Francisco to support state film tax credit bill 2014-06-18T04:00:00Z

Though Trump tweeted that he supported the Senate bill Thursday, experts say the plan is bound to change on its way to becoming a law. What the Senate healthcare bill could mean for Californians 2017-06-23T04:00:00Z

Then the Senate Parliamentarian rules on the question. Bush Budget Official Explains How to Repeal Obamacare via Reconciliation 2011-10-19T17:27:27Z

The Senate voted against it 97 to nothing. Yes, Paul Ryan Spoke the Truth About Obama's Fiscal Record at the Republican Convention 2012-08-30T05:21:38Z

"It is imperative that we end one-party rule in Washington, where Republicans control the White House, the Senate and the House," he said. Bernie Sanders calls Trump "the worst president in the history of the United States" 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z

Other national organizations with ties to the tea party have spent big down here: The Senate Conservatives Action PAC has coughed up about $1.3 million and Club for Growth an additional $3 million. In Mississippi, Jenny Beth Martin and Tea Party Patriots try to prove their worth

The state Senate reversed the budget cut, but with the proviso that the restored funds be used to teach students the U.S. Duke freshmen object to Alison Bechdel's 'pornographic' graphic memoir, 'Fun Home' 2015-08-25T04:00:00Z

Senate hopeful Dan Sullivan after being paid by the campaign for “media training” and coaching. Democrat files complaint against radio host 2014-05-16T04:00:00Z

Twenty years later in the Senate, he denounced a federal import tariff as a punitive tax on Southern planters and a subsidy for Northern manufacturers. John C. Calhoun: Protector of Minorities? 2021-02-16T05:00:00Z

James Comey’s scheduled appearance before a Senate panel on Thursday has the political world in a state of breathless anticipation. James Comey’s Testimony Has Late Night on the Edge of Its Seat 2017-06-08T04:00:00Z

She handed it to an attendant, the attendant later recalled, and the next day the headlines read, “Former Senate candidate arrested in murder for hire plot.” A Senate candidate. A murder plot. An undercover cop. A giant fiasco. 2016-05-24T04:00:00Z

Norton: It seemed impossible that a young woman who had never been in the public eye could come before essentially the power structure of the Senate. Anita Hill and her 1991 congressional defenders to Joe Biden: You were part of the problem 2017-11-21T05:00:00Z

The words spoken on the Senate floor over the past few days were almost innumerable. Perspective | ‘A moment of truth’? After years of Trump’s lies, amplified by MAGA media, that proved impossible for most Republicans 2021-02-13T05:00:00Z

In terms of how the Senate judiciary handled the case, from an institutional perspective, it is perhaps been handled worse, if that is even possible. Rebecca Traister: “We know what [MAGA] is code for. It’s not even a secret” 2018-10-08T04:00:00Z

Senate and was a top candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2020. Sen. Elizabeth Warren on Americans who are hitting one obstacle after another: ‘That is why I persist’ 2021-05-17T04:00:00Z

Acosta was confirmed by the Senate by a vote of 60 to 38. Jeffrey Epstein’s case was covered in the media. But one Miami reporter made it big news again. 2019-07-10T04:00:00Z

It’s an apocryphal story, but an evocative one nonetheless, casting the Senate as a fail-safe institution whose work is invariably carried out with wisdom and patience. As the Georgia Runoffs Arrive, a New Book Says the Senate Is Broken 2021-01-04T05:00:00Z

But I think we knew, we felt that when the Senate intelligence report came out and also Cohen's book came out, those things for us were moments that pretty much aligned with what we discovered. "There's no agreement on facts": Alex Gibney's look at Russian interference shows America's weakness 2020-09-23T04:00:00Z

The bottom of the site has a phrase: “Kid Rock for US Senate 2018.” Kid Rock for Senate? Hints, but Don’t Assume Anything 2017-07-13T04:00:00Z

In the fracking case, the Assembly and the Senate Independent Democratic Conference have introduced laws that would delay a pending decision on drilling by Cuomo. APNewsBreak: Celeb fracking group not registered 2013-03-18T11:40:13Z

But as the bill has encountered opposition in the Senate, Ms. Franklin has again become a face for musicians’ anger. How Aretha Franklin’s ‘Respect’ Became a Battle Cry for Musicians Seeking Royalties 2018-08-18T04:00:00Z

Senate in Oregon because she was ‘pragmatic’ for not opposing it. Ben Carson’s critics weigh in — at Ben Carson’s invitation

On Tuesday, the Senate will begin the impeachment trial of Donald Trump, the third Presidential impeachment in U.S. history. Watch Live: Donald Trump’s Impeachment Trial Begins in the Senate 2020-01-21T05:00:00Z

All eleven Republican members of the Senate Judiciary Committee are men, 10 of them white. The Kavanaugh hearings: Angry white men get to be righteous; angry women “a mob” 2018-10-09T04:00:00Z

The bill will need to pass the judiciary committee before it reaches the Alabama House and Senate. Alabama lawmaker proposes castration bill for sex offenders 2016-03-07T05:00:00Z

He urged voters to consider Santorum's nearly two decades in the Senate and the House of Representatives. Mitt Romney goes on attack as Rick Santorum improves in polls 2012-02-18T09:41:00Z

When critics questioned Mr. Obama’s commitment to African-Americans in his Senate campaign, Mrs. Obama shot back. ‘Michelle Obama: A Life,’ by Peter Slevin 2015-04-15T04:00:00Z

Finally, as someone who loves the episode with the Senate hearing when Tom’s emails are read aloud, I have to ask, what is the recipe for a perfect Tomlette? In ‘Succession,’ Tom and Greg Were Never Playing the Long Game 2023-05-29T04:00:00Z

Mr. Haggerty came to embrace radical politics, running unsuccessfully in 1991 for the Washington State Senate as a socialist on what he called “a Black-Gay unity slate,” joined by members of the Nation of Islam. Patrick Haggerty, ‘Lost Pioneer’ of Gay Country Music, Dies at 78 2022-11-10T05:00:00Z

Go listen to these guys on the floor of the Senate talking about people who are losing their homes, describing them like you’d talk about furniture that should be tossed out. Elizabeth Warren and Tracee Ellis Ross on the Road to Activism 2016-09-17T04:00:00Z

"Climate change went through the House but failed in the Senate," Alter said. Obama and Hollywood: State of their Union 2010-08-16T18:30:00Z

"We're angry, frustrated and mad here too," she said on the Senate floor. Senate debt vote delayed, Reid optimistic 2011-07-31T03:08:00Z

The law, which was approved unanimously by the state Senate and Assembly and signed by then-Gov. Obama fundraiser linked to loan program 2011-09-17T02:59:00Z

Senator Samuel J. Ervin, Jr., Democrat of North Carolina and the chairman of the Senate select committee that investigated the Watergate scandal, in August, 1973. Photographing Impeachment Proceedings Against Three Presidents 2020-01-17T05:00:00Z

Despite the fact that their offices were located around the corner from each other on the second floor of the Russell Senate Office Building, Ms. Henjum and Mr. Jaffee had never met. Politics Aside, a Win for Both in the Senate Softball League 2020-01-18T05:00:00Z

Later in the afternoon, Archila would be arrested again, alongside hundreds of other protesters gathered in the Hart Senate Office Building. A viral confrontation with Sen. Flake made her ‘the woman in the elevator.’ She’s trying to make that matter. 2018-10-05T04:00:00Z

The 5 Star Movement led by Mr. Grillo was the big winner and will need to decide whether to support the centre-left in the Senate. Review Show moves to BBC4 monthly slot in arts revamp 2013-02-26T13:26:00Z

Even though the amendment passed the House and Senate, it would need 38 states to ratify it, which has been the cause of the delay. John Oliver: equal rights are 'so obvious, you assume we already have it' 2019-06-10T04:00:00Z

What if the Roman Empire — with all its decadence, corruption and power-grabbing rulers left unchecked by an oddly docile Senate — never really ended? In the Met Opera’s ‘Agrippina,’ the Roman Empire Never Ended 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z

The Founding Fathers created minimum age requirements for serving in the House, Senate or as president but they did not address a maximum. This Senate is the oldest in American history. Should we do anything about it? 2021-06-02T04:00:00Z

Now, as the Senate prepares for Trump’s impeachment trial, Kinzinger finds himself prepared to learn what his outspoken criticism of the former president will cost him. Anti-Trump Republican Adam Kinzinger accepts his fate, whatever it is 2021-01-26T05:00:00Z

She’s a seasoned pro with 30 years of campaigning for her husband’s Senate reelections and eight years as second lady. Jill Biden raises money for Democrats amid gaffes and popularity drop 2022-07-23T04:00:00Z

On Tuesday, Florida House and Senate committees passed bills to raise the age limit to buy rifles from 18 to 21 and to create a program allowing teachers to carry concealed weapons in their classrooms. Classes resume for Florida high school where 17 were killed by gunman 2018-02-28T05:00:00Z

This upset victory gives the Democratic Party control of the Senate by a single vote, enhancing the prospects for progressive reform. Civil Rights Memoirs 2022-07-15T04:00:00Z

Senate in 1994, but landed a gig in state government as finance commissioner. Bob Corker is free to speak his mind about Trump. If he could only make it up. 2018-04-16T04:00:00Z

“I don’t care if Herschel Walker paid to abort endangered baby eagles. I want control of the Senate,” former NRA spokeswoman Dana Loesch said on her radio program, adding that “winning is a virtue.” Perspective | The baffling defense of Herschel Walker 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z

Senate victory with the much-circulated spot where she promised her experience castrating hogs would help her “cut pork” in Washington. Hugs, flags, tears, kids: Inside the heart-tugging world of today’s super-viral campaign ads 2018-09-15T04:00:00Z

As the Houston Chronicle reported, Cruz, who is the the top Republican on the Senate Commerce Committee, says Anheuser-Busch is marketing to minors because Mulvaney's audience "skews significantly younger than the legal drinking age." Political stunts and uphill battle: Breaking down Cruz and DeSantis' proposed Bud Light lawsuits 2023-07-25T04:00:00Z

The Senate promptly voted down the measure Friday night 59-41 and is continuing work on its own solution that might win bipartisan support. Debt crisis focus shifts to Senate 2011-07-30T03:46:00Z

Once the Senate and the president sign off, it’s a done deal. The Most Important Moments in Art in 2020 2020-12-04T05:00:00Z

The old Senate Chamber, where the Washington portrait currently hangs, appears as it did in 1820. Art to be removed from now shuttered Old State House 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z

Timmons: The whole Senate hearing room setup is designed to make you feel small. ‘So did the world explode?’: An oral history of another insane week in the Trump era. 2018-04-15T04:00:00Z

"It’s an odd moment for the public to embrace an unabashed elitist who liked big banks, mistrusted the masses and at one point called for a monarchal presidency and a Senate that served for life." ‘Hamilton’ and History: Are They In Sync? 2016-04-10T04:00:00Z

In that regard, the response to Posters’s video — the media coverage, its mention in a Senate hearing on deepfakes — is part of the art, too. These artists make online disinformation into art. Or is it the other way around? 2020-06-18T04:00:00Z

Ring is a former lobbyist and Senate staffer who served 15 months in prison for his role in the Jack Abramoff lobbying scandal. Is this Washington’s golden age of grift? Or politics as usual? 2018-09-18T04:00:00Z

In almost every way he seems to have changed: The boyish Republican moderate has become the taciturn grim reaper of the Senate. Mitch McConnell doesn’t care what you think. He just wants to win. 2020-01-23T05:00:00Z

North Shore Republican entered the Senate late in 2010 after nearly 10 years in the House. Sen. Kirk discusses stroke in video 2012-05-08T19:29:00Z

Reid's measure faces opposition from Republicans who are threatening a filibuster, forcing round-the-clock Senate sessions. Debt crisis focus shifts to Senate 2011-07-30T03:46:00Z

McCain lost his two runs for president but won reelection to the Senate four more times. John McCain knew how to make journalists love him 2018-08-27T04:00:00Z

Weeks after the 29-year-old was first elected to the Senate in 1972, his wife and infant daughter were killed in a horrific car accident while shopping for a Christmas tree. Joe Biden still wants to be president. Can his family endure one last campaign? 2017-07-28T04:00:00Z

Senate, largely at the hands of “supposedly tolerant liberals.” GOP Senate Candidate Declares War on Sexism: 'Our Country Has a Problem' 2014-05-28T04:00:00Z

A much better step that has been taken is the bill that Senator Kirsten Gillibrand is trying to get through the Senate to make this a national, a sort of uniform national policy. Campus rape in Montana: What a small town tells us about sexual assault, rape culture and the prevalence of false accusations 2016-01-19T05:00:00Z

Senate race but was launched as a rising star. Hugs, flags, tears, kids: Inside the heart-tugging world of today’s super-viral campaign ads 2018-09-15T04:00:00Z

The tension between the Senate and the House, the efforts to prevent the rise of a monarch, the aims of the Constitution all felt timely, and very captivating. New & Noteworthy, From RuPaul to a Nine-Dish Meal 2020-03-04T05:00:00Z

Even though the Senate—unless something very, very dramatic happens—even though the Senate, which is Republican, would vote not to convict. The Democratic Presidential Candidate Eager to Challenge Trump on Immigration 2019-04-24T04:00:00Z

“We miss your uncle here every day,” she said, referring to Sen. Edward Kennedy, a tenacious public health advocate during his long Senate career. Robert Kennedy Jr.’s belief in autism-vaccine connection, and its political peril

Like many of his peers, Wilkins has come to admire Johnson, after initially distrusting the Texas Democrat who had allied himself with Southern segregationists when he joined the Senate. Caro exhibit ‘Turn the Page’ is a window into his world 2021-10-22T04:00:00Z

The release was about a chart prepared by a Senate subcommittee headed by Sessions showing projections that immigration will outpace native population growth. White House aide Stephen Miller held wide sway over Breitbart News, according to emails 2019-11-19T05:00:00Z

Clinton was impeached on charges of perjury and obstruction during his second term as president but was acquitted by the Senate. Two Bill Clinton impeachment shows abandoned by U.S. TV networks 2018-04-04T04:00:00Z

For instance, shooting in Berlin required a letter of approval from the city's governing Senate. High-flying photographer Vincent Laforet captures the radiant world below him 2016-01-01T05:00:00Z

Now, with his depression in remission, Fetterman was eager to ditch his suit — except that on the Senate floor, you need to wear a tie. A look under the hoodie: Inside Sen. John Fetterman’s first week back 2023-04-23T04:00:00Z

Chatter of him running for Senate or mounting some type of political comeback has faded. He'll be back: why old age can't keep Arnold Schwarzenegger down 2017-07-29T04:00:00Z

Still, Shah and the PAC vow to continue working with the National Republican Senate Committee and the National Republican Congressional Committee to identify and support diverse candidates. Can this PAC find more LGBTQ and minority candidates to run as Republicans? 2019-08-23T04:00:00Z

Senate’s third ranking Republican, an Associated Press reporter asked his opinion on laws prohibiting homosexual conduct. Same-sex marriage: They’ll just never get it 2013-03-10T13:01:00Z

In accordance with its charter, its board of regents comprises three members each from the House and Senate, the vice president, the chief justice and members of the public. Cooper Hewitt Chief Was Forced Out After Probe of Her Wedding 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z

In this case, that would be the legislation passed by the Democratic-controlled House and Senate. Justices signal trouble for healthcare law 2012-03-27T17:10:00Z

Manchin is Kirk's best friend in the Senate, and he plans to fly Friday to Chicago to visit Kirk, who is recovering after undergoing brain surgery after a weekend stroke. Kirk's unlikely best friend optimistic 2012-01-26T04:09:00Z

After the elections produced a landslide for Republicans, who won 173 of the 226 seats in the House and held 43 of 52 seats in the Senate, Johnson’s emboldened congressional foes began their counterattack. The political battle after the Civil War 2015-03-27T04:00:00Z

Senate seat being left by President Barack Obama. Tape shows Blagojevich eyed Winfrey for Senate 2010-06-28T15:36:00Z

It's not that the bill to renew it, Senate Bill 5539, lacks supporters in the Legislature. State film-incentive program imperiled 2012-02-01T22:24:04Z

Ms. Kennedy dropped her Senate bid after a few chaotic weeks. ArtsBeat Blog: The TV Watch: Chelsea Clinton Finally Embraces Her Celebrity 2011-12-13T11:52:18Z

Their husbands served on Capitol Hill together, and the women loyally attended the Senate ladies luncheons. When first ladies meet: An awkward post-election White House tradition 2016-04-06T04:00:00Z

I flicked on the news as I waited for them to hit me back and found out the Senate passed a bipartisan criminal justice reform bill 87-12, which I thought was amazing. The First Step Act is only the first step in criminal justice reform. What about an apology? 2018-12-21T05:00:00Z

He expressed the views in a letter Thursday sent to Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., who sponsored the bill and chairs the Senate Judiciary Committee. Obama administration backs making radio pay fees 2010-04-01T23:03:00Z

But to truly understand why the initialy response to the bill passing the Senate was mixed, to put it mildly, it's best to revisit the "Atlanta" take on "Juneteenth," which stands among the series' best. This Juneteenth, "Atlanta" will give you all the insights you need on how America co-opts a holiday 2021-06-18T04:00:00Z

“We are not able to see what is the emotion, what is the state of consciousness of the members of the Senate,” Fox News analyst Chris Wallace commented during a Tuesday broadcast. Perspective | Senate press restrictions have an ugly goal: Putting distance between the public and Trump’s impeachment trial 2020-01-22T05:00:00Z

Six days after the order was lifted, the Senate overwhelmingly confirmed Hyten. Retired Col. Kathy Spletstoser wasn’t able to stop Joint Chiefs vice chairman Gen. John Hyten from being confirmed. But she’s not done with him. 2020-07-21T04:00:00Z

"We're in an arms race," Gene Kimmelman, a former top Justice Department lawyer, who now leads media watchdog group Public Knowledge, told a Senate Commerce Committee hearing Wednesday. Rupert Murdoch may not take no for an answer from Time Warner 2014-07-16T04:00:00Z

Listening may not be enough for Brown to hang on to his Senate seat. Sherrod Brown thinks he could have helped Democrats win in 2016. But what about 2020? 2017-07-23T04:00:00Z

The hall says Franken will share behind-the-scenes stories from his 15 years on “Saturday Night Live” and his 8½ years representing Minnesota in the Senate. Former US Sen. Al Franken tests welcome on speaking circuit 2019-08-25T04:00:00Z

DiCaprio and the film’s director, Fisher Stevens, hope to use it in the run-up to next month’s US presidential and Senate elections. After Revenant … Leonardo DiCaprio stars as eco-warrior in climate battle 2016-10-01T04:00:00Z

It got to the point where, according to two of Corker’s Senate colleagues, he sought their advice on how he should handle his relationship with the president. Bob Corker is free to speak his mind about Trump. If he could only make it up. 2018-04-16T04:00:00Z

A day after the Senate acted in unusual bipartisan agreement to pass a small piece of the president's jobs bill aimed at helping veterans, Obama said that to support veterans was "a sacred trust." Veteran's Day hoops on USS Carl Vinson 2011-11-12T02:36:00Z

This past summer, one of Flake’s sons served as a page in the Senate. Romney, Clinton and others counsel a panicked political reporter on fatherhood 2017-08-30T04:00:00Z

Senate from Connecticut and a former economic adviser to libertarian presidential hopeful Ron Paul. Puerto Rico: Tropical Tax Haven for America's Super-Rich 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z

When the Massachusetts Republican Scott Brown moved to New Hampshire in order to run for Senate in 2014, Hall published, in a local newspaper, the final poem of his career. A Poet Laureate Sends News From the End of Life 2018-07-30T04:00:00Z

Senate a decade ago and placing third in the Republican primary, Ravenel was elected in 2006 as state treasurer in South Carolina. As cameras roll, South Carolina reality show cast member makes bid for U.S. Senate 2014-09-24T04:00:00Z

There was a concern — Jesse Helms was on the floor of the Senate, waving Mapplethorpe’s book, talking about filth and so on. It Was ‘Cool Central’: Bill T. Jones Leads a Trip Through His Archive 2019-08-20T04:00:00Z

"Cruise consumers have virtually no rights or protections," Dishman, a resident of Sacramento, California, said during a Senate Commerce Committee hearing in which witnesses called for more passenger protections on cruise liners. Cruise passengers recount horror stories to Senate 2014-07-24T04:00:00Z

If and when the Democrats gain control, they will undoubtedly use the “nuclear solution” to ram a big-government liberal agenda through the Senate. How Supreme Court Nominations Became So Partisan 2019-06-23T04:00:00Z

It was a tough decision, made easier by the fact that he considered the Senate “broken” and that he fancied himself more of an executive than a legislator. Bob Corker is free to speak his mind about Trump. If he could only make it up. 2018-04-16T04:00:00Z

Senate aide during an argument at a Capitol Hill automatic teller machine. Ted Koppel's son, 40, found dead in NYC apartment 2010-06-01T11:55:00Z

The documentary zeros in on Washington, where a bill in the State Senate sought to repeal the rule allowing transgender people to use restrooms based on their gender identity. ‘The Most Dangerous Year’ Review: A Personal Look at Transgender Rights 2019-04-11T04:00:00Z

With the Senate out of session, Reid was home in Nevada and McConnell just wrapped up a congressional trip to Afghanistan and Pakistan and had not planned to be in Washington this week, aides said. A jazzy all-American state dinner for Chinese prez 2011-01-20T13:46:05Z

Senate committee that he had been emotionally and financially abused by family members, sapping much of his savings. Mickey Rooney's wife, estate tussle over actor's remains 2014-04-09T21:12:55Z

See also comments of David Duke, Trump supporter, former Nazi and current Senate candidate, July 2016. ‘Donny, you're out of your element’: the 2016 election in 15 Big Lebowski quotes 2016-10-04T04:00:00Z

Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer took some swipes at President Trump from the Senate floor but mostly left his GOP colleagues out of it. The Senate gathered to reopen the government, and boy did everyone have fun 2018-01-22T05:00:00Z

The impending abortion ban, a state prison system in crisis, persistent inequality and, last month, the return of embattled former chief justice Roy Moore in another potential doozy of a Senate race. The battle for Alabama’s soul 2019-07-01T04:00:00Z

But Johnson’s name wasn’t sent to the Senate until June; he was confirmed in August. Trump’s ambassadors fan out across the globe. But some powerful countries are still waiting. 2018-01-10T05:00:00Z

One would amend the Senate bill to avoid new tax-reporting requirements that the Senate language might have imposed. House GOP leaders yield on payroll tax 2011-12-23T02:49:00Z

The appointments of two Senate members are pending. Billie Jean King and Tory Burch named to board of proposed Women’s History Museum 2021-08-20T04:00:00Z

The Australian Greens recently moved a Senate motion calling on the government to boost public and private R&D spending from 2.2 percent of gross domestic product to 3 percent, in line with US targets. Australia’s relentless war on science 2014-04-24T12:30:00Z

Neither Hill nor Thomas offered a backstory about their involvement with each other that might have led the Senate — indeed the nation — to conclude something beyond the obvious: One of them was lying, period. ‘It was just awful’: The Clarence Thomas hearings, in the words of those who were there 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z

An especially hard case was Sen. Harry Byrd of Virginia, the deficit hawk and chair of the Senate Finance Committee. Caro is back, and the obsession goes on 2012-04-30T11:39:10Z

Senate begins the impeachment trial, Zucker is poised once again to reap those precious ratings. Perspective | They may be at odds now. But Trump and CNN’s Jeff Zucker have always had one thing in common. 2021-02-06T05:00:00Z

The bill is in committee, where it was at the end of the last legislative session after it passed in the Senate but never made it to the floor of the House. State film-incentive program imperiled 2012-02-01T22:24:04Z

The Senate and the House of Representatives will meet together Wednesday to confirm electoral college votes from the November presidential election. Republicans divided on challenging presidential vote count in Congress 2021-01-05T05:00:00Z

Friedman’s Senate hearing is scheduled for Thursday, but the earliest either man is likely to be confirmed is sometime in the spring. Who’s got dibs on France? Trump friends and donors jockey for ambassadorships. 2017-02-15T05:00:00Z

Meanwhile Sessions, whom Trump fired from his administration’s position as Attorney General, has announced his intention to run for Senate. Finally, "The Man in the High Castle" fascist fantasy ends amidst America’s sobering reality 2019-11-15T05:00:00Z

Senate who has consistently, and vocally, opposed his party’s nominee. As the GOP’s anti-Trump, Ben Sasse picked a big fight. What would it mean to win? 2016-06-20T04:00:00Z

Show me his voting record within Congress or within the Senate, rather. "I need to host": Roy Wood Jr. talks "The Daily Show" and why late-night TV needs change 2023-06-08T04:00:00Z

He zeroed in, ultimately, on Daniel J. Jones, the lead investigator for the Senate Intelligence Committee, who toiled for five years on an investigation that culminated with the 2014 release of a 525-page summary . In ‘The Report,’ setting the record on torture straight 2019-11-12T05:00:00Z

Thursday’s vote was the first major Senate action in a decade. Congress takes crucial step toward establishing Latino and women’s history museums 2020-12-03T05:00:00Z

Senate rules prohibited most electronic devices from the trial. Lev Parnas, barred from impeachment trial, makes himself its star anyway 2020-01-29T05:00:00Z

The pair became a TV team in 1973, anchoring PBS’s live coverage of the Senate Watergate hearings. Perspective | Always low-key, Jim Lehrer anchored TV news for grown-ups 2020-01-23T05:00:00Z

Cohen instead wandered down to the basement and, in a closet filled with crumpled newspapers, unearthed Glenn’s flight bag along with his personalized Senate attache case. Start in the basement, and other tips for scoring treasures at estate sales 2018-07-30T04:00:00Z

For voters across the country, the election represents something far greater than whatever Senate and House races appear on their ballots. The president isn’t on the ballot, but voters see midterms as a chance condemn or support him 2018-11-05T05:00:00Z

Shlafstein believes Gen Z for Change can boost midterms turnout in swing states such as North Carolina, which could help decide Senate control. Gen Z voter turnout will show just how influential influencers really are 2022-11-05T04:00:00Z

“I think both sides saw that Senate race, going back 15 years ago, as a referendum on the war in Iraq,” Lamont said. Lieberman book details help he received from GOP in 2006 2021-10-18T04:00:00Z

On Wednesday, the Arizona Senate passed a bill allowing religious-based discrimination. Kansas, Arizona and the GOP’s terrible new Jim Crow-style laws 2014-02-26T13:23:00Z

That’s partly because, in each case, there’s about a 1-in-5 chance that the less likely outcome will happen: That Republicans will retain the House or that Democrats will win the Senate. Perspective | Nate Silver will make one firm prediction about the midterms. Most journalists won’t want to hear it. 2018-10-15T04:00:00Z

Georgina is so likable that she not only gets away with such a wild swing but captures national headlines to the point of diluting her son Hobart's state Senate campaign clear across the country. Beyond flashy big names, "The Politician" showcases how voters are bamboozled, swayed, and disgusted 2020-06-25T04:00:00Z

“The look on Joe’s face when he saw this old lion of the Senate, drenched through his clothes, was beyond politics,” writes Valerie. Analysis | Ten things we learned from the new Valerie Biden Owens book 2022-04-13T04:00:00Z

The Senate Judiciary Committee responded to criticism of the bill's vague language by replacing the original version with the text of an existing California anti-paparazzi statute. Hawaii Senate votes on Steven Tyler Act 2013-03-05T19:24:28Z

Senator Harry Reid of Nevada, the majority leader and someone who knows a thing or two about Senate rules, saw the play last weekend and said he enjoyed it. Political Hardball in ‘All the Way’ Draws Fans From Capitol Hill 2014-04-09T12:00:02Z

Hill’s forces, inexperienced, in disarray, and with little or no support from Senate Democrats, were left to flounder. ‘It was just awful’: The Clarence Thomas hearings, in the words of those who were there 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z

Diaz has earned his enemies over 14 years in the state Senate, vehemently opposing gay marriage and abortion, and reveling in his notoriety among his peers. Two Bronx politicians, father and son, find themselves at odds in the 2016 race 2016-04-18T04:00:00Z

Last month, with a revised script, Luntz appeared before the Senate Democrats’ Special Committee on the Climate Crisis. How should we talk about what’s happening to our planet? 2019-08-26T04:00:00Z

He wonders about the role of the Republican Party, and its embrace of grievance, and the Senate, with its deterioration into stagnation and self-promotion. What does Josh Hawley think he’s doing? 2021-01-16T05:00:00Z

But his intimacy with the Senate turns out to be his book’s greatest strength. As the Georgia Runoffs Arrive, a New Book Says the Senate Is Broken 2021-01-04T05:00:00Z

Mark Levin, who hosts a Sunday evening program on Fox News, was the featured speaker at a rally in behalf of Republican state Senate candidate Geary Higgins of Virginia last month. Fox News personalities continue to stump for GOP candidates 2019-12-03T05:00:00Z

The exposition, though, is occasionally clumsy, as when Kerr expresses surprise at running into Smith in a regular women’s restroom at the Senate. ‘Conscience’ Review: The Woman Who Stared Down the Red Scare 2020-03-11T04:00:00Z

The film, “Que Sea Ley” - which translates as “Let It Be Law” - follows the battle to pass a bill legalizing abortion which gained widespread support but was rejected by the country’s Senate last year. Argentine filmmaker shines light on country's abortion battle at... 2019-05-16T04:00:00Z

Lawmakers once mulled strategies for keeping ex-presidents off the streets — giving them a job, such as an ex-officio position in the Senate or an informal role in the Cabinet. What kind of ex-president will Barack Obama be? 2015-05-11T04:00:00Z

De León, who is Senate President Pro Tem-elect, had raised concerns that the current lottery was flawed because it treated all productions alike, regardless of how many jobs they created. California poised to hike film tax credits to stem runaway production 2014-08-15T04:00:00Z

We are hopeful that the Senate will see that letting small businesses die is not good for anyone. Looking ahead: The top food and agriculture stories for 2021 2020-12-31T05:00:00Z

Senate either, although he speculated it would be hard for him to get elected now. Schwarzenegger child report spurs media frenzy 2011-05-18T22:15:23Z

February 26 Rubio to Reimburse G.O.P. for Flights The conservative Republican candidate for a Senate seat from Florida tries to deal with fallout from disclosures on his expenses and travel records. White House Social Secretary Resigns 2010-02-26T20:48:00Z

Senate more than a dozen years ago to raise awareness about the existence of, and the evils associated with, human trafficking and modern-day slavery. What is human trafficking? 2022-01-10T05:00:00Z

The House version was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce and the Committee on Agriculture on Tuesday, and the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions is currently considering the Senate measure. Lawmakers push for ban on horse slaughter 2013-03-13T19:03:00Z

Senate this past week was a culmination of all that we've selfishly and unfairly demanded of her through the years. Our endless demands on Simone Biles 2021-09-19T04:00:00Z

Late last month Senator James M. Inhofe, Republican of Oklahoma, brandished a snowball on the Senate floor, suggesting that the ugly winter weather afflicting the Eastern Seaboard was evidence that global warming is a hoax. Review: ‘Merchants of Doubt,’ Separating Science From Spin 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z

But Nancy Pelosi refuses to send the articles to the Senate until they guarantee a fair trial. Eddie Murphy Returns to ‘Saturday Night Live’ 2019-12-22T05:00:00Z

With his options running out, Boehner met with senior Republicans, who gave him approval to negotiate terms with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada. House GOP leaders yield on payroll tax 2011-12-23T02:49:00Z

It wasn’t until Mrs. Clinton decided to run for office, announcing her candidacy for the Senate in 2000, that the portrayal came into satirical focus. Hillary’s Saturday Nights: The good, the bad and the ugly of “SNL’s” Clinton impressions 2016-10-21T04:00:00Z

He gave most federal workers an extra day off this year, and circulated holiday cards around the Senate, delivered alongside copies of his six-page letter to Ms. Pelosi about “this impeachment charade.” Donald Trump Has Drained the Swamp (of Good Christmas Parties) 2019-12-20T05:00:00Z

"If I decide to throw my hat in the ring for U.S. Senate, believe me ... it's game on mthrfkers," he said in the statement. Kid Rock may run for Senate, says voter registration 'critical cause' 2017-07-27T04:00:00Z

In 1982, Sopko left Cleveland for Washington to be minority counsel for the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations and never returned. ‘It’s John against the world right now’

Bronx iron also holds up the Senate and House chambers, the Treasury Building, the Patent Office and the General Post Office. In the Bronx, finding hidden ties to Washington 2015-01-29T05:00:00Z

When the Senate Judiciary Committee started going to the press, they made the claims that I had called up anonymously. Anita Hill and her 1991 congressional defenders to Joe Biden: You were part of the problem 2017-11-21T05:00:00Z

Boehner wants the Senate to pass its own version of the measure, which would require the consent of at least seven Republicans to clear a procedural roadblock. Government shutdown looms 2011-12-14T19:12:06Z

The answer isn’t self-evident to groups such as the Senate Finance Committee, nor is it universally apparent to the wider American audience. Perspective | This new museum doesn’t want Instagram or crowds. Does that make it elitist? 2018-08-30T04:00:00Z

The final 24 hours of the presidency of Donald J. Trump, in bookends: At noon Tuesday, in a muted pageant of utter competency, Joe Biden’s nominees began to submit themselves for Senate confirmation. The last day of Donald 2021-01-20T05:00:00Z

In his acceptance speech, Pitt made one of the few explicitly political comments of the night, taking a shot at Senate Republicans, who voted last week to acquit President Trump at his impeachment trial. ‘Parasite’ makes Oscars history as the first foreign-language film to win best picture 2020-02-10T05:00:00Z

Senate, who has been accused of sexual misconduct with teenage girls. President Trump calls for Washington Post reporter who apologized for inaccurate tweet to be fired 2017-12-09T05:00:00Z

The House voted separately to eliminate CPB funding entirely and to eliminate funding for NPR, but those efforts went nowhere in the Senate. PBS head: Public broadcasting funding intact 2011-04-13T20:17:31Z

Original paintings of George Washington, such as one in the Old Senate Chamber, are some of the most treasured. Curators Scour Capitol for Damage to the Building or Its Art 2021-01-07T05:00:00Z

And Senator Sherrod Brown, Democrat of Ohio, writing in The New York Times on Feb. 5 about the impeachment vote: “In the United States Senate, like in many spheres of life, fear does the business.” Review: An Opera of Suffrage Gets Lost in the Museum 2020-02-10T05:00:00Z

She quotes Sen. Edwin Johnson denouncing Bergman on the floor of the Senate as “a horrible example of womanhood and, I regret to say, a powerful influence for evil.” ‘The Hollywood Daughter’ of Kate Alcott’s novel learns to speak out against intolerance 2017-03-06T05:00:00Z

The pastor of a renowned African American church but a political novice launches a campaign for the United States Senate in 2020, challenging a wealthy, right-wing Republican incumbent. Civil Rights Memoirs 2022-07-15T04:00:00Z

Up in Sacramento, the Democrat-controlled state Senate is trying to sandbag the White House’s aggressive immigration policies. This is California in the era of Trump 2017-03-22T04:00:00Z

The Senate minority leader remained in his seat, flipping the window up and down to take it all in. ‘I hate palm trees’: The sentimental journey of Harry Reid 2016-09-14T04:00:00Z

He loved to read to his grandfather, who was blind, and sometimes accompanied him onto the Senate floor. Gore Vidal, 1925-2012: Gore Vidal, Elegant Writer, Dies at 86 2012-08-01T05:20:14Z

Senate seat in Ohio that he won earlier this month. How Hollywood and the Media Fueled the Political Rise of J.D. Vance 2022-05-15T04:00:00Z

In 1972, Percy gave up a coveted seat on the Senate Appropriations Committee in favor of the Foreign Relations Committee. Former U.S. Sen. Charles Percy dies 2011-09-17T12:43:00Z

Obviously the elephant in the room on the differences that the Democrats controlled the Senate Judiciary committee in 1991, and did a terrible job. Rebecca Traister: “We know what [MAGA] is code for. It’s not even a secret” 2018-10-08T04:00:00Z

The Senate is expected to vote on its version of a bill, to be reconciled with the House legislation, later this year. U.S. House passes satellite TV law reauthorization bill 2014-07-22T04:00:00Z

The victory was viewed as a national trophy for Republicans, who captured Democratic President 's former Senate seat after a bitter and expensive campaign. Kirk faces long recovery from stroke 2012-01-24T03:03:00Z

And it was to no avail: Clinton was acquitted by the Senate the following week. Christopher Hitchens’ last years: Islam, the Iraq war and how a man of the left found his moment by breaking with the left 2016-02-14T05:00:00Z

Davis claimed that the issue of slavery should be decided by individual states, not through federal government interference, such as in a February 1860 resolution presented to the Senate. Donald Trump is not an LGBT-friendly candidate: His presidency would be a disaster for human rights 2016-05-15T04:00:00Z

Many Black voters in Georgia were frustrated with another runoff election, because the burden of saving the Senate fell on them once again. On ‘Saturday Night Live,’ Dave Chappelle Mocks Kanye and Kyrie 2022-11-13T05:00:00Z

In Haiti, the rioting became so violent and public confidence in the government’s ability to address the problem dropped so precipitously that the Haitian Senate voted to oust the country’s prime minister, Jacques-Édouard Alexis. Real-life hunger games 2012-08-07T20:03:00Z

Marc, 52, a onetime candidate for Connecticut’s State Senate, has a million more. The D’Amelios Are Coming for All of Your Screens 2021-08-28T04:00:00Z

Called to testify before a Senate committee on atomic energy, he resorted to claiming that radiation poisoning “is a very pleasant way to die.” The Reporter Who Told the World About the Bomb 2020-08-04T04:00:00Z

Senate and later U.S. ambassador to New Zealand and Samoa — looks traditional in the manner of old-school politicians. Former senator Carol Moseley Braun is back on the campaign trail, stumping for Joe Biden 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z

He must be approved by the Senate before joining the Council. ArtsBeat: Obama Nominates Hollywood Exec to Arts Council 2013-12-13T19:54:37Z

The Senate president's remarks came after he taped "Politics Tonight," which airs at 6 p.m. tonight on CLTV, a Tribune-owned cable television station. Senate prez open to cutting gambling positions 2011-09-19T20:18:00Z

Conventional wisdom says the outcome of the trial is a predetermined acquittal—that there’s no way that sixty-seven members of the Republican-controlled Senate would vote to remove the President from office. Watch Live: Donald Trump’s Impeachment Trial Begins in the Senate 2020-01-21T05:00:00Z

Amid all of this, the Senate, nearly thirty years after Anita Hill’s testimony, still lacks proper procedures to deal with accusations against a nominee. What #MeToo Hasn’t Changed for Christine Blasey Ford 2018-09-20T04:00:00Z

"I've got a pretty unique role here in the Senate," he said. DeMint chronicles rise of tea party in new book 2011-07-03T19:16:04Z

Intercollegiate Broadcast System, Inc. said the board should be appointed instead by the president and confirmed by the Senate. Court won't hear challenge to copyright board 2013-05-28T13:40:10Z

Democrats on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee tried unsuccessfully eight times to postpone consideration of the nomination two weeks ago. Senate confirms Trump’s pick to lead Voice of America 2020-06-04T04:00:00Z

This was a controversial decision, and in 1941, the House and Senate passed a resolution saying that Thanksgiving would occur on the fourth Thursday of November. When is Thanksgiving 2021 and why is it on Thursdays? 2021-10-18T04:00:00Z

“We deplore the desecration of the United States Capitol building, the shedding of innocent blood, the loss of life and the quagmire of dysfunction that threaten our democracy,” prayed the Senate chaplain, Barry Black. Perspective | The grand finale of the Trump show: America watches farce devolve to horror 2021-01-07T05:00:00Z

Brazil’s Senate is expected to approve the deal next month, following passage in the lower House of Congress last month. It Just Got Easier, and May Soon Be Cheaper, for Americans to Travel to Brazil 2018-01-25T05:00:00Z

For all its supposed gravity, Comey’s letter to the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence didn’t say whether or not the new emails necessarily pertain to Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton’s email scandal. WATCH: Stephen Colbert dubs latest twist in Hillary Clinton’s email drama “WeinerLeaks” 2016-11-01T04:00:00Z

Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer stood by a blown-up copy of the photo Wednesday as he called for the passage of a $4.6 billion border funding bill. Photo of Salvadoran refugees shows power of still images 2019-06-26T04:00:00Z

But the voters of Massachusetts forgave him, re-electing him to the Senate until his death in 2009, and the Democratic party establishment forgave him, anointing him conscience of the left, Lion of the Senate. Chappaquiddick: the film that relives a damning moment for the Kennedys 2018-04-05T04:00:00Z

The protesters, holed up in a warm hotel on what was supposed to be their day off, dutifully trudged back to the Senate steps. Freshman blues: Inside the new House Democrats’ unsettling first year 2022-01-28T05:00:00Z

The Senate, rushing to confirm Thomas, refused to hear the testimony of other women who could have lent more weight and credibility to Hill’s accusations, she said. Perspective | The claim against Kavanaugh is not a suspicious 11th-hour bombshell. Because we’re not in the 11th hour. 2018-09-17T04:00:00Z

Some reporters have been trying to figure out why Mr. Trump is making deals with Senate Democrats all of a sudden. Sean Spicer Responds to Melissa McCarthy’s Impression of Him 2017-09-14T04:00:00Z

Instead, Ms. Mazzio, a onetime lawyer, ushers us through court rulings and Senate hearings marked by heartening successes and crushing setbacks. Review: ‘I Am Jane Doe’ Takes Aim at Escort Ads 2017-02-09T05:00:00Z

The Senate sponsors include Cory Booker, a New Jersey Democrat who wrote on Twitter last month that the article in The Times “speaks to a level of cruelty to animals that is unacceptable.” Lawmakers Aim to Protect Farm Animals in U.S. Research 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z

The Republican-led Senate will weigh in on the endowments’ budgets, too, but that process probably won’t accelerate until later in the year. A Bill Funding Arts and Humanities Endowments Passes House Committee 2017-07-20T04:00:00Z

Now Adam Jentleson, who served as a senior aide to the former Senate majority leader Harry Reid, has written an impeccably timed book about the modern Senate using a very different metaphor. As the Georgia Runoffs Arrive, a New Book Says the Senate Is Broken 2021-01-04T05:00:00Z

When, in the late 1940s, the country’s Communist Party was outlawed and protests by coal miners were brutally suppressed, Neruda criticized the government in the international press and on the floor of the Chilean Senate. Review | The messy, brilliant life of Pablo Neruda 2018-04-17T04:00:00Z

Senate This article originally appeared on The Crime Report, the nation's largest criminal justice news source. Death Penalty opponents’ unlikely allies 2012-08-20T18:52:00Z

NOT too long after watching the New York State Senate pass the marriage-equality bill on television, Bill White turned to his longtime partner, Bryan Eure, and asked, “Want to have a wedding?” Free to Say, ?I Do,? but Where? 2011-07-01T20:53:28Z

Senate” website, stoking speculation the 46-year-old was considering a run next year. Singer Kid Rock: Outcry over headlining new arena is political hatchet job 2017-09-11T04:00:00Z

Underscoring the legislative maneuvering, House GOP leaders may try to beat the Senate to the punch on its own measure by bringing it up for action in their chamber Saturday. Debt crisis focus shifts to Senate 2011-07-30T03:46:00Z

If that weren’t the case, Republicans would not have reacted to Taylor Swift’s announcement that she would be voting for the Democratic Tennessee Senate candidate Phil Bredesen by having a collective stroke. “Shut Up and Dribble” hits its shot: A powerful rebuttal to Laura Ingraham — and so much more 2018-11-04T04:00:00Z

Had the order been given earlier, "the lifeboats could have been launched calmly, people could have been reassured," Brusco said in Senate testimony. Costa offers settlement for passengers 2012-01-27T16:26:02Z

Could the achievements of his presidency have been possible without the misdeeds of the Senate race years earlier? Cold War historian finishes epic on George Kennan 2012-04-19T17:08:13Z

Of course, Ryan presumes that a majority Senate GOP would be as conservative and obstructionist as the House, which is a fairly faulty assumption. Move over, Mitch! Paul Ryan lets slip secrets of how GOP will run the Senate 2014-09-05T04:00:00Z

Martin is just one of the women in Washington to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee in support of a law that would tighten gun restrictions for domestic abusers in dating relationships and stalkers. “Show some courage”: Survivors call out cowardly GOP on domestic violence and guns 2014-07-30T04:00:00Z

For the first two months of 1996, the Senate and House had basically been out of session, with Dole campaigning in the primary states. 6 New Books About the Kennedys Land on Shelves 2015-10-26T04:00:00Z

University of Illinois President Michael Hogan, center, listens as U. of I. board chairman Christopher Kennedy, right, and Donald Chambers talk before the start of the University Senates Conference meeting in Chicago on Friday. Report: Anonymous U. of I. emails came from chief of staff's computer 2012-01-13T21:26:00Z

Democratic Senate aide: He was so passionate and so vehement. ‘The moment when it really started to feel insane’: An oral history of the Scaramucci era 2017-08-01T04:00:00Z

The state Senate is expected to vote next month on a bill to expand the program. Stereo D plans expansion into Canada 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, at a news conference this week at the Capitol, is proposing to pay for an extension of a payroll tax break by trimming Medicare and the federal workforce. GOP: Charge wealthy more for Medicare 2011-11-30T23:02:00Z

The Senate Governance and Finance Committee gave its support on June 25. Sen. De León says he supports expanding California's film tax credit 2014-08-06T04:00:00Z

The poet laureate will be appointed by the governor and confirmed by the state Senate for a coming two-year term. Help wanted: Next California poet laureate 2015-02-24T05:00:00Z

Viewers had only an overhead shot of the Senate floor and could not see individual senators proclaim “guilty” or “not guilty.” TV news ready to shift gears after impeachment saga ends 2020-02-05T05:00:00Z

The Senate Department for Urban Development and the Environment provides an overview of Berlin playgrounds, in English. on its website: Stadtentwicklung.berlin.de/umwelt/stadtgruen/kinderspielplaetze/index_en.shtml. What Makes Berlin a Playground Paradise 2016-06-01T04:00:00Z

An unlikely player in the war on cowboy poetry  On Tuesday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid made a statement about the "mean-spirited" H.R. An unlikely player in the war on cowboy poetry 2011-04-11T17:03:00Z

But the Illinois Senate repeatedly has saved the century-old legislative perk, and the ultimate fate of the latest House bill is uncertain once again this spring. Illinois House bans legislative scholarships 2012-03-21T23:39:00Z

Now, especially in the aftermath of the Senate’s report on torture, released in December, its contents are merely sickeningly familiar. Blame game 2015-01-29T05:00:00Z

Penn told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Wednesday that the problem requires "immediate attention" and shouldn't be held up by any bureaucratic disagreements. Penn urges help for hospitals in post-quake Haiti 2010-05-19T18:34:00Z

He asked a source on the Senate committee investigating the Watergate affair whether Butterfield had been interviewed. The man who knew too much about Richard Nixon 2015-10-12T04:00:00Z

Only last week, the Florida state Senate passed a bill that would replace it in its state laws. Stop mocking Adam Holland 2013-04-30T15:04:00Z

The vote, 46-4, sends the bill to the House of Representatives, where a previous Senate bill died without a vote last year. Meek Mill hoops with Philly kids affected by justice system 2021-12-15T05:00:00Z

No, this is not your typical Senate campaign command center; but then again, Mr. Kaus is not your typical Senate hopeful. Mickey Kaus Seeks to Correct the Flaws of Liberalism 2010-06-04T21:43:00Z

Because of Scott Brown’s election in Massachusetts, Democrats were not able to merge the Senate and House versions in the traditional way, and had to pass the Senate version mostly intact—without the severability clause. Democrats Pre-Emptively Second-Guess Each Other on Obamacare's Supreme Court Reckoning 2012-06-25T03:59:05Z

Reporters penned off, unable to roam the Senate halls freely. Perspective | Senate press restrictions have an ugly goal: Putting distance between the public and Trump’s impeachment trial 2020-01-22T05:00:00Z

Since only the Roman Senate could appoint kings within the Empire, claiming to be a king was treasonous and punishable by the worst kind of death: torture and crucifixion. Books of The Times: Reza Aslan’s ‘Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth’ 2013-08-05T19:15:02Z

Joseph Bruno, the longtime majority leader of the New York Senate, recounts the uncivil war between himself and Mr. Spitzer with obvious relish, although he himself ended up convicted of federal corruption charges in 2009. Film: Client 9 and Other Interested Parties 2010-10-23T02:33:00Z

The powerful senator, who faced declining approval ratings and a difficult re-election race, retired from the Senate last year. Former senator Dodd to lead Motion Picture Association 2011-03-01T19:36:45Z

During the Senate hearings investigating Live Nation and their monopoly on concert ticket sales, fans of Taylor Swift protested outside the Capitol. ‘S.N.L.’ Spoofs Merrick Garland’s Hunt for Classified Documents 2023-01-29T05:00:00Z

It is based on official figures assembled by Senator Edward M. Kennedy’s Senate Subcommittee on Refugees and on a study for the subcommittee by those eminent government auditors, the General Accounting Office. Essay: Should We Have War Crime Trials? 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z

In a sense the actress reprised the part when she appeared in front of a Senate Internal Security Subcommittee trying to ferret out communists. Review: ‘Smart Blonde’ Revisits a Star of Old Hollywood 2019-03-27T04:00:00Z

If Robert James Ritchie — also known by his rap-rock moniker, Kid Rock — is running for the United States Senate in Michigan, he hasn’t informed the Michigan Republican Party. Kid Rock for Senate? Hints, but Don’t Assume Anything 2017-07-13T04:00:00Z

Senate hearings on organized crime was held in the early 1950s. New Vegas museum highlights mob bosses, tommy guns 2012-02-14T12:31:12Z

That legislation is currently awaiting a vote by the Senate Judiciary Committee. A perfect storm of hate: These Republican bills in Arkansas would make it ‘illegal to be transgender’ 2017-03-25T04:00:00Z

Across the street, Stephen Parlato from Boulder, Colo., stood outside the Capitol’s Senate entrance with a poster board sign: “The stone wall is CRACKING.” Lev Parnas, barred from impeachment trial, makes himself its star anyway 2020-01-29T05:00:00Z

Earlier this month, Rock drew attention on Twitter and his Facebook page to a "Kid Rock '18 for U.S. Senate" website, stoking speculation that the 46-year-old Michigan native was considering a run next year. Kid Rock may run for Senate, says voter registration 'critical cause' 2017-07-27T04:00:00Z

This is important, because the reconciliation process requires only 51 votes in the Senate rather than the conventional 60. Bush Budget Official Explains How to Repeal Obamacare via Reconciliation 2011-10-19T17:27:27Z

Schroeder: He explained to us how it worked in the Senate and that you defer to your chairman, and we had a very fine chairman. Anita Hill and her 1991 congressional defenders to Joe Biden: You were part of the problem 2017-11-21T05:00:00Z

The following year the Weavers were investigated by the Senate Internal Security Subcommittee, whose purview was to root out subversive citizen threats. Ronnie Gilbert, Folk Singer for the Weavers, Dies at 88 2015-06-06T04:00:00Z