Tag: Senate Democrats

California Gov. Gavin Newsom, left, flanked by Attorney General Xavier Becerra, right, answers a question concerning a lawsuit the state will likely file against President Donald Trump over his emergency declaration to fund a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border Friday, Feb. 15, 2019, in Sacramento, Calif.

Newsom promises to appoint black woman if Feinstein retires before finishing her term

Mike Brest · March 16, 2021 12:41 pm

Republican Collins votes with Democrats to advance Becerra nomination for HHS secretary

Cassidy Morrison · March 11, 2021 6:15 pm

FILE - In this Nov. 6, 2016, file photo, Rep. Marcia Fudge, D-Ohio, speaks at a campaign rally for then-Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton in Cleveland.

Senate confirms Marcia Fudge as housing secretary, shrinking House majority

Emily Brooks · March 10, 2021 5:40 pm

Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., questions Jerome Powell, President Donald Trump's nominee for chairman of the Federal Reserve, during a Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Beltway Confidential

Eight Senate Democrats agree that a $15 federal minimum wage hike is a bad idea

Zachary Faria · March 5, 2021 10:11 pm

Beltway Confidential

The House’s machinations illustrate why Congress needs a deliberative Senate

Jeremy Beaman · March 4, 2021 4:11 am

Mitch McConnell, with focus on the ‘future,’ says he didn’t watch Trump’s CPAC comeback speech

Jake Dima · March 3, 2021 11:29 pm

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., listens during a hearing in D.C.

AOC calls for Senate parliamentarian to be overruled in order to push through $15 minimum wage

Andrew Mark Miller · March 3, 2021 5:50 pm

Democratic Caucus Chairman Rep. Xavier Becerra, D-Calif., said that Donald Trump is a "bigoted man" who should be classified as a "racist." (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Becerra moves to full Senate vote after Finance Committee splits evenly on party lines

Cassidy Morrison · March 3, 2021 5:11 pm

McConnell indicated that a national abortion ban could be 'possible.'

GOP’s top leader open to minimum wage increase

Susan Ferrechio · March 2, 2021 9:05 pm

Warren unveils ‘ultra-millionaire’ wealth tax bill

Emily Brooks · March 1, 2021 5:05 pm

Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV), left, walks with Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) on Nov. 16, 2021, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Sinema agreed to sign onto new Democratic legislation that would impose a 1% excise tax on stock buybacks.

Left-wingers target $15 minimum wage foes Kyrsten Sinema and Joe Manchin

Emily Brooks · February 22, 2021 9:39 pm

Manchin rebuke to Biden with nix of Neera Tanden’s OMB confirmation

Emily Brooks · February 19, 2021 9:44 pm