Tag: Sheldon Whitehouse

Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, called the Democrats' efforts "100 percent political, designed to serve as a proxy for what political operatives hope will be an epic campaign battle over Social Security." (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

Fight over Social Security nomination escalates day before report is due

Joseph Lawler · June 21, 2016 8:48 pm

Budgeting overhaul would make it easier to cut tax breaks but would tip the scales in favor of higher taxes. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Democrats look to make it easier to cut spending through the tax code

Joseph Lawler · June 12, 2016 4:01 am

After Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse said Republicans are "the de facto political wing of the fossil fuel industry," Roger Wicker defended his party. (AP Photos)

Energy and Environment

Senator insulted after Dem accuses GOP of being bought off by oil firms

Kyle Feldscher · June 9, 2016 4:19 pm

Sheldon Whitehouse said the country had witnessed several "game-changers" over the last seven months, and that they effectively amounted to a new Cold War in the cyberarena. (AP Photo)

National Security

Senate Dem calls for cybersecurity ‘militia’

Rudy Takala · June 6, 2016 10:15 pm

Top lawmakers on the Senate Budget Committee have previously discussed some of the ideas in public, but with this week's meeting members of both parties have begun talking about which reforms could muster enough support to clear both the House and Senate and become law. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Bipartisan group of senators discussing sweeping budget overhaul

Joseph Lawler · May 20, 2016 9:56 pm

The role of the budget committee has been diminished, Sens. Mike Enzi and Sheldon Whitehouse say. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senators suggest killing budget panels

Joseph Lawler · May 11, 2016 5:10 pm

Dan Sullivan might be an effective advocate when it comes to assuring law-and-order Republicans that the sentencing reforms won't diminish public safety. (AP Photo)

Alaska senator backs criminal justice reform package

Joel Gehrke · April 22, 2016 10:50 pm

The bill tackles the opioid crisis through different angles. It aims to increase access for first responders to the overdose antidote Naloxone. (AP Photo/Carolyn Thompson)

Senate approves opioid bill

Robert King · March 10, 2016 4:56 pm

Rob Portman voted for the amendment and said that he is in favor of more resources for combating opioid and heroin abuse, but Congress needs to pass the bill first. (AP Photo)

Senate votes down Dem opioid funding

Robert King · March 2, 2016 10:16 pm

"I do not intend, nor do I know anyone who intends, to block the passage of CARA or to interfere it going into law over the question of funding," Whitehouse said. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Senator breaks with Dems in opioid funding fight

Robert King · March 1, 2016 11:48 pm

The efforts indicate an escalating focus among policymakers on the skyrocketing rate of prescription drug abuse in the U.S., a problem that has been building for more than a decade. (AP Photo)

While Congress argues about fixing opioid abuse, here’s who is preparing to tackle it

Paige Winfield Cunningham · February 29, 2016 5:01 am

Portman's bill would establish an evidence-based opioid and heroin treatment and intervention program, but that's not enough for some Democrats. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Senators squabble over funding for painkiller crisis

Robert King · February 24, 2016 5:01 am