Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), members of the Senate Agriculture Committee, led their colleagues in a bipartisan push for more funding to help address the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) outbreak. As of Friday, the HPAI outbreak has impacted around 19 sites across Iowa, affecting 13 millionContinue Reading
In the wake of the failed attempts in the Senate to eliminate the filibuster and push through a federalized new voting package, the list of Democratic Senators Kyrsten Sinema and Joe Manchin critics grows. Now Iowa Senate candidate Abby Finkenauer calls them sellouts in her latest fundraiser/outreach message. “I amContinue Reading
Senate Democrats another defeat yesterday as Democratic Sens. Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema joined Republicans to block a voter rights legislation, which would “deepen our divisions and risk repeated radical reversals in federal policy, cementing uncertainty and further eroding confidence in our government.” The final vote was 52-48 and SinemaContinue Reading
Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) is pressing for a Senate vote on a legislative filibuster change to commemorate the anniversary of the January 6 riot on the capitol. Supporters of changing the 60-vote threshold required for most legislation to pass the Senate face hurdles because Democrats need total unity fromContinue Reading
President Joe Biden and Senate Democrats are nominating and confirming trial and appellate court judges at a much faster clip than any of Biden’s recent predecessors, including former President Donald Trump. “Eight judges already have been confirmed, including potential Supreme Court pick Ketanji Brown Jackson to the federal appeals court inContinue Reading
President Donald Trump made history yesterday, becoming the first President to be impeached twice, as the House of Representatives voted 232 to 197 to impeach for inciting an insurrection. The was also the most bipartisan impeachment vote in US history with ten Republicans joining the Democrats in the vote. Nancy PelosiContinue Reading
Senate Democrats filibusters the COVID $300 billion virus relief bill designed to extend unemployment benefits for out-of-work Americans, funding for schools and liability protections for businesses and health care facilities. The bill was defeated in a 52-47 vote, not meeting the 60 needed to break the Democratic filibuster, with oneContinue Reading
The U.S. Senate passed the Great American Outdoors Act, which would provide $9.5 billion to repair national parks and permanently direct $900 million a year for outdoor recreation on public lands. The annual funding would come from offshore oil drilling revenues to pay for city parks, swimming pools, sports fields, fishingContinue Reading
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) introduced legislation on Thursday to end no-knock warrants, a measure that appears to have bipartisan support as demand grows for police reform. Titled “Justice for Breonna Taylor Act,” the law would prohibit federal law enforcement from carrying out a warrant “until after the officer provides notice of hisContinue Reading
