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Alina Habba — whose appointment as US Attorney in New Jersey was ruled to be unlawful — is going after two GOP senators ...
The Senate can, if it so chooses, “do its job” by withholding its consent and advising the president that it will not consider any nominee to fill this vacancy until after the forthcoming ...
The six sitting senators named the following issues as most important in their state: The economy (4); jobs (3); abortion (2); healthcare (1); crime (1). The age-old adage is that voters vote ...
WASHINGTON − President Donald Trump again called for senators to stay in town and bypass their usual, month-long summer break to push through a backlog of judicial confirmations. "The Senate ...
While the rest of us have turkey with friends and family, the Senate should stay in Washington and do its job — specifically, the job of advice and consent prescribed in the Constitution.
Democratic senators unveiled a limited job-creation bill on Thursday, but hopes for quick passage were thrown into question after a Republican co-sponsor criticized the legislation.
Senators are elected to six-year terms, and all of them have at least 11 months still to serve. The death of Justice Antonin Scalia has created a vacancy on the nine-member Supreme Court.