Tag Archives: Sen. Lindsey Graham

Stanley Dunlap, Georgia Recorder South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham will have to testify before a Fulton County special grand jury investigating 2020 election interference after the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected his attempt to quash the subpoena. The Supreme Court’s unsigned decision sets up a scheduled Nov. 17 showdown …

Shefali Luthra, The 19th This story was originally published by the 19th. Roe v. Wade’s overturn may have meaningfully shifted public opinion on abortion for the first time in years, a change that could affect what kinds of bans or restrictions abortion rights opponents can safely consider. Polling on abortion, …

Jennifer Shutt, Arizona Mirror  U.S. Senate Republicans are skeptical about a 15-week nationwide abortion ban that GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham introduced Tuesday, with some saying they want to leave the issue to state lawmakers instead of taking it up in Congress. “I think most of the members of my conference …

Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham is expected to introduce legislation Tuesday that would ban abortion nationwide after 15 weeks of pregnancy, a proposal that reproductive rights defenders warned is a signal of the draconian policy agenda the GOP intends to pursue if it retakes Congress in the upcoming November midterms. Graham …

Stanley Dunlap, Georgia Recorder Sen. Lindsey Graham could soon be peppered with questions by Fulton County prosecutors to determine whether he encouraged Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger or others to toss out ballots and manipulate election practices in order to influence the 2020 presidential election. U.S. District Court Judge …

Stephen Fowler, GPB News A federal judge ruled Monday that South Carolina U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham must answer questions in front of a special grand jury investigating efforts to overturn the 2020 election in Georgia. The 22-page order from Judge Leigh Martin May rejected Graham’s claims that testimony regarding alleged …

The Fulton County special grand jury investigating the aftermath of the 2020 presidential election in Georgia has subpoenaed two of then-President Donald Trump’s top lawyers and U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham, a Trump ally, according to court filings detailed in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution Subpoenas for former New York City Mayor Rudy …

by Jacob Fischler, Missouri Independent March 22, 2022 WASHINGTON – Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday sharpened their criticisms of U.S. Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson, probing her work as a public defender on behalf of terrorism suspects, the judicial sentences she has handed down for child …

The U.S. Senate has passed a bill barring forced arbitration in workplace sexual harassment cases. The measure passed on a bipartisan voice vote. The House passed the bill with an overwhelmingly bipartisan vote earlier this week. It will now go to President Joe Biden to be signed into law. Sen. …

Three Senators said Thursday they have tested positive for COVID-19 despite being vaccinated. Republican Senator Roger Wicker of Mississippi, Independent Senator Angus King of Maine, and Democratic Senator John Hickenlooper of Colorado all tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday after experiencing what their offices described as mild symptoms. Wicker, the top …

Republican Representative Ralph Norman, who is suing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi for giving him a fine for violating the House’s mask mandate, tested positive for COVID-19 this week. “After experiencing minor symptoms this morning, I sought a COVID-19 test and was just informed the test results were positive,” the Congressman …

On Wednesday, nineteen House Democrats sent a letter to the Capitol physician urging him to mandate the COVID-19 vaccine or require testing at least twice a week for lawmakers and staff on Capitol Hill. “To prevent the spread of COVID-19, Capitol Hill must do everything possible to lead by example …

South Carolina U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham tweeted Monday that he has tested positive for COVID-19. The senator said he began having flu-like symptoms Saturday night and went to the doctor on Monday to be tested. Graham was previously vaccinated to fight off COVID-19 months ago. “I was just informed by …

President Biden on Thursday signed a bill to increase funding to the Crime Victims Fund, which supports victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, and other crimes. In a ceremony in the East Room of the White House, Biden signed the VOCA Fix to Sustain the Crime Victims Fund Act of …

Nearly a dozen GOP Senators have joined Democrats in the chamber to support a fledgling bipartisan compromise to spend hundreds of billions on repairing and upgrading various infrastructure across the United States. Eleven GOP Senators signed onto the framework of a deal to support a $1 trillion package that targets …