Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Sen. Mitt Romney of Utah have both publicly announced they will vote for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Supreme Court confirmation once the vote reaches the Senate floor, bringing the total Republican affirmative votes to three after Sen. Susan Collins of Maine announced her intention …
Read More »Collins, Murkowski Introduce Alternative Senate Bill To Codify Abortion Rights
Amanda Becker, Shefali Luthra Originally published by The 19th The Women’s Health Protection Act failed to move forward in the U.S. Senate on Monday, just hours after two Republicans introduced an alternate measure they hope can be the start of bipartisan talks to codify abortion rights. Sens. Susan Collins of …
Read More »The Violence Against Women Act may finally get renewed — without a proposed gun safety provision
Amanda Becker Originally published by The 19th A bipartisan group of U.S. senators introduced a bill Wednesday to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) — a 1994 law credited with significantly reducing intimate partner violence whose renewal was delayed over Republican objections to a proposed gun-safety provision. That provision …
Read More »Senate Republicans Block John Lewis Voting Rights Bill
Senate Republicans have once again blocked Democrats’ attempt to pass significant voting rights legislation, this time failing to allow debate on the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act. The bill failed, 50-49, marking the second time Republicans have filibustered voting rights legislation in the last two weeks, and the fourth …
Read More »Biden signs bill to increase funding to Crime Victims Fund
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 …
Read More »Nearly A Dozen GOP Senators Sign On To Latest Bipartisan Infrastructure Proposal
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 …
Read More »Senate Confirms Ketanji Brown Jackson To D.C. Circuit Court Of Appeals
The Senate on Monday confirmed Ketanji Brown Jackson as President Joe Biden‘s first appointee to the federal appellate court bench, replacing now-Attorney General Merrick Garland. The Senate voted 53-44 to confirm Jackson to the powerful U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, seen as the most influential panel in …
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