Mel Leonor Barclay Originally published by The 19th In the intensely divided 118th Congress, the job of leading bipartisan efforts to keep the government funded will belong to four women lawmakers for the first time ever. Democratic Sen. Patty Murray of Washington will become the second woman ever to lead …
Read More »Bill Codifying Same-Sex Marriage Nears Critical Vote In Senate
Jennifer Shutt, Iowa Capital Dispatch The U.S. Senate is on track to vote on a bill codifying marriage equality as soon as next week with negotiators increasingly confident it could become law. Wisconsin Democratic Sen. Tammy Baldwin and Maine GOP Sen. Susan Collins said Wednesday they’re close to getting at …
Read More »Lower Insulin Co-Pays, List Prices Targeted In New Bipartisan Senate Bill
by Allison Winter, Iowa Capital Dispatch Two key senators have unveiled the details of a bipartisan plan to lower costs for insulin, a lifesaving drug that some Americans have struggled to afford in recent years as prices have skyrocketed. Sens. Jeanne Shaheen, a New Hampshire Democrat, and Susan Collins, a Maine Republican, …
Read More »Senators Romney, Murkowski To Vote To Confirm Ketanji Brown Jackson
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 »Sen. Susan Collins To Vote To Confirm Ketanji Brown Jackson To Supreme Court
On Wednesday, Sen. Susan Collins became the first Republican to announce that she will vote to confirm Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to serve as an associate justice on the U.S. Supreme Court. In a written statement, the Republican from Maine said she has met with Jackson twice and has “concluded …
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 »Senator Susan Collins Won’t Back Abortion Rights Bill
Senator Susan Collins (R-Maine) says she will not support Democrat’s Women’s Health Protection Act, an abortion rights bill “which would prohibit states from enacting restrictions on abortion through fetal viability,” according to the Los Angeles Times. It comes in response to a controversial Texas law banning abortion once cardiac activity is detected, which …
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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