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Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’ pits Senate GOP moderates against conservatives
Senate Republicans are deeply divided over President Trump’s “big, beautiful bill,” which the House passed by a single vote last week, setting up a battle in the upper chamber between moderates ...
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Indiana representatives praise 'Big Beautiful Bill'; Pittsburgh congressman assails it
Trump made a promise to the American people — he would restore our nation, secure its borders, and usher the United States into a new golden age,” said House Majority Chief Deputy Whip Guy ...
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Trump 2.0 vs. the US Constitution, annotated
As he enters the White House ... the United States shall be President of the Senate, but shall have no Vote, unless they be equally divided. Republicans, with 53 seats, hold a slim Senate majority ...
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Senate will try to block California vehicle standards that would phase out gas-powered cars
Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., said Tuesday that the Senate will begin to consider three House-passed resolutions ... on the issue. “The United States Senate has a choice: cede American ...
Ronnie Dugger, Crusading Texas Journalist, Dies at 95
As founding editor of The Texas Observer, he fought bigotry and exposed corporate greed, political chicanery and government ...
Education issues among top regrets of Grand Forks lawmakers as 2025 session concluded
The following is part of an ongoing series of Herald stories about the recently completed session of the North Dakota Legislature. GRAND FORKS — Failure to push forward a handful of education-related ...
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THU: 'New Mexico Court of Appeals: Oil and gas producers can't reassign cleanup duties, + More
Clean up your own mess. That’s the message the New Mexico Court of Appeals sent in a recent ruling in a 2021 case involving ...
Senate rankings: The 5 seats most likely to flip
The 2026 midterm cycle is already bustling with activity as Senate Republicans gear up to defend their majority and Democrats try to reverse course from a difficult few years and chart a path ...
Democrats are defending a slim Senate majority. Here's a look at the states where both parties are fighting for control.
In the 2022 midterm elections, Democrats defied political expectations by holding on to their Senate majority ... Here are ...
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Virginia sends 3 new representatives to Congress led by GOP
and House majority. Likewise, his one year in the Senate occurred with Youngkin in the governor’s office and Democrats controlling both chambers. He acknowledged that “I’m coming into a ...
Labor gains Senate seats in Victoria and Queensland, and surges to a national 55.6–44.4 two-party margin
Labor has won three of the six Victorian senators, the Coalition two and the Greens one, a gain for Labor from the Coalition ...
SALT changes in House tax bill increase deficit by $130 billion
The Joint Committee on Taxation, Congress’s in-house tax scorekeeper, released the much-anticipated score for the tax portion of the reconciliation bill.