Senate

Brazilian Senate goes back to work after six months

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Brazilian Senate goes back to work after six months just 12 days after the House Speaker threw a party where he and seven others caught COVID 19 Brazil’s Senate held Monday its first in-person session in six months due to the COVID-19 pandemic The hearings took place 12 days after lower House Speaker Rodrigo Maia … Read more

Nancy Pelosi does NOT rule out using impeachment as a way to tie up the Senate floor 

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Nancy Pelosi refuses to rule out impeaching Trump to stall a Supreme Court nomination as she accuses him of using SCOTUS vacancy to try to ‘crush the affordable care act’ ‘We have arrows in our quiver that I’m not about to discuss right now’ If the House passes an impeachment resolution it would be privileged … Read more

Senate Intel report reveals Ivanka pushed the Trump campaign to promote hacked emails on WikiLeaks

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First daughter Ivanka Trump told her father’s 2016 presidential campaign to draft a stream of Donald Trump tweets linking to hacked Democratic emails dumped by WikiLeaks in the final weeks of the campaign, the Senate Intelligence Committee’s final Russia report reveals.    She made the directive in an October email sent to top Trump campaign staff, … Read more

Russia DID interfere in 2016 election Senate Intel committee report reveals

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Donald Trump’s campaign’s interactions with Russian intelligence services during the 2016 presidential election posed a ‘grave’ counterintelligence threat, a Senate panel concluded Tuesday as it detailed in a report how associates of the Republican candidate had regular contact with Russians and expected to benefit from the Kremlin’s help.  Russia launched an aggressive effort to interfere … Read more

US Senate votes AGAINST American’s internet privacy as it fails to amend parts of the Patriot Act

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The US Senate voted Wednesday on an amendment to the Patriot Act that would prevent law enforcement from seizing American’s internet browsing and search history without a warrant. The bill required 60 supporting votes to pass and the final tally came up with only 59 ayes and 37 nays – but the failure was only … Read more

‘This never happened’: Joe Biden denies sexual assault allegation by former Senate staffer

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Joe Biden on Friday denied a sexual assault allegation made against him by a former member of his Senate staff, making his first public statement on an issue that has become a weight on his presidential campaign. The former vice president released a lengthy public statement and spent 20 minutes of live interview on ‘Morning … Read more

Senate passes $2 TRILLION coronavirus stimulus bill

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The Senate has passed an unparalleled $2 trillion economic rescue package to respond to the coronavirus pandemic, clearing the way for the House to vote on the measure followed by President Donald Trump’s signature. The bill passed the Senate unanimously by a vote of 96-0 late on Wednesday night after days of contentious debate and negotiations. … Read more