Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) was formally admonished by the Senate Ethics Committee in a public letter on March 23 for allegedly soliciting campaign contributions in a federal building in 2022. The committee, in their letter (pdf) to the Republican lawmaker, said they had reviewed an allegation that Graham “violated Senate Rules and related standards of conduct” by soliciting campaign […]
The U.S. Senate has advanced a bipartisan measure toward a final vote to repeal two U.S. authorizations for military action against Iraq. The Senate voted, 68–27, on March 16 to invoke cloture, surpassing the needed 60-vote threshold, on legislation that would undo the 1991 and 2002 Authorizations for the Use of Military Force (AUMFs). The […]
As the investigation into the origins of COVID continues, a group of Republican congressmen is pushing a bill related to the pandemic. It would treat the new WHO accord on global pandemic responses as a treaty. NTD sat down with Rep. Tom Tiffany (R-Wis.) to discuss his new legislation that “puts accountability into the World […]
The U.S. Senate on March 8 overwhelmingly approved a House-passed bill that would overturn a controversial District of Columbia crime law that critics have blasted as being soft on crime. The measure will next go to the desk of President Joe Biden, who’s said he wouldn’t veto the bill. The chamber passed the measure in […]
During a heated argument at a Senate hearing, a Republican senator accused union leaders of using intimidation tactics to gather members. One union leader fired back. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is the biggest threat to U.S. national security and leadership globally, according to the U.S. Director Of National Intelligence at a Senate hearing on […]
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, (R-Ky.), has been hospitalized after a fall at a hotel in Washington, his spokesperson confirmed on March 8. The 81-year-old Senator was attending a private dinner at a local hotel when he tripped, spokesman David Popp said in a statement. “This evening, Leader McConnell tripped at a local hotel during […]
Senators and representatives held separate hearings March 8 on the perils and promise of artificial intelligence (AI), signaling lawmakers’ growing regulatory appetite in the wake of actions on the technology from the Biden administration. “AI is no longer a matter of science fiction nor is it a technology confined to research labs. AI is a […]
The U.S. Senate on March 8 overwhelmingly approved a House-passed bill that would overturn a controversial D.C. crime law that critics have blasted as soft on crime. The measure will next go to the desk of President Joe Biden, who’s said he wouldn’t veto the bill. The chamber passed the measure in an 81–14 vote. […]
The Federal Reserve will likely keep raising interest rates higher than officials had first thought, Chair Jerome Powell told lawmakers in Washington. In his first of two appearances on Capitol Hill on Tuesday, Powell cautioned the Senate Banking Committee that the latest string of better-than-expected economic data and a modest reversal in the disinflation trend […]
The Senate voted in favor of blocking a department of labor rule, the rule allows retirement investment managers to consider ESG, it stands for Environmental, Social and Governance. The bill will now head to President Biden’s desk for signing. White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre says that when the bill reaches the President’s desk, he […]
