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05.04.2022 / 00:03

Ketanji Brown Jackson nomination: Senate panel deadlocks 11-11

WASHINGTON - The Senate Judiciary Committee deadlocked, 11-11, Monday on whether to send Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Supreme Court nomination to the Senate floor. But President Joe Biden’s nominee is still on track to be confirmed this week as the first Black woman on the high court. The committee’s tie vote was expected, as there is an even party split on the panel and all of the Republicans are opposing Jackson's nomination to replace retiring Justice Stephen Breyer.

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Vote on $1T infrastructure bill could come within days, Schumer says

opened the rare Sunday session by saying that the text of the bill would be released "imminently."Senators and staff have been laboring behind the scenes for days to write what is certain to be a massive piece of legislation. An early draft swelled beyond 2,500 pages.

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Senate signals bipartisan support for more targeted $1,400 stimulus checks

File photo of a government check. (Jeff Fusco/Getty Images)WASHINGTON - The Senate signaled overwhelming support on Thursday for limiting wealthy Americans from receiving a third stimulus check in the latest coronavirus relief package.The chamber voted 99-1 on an amendment proposed by Sens.

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Biden's pick to head OMB brings experience, Twitter enemies

WASHINGTON – Neera Tanden has delighted in labeling Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell as “Moscow Mitch”; in the wake of the acrimonious vote to confirm Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, she cuttingly dismissed Maine Republican Sen. Susan Collins as “the worst.”And as Democrats wrestled with the 2016 loss, Tanden tweeted her takeaway in a dig on former first lady Michelle Obama's often-quoted political truism: “One important lesson is that when they go low, going high doesn’t ...

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Centrist lawmakers push $908B plan to break virus impasse

WASHINGTON – A bipartisan group of lawmakers is putting pressure on congressional leaders to accept a split-the-difference solution to the months-long impasse on COVID-19 relief in a last-gasp effort to ship overdue help to a hurting nation before Congress adjourns for the holidays.The group includes Senate centrists such as Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and Susan Collins, R-Maine, who hope to exert greater influence during the incoming Biden administration. The proposal hit the scales at $908 billion, including $228 billion to extend and upgrade “paycheck protection” subsidies for businesses for a second round of relief to hard-hit businesses like restaurants.

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Senate Latest: GOP Sen. Collins wins reelection in Maine

The Latest on Senate races in the 2020 election (all times local):1:51 p.m.Republican U.S. Sen.

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U.S. senators call on Trump to ease coronavirus restrictions on Canadian border

Donald Trump to ease travel restrictions on the Canadian border, despite a continued rise in coronavirus cases in both countries.The letter was sent to the president Tuesday, before Trump himself tested positive for COVID-19 early Friday morning.It also came before Canada on Friday added stronger public health and enforcement measures at the border while easing restrictions for families separated by the longstanding closure to non-essential travel. Canada eases coronavirus border restrictions for siblings, grandparents, permanent residents The senators, however, want those border restrictions eased further.

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Biden to GOP senators: Don't jam through nominee to replace late Justice Ginsburg

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The Latest: Murkowski won't back court vote before election

WASHINGTON – The Latest on the death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and President Donald Trump's effort to appoint a successor (all times local):1:10 p.m.Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska says she doesn’t support taking up a Supreme Court nomination so close to the Nov.

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'Disgusted' couple left in tears by poor-quality government-funded food parcels

A couple have spoken of their "disgust" after seeing food packages being sent to the vulnerable during the coronavirus lockdown.

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Bad lie: cross-border golf course unplayable for Canadian members

Border restrictions related to COVID-19 are proving a hazard for Canadian members of a golf course along the Canada-U.S. boundary.

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