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Alabama

U.S. Senate Republicans push for Mayorkas impeachment trial • Alabama Reflector | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

WASHINGTON — More than 40 U.S. Senate Republicans lobbied Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer on Thursday to hold a full impeachment trial for Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. Schumer and other Democrats have indicated they’d be open to immediately voting to dismiss the House-passed articles of impeachment rather than holding a trial in the Senate. The […]

Alabama

Republican senator blocks bill to protect IVF access after Alabama ruling | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

A Senate Republican has blocked legislation that would have federally protected access to in vitro fertilization (IVF). The bill, proposed by Democratic Senator Tammy Duckworth, came after the Alabama Supreme Court ruled that frozen embryos can be considered children under state law, prompting several clinics in the state to halt IVF treatments, which can involve […]

Alabama

Schumer to bring rule bypass to Tuberville’s military hold to Senate floor in coming weeks | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) recently said he expects to bring a rules committee’s resolution to bypass U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s (R-Auburn) military promotions holds to the Senate floor in the coming weeks. Earlier this month, the U.S. Senate rules committee passed a measure to bypass U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s (R-Auburn) military promotions hold by allowing […]

Alaska

Congress sends stopgap spending bill to Biden’s desk, averting shutdown for now | #alaska | #politics

WASHINGTON — U.S. senators voted 87-11 to approve legislation Wednesday that would fund the government into next year, clearing the measure for President Joe Biden’s signature. The stopgap spending bill, sometimes called a continuing resolution or CR, would fund part of the government until mid-January and the rest of the programs within the annual appropriations […]

Alabama

Tuberville and Senate Republicans plot rarely used tactic to force vote on stalled Marine Corps commandant nomination | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

CNN — Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville and a group of his fellow GOP senators are plotting a new tactic to break the Senate’s gridlock on stalled military nominees: they may force a procedural vote on the Marine Corps commandant nominee, in a breach of Senate protocol. Senators huddled behind closed doors in Senate Minority Leader […]

City Council

City council’s approval of NAH proposal deemed ‘short-sighted’ | #citycouncil

It is difficult to understand how our members of city council could approve the NAH proposal. This seems short-sighted and narrow-minded. This billion dollar project does not come even close to meeting the city’s plan for carbon neutrality by 2030. Token mentions of some solar panels, a few charging stations for EVs and no LEED […]

City Council

City council called on to put funds toward bike safety | #citycouncil

Gift this article Share this article paywall-free. An open letter to the mayor, vice mayor and Council: Thank you for your unanimous direction to city staff to prioritize funding for a few basic bike projects, namely: the (complete) construction of the Butler Pilot elevation, and the construction of two (dangerous) protected intersections — (Butler/Beaver and […]

City Council

City Council leaders back Mayor Adams push to put migrants to work in NYC | #citycouncil

City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams and Manhattan Councilwoman Gale Brewer are backing Mayor Eric Adams’ urgent request to get asylum seekers working — and say they’ll press Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand to get it done. Brewer penned a letter asking Schumer, Gillibrand and all the members of New York City’s […]