U.S. Senate

Alabama

Friendship with Alabama U.S. Senator part of John Fetterman’s life after depression treatment | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

Before Pennsylvania Senator John Fetterman checked himself in to a hospital for clinical depression in February, he used to walk the halls of the Senate stone-faced and dressed in formal suits. These days, he’s back to wearing the hoodies and gym shorts he was known for before he became a senator. People close to Fetterman […]

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Alabama

Freshman Alabama U.S. Senator gets committee assignments. | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

Republican Alabama U.S. Senator Katie Britt will follow her former boss, Richard Shelby, on the Senate Appropriations Committee. The outgoing lawmaker was vice-chair on the powerful committee that helps set the federal budget. Britt will serve as a freshman. The newly elected Senator will also work on the Senate Committees on Banking, Housing and Urban […]

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Alabama

Ted Cruz files bill limiting senators to two terms as he runs for his third | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz reintroduced a bill last week to limit senators from serving more than two six-year terms, even as he stands by plans to run for his third. The bill is […]

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Alabama

Column: Two new senators for Alabama | Columns | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

Richard Shelby walked out of the U.S. Senate this week after 36 years. Walking out with him is almost all of Alabama’s seniority and power in Washington. Seniority equates into power in the Halls of Congress, especially in the Senate. National publications have illustrated the fact that Alabama has benefited more than all 50 states […]

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Alabama

One week until Katie Britt becomes Alabama’s junior U.S. Senator | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

Alabama’s newest U.S. Senator will be sworn into office next week. Republican Katie Britt takes over for Richard Shelby. The outgoing lawmaker sat as vice-chairman of the powerful Senate Appropriations Committee. West Virginia Democrat Robert Byrd led that same panel until his death in 2010. Professor Sam Workman teaches public policy at West Virginia University. […]

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Alabama

Jan. 6 report sheds new details about Sen. Mike Lee’s efforts to help Trump overturn 2020 election | #elections | #alabama

The final report from the House Jan. 6 committee shows Utah Republican Sen. Mike Lee was well aware of Donald Trump and his allies’ efforts to manufacture electoral votes for Trump in states won by Democrat Joe Biden in 2020 and to subvert the counting of actual votes in Congress. The 845-page report details a […]

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Alabama

From Childhood to Capitol Hill | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

MICHELLE MANN ENTERPRISE — As Katie Boyd Britt prepares to take the oath of office for her first term in the U.S. Senate, those who knew her as she grew up here see her ascension as inevitable. It’s also fortuitous; who better to represent the Fort Rucker area than a woman who was raised in […]

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Alabama

Republican agenda not thwarted in sweeping Alabama wins | Alabama | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

(The Center Square) – Promising protection of the unborn, the Second Amendment and a quest for jobs, Alabama Republican Gov. Kay Ivey led a winning Republican trifecta on Election Day. Ivey, snagging two out of every three votes in defeating Democratic challenger Yolanda Rochelle Flowers, says the next four years will continue her quest for […]

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Alaska

Out-of-state money is boosting Murkowski reelection effort | Politics | #alaska | #politics

New Federal Election Commission filings show at least $20 million is being spent on reelecting U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, with much of it coming from out of state. Challenger Kelly Tshibaka’s campaign is attracting more money from within Alaska than Murkowski’s campaign, the records show. Overall, efforts to return Murkowski to the Senate are […]

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Alaska

Alaska’s G.O.P. Proxy War | The New Yorker | #alaska | #politics

Eighty-two per cent of Alaskan communities aren’t connected by roads. After tribal delegates made their annual journeys from the state’s most remote points to the Alaska Federation of Natives meeting, in Anchorage, they sat in a ballroom and watched Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski and her Trump-backed opponent, Kelly Tshibaka, spar over who was more ruggedly […]

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