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FBI’s Trump search has lawmakers asking for content of documents

WASHINGTON — Senate Intelligence Committee leaders made a bipartisan request to the U.S. government for classified documents the FBI seized in its search of former President Donald Trump’s home, signaling growing pressure from lawmakers for details on the materials.

Tribune News Service · Aug 14, 2022

Marco Rubio, Mark Warner send bipartisan request for info on Mar-a-Lago search

The letter asks for all information regarding the rationale behind the search.

Axios · Aug 14, 2022

Winners and losers after Democrats pass their massive climate and healthcare legislation

Chuck Schumer and Joe Biden get a much-needed victory and Joe Manchin takes a victory lap while Bernie Sanders and Kyrsten Sinema get left in the dust

The Independent UK · Aug 8, 2022

R&D tax deduction back in play on ‘chips-plus’ bill in Senate

WASHINGTON — Senators are considering restoring a more generous tax break for companies’ research and development spending as part of a slimmed-down economic competitiveness bill focused on boosting domestic semiconductor manufacturing.

Tribune News Service · Jul 19, 2022

Test vote on 'chips-plus' bill teed up in Senate - Roll Call

Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer pledged to move ahead with a procedural vote Tuesday afternoon on the semiconductor bill.

Roll Call · Jul 19, 2022

Manchin in driver’s seat again after inflation fears vindicated

WASHINGTON — Nearly a year ago, Sen. Joe Manchin wrote Fed Chair Jerome Powell to raise alarm that the central bank’s policies would overheat the economy, a fixation that made the West Virginia Democrat an outlier in his party.

Tribune News Service · Jul 16, 2022

Bipartisan bill would clarify that VP role with electors is only ceremonial

A bipartisan group of senators is expected to release a bill as soon as next week clarifying that the vice president has only a ceremonial role when Congress tallies Electoral College votes after a presidential election.

Tribune News Service · Jul 14, 2022

Bipartisan bill would clarify that VP role with electors is only ceremonial - Roll Call

A bipartisan Senate group is expected to release a bill soon that clarifies a vice president's role in certifying ballots will be ceremonial.

Roll Call · Jul 14, 2022

No easy options as pressure to pass chips funding bill grows - Roll Call

Bipartisan interest in moving a package of semiconductor manufacturing incentives outside of a stalled conference committee is growing.

Roll Call · Jul 13, 2022

Supreme Court security funding bill heads back to Senate with COVID-19 add

WASHINGTON — The House attached a pandemic-related amendment to a Senate-passed Supreme Court security emergency spending bill Friday, ensuring the legislation will not go to President Joe Biden’s desk this week even as the high court handed down its expected opinion overturning the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision.

Tribune News Service · Jun 24, 2022