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What should Democrats do about Dianne Feinstein?

From judicial nominations to holding the Supreme Court accountable to administration rules, Feinstein’s absence has become hard to ignore for Senate Democrats. They are still hoping she returns, Eric Garcia reports

The Independent UK

Rising GOP star embroiled in tough Kentucky primary fight

Flagged as a rising Republican star, Daniel Cameron could have taken a cautious approach and run for reelection as Kentucky's attorney general

The Independent UK

Debt ceiling: McCarthy wins 1st round, Biden eyes long game

Speaker Kevin McCarthy surprised Washington when he united the raucous House Republican majority to pass a sweeping debt ceiling package

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Joe Biden vs. dead skunk: 2024 matchup!

No one really wants a Biden-Trump rematch in 2024 — and it still might not happen. But what's the alternative?

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House passes $1.5 trillion debt limit increase, spending cuts - Roll Call

House Republicans passed legislation Wednesday pairing nearly $4.8 trillion in deficit reduction with a debt limit increase into next year.

Roll Call

Push for Supreme Court ethics code gets bipartisan boost - Roll Call

A pair of senators announced bipartisan legislation Wednesday to require the Supreme Court to adopt an ethics code within a year.

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Murray's 10,000th vote marks a new era for women in the Senate - Roll Call

Sen. Patty Murray’s history-making 10,000th vote in the Senate was a milestone as she breaks records in a chamber long dominated by men.

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Photos of the week ending April 21, 2023 - Roll Call

Photos of the week: Congress returned from the Easter recess as did Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and Sen. John Fetterman from their extended absences. CQ Roll Call photojournalists were on hand to capture it all.

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Senate invites chief justice to testify on Supreme Court ethics - Roll Call

In the wake of reports about trips accepted by Clarence Thomas, the Senate Judiciary chair called on Roberts to testify about court ethics.

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Judicial record undermines Clarence Thomas defence in luxury gifts scandal

Republican mega-donor Harlan Crow was linked to a conservative group that had court business while Thomas was on the bench

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Feinstein matter stirs angst among some Senate peers

Dianne Feinstein isn't the first senator to take an extended medical absence or face questions about age or cognitive abilities

The Independent UK

Sentencing policy sparks clash over future criminal justice bills

WASHINGTON — A federal agency has given judges a new tool to reduce unusually long sentences for some prisoners if there is a change in a law, an approach Republican senators warned will hamper, if not destroy, the possibility of future criminal justice legislation.

Tribune News Service

McConnell goes after Democrats, Biden on first day back in Senate after fall recovery

WASHINGTON — Republican Leader Mitch McConnell returned to the U.S. Senate this week following a head injury, where he wasted little time resuming his two trademark modes: targeting Democrats and ducking Donald Trump.

McClatchy Washington Bureau

GOP blocks attempt to put Feinstein substitute on Judiciary

WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans objected Tuesday to Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer’s bid to temporarily replace California Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein on the Judiciary Committee.

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Schumer introduces resolution supporting FBI after Trump called for defunding

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said Tuesday that he was introducing a resolution in support of fully funding federal law enforcement, attempting to embarrass Republicans after Donald Trump suggested Congress should defund the FBI and the Justice Department.

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McConnell: GOP will not support replacing Feinstein on panel (cloned)

California Sen. Dianne Feinstein's attempt to step aside temporarily from a key Senate panel is in doubt

Roll Call

GOP blocks attempt to put Feinstein substitute on Judiciary - Roll Call

Republicans rejected Sen. Dianne Feinstein's request to have a fellow Democrat stand in for her on the Judiciary Committee while she is ill.

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Republicans block effort to replace Feinstein on Judiciary panel

Senator Mitch McConnell, the top Senate Republican, said GOP senators opposed Democrats' effort to temporarily replace Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., who is recovering from shingles.

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McConnell: GOP will not support replacing Feinstein on panel

California Sen. Dianne Feinstein's attempt to step aside temporarily from a key Senate panel is in doubt

Roll Call

Sentencing policy sparks clash over future criminal justice bills - Roll Call

A federal agency has given judges a new tool to reduce unusually long sentences for some prisoners if there is a change in a law.

Tribune News Service

McConnell returns to Senate, urges Biden to ‘stop wasting time’ on debt ceiling

WASHINGTON — Minority Leader Mitch McConnell returned to the Senate on Monday weeks after suffering a concussion and fractured rib in a fall, jumping back into the fray by accusing President Joe Biden of taking an “extreme position” over a coming debt ceiling deadline.

Axios

Fetterman returns to Senate after depression treatment

"It's great to be back. Thank you," Fetterman told reporters Monday.

Roll Call

McConnell returns to Senate, urges Biden to ‘stop wasting time’ on debt ceiling - Roll Call

Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell used his public remarks in weeks to blast President Biden for not holding new talks on the debt ceiling.

The Independent UK

GOP leader McConnell returning to Senate after head injury

Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell will be back at work in the U.S. Capitol on Monday, almost six weeks after a fall at a Washington-area hotel and undergoing extended treatment for a concussion

McClatchy Washington Bureau

McConnell to return to Senate Monday following recovery from fall

WASHINGTON — Mitch McConnell announced Thursday he’ll return to the U.S. Senate on Monday, more than five weeks after suffering injury from a fall that sidelined the 81-year-old Republican leader from public work.

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