Manchin push on pipeline approval recalls 1970s dam project - Roll Call Approving a large construction project through Congress, as Sen. Joe Manchin is trying to do, is highly unusual, experts say. Roll Call · Sep 26, 2022
Manchin permitting bill faces difficult path forward WASHINGTON — Legislation by Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin III of West Virginia that would overhaul the federal permitting process for energy and infrastructure projects received the endorsement on Thursday of his fellow Mountain State senator, Shelley Moore Capito, who had previously introduced a Republican bill to counter Manchin’s. Tribune News Service · Sep 22, 2022
Manchin permitting bill faces difficult path forward - Roll Call Sen. Joe Manchin III's legislation to overhaul the federal permitting process got a GOP endorsement, but Democrats lined up in opposition. Roll Call · Sep 22, 2022
Schumer and Manchin’s ‘dirty side deal’ to fast-track pipelines faces backlash Scientists and environmental groups call proposed legislation a ‘giveaway’ to fossil fuel industry that will gut protections The Guardian - US · Sep 22, 2022
Title X advocates worry that birth control may go the same way as abortion A Supreme Court ruling overturned Roe v. Wade. Now there's a big push to increase funding for Title X, a federal program that offers birth control and other reproductive care to low-income patients. WEKU · Aug 16, 2022
Elizabeth Warren will not back abortion bill, urges executive action Democrats continue to show some divide on issues important to their party, after a plan to protect abortion access was met with surprising opposition this week. Boston Herald · Aug 4, 2022
Democrats propose legislation to block Trump from firing thousands of federal employees "The last thing we need is for a president to fire dedicated and experienced public servants." Axios · Aug 2, 2022
Collins abortion bill "political stunt" Unless they're "willing to end the filibuster, there's no reason to take it seriously," advocate says Salon · Aug 2, 2022
Fight brews over Pentagon’s push to counter extremists WASHINGTON — Democrats in both chambers are vowing to resist GOP attempts to halt Defense Department training aimed at countering extremist groups’ attempts to influence service members. Tribune News Service · Jul 22, 2022
Fight brews over Pentagon's push to counter extremists - Roll Call Democrats are vowing to resist GOP attempts to halt Defense Department training aimed at countering extremist groups. Roll Call · Jul 22, 2022
Senate Democrat urges Biden to repeal tariffs to fight inflation WASHINGTON — A Senate Democrat called on President Joe Biden to repeal tariffs put in place by the Trump administration, saying they haven’t significantly changed China’s trade practices and are contributing to high prices for Americans. Tribune News Service · Jul 3, 2022
After Roe: Defund the Democrats After their disastrous failure on abortion rights, Democrats want us to give more money and vote harder. Forget it Salon · Jul 3, 2022
5 reasons this could be the time Congress finally acts on gun reform All that matters in the Senate right now is counting to 10. Axios · May 25, 2022
Elizabeth Warren lays into Susan Collins’s abortion compromise legislation The Republican is working on compromise legislation with Senator Tim Kaine The Independent UK · May 10, 2022
Tribune News Service · May 7, 2022 Martin Schram: A supreme conning of America’s women Let’s tell the blatant truth right up-front: Senate Republicans are understandably upset by the leaking of the Supreme Court’s always-secret draft opinion. Especially this supremely controversial one.
Roll Call · Apr 26, 2022 Ukraine aid, pandemic relief likely to be combined in Senate - Roll Call Senate Democrats said they'll combine new aid for Ukraine with a COVID-19 aid measure that stalled earlier this month.
Tribune News Service · Apr 26, 2022 Analysis: The Senate’s treaty oversight has atrophied just as it’s needed most WASHINGTON — Pressing national security concerns stemming from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and Iran’s nuclear development are highlighting anew just how much the Senate has allowed its capacity to oversee treaties and international agreements to deteriorate.
Roll Call · Apr 25, 2022 The Senate's treaty oversight has atrophied just as it's needed most - Roll Call ANALYSIS – The partisan divide on foreign policy has allowed presidents to gain more control over international treaties and agreements.
Roll Call · Apr 21, 2022 Aid to restaurants, businesses faces Senate headwinds - Roll Call The Senate may soon test the bipartisan limits on pandemic spending as Democratic leaders prepare for action on a small-business aid package.
The Guardian - US · Mar 19, 2022 Russia wants to use Brittney Griner as ‘negotiating chip’, says Democrat Tim Kaine believes basketball star’s detention is to make her ‘part of this chess game’
The Independent UK · Mar 3, 2022 Kaine, with long COVID himself, introduces research bill Nearly two years after getting COVID-19, Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine says he still has mild symptoms
Salon · Jan 17, 2022 The power of lies, long before Trump Covering George Wallace taught me this: If people like lies better than truth, you can't change their minds