Assisted living home lawsuit, citations add to controversy over Hovde’s nursing home remarks
Campaign says GOP Senate hopeful has no responsibility for facility and lawsuit lacks merit
By Erik Gunn, Wisconsin Examiner - April 24, 2024U.S. Senate
A former Congressman that is being charged by federal prosecutors for attempting to help the Venezuelan government under Nicolas Maduro had contact with multiple congressional Republicans and members of the Trump administration.
By Associated Press - December 07, 2022As chair of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, the Florida Republican also failed to secure the party’s control of the Senate.
By Josh Israel - December 07, 2022With 51 seats, the Democratic majority will no longer need to rely on Vice President Kamala Harris to break tie votes.
By Josh Israel - December 07, 2022‘They have no idea what integrity is,’ the brother of the late Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick said of their refusal to shake GOP leaders’ hands at a congressional gold medal ceremony.
By Emily Singer - December 06, 2022Senate Minority Whip John Thune said Republicans want to hold the country’s credit hostage if they can’t cut Social Security benefits.
By Emily Singer - November 30, 2022The Republican lawmakers unsuccessfully attempted to attach a ‘religious liberty’ amendment to a bipartisan bill to protect same-sex and interracial marriages.
By Josh Israel - November 29, 2022McEachin had recently been reelected for a fourth time to represent the Congressional district comprising most of Richmond, Virginia’s state capital.
By Associated Press - November 29, 2022Republican Georgia Senate nominee Herschel Walker spent months on the campaign trail criticizing US policy.
By Josh Israel - November 28, 2022‘It’s always better with 51, because we’re in a situation where you don’t have to have an even makeup of the committees,’ President Joe Biden has stated to stress the importance of reelecting Sen. Raphael Warnock.
By Associated Press - November 23, 2022One day after a mass shooting at a Colorado LGBTQ club, Walker campaigned with a Republican official who once called LGBTQ people ‘filth.’
By Josh Israel - November 22, 2022A court order to allow voting this Saturday for the state’s Senate runoff between Herschel Walker and Raphael Warnock, overturning guidance by Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, will remain in effect.
By Associated Press - November 22, 2022Marco Rubio and Chip Roy used photos of Black and transgender service members to criticize the Biden administration for diversity initiatives, including efforts started under Trump.
By Oliver Willis - November 22, 2022‘If I was in that position, I probably would concede,’ former Republican Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer told the New York Times.
By Adrian Cole - November 21, 2022The Georgia Republican is trying to win the Dec. 6 Senate runoff by vowing to ban transgender women from women’s sports.
By Emily Singer - November 21, 2022GOP lawmakers opposed both background checks and protections for LGBTQ Americans like those shot at in the Club Q mass shooting.
By Josh Israel - November 21, 2022The Mitch McConnell-linked Senate Leadership Fund super PAC repeats false accusations made by Republican candidate Herschel Walker.
By Josh Israel - November 18, 2022The Georgia Republican Senate candidate tells reporters he has no idea how he’d address crime.
By Josh Israel - November 18, 2022‘For me, the hour has come for a new generation to lead the Democratic caucus that I so deeply respect,’ the California Democrat said Thursday.
By Associated Press - November 17, 2022The Senate advanced the Respect for Marriage Act on Wednesday.
By Josh Israel - November 16, 2022The campaign of Sen. Raphael Warnock, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee and the Georgia Democratic Party filed suit to allow early voting on Nov. 26.
By Emily Singer - November 16, 2022Georgia Republicans passed a law after the 2020 Senate runoff elections significantly shortening the time between the general election and runoff races, giving voters less time to register.
By Associated Press - November 14, 2022At least 50 Senators will be caucusing with Democrats starting in 2023, meaning the party will retain the majority of members and control of the agenda in Congress’ upper chamber.
By Associated Press - November 14, 2022Voters in four states have approved ballot measures that will change their state constitutions to prohibit slavery and involuntary servitude as punishment for crime, while those in a fifth state rejected a flawed version of the question. The measures approved Tuesday could curtail the use of prison labor in Alabama, Oregon, Tennessee and Vermont. In Louisiana, […]
By Associated Press - November 12, 2022Eight Democrat and four Republican Latinas are already projected to win seats in the House.
By 19th News - November 11, 2022Majorities in Vermont, Michigan, California, Kentucky and Montana voted on Tuesday to protect reproductive freedom.
By Kaishi Chhabra - November 10, 2022Republican Herschel Walker and Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock are headed to a runoff election on Dec. 6.
By Emily Singer - November 10, 2022Democrat Summer Lee beat Republican Mike Doyle to represent Pennsylvania’s 12th Congressional District.
By Nick Vachon - November 10, 2022With more than 90% of the vote in, Sen. Raphael Warnock has the slight lead over Republican nominee Herschel Walker, but not enough of the vote to declare victory.
By Associated Press - November 09, 2022The Biden administration has allocated more than $5.8 billion in federal funds to historically Black colleges and universities since 2021.
By Oliver Willis - November 08, 2022The Georgia Republican was recently accused of paying for two women’s abortions.
By Kaishi Chhabra - November 07, 2022