Constituents can't find their senators, senators can't find other senators, and no one wants to find President Trump.
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And I think we'll get six senators, maybe we'll get seven senators.
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Four Democratic senators, including Senators Schumer and Warren, are protesting these nominees.
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Fifty-one senators are Republicans, compared to the Democratic caucus' 49 senators.
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The median wealth of Democratic senators is $946,000, for Republican senators $1.4 million.
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Read the senators' full letter to Juul: Senators' letter to Juul by CNBC.
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Three Democratic senators and three Republican senators will attend the dinner, including Sens.
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Trump's pick has met with 65 senators so far, including 15 Democratic senators.
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Democrats have 26 senators up for reelection total, compared to nine GOP senators.
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There are eight senators, including four Democrats, not seven senators, with three Democrats.
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Fifty-one senators could vote to overturn a chief justice's decision, senators said.
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With 47 Democratic senators, Schumer would need four GOP senators to break ranks.
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Bipartisan letter from senators A bipartisan group of US senators led by Sen.
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That's because the Senators are winning, and that's all Senators fans care about.
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The 54 Democratic senators voted to confirm; the 46 Republican senators voted nay.
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It's unlikely that Republican senators, or really any senators, see themselves in this way.
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There are two goals here: one for Republican senators and another for Democratic senators.
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Brassard helps Senators rally past Maple Leafs TORONTO — The Ottawa Senators kept the faith.
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The senators have also been worried by Wheeler's meetings with biofuel trade groups and corn-state senators, according to one of the sources briefed by the senators staff.
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Christine Blasey FordPhoto: Getty ImagesRepublican Senator Lindsey GrahamPhoto: Getty ImagesRepublican Senators Mike Crapo and Jeff FlakePhoto: Getty ImagesDemocratic Senators Cory Booker and Kamala HarrisPhoto: Getty ImagesRepublican Senator Orrin HatchPhoto: Getty ImagesRepublican Senators Ben Sasse and Ted CruzPhoto: Getty ImagesRepublican Senators Mike Crapo, Sen.
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On the first article, 2628 senators voted to acquit and 28503 senators voted to convict.
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Cooperating With Others: Senators draft legislation, but they need to have other senators support it.
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Interestingly, Senators Grassley and McCain, the two oldest serving senators, are both running Snap Ads.
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It's unclear, however, if the legislation is going to all senators or just GOP senators.
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GOP senators On most days, US senators criticizing a US president isn't exactly breaking news.
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Twenty-four sitting U.S. senators and four former senators were in attendance, including GOP Sens.
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"Both of the major candidates right now are present senators or former senators," Blumenthal said.
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The proposal has broad support from Democratic senators and at least a dozen Republican senators.
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Some GOP senators have proposed allowing senators to read Bolton's manuscript in a classified setting.
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A Senate trial has 100 senators and requires a 2/3 supermajority, usually 67 senators.
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Joe ManchinJoseph (Joe) ManchinDemocratic senators growing impatient with Pelosi on impeachment Ten senators to watch on Trump impeachment trial 'Will a majority of senators pursue the truth over all else?
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The top of the Democratic field is absolutely lousy with senators -- and former senators, like Biden.
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Republican senators widely credit the four senators with bringing the bill to the finish line. Sen.
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The tool, designed to appease senators concerned about deficits, has sparked resistance from several GOP senators.
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There have only been three Republican U.S. senators in Montana's 2628-year history of electing senators.
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The group started out with 17 senators on Friday and expanded to 25 senators by Monday.
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He and 21 other senators — mostly segregationist Southern senators — voted against the 1964 Civil Rights Act.
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Three GOP senators joined the Democratic senators in voting down a pared-down "skinny" repeal bill.
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Senators can force a vote on a Congressional Review Act resolution with the signature of 30 senators.
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Just as the Democratic senators helped create this moment, the Republican senators could face their own reckoning.
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Senators invited: Trump also invited five Republican senators to meet with Erdogan at the White House: Sens.
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GOP senators ask administration to pause the separations: More than a dozen Republican senators led by Sen.
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With up to four Republican senators voting "no," McConnell will need as many as 13 Democratic senators.
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Twenty-six Democratic senators are up for re-election on Tuesday, compared to just nine Republican senators.
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Spain's senate is made up of senators sent by each region and senators elected directly by voters.
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"There is a pent-up demand by accomplished senators who want to act like senators," he said.
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Most senators remain neutral in the race, but the bulk of affiliated senators have endorsed either Sen.
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There are a few senators, Senator Warner, Senator Klobuchar, most of the senators, Senator Burr, Senator Bennet.
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Senators Elizabeth Warren and Kirsten Gillibrand are in the race, and more U.S. senators are weighing bids.
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Ultimately, 51 senators, all Republicans, voted against calling new witnesses, and 49 senators voted in favor of it; two Republican senators, Romney and Susan Collins of Maine, voted with Democrats to call witnesses.
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Ultimately, 51 senators, all Republican, voted against calling new witnesses, and 49 senators voted in favor of it.
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In 2013, a coalition of senators (including 59 current Senators) adopted the same rule for the 85033th Congress.
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"Senators' grp." hints at the hockey team, the Ottawa Senators, and the answer is the also abbreviated NHL.
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My two senators are women (one of color), and we have had two women senators for 25 years.
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If there were 55-plus Republican senators, or 55-plus Democrat senators, I wouldn't be making this argument.
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You might not like Bob Corker, but a lot of senators do, and you need those senators, sir.
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Call/Email/Tweet Your Senators Every state has two senators, and you can contact both representatives from your state.
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Senators voted 21625-2900 on Kirstjen Nielsen's nomination to be DHS secretary, with 220006 Democratic senators and Independent Sen.
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Senators on both sides of the aisle insist they would never eliminate the procedural weapon that empowers individual senators.
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Only then can senators see it, and only senators and a limited number of staff have access to it.
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Some senators confirmed that Trump made the comments, while other GOP senators said they did not recall the remarks.
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Senators voted 62-37 on Kirstjen Nielsen's nomination to be DHS secretary, with 21625 Democratic senators and Independent Sen.
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Senators voted 28503-22019 on Kirstjen Nielsen's nomination to be DHS secretary, with 10 Democratic senators and Independent Sen.
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The congressional source said this letter's authors are expecting signatures from all 44 Democratic senators and 2 independent senators.
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As Kavanaugh visits with senators on Capitol Hill — he has met with 47 senators so far, all but one of them Republicans — questions about his approach to the special counsel law have been raised, senators said.
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" Jeb Bush calling the perpetual squabbling between Marco Rubio and Cruz a "back and forth between two senators — backbench senators.
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She is only one of six United States senators campaigning for the Democratic presidential nomination including three other female senators.
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Senators fan: ABSOLUTELY NOTHING BUT NO SENATORS FAN CAN GO MORE THAN FIVE SENTENCES WITHOUT MENTIONING IT OR WE DIE.
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Republicans can probably afford to lose only two senators, and about a half-dozen senators appear to be in play.
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To force the witness issue, four Republican senators would need to join a united block of all 47 Democratic senators.
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Have the spirits of Senators Scott and Goldwater returned to Washington, D.C. in Republican senators that are questioning the President?
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It just as easily could help the senators as Mayor Pete or Biden depending on how the senators play it.
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All 47 Democratic senators are likely to support that, but they'll need help from four of the 51 Republican senators.
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Mr. Trump's cabinet nominees are being meticulously prepared for their meetings with senators and for confirmation hearings, several senators said.
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On the first article, 85033 senators voted to acquit and 48 senators voted to convict; Romney was the lone Republican to join Democratic senators in voting to remove Trump from office on the abuse of power charge.
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The group of 13 senators that Trump invited to lunch includes Republicans from both ideological camps: moderate Senators Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski were on the list, as well as conservative Senators Ted Cruz and Mike Lee.
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Senators, Condon shut out Panthers OTTAWA - - Every five games Mike Condon has played for the Senators, he has posted two shutouts.
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The two senators reintroduced the measure this year and made getting Republican senators on board with the the legislation a priority.
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Democratic senators Kirsten Gillibrand, Ed Markey, Jeff Merkley, Elizabeth Warren and Ron Wyden were the only senators to oppose Wray's nomination.
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With few Republican senators scheduled to hold town halls, Schatz urged activists to find other ways to speak to their senators.
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At the time, many Democratic senators argued it was unfair for a minority of senators to block nominees with majority support.
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Republican Senators Rand Paul and Mike Lee and Democratic Senators Chris Murphy and Al Franken introduced the legislation on Sept. 8.
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At the time, then, about a third of female senators were worse bosses than nearly 96 percent of all male senators.
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Officials from the executive branch had been briefing senators since at least January, including an all-senators briefing on Jan. 24.
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The motion failed because Romney and Susan Collins of Maine were the only two senators who voted with the Democratic senators.
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While senators and aides cautioned that McConnell does not have inside intelligence, the remarks serve as key scheduling advice for senators.
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It's something Romney, two senators tell me, has been quietly pitching to senators in one-on-one conversations for several days.
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Senators on the fence On Thursday, there were even a handful of bipartisan questions with the senators considered on the fence.
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Senators' letter The letter sent to Trump by the bipartisan group of senators increases the pressure on the administration to act.
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One of the senators involved in the event brought a little basketball as a joke, and the senators started using it.
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These senators are: If any of these senators comes out against Cassidy-Graham, it would be devastating for the bill's chances.
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Strikingly, they find that Democratic senators reflected public opinion of both the poor and the rich more than Republican senators did.
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Tammy DuckworthLadda (Tammy) Tammy DuckworthOvernight Energy: 18 states ask Trump to withdraw major environmental rollback | Senators grill deputy EPA pick at confirmation hearing | Senators look to recess to calm energy bill fight Democratic senators ask IRS to extend tax filing deadline amid coronavirus outbreak Senators press Trump deputy EPA pick at confirmation hearing MORE and Reps.
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No less than four of the six senators from three new California states would probably be Democrats, compared to two senators today.
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Lined up the right way, senators who represent 25m citizens could acquit a president, against the wishes of senators who represent 300m.
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That said, a number of GOP senators did speak in support of the bill during the closed-door lunch, multiple senators said.
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Turris is expected to play Thursday, when the Senators host Detroit ... Senators D Mark Borowiecki was a late scratch due to illness.
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Protesters constantly interrupted questions asked by senators of both parties, as well as Kavanaugh's answers; they were challenged only by Republican senators.
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SENATORS CALL FOR DISABILITY INSURANCE FIX: Two senators are urging the chamber's finance leaders to make fundamental fixes to disability insurance. Sens.
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So California gets two electoral votes from its two senators, and much smaller Wyoming also gets two votes from its two senators.
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Cassidy is actively working to persuade senators to vote for the bill and reaching out to governors, too, to pressure their senators.
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Republican senators are pressing ahead on a vote Tuesday anyway, though even Republican senators aren't sure what exactly they'll be voting on.
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All told, the senators voting to acquit represent about 152 million individuals, while senators voting to convict represent about 170 million individuals.
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Republican senators have not ruled out the possibility of further testimony and evidence at some point after opening arguments and senators' questions.
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Senate Republicans failed last month to repeal ObamaCare when all 48 Democratic senators and three Republican senators voted against the repeal bill.
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Republican senators are expected to pass a rules resolution that would punt the decision until after opening arguments and questions from senators.
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But we did find a difference between political parties: Republican senators benefited more from using moral-emotional language than Democratic senators did.
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Now, 21 senators are women, the most in U.S. history, and in three states — California, New Hampshire and Washington — both senators are women.
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With 52 Senators in the conference, they ended up with three defectors: Senators Susan Collins of Maine, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and McCain.
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" Just as the 2014 documentary on Hill, "Anita," made both the smearing Republican senators and sheepish Democratic senators look bad, so does "Confirmation.
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Senators continue to debate possible plans to repeal Obamacare -- Senators are expected to vote for the first amendment to the health care bill.
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As CNN reported Friday, there is almost no chance senators will vote on a health care bill the week senators return from recess.
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SENATORS STUMP FOR BIODIESEL: Forty senators signed onto a Thursday letter asking the Obama administration to increase the biodiesel blending mandate for 2628.
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CIA Director Gina Haspel briefed some senators this week on Khashoggi's killing, prompting renewed calls from senators for action against the crown prince.
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Only three in five voters know each state has two U.S. senators, and nearly half are unaware of both of their own senators.
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In the end, 85033 GOP senators voted against the bill, with opposition spanning the caucus from libertarian-leaning senators like Paul and Sen.
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Senators push tougher sanctions against Iran: A bipartisan group of senators is rolling out long-awaited legislation to crack down on Iran. Sens.
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Senators 6, Flames 0 Craig Anderson made 25 saves and posted his 39th career shutout as the Ottawa Senators thumped the Calgary Flames.
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Trump skeptics in the Republican congressional caucus — especially the senators among them — need to start thinking like senators and find themselves some leverage.
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Heated protests — because many senators stopped having the town halls — occurred in Arizona, Colorado, Ohio and other states with undecided or hesitant senators.
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They were some of the last senators in the chamber, staying well after the pages had cleared the water glasses from senators' desks.
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For the perjury charge, 55 senators vote not guilty and for the obstruction of justice charge, 50 senators vote to acquit the president.
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Despite the court outcome, the Ethics Committee, made up of three Republican senators and three Democratic senators, found that he violated Senate rules.
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Karlsson helps Senators eliminate Rangers NEW YORK — Ottawa Senators coach Guy Boucher said his team has learned from every game throughout the postseason.
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The White House has not delivered a top-down message to all senators and their offices, according to Republican senators and aides. Sen.
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"These parties have been dominated by big money and political bosses; the most powerful senators tell other senators what to do," he said.
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Many top Democratic senators are now urging their colleagues in red states, red state Democratic senators to throw justice and logic to the wind.
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Haspel's closed-door meetings with senators are part of a sophisticated effort to persuade senators to confirm her as the agency's first female director.
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The president and senators would be choosing the judge who will investigate them; 13 senators, including the chamber's outgoing speaker, are already under investigation.
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Sharp Senators blank sinking Maple Leafs OTTAWA — While the Ottawa Senators have slipped from playoff contention, one line has emerged as a constant positive.
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Senators are warning that if Republicans successfully block witnesses, senators are likely to move quickly to Trump's acquittal on Friday night or early Saturday.
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Senators blank Canucks in Condon's debut OTTAWA — Goalie Mike Condon had a lot of help while winning his first game with the Ottawa Senators.
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Senators rally across party lines to protect Mueller-- Senators have crafted a bill to protect special counsel Robert Mueller from being fired by Trump.
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Those Senators moved to Minnesota in 1961 and became the Twins, and a new version of the Senators emerged in Washington that same year.
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If senators want to speak to debate the resolution or any amendments, 51 senators would have to vote to go into a closed session.
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Democrats will need four GOP senators to successfully call a witness or request documents, and only three GOP senators to block a Republican motion.
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Republicans in Nevada are seeking to recall two senators who were elected in 2016 -- without alleging any wrongdoing on the part of the senators.
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"All we know is that they are still batting around ideas, talking to individual senators, groups of senators, others," Majority Whip John Thune said.
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The junior senators from New York and New Jersey become the fourth and fifth Democratic senators to join this (mostly) ambitious caucus, following Sens.
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SENATORS EVEN SERIES WITH OVERTIME WIN Dion Phaneuf scored 1:59 into overtime, and the Ottawa Senators beat the visiting Boston Bruins, 63-3.
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Joni ErnstJoni Kay ErnstOvernight Energy: 2628 states ask Trump to withdraw major environmental rollback | Senators grill deputy EPA pick at confirmation hearing | Senators look to recess to calm energy bill fight Senators press Trump deputy EPA pick at confirmation hearing Dem-aligned group launches ads targeting GOP senators over Social Security cuts MORE (R-Iowa) and Tammy DuckworthLadda (Tammy) Tammy DuckworthOvernight Energy: 28500 states ask Trump to withdraw major environmental rollback | Senators grill deputy EPA pick at confirmation hearing | Senators look to recess to calm energy bill fight Democratic senators ask IRS to extend tax filing deadline amid coronavirus outbreak Senators press Trump deputy EPA pick at confirmation hearing MORE (D-Ill.) pressed Douglas Benevento about ethanol requirement exemptions for small refineries after a federal court ruled that the EPA would have to reconsider certain waivers.
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Joni ErnstJoni Kay ErnstOvernight Energy: 18 states ask Trump to withdraw major environmental rollback | Senators grill deputy EPA pick at confirmation hearing | Senators look to recess to calm energy bill fight Senators press Trump deputy EPA pick at confirmation hearing Dem-aligned group launches ads targeting GOP senators over Social Security cuts MORE (R-Iowa) and Tammy DuckworthLadda (Tammy) Tammy DuckworthOvernight Energy: 18 states ask Trump to withdraw major environmental rollback | Senators grill deputy EPA pick at confirmation hearing | Senators look to recess to calm energy bill fight Democratic senators ask IRS to extend tax filing deadline amid coronavirus outbreak Senators press Trump deputy EPA pick at confirmation hearing MORE (D-Ill.) pressed Douglas Benevento about ethanol requirement exemptions for small refineries after a federal court ruled that the EPA would have to reconsider certain waivers.
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Trump's fate lies in the hands of 423 GOP senators -- the number needed to join the 45 Democratic senators and two independent senators, who normally side with Democrats, to vote to convict him and end his presidency, assuming they all vote to remove Trump.
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SENATORS 2, SABRES 1 Bobby Ryan and Kyle Turris scored in a shootout, and host Ottawa beat Buffalo, ending the Senators' three-game losing streak.
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Obama communicated to senators that diversity was a priority, he said, so senators had to consider that as they pitched candidates to the White House.
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Senators get their turn: Between now and Wednesday's vote, senators have time to give floor speeches on their own stance for or against convicting Trump.
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But the four senators said the Arms Export Control Act of 1976 allows senators to force a vote on an arms sale by a president.
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Senators nip Blues on Ryan's OT goal ST. LOUIS — Right winger Bobby Ryan made sure the Ottawa Senators' road trip ended on a good note.
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Two Republican senators have already come out against the bill, which means all 50 remaining GOP senators must support the legislation for it to pass.
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Here's a rundown of where important senators stand on the bill: The health care trio: These three senators sunk the health care bill in July.
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How it's playing: WashPost lead story: "Senators say deal on budget is in sight" ... Wall Street Journal A1: "Senators Close In on a Budget Deal."
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Twenty-four senators, including Flake, attended the funeral service Saturday for McCain in Washington, D.C., according to Roll Call, while six former senators also attended.
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Where the senators stand All eyes are on the three senators who effectively sank the Obamacare repeal efforts -- John McCain, Lisa Murkowski and Susan Collins.
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A host of senators from various parties have already fallen foul of Australia's constitutional rules, preventing members of parliament (MPs) and senators holding dual citizenship.
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Many of the candidates are senators, and senators receive an annual salary of $2628,28500, though the returns will also lay out other forms of income.
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In 2009, Republican senators, like most senators in the old days, were still driven to cut deals and negotiate compromises to make themselves feel important.
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Whatever Judge Kavanaugh says, all Republican senators are virtually sure to vote for him, and most, if not all, Democratic senators will vote against him.
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Democrats need four GOP senators to vote to call witnesses, but a majority of GOP senators have already said they will vote to acquit Trump.
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The 17th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution instituted direct election of senators, and so today, senators are chosen by statewide popular vote — just like governors.
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He ordered all senators back to the chamber at one minute past midnight, the first possible moment that senators could take up a key bill.
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There will be no public hearings as a bill is drafted, according to several Republican senators and aides, and he's imploring senators not to leak.
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Also in the gang are senators from states with large immigrant populations, including the two senators from Colorado -- Democrat Michael Bennet and Republican Cory Gardner.
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Twenty of the 13 Republican senators would need to join all Democratic-voting senators to reach the two-thirds supermajority the Constitution requires for impeachment.
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SENATORS ADD BURROWS The Ottawa Senators, gearing up for a push to the postseason, acquired forward Alex Burrows from Vancouver for the prospect Jonathan Dahlen.
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Flake's fellow Republican senators have distanced themselves from Moore after several women came forward with accusations against him, with some senators urging him to step down.
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Several GOP senators introduced a new bill to protect people with pre-existing conditions yesterday, including several senators who are up for re-election next year.
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Anyway, in 1917, Senators changed the rules, adding "cloture" and enabling the majority to cut off debate with a two-thirds majority, or usually 67 senators.
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Republican Senators Marco Rubio, Susan Collins and Jerry Moran sponsored the legislation along with Democratic Senators Chris Van Hollen, Mark Warner, Elizabeth Warren and Doug Jones.
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That means 227 percent of America will be represented by only 21992 senators, while the other 113 percent of America will be represented by 211 senators.
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Behind the scenes: A number of the older senators aren't keen on the idea of working weekends, but several younger senators have provided cover for McConnell.
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Washington (CNN)Republican senators released a new version of their health care proposal Sunday night aimed at winning support from a handful of still undecided senators.
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Some Republican senators have discussed narrowing the blue-slip rule to bar senators from blocking nominees to circuit courts that have jurisdictions spanning multiple states. Sen.
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It required approval of two-thirds of senators present to limit debate on most bills; in 1975, the rule was revised to require only 60 senators.
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And as Judge Garland prepared to begin meeting with senators on Thursday, there was early evidence that at least some Republican senators were softening their stances.
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In the end, the Senate select committee issued a bipartisan majority report signed by all of the Democratic senators and a majority of the Republican senators.
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Today, prominent senators like Tammy Duckworth, former senators like Barbara Boxer and Harry Reid, and a slew of public officials nationwide announced their endorsements of Biden.
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We don't yet know precisely what information the senators received behind closed doors, but briefers don't tend to waste senators' time with trivial or irrelevant chatter.
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In fact, the average age of senators is 61.8 years, and more than half of the senators up for reelection will be over 65 by 2018.
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In a joint statement, the senators argued that events like a public health crisis, national emergency, or terrorist attack could prevent senators from voting in person.
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There are 23 women senators now next to a grand, whopping, breathtaking total of two women senators back when Anita Hill was trying to be heard.
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Perhaps red-state senators, or even some senators in swing states, might think their states are friendlier to the bill than the nation as a whole.
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That means that the senators voting to convict represent about 170 million individuals — 18 million more people than the bloc of senators who voted to acquit.
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The White House is therefore making an argument that the vast majority of senators have rejected, including the Republican senators who are coming forward this week.
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The bill relies on enough Republican Senators voting with their party, and enough Senators from "bubble states" seeing alleged gains, to win the support it needs.
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That means 70 percent of America will be represented by only 30 senators, while the other 30 percent of America will be represented by 70 senators.
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Imagine Monday's public hearing, where Ford will be questioned by a panel of all-male GOP senators and a much more diverse panel of Democratic senators.
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Senators acknowledged this week, however, that the impeachment trial will likely take place in January, a potential dilemma for the half dozen senators running for president.
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That would take 67 senators, meaning that at least 20 of the 53 Republican senators would need to split from Trump for him to be removed.
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SENATORS UNVEIL RURAL BROADBAND BILL: A pair of senators introduced bipartisan legislation on Tuesday that aims to improve wireless networks in underserved rural areas of America.
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Fourty-seven senators backed on Thursday a motion to dismiss Chrzanowski, while 22 senators were against it and two abstained from voting, the voting records showed.
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Or, how about the White House's handling of the deal reached by the so-called "Gang of Six" -- three Democratic Senators, three Republican senators -- on immigration?
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The letter was sent by Republican senators John Kennedy and Jerry Moran and Democratic senators Doug Jones, Brian Schatz, Jack Reed, Robert Menendez and Mark Warner.
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Republican Senators Marco Rubio, Susan Collins and Jerry Moran sponsored the legislation along with Democratic Senators Chris Van Hollen, Mark Warner, Elizabeth Warren and Doug Jones.
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By the turn of the 20th century, thanks to legislative selection of senators, national politics were controlling state legislative elections, rather than states controlling their senators.
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Thom TillisThomas (Thom) Roland TillisOvernight Defense: Bolton, GOP senators see close ties challenged | Republicans fume over Dem maneuver on Iran bills |Trump criticizes Democrats over war powers vote Bolton, GOP senators see their close ties challenged Senators ready for question time in impeachment trial MORE (R-N.
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Some of the Democratic senators accused Barr of lying to Congress and the public about Mueller's concerns, and multiple senators called for Barr's resignation as attorney general.
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So, Senators Donnelly, Manchin, and Heitkamp, all Democratic senators in red states that were running for re-election were invited to the announcement tonight but they declined.
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But despite senators' raised voices, they got little out of tech company executives beyond their prepared statements, other than a commitment to continue working with senators. Sen.
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Thus, California's 39 million people get two senators in Washington, while two Senators also represent states like Wyoming (578,000 people), Vermont (21,22 people), and Alaska (22020,25 people).
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The author of the forthcoming "Security Mom" warned Democratic senators to take Americans' unease seriously when she spoke at the senators' retreat at Nationals Park last week.
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After the senators proceeded to vote on the motion, which passed 51 to 50 with Vice President Mike Pence's tie-breaking vote, most senators left the room.
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Senators from Medicaid expansion states senators have been especially vocal against reports that Senate leaders may change the growth rate of Medicaid to standard inflation after 2025.
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Twenty-one may seem like a lot of female senators to serve at once, considering there have only been 50 female senators in all of American history.
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All 13 of those senators voted for the 2015 repeal bill, which looked dramatically different than the changes some of those Senators are vying for in 2017.
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What makes it even more outrageous is that none of the Republican senators can trust any of the other Republican senators to adhere to any consistent principle.
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When a bill or Supreme Court nomination hits the Senate floor, senators who oppose it can talk until at least 60 senators band together to limit debate.
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Senators began reviewing the FBI's findings on Thursday, with GOP senators praising its thoroughness and stating the report shows no corroborating evidence of claims against the judge.
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A report card of senators by Demand Justice released late last week gave 16 Democratic senators a D or an F for their stance on Trump's nominees.
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Whip list: Where senators stand on Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh Manchin is one of several Democratic senators facing re-election in states Trump won in 2016.
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SENATORS RALLY FOR COAL MINER PENSION FIX: A group of senators took to the floor on Tuesday calling for a congressional fix for coal miner pension programs.
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RELATED: Here's how senators plan to vote on Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch But for senators from red and purple states, the calculus on Gorsuch is trickier.
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The number of senators would be cut from 320 to 100 and would be made up of regional councilors, mayors and a handful of senators for life.
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Senators are now drafting their own Obamacare replacement plan — which has not been released publicly or to some GOP senators — and aim to vote before July 4.
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Other plans floated by GOP senators have drawn similar Democratic resistance, including the idea of getting the White House to release Bolton's manuscript for senators to review.
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Sixty-one senators signed a letter circulated by Senators Chris Coons, Democrat of Delaware, and Susan Collins, Republican of Maine, backing the 60-vote threshold on legislation.
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Only a single copy was provided, and Judiciary Committee aides in both parties briefed senators about the materials before senators were able to read the document themselves.
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Iowa currently doesn't have any Democratic senators, so New Hampshire's two Democratic senators could be kingmakers as the highest-ranking party officials in the two early states.
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The state has also not sent two Republican senators to Washington at the same time since the Constitution was amended to require the popular election of senators.
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" Bromwich also wrote that using outside counsel to perform questioning on the senators' behalf would go against Ford's "repeated requests through counsel that senators conduct the questioning.
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SENATORS TOP ISLANDERS Craig Anderson made his first start in 69 days and turned aside 33 shots as the Ottawa Senators beat the visiting Islanders, 3-0.
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Tammy BaldwinTammy Suzanne BaldwinDemocratic senators ask IRS to extend tax filing deadline amid coronavirus outbreak Democratic senators ask prison operators for answers on coronavirus plans Democratic senators call on OSHA to issue Emergency Temporary Standard for workers due to coronavirus outbreak MORE (D-Wis.), Sherrod BrownSherrod Campbell BrownDemocrats push for paid leave in coronavirus response Senate Democrats pan Trump's payroll tax proposal as 'huge mistake' Democratic senators ask prison operators for answers on coronavirus plans MORE (D-Ohio), Tammy DuckworthLadda (Tammy) Tammy DuckworthOvernight Energy: 18 states ask Trump to withdraw major environmental rollback | Senators grill deputy EPA pick at confirmation hearing | Senators look to recess to calm energy bill fight Democratic senators ask IRS to extend tax filing deadline amid coronavirus outbreak Senators press Trump deputy EPA pick at confirmation hearing MORE (D-Ill.), Cory BookerCory Anthony BookerUS paints murky picture of Russian disinformation on coronavirus Biden faces tricky test in unifying party Democratic senators ask IRS to extend tax filing deadline amid coronavirus outbreak MORE (D-N.
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While 8 GOP senators have said they will only decide on Kavanaugh's nomination after the hearing, the leadership is most worried about the decision of four senators: Sens.
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Historically, the committee has not moved nominees forward without blue slips from both home state senators; the process was designed to give senators leverage with the White House.
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EditorsNote: Recasts third graph Senators outlast Canucks in shootout VANCOUVER, British Columbia — The season is still young, but the Ottawa Senators have already worked a lot of overtime.
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There are currently 23 female senators (out of 100), the largest proportion to date, accounting for almost half the 52 women who have served as senators in total.
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Senators dominate Penguins, take 2-103 series lead OTTAWA — Accused of playing boring defensive hockey, the Ottawa Senators showed they have, at the very least, a split personality.
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Corker argued that it's counterproductive for an internal Senate policy group funded with dues from GOP senators to stake out positions against bills championed by those member senators.
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Coons said there are Democratic senators who are waiting to see how many, or if, GOP senators beyond Graham and a handful of moderates sign onto the letter.
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Political reporters and several senators responded by protesting the sudden shift in rules for access to senators, just as Republicans are trying to pass an Obamacare replacement bill.
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In order to overcome a likely filibuster by senators who support the President, any legislation would need a 212/5 majority, or 60 senators if everyone is voting.
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The bill passed thanks to the votes of a group of exclusively white, male Republican senators, and amendments introduced by the state's four women senators were all dismissed.
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DEM SENATORS TARGET OFFSHORE TAX DEALS: Democratic senators have offered two bills this week designed to crack down on companies moving their headquarters overseas to lower their taxes.
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Some Democratic senators talked of filibustering these nominations, but the president knew that the senators wouldn't filibuster, just as they would not refuse to attend the confirmation hearing.
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He often praises senators for the job they're doing and says the President feels the same way, according to several senators who have spoken with the vice president.
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While it's tradition for individual senators to sit down with Supreme Court picks, there's nothing written in stone requiring senators to meet with a nominee before a vote.
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In the last hundred years, eight elections have featured sitting senators on major tickets; one, in 2008, featured sitting senators atop both major tickets (Obama and John McCain).
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The White House is expected to meet with U.S. Senators from key farm states later on Thursday and senators representing oil-producing states on Friday, the sources said.
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"I think it's important for senators to hear other senators to evaluate their rationale and logic and think through things that one might have felt important," he said.
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Pessimism peppered appearances by senators on this week's Sunday show circuit, including the two senators who last week came out against the motion to proceed on the bill.
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A number of Conservative senators boycotted Wednesday's vote, where senators introduced a controversial motion called a "dilatory motion" to shut down debate and immediately vote on the bill.
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Ron Johnson, a Wisconsin Republican, said Judiciary Committee staff was reading the report aloud to senators, while other interviews were being passed around for senators to look at.
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He has sterling credentials and will be hard for Democrat Senators to obstruct — especially those Senators up for re-election at the midterm in states that voted Trump.
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White House officials have also told senators they don't have enough support in Congress — with roughly 20 senators opposed — to get Cuccinelli confirmed for the permanent DHS job.
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Although decorum states that "senators should plan to be in attendance at all times during the proceedings," he allowed senators from both parties to leave the Senate floor.
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Multiple senators can join together (even across party lines) to ask a question, but senators cannot challenge or respond to the answers given by the managers or counsel.
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But buried in the 92 questions asked by senators on Wednesday were several that elicited very interesting responses that legitimately may have an effect on how senators vote.
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Moderate senators will demand significant concessions, which in turn could alienate three hard-liners: Senators Ted Cruz of Texas, Rand Paul of Kentucky and Mike Lee of Utah.
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Most times, senators can offer unrelated amendments to bills under debate, affording Democrats the chance to create discord among Republicans and between Republican senators and the White House.
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The chamber can also expedite a vote with approval from all senators present, but if any senators object, Senate rules could delay a vote until Friday or later.
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McConnell says that in the event that 51 senators cannot agree on rules, the process would be decided through a series of motions, or proposals submitted by senators.
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But the plain language of the senators' letter does not appear to even hint at withdrawing aid to Ukraine, and the senators say they were not doing so.
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In the wake of the allegations, senators have generally fallen into three camps: Below is the list of Democrats (and one Republican) who want to delay the vote, the short list of senators who want more information, and the very long list of senators (mostly Republican) who have stayed silent.
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Good gestures pay off Senators OTTAWA - Ottawa Senators center Curtis Lazar figures he bought himself some good karma before the first multi-point game of his career Saturday night.
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With Strange holding the seat, there are 52 GOP senators (plus Vice President Mike Pence), so they can handle the defection of two senators and still pass a bill.
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Ryan's OT goal lifts Senators to 4-3 win, 2-247 series lead BOSTON — The Ottawa Senators escaped with a win after blowing a three-goal lead Monday night.
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In a digital ad targeting senators who have received donations from the nominee, Every Voice urges constituents to call on their senators to recuse themselves from DeVos's confirmation hearing.
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RELATED: Republican senators are striking back in Trump's public war of words Ryan was asked about Trump's harsh criticism of Arizona's two GOP senators, John McCain and Jeff Flake.
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What the senators ask: In their letter, the senators said they are concerned the lawyers are being used for a non-military mission for which they have no training.
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Dozens of protesters filtered into the Senate office building on Wednesday and lined the hallways outside senators' offices in an attempt to stop Republican senators from meeting with Kavanaugh.
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Senators 6, Oilers 1 Mike Hoffman and Kyle Turris each had three-point nights and Mike Condon made 34 saves for the Senators as they beat the Edmonton Oilers.
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Notably absent from the co-sponsoring crop of Democrats are those senators rumored to be mulling a run for president in 2020, including Senators Kirsten Gillibrand and Kamala Harris.
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" The tweet thread ended with: "HHS censoring&blocking Senators from visiting facilities housing separated children -- saying only Senators approved by Chair and Ranking Member of Judiciary Committee are permissible.
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Jackson has been meeting privately with senators from both parties in the past week, but senators are worried that he doesn't have the experience necessary to run the agency.
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Two sources with direct knowledge of the bipartisan meeting of the gang of senators said the group had already run into significant hurdles, though senators will likely keep talking.
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Here are several of the key senators in the Supreme Court confirmation process: Collins' decision on whether to confirm Kavanaugh could very well determine the action other senators take.
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When Biden was first elected in 1972, Mississippi had two Democratic Senators (John C. Stennis and James Eastland), and Vermont had two Republican Senators (George Aiken and Robert Stafford).
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Here in Maine we have a long tradition of electing thoughtful senators regardless of party, as our current senators, Susan Collins, a Republican, and Angus King, an independent, illustrate.
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As recently as 2010, they point out, three of the four senators from the Dakotas — as well as the six senators in West Virginia, Arkansas and Montana — were Democrats.
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So it was that on Wednesday, senators voted unanimously that, henceforth, both male and female senators will be permitted to bring infants up to age one into the chamber.
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It is a rather baffling decision given not only the rejection of the theory by Attorney General William Barr but also by the Democratic senators and many Republican senators.
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What followed were several days of speechmaking by senators behind closed doors (with many senators subsequently releasing their remarks), and finally, public votes on a verdict for each article.
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But here's what matters: what brings four senators (or more) closer to joining with all 47 senators who caucus with the Democrats to say yes to witnesses and documents.
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Harris was introduced by two Democratic senators, Mazie Hirono and Bill Nelson, and both Republican and Democratic senators said during his testimony that they expected he would be confirmed.
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They sold him during the 1964 season to the second Senators franchise, created when the original Senators became the Minnesota Twins, and he closed out his career in Washington.
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DEM SENATORS: SLASH EXECUTIVE PAY AT DOWNSIZING PENSIONS: A group of Democratic senators want to see pension executives suffer a pay cut if the plans they monitor cut benefits.
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Should Republicans try this tactic now, at least four GOP senators would have to align with all 47 senators in the Democratic caucus to keep the impeachment trial alive.
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Just five of 47 Democratic senators have endorsed Biden, two of them from his home state; by contrast, Clinton entered the caucuses with a majority of senators behind her.
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Later in the day, in a meeting with GOP senators about trade, Trump went back to the resolution vote and attempted to lobby skeptical senators, according to Republican Sen.
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Some of that intelligence pointing to Iran as the culprit has now been made available to U.S. senators in a classified reading room, senators and their aides said Tuesday.
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He also said he had spoken to senators supportive of using American foreign aid as part of the effort, although he declined in the interview to specify which senators.
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A handful of Republican senators not included in the leadership-sanctioned group have held preliminary meetings with some Democratic senators, testing the waters for a bipartisan health care solution.
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The NRA awarded 56 senators an A grade for their stance on gun rights — and 36 senators an F. Only 11 senators fall somewhere in between, with scores ranging anywhere from a B+ to a D-. And today, the 60 needed votes to invoke cloture (as is customary in the case of a filibuster) fell along familiar party lines, with not enough senators crossing the aisle to support any of the four bills proposed.
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Tom CottonThomas (Tom) Bryant CottonWhite House announces task force to monitor coronavirus Overnight Defense: Bolton, GOP senators see close ties challenged | Republicans fume over Dem maneuver on Iran bills |Trump criticizes Democrats over war powers vote Bolton, GOP senators see their close ties challenged MORE (Ark.), Cory GardnerCory Scott GardnerOvernight Defense: Bolton, GOP senators see close ties challenged | Republicans fume over Dem maneuver on Iran bills |Trump criticizes Democrats over war powers vote Bolton, GOP senators see their close ties challenged Gardner says he will oppose new witnesses in Trump impeachment trial MORE (Colo.) and Thom TillisThomas (Thom) Roland TillisOvernight Defense: Bolton, GOP senators see close ties challenged | Republicans fume over Dem maneuver on Iran bills |Trump criticizes Democrats over war powers vote Bolton, GOP senators see their close ties challenged Senators ready for question time in impeachment trial MORE (N.
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Sinclair declined to comment on the senators' letter, signed by the 11 Democrats, including Senators Maria Cantwell, Tom Udall, Elizabeth Warren, Cory Booker and Richard Blumenthal, as well as Sanders.
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Dubbed the Secure Elections Act, the legislation is co-sponsored by Democratic Senators Kamala Harris, Amy Klobuchar, and Martin Heinrich, and Republican Senators James Lankford, Susan Collins, and Lindsey Graham.
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All 11 GOP senators failed to appear later Thursday for floor proceedings, leaving the legislative body two senators short of a quorum, according to Kate Kondayen, a spokeswoman for Brown.
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But the real fault must lie with the 52 senators who, out of ideological sympathy or personal advantage, placed those interests above their oaths as senators and as impartial jurors.
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While Monday focused primarily on opening statements from senators and Gorsuch himself, Tuesday is a chance for senators to individually question the nominee, one by one, for 30 minutes each.
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Senators outlast Islanders with 6-5 win NEW YORK — Ottawa Senators backup goalie Mike Condon felt a surge of adrenaline as he entered Friday night's game in the second period.
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While the senators don't explicitly threaten to filibuster the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) if the provision is in the final version, 42 would be enough senators to do so.
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On Monday, Trump met separately at the White House with Republican senators who have taken a harder line on immigration and with moderate Democratic Senators Joe Manchin and Doug Jones.
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Progressive groups signaled ahead of the vote that they were giving senators a pass on the Green New Deal vote and were supportive of senators who planned to vote present.
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"We were very disappointed by a couple of senators, Republican senators I must say, we were very disappointed that they would take the attitude that they did," Trump told reporters.
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O'Rourke's proposal would also prohibit House members and senators from serving more than 85033 years in Congress — six two-year terms for representatives or two six-year terms for senators.
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A trio of senators is aiming to force a post-Thanksgiving floor showdown over the Saudi-led war in Yemen, and a bipartisan group of senators, including Trump ally Sen.
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Such deference to home-state senators allows for a small number of lawmakers to prohibit confirmation of objectionable nominees, and consequently grants significant leverage to just one or two senators.
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But several senators leaving a closed-door GOP lunch predicted it would pass easily by a voice vote, meaning only a few senators will need to be on the floor.
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That means senators could offer amendments on issues ranging from repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act to gun control -- difficult votes on thorny subjects that senators want to avoid.
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Supreme Court Senate math: Meet the key senators to watch While the Senate's leaders have been outspoken, all eyes are on senators closer to the middle of the ideological spectrum.
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They accused Senator Chuck Schumer of New York, the Democratic leader, and moderate Democratic senators of capitulating to protect senators up for re-election in November in Republican-leaning states.
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Two senators introduced a bipartisan resolution on Thursday to amend the rules to allow senators to vote remotely during a national crisis, but McConnell has consistently opposed such a measure.
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Those 53 Republican senators in the first vote, as author and reporter Ari Berman noted, represent 153 million Americans, as opposed to the 168 million people the Democratic senators represent.
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That idea was discussed at the late-night meeting of senators on Wednesday night, but it has so far not yielded any senators flipping from no to yes, sources said.
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Even with the Senate commitment, there was no such indication from the House -- leaving senators relying on hope that the lower chamber could follow suit should senators pass a bill.
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The three Democratic senators voted for Trump's first Supreme Court pick, Justice Neil Gorsuch, last year and are viewed as the Democratic senators most likely to support Trump's forthcoming nominee.
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The staff that is cleared to review the material will provide briefings, likely to groups of senators, and the senators will be able to review the raw 302s themselves. Sen.
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Gary PetersGary Charles PetersThe 5 most vulnerable senators in 2020 Senators set for briefing on cyber threats from Iran Republican challenger outraises Peters by million in Q4 MORE (D-Mich.).
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It is of no importance who "started" these feuds between Republican senators and Trump; childish disputes about who started a fight are beneath the dignity of senators and the president.
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Since Roberts and the 100 senators took their oaths for the trial, he has sat, wearing his customary black robe, at a large desk above the rows of senators' desks.
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Despite assiduous efforts by President Obama in consulting with all home-state senators to seek recommendations of well qualified, mainstream nominees, many GOP senators have not cooperated to propose names.
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Pessimism peppered appearances by senators on this week's Sunday show circuit, including the two senators who last week came out against the motion to proceed on the bill. http://bit.
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But at least 220006 Republican senators are opposed to the Senate's legislation, and GOP senators signaled over the recess that they don't think they are near an agreement on healthcare.
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Democratic senators like Brian Schatz (HI) and Amy Klobuchar (MN) and Republican senators like Chuck Grassley (IA) and Cory Gardner (CO), for example, have pushed for the DEA's new policy.
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Republicans have failed to unite 250 senators around any one repeal proposal, so now they're trying to convince those senators to give some conference committee a shot at doing it.
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Oscar rivals Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach reveal how they found out they were nominated Trevor Noah has some sharp words for bored senators at Trump's impeachment Stephen Colbert has an activity book to help bored senators at Trump's impeachment Seth Meyers roasts senators for literally behaving like children during Trump's trial
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Pence could provide senators with some clarity about Trump's intentions, but one place senators likely won't get answers is at the confirmation hearing of his Health and Human Services secretary nomination.
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Further, at least 98 U.S. senators from the other 49 states would likely take a dim view of four more senators joining their deliberative body and thus diluting their own power.
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The proposed legislation is co-sponsored by Democratic senators Heidi Heitkamp from North Dakota and Doug Jones of Alabama, while four other Republican senators have signed on to support the bill.
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Even as senators voted to proceed to debate, many key elements of the tax plan were still up in the air, as Republican senators tried to hash out last-minute deals.
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Republicans hold 51 seats in the Senate, which means that if all senators who caucus with Democrats vote against Kavanaugh, along with at least two GOP senators, his nomination would fail.
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Back in May, Senators Senators Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and Pat Toomey (R-PA) fired off a letter to Pai demanding he actually do something about the abuse of FCC systems.
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Key senators to watch One optimistic way to view the vote delay is that it now gives some of the wavering and undecided GOP senators more time to think and negotiate.
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Senators Bernie Sanders and Amy Klobuchar fought Senators Lindsey Graham and Bill Cassidy over the latter's faltering bill, but the event's thrust actually had little to do with the law's particulars.
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Several senators had been working on their own North Korea bills, and Corker suggested this week that senators were also interested in applying congressional review to sanctions against the isolated country.
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"We are hopeful that other senators will follow the lead of our Tar Heel State senators, who are taking a strong stand for North Carolina families," Read more here and here.
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The Electoral College then allocates votes according to a state's congressional delegation: Wyoming (with one House representative and two senators) gets three votes; California (53 representatives and two senators) gets 55.
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Democratic Senators Richard Blumenthal and Brian Schatz, with the recent addition of Maria Cantwell, are leading the effort to draft the measure along with Republican Senators Jerry Moran and Roger Wicker.
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The senators, who have now been on the run for four days, are each being fined $803 for every day there aren't enough senators for a vote in a legislative session.
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I was in the United States Senate when 54 senators said let's do background checks, let's get rid of assault weapons, and with 54 senators, it failed because of the filibuster.
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But the effort failed when senators voted 143 to 36 to set the measure aside, rather than include it in the annual defense policy bill that senators are considering this week.
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Republican senators wanted to know why the administration wasn't aware of those problems in Jackson's background weeks ago so senators and White House officials could mount an effective defense of him.
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Among the senators indicating support for a seven-year phaseout are three Republican senators from Medicaid expansion states: Mr. Portman, Dean Heller of Nevada and Shelley Moore Capito of West Virginia.
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Now Vox confirms this, by interviewing a series of Republican senators: With the bill's text still not released for public view, Vox asked GOP senators to explain their hopes for it.
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"There's never any doubt where you stand with him," Daniel Alfredsson, the Ottawa Senators' captain, told The Washington Times just before the Senators faced Anaheim in the 2007 Stanley Cup finals.
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Here are some Republican senators to watch: - Republican LISA MURKOWSKI of Alaska, considered a moderate, says she is working to ensure senators can seek more information, including possibly witnesses and documents.
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Senators say there has been little conversation across the aisle this week, but Democratic senators say they have carefully watched their GOP colleagues faces during the trial, scanning for their reactions.
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The latest on witnesses After Trump's defenders have their say and senators have an opportunity to ask written questions, it will be time for the senators to consider calling additional witnesses.
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It is unlikely that 67 senators will vote to convict Trump and remove him from office, largely because that number can only be attained with the help of 20 Republican senators.
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GOP senators tell Trump to fire consumer bureau chief: A pair of Republican senators are calling on President-elect Donald Trump to immediately fire one of the nation's top financial regulators.
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And I would take Alexander's argument more seriously if Republican senators had shown a willingness to censure Trump, as Democratic senators were willing to do to Bill Clinton in 1999. 2.
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Some Republican senators who oppose calling witnesses proposed that Bolton's manuscript be made available for senators to review on a classified basis, an idea rejected by top Senate Democrat Chuck Schumer.
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Panthers 6, Senators 343 Noel Acciari, who had never produced a multi-goal game in his NHL career, posted a hat trick to lead Florida over Ottawa Senators in Sunrise, Fla.
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At the moment 58 senators are either entirely against the bill or against the bill without revisions, according to The New York Times' count, with only 17 senators in open support.
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Democrats didn't want the Senate to confirm Kavanaugh, but the Senate did because most senators are Republicans and a majority of senators acting in concert can confirm a Supreme Court justice.
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Tom CottonThomas (Tom) Bryant CottonHillicon Valley: House passes anti-robocall bill | Senators inch forward on privacy legislation | Trump escalates fight over tech tax | Illinois families sue TikTok | Senators get classified briefing on ransomware Senators urge FERC to protect critical infrastructure from Huawei threats Enhancing protections for sensitive information in congressional investigations MORE (R-Ark.), wrote in a letter to FERC chair Neil ChatterjeeIndranil (Neil) ChatterjeeHillicon Valley: House passes anti-robocall bill | Senators inch forward on privacy legislation | Trump escalates fight over tech tax | Illinois families sue TikTok | Senators get classified briefing on ransomware Senators urge FERC to protect critical infrastructure from Huawei threats Extend solar tax credits, but end costly Carter-era subsidies MORE, who oversees the country's electrical grid.
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Tom CottonThomas (Tom) Bryant CottonHillicon Valley: House passes anti-robocall bill | Senators inch forward on privacy legislation | Trump escalates fight over tech tax | Illinois families sue TikTok | Senators get classified briefing on ransomware Senators urge FERC to protect critical infrastructure from Huawei threats Enhancing protections for sensitive information in congressional investigations MORE (R-Ark.), wrote in a letter to FERC chair Neil ChatterjeeIndranil (Neil) ChatterjeeHillicon Valley: House passes anti-robocall bill | Senators inch forward on privacy legislation | Trump escalates fight over tech tax | Illinois families sue TikTok | Senators get classified briefing on ransomware Senators urge FERC to protect critical infrastructure from Huawei threats Extend solar tax credits, but end costly Carter-era subsidies MORE, who oversees the country's electrical grid.
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We've delayed this, meaning the Republican senators — not me.
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We've delayed this -- meaning the Republican senators, not me.
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Mulvaney was introduced by a pair of senators — Sens.
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On Sunday, a bipartisan group of senators — including Sens.
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Ultimately, the vote came down to two senators -- Sen.
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Six senators — out of 100 — signed on as cosponsors.
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Senators enjoy only slightly less job security — 21 percent.
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Senators share this perspective — only their statewide totals matter.
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" "I speak to all of the senators a lot.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Three U.S. senators on Thursday said Amazon.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Three U.S. senators on Thursday said Amazon.
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"These statements ... need to be reconciled," the senators wrote.
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" Which Republican senators may vote with Democrats: "GOP Sens.
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We've delayed this — meaning the Republican senators, not me.
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The five Democratic senators onstage Wednesday — Booker, Harris, Sen.
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Six senators are running for the Democratic nomination — Sens.
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" Alexander added that, "Many Republican senators share that view.
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Four other candidates — Senators Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota; Gov.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two U.S. senators said Alphabet Inc's (GOOGL.
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Nude photo scandal has senators demanding answers from Marine leaders Nude photo scandal has senators demanding answers from Marine leaders The leadership of the U.S. Marine Corps was put on notice Tuesday when several senators demanded to know how, exactly, no one spoke out against the online sexual harassment of female Marines across the country.
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Despite Trump's pushback against the briefings, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnellAddison (Mitch) Mitchell McConnellMcConnell, top GOP senators throw support behind surveillance deal as deadline looms Senate energy bill negotiations could be delayed until after recess President Trump called on senators to deliver on conservation bill — they listened MORE (R-Ky.) heavily encouraged senators to attend.
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Marsha BlackburnMarsha BlackburnHillicon Valley: House passes anti-robocall bill | Senators inch forward on privacy legislation | Trump escalates fight over tech tax | Illinois families sue TikTok | Senators get classified briefing on ransomware Senators inch forward on federal privacy bill Director of National Intelligence Maguire should stand for the whistleblower MORE (R-Tenn.) alleged that Lt. Col.
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Among the "Yes, Senators" and "No, Senators" in Mark Zuckerberg's congressional testimony, the Facebook CEO may have dropped a breadcrumb about a big change for his company: a paid version of Facebook.
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Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky is expected to present a draft of the bill to Republican senators Thursday morning, as he purportedly wants senators to vote by July 4.
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"What made me so mad was seeing the 25 Alabama senators who voted for the Alabama abortion ban," she said, giving the cue to show a profile shots of all 25 senators.
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In a letter to his state's senators, Tennessee Attorney General Herbert Slatery wrote he would not challenge DACA's legality, and instead asked the senators to consider a legislative approach to handling DREAMers.
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Judicial nominees have rarely gotten through the Senate without the approval of their home state senators, a system that senators have used to exert leverage with the White House in choosing candidates.
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Lee said there are commitments from 79 of the 100 senators to vote for the First Step Act, and that number will likely go up as undecided senators make up their minds.
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It's also more money than every 2016 Senate candidate except one, which is all the more jaw-dropping since senators run statewide campaigns and incumbent senators raise money over six-year terms.
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Senators 4, Maple Leafs 0 The Ottawa Senators halted their losing streak at three games with a 4-0 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday night at Canadian Tire Centre.
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It didn't hurt either that Garland had previously been confirmed by several sitting Republican senators when he was nominated by President Bill Clinton, who the senators spoke of him in glowing terms.
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SENATORS WANT TO BLOCK ARMS SALES TO SAUDI ARABIA: A group of senators is planning to force a vote this month to block a $2628 billion arms sale to Saudi Arabia. Sens.
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And in March, all 22 women senators called on Senators Mitch McConnell and Charles Schumer to take up legislation to reform its reporting procedures -- though the Senate has yet to take action.
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While the Senate rejected an effort in March to end all U.S. military support for the war in Yemen, 44 senators senators voted to cut off support, exceeding expectations at the time.
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Other senators to keep an eye on While they'd likely not change control of the Senate, there are a number of other senators whose loss would change the makeup of the chamber.
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The two senators believe their bill could be a base for negotiators among a wider group of senators, but Trump took a shot at the measure before it was even formally introduced.
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There were senators who urged him to reopen the government -- Senators Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Collins -- but Trump, people in the room said, made clear he's sticking to his current path.
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SENATORS TELL REGULATOR TO BACK OFF HOUSING FINANCE REFORM: A group of six bipartisan senators is urging a top housing regulator to leave an overhaul of the financing system to Congress. Sen.
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If no other senators retire, which is possible, it will be one of only four election cycles since 1914 when only two incumbent senators decided to retire instead of seeking another term.
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SENATORS UNVEIL APPRENTICESHIP BILL: A bipartisan group of senators introduced legislation on Wednesday that would overhaul and expand the nation's apprenticeship programs and better train workers for the changing global economy. Sens.
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More on the tax fight here.. TRUMP, SENATORS HEADED FOR CLASH ON CYBER POLICY: Senators are barreling toward a clash with the Trump administration over how to deter and respond to cyberattacks.
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Put another way, while Republicans are truly competitive in 1 of 28 in contests in purple states with Democratic senators, Democrats are competitive in 21988 of 220 purple states with Republican senators.
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Amendments should be designed to invite Republican senators to come out of hiding so senators can move past this political theater, roll up their sleeves and get to serious work on solutions.
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The minority also points to a letter signed by Republican senators at the beginning of the Obama administration explaining that senators expected to be consulted on judicial nominees from their home states.
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SENATORS NEAR RUSSIA SANCTIONS DEAL: Senators are close to a deal to attach some sort of Russian sanctions package to an Iran sanctions bill currently on the Senate floor, they said Monday.
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It was a 7-0 game between the Penguins and the Ottawa Senators when the Senators forward Tommy Wingels, with intent and malice, delivered an elbow to Pittsburgh forward Scott Wilson's head.
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The senators involved with the bill, including Senators David Perdue and Johnny Isakson of Georgia, have been working on it for close to six months, regularly speaking to Mr. Trump about it.
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"That both Republican senators such as myself and Democratic senators have criticized his conduct strikes me as a reprimand," Collins argued, suggesting that she thinks the president had learned from this experience.
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The much higher threshold is removing him, which requires 20 of 85033 Republican senators, assuming all 47 Democratic-aligned senators (including two independents) remain unified — a near-impossibility regardless of new revelations.
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Republican senators have derided it as repetitive, but the managers are making a pitch to the public as well as Republican senators they hope will consider backing subpoenas for witnesses and documents.
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In order for the motion to call witnesses to pass, four Republican senators need to defect from their party and join Democrats and two independent senators to reach a 51-vote threshold.
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Most Democratic senators are staying neutral in a presidential race that includes six sitting senators along with Biden, who served for decades in the Senate before becoming former President Obama's vice president.
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After opening arguments, senators will be able to ask questions of both legal teams — but they have to be written down, as the senators must stay silent as jurors during the trial.
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Rangers 4, Senators 1 | Series tied, 343-2 Even if it felt like more, even if it felt like a victory that asphyxiated the Ottawa Senators' playoff aspirations, it was only one.
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His defense-first system appears to have the Senators on the same page, and for Mike Hoffman, who scored 26 goals this season, the results for these resurgent Senators are not surprising.
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At a lunch Wednesday with 49 GOP Senators at the White House, Trump warned that Dean Heller (R – Nev.) and other Senators who oppose him might lose their reelection bids next year.
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The GOP senators There's no official list, but in conversations with Democratic senators and aides over the last week, here's a rough list of Republicans they are looking to at the moment.
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The score attempts to infer the ideology of appellate judges from their appointing president and their two home-state senators, relying on the tradition of "senatorial courtesy" in which the Senate refuses to confirm nominees opposed by senators from their home state (and in which the White House usually consults those senators before making an appointment).
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In 21, the New York Times pointed out that the six senators from California, Texas, and New York represented the same number of people as the 28 senators from the smallest 53 states.
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"I believe in this environment it doesn't matter much what former senators or current senators say, that voters are going to make those decisions on their own," said Senator Roy Blunt of Missouri.
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Senate Republicans abandoned an effort to pass their latest healthcare legislation after two Republican Senators - Mike Lee and Jerry Moran - joined Republican Senators Susan Collins and Rand Paul in opposition to the bill.
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In addition to the list of Republican senators who have already indicated their intentions, most of the remaining senators in the 53-member GOP caucus have strongly hinted they'll support acquittal as well.
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Senators game, Penguins captain Sidney Crosby came up on Senators defenseman Marc Methot with a vicious-looking slash to the hand that left Methot slightly less of a man than he was before.
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Senators 4, Rangers 1 Rookie Brady Tkachuk had a goal with an assist to help visiting Senators beat New York and take the season series between two teams that will miss the playoffs.
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GOP SENATORS TO OBAMA: STAY OUT OF BREXIT: Three Republican Senators are calling out President Obama for weighing in on the United Kingdom's upcoming vote on whether to leave the European Union. Sens.
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Four senators have already come out against the plan as is, although they've suggested they could be convinced if changes are adopted, leaving Democrats scrambling to pressure enough senators to sink the bill.
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Though some GOP senators estimate that the number of Republican votes in favor of the resolution disapproving the emergency declaration could hit double digits, undecided senators have remained on the fence since Sen.
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Republicans sped up the process even more by weakening the Senate tradition of allowing senators to block home-state nominees they opposed and shortening the time senators could delay votes on contested nominees.
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A number of senators directly appealed to Kavanaugh during the first day of his Senate hearings to support their argument that senators deserve more time to consider his nomination before a vote. Sens.
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Despite initial reports that Republican senators were united in their opposition to even talking to Judge Garland, 16 Republican senators have said they are willing to at least meet with him in person.
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President Trump urged a group of Republican senators to pass an ObamaCare repeal-and-replace bill at a meeting at the White House Tuesday but did not set a firm deadline, senators said.
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A revolt from two Republican senators concerned about the child tax credit and the absence of two more Republican senators because of illness has injected fresh uncertainty into the GOP's tax bill push.
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The GOP has just 52 senators, which means the party can afford to lose just two votes among its caucus, because all Democrats and independent senators are expected to vote against the bill.
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Trump rejected one bipartisan proposal from a handful of senators, a blueprint that also drew pushback from GOP senators who warned that the group had tried to leapfrog the rest of the chamber.
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SENATORS LOB INSULTS AT CFPB HEARING: A Senate Banking Committee hearing on the effects of financial regulation Tuesday spiraled into a heated showdown between senators over the tone and content of the debate.
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Judge Garland met with four more Democratic senators on Thursday, including the two remaining Democrats on the committee he had yet to see: Senators Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut and Chris Coons of Delaware.
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Though senators possess the power to confirm Trump's judicial nominees, with the 2018 midterm elections on the horizon, constituent input—particularly with senators serving on the Senate Judiciary Committee—could make a difference.
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The 52 GOP senators, who do not expect to get any support in passing their bill from either the 46 Democratic senators or two independents, are scheduled to meet at 9:30 a.m.
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And the slim majority of senators who said they would vote to confirm Judge Kavanaugh on Saturday represent tens of millions fewer Americans than the minority of senators who voted to reject him.
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Other senators also sold stocks Several other senators from both parties also sold and bought stock over the past several weeks as the economic downturn approached and they received briefings on the outbreak.
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Groups that favor immigration restrictions including FAIR and Numbers USA are lobbying senators to keep changes to the program out of their bill and asking supporters across the country to call their senators.
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Sheldon WhitehouseSheldon WhitehouseDemocrats start hinting Sanders should drop out Democratic senators ask IRS to extend tax filing deadline amid coronavirus outbreak Senators press Trump deputy EPA pick at confirmation hearing MORE (D-R.I.).
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Republican leaders, who need 50 senators to vote from it, are faced with two senators, John McCain of Arizona and Kentucky's Rand Paul, who are on the record as being opposed to it.
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Several senators up for reelection in purple states are considered possible votes for witnesses, as are a handful of retiring senators who may not be afraid of a political backlash if they do.
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Republican senators this time around have been debating whether to remove it entirely, or push it further back in the proceedings than where it was structured then, senators familiar with the discussions said.
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"The senators' inquiries are unrelated to an uncorroborated theory that Ukraine was also behind the hack of DNC servers," the senators said in their press release about the requests to Chalupa and Telizhenko.
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Senators 4, Stars 3 (OT) Ottawa's Artem Anisimov scored on a breakaway 3:48 into overtime and the host Senators beat Dallas in the second night of back-to-backs for both teams.
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SENATORS 3, DEVILS 0 Mike Condon made 21 saves while recording his fifth shutout of the season, Dion Phaneuf scored on a power play, and the Ottawa Senators beat the Devils in Newark.
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Unfortunately, the Senate is already off to a shaky start as Senate Republicans announced a group of 13 GOP Senators who will be responsible for crafting the plan which includes no women senators.
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When headlines were published last week about conservative senators having a merit-based immigration bill, it was plausible they might have been senators promoting legislation that imposed a merit-based green card system.
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But GOP senators and aides are calling the demand a non-starter for much of the caucus, predicting that if it was allowed a vote it would win over less than 28500 senators.
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Trump drew 41 of 54 Republican senators to the U.S. Senate meeting where he called out three senators who had been critical of his candidacy, according to Republican aides familiar with the meeting.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told a trio of U.S. senators last week that he would continue to steer clear of President Donald Trump's personal attorney Rudy Giuliani, according to one of the senators.
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After initiating the call on Franken to resign his seat, Gillibrand swiftly received remarkably strong support from her colleagues: 223 fellow Democratic senators and the two independent senators who caucus with the Democrats.
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Senators left the meeting perplexed at what will come next, and people close to McConnell don't fully comprehend how his strategy will play out, according to interviews with senators, aides and Republican operatives.
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Two senators told CNN that McConnell is leaning toward a procedural framework that would allow senators to fully acquit the President, clearing Trump of all charges against him, instead of simply dismissing them.
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But then whichever party is willing to propose such an amendment has to hope that 20 of those senators don't vote for any other amendment the other 40 senators consider a poison pill.
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They cared more about senators and birds than women, evidently.
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Seven Democratic senators would be needed to pass a package.
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Dylan DeMelo and Chris Tierney also scored for the Senators.
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A similar lawsuit has been filed by Democratic U.S. senators.
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The president derided the two senators as "weak" on immigration.
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Republican senators have begun to openly criticize the president's rhetoric.
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They briefed the full House before meeting with the senators.
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Gorsuch told senators he had adhered to 10th Circuit precedent.
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The Senators asked Secretary Mattis to respond by March 9th.
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Senators convened at the unusual, early hour -- 6:30 a.m.
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Of those 50 senators, 33 were or are Democrats, vs.
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And the whole ballgame is those 10 red state senators.
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Looking forward to meeting with senators, being an independent jurist.
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The Panthers' one move is better than both Senators moves.
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But senators kept circling back to the issue of climate.
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Senators were told Thursday to prepare for potential votes Friday.
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Calls for comment to the senators' offices were not returned.
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Other senators are also flexing their muscles on key issues.
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Please contact your local senators & support the passing of bill!
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The two senators have said they will seek tougher sanctions.
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Only Senators Martin Heinrich and Kamala Harris supported the amendment.
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Trump responded by saying senators should stay unified, Murkowski said.
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So do some Republican senators, leaving its prospects in doubt.
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Both senators have expressed support for a public insurance option.
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BREAM: Not all senators are on board as we know.
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With Scott's arrival, both of Florida's senators will be Republicans.
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Several female senators told CNN the attacks have been misogynistic.
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Go deeper: Senators reach a deal on the farm bill
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Republican senators of the committee took their cue from this.
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The remaining states would continue to have two senators each.
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Several Republican senators had indicated the bid was in trouble.
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Senators have indicated they'll question Shelton vigorously on her views.
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The only senators to attend both hearings were Utah Sen.
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Top senators have also called for scrutiny of the company.
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Most senators have already left Washington due to Hurricane Florence.
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I also know which senators want to work on that.
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Senators spent Thursday reading the results of the FBI investigation.
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Several senators weren't willing to take another politically risky vote.
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Several Republican senators this week have expressed hesitation about Moore.
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The Presidential Records Act gives senators access to presidential records.
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Instead, Bush's lawyers just held back those documents from senators.
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All female senators — five Republicans and 17 Democrats — signed it.
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But a majority of senators vote to reject new witnesses.
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" Other senators point to the "election cycle" or "political season.
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Even US senators appear to be throwing in their support.
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Senators, however, narrowly voted last week against calling any witnesses.
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Though a few GOP senators have criticized Trump's behavior — Sen.
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The party can only lose two of their 52 senators.
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Female senators are often accused of being tough on staff.
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Republican senators had begged him not to trust Mr Putin.
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Senators laugh sometimes at the things he'll call them about.
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The scene is brutal, and designed to shock the senators.
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At Wednesday's hearing, senators pointed out state election system vulnerabilities.
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The senators requested a detailed explanation of that selection process.
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Senators were allowed to sit in but not ask questions.
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Senators Barbara Mikulski and Nancy Kassebaum wanted to wear pants.
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Female senators had two choices: skirts or dresses, no exceptions.
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Some Republican senators, however, hope to press forward with sanctions.
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The rush of Republican senators — even including Trump's ally Sen.
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Incoming Republican senators pose with Mitch McConnell on Nov. 14.
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The allegations appear to have troubled several Republican senators, too.
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"I cannot afford to take that risk," he told senators.
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It's one of the few advantages senators have over governors.
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More and more Democratic senators stepped forward to ask questions.
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Emerging from a conference meeting of Republican senators Wednesday, Sen.
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Lindsey Graham is one of a few senators speaking out.
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He must protect five Republican senators in potentially swing states.
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It is unclear whether senators have received those documents yet.
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But the policy has persisted, and top senators sound interested.
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As other senators spoke, Grassley methodically reached behind the banners.
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Well, even sitting Republican Senators now feel the same way.
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And only two Republican senators support abortion rights: Maine Sen.
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We posed as 100 senators to run ads on Facebook.
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Senators C Nick Paul took his spot in the lineup.
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French senators are scheduled to vote on the tax Thursday.
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Nearly all the amendments proposed by Conservative senators were rejected.
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But many of his fellow senators are talking about it.
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Legislatures in most states elected U.S. senators at the time.
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People look where their senators are already on the record.
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Republican Senators Cotton and Perdue on Thursday praised the framework.
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But the Senators finally found the offensive zone shortly thereafter.
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Senators will move forward with a procedural vote expected Saturday.
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Typically, senators quickly back the sitting president of their party.
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Meanwhile, senators have been allocated $5 million for paid internships.
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With the Republican senators missing, the Democrats lacked a quorum.
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But Republican senators have also indicated their hesitation about Moore.
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Last month, top U.S. senators also called for action. Sen.
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Many people don't know who their senators and representatives are.
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Haley was backed by 96 senators, with only four opposed.
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Should each state get two senators, no matter its size?
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The Senators will head into a closed session with Comey.
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The senators, bless their hearts, asked all the wrong questions.
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Only then will it be made available all 100 senators.
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In one vote, the 81 senators mysteriously cast 82 ballots.
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Most constitutional experts and several senior Republican senators -- including Sen.
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At least 30 Democratic senators had urged him to go.
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Go deeper: 4 Republican senators oppose Herman Cain Fed nomination
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Proposed an alternative strategy: Senators Elizabeth Warren and Kirsten Gillibrand.
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Still, several senators, including Kentucky Republican and Majority Leader Sen.
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But hey, these Senators are just looking out for you.
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Also, Gretzky's last game ever was against the Ottawa Senators.
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At a subsequent hearing, senators at least asked better questions.
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Several GOP senators have also expressed qualms about that provision.
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Senators expressed concern the cuts would hurt more Native Americans.
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None of the senators were particularly happy with Comey. 2.
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So, 51 votes if all 100 senators are there voting.
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"Senators didn't call Wayne," the GOP operative said of LaPierre.
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Seven out of eight senators they backed won their races.
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Hawaii's US senators were also angered by the comments. Sen.
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But no Republican senators have signed on to the bill.
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Some senators have called for even more measures against Russia.
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Trump told the senators he had been up 26 hours.
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He also warned senators that new evidence will come out.
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Republican senators closed their eyes and ears to the truth.
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All Democratic senators voted to convict Trump on both counts.
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Collins walked past Murray's seat, and the senators exchanged glances.
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But with few Republican Senators up for tough reelection battles.
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Republican senators have much more to worry about from primary
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Senators are still expressing some hope that it can pass.
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Wyden and Merkley lobbied Republican senators to oppose the nomination.
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Most Republican senators will refuse even to meet with him.
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Senators have been sharply divided along party lines over Pruitt.
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Scott is one of the senators who's considering opposing him.
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That's 87 out of 85033 governors, senators and House Republicans.
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In April, a group of bipartisan senators led by Sens.
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The senators have yet to hear back from the FBI.
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Senators plan to ask Comey about those memos on Thursday.
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Few senators even know what might be in the bill.
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Several senators attended, too, including Cory Gardner and David Perdue.
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"This fall, your senators will vote on Kavanaugh," Legend added.
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President Donald Trump weighed in Wednesday morning to push senators.
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Other senators are expected to release more throughout Wednesday's hearing.
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We encourage all congressmen and senators to read this report.
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The Senators only outshot their opponents 21 times last season.
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More senators could come forward with their objections next week.
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Schumer is one of several Democratic senators vowing to filibuster.
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There will be a microphone for senators to ask questions.
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Two bipartisan senators on the Senate Judiciary Committee — Republican Sen.
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When questioned by senators on the issue, he remained noncommittal.
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Gillibrand's office quickly coordinated with other female senators, including Sens.
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Obama said Republican senators should give Garland a fair hearing.
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Ten senators, including Merkley and Franken, as well as Sen.
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And they can't continue being senators unless they are reelected.
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Other Republican senators were also skeptical about the move. Sen.
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And more Democratic senators are publicly endorsing such a system.
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Some senators have said they will write their own bill.
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Bernie Sanders (I-VT) — the two most progressive sitting senators.
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It's expected to drop after the senators return from recess.
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What are the traits that distinguish him from other senators?
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But Hatch insisted the GOP senators are in the loop.
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Some senators have owned up to the bad process. Sen.
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"Tell the American people to call their senators," he urged.
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It also alienated other GOP senators, as West Virginia Sen.
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Several GOP senators argued it would set a bad precedent.
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The Senators produced only five shots in the third period.
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No Democratic senators opposed the funding bill in Thursday's vote.
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People have taken to the streets and called their senators.
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Senators must stand definitively on the right side of history.
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Ayotte is helping guide Gorsuch through his meetings with senators.
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But all 100 senators would have to agree to it.
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Several senators have been pressing Mylan over the price hikes.
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That includes 302 members of the House and 81 senators.
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Republican senators appeared to form a protective bubble around Sen.
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Expect more senators to make their decisions public this week.
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Twenty-three GOP senators sent a letter — spearheaded by Sen.
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All of those senators are still undecided on Flake's nomination.
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Twenty GOP senators represent states that have expanded Medicaid. Sen.
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When questioned by the media, several leading senators, including Sen.
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The proposal would give the people of California six senators.
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So senators themselves must choose to hand over their keys.
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Senators are likely to vote on an amendment by Sen.
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Have you seen some of the reactions of GOP senators?
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All 52 Republican senators will back ending debate on Gorsuch.
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Senators are preparing changes, though details aren't yet available. Sen.
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A handful of GOP senators on the panel – including Sens.
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Early signs: Several GOP senators questioned the rebate system. Sen.
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In response, six female Democratic senators called for his resignation.
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And thank God California doesn't have more than two senators.
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The senators did so under intense protests from conservative lawmakers.
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If elected, both Alaska senators would be named Dan Sullivan.
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In April, 31 Democratic male senators and Texas Republican Sen.
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Their Senate counterparts managed to topple two incumbent Republican senators.
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Several senators have declined to say how they would vote.
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Only 12 senators have endorsed the resolution in the Senate.
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Nevertheless, several conservative Republican senators leveled withering attacks against it.
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McConnell, however, shot the idea down, according to two senators.
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" Oh and: "Also sitting in a row full of senators.
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Both senators lost their reelection bids last November to Republicans.
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The two senators serve on the Senate Judiciary Committee together.
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Three Republican senators are viewed as likely "yes" votes: Sens.
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We encourage senators to include these agencies in the legislation.
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Both senators denounced Trump over his lewd comments about women.
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Aside from Romney, several other senators could be potential challengers.
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Senators also expressed their priorities for a bill, lawmakers said.
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Senators trying to repeal the Affordable Care Act hope so.
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Read more about the case and the senators' concerns here.
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Already some Republican senators have parted ways with him. Sen.
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Both Nevada's senators tweeted their condolences to the shooting victims.
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All have Republican senators who have wavered on the legislation.
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Republican senators and conservatives around the country would feel betrayed.
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Despite the override, 85033 senators sent a letter to Sens.
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Therefore, senators are making sure the administration is on board.
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Senators are especially feeling the weight of the task ahead.
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Reed said he'd been talking to senators about the issue.
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But Republican senators have been reluctant to echo Trump's tactics.
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Sessions' remarks sparked quick criticism from Hawaii's Democratic senators. Sen.
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The overwhelming majority of senators voted for the treaties. Sens.
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Some older senators are staying put or staying mum. Sen.
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"I have a lot of support from senators," he insisted.
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A number of GOP senators criticized Trump for the remarks.
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Several congressmen and at least two senators were present, Sen.
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A bipartisan group of roughly 20 senators, led by Sen.
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The Senate also recessed so senators could watch his speech.
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Kirk is one of Republicans most vulnerable senators in 2016.
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But that approach isn't sitting well with many Republican senators.
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Cain's nomination has already faced criticism from some senators. Sen.
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Senators are likely to discuss reform plans at Thursday's hearing.
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Congressmen and senators do this for a couple of reasons.
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Only eight Republican senators are on board with the proposal.
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Manchin was one of three Democratic senators, along with Sens.
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Wednesday: Senators will have 6900 minutes each to grill Kavanaugh.
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Novartis declined to comment on the letter from the senators.
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Several GOP senators have publicly pushed back against Trump's rhetoric.
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He said there were 11 undecided senators before the hearing.
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The Democratic primary race also features several senators, including Sens.
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Ten other Republican senators have also signed on so far.
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Senators are only just beginning to wrestle with the separations.
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Some senators emphasized the need to find a balanced response.
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Several other senators signed on as cosponsors of the legislation.
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On the floor, senators cheered when the bill was passed.
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It did not name Trump or any of the senators.
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Barrasso has been the consummate team player, GOP senators say.
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"Senators have now wasted seven months doing nothing," Ross said.
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The five other senators running for the Democratic nomination — Sens.
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Republican senators say that turned out to be a mistake.
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Republican senators appear to be aware of the potential problems.
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Both senators have proposed a wealth tax on American billionaires.
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Other senators could also be involved in a positioning fight.
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He joined 98 other senators who voted to confirm him.
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Republican senators, however, used the hearing to lavishly praise Gottlieb.
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She will sit down with Senators Lindsey Graham , R-S.
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Democratic senators came to the floor shortly after 6 p.m.
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That is a step some senators are reluctant to take.
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The six senators that voted against, all Republican, were Sens.
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SANDERS: ...former senators said, no, this wasn't the automobile bailout.
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The Hill: Senators pledge action in response to Khashoggi's disappearance.
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Because it has two senators, Wyomingians have the most say.
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Mika Zibanejad and Cody Ceci also scored for the Senators.
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Some GOP senators though had raised concerns about the change.
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In the other, Democratic Senators Bernie Sanders and Amy Klobuchar.
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Only three Democratic senators have said they will support him.
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We encourage all senators and House members to join them.
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The Hill: 2020 primaries loom over GOP senators on Kavanaugh.
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A handful of GOP senators on the panel — including Sens.
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The Kings acquired Phaneuf from the Ottawa Senators on Feb.
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Congressmen, senators, mayors and governors campaign on this issue regularly.
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Do you think most people call their senators every day?
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Some Democratic senators immediately expressed their opposition following the announcement.
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There are seven teams within five points of the Senators.
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Newly elected senators who credit Trump for helping them win.
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" He questioned whether senators were "losing the war on truth.
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Why is the president delighting in taking down Republican senators?
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Several of the senators cited the resignation of Democratic Sen.
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Senators have also been more cautious than their House colleagues.
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Senators do not need to disclose when they institute holds.
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Each of those states currently has two GOP U.S. Senators.
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The GOP could still win skeptical senators over with amendments.
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On Wednesday, he'll join Republican senators during their weekly lunch.
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Given this contradiction, senators must ask Puzder three simple questions.
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I don't know of any Republican Senators who believe that.
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Democrats rallied behind her, accusing the male senators of sexism.
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Republican senators met that night just off the Capitol Rotunda.
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Both senators would lose precious seniority and powerful committee appointments.
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Privately, some senators have become very concerned over Paul's diagnosis.
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Some more senior senators, however, have dismissed the idea. Sen.
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Then came Ivanka Trump and Republican senators with other ideas.
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But he has deputized Republican senators to start drafting something.
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To put it bluntly, senators really want to go home.
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Eighteen percent of the country elects over half the senators.
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We gathered comments from senators on the left and right.
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A few Republican senators hold the balance on the confirmation.
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The question now is whether any Republican senators believe otherwise.
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Now several Democratic senators say they regret the 2013 change.
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We're continuing to ask Republican senators to join our bill.
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The problem is Republican senators also seem to know it.
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The I.D.C. senators are not who they say they are.
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Most senators had already left Washington for the Christmas break.
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Conservative senators Mike Lee and Ron Johnson soon joined them.
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Four Democratic senators are trying to answer these questions. Sens.
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I understand the pressure that Republican senators are undoubtedly under.
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Senators in May introduced legislation to encourage the sector's development.
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Republican senators have strongly supported Jeff Sessions as attorney general.
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Soon, he stopped going to weekly lunches with Democratic senators.
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Senators who threatened and bullied became less influential as leaders.
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But Tuesday night, at least three incumbent Democratic senators lost.
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Senators, both Democrat and Republican, have voiced their opposition. Sen.
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Senators have made statements and taken a few messaging votes.
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Will that be enough to get hesitant senators on board?
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Three senators who conducted those hearings remain on the committee.
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On Tuesday, Pratte said the senators' letter gave him hope.
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The senators requested a response, in writing, by September 9.
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Many of the donations have flowed to suburban Democratic senators.
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Some Republican senators therefore refuse to repeal the regulations nationwide.
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But senators came back to the floor around 3 a.m.
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On Wednesday, both Republican senators from Arizona denounced the idea.
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Senators are still expected to vote today on the proposal.
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I understand why senators might make their immediate response conditional.
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Some other senators' concerns appear less likely to be addressed.
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Here's the latest: • Senators spurn Trump on war in Yemen.
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I think we have four or five senators that [inaudible].
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Namely, you can call your senators and make similar demands.
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To the surprise of their aides, senators embraced both changes.
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Senators are also tasked with approving treaties with foreign countries.
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When Daugherty refused, senators used inherent contempt to jail him.
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Come on Republican Senators, you can do it on Healthcare.
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Separately, a group of eight Democratic senators led by Sen.
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Quite a lot, suggest Senators Chuck Schumer and Martin Heinrich.
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And senators have said they might simply extend the authorities.
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That proposal, according to GOP senators, could top $85033 trillion.
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And that is also how the senators should vote: no.
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Several senators noted that no one from Google was there.
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Now, Senators and digital privacy experts have criticized the practice.
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The senators targeted by these text messages will include Sen.
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And it certainly appeared to take GOP senators by surprise.
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In front of commissioners, state representatives, senators, and domestic workers.
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He lashed out, interrupting senators and defiantly proclaiming his innocence.
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A handful of senators also attended portions of the meeting.
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The ideological makeup of senators who support the health plan.
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Conti claims many GOP senators are "troubled" by Puzder's nomination.
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The aid was later released after pressure from Republican senators.
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Will Republican senators vote yes on a bill this unpopular?
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" BURR: "Senators will allow the chair to control the hearing.
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We look at where Republican senators stand on the bill.
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But the Senators lost to the Ducks in five games.
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They credited senators from both parties who asked tough questions.
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McConnell's team huddled for several minutes with other Republican senators.
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For instance, female senators have regular bipartisan dinners in Washington.
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And Republican senators joined Democrats in questioning the administration's readiness.
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"The bubble senators live in is fairly artificial," said Whitehouse.
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They, along with other Republican senators, have pushed back vehemently.
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The Bolton revelations ramp up the pressure on those senators.
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Several senators were spotted with glasses of milk, including Sen.
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Ozerden has the backing of his two-home senators — Sens.
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Only then would senators hash out whether witnesses would testify.
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Some Republican senators voiced grudging admiration for the Democrats' presentation.
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If three Republican senators oppose the plan, it will fail.
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And a lot of the senators are in the cult.
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There are so many other Republican senators to marvel at.
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Clips were then shown to the senators by each side.
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Republican senators had been ready to swiftly acquit President Trump.
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All three senators were back in Iowa for the weekend.
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However, that doesn't mean GOP senators are not under pressure.
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Then he requested that the assembled senators do the same.
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Will any senators break ranks and vote across party lines?
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Senators pressed Pruitt to answer only yes or no questions.
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A third of senators will be appointed by the president.
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Senators hatched the plan during a bipartisan meeting in Sen.
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But some GOP senators are following the Democrats' lead: Sens.
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He held a separate meeting with two moderate Democratic senators.
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He was receptive and invited the senators to brief him.
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Senators were summoned earlier Wednesday to lunch with President Trump.
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The agencies were briefing Missouri's two senators on the accident.
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A majority of senators is needed for a successful resolution.
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He works with these senators, he doesn't have one endorsement.
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More recently, a bipartisan group of senators, led by Sen.
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The senators asked for answers no later than Dec. 85033.
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Meanwhile, there are cracks beginning to appear among Republican senators.
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Still, at least two senators hailing from red states — Sens.
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Two senators have already said they won't back the legislation.
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GOP senators have recommended that Steele face a criminal investigation.
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Senators can submit additional questions in writing until Jan. 22.
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The senators who signed onto the letter include Democratic Sens.
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So what, then, could the senators' letter truly be about?
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The three senators also voted for the bill in 2015.
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Several Republican senators have expressed concerns about the repeal plan.
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Whether Kavanaugh gets confirmed all comes down to five senators.
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With the other 50 GOP senators and one Democrat -- Sen.
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