President Biden’s Supreme Court nominee, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, launched her Capitol Hill charm offensive Wednesday, marking the start of what Democrats are hoping is a no-drama confirmation process.
Sens. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) on Thursday proposed bipartisan legislation to ban Russian energy imports in response to the invasion of Ukraine, calling it a counter to Russia “weaponizing” energy.
Republicans on the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee pressed President Biden’s nominee for a top Interior Department post on oil and gas leasing in a rare second nomination hearing on Tuesday.