The Senate voted along party lines Tuesday to advance Michigan State University professor Lisa Cook’s nomination to the Federal Reserve Board after a committee deadlocked on her nomination earlier this month.
The House is poised to pass legislation this week that would legalize marijuana, just the latest example of the swiftly changing attitudes on drug laws that marks a near reversal from the Reagan-era “war on drugs” that also reverberated through th
Senate leaders are navigating demands from GOP senators that could slow down passage of a sweeping bill that would fund the government and provide $13.6 billion in Ukraine-related aid.
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.
The Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday advanced one of President Biden's federal appeals court nominees over the objections of Republicans who blasted the White House for disregarding the approval of the seat's home-state senators.