Speed it up, Senate! Long votes cause agita
Three votes on Wednesday afternoon, slated for 15 minutes during normal times, took more than 3x that.
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Tennessee Senate expels Sen. Katrina Robinson from legislature, a first for the chamber
For the first time, the Tennessee Senate on Wednesday voted to expel a senator, stripping sen. Katrina Robinson of her elected position following her federal conviction on federal wire fraud charges. Robinson, D-Memphis, had decried the Senate’s move as racist and misogynistic and called the expulsion a “procedural lynching” Wednesday. The senator grew emotional on … Read more
Poor planning led to ‘botched’ Afghan evacuation effort: Senate GOP report
tens of thousands Afghans who worked for the US government left behind in Afghanistan because the Biden administration failed to properly plan a large-scale evacuation, according to a forthcoming report by Republicans on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. “From August 15 to 31, the United States completed its largest air evacuation. However, this evacuation was … Read more
The 7 Most Important Senate Races, Ranked
In this episode of the FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast, the crew discusses whether a recent Gallup poll showing that more Americans identify with the GOP than the Democratic Party is a “good or bad use of polls.” They also rank the Senate races, which will be most important in determining which party will control the chamber … Read more
The 7 Senate Races That Will Likely Decide Control Of The Chamber
Senate Democrats have spent the past few months wrestling with President Biden’s social spending plan, voting rights legislation and the future of the filibuster. But now that 2022 has begun, they must now contend with the prospect of defending their exceedingly narrow majority in Congress’s upper chamber. Democrats control the bare minimum of 50 seats, … Read more
If the Senate Fails to Act, Voting Is Not the Only Freedom on the Line
People gathered to commemorate the first anniversary of the January 6 riot at the Capitol. (Photo by Ty O’Neil/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) Subscribe to something The nation Subscribe now for only $2 a month! Thank you for signing up The nation‘s weekly newsletter. Thanks for signing up. For more of The nation, check out … Read more