Trump’s election sparks fight over judicial retirements, new judgeships
Three federal judges appointed by Democrats have changed their retirement plans ahead of President-elect Donald Trump’s ...
Biden vetoes once-bipartisan effort to add 66 federal judgeships, citing 'hurried' House action
President Biden vetoed a once-bipartisan effort to add 66 federal district judgeships, saying the House's “hurried action” ...
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Congress Poised To Close Without Passing Any Major Legislation on Antisemitism — Is Chuck Schumer To Blame?
The Antisemitism Awareness Act, which would codify a key legal foothold for Jewish students fighting antisemitism on college ...
State House Roundup: Farewell, yes, but there's still work to do
BOSTON — Even as departing lawmakers are packing belongings into cardboard boxes, the wheels of the Legislature continue to ...
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‘Frankfort has not changed me,’ says Max Wise, the KY Senate’s new Republican floor leader
Sen. Max Wise said putting his name in the hat to become Kentucky Senate majority floor leader was an opportunity he could ...
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Senate vote sends bill boosting Social Security benefits for 15,000 Alaskans to Biden’s desk
The bill would repeal benefit reductions affecting people who spent part of their career working for an employer not ...
Farewell to the 13 senators departing at the end of the 118th Congress
Of the senators heading for the exits, seven are retiring, three lost their reelection bids, one resigned, and two others ...
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Kyrsten Sinema defends the filibuster in Senate farewell address
Kyrsten Sinema arrived in the U.S. Senate in 2019 as a Democrat with a pledge to model her tenure on another Arizona senator, self-described Republican “maverick” John McCain, who died just months ...
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Social Security benefits boosted for millions in bill headed to Biden’s desk
The U.S. Senate approved a bipartisan bill to increase Social Security benefits for millions of Americans by ending ...
‘Frankfort has not changed me,’ says KY Senate’s new Republican floor leader
Sen. Max Wise said putting his name in the hat to become Kentucky Senate majority floor leader was an opportunity he could ...
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Beacon Hill Roll Call: Is House violating rules by letting bills die?
There were no roll call votes in the House or Senate last week. Both branches spent most of their time in session listening ...
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Lobbyist emails under scrutiny
As the Pennsylvania legislature prepared to pass sweeping updates to the state’s public records law in 2008, a state senator stood during the floor debate to single out a bedrock of the bill. The ...