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Senate Democrats narrowly blocked a Republican-led resolution on Wednesday that would have overturned a U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) rule forcing taxpayers to fund abortions at VA medical facilities.

The bill would usurp states’ ability to pass strong pro-life laws and allow abortion through all nine months of pregnancy.

Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) announced that she was hospitalized on Thursday and is receiving treatment for shingles, leaving Senate Democrats without an outright majority this week as two other senators are also away from the Capitol.

On Wednesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “All In,” Senate Majority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) stated that with a 51-seat margin in the Senate, Democrats will now have subpoena power in the chamber, so “we can subpoena all kinds of corporate

The National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC), the Senate Republicans’ main campaign arm, released a video on Tuesday, first seen by Breitbart News, emphasizing how “useless” President Joe Biden and the Senate Democrats in the majority are for hard-working Americans.

Vulnerable Senate Democrats in tough reelection bids continue to get dragged down with President Joe Biden as his unpopularity continues.

Senate Democrats have reportedly said Los Angeles mayor Eric Garcetti’s nomination to be ambassador to India is “dead” after sitting in limbo for months amid Republican opposition and allegations that the mayor witnessed a former aide sexually harass a police officer.

Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) ripped into President Joe Biden’s Tuesday speech in Georgia, calling it “profoundly unpresidential.” McConnell characterized Biden’s speech as a “rant” that was “incoherent, incorrect, and beneath his office.” Biden advocated for voting rights legislation and called

Democrats are hoping to use the anniversary of the January 6 protests at the Capitol to jumpstart stalled efforts on voting legislation.

Less than a year away from the midterm elections, where the fate of the Senate majority lies, Democrats and Republicans want Wisconsin Sen. Ron Johnson (R) to run for reelection.

Several Senate Democrats extended Kwanzaa greetings on Sunday, the first day of the week-long post-Christmas holiday geared toward African Americans.

The Democrat-controlled federal government will shutdown on Friday night while Republicans plan to use the Democrat-managed chaos to defund the nationwide vaccine mandate on the private sector.

Revamped voting rights legislation was unveiled Tuesday by Senate Democrats eager to pass sweeping federal election reforms as the prospect of a GOP filibuster looms larger.

Senate Republicans are sounding the alarm over an amnesty provision slipped into Senate Democrats’ $3.5 trillion budget resolution framework that they are seeking to shove through Congress via the filibuster-proof reconciliation process. 

The framework for a $3.5 trillion Democrat budget resolution includes plans to provide amnesty to millions of illegal aliens living in the United States via the filibuster-proof reconciliation process.

Democrat lawmakers in the House and Senate reintroduced the “Women’s Health Protection Act” which, if enacted, would allow unlimited abortion in any state.

Former Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D-TX) said Tuesday on MSNBC’s “All In” that Senate Democrats and President Joe Biden have to do whatever it takes to pass the For the People Act because it was “do or die for America right now.”

Sens. Mark Warner (D-VA), Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ), and Jon Tester (D-MT) are not comfortable raising the corporate tax rate to President Joe Biden’s proposed 28 percent

Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) conveyed Monday there are not enough votes in the Senate to pass President Joe Biden’s $2.25 trillion infrastructure proposal due to six or seven Democrats who oppose raising the corporate tax rate to 28 percent.

Senate Majority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said Democrat election process legislation will receive “full consideration in committee and eventually on the Senate floor.”

Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) said Thursday that Democrats’ election overhaul bill needs bipartisan support, a setback for the party as calls mount for Democrats to abolish the 60-vote filibuster in order to pass the bill.

Rep. Katie Porter (D-CA) is not easily falling in line with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), presenting a rift within the caucus that rarely voices alternative views to leadership’s authority.

During an interview aired on Tuesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “AC360,” Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) stated that getting “big, bold change done” is the most important priority of Democrats, and that he hopes “that now that Republicans have seen

Sen. Steve Daines rebuked Senate Democrats for allowing billions of taxpayer dollars to be used to fund abortion in the COVID bill.

An amendment by Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) to the proposed coronavirus relief package passed out of the House last week, would ensure that stimulus checks are not awarded to illegal aliens living in the United States

Senate Democrats blamed House impeachment managers for not informing them they wanted to vote for witnesses until Saturday morning.

Senator Mazie Hirono (D-HI) said Tuesday on MSNBC’s “Live” that Senate Democrats would “revisit” the filibuster issue if Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s (R-KY) takes an “obstructionist” approach.

On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks said he thinks that if Senate Republicans “go into full oppo mode,” Senate Democrats should ax the filibuster. Brooks said, “I’ve spent my entire professional life supporting the filibuster. Because I think

During Friday’s Democratic Weekly Address, incoming Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) stated that Senate Democrats will “conduct a rigorous investigation of the events” leading up to the Capitol riot, “including the role of white supremacy, disinformation, and the gross

Sen. Ron Johnson blasted Democrats for their hypocrisy over election integrity, citing their resistance to accepting the 2016 results and blaming the election outcome on Russia.

Carrie Severino tweeted Democrats’ claim Barrett should not be confirmed because she would gut Obamacare is “a baseless and false attack.”

Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-HI) walked out of a hearing of the Senate Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on the Constitution on Tuesday and refused to condemn Antifa — as did the other seven Senate Democrats who had spoken.

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) on Wednesday touted securing the support of half of the Senate Democrats for his amendment to defund the Pentagon by 10 percent and invest in “distressed communities” instead.

Crenshaw slammed Democrats for proposing a 1,400-page bill filled with progressive pet projects and pork, while twice blocking a GOP bill.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) on Tuesday blasted Democrats for shirking their legislative duties in pursuit of impeachment and “far-left schemes,” calling for them to finally “put aside socialist daydreams” and fulfill their “basic government responsibilities.”

Democrats in red states are worried the impeachment process may spin out of control and destroy their chances of winning the Senate.