Gaetz Could Get Confirmed Without the Senate: How Recess Appointments Work
Gaetz's confirmation as attorney general may be met with resistance from the Senate. But President-elect Trump may have a way ...
Pennsylvania Senate race heads to a recount
Republican Dave McCormick leads Democratic Sen. Bob Casey by about 28,000 votes, under the 0.5 percentage point threshold for ...
Explainer: Expect to hear the F-word a lot in the US Senate next year
Republican majorities in both chambers of the U.S. Congress will give Donald Trump the power to achieve many of his goals ...
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Recount triggered in Pennsylvania Senate race as McCormick heads to D.C., Casey declines to concede
Sen. Bob Casey is not giving up on retaining his U.S. Senate seat. The three-term Democrat is currently locked in a tight ...
Wisconsin Republican acknowledges defeat in Senate race, but questions result and mulls recount
Eric Hovde, the Wisconsin Republican who nearly unseated Democratic Sen. Tammy Baldwin, acknowledged this week that he lost ...
Trump’s victory, GOP Senate win have Democrats racing to confirm judges
Republicans confirmed judges during the final weeks of Donald Trump’s first term. But the president-elect says Democrats ...
How does Senate confirmation process work? What to know as Trump makes Cabinet picks
Ahead of his inauguration in January, President-elect Donald Trump has announced around a half dozen Cabinet picks.
Republicans promise to protect the Senate filibuster, even if it hinders Trump's agenda
The new Senate Republican majority is promising to leave the filibuster alone — even if it stands in the way of the Trump ...