MIKE POMPEO/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/SENATE/STATE/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Senators on Thursday [4-12-18] implored Mike Pompeo, the C.I.A. director nominated to be secretary of state, to stabilize the Trump administration’s erratic diplomacy by standing up to Russia and other adversaries and reinstalling American influence among allies. Under persistent questioning, Mr. Pompeo said that he had spoken to Robert S. Mueller […]
Category: Senate
4/12/2018
ROBERT MUELLER/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A breakthrough bipartisan bill to protect Special Counsel Robert Mueller is coming under a new threat: Partisan infighting among leaders of the Senate Judiciary Committee. Confusion and distrust between Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and top Democrat Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) has already delayed consideration of the hot-button bill, which is strongly opposed […]
4/11/2018
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/ROBERT MUELLER/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Senate Judiciary Committee could vote as soon as next week on bipartisan legislation introduced Wednesday [4-11-2018] that would allow special counsels like Robert S. Mueller III to appeal their firing to a panel of judges and possibly be reinstated. The committee’s chairman, Senator Charles E. Grassley, Republican of Iowa, […]
4/6/2018
SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “As a private citizen in 2016 Mitt Romney delivered a scathing rebuke of Donald Trump. But as a Senate candidate in 2018 the former Republican presidential nominee says he’s focused on looking ‘forward.’ Romney told audience members Thursday [4-5-18] at a community theater in Utah, where he is vying to replace retiring […]
4/4/2018
INTELLIGENCE/SENATE/TRUMP PEOPLE: “A former business associate of President Donald Trump who worked as an informant for U.S. government agencies met with representatives of the U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee on Wednesday [4-4-18], according to three people familiar with the meeting. The sources said committee officials spoke with Felix Sater, a long-time government informant and businessman who […]
4/4/2018
CABINET/GOP/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump may be relishing the chance to shake up his administration. But the Senate is threatening to upend his plans. After using Twitter to abruptly oust his secretaries of state and veterans affairs and promote his CIA chief, the president is counting on the Senate GOP’s slim majority to […]
3/30/2018
BUSINESS/IMMIGRATION/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Demand for low-skilled worker visas for the summer season starting Sunday [4-1-18] is again far outstripping supply, with the Trump administration forced to choose between helping businesses seeking more visas or trying to save those jobs for American workers. Some lawmakers tried and failed this month to secure an increase in the […]
3/23/2018
RUSSIA/SENATE/SPENDING/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Deep inside the 2,232 pages of text that make up the newly passed $1.3 trillion bill to keep the federal government open is a direct message to President Donald Trump: Russia needs to be punished. The so-called omnibus spending bill, which the Senate passed just after midnight early Friday [3-23-18] morning, includes […]
3/22/2018
DEMS/SENATE/STATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A Democratic senator urged fellow lawmakers to stop blocking votes on Trump administration ambassadorial nominees, arguing that the absence of ambassadors in key countries is hurting American diplomacy. Sen. Chris Coons of Delaware, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, specifically called for a confirmation vote on Richard Grenell, the Trump […]
3/21/2018
BUDGET/CONGRESS/GOP/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Congress plans to unveil a massive bipartisan $1.3 trillion spending package Wednesday [3-21-18] that will keep the government funded until the end of September, and the White House and GOP leaders say the plan has President Donald Trump’s support. But questions remain whether the proposal can pass Congress without shutting down the […]
3/21/2018
GOP/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/ TRUMP PEOPLE: “White House officials this week told Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant that President Donald Trump did not plan to campaign for or endorse Republican Cindy Hyde-Smith if she was appointed to the state’s open Senate seat, saying they were worried that the former Democrat would lose. Bryant responded that he intended […]
8/7/2012
BUDGET/CANDIDATE/SENATE: “The Senate should be more concerned about actually passing a budget than spreading lies about @MittRomney’s taxes.” [10:40:37 AM] – 8/7/2012, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Trumptwitterarchive.com, 8/7/2012 […]