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Cory Booker Makes Exemplifies Trouble On Senate Floor
Source: Bill Clark / Getty Cory Booker is taking action — something we wish all elected Democrats were doing during…
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Dr. Oz Confirmed By Senate, Now Leads Medicare and Medicaid
Source: Anna Moneymaker / Getty On Thursday, Congress voted along party lines to confirm Dr. Mehmet Oz, the heart surgeon…
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Booker breaks Senate floor speech record held by segregationist who opposed Black civil rights
U.S. Senator Cory Booker, D-N.J., broke the record for the longest speech given on the Senate floor on Tuesday as…
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Georgia Senate approves investigation of Democrat Stacey Abrams as Trump targets her
Georgia’s Republican-dominated state Senate is going forward with an investigation of Stacey Abrams, a move that comes as President Donald Trump…
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Chuck Schumer rejects calls to step down as Senate Democratic leader
WASHINGTON — A defiant Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer vowed that he won’t step aside as the chamber’s top Democrat,…
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Dave Weldon, former lawmaker and vaccine critic, faces Senate grilling for CDC director role
Dr. Dave Weldon, a former Florida congressman and physician, is set to appear at a Senate confirmation hearing Thursday for…
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Senate votes to strip the CFPB of its power to regulate X
The Senate voted on Wednesday to strip a key financial regulator of its ability to monitor digital platforms like X,…
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Senate confirms McMahon to lead Education Department as Trump pushes to shut it down
The Senate voted Monday to confirm former wrestling executive Linda McMahon as the nation’s education chief, a role that places her atop…
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McConnell takes on a new role in the Senate: Lone wolf: From the Politics Desk
Welcome to the online version of From the Politics Desk, an evening newsletter that brings you the NBC News Politics team’s…
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Senate votes to confirm Tulsi Gabbard as top U.S. intelligence official
WASHINGTON — The GOP-controlled Senate on Wednesday voted to confirm Tulsi Gabbard to be President Donald Trump’s director of national…
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