Oklahoma City — The Oklahoma House gave final approval Thursday to a Texas-style abortion ban that prohibits the procedure after about six weeks of pregnancy, before many women know they are pregnant. The bill approved by the GOP-led House without discussion or debate now heads to Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt, who is expected …
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Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds delivered the Republican response to President Biden’s State of the Union address on Tuesday evening, criticizing the Biden administration on crime, inflation, and Russia’s place in the world, saying it feels like the U.S. has reverted to the late 70s and early 80s. Reynolds said she’s “worried …
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The House has passed a bill extending government funding through March 11. The final vote was 272 – 162. Congressman Josh Gottheimer of New Jersey was the only Democrat to oppose the bill, known as a continuing resolution. The bill, if passed by the Senate and signed by President Biden, …
Read More »Senator Ben Ray Luján, who suffered a stroke last week and remains hospitalized, is expected to return to Washington and be back at work in four to six weeks. In the meantime, Senate Democrats will not have enough votes to pass legislation on their own, since they cannot afford to lose a …
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In a unanimous decision, North Carolina judges upheld maps drawn by Republican legislators and rejected claims of “extreme partisan gerrymandering” made by Democratic-leaning voting rights groups. While challengers to the maps plan to appeal the decision to the state supreme court, where Democrats hold four out of the seven seats, …
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Washington — Former Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole, the World War II veteran who Republicans hoped would oust President Bill Clinton from the White House in 1996, has died, the Elizabeth Dole Foundation said Sunday. He was 98. He had been diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer in February 2021. …
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The Biden administration is recommending that oil and gas companies pay more money to drill on public lands and waters, but is stopping short of banning drilling on public lands. The Interior Department made its recommendation in a report released Friday, after finishing its review of federal oil and gas …
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Washington — The Senate on Wednesday unanimously approved legislation posthumously awarding the Congressional Gold Medal to the 13 U.S. service members killed in the attack outside the main airport in Kabul this summer. With the Senate’s passage of the bill, the measure now heads to President Biden’s desk for his signature. …
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Washington — President Biden met with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Senator Joe Manchin in Delaware on Sunday as Democrats look to broker an agreement on the president’s social spending plan, a person familiar with the gathering confirmed to CBS News. A White House official said Mr. Biden hosted …
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Congress was able to avoid what experts say would be a catastrophic economic crisis by raising the debt limit in the short term last week, but Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said the recent increase in the debt ceiling provides only a “short reprieve” before the U.S. is set to run …
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