The vice president said Obama’s pick of Merrick Garland for the Supreme Court was a deliberate effort. “We’ve reached out,” Biden said. “Who do you want?”
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Senate GOP Faces Split On Supreme Court Vacancy
Republican senators have a range of options at their disposal if they want to block an Obama Supreme Court nomination.
7 Things To Know About Presidential Appointments To The Supreme Court
Republicans are adamant they will stop anyone President Obama names to replace for Antonin Scalia on the Supreme Court. It’s possible Obama’s nominee would face the longest wait in history for a vote.
Congress OKs Coast Guard bill to transfer lands
Congress has approved a Coast Guard bill that includes several land transfers Alaska’s congressional delegation has pursued for years.
Congress Sends $1.8 Trillion Tax And Spending Bill To President Obama
The federal government is slated to be funded until Sept. 30, 2016, in a deal that includes hundreds of billions of dollars of tax breaks.
How Do Congressional Representatives Vote, Anyway?
Few votes are held in the format that existed decades ago, when individual names were read aloud, but electronic voting isn’t mandatory.
The Dog Ate My Vote: How Congress Explains Its Absences
Voting is one of the most important duties of a lawmaker, and most miss very few votes. Yet voting attendance has become a topic of discussion in the Republican presidential primary, as Florida Sen. Marco Rubio has missed about a third of all votes this year, by far the most in that chamber.
White House, Congress Nearing 2-Year Budget Deal
The White House and congressional leaders are hoping to clinch as early as Monday a two-year budget deal that sets spending limits for the Pentagon and domestic programs.
Voting machines are aging, but don’t expect Congress to pay to replace them
Machines purchased after the 2000 presidential election are nearing the end of their useful lives. It could cost $1 billion to replace them, but Congress has shown no signs of footing the bill.
4 Ways This Whole Republican Speaker Situation Gets Resolved
With Kevin McCarthy out of the race for House speaker, the path forward is not clear. Everyone is pointing to Paul Ryan, but what if he doesn’t do it?