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Trump, Senate and Republicans

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US Senate loosens rule to speed confirmation of some Trump nominees
Republicans in the U.S. Senate on Thursday rammed a change in one of the chamber's long-standing rules that will allow faster and easier confirmations of President Donald Trump's executive-branch nominees.

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Senate Republicans poised to change rules to speed up Trump's nominees
Senate Republicans turn to 'nuclear option' to speed confirmation of Trump nominees

Jeffrey Epstein, Chuck Schumer and US Senate

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US Senate Republicans narrowly reject Schumer bid to force vote on Epstein files
The lawmakers voted 51-49 to table the measure, with hardline Republican Senators Josh Hawley and Rand Paul joining Democrats. US Senate Republicans narrowly turned away a surprise effort on Wednesday by Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer to force a vote on a measure ordering the Trump administration to release its files on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

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Maddow Blog | Chuck Schumer surprises colleagues, forces Senate vote on disclosing the Epstein files
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Senate Republicans defeat Democrats' effort to force the release of Epstein files

Missouri Senate, Republicans and House

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Missouri Senate passes Trump-backed plan that could help Republicans win an additional US House seat
The Senate vote sends the redistricting plan to Republican Governor Mike Kehoe for his expected signature to make it law. But opponents immediately announced a referendum petition that, if successful,

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Missouri Senate advances redistricting plan, Rep. Cleaver testifies at hearings
GOP nets 1 more House seat as Missouri passes gerrymandered map

Former school board member Jennifer Jenkins challenges Ashley Moody for a US Senate seat in Florida

A Democratic former school board member who garnered attention for defeating a future cofounder of Moms for Liberty announced ...

Talarico joins Democratic primary for Texas US Senate seat

State Rep. James Talarico has jumped into the Democratic Senate primary race in Texas, announcing his bid early Tuesday ...

Florida Democrat enters US Senate race, wants independents to vote in the primary

One county Democratic chair said the open Democratic primary idea is “divisive” and would lead to “heated internal ...

Democrat James Talarico leans into faith in Senate bid to flip Texas red

Just days into his Senate campaign, James Talarico is making his Christian faith a centerpiece of what will be an uphill battle to strip one of Texas’s Senate seats out of the hands of Republicans. On ...

Texas Democrat James Talarico joins a widening US Senate race

A Democratic lawmaker from Austin whose profile has risen with viral videos confronting right-wing policies is launching a ...

James Talarico enters race for US Senate

Austin, officially announced his run for the U.S. Senate early Tuesday morning, becoming the third Democrat and sixth ...

John Sununu Within Striking Distance of Flipping Democrat Senate Seat—Poll

A new memo from the GOP polling firm 1892 and first reported by Punchbowl News shows Sununu in a statistical dead heat with ...
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Watch: Full interview with U.S. Senate candidate Jump Shepherd

U .S. Senate candidate Jump Shepherd visited The Edwardsville Intelligencer on Sept. 12 to talk about his campaign and he he ...