Seeking re-election to a seventh term, the senator cited the rise in teenage vaping as a reason to curtail sales of tobacco and other products. Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/18/health/mcconnell-tobacco-vaping-21.html?partner=rss&emc=rss…
Tag: McConnell, Mitch
Sure, Let’s Make the Senate Even Less Deliberative
Republicans muscle through a rules change to shorten debate on nominations, further eroding the influence of the minority party. Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/04/opinion/senate-filibuster-mcconnell.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Senate Republicans Go ‘Nuclear’ to Speed Trump Confirmations
For the third time since 2013, the Senate majority has changed the chamber’s rules on its own, this time to compress the time for debate on Trump nominees. Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/03/us/politics/senate-republicans-nuclear-option.html?partner=rss&emc=rss