Assuming all Democratic senators vote no, Blanche can only afford to lose two Republicans.
The invocation of the Fifth Amendment was unsupported because questions were aimed at a period of time covered by a pardon, the resolution says.
The acting attorney general formally rescinded parts of a settlement his department made with Trump, satisfying senators’ concerns.
All eyes will be on Michigan’s Democratic primary for a U.S. Senate seat that could determine which party controls the upper congressional chamber.
The Senate voted 89–4 to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed.
Elections and campaign finance reform were hot topics during a late-July summit of state lawmakers where the message was clear: voters want ‘dark money’ banned.
Toledo Police Chief Michael Troendle says department is ‘committed to identifying’ the driver who fled the scene.
The joint statement from the two GOP senators removes a key hurdle in advancing acting Attorney General Todd Blanche’s nomination.
Granger was the first Republican woman from Texas to be elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, and served for nearly three decades.
The stopgap would maintain current spending levels, block a proposed OMB grants rule, and cover Navy shipbuilding cost overruns.
Miller has denied the allegations from his ex-wife, Emily Moreno, and questioned why the Ohio senator is calling for him to resign now.
A July 29 vote was canceled after Sens. John Cornyn (R-Texas) and Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) said they might withhold their votes.