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Archives for October 2020
Barrett declined to weigh in on the subject of climate change during her confirmation hearing.
Unlike past nominees, Amy Coney Barrett won’t say whether she thinks a landmark contraception case was rightly decided.
Sen. Mazie Hirono confronted Barrett about her use of the term.
Barrett said that Roe is not a “super-precedent” and dodged questions on health care.
It’s a way to go after her liberal critics.
“Courts are not designed to solve every problem or right every wrong in our public life.”
The hearing is far from business as usual — but its first day often felt like it was.
Booker highlighted the many problems with Republicans’ handling of the nomination.
Barbara Bollier is making the Kansas Senate race more competitive than many imagined.
Bollier, a former Republican, is running primarily on affordable health care and expanding Medicaid.
Senate Democrats will be scrutinizing her record on health care and reproductive rights.
The administration’s $1.8 trillion offer is too much for Senate Republicans, not good enough for Pelosi and House Democrats.
Democrats could take back the Senate in 2020. They have a massive to-do list.
The report scrutinizes the ways the four biggest tech companies have amassed enormous market power.
The Senate is out until October 19 due to Covid-19. Barrett’s confirmation hearings will continue.