Bitter Partisanship Threatens to Engulf Senate as Critical Deadlines Loom

Bitter partisanship threatens to engulf Senate as critical deadlines loom

The battle over nominations is spelling trouble for the Senate in other areas, as lawmakers on both sides of the aisle feel the pressure to ratchet up the partisanship in an extended tit-for-tat with no obvious off-ramp in sight. The Senate on Saturday night adjourned until next month after protracted talks to expedite the confirmation of dozens of President Trump’s lower-level nominees in the face of Democratic resistance went belly up. This le…

Congress Immediately Jets Off To Foreign Countries For Annual Month-Long Break From Work

Congressional recess began Friday and many lawmakers are spending their first days of "district work period” abroad.

Lawmakers brace for a bitter spending battle after August recess

Lawmakers have left Washington for the annual August recess, but a few weeks of relative quiet at the U.S. Capitol can’t mask the partisan tensions that are brewing on government funding and President Donald Trump’s nominees.

AP Explainer: August recess can't hide tensions ahead for Congress on spending and Trump nominations

Lawmakers have left Washington for the annual August recess, but a few weeks of relative quiet at the U.S. Capitol can’t mask the partisan tensions that are brewing on government funding and President Donald Trump’s nominees. It could make for…

Washington lawmakers recess for August – The Standard Newspaper

Washington lawmakers recess for August