The order will end a weeks-long standoff with senators who were threatening to block Blanche's confirmation for the permanent position as head of the Justice Department unless it was put in writing that the fund was dead.
The move follows weeks of negotiations with two Republican senators who were blocking his nomination to become attorney general.
Sens. John Cornyn, R-Texas, and Thom Tillis, R-N.C., have a lot in common. Both are soon to be unemployed, and both have a serial hatred for the people who elected them to public office. That disdain has never been more apparent than it has throughout Todd Blanche’s Senate confirmation process to become America’s next attorney […]
The news comes as two key Republicans are withholding their support over concerns about the Justice Department's deal with President Trump.
Five U.S. Republican senators have proposed the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) Membership Integrity Act to amend the organization’s federal charter to limit membership […] Source
Five U.S. senators say the Daughters of the American Revolution should only be for women and are proposing a bill that would amend the organization's federal charter.
It is time for the filibuster to be vanquished, and the tyranny of the minority overthrown, before we lose the last semblance of majority rule and meaningful representation in our government.
The SAVE America Act has languished in the upper chamber due, in part, to the 60-vote filibuster threshold for closing debate on legislation.