Senate amends Laken Riley immigration bill to cover assaulted police officers
Wednesday’s vote marked the first chance senators have had to alter the bill. The amendment on law enforcement, proposed by Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX), would add assaulting officers or any crime causing ...
Senate to vote on Tommy Tuberville's anti-trans athlete bill
The U.S. Senate will vote on Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s bill to bar transgender women and girls from competing in female school ...
GOP-led immigration legislation passes House in first bill of new Congress, but faces uncertain future in Senate
The House voted on Tuesday to pass a GOP-led bill to require detention of undocumented migrants charged with certain crimes, ...
Democrats side with GOP in Senate vote to advance Laken Riley immigration bill
The measure easily cleared the 60-vote filibuster but marked the first of likely several procedural hurdles before ...
Senate advances Laken Riley Act to crack down on illegal immigration in bipartisan vote
The Senate cleared the 60-vote threshold to begin debate on a GOP priority, with Democrats backing it as the party ...
Virginia House passes bill to legalize same-sex marriage, Senate vote pending
A new bill to allow same-sex marriage to be legal in Virginia passed in the House of Delegates this week. Gay marriage is ...
In contentious vote, Texas House chooses Dustin Burrows as speaker
Rep. Dustin Burrows, a Lubbock Republican, was elected speaker of the Texas House as the 89th session of the Texas ...