Democrats, DHS and Senate
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House Republicans refuted a unified Democratic caucus in defeating a resolution on Thursday evening directing the removal of United States Armed Forces in Venezuela. The new resolution comes only eight days after a similar bill was defeated in the Senate with a tie-breaking vote cast by Vice President JD Vance.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents are "terrorizing our communities and breaking the law," Sen. Alex Padilla says.
If the Senate fails to pass legislation by midnight on Friday, then parts of the federal government will shut down.
Democrats’ shot at the majority almost certainly depends on Sen. Jon Ossoff winning reelection in Georgia, where Trump won in 2024 by 2.2 percentage points, and holding Michigan, where Peters’ retirement creates an open seat in a state Trump carried by 1.4 percentage points.
Republicans currently hold 53 Senate seats, while the Democratic caucus has 47 members, including two independents. With Vice President J.D. Vance holding a tie-breaking vote, that means Team Blue
State Senate Minority Leader Mike Woelfel and Assistant Senate Minority Leader Joey Garcia know that they are outnumbered by Republicans in the West Virginia Senate, but they believe their legislative agenda could have some bipartisan support.
On Tuesday, Feb. 3, voters will meet with their like-minded neighbors at Democratic-Farmer-Laborer and Republican caucuses throughout the state of Minnesota. These meetings will help determine the can
A second high-profile killing by a federal agent in Minneapolis has jeopardized the chances of Congress averting a partial government shutdown as Democrats come out en masse against the funding measure for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).