Yellen Wins Confirmation to Become First Woman as Treasury Chief
Janet Yellen was confirmed by the U.S. Senate as the country’s 78th Treasury secretary and the first woman to hold the job, putting her in charge of overseeing an economy … Read More
Tag: U.S. Senate
What a 50-50 Senate Means, for Biden and for the U.S.
Full Democratic control of the levers of federal lawmaking under President-elect Joe Biden will rest on the slimmest-possible advantage in the U.S. Senate, where party-line votes will result in 50-50 … Read More
Senate Advances Barrett’s Court Nomination to Final Vote
The U.S. Senate took its second-to-final step toward putting Amy Coney Barrett on the Supreme Court, a move that would seal a 6-3 conservative high-court majority and cap a swift … Read More
Trump’s Slipping Polls Make GOP Holding Senate More Daunting
An already close battle for control of the U.S. Senate is growing more daunting for Republicans. Fallout from the coronavirus pandemic and mass protests against police brutality has driven down … Read More