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Senate, GOP and Trump

Senate begins marathon "vote-a-rama" on GOP budget plan

The president has endorsed the House GOP's one-bill approach while Senate Republicans want to separate his priorities into two bills.

NBC News on MSN · 24m

Senate begins 'vote-a-rama' to advance $340 billion budget for Trump's agenda

The measure conflicts with a House budget resolution that Trump has endorsed, but Republican senators see their version as a fallback plan.

ABC News on MSN · 1h

Senate GOP to vote on its plan for Trump's agenda despite Trump backing rival House plan

Senate Republicans plowing ahead with their efforts to advance the first stage of their two-part package to pay for Trump's agenda despite Trump backing the House’s plan.

FBI, Kash Patel and Senate

The Associated Press on MSN · 5h

Live updates: Senate to vote on Kash Patel’s confirmation for FBI director

Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell is announcing that he won’t seek reelection next year. Later Thursday, the Senate is expected to vote on whether to confirm Kash Patel, Trump's pick for FBI director.

The Washington Post on MSN · 4h

How every senator voted on Kash Patel for FBI director

The Senate narrowly confirmed Kash Patel, a Trump loyalist and a critic of the FBI, as the bureau’s director in a 51-49 vote on Thursday afternoon. Republican Sens. Susan Collins (Maine) and Lisa Murkowski (Alaska) joined all Democrats in opposition.

USA Today · 4h

New FBI director: Senate approves Kash Patel for ten-year term

President Donald Trump scored another Cabinet win Thursday, with the Senate confirming his controversial FBI Director pick Kash Patel by a vote of 51-49. Patel's is one in a recent streak of contentious confirmations breaking Trump's way,

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David Boren, a former Oklahoma governor, veteran US senator, and university president, dies at 83

OKLAHOMA CITY — Former Oklahoma senator David Boren, who became one of the nation’s youngest governors in the 1970s at age 33 ...

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Battle for McConnell’s Senate Seat Begins Promptly

Shortly after Senator Mitch McConnell said he would not run for an eighth term, Daniel Cameron, a former Kentucky attorney ...

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Alabama-born longtime Republican US Senate leader, now 83, will not seek re-election

McConnell, the longest-serving Senate party leader in U.S. history, chose his 83rd birthday to share his decision not to run ...

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US Senate confirms Cantor Fitzgerald's Lutnick to head Commerce Department

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Senate voted on Tuesday 51-45 to confirm President Donald Trump's nominee ...

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Buttigieg weighs a decision with huge implications for Democrats: Run for Senate or president?

Pete Buttigieg is quietly contemplating his future from a small city in northern Michigan while talking to Democratic Party ...

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