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Senate Republicans block debate on bipartisan infrastructure bill

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Senate Republicans block debate on bipartisan infrastructure bill

WASHINGTON (UPI) -- Senate Republicans on Wednesday blocked a procedural vote to advance a massive bipartisan infrastructure bill, saying it is premature to do so while negotiators are still ironing out its details. Following through on warnings this week that Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer's bid to open debate on the measure is coming too soon, GOP senators mustered 49 votes to block consideration of the measure. The infrastructure bill, ultimately expected to be worth $600 billion, has been tagged […]

todayJuly 21, 2021 26

Roy Blunt

Decision 2022

Missouri Republican Sen. Roy Blunt won’t run for re-election in 2022

WASHINGTON (UPI) -- Republican Sen. Roy Blunt of Missouri announced on Monday that he won't run for re-election in 2022 after a quarter-century on Capitol Hill. Blunt, who is the ranking Republican on the Senate rules committee, made the announcement in a video message posted online. "In every job Missourians have allowed me to have, I've tried to do my best," he says in the video. "In almost 12,000 votes in the Congress, I'm sure I wasn't right every time, […]

todayMarch 8, 2021 62

National

House representatives not returning to Washington before May 4

WASHINGTON (UPI) -- Members of the House of Representatives will not return to Washington before May 4, House Democratic Leader Steny Hoyer said Monday. Lawmakers in the chamber were expected to return from their districts on April 20 after an extended absence due to the global COVID-19 pandemic but Hoyer's office said that they will not be required to return "absent an emergency" in a letter to representatives. The letter stated that lawmakers would also receive sufficient notice if they […]

todayApril 14, 2020 31

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