Donald Trump, Senate Democrats
During the Senate Democrats press briefing from Washington D.C. today, Senator Patty Murray lost it on President Trump over his federal funding freeze, which was announced last night.
Senate Appropriations Committee Chair Patty Murray of Washington State tells reporters at a weekly news conference the morning after an Office of Management and Budget memo pausing federal grants and other funding that there are urgent questions but precious few answers about grants for Public Safety,
Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) is speaking out after Republicans blocked a resolution on Tuesday that would have condemned President Trump’s pardons for people convicted of assaulting
Democrats are struggling to respond to the sheer volume of executive orders, personnel changes, and policy shifts taking place in the little more than a week since Trump’s inauguration.
President Donald J Trump signed an Executive Order ending the use of Federal taxpayer dollars to fund or promote elective abortion.
The order sparked quick pushback from Democratic leaders on Capitol Hill, who said Trump was trampling on the power of the purse given to Congress.
The new president just unwound a landmark anti-discrimination measure implemented amid the height of the Civil Rights Movement.
Senators grilled President Donald Trump’s choice to lead the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Tuesday. Former U.S. Rep. Doug Collins (R-Ga.) promised to
President Donald Trump’s order late Monday that paused federal grants and loans could affect millions of dollars awarded to Whatcom County government and nonprofit agencies, endangering projects to build roads and bridges, expand the Port of Bellingham and pay for school meals.
The symbolic resolution would only have condemned pardons for the most violent rioters, but Republicans have mostly moved on from criticizing the Capitol riot.
Washington is scrambling to interpret a new Trump administration memo that appears to halt funding for many programs. The impact of the short memo, released Monday, is causing widespread confusion.