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Grants for restaurants, small businesses blocked in Senate - Roll Call

Deficit-concerned senators blocked the Senate from considering a $48 billion aid package for restaurants and other small businesses Thursday.

Roll Call

The Failed Senate Abortion Bill Went Far Beyond Preserving Current Rights

Without citing any constitutional authority to dictate state abortion policies, the bill would have overridden regulations that have been upheld or have yet to be tested.

Reason

Pelosi laments death of Democrats’ Roe legislation while still supporting anti-abortion Democrat

Pelosi also explains why Democrats won’t take up Republican Senators Susan Collins’ and Lisa Murkowski’s legislation

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Susan Collins goes full MAGA on abortion

So much for "pro-choice"

Salon

Abortion rights bill falls short in Senate, but Democrats hope to send message

WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats on Wednesday failed to advance a bill to establish a federal right to abortion, but they still hoped the effort would draw a sharp political contrast with Republicans who largely support the Supreme Court’s expected ruling to undo the Roe v. Wade decision.

Los Angeles Times

Senate to vote on abortion rights; Democrats hope to send message

WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats plan to vote Wednesday on a bill to establish a federal right to abortion in hopes of drawing a sharp political contrast with Republicans who support the Supreme Court's expected ruling to undo the Roe vs. Wade decision.

Los Angeles Times

Abortion rights message scrawled in chalk outside Sen Susan Collins’ Maine home prompts police response

The message outside of the Maine Senator’s home ‘was not overly threatening’, according to authorities

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These 10 senators are most vulnerable six months from Election Day

Some of the most vulnerable senators up for reelection in 2022 may have to wait months to find out who is running against them.

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Pro-choice groups urge moderate Republicans to scrap bill legalizing abortion saying it wouldn’t be effective

A coalition of pro-choice groups Monday urged moderate Republicans to abandon their alternative to a Democratic push to legalize abortion after the leak of a draft Supreme Court opinion that will likely soon overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade decision.

Tribune News Service

Pelosi says Supreme Court ‘slapped women in the face’ with Roe draft while GOP lawmakers skirt the issue

‘Here we are on Mother’s Day, a week where the Court has slapped women in the face in terms of disrespect for their judgments about the size and timing of their families,’ says Pelosi

The Independent UK

Martin Schram: A supreme conning of America’s women

Let’s tell the blatant truth right up-front: Senate Republicans are understandably upset by the leaking of the Supreme Court’s always-secret draft opinion. Especially this supremely controversial one.

Tribune News Service

Top Democrat on abortion legislation blasts Collins-Murkowski bill as insufficient

Senator Richard Blumenthal says from the Maine Republican are inaccurate

The Independent UK

What is in Murkowski and Collins’ alternative abortion bill versus Democrats’ legislation?

Comes as Democratic senators try another run at the Women’s Health Protection Act

The Independent UK

Senators Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski propose alternative abortion legislation after leaked Roe draft opinion

Comes as Democratic senators try another run at the Women’s Health Protection Act

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Democrats promise to fight for abortion rights but have few options

WASHINGTON — Democrats on Capitol Hill were spitting fire Tuesday in the wake of the leak of a Supreme Court draft ruling overturning abortion rights, but acknowledged their hands are tied unless voters deliver them a strong majority in Congress this fall.

Salon

Hawley: Susan Collins is feigning shock

Collins has repeatedly vouched for Kavanaugh, claiming he would not touch abortion

WEKU

The political consequences of the Supreme Court's leaked draft opinion on abortion

The draft — showing the conservative majority ready to overturn Roe v. Wade — will have wide-ranging ramifications, from pressure to end the filibuster to more distrust of the confirmation process.

Axios

Murkowski: Draft Roe v. Wade decision “rocks my confidence” in Supreme Court

“Roe is still the law of the land. We don't know the direction that this decision may ultimately take."

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The Independent UK

Schumer vows abortion law vote, but not filibuster changes

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer angrily denounced as an “abomination” the Supreme Court’s leaked draft decision that would overturn the nation’s landmark Roe v

Reason

Congress Won't Legalize Pot Anytime Soon, but It Could Protect Marijuana Businesses by Passing Banking Reform

Chuck Schumer seems less interested in achieving cannabis reform than in making political hay from his inevitable failure.

Roll Call

Aid to restaurants, businesses faces Senate headwinds - Roll Call

The Senate may soon test the bipartisan limits on pandemic spending as Democratic leaders prepare for action on a small-business aid package.

Roll Call

Trump targets outraise challengers, unlike some other incumbents

New campaign finance disclosures show several House incumbents raising less than potential opponents, but not those targeted by Trump.

Roll Call

Senate Democrats raise money furiously to defend majority - Roll Call

Senate Democrats built up their war chests this quarter, including candidates who don’t face primary challengers.

Chicago Sun-Times

Ranked-choice voting would disarm political crazies

Are we doomed to be at the mercy of the mad and bad in political races? One reform that seems to be getting traction is ranked-choice voting

The Guardian - US

Extremists like Marjorie Taylor Greene are the future of the Republican party

It’s impossible to understand American politics without grappling in earnest with why Greene’s extremism is widely seen as justified on the right

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