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EDWARD (ED) JOHN MARKEYTHIRD US SENATOR BANNED FROM THE PHILIPPINES OVER SUPPORT OF TOP GOVERNMENT CRITIC THE RISE OF ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZ IN 2019 HILLICON VALLEY: HOUSE PANEL UNVEILS DRAFT OF PRIVACY BILL | SENATE COMMITTEE APPROVES BILL TO SANCTION RUSSIA | DEMS ASK HUD TO REVIEW USE OF FACIAL RECOGNITION | UBER SETTLES SEXUAL HARASSMENT CHARGES FOR .4M MORE
WASHINGTON (REUTERS) - U.S. REPUBLICAN SENATOR MARCO RUBIO ON FRIDAY DEFENDED PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP’S DECISION TO KILL TOP IRANIAN COMMANDER QASSEM SOLEIMANI, SAYING ON TWITTER THAT THE MILITARY LEADER HAD BEEN ATTEMPTING TO TAKE CONTROL OF IRAQ AND USE IT AS A PLATFORM TO ATTACK THE UNITED STATES.
AT LEAST TWO REPUBLICAN SENATORS, LISA MURKOWSKI AND SUSAN COLLINS, EXPRESSED CONCERNS OVER THE HOLIDAY BREAK ABOUT MCCONNELL’S APPROACH TO THE TRIAL AFTER HE SAID HE WAS ACTING IN “TOTAL COORDINATION” WITH THE WHITE HOUSE AND WOULD NOT BE AN IMPARTIAL JUROR.
DUTERTE"S MOVE COMES AFTER THE U.S. CONGRESS APPROVED A 2020 BUDGET THAT CONTAINS A PROVISION INTRODUCED BY THE SENATORS AGAINST ANYONE INVOLVED IN HOLDING DE LIMA, WHO WAS CHARGED WITH DRUG OFFENCES IN EARLY 2017 AFTER SHE LED AN INVESTIGATION INTO MASS KILLINGSDURING DUTERTE"S NOTORIOUS ANTI-DRUGS CRACKDOWN.
BOOKER, 50, A U.S. SENATOR FROM NEW JERSEY AND FORMER NEWARK MAYOR, GAINED NATIONAL PROMINENCE IN THE FIGHT OVER KAVANAUGH’S SUPREME COURT NOMINATION. BOOKER, WHO IS BLACK, HAS MADE RACE RELATIONS AND RACIAL DISPARITIES IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM A FOCUS OF HIS CAMPAIGN.
BACK IN NOVEMBER DEMOCRAT, AND FORMER U.S. HOUSE MEMBER AND U.S. AGRICULTURE SECRETARY, MIKE ESPY ANNOUNCED HE WILL BE RUNNING AGAIN FOR THE U.S. SENATE SEAT. ESPY LOST THE NOVEMBER 2018 SPECIAL ELECTION AGAINST CINDY HYDE-SMITH TO FILL THE LAST TWO YEARS OF RETIRED REPUBLICAN SENATOR THAD COCHRAN’S SIX YEAR TERM.
KELLY LOEFFLER IS SCHEDULED TO BE SWORN IN WHEN THE SENATE CONVENES MONDAY IN WASHINGTON. HER FIRST VOTE SHE CASTS AS A SENATOR COULD COME AT THE CONCLUSION OF TRUMP』S IMPEACHMENT TRIAL ON CHARGES OF ABUSE OF POWER AND OBSTRUCTION OF CONGRESS. TRUMP IS EXPECTED TO BE ACQUITTED BY THE GOP-CONTROLLED SENATE , WHERE A TWO-THIRDS VOTE IS NECESSARY FOR CONVICTION.
ISAKSON WOULD, AT TIMES, REPRIMAND TRUMP FOR HIS TREATMENT OF THE LATE U.S. SEN. JOHN MCCAIN AND HIS COMMENTS FOLLOWING A WHITE SUPREMACIST RALLY IN VIRGINIA. THE SENATOR USED HIS OUT-SIZED INFLUENCE AS CHAIRMAN OF THE VETERANS’ AFFAIRS COMMITTEE TO QUIETLY KILL THE NOMINATION OF WHITE HOUSE PHYSICIAN RONNY JACKSON TO HEAD THE VA AFTER A SWIRL OF SCANDALOUS ALLEGATIONS SURFACED.
“NH NEEDS A US SENATOR WHO WILL PUT OUR CITIZENS FIRST AND NOT ILLEGAL ALIENS; ONE WHO WILL SUPPORT PRO-GROWTH POLICIES TO KEEP THE TRUMP ECONOMY STRONG;
SAVANNAH, GA. — GEORGIA』S NEWEST ALMOST-US SENATOR, KELLY LOEFFLER, TOOK A PRIVATE TOUR OF THE PORT OF SAVANNAH THURSDAY. AND AFTER STAYING MOSTLY UNDER WRAPS FOR THE LAST MONTH, SHE ANSWERED QUESTIONS AFTERWARD.
THE DEMOCRATIC-LED HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES PASSED THE RESOLUTION BY AN OVERWHELMING 405-11 IN LATE OCTOBER. BUT A VOTE IN THE SENATE, WHERE PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP"S FELLOW REPUBLICANS HOLD A MAJORITY OF SEATS, HAD BEEN BLOCKED SEVERAL TIMES BY REPUBLICAN SENATORS.
“THE CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY MUST BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR SEVERE ABUSES OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN XINJIANG. I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH MY SENATE COLLEAGUES ON THE WAY FORWARD FOR THIS IMPORTANT PIECE OF LEGISLATION,” SENATOR JIM RISCH, CHAIRMAN OF THE SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE, SAID IN A STATEMENT.
MINNESOTA SENATOR AMY KLOBUCHAR SAID THERE ARE SERIOUS QUESTIONS ABOUT THE TIMING AND POTENTIAL CONSEQUENCES OF THE ADMINISTRATION’S DECISION TO KILL SOLEIMANI. VERMONT SENATOR BERNIE SANDERS POSTED A VIDEO MESSAGE ON TWITTER THIS MORNING, RESTATING HIS OPPOSITION TO THE WAR IN VIETNAM AND THE WAR IN IRAQ. SANDERS SAID HE’LL DO EVERYTHING HE CAN TO PREVENT A WAR IN IRAN.
TASKED WITH DELIVERING AN OPENING STATEMENT FOR THE HOUSE MANAGERS – WHO PRESENT THE HOUSE』S CASE TO THE SENATE – REPRESENTATIVE ROBERT BARR REMINDED THE SENATORS OF CLINTON』S TENDENCY TO 「NITPICK」 OVER DETAILS OR 「PARSE A SPECIFIC WORD OR PHRASE OF TESTIMONY.」
SHE WAS PRIVATE PERSON AND AVOIDED THE MEDIA WHILE HER HUSBAND WAS IN OFFICE. BUT AS A SENATOR IN 1992, SHE SIGNED ON TO THE EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT AND A PROPOSAL TO GUARANTEE ABORTION RIGHTS.

 

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