Lawmakers’ deaths have sometimes helped to flip partisan control. With an aging, narrowly divided Senate, it could be a possibility again.
Tag: Senate
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Running San Francisco Made Dianne Feinstein
During her decade running the cantankerous city, she managed to steer it between a liberal, freewheeling future and its more conservative traditions.
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DiFi, Breaking Into the Boys’ Club
The “Year of the Woman” turned into three decades for this gutsy woman.
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If the Government Shuts Down, What Will It Take to Reopen?
Any deal to keep it open would have to be bipartisan, since the Senate and White House are controlled by Democrats, and the House by Republicans.
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McCarthy’s Stopgap Bill Fails in House, Pushing Government Toward Shutdown
More than 20 hard-right Republicans defied Speaker Kevin McCarthy and defeated their own party’s bill, making a lapse in funding at midnight on Saturday all but certain.