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Kid Rock Shoots Down Senate Rumors With Lots of Profanity

'F--- no, I'm not running'

(Newser) - He hinted at it for months , even causing some Democrats to worry ... but it turns out Kid Rock is not, in fact, running for Senate. Or, to be more specific, "F--- no, I'm not running for Senate," as the rocker put it himself on Howard Stern's...

You Can Ignore All but One Thing in Senate Budget Vote

In addition to usual political theatrics, it includes language to speed up Trump's tax plan

(Newser) - The Senate passed its version of a budget blueprint Thursday night, but even lawmakers acknowledge that it's safe to ignore almost all of it. The blueprint that passed on a 51-49 vote contains many items great for political posturing but unlikely to actually become law. However, its passage accomplishes...

Oldest Member of Senate Is Running for Re-Election

'I'm all in,' says Dianne Feinstein, 84

(Newser) - California's Dianne Feinstein has been noncommittal for weeks now on whether she would seek another six-year term as a senator. On Monday, however, she ended the speculation. "I'm all in!" she tweeted . "Lots more to do: ending gun violence, combating climate change, access to healthcare....

Senate Unanimously Condemns White Supremacist Groups

Measure calls for Trump to denounce hate groups

(Newser) - They can't agree on much—but they're pretty clear that they don't like Nazis and the KKK. A resolution condemning white supremacist groups and the "domestic terrorist attack" in Charlottesville last month passed the Senate unanimously Monday night, the Hill reports. The measure, introduced by a...

Report: If Hatch Wants Out of Senate, Romney Wants In

Former presidential candidate said to be waiting on Utah senator's retirement decision

(Newser) - What Joe Biden wants, Joe Biden gets—maybe. In June, the former VP had recommended to former presidential candidate Mitt Romney that the latter should run for Senate if Utah's Orrin Hatch retires next year, as has been rumored. Now, sources tell Utah Policy that Romney is gearing up...

The Gasp-Inducing Moment When McCain Voted 'No'

He'd left room when his name was called for repeal vote; re-entrance was dramatic

(Newser) - Anyone watching Senate proceedings on the GOP health care bill in the wee hours of Friday morning got a master class in the study of body language. CNN notes the tense activity in the chamber in the minutes before the 49-51 vote that Hot Air says brought to a "...

Kid Rock: If I Run, It&#39;s &#39;Game On&#39;
Kid Rock: If I Run, It's 'Game On'
Jul 27, 2017 12:35 PM CDT

Kid Rock: If I Run, It's 'Game On'

But at the moment he's more concerned with voter registration

(Newser) - "It's game on mthrfkers." Not the likeliest slogan for a political campaign, but there you have it. No, Kid Rock isn't saying he's actually running for the US Senate ... but he is saying that, were he to run, it would be a campaign like none...

McCain Returns Tuesday for Health Care Vote

Arizona senator was diagnosed with a brain tumor last week

(Newser) - Senate Republicans will try to move ahead on Tuesday with their plan to ditch ObamaCare, and the task just got a little easier: John McCain will return for the vote. His office announced Monday night that the Arizona senator will be on Capitol Hill just a week after being diagnosed...

What McCain's Recovery Could Mean for Health Care Bill

Speculation flying on how senator's absence after surgery could affect ObamaCare repeal

(Newser) - Despite the hopes of Senate Republicans that John McCain would be back in Washington sooner rather than later following his surgery last week, some doctors are warning that recovery could take much longer than the week or so originally anticipated, the New York Times reports. On Friday, the longtime Arizona...

Someone Broke Into Dean Heller's Office

Police investigating burglary at his Las Vegas office

(Newser) - Sen. Dean Heller's office in Las Vegas has been burglarized, the Las Vegas Sun reports. Details are scarce, but police say they were dispatched to investigate the burglary around 9am Sunday. "Entry did occur," a police rep says, but the investigation is ongoing. Politico notes Heller is...

Caitlyn Jenner&#39;s Next Role: Senator?
Caitlyn Jenner
Might Run
for Senate
Jul 17, 2017 10:30 AM CDT

Caitlyn Jenner Might Run for Senate

She's debating a Republican run in California

(Newser) - From Bruce Jenner to Caitlyn Jenner to ... Senator Jenner? The transgender activist said during an interview on New York's AM 970 over the weekend that she's considering a run for the Senate in California, reports the Hill . The former Olympian is a lifelong Republican and supporter of President...

Democrats Not Taking Kid Rock Senate Run Lightly

Schumer: 'We can't afford to take this tweet as a joke'

(Newser) - Kid Rock has announced on Twitter that he’ll be throwing his fedora in the ring for Michigan’s 2018 senate seat. While some find his bid to be “ pimp of the nation ” humorous, Democrats are not discounting the rocker. CNN reports that Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Minority...

5 Changes in the GOP's Revised Health Care Bill

And one big thing that's mostly unchanged

(Newser) - President Trump said he'd be "very angry" if senators fail to repeal ObamaCare as promised, and GOP leaders have just taken a step in their quest to quell that anger. The second draft of the Better Care Reconciliation Act was released on Thursday with revisions aimed at getting...

Senate Recess Will Be Cut by 2 Weeks

Will begin Aug. 14 instead of July 31

(Newser) - The Senate won't be headed home at the end of July as originally scheduled. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday announced that the August recess would be shortened by two weeks and begin Aug. 14, giving senators an extra two weeks to get through high-priority agenda items like its...

McConnell Signals a Shift in Fight to Kill ObamaCare

He talks about shoring it up instead of replacing it

(Newser) - The holiday break doesn't seem to be helping Mitch McConnell's effort to get enough conservatives and moderates on board to pass the GOP's ObamaCare alternative. At a town hall in Kentucky, he likened the task to trying to twist a Rubik's cube in just the right...

McConnell's Health Bill Task Just Got Much Tougher

As of now, he doesn't have the votes even to bring it up for debate

(Newser) - Before this week began, Mitch McConnell's former chief of staff likened the Senate majority leader's task of getting the GOP's health care bill passed to "a 747 landing on a suburban driveway." It looks like Monday's CBO report just made the runway even smaller....

CBO Releases Report on Senate Health Care Bill

22 million are estimated to lose coverage

(Newser) - The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released a report Monday analyzing the Senate Republicans' health care bill released last week in the party’s latest efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act. CNN has the full 50-page report, which estimates that 22 million will lose coverage under the new law. That...

What Editorials Are Saying About Senate Health Plan

Get this passed, urges Wall Street Journal, while NYT calls it a travesty

(Newser) - President Obama hates it , but that sentiment about the Senate Republicans' plan to replace ObamaCare isn't quite unanimous. Here's a look at what editorials are saying:
  • Wall Street Journal : It implores Republicans to get this passed and not wilt under pressure from the media and Democrats. The measure
...

4 GOP Senators Won&#39;t Vote for Health Care Bill&mdash;Yet
Here's What's in the Senate
GOP's Health Care Bill
The Rundown
Jun 22, 2017 3:04 PM CDT

Here's What's in the Senate GOP's Health Care Bill

And why 4 GOP senators say they won't vote for it—yet

(Newser) - Senate Republicans on Thursday finally unveiled their answer to the House bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, and Vox has an explainer of what's in it. Some major sticking points: The Better Care Reconciliation Act will ask poor and middle-class Americans to pay more for less...

Senate Plan Kills ObamaCare's Individual Mandate

Measure would eliminate penalty for those without insurance

(Newser) - Senate Republicans have released a 142-page draft of their bill to eliminate much of the Obama health care law, reports the AP . Details are emerging, but in its broad strokes the measure would cut and revamp Medicaid, the health care program for lower-income and disabled people; repeal tax increases Obama'...

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