Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) says Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (Ariz.) can keep her committee assignments — even though she dropped her affiliation with the Democratic Party in a surprise move Friday and said she would identify as an Independent going forward. That means Sinema's shift will not affect Democrats' control of Senate committees, which is crucial to the ability to issue subpoenas and discharge legislation without Republican support. Democrats celebrated earlier this month that they had secured a 51-member majority (including two members who already identified as Independents but who caucus with the Democrats before Sinema's announcement) after a crucial win in the Georgia Senate race between Sen. Raphael Warnock (D) and Republican challenger Herschel Walker. "Sen. Sinema informed me of her decision to change her affiliation to Independent. She asked me to keep her committee assignments and I agreed," Schumer said in a statement. "Kyrsten is independent; that's how she's always been. I believe she's a good and effective Senator and am looking forward to a productive session in the new Democratic majority Senate," Schumer continued. "We will maintain our new majority on committees, exercise our subpoena power, and be able to clear nominees without discharge votes." Sinema currently sits on the Senate Banking, Commerce, Homeland Security and Veterans' Affairs committees. More on Sinema's announcement from The Hill: |
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The prosecutor who put Bernie Madoff in federal prison for running a Ponzi scheme that defrauded investors of billions of dollars says it's "highly unusual" for Sam Bankman-Fried to be speaking publicly about the collapse of his crypto platform FTX amid widespread allegations of fraud. |
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🎥 Alexandra Pelosi on attack on her dad: 'I haven't slept since'
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Documentary filmmaker Alexandra Pelosi, daughter of Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), opens up in a new CBS News interview about the impact
of the recent violent attack on her father and the "emotional scars" it created. |
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🦠 House report: Trump team of exacerbated the COVID-19 pandemic
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The House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis has released
its final report before Republicans take control of the House in the upcoming term, providing new findings on how the Trump administration's actions negatively impacted the U.S. response. |
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🇺🇦 US will send Ukraine another $275M in defense weapons, equipment
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The Pentagon has announced the U.S. will send another $275 million in weapons and equipment for Ukraine, pushing the amount of military aid committed to Kyiv to nearly $20 billion since Russia first attacked. |
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🌏 White House warns of deepening Russia and Iran military ties
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The White House says Russia and Iran are laying the groundwork for joint weapons production, citing U.S. intelligence surrounding Moscow and Tehran's deepening military ties. |
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✋ Democrats tell Biden to ditch 'punitive' immigration measures
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A group of House Democrats are calling on the Biden administration to stop implementing "punitive and failed deterrence" immigration measures and instead recognize asylum as a human right. |
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🚙 AAA: Dangerous driving behaviors on the rise
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👨🎤 ABC pulls Backstreet Boys holiday special after assault allegations
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ABC has canceled next week's "A Very Backstreet Holiday" after a woman accused Nick Carter of raping her when she was underage. |
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'Retired senior military officers should not engage in partisan politics'
| "Regardless of the reason, it is critical that every effort be made to restore confidence in America's armed forces," writes Dov S. Zakheim, senior adviser at the Center for Strategic and International Studies and vice chairman for the Foreign Policy Research Institute. |
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