The Senate couldn’t override Joe Biden’s veto of legislation axing additional protections for two species under the Endangered Species Act. The Senate has failed to override President Joe Biden’s veto of two resolutions aimed at overturning expanded protections for two animal species under the Endangered Species Act. Senators failed to hit the two-thirds threshold needed…

Ben Cardin is considering an Egypt aid pause after Bob Menendez’s indictment. Senate Foreign Relations Chair Ben Cardin said Thursday he is weighing whether to delay $235 million in military aid to Cairo in the wake of federal charges that Sen. Bob Menendez accepted bribes in exchange for influencing that aid. “I am looking at…

Senate advances shutdown-averting bill as GOP discusses changes The Senate voted Thursday to advance its bipartisan stopgap spending bill, though GOP senators are actively discussing changes to make the measure more palatable for House Republicans. The upper chamber voted 76-22 to proceed on the stopgap. Before the vote, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said another…

GOP senators working with Sinema to hatch border add to spending bill A group of mostly Republican senators and Independent Kyrsten Sinema are working on a proposal to deliver billions more in border security funding, hoping to drive up GOP support for the Senate’s stopgap spending bill. While the amendment is not finished, those senators…

‘F— off’: Gaetz’s inescapable feud with McCarthy grows more hostile Speaker Kevin McCarthy and Matt Gaetz’s bad blood has become inescapable on the Hill. The Californian and the Floridian’s personal animus is spilling into private meetings, prompting conspiracy theories and eliciting f-bombs from other House Republicans – severely disrupting the party’s frantic bid to coalesce…