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The Senate passed a resolution Thursday to ban members and staffers from trading on prediction markets. The resolution, which changes the rules of the Senate, passed unanimously without a roll call vote.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has approved a bipartisan resolution to prevent its own members from using prediction markets, banning senators who are often privy to sensitive information from making bets on upcoming events.
Ahead of the 2026 midterm elections — where Republicans look to maintain control of both the Senate and House of Representatives and the Democratic Party fights to make gains in both chambers — a swath of incumbent candidates have announced their ...
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) is facing strong pushback from members of the GOP conference over the Finance Committee’s piece of President Trump’s tax and spending bill, which largely ignores GOP senators’ concerns about Medicaid cuts ...
Senate advances funding measure with backing of 8 Democrats, moving a step closer to ending shutdown
The Senate adjourned around 11:15 p.m. and is set to reconvene at 11 a.m. on Monday. House members have been notified that votes related to government funding are expected in the lower chamber this week, pending final passage of the funding measure in the ...
Republicans hope to make progress this week on the president's domestic agenda. But there are signs of trouble between members in the House and Senate — right before they leave for a two-week recess. Republicans in Congress are closer to passing key ...
Sen. Nick Schroer (R-O'Fallon), expresses his concerns about public school bathrooms in the Senate Education and Workforce Development Committee. (Annelise Hanshaw/Missouri Independent). Just as the Missouri Freedom Caucus appears on the cusp of its ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has approved a bipartisan resolution to prevent its own members from using prediction markets, banning senators who are often privy to sensitive information from making bets on upcoming events. The measure that passed ...