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Key Senate Democrats Are Taking The First Step Toward Legalizing Marijuana

President Joe Biden has long opposed marijuana legalization.
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Democrats Set Sights On $3.5 Trillion Infrastructure Bill

The massive proposal would include an expansion of Medicare insurance -- including money for dental, vision and hearing.
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Senate Confirms 1st Judicial Nominee Of Joe Biden’s Administration

Julien Xavier Neals, 56, will now be a lifetime judge on a U.S. district court.
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'That’s Up To Him': Democrats Would Rather Not Talk About Stephen Breyer Retiring

“I wouldn’t presume to tell a Supreme Court justice to retire but he more than anyone knows the political reality,” Sen. Richard Blumenthal said.
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Hoping For More Support, Senate Democrats Amend Big Voting Rights Bill

Most of the changes to the bill are in response to complaints from rural jurisdictions about election administration reforms.
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How Joe Biden Got Such A Big COVID-19 Bill Through The Senate

The Democratic majority was bigger in 2009 but also a lot more conservative.
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Another Democratic Senator Announces Support For Ending The Filibuster

Minnesota Sen. Tina Smith said on Friday that she's "made up" her mind.
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Democrats Propose Federal Jobs Program As Millions More File For Unemployment

More than 44 million Americans have filed for unemployment in a 12-week period because of COVID-19.
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How The Fraternal Order Of Police Smeared A Civil Rights Lawyer

In 2014, the law enforcement group scared the Democratic-controlled Senate into rejecting a civil rights lawyer nominated by President Barack Obama.
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Kamala Harris Leads Senators In Demanding ‘Immediate Removal’ Of Stephen Miller From White House

More than half of Senate Democrats say Miller's “demonstrable white nationalist ideology has been directly translated” into Trump administration policy.
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