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The U.S. Senate will be postponing its Monday vote to Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. in anticipation of this weekend’s winter storm set to hammer the East Coast. The winter storm approaching Washington, D.C., is expected to dump 9 to 12 inches of snow on the DMV and freeze Senate doors on Monday.
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Live updates: Senate Republicans, in victory for Trump, block Venezuela war powers resolution
Senate Republicans on Wednesday evening narrowly blocked a final vote on a war powers resolution, which would have prevented President Trump from taking any further military action in Venezuela. Vice President Vance cast the tie-breaking vote,
With a series of candidate recruiting successes, Democrats have established a plausible, if still difficult, path to recapturing the Senate this year. But to regain the majority, the party will need to overcome the blue-collar barricade.