News about Patty Murray

The earmarks have already caused scandal in the Senate, where Pennsylvania Senator John Fetterman's staff tried to rescind his vote for a $1 million earmark for a BDSM-owned gay center in Pennsylvania. Fetterman, who was long one of the most adamant pro-LGBTQ legislators in the Keystone State, retaliated on social media, causing a backlash, prompting him to try to erase his name from the earmark. Fetterman told reporters later that it was his employees, not him, that attempted to withhold the funds. 'It wasn't my decision,' he said. I was not aware of the procedure.'

The six bills must pass before Friday to prevent a partial government shutdown, including those involving cuts to FBI and EPA budgets, which would have to be voted out of office by Friday. Despite a divided government' and skepticism against 'left-wing policies' in the agreement with Democrats, Speaker Johnson said that Republicans "secured key conservative policy victories" despite a 'divided government' and rejected "left-wing plans" in the deal. The bill includes funding for six federal departments, including Commerce-Justice-Science, Energy-Water, Interior-Environment, Military Construction-VA, and Transportation-HUD.

Mastercard has advised US banks to prohibit marijuana transactions on its debit cards, putting the bank at a disadvantage. Despite several states allowing marijuana use for medicinal and recreational purposes, the majority of major banks in the country have generally restricted cannabis use as weed remains unlawful under federal jurisdiction. To varying degrees, 38 states, including California, Florida, and New York, have legalized the use of marijuana. Mastercard reported that it had become aware of the use of PIN debit cards on the company's website for cannabis transactions.

Jarid Haddock, 21, left, is now barricaded inside a house less than two miles from the scene of the shooting. SWAT teams have encircled the house, and a drone is in the air. While all the surrounding roads are blocked off, the local school district is holding children inside. The perpetrator's mother is on the scene of the standoff and trying to talk him down. According to local reports, law enforcement could be using flash bangs in the house.

At a Senate lunch on Wednesday, Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer recognized Dianne Feinstein, the Senate's longest serving member, for president pro tempore. Schumer told Democratic members at a caucuses lunch that he would nominate Patty Murray, the second longest-serving Democrat, to take over the pro tempore position from former Sen. Pat Leahy, Vt. Normally, the longest-serving member of the majority party serves as president pro tempore, the third in line to the White House. However, Feinstein's cognitive decline, the 89-year-old Feinstein's office released a statement on her behalf that she did not apply for the position. Feinstein seemed to have dismissed a bid for Senate president pro temporemo on Tuesday.

After Democrats revealed that they may be resistant to historical trends over the summer, it's been a week until the midterms, and Republicans are seeing hopeful signs that they will be able to flip the House of Representatives and even the Senate. The Wall Street Journal released a poll from last week that showed Republicans were two points ahead of Democrats, 46 percent to 44 percent in the generic election. The final Fox News Channel Power Rankings, which were also released on Tuesday, predicted that Republicans will take over the House of Representatives, but Democrats also had a path to maintain control of the Senate.