Nearly 200 Democrats plan emoluments suit against Trump, claim Constitution gives them standing
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Democrats never got the answers they wanted from Steven Mnuchin regarding foreclosures at his bank, OneWest, during his confirmation hearings. Now they'll have a second chance, with President Trump's nomination of former OneWest CEO Joseph Otting to be comptroller of the currency. Foreclosure News
Many Democrats are calling for the appointment of a special counsel to investigate Russian interference in U.S. elections after President Donald Trump’s decision Tuesday to fire FBI Director James Comey. ABA Journal Daily News
Updated: The Senate Judiciary Committee has approved and sent to the Senate the nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch to the U.S. Supreme Court. The Republican-dominated committee had been expected to recommend confirmation, report the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal (sub. req.), USA Today and the Washington Post. ABA Journal Daily News
Updated: The Senate Judiciary Committee is scheduled to vote today on whether to advance the nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch to the U.S. Supreme Court. The Republican-dominated committee was expected to recommend confirmation, report the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal (sub. req.), USA Today and the Washington Post. ABA Journal Daily News
If Judge Neil Gorsuch is to be confirmed as the next associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, he will likely have to survive a Senate filibuster. ABA Journal Daily News
Matt Stoller of New America, a think tank that's dedicated to “renewing American politics, prosperity, and purpose in the Digital Age,” had an interesting piece in The Washington Post that adds to the notion that Democrats need to understand their role in the rise of Trump. The Democratic Party is in dismal shape, with over […]
Senate Democrats have succeeded in delaying for one day a scheduled committee vote on President Donald Trump's nomination of Steven Mnuchin to be treasury secretary. The Senate Finance Committee said Monday that the meeting to vote on the nomination, which had been scheduled for 6 p.m. Monday, will now take place at 10 a.m. Tuesday. […]
The Senate Finance Committee had been scheduled to vote Monday night on whether to send Mnuchin's nomination to the full Senate. The vote was widely expected to help Mnuchin, a former Goldman Sachs banker and Hollywood movie producer, clear a major hurdle toward confirmation. Foreclosure News
U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley , Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders have launched a new website inviting Americans to share their personal stories of being impacted by the foreclosure practices of Donald Trump's Treasury Secretary nominee, foreclosure king Steve Mnuchin. “Donald Trump's choice of Mnuchin is not only a fundamental betrayal of his promise to stand […]