This Thursday, the Senate will hold a key procedural vote on a measure that would repeal the legal justifications used to attack Iraq in 1991 and 2003. The resolution is co-sponsored by Democratic Senator Tim Kaine of Virginia and Republican Senator Todd Young of Indiana, and if passed, it would be a major victory for those who have long sought to reassert Congress’s authority in military intervention abroad.
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The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank has sent shockwaves through the financial world, with Senate Republicans denying the bank deregulation bill they passed in 2018 had anything to do with it. The Federal Reserve’s interest-rate hikes have been blamed for the bank run, and the Senate Banking Committee has written a bill that could shape the federal response. Experts suggest the whole debacle could have been avoided if the regulators had stepped in, but the exact cause of the bank’s collapse remains unclear.
The Houston Independent School District (HISD), the largest school district in Texas and one of the largest in the nation, will have its superintendent and board of education trustees replaced by a new board appointed by the state Commissioner of Education. This move has angered Democrats, and deepens a rift between Texas' largest city and state Republican leaders. It is unclear what changes the new board will make, who will be appointed, or what impact the takeover will have on the district's students and staff.
After two years without a permanent ambassador to India, the U.S. Senate has confirmed former Los Angeles mayor Eric Garcetti for the role. Despite pushback from some Democrats due to allegations of sexual harassment and bullying by one of Garcetti's former aides, enough Republicans backed him to give the U.S. its first permanent ambassador to India under President Joe Biden. This confirmation is expected to further strengthen the ties between the two countries.
Key takeaways: Trump and DeSantis have made it clear that if they become president, US weapons and ammunition to Ukraine would be in danger and…
Key takeaways: Senator Lindsey Graham argued that US support for Ukraine is a vital national interest and that failure to stand up to Putin’s aggression…
The collapse of two key banks last week has sparked a debate over the 2018 decision to roll back Dodd-Frank protections, which was supported by 17 Senate Democrats. While some have argued that it was necessary to provide relief to community banks, others have argued that it has weakened the ability of regulators to protect consumers and has allowed banks to take on too much risk. The economic fallout from the collapse of the two key banks and the implications of the legislation will be important to consider in the coming weeks and months.
Republican senators have criticized Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida for his comments that defending Ukraine from Russia is not a vital American national strategic interest. Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina said that to say the conflict does not matter is to say that war crimes do not matter, while Sen. Mitt Romney of Utah said that the United States has a moral obligation to support Ukraine in its fight against Russia. DeSantis has yet to respond to the criticism, but has previously stated that the United States has many other vital national interests.