Senate confirmation hearings for President-elect Trump’s Cabinet finished its first week with as many questions as it started with for some Democratic senators. Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore., gives his thoughts on the hearing of Trump Treasury Secretary pick Scott Bessent,
Duing the confirmation hearing for Scott Bessent in the Senate this week, Senator Ron Wyden went scorched earth on nominee to be Treasury Secretary, Scott Bessent.
Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) says Congress sometimes resembles a “poorly produced WWE wrestling match,” and getting the House and Senate out of the ring and working together is going to take a whole lot of chutzpah.
Sen. Ron Wyden, the Oregon Democrat who is the ranking minority member on the Senate Finance panel, said that voters won't get the economy change they want from the Trump economic team. In his opening statement,
In a new memo obtained by NBC News, Senate Finance Democratic tax staff found that Scott Bessent avoided over $950,000 of self-employment taxes.
Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, D-Ore. said Tuesday they have joined 39 colleagues in introducing the District of Columbia statehood bill for the 119th Congress in the Senate. “Year after year, nearly 700,
The Senate on Wednesday adopted the first amendment to the Laken Riley Act, as Republicans push for a legislative win to open the new Congress. The legislation in its current form would mandate
The senate confirmation hearings kicked off yesterday for president-elect Donald Trump’s cabinet picks, as well as other high-profile positions. The appointments have been a topic of conversation ahead of Trump’s inauguration on Monday.
Donald Trump's pick for Treasury secretary repeatedly defended a range of tariff ideas during his confirmation hearing before Senate lawmakers Thursday.
Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, D-Ore. said Tuesday they have joined 39 colleagues in introducing the District of Columbia statehood bill for the 119th Congress in the Senate. “Year after ...
Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon, the top Democrat on the Finance Committee, confirmed on Friday that then-Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer privately urged President Joe Biden to abandon his 2024 campaign in July,
“If you run and you lose to Trump, and we lose the Senate, and we don’t get back the House, that 50 years of amazing, beautiful work goes out the window,” Schumer told Biden. “But worse — you go down in American history as one of the darkest figures.”