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Richard Burr
the money game
Jan. 10, 2022
Washington, D.C., Has an Insider-Trading Problem Why are Fed governors trading as they move markets? Why is Nancy Pelosi speculating on Tesla shares?
By Michelle Celarier
SEC Investigating Richard Burr for Possible Insider Trading The North Carolina senator’s conveniently timed transactions at the beginning of the pandemic are under scrutiny again.
By Benjamin Hart
2022 midterms
Oct. 18, 2021
Are Fears of 2022 Losses Driving House Democrats to Retire? Sometimes senior House members bail in anticipation of their party losing the majority. A wave of 2022 retirements could be a bad sign for Democrats.
By Ed Kilgore
The Midterms Could Give the Senate a MAGA Makeover Retirements and primary challenges could decimate the Senate’s Establishment Republicans.
By Ed Kilgore
republicans
Feb. 17, 2021
Republican Impeachment Supporters Catch Hell Back Home Going against Donald Trump remains a deeply risky maneuver.
By Ed Kilgore
impeachment trial
Feb. 13, 2021
Senate Acquits Trump; 7 Republicans Joined All 50 Democrats in ‘Guilty’ Vote Mitch McConnell spoke after the verdict to denounce Trump’s conduct while insisting his trial was unconstitutional.
By Ed Kilgore
2022 midterms
Jan. 25, 2021
Republican Senator Rob Portman to Retire in 2022 The fight for control of the Senate in 2022 is already underway. The key factor could be the kind of Republican divisions evident in Portman’s Ohio.
By Ed Kilgore
impeachment
Jan. 14, 2021
Are There Enough Senate Republican Votes to Convict Trump? With the MAGA base still strong and plenty of excuses for Republicans to say no, conviction faces steep odds.
By Ed Kilgore
Burr Steps Down As Intelligence Committee Chair Amid Insider Trading Probe The move comes a day after the FBI reportedly seized Burr’s phone while investigating whether he dumped stock following Senate coronavirus briefings.
By Matt Stieb
2020 elections
Apr. 1, 2020
More Insider Trading Suspicions Follow Vulnerable Georgia Senator Kelly Loeffler’s wealth is her main political asset, but has become a handicap as she faces accusations of profiting from the pandemic.
By Ed Kilgore
the national interest
Mar. 20, 2020
GOP Senators Dumped Stock Before Coronavirus Hit, Without Warning the Country When senators tell their stockbrokers what they’re not willing to tell the public.
By Jonathan Chait
coronavirus
Mar. 20, 2020
Two GOP Senators Dumped Millions in Stock After Coronavirus Briefings: Report At least two Republicans sold millions in stock following closed-door coronavirus meetings — after which they told the public not to panic.
By Matt Stieb
vision 2020
Sept. 30, 2019
Will Impeachment Bring Back ‘Kamala the Prosecutor’ and Save Her Candidacy? The trouble with this idea is that there’s no natural venue for Harris to shine on TV without a lot of Republican cooperation.
By Ed Kilgore
russia investigation
May 14, 2019
Donald Trump Jr. Agrees to ‘Limited’ Senate Testimony on Russia Probe He’s struck a deal to answer the Senate Intelligence Committee’s questions, ending the intra-party conflict over his subpoena.
By Matt Stieb
Senate Kills Trump’s Phony ‘Spending Clawback’ Bill Two Republicans chose not to go along with a completely symbolic fiscal charade, and that was all it took to give it a well-deserved defeat.
By Ed Kilgore
This Bill Would Make Revenge Porn a Federal Crime “Perpetrators of exploitation who seek to humiliate and shame their victims must be held accountable,” said Kamala Harris.
By Madeleine Aggeler
Kamala Harris Cut Off, Told to Be Courteous During Trump Russia Hearing Senator Richard Burr cut in while she was questioning Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein.
By Claire Landsbaum
Comey to Tell His Side of the Story in the Senate Intelligence Committee He’s taken a real beating of late. But former FBI director James Comey will have his day in the Senate, and in the court of public opinion, very soon.
By Ed Kilgore
the national interest
Nov. 1, 2016
By Jonathan Chait
Senate Republicans: Between a Trump and a Hard Place? Some new polling in North Carolina shows a possible quandary for Republican Senate candidates caught between negative perceptions of Washington and of Donald Trump.
By Ed Kilgore
