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The defeat of three anti-abortion bills came just weeks after Democrats won a critical state Senate race.Then-gubernatorial candidate Glenn Youngkin listens at an election night rally at the Westfields Marriott Washington Dulles on November 2, 2021, in Chantilly, Virginia.Anna Moneymaker / Getty Images Virginia state Senate Democrats in an education and health subcommittee defeated a series of anti-abortion measures on Thursday, thwarting Gov. Glenn Youngkin's (R) efforts to shorten the time frame in which Virginia residents can obtain the procedure by several weeks.

After a tumultuous year for individual rights, on Wednesday, November 16th, the Senate advanced a bill that would help protect same-sex and interracial marriages from the same fate met by at the hands of the majority conservative Supreme Court.The bill would protect marriage if the Supreme Court decided to overturn the legal precedents that made them legal in the first place.

Senate Democrats returned on Monday after a long recess - and after the Justice Department found additional classified documents during a 13-hour search of Biden's home in Wilmington, Del.The discovery of those documents, on top of classified materials found in November and December, has created a political headache after Democrats sought to hammer Trump for his handling of classified material.

RICHMOND, Va.Administrators at the Virginia school where a first-grader shot his teacher last week learned the child may have had a weapon in his possession before the shooting but did not find the 9mm handgun he brought to school despite searching his bag, the school system's superintendent said.Police said Friday they were not told about the tip before the shooting occurred.

The Senate voted on Wednesday to clear a key hurdle and advance President Joe Biden's nomination of Eric Garcetti to be ambassador to India, paving the way for a final confirmation vote later this afternoon.The chamber voted voted 52 to 42 to break a filibuster on the former Los Angeles mayor's nomination, a sign that the previously embattled nomination, which had been in limbo, has now won a critical mass of support.

Nearly two years after President Biden nominated him to be ambassador to India, former Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti may finally get a confirmation vote in the Senate.Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Thursday set up the process of holding a vote on Garcetti's nomination as soon as next week as the former mayor's chances of confirmation grow increasingly positive.

President Joe Biden surprised Democratic senators Thursday when he told them that he won't veto GOP-led legislation to rescind a controversial Washington, DC, crime law, a move that comes as Democrats are divided over the contentious issue and Republicans are aggressively accusing them of being soft on crime.

The Michigan state Senate on Wednesday voted to repeal the state's 1931 abortion ban as well as its sentencing guidelines.The bills were passed 20-18, along party lines in the Democratic-controlled Senate after passing the House last week and were sent to Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer for her signature.

The Senate is expected to vote on Wednesday to pass a Republican-led resolution to block a controversial Washington, DC, crime bill that opponents have criticized as weak on crime.The effort has divided Democrats and highlighted the difficult balance the party is attempting to strike as Republicans accuse them of failing to tackle the issue of crime.

Defense officials have been required to submit a budgetary "wish list" every year since 2017.Sen. Elizabeth Warren speaks with reporters on her way to a closed-door lunch meeting with Senate Democrats at the U.S. Capitol on March 22, 2023, in Washington, D.C.Drew Angerer / Getty Images As the U.S. defense budget continues to soar to record heights, even the Pentagon is coming out against the requirement that defense officials submit mandatory funding "wish lists" each year, a practice that tacks on tens of billions of dollars to already sky-high budget requests.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries on Sunday declined to criticize President Joe Biden's decision to allow Congress to potentially nix reforms to the criminal code of Washington, DC, even as many in the party are breaking with the White House.A Senate vote to scrap the DC law is expected this week.

On December 8, nearly 300 organizations representing advocates in education, child health, education, and other areas, called on the United States Senate and House of Representatives to prioritize the needs of children and pass a child tax credit for 2023.In an open letter, the organizations urged the lawmakers to renew the expanded Child Tax Credit that gave qualifying parents hundreds of dollars a month per kid from mid-2021 to the end of last year.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer chooses much of the Democratic leadership team, and there's been no decision on whether he would fill the vacant assistant leader slot or make another change.The New Yorker oversees a sprawling set of advisers, and the top four leaders often appear together at press conferences and events.