• Senators to Introduce Bill Sanctioning Chinese Officials over New Hong Kong ‘Security’ Law

    Senators to Introduce Bill Sanctioning Chinese Officials over New Hong Kong ‘Security’ Law

    Senators from both parties will introduce legislation to sanction Chinese officials and entities over a suite of new national-security laws that threaten Hong Kong’s independence from mainland China. Senators Pat Toomey (R., Pa.) and Chris Van Hollen (D., Md.), who co-sponsored the legislation, told the Wall Street Journal they had been drafting a more general …
  • GOP Senator Claims Dems Did Not Secure Significant Oversight Reforms to Coronavirus Bill

    GOP Senator Claims Dems Did Not Secure Significant Oversight Reforms to Coronavirus Bill

    Democrats declared victory early Wednesday morning in their effort to realign the coronavirus relief bill to prioritize workers over corporations, but at least one Republican senator is now claiming that their central purported contribution — greater oversight over $500 billion in corporate relief — was never actually opposed by Republicans. During a Wednesday conference call, …