House Judiciary reviews bills to protect Dreamers, TPS recipients
The House Judiciary Committee will vote Wednesday on legislation that would provide a pathway to citizenship for more than 1 million undocumented immigrants in the United States.
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Nadler schedules vote to allow staff to question Barr
The House Judiciary Committee is moving forward with its plan for staff attorneys to question Attorney General William Barr at a Thursday hearing on special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation, even as the attorney general is threatening not to attend the hearing over the proposed format.
Senate committee backs 44 Trump judicial nominees
The Senate Judiciary Committee advanced the nominations of 44 of President Donald Trump's judicial appointees Thursday, as Democrats complained Republicans are moving too quickly on unqualified or controversial nominees.
Rosenstein dodges House Judiciary interview -- for now
Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein will not appear on Capitol Hill this week to answer questions about reports that he discussed wearing a wire to secretly record President Donald Trump, avoiding for now a high-stakes session with lawmakers over a topic that nearly led to his ouster as the No. 2 official at the Justice Department.
Grassley: Lack of women on Judiciary is because 'it's a lot of work'
Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley on Friday suggested the lack of women on the committee was due to its heavy workload, but later said the committee is a lot of work for male senators as well.
Outside counsel: 'Reasonable prosecutor' would not bring case against Kavanaugh
In a memorandum to Republican senators, Rachel Mitchell says a "reasonable prosecutor" would not bring a case against Brett Kavanaugh based on Christine Blasey Ford's sexual assault allegation given the evidence presented to the Judiciary Committee.
Murkowski will wait until Ford testifies before making decision
Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski told CNN on Friday she plans to wait until after Judge Brett Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford, the woman accusing President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee of sexual assault, testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee before deciding whether to back Kavanaugh's nomination.
73 arrested on day 2 of Kavanaugh hearings
U.S. Capitol Police said they had arrested 73 people in the Senate office buildings by the end of the second day of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation hearings.
Flake threatens Trump again on judicial nominees
Sen. Jeff Flake warned that he and a "number of senators," are prepared to block President Donald Trump's judicial nominees if there is no action in the Senate on tariffs and other key issues.
