Epstein Secrets

lding, Washington, DC; 3:00 PM • Senate committee considers VA secretary nominee - Nominations hearing considers Denis McDonough to be Secretary of Veterans Affairs Location: Rm 106, Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington, DC; 3:01 PM US House: • No votes scheduled in the House of Representatives Cabinet

h did not come until two of the chamber's most conservative Democrats said they would vote against getting rid of the legislative filibuster." Sens. Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) have "said they would not vote to get rid of the filibuster, effectively ending the standoff." Axios (1/26, Peran

30 PM • Senate Veterans Affairs Committee Business Meeting - Business Meeting, to consider the nominations of Donald Remy to be Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Matthew Quinn to be Under Secretary of Veterans Affairs for Memorial Affairs, Maryanne Donaghy to be Assistant Secretary of Veterans Affairs for A

debating potential changes in a long-shot attempt to overcome growing GOP opposition." Sources told the AP that Sens. Susan Collins (R- ME) and Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) "are leading the informal talks," which "are, for now, focused on two issues that Republican senators have cited for their opposition to the

Shots Outside Chicago VA Medical Center. The Chicago Tribune (8/13, Buckley, 2.65M) reports Bernard Harvey, 40, of Indianapolis, "who walked into a Veterans Affairs hospital on Chicago's Near West Side Monday with a semi-automatic rifle after firing shots outside the hospital has been charged in federal court w

enness to movement on gun legislation when Congress returns," according to "sources familiar with her conversations." She has also spoken with Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) lo get an update on the bipartisan background checks bill he proposed" with Sen. Pat Toomey (R-PA). Jim Acosta said on CNN's Situation Room (