Michigan Democratic Sens. Elissa Slotkin and Gary Peters voted alongside the majority of senators to approve the Laken Riley Act earlier this week. The bill, which was approved both in the Senate and House on Monday and Wednesday,
The Senate Armed Services Committee on Monday voted to advance Pete Hegseth, President Trump’s nominee to serve as secretary of Defense, to the floor. The 14-13 vote was strictly along party
Michigan's two Democratic senators probed Pete Hegseth's qualifications to lead the Pentagon and whether he'd follow illegal orders from Donald Trump.
Democrats grilled Russell Vought, who was tapped to be President-elect Trump’s next budget chief, for his ties to Project 2025 and the powers of the executive branch as senators weighed his
Elissa Slotkin, Michigan's new US senator, wanted to know if Pete Hegseth would reject an unlawful order to use the military against civilians.
Jon Ossoff of Georgia and Gary Peters of Michigan. “That’s what we’re trying to do here, is prevent another tragedy,” Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) said in a Friday floor speech ...
Gary Peters (D-MI) if he could identify “any example ... is over and that they need to move on. Republicans in the Senate and the Trump transition should not get too confident.
The GOP-led bill, which got some Democratic support, will head back to the House for approval before it goes to Trump for his signature.
Gary Peters, Michigan's senior senator who also ... "You talk about standards," Peters said, adding that he saw the Senate advise and consent role in helping to confirm a Defense Department ...
Even though President Donald Trump was elected to a second term with Republican majorities in both chambers of Congress and is fulfilling his campaign promises, one high-ranking Senate Republican isn't so sure that Democratic opposition has been quelled.
Michigan's U.S. senators voted in committee against Trump's picks to lead the Pentagon, Pete Hegseth, and White House budget office, Russell Vought.