Latest Bill Cassidy News

White House starts scrapping pending regulations on transgender athletes and student debt

Dec. 20, 2024 15:22 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is abandoning his efforts to provide some protections for transgender student athletes and cancel student loans for more than 38 million Americans, the first steps in an administration-wide plan to jettison pending regulations to prevent President-elect...

Senate begins final push to expand Social Security benefits for millions of people

Dec. 12, 2024 16:27 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate is pushing toward a vote on legislation that would provide full Social Security benefits to millions of people, setting up potential passage in the final days of the lame-duck Congress. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said Thursday he...

Manchin, Sinema prevent Democrats from locking in majority on labor board through 2026

Dec. 11, 2024 19:44 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats failed Wednesday to confirm a Democratic member of the National Labor Relations Board after independent Sens. Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema opposed the nomination, thwarting their hopes of locking in a majority at the federal agency for the first two years of...

Louisiana Treasurer John Fleming announces bid to run for U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy's seat

Dec. 05, 2024 15:35 PM EST

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana Treasurer John Fleming, a Republican and appointee of Donald Trump's during his first term as president, has announced that he will run for U.S. Senate in the hopes of unseating current member Bill Cassidy, also a Republican, who is up for reelection in 2026. ...