Topic: U.S. Congress
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic lawmakers on Friday vowed to keep pressing for a vote in the House of Representatives on China currency legislation now blocked by Republican leaders."I urge the Republican leadership to put the currency bill on the floor," a top ...
On Thursday, the U.S. Senate confirmed the nomination of Alison Nathan to serve as a federal judge in New YorkOn Thursday, the U.S. Senate confirmed the nomination of Alison Nathan to serve as a federal judge in New York. Nathan becomes the ...
PITTSBURGH (Reuters) - The White House vowed to push forward with President Barack Obama's jobs package "piece by piece" if a vote fails on Tuesday in the U.S. Senate, as expected, to advance the legislation.Obama was in Pittsburgh as part of a ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senator Marco Rubio, a rising Republican star from Florida who is considered a top candidate to be his party's vice presidential nominee, said on Wednesday he would not take the job if offered. Probably.Rubio, who represents a state that ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The House of Representatives on Tuesday passed a bill that puts the government on stable financial footing for six weeks but does nothing to resolve a dispute over spending that is likely to flare again next month.By a bipartisan ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration is lobbying Congress to unblock $200 million in aid for the Palestinian Authority that was frozen due to its bid for U.N. recognition of statehood over U.S. and Israeli objections.State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said Monday ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid said on Monday that his chamber will consider this month President Barack Obama's embattled $447 billion jobs program, and urged members of both parties to back it.Reid made the announcement on the Senate ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former Wisconsin Senator Russ Feingold endorsed Elizabeth Warren's bid for a Senate seat on Tuesday, a strong sign that the prominent consumer activist's Massachusetts campaign will be a top priority for liberal Democrats in 2012.Warren, a Harvard Law School ...
Spurred on by the White House, divided US Senators moved late Monday to avert a government shutdown at week's end and defuse an angry battle over disaster relief in Hurricane Irene's wake.But the emerging deal did not provide any immediate money for ...
The US House of Representatives on Wednesday defeated a stopgap measure to keep the government open past October 1 amid a fierce dispute over disaster aid in the wake of Hurricane Irene.The surprise 195-230 vote was a shock setback for Republican House ...
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