Topic: U.S. Congress
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal lawmakers expressed bipartisan support on Wednesday for several legislative proposals to ease regulatory burdens for small companies struggling to raise capital in the face of a battered economy.At a hearing before a House Financial Services panel, Democrats and ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A senior Republican lawmaker said he was optimistic Congress would pass three long-delayed trade deals with South Korea, Panama and Colombia "very soon".Representative Kevin Brady said his understanding was the White House, Senate leaders and House of Representatives Speaker ...
US House Speaker John Boehner urged fellow Republicans not to boycott President Barack Obama's jobs speech on Thursday and said he hoped for "common ground" with the White House on boosting the economy."He is the president of the United States, and I ...
MILWAUKEE (Reuters) - Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin, one of the few openly gay members of Congress, announced on Tuesday that she will run for the Senate seat being vacated by retiring fellow Democrat Herb Kohl.If elected to the Senate, she would be the ...
Russ Feingold announces he won't run for the U.S. Senate, paving the way for Tammy Baldwin to enter the raceRuss Feingold on Friday told supporters that he would not run for the U.S. Senate in 2012, increasing the likelihood that Wisconsin Rep. ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - House of Representatives Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi on Thursday announced her three appointees to a special congressional committee that will look at long-term deficit reductions, rounding out the 12-member bipartisan panel.Pelosi named Representative James Clyburn, the No. 3 House ...
Bringing the curtain down on a nearly 200-year-old tradition, leaders of the US House of Representatives announced Monday that they were doing away with the chamber's "page" program.Republican House Speaker John Boehner and Democratic House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi cited the high ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Here is what is happening on Monday as lawmakers prepare to vote on a deal to raise the $14.3 trillion limit on U.S. borrowing, just a day before the deadline to avert an unprecedented default.* The White House and ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats in the House of Representatives might decide not to support a last-minute deal to raise the debt ceiling when they meet on Monday, House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi said on Sunday."We all may not be able to support ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A bill to raise the debt ceiling that passed the Republican-controlled House of Representatives was headed for defeat on Friday in the Democratic-controlled Senate.Voting had not concluded, but Democrats had amassed more than the 51 votes needed to defeat ...
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