US President Barack Obama, in his first weekly address to the nation in 2016, said that he will do everything he can to tackle the issue of gun attacks. Obama is disappointed that Congress does not approve of measures to introduce additional ...
During the meeting, the Senate of the US Congress adopted the draft federal budget for the 2016 fiscal year, which also includes a provision that lifts the oil embargo that has been in force for 40 years. 65 senators voted for this decision, 33 members of the House were against. The total budget is ...
The US House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved a bill to exclude from the visa-free travel program persons who have visited Iraq or Syria in the past five years. This is a program that allows citizens of 38 countries without applying for a visa to ...
US President Barack Obama vetoed a draft defense budget approved by Congress, which includes, among other things, the supply of weapons to Ukraine. Obama has repeatedly promised not to allow the adoption of such a bill, due to disagreements with Congress on the terms of allocating money for some ...
American congressmen condemned attempts to interfere by “external forces, especially the Russian government,” in the Ukrainian election process. The Republican-controlled US House of Representatives passed a resolution calling on President Barack Obama's administration to speed up aid to Ukraine in what lawmakers describe as a continued occupation of "significant territories...
The scandal over the publication of hidden camera videos of the Planned Parenthood Federation representatives discussing compensation for the provision of aborted embryos for medical research has shocked many Americans. Speaking to Congress Tuesday, the organization's president, Cecile Richards, said she is proud of the work of the "American Planning Federation ...
After the US Supreme Court declared same-sex marriage legal throughout the country at the end of July, a bill was presented to the US Congress. It was written by the representative of the Democratic Party, Lois Capps. The document contains 31 amendments to federal laws, in ...
On Wednesday, February 11, the US Congress finally approved the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline for the export of Canadian oil, Agence France-Presse reported. Earlier, Barack Obama threatened to veto the laying of the oil pipeline. In the House of Representatives, the decision was adopted by 270 votes to 152. Thus ...
A $ 1 billion bill to provide military assistance to Ukraine was prepared by Republicans and Democrats in the US Congress. The document provides for the use of these funds to train the Ukrainian military, as well as to provide Kiev with defensive military weapons, various equipment for the Ukrainian army ...
On Tuesday, three former US secretaries of state, with three decades of diplomatic experience spanning three decades, spoke at a Congressional committee hearing, sharing their views on issues that threaten the security of the United States and the world. Henry Kissinger, who served as US Secretary of State yet ...