According to the US Constitution, if the President is removed from office, dies, resigns, or is incapacitated, his duties are transferred to the Vice President. The next successors are the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the Senate president pro tempore. The last one is Patrick Leahy. He…
On January 21, a full-fledged trial of the impeachment case of US President Donald Trump began in the US Senate. Writes about this "Voice of America". This is the third time in American history that a president has faced ouster for alleged oath violation. One of…
A US Senate investigation into the NRA's relationship with Russia reveals that a tax-exempt US organization operates as an information channel and provides Russian officials with access to high-ranking Republicans for the service of "lucrative personal business opportunities." About it…
The Senate on January 24 rejected two bills aimed at restoring federal funding and ending the longest shutdown in US history. Following the vote, Senator Lindsay Graham, a South Carolina Republican and ally of President Donald Trump, called for the adoption of ...
The draft resolution recognizing the Holodomor of 1932-1933 as genocide of the Ukrainian people condemns the systematic violations of human rights, in particular the right to self-determination and freedom of speech, committed by the Soviet government against the Ukrainian people. The Foreign Relations Committee of the US Senate approved a resolution by which the Holodomor of 1932-1933 ...
The leaders of the Republican and Democratic parties in the Senate have reached a compromise on the parameters of the US budget for 2 years, according to CNN. The deal was presented together by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Minority Leader Chuck Schumer. The agreement envisages increasing military and non-military spending of the Department over the next two years ...
The Senate of the US Congress passed a law to tighten unilateral US sanctions against Russia, Iran and the DPRK. According to the TASS news agency, the voting is ongoing at the moment, but the legislative initiative has already gained a sufficient number of votes for approval. After approval by the Senate, the document ...
Bipartisan U.S. Senators have indicated their support for a provision to strengthen sanctions against Russia in a bill on economic sanctions against Iran in connection with Tehran's ballistic missile program. On Wednesday, the Senate voted to continue discussing the bill ...
Part of the letters from the personal mailbox of the former Secretary of State and Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has been released. Among the people with whom she corresponded, there were also celebrities - the actor Ben Affleck and the singer Lady Gaga. The release of letters has become ...
Democratic senators, who for a long time insisted on tougher sanctions against Iran, unexpectedly agreed to wait with the adoption of the appropriate decision. Democratic Senator Robert Menendez said that he intends to refrain from promoting the bill he himself proposed on the introduction of additional sanctions against Iran until ...