The US Senate rejected all four immigration proposals after a week of debate over the legal status of young immigrants who could face deportation as of March 5, Voice of America writes. Two bipartisan proposals that would provide a pathway for young immigrants to...
Ninety-seven U.S. senators voted to open a broad debate on immigration reform as disagreements emerged over what lawmakers hope to see happen, Voice of America reports. “I hope that the Senate can seize this opportunity and achieve...
Democratic leader in the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi set a historical record on Wednesday by delivering the longest speech in at least the last century in the lower house of the US Congress, writes Voice of America. The performance, which lasted more than eight (!)…
The US Senate has approved a bill to fund the work of the federal government for the next three weeks. Thus, the shutdown, which began on January 20, will end somewhere in the middle of the day on January 22, reports the Voice of America. This decision was the result of a compromise between Republicans and Democrats. The Republicans have promised ...
On the night of Saturday, December 2, the US Senate approved a large-scale tax reform bill. 51 Republican senators voted in favor, 48 Democrats and one Republican senator voted against. According to USA Today, before this, the House of Representatives of Congress voted for its version...
Senate Republicans are slated to approve a bill to revise the US tax code this week, but it is not yet known if they will be able to collect votes from members of their faction, given the opposition to the reform by Democrats. As the Voice of America writes, if the Republicans fail ...
Another woman said that the Alabama Senate nominee attacked and threatened her in a car. Beverly Young Nelson, speaking on Monday at a press conference in New York with lawyer Gloria Allred, claimed that Moore sexually assaulted her ...
The US president now has fairly easy ways to target Russian businesses, which could become a weapon to completely squeeze Russia out of world markets. Andrei Movchan, Director of the Economic Policy Program at the Carnegie Moscow Center, conducted a detailed analysis of the sanctions. By adopting a package of sanctions against ...
The Senate dealt a devastating blow to Republican efforts to repeal and replace Obamacare by failing to pass the so-called "skinny bill" early Friday. Three Republican senators - John McCain, Lisa Murkowski and Susan Collins - joined Democrats in voting against the partial repeal of the bill.…
45 US senators and 237 US congressmen supported the bill to punish those who boycott Israel. The so-called "Israel Boycott Law" proposes fines of up to $ 250 for any US citizen "engaged in interstate or foreign trade" who supports the boycott ...