Tag: U.S senate
U.S. Senate passes Inflation Reduction Bill
Democrats have drawn harsh attacks from Republicans over the legislation's $430 billion in new spending and roughly $740 billion in…
Big win for Biden as U.S. senate passes Inflation Reduction Act
The action sends the measure on to the House of Representatives for an expected Friday vote that could forward it,…
U.S. Senate advances gun safety bill
More than 20,800 people have died from gun violence in the United States so far in 2022, including through homicide…
U.S. Senate to vote Wednesday on abortion rights bill
Last week a draft decision was leaked showing a majority of the country's top court would vote to overturn Roe…
Jackson confirmed as U.S. first black female Supreme Court Justice
Presiding over the vote was Vice President Kamala Harris, also the first Black woman to reach her high office. Biden…
U.S. Senate set to vote on Judge Jackson’s SCOTUS nomination
Jackson, 51, was nominated by U.S. President Joe Biden in late February to succeed liberal Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer,…
Biden hints Democrats may dump filibuster rule in Senate
That would allow Democrats, who hold a razor-thin Senate majority, to suspend the federal government's $28.4 trillion borrowing cap without…
Biden’s $1 trillion infrastructure bill passes first Senate test
The bill represents the biggest investment in decades in America's roads, bridges, airports and waterways.
Victory for Biden as US Senate passes $1.9trillion COVID relief bill
Democrats in the US Senate on Saturday approved a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill in a party-line vote, advancing President…
Trump’s impeachment trial stalled in U.S. Senate
The second impeachment trial of former U.S. President Donald Trump may not begin until mid-February, to give him time to…
U.S. Senate delays Trump’s impeachment trial
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has ruled out an impeachment trial for Donald Trump before Joe Biden’s inauguration on…
U.S. senators complete Trump’s coup de grace on defense bill
U.S. Senate overrode President Donald Trump's veto for the first time in his nearly four years in office. It was…
U.S. Senate leader McConnell stalls $2000 relief checks
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday put off a vote on President Donald Trump’s call to boost COVID-19…
U.S. Senate passes anti-doping sports bill
U.S. Senate on Monday passed a bill that would allow U.S. justice officials to pursue criminal penalties against anyone involved…
U.S. Senate passes $2trillion stimulus bill, help on the way for Americans
Help is on the way for coronavirus-stricken American people and businesses after the US Senate unanimously passed the nation's largest-ever…
Coronavirus: U.S. Senate to strike deal on relief package
Republicans and Democrats in the U.S. Senate were pushing toward an agreement on a far-reaching 1 trillion dollars coronavirus stimulus…
Why Democrats in U.S. Senate blocked $1trillion stimulus
Democrats in the U.S. Senate on Sunday blocked legislation that would pump well over $1 trillion into the American economy…
U.S. Senate to Trump: Press “not enemy of the people”
The U.S. Senate unanimously passed a resolution on Thursday, rebuking President Donald Trump’s statement that the news media is “the…
U.S. Senate braces for showdown over ‘Dreamer’ immigrants
A bipartisan Senate plan to protect young illegal immigrants from deportation appeared headed toward a Senate showdown on Thursday as…
Trump lashes at Democrats as U.S. Senate ends shutdown
The U.S. Senate voted overwhelmingly on Monday to end the three-day-old government shutdown with 81-18 votes to reopen funding for…