Harris becomes just the second black woman and the first Indian-American woman to reach the upper chamber, while Duckworth is the first Thai-American to reach the Senate. Cortez Masto, who is Mexican-American, is the first Latina elected to the Senate. In the House, two-thirds of the new...
The meaning of CONGRESS CAP is a small white cloth cap worn by members of the Congress party of India.
Despite the effort for reform, the policies and spending levels pushed by the House conservatives had next to no realistic chance in the Democratic-controlled Senate, giving House leadership little choice but to abandon the push, even with the outsized influence wielded by the conference's right ...
Deputies of people's congresses are elected according to the Chinese system, which is always under the leadership of the Party, of course. As of April 2021, there were more than 2.6 million deputies to China's five levels of people's congress: state, provincial, municipal, ...
The socialist-controlled Congress is scheduled to be sworn in on Jan 5, 2021. (Reporting by Deisy Buitrago; Writing by Luc Cohen in Caracas; Editing by Matthew Lewis) Copyright 2020 Thomson Reuters. Tags: Venezuela, South America Read More Galleries America 2024 The Best Political Ca...
The bicameral moves come as the party plots a course toward the election. But there is still much unresolved: The House GOP hasn’t taken up the Senate’s bipartisan foreign aid bill, and Senate Republicans are wary of passing the House’s bipartisan tax package. What’s more, the next ...
The Communist Party claims the self-governing democratic island as its territory, despite never having controlled it. No new titles: Xi was not granted new titles or honorifics — and the name of his political ideology, already enshrined in the party charter, was not given additional weight. ...
A polarized Senate gets hung up on filibusters while a House, Senate, and presidency controlled by different and polarized parties cannot agree on legislation. AGGRESSIVE PRESIDENTS AND A WEAKENED CONGRESS Over the past decade, the power of Congress has been challenged on several fronts. A series...
The plan is the latest in a series announced by government adding up to around 5% of the country's gross domestic product (GDP) that also offered loans and tax breathers to small and medium-sized businesses. Opposition groups have said the plans do not go far enough or reach e...
There is still little evidence of a slowdown in the labor market. Tim SmartMay 2, 2025 177K Jobs Added in April The mineral deal signed by the U.S. and Ukraine ties the U.S. and Trump to Ukraine’s future – while providing very few real security ...