House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says she's "optimistic" Democrats may be able to reach a deal on a coronavirus relief package with the White House, but Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has reportedly encouraged President Trump to wait until after the election to move forward with a deal. CN...
House and also narrowed the Senate's Democratic majority. It is stated that Republicans capitalized on concerns about government spending. Republicans got a net gain of at least six seats in the Senate. The Republican Party contested the elections highlighting issues such as unemployment and economic...
Making the case for a "year of action," President Obama highlighted curbing carbon emissions, expanding natural gas production and ending fossil fuel subsidies in his fifth State of the Union address. In this E&ETV Special Report, members of the Senate and House react to the president's climat...
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Legislative recruitment to upper houses: The Australian senate and house of representatives compared Although a majority of liberal democracies are bicameral, only four – Australia, the United States, Germany and Switzerland – have upper houses which have any significant legislative authority. However,...
Senator Harry Reid, the majority leader, who framed the Senate's action as a first step in a longer process, said, "This week will offer another opportunity for the Senate to return to regular order, an opportunity for this body to legislate through cooperation, through compromise, as we us...
Rep. Tom Cole (R-Okla.), a House Budget Committee member and appropriator, said he’s voted for previous budgets that have balanced in less than 10 years, but added that he recognizes “the politics of that are problematic.” In the Senate, Majority LeaderMitch McConnell(R-Ky.) is seek...
on simulations using FiveThirtyEight’s final forecast, the projections we do have suggest Democrats are now slight favorites to maintain their narrow edge in the Senate while ABC News estimates that Republicans have 207 seats to the Democrats’ 188, putting the GOP in position to win a majority...
The Senate has just about completed its work on the appropriations bills that will fund the government civilian research and development activities in fiscal 1993, which begins Oct. 1. The full Senate has made no major changes, and very few minor ones, in the levels of support recommended by...
for the immigrant relief fund. house majority leader pat sullivan said in a written statement that by working with senate lawmakers and figuring out how best to use the federal aid, “we have developed a great first step that pushes dollars out the door to communities and businesses...