WASHINGTON, April 23 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. Senate on Tuesday voted to pass a foreign aid package that included long-stalled aid for Israel and Ukraine. The measure, totaling 95 billion U.S. dollars, was passed by a vote of 79 to 18. Having cleared the House on Saturday, the legislat...
The bill heads to President Biden's desk after it passed the Senate in an 87-11 vote. Only one Democratic senator voted against the measure, Sen. Michael Bennet of Colorado. The Housepassed the bill, known as a continuing resolution, Tuesday night, sending it to the Senate ahead of a Fr...
Senator Chuck Schumer, Democrat of New York and the majority leader, had tucked the energy measure into the must-pass bill to fulfill apromiseDemocratic leaders made privately to Senator Joe Manchin III, Democrat of West Virginia, in exchange for Mr. Manchin’s vote last month for the party...
Casten vowed after the vote to continue to try to get the report released, saying, “We are going to pursue every option,” he said. “We have to keep this going, including but not limited to bringing the resolution back up. We’re going to figure out next steps.” ...
But it looks like a Polish-American vote that’s activated by the war in Ukraine didn’t materialize. In heavily Polish American Portage County, Wisconsin — where in 1917 regiments of Polish American men were organized to fight under a Polish flag in Europe ...
intensifiesthe pressure on House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, who abandoned a plan to pass a defense funding bill — one of the 12 appropriations bills, and usually one of the least controversial — after members of the House Freedom Caucus refused to support it ad...
The House took a procedural vote to move ahead on four spending bills that reflect conservative priorities and stand no chance of becoming law. Even if enacted, the measures fund only a portion of the government and would not avert a shutdown. ...
This must be an embarrassment to proudly pro-union President Biden, who reversed other anti-federal labor organization policies put in place under Trump. McNulty’s action drew heated reaction from three Republicans who often vote against union interests. “The Committee takes seriously the Department...
But the committeecanceled the executive sessionscheduled for Wednesday, which would have come before a general vote on the nominations on the Senate floor. A committee aide told The Hill they ran out of time despite having the support to advance the nominations. ...
Part of the danger for Fischer is that Osborn, unlike most independent candidates, isn’t just a nominal challenger to both a Democrat and Republican. He’s the only other candidate on the ticket besides the incumbent — meaning he could coalesce the anti-Fischer...