The vote was an early test of the party's ability to hang together as it advances Trump's agenda of tax cuts and border enforcement. It also tested Trump's clout on Capitol Hill, where a handful of Republicans have already shown a willingness to defy him. House Republicans have been rack...
US House prepares to vote on offshore bills.O'Neil, Lauren
The US Senate will vote on a pair of bills this week designed to protect children online which would be the first major legislation targeting the tech industry in a generation.
The End Chinese Dominance of Electric Vehicles in America Act of 2024, which would exclude vehicles with batteries that contain materials sourced from foreign entities from receiving clean vehicle tax credits. The bills that have been passed by the House will now be deliberated by the Senate before...
More worryingly for the US economy is that it expects federal debt to increase to around 134% of GDP by 2035, up from 2024’s 98%, that Trump’s spending bill failed to pass the House Budget Committee, (with some Republicans voting against it) and that Q1 growth contracted 0.3%, ...
"Republicans have a responsibility to fund the government," Jeffries said last week, pointing out that Republicans control both chambers of Congress and the White House. Representative John Rutherford, a Florida Republican, said if Democrats vote against the "clean" extension of spending through Septe...
“We must pass voting rights bills,” Harris said in her address. “We cannot sit on the sidelines." House Speaker Nancy Pelosi drew on history with a hope that Americans would turn to their “better angels” to resolve differences. Lawmakers held an evening vigil on the Capitol ste...
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina House and Senate Republicans still unable to settle on a dollar figure for spending threatened on Thursday to go their separate ways on how to develop a state government budget.
Every Order, Resolution, or Vote to which the Concurrence of the Senate and House of Representatives may be necessary (except on a question of Adjournment) shall be presented to the President of the United States; and before the Same shall take Effect, shall be approved by him, or being di...
The Senate is on track to vote on the House’s debt ceiling bill Thursday night. A time agreement for 11 amendment votes and final passage has now been agreed to by all 100 senators. All the votes are expected to fail other than the final passage of the bill. After the final bill...