Senate race. While he broke ranks with the Republican Party on occasion—notably voicing support for civil unions for gay couples and for abortion rights—Specter (or “Snarlin’ Arlen,” as he was known to colleagues) was sometimes fiercely partisan. His aggressive questioning of Anita Hill, ...
The bills that have been passed by the House will now be deliberated by the Senate before being sent to the President to be signed into law. Chinese officials have strongly criticized the passing of these bills. Answering a media question on the Biosecure Act, Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokespers...
“I'm not going to let one officer risk his or her life because somebody thinks that these things talk to China,” Florida senator and former K-9 officer Tom Wright said during a Senate committee hearing last year before the ban took effect. “I cannot imagine what China would really wan...
As you have read, many of these are really big changes and have not been able to get bipartisan support in the past. Now that democrats control both House and Senate, they have far more better chance to pass some of these, if not everything. We need to wait and see, what really com...
The agency has been without a Senate-confirmed administrator since early 2017. President Joe Biden has nominated former California air quality regulator Steven Cliff for the post. Cliff is awaiting confirmation by the full Senate. ___ Hope Yen contributed to this report from Washington. Cop...
“I'm not going to let one officer risk his or her life because somebody thinks that these things talk to China,” Florida senator and former K-9 officer Tom Wright said during a Senate committee hearing last year before the ban took effect. “I cannot imagine what China would really wan...
Thanks to the United States' self-proclaimed role as a global leader, members of the House of Representatives voted 415 to 0 to pass the "PRC Is Not a Developing Country Act" on March 27 to strip China of its developing nation status. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved the "...
States including Colorado, Nevada and New Mexico have considered allowing them. The governors of California and Vermont vetoed safe injection site bills last year, and Pennsylvania’s Senate last week voted for a ban on them. The grant marks another move by the Biden administration toward ...
Major Voting Days for the Senate Photo Source: AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite On Wednesday, August 11, Senate Republicans blocked Democratic attempts to advance their voting overhaul bill. The new bill Democrats were attempting to pass was designed to combat some of the controversial voting bills pa...
Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg will not seek Michigan's open U.S. Senate seat in 2026 Associated PressMarch 13, 2025 Woman Trapped in Crashed Car Survives on Creek Water for 6 Days Until Rescue Authorities say a woman in Indiana who was trapped in her car with broken legs aft...