US Senate bills on cloning under fire from researchersAmerican Association for Cancer ResearchAssociation of American Medical CollegesFederation of American Societies for Experimental BiologyGenetics and ReproductionLegal ApproachU.S. CongressNature is the international weekly journal of science: a magazine ...
Despite bipartisan support for the two bills, they have faced fierce opposition from industry groups and organizations such as theAmerican Civil Liberties Union(ACLU) that fear that it could impede free speech. Even if the two bills don’t make it out of Washington’s gridlock, regulators will ...
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell issued a rare joint statement Thursday night, saying their chamber would attempt to pass 12 annual spending bills this year in order to avoid an across-the-board spending cut outlined in the debt ceiling bill. In the ...
The agreement is the necessary next step after Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson and Democratic Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer agreed earlier in the year on a $1.59 trillion discretionary spending level for the fiscal year that began on Oct. 1. Congress will event...
Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell — who at the time said Trump was “practically and morally” responsible the attack — issued a statement that highlighted the gravity of that day, but also said some Democrats were trying to exploit it for other purposes. He was absent, with a...
“This morning, I delivered a letter to the Senate withdrawing the criminal code reform commission legislation,” Mendelson said during a news conference on Monday. “It’s clear that Congress is intending to override that legislation and so my letter, just as I transmit bills for their review...
The state Senate has previously passed a ban after cardiac activity can be detected. South Carolina has become a major destination for abortions for women in Southern states with bans in place. The state Supreme Court last year blocked enforcement of a ban after cardiac activity last year...
Border and customs officials have seized record amounts of fentanyl and other synthetic opioids this year but the drug crisis continues to get worse. At a Tuesday hearing of the Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control, lawmakers, drug control officials and experts argued for ...
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and other Republican leaders hope this week's votes will give them the upper hand against the Democratic-led Senate. Each chamber is expected to pass its own spending legislation and then try to hammer out compromise bills that can be sent to Democratic President ...
A highly competitive US Senate race that could decide control of the chamber is on the ballot in this key swing state, along with a closely watched contest for governor. “I am extremely disappointed in the Pennsylvania Supreme Court’s decision with regard to undated and incorrectly dated ball...