The US government may need to act to discourage drug companies from hiking the prices of off-patent drugs, senators from both main parties said at the first of a series of hearings on soaring drug prices held by the Senate Special Committee on Aging on 9 December. The hearings were ...
The July 30 hearing, titled “Examining Regulatory Frameworks for Digital Currencies and Blockchain,” follows the previous hearings in mid-July thatexaminedthe regulatory hurdles surroundingFacebook’s Libra. Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire will be a witness today in front of the Senate Committee on Banki...
Jeanne Shaheen is an American politician who was elected as a Democrat to the U.S. Senate in 2008 and began representing New Hampshire the following year. She was the first woman to serve as governor of the state (1997–2003). Shaheen grew up in the subu
though presidents have rarely consulted the Senate before making a nomination. The Senate Judiciary Committee ordinarily conducts hearings on nominations to the Supreme Court, and a simple majority of the full Senate is required for confirmation. When the position ofchief justiceis vacant, the presiden...
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This Act will have to be passed by the Senate before being signed into law by President Joe Biden. Another version of the Act, called the Countering CCP 3 Drones and Supporting Drones for Law Enforcement Act, has also been introduced as an amendment to the FY25 NDAA by two senators, ...
The US House of Representatives and the Armed Services Committee of the US Senate have announced a deal on the US National Defense Authorisation Act (NDAA) for 2020... Read More Analysis Pressure mounts on Donald Trump as Ukraine hearings move forward ...
Whoever is chosen will have to go through a Senate process, including public hearings. Then there’s a committee vote. And then there’s a Senate floor vote. Even without a nominee, the Senate is gearing up to put that process in motion, potentially before Election Day – though, ironicall...
Senate voting and election: In a secret ballot voting, the GOP elected John Thune as the next majority leader. John Barrasso will be the assistant majority leader, Tom Cotton will serve as Republican conference chair, Shelley Moore Capito will be the Republican policy committee chair, James Lankf...
“The US Senate needs to reconsider this bill and those senators who oppose it need to set politics aside and pass it on the merits not on whether it’s going to benefit one party or benefit the other party,” Biden said in remarks during a trip to the US-Mexico border on Thursday. ...