BALTIMORE -- The U.S. Senate unanimously voted to pass the Chesapeake National Recreation Act Wednesday, which designates parts of the Chesapeake Bay as a National Park Service (NPS) property. The bill - introduced in July 2023 by Sen. Chris Van Hollen and Rep. John Sarbanes (D-Md) - co...
The US Senate has secured final passage of a bill that will extend funding for the federal government by two months and prevent a shutdown that would have started this weekend. The "laddered" continuing resolution, which the Senate passed in an 87-11 vote late on Wednesday, will extend ...
The US Senate passed S. 3232 with unanimous consent. This brings the Stop Tip‑overs of Unstable, Risky Dressers on Youth (STURDY) Act, with a mandatory furniture stability standard, one step closer to becoming the law. The Act now proceeds to US House of Representatives where it has prev...
The bill now moves to the House, which just began a six-week recess and will return September 9. Speaker of the HouseMike Johnsonhas not set a date to vote on the bill. The change list:The two pieces of legislation establish a “duty of care” that platforms must maintain in product ...
Senate could pave the way for the commercial deployment of drones in the national airspace, besides addressing safety issues by, for example, providing for a pilot that would find ways to lock down errant drones if they are close to airports. The new rules in the Federal Aviation ...
Today, Discus applauded the Senate’s approval of The Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) bill, which it said was “critical” to helping large distillers to compete on a “level playing field around the globe”. The bill will also give small distillers a chance to introduce their products to ...
The US Senate passed a sweeping social media safety package Tuesday that would force tech companies to do more to protect children—the first major legislation targeting Silicon Valley in a generation.
The Arizona Senate has passed a bill to allow its residents to pay taxes with cryptocurrency, setting up the state to become the first in the US to do so.
[00:00.00]The U.S. Senate has approved the nation's first major legislation aimed at protecting children from internet harms. [00:11.78]Two bills passed the Senate by a vote of 91-3 on Tuesday. [00:18.47]But the mea...
WASHINGTON ( March 11) - The U.S. Senate on Thursday approved legislation providing $1.5 trillion to fund the federal government through Sept. 30 and to allocate $13.6 billion to aid Ukraine.The 2,700-page bill passed in a bipartisan 68-31 vote, one day