[听力原文] 26-27 The failure of a climate bill in the US Senate is likely to weigh heavily on international negotiations in Europe this week on a new agreement to control global warming. The decision to strike the bill from the Senate’s immediate agenda has deepened the distrust among poor...
Named the US Innovation and Competition Act, the legislation was the product of multiple Senate committees, and touches on a broad range of issues. The core comes from legislation that Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Indiana Republican Sen. Todd Young introduced together last year The bill has ...
The U.S. Senate describes private bills, on the contrary, as those that affect only certain individuals or organizations. Such groups may include corporations or immigrants. In many cases, the aim of a private bill is to seek special relief or privilege, which is often counter to public law...
Here are the six provisions that will determine whether the Senate's version of the tax bill is a winner or a loser for you: Larger standard deduction Like House Republicans,the SenateGOP contingent would also like to raise standard deductions, nearly doubling them to $24,000 for married cou...
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) has blocked a potential Senate vote on the House version, arguing that the existing language is too broad. “The bill as written would allow altercations resulting in a cut, abrasion, bruise, or any other injury no matter how temporary to be subject to a...
The U.S. Senate passed a House-approved bill late Thursday to suspend the national debt limit and put a lid on government spending for two years, and President Joe Biden is expected to sign the legislative compromise into law today. After several long days of negotiation between the White Ho...
Sen. Marco Rubio, the Florida Republican who sponsored the version of the bill that the Senate passed in 2022 by unanimous consent, has also introduced a new version for the chamber to consider. "This ritual of changing time twice a year is stupid," Rubiosaid in a statement. ...
Senate bills are introduced when a Senator sponsors or modifies a bill sponsored in the House of Representatives. Senators often generate the ideas behind bills they sponsor by listening to their constituents. After a Senate bill is drafted and introduced in the Senate Chamber, it is entered in ...
(TCJA)was a major overhaul of thetax code, signed into law by President Donald Trump on Jan. 1, 2018. The Senate passed TCJA on Dec. 2, 2017, by a party-line vote of 51 to 49. The House passed its version by a vote of 224 to 201.1No House Democrats supported the bill and 12...