• House finally passes budget bill

    The bill calls for a 9.3% rise in spending from fiscal 2023, with a budget deficit to 693 billion baht, down 0.3% from the previous year.Its passage followed a three-day debate, with 298 lawmakers in favour and 166 against, with one abstention and one absent.Pending Senate approval and royal endorsement next week, long-awaited disbursement of state investment funds is expected to begin in early April.Rapid disbursement in the remaining months of the fiscal year is seen as crucial to efforts of...

  • Rwanda bill amendments overturned in Commons vote

    Labour continues its opposition, flagging how six flights to space cost the same as each deportation.

  • PHEVs pollute more than billed, but EPA just gave them a pass

    A new European study finds that plug-in hybrids pollute more than advertised, while in the U.S. the EPA appears ready to give them more emissions leeway. The European Commission study showed that new plug-in hybrids registered in 2021 averaged emissions of 139.5 grams of CO2 per kilometer, which was 3.5 times higher than what Europe's WLTP

  • US House passes bill to avoid government shutdown

    The US House of Representatives has passed a government funding bill with more support from Democrats than the majority Republicans, leading to a fresh threat by a hardline conservative lawmaker to oust the Speaker. The House’s 286-134 vote sends the $US1.2 trillion ($A1.8 trillion) bill to the Democratic-majority Senate, which has hours to act ahead […]

  • House passes final spending bills over Republican opposition

    The House of Representatives passed the remainder of its annual appropriations bills on Friday, marking the first step toward avoiding a shutdown just hours before federal funding is set to lapse for a slew of government agencies. Lawmakers passed the $1.2 trillion spending bill in a 286-134 vote, overcoming the two-thirds threshold needed to advance The House passed the remainder of its annual appropriations bills on Friday, marking the first step toward avoiding a shutdown just hours before...

  • Thailand’s House of Representatives passes marriage equality bill

    Same-sex couples in Thailand may soon have the same legal rights to marry as those in heterosexual relationships, thanks to a bill that was passed in the country’s parliament on […]

  • Thailand lawmakers overwhelmingly pass bill to legalize homosexual 'marriage'

    Thailand's Senate is expected to pass the bill, which would then go to the king for approval.

  • Thailand poised to legalise same-sex marriage after parliament passes bill

    Lawmakers overwhelmingly vote to make country the first in south-east Asia to recognise same-sex unionsLawmakers in Thailand’s lower house of parliament have overwhelmingly approved a marriage equality bill that would make the country the first in south-east Asia to legalise equal rights for marriage partners of any gender.Four hundred of 415 lawmakers present voted for the bill on Wednesday and footage from inside parliament showed people standing and applauding afterwards. Continue reading

  • Trump says Facebook Should Also be Banned if TikTok Bill Passes

    Reiterating his opposition to Congressional efforts to ban TikTok, the former president argues that Facebook should also be banned.

  • Congress races to pass $1.2 trillion spending bill

    Congress is struggling to pass a budget bill to prevent large portions of the federal government from shutting down at midnight. The House approved the bill late this morning and now it’s the Senate’s turn.

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    Sen. Coons: ‘We will take up and pass’ the spending bill in the Senate

    As Congress prepares to go on a two week recess, the House has passed a $1.2 trillion spending bill to fund the government for the next six months, averting a potential shutdown. Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE) joins Andrea Mitchell to weigh in as the bill is set to give Israel nearly $4 billion in military aid.

  • House passes $1.2trn spending bill to avert shutdown

    Two-thirds majority reached to pass spending package – 286 voted in favour