The Senate Foreign Relations Committee has approved the bill, advancing it to the Senate floor.
Paris agreement negotiator Todd Stern attacks premiers who say that decarbonisation programmes are unrealistic and should be slowed downPolitical leaders who present themselves as “grownups” while slowing the pace of climate action are pushing the world towards deeper catastrophe, a former US climate chief has warned.“We are slowed down by those who think of themselves as grownups and believe decarbonisation at the speed the climate community calls for is unrealistic,” said Todd Stern, who...
Congressman Patrick McHenry says bitcoin is unstoppable and every regime that’s tried to shut it down has failed. He emphasized that the U.S. must become a leader in digital assets, noting that two congressional bills offer a path toward clear regulations. Two Pieces of Legislation Could Provide Greater Clarity in Digital Assets Congressman Patrick McHenry […]
US legislation that would ban the popular TikTok app remains stalled in the Senate, where key Democrats struggled Wednesday to reach consensus.
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Georgia could become the next state to end the subminimum wage for disabled people, a widespread and now widely opposed exception to minimum wage laws that extends to some 40,000 workers with disabilities—and the first state where such an initiative would be led by Republicans. 16 states have passed bills to end or reform the […]
DHARAMSALA/WASHINGTON, DC (IANS) – The Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) on April 17 applauded the Senate Foreign Relations Committee’s approval of the Resolve Tibet Bill, an effort of the US to push the Chinese government to resolve the longstanding Tibet-China dispute through dialogue with Tibetan leaders. […]
Speaker Mike Johnson will hold four separate votes in the House after US assistance previously languished in a divided Congress
by Jose Ricardo G. Bondoc SAN FRANCISCO, CA (3/24)- On Wednesday (3/13), a diplomatic delegation from Cuba met with the San Francisco African American Chamber of Commerce (SFAACC) in the Bayview Hunters Point neighborhood of San Francisco. Cuban Ambassador Lianys Torres Rivera said, “I am so happy to be here; we have traveled to cities […]
In light of increased cyber attacks, a lawmaker called on his colleagues in the House of Representatives to hasten the approval of measures that will protect the country’s digital infrastructure and penalize hackers.
A bipartisan group of Senators and Representatives introduced a pair of bills Wednesday to counter antisemitism, calling for a federal interagency task force against the hate. Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.) and James Lankford (R-Okla.) led the Senate’s Countering Antisemitism Act, while Reps. Kathy Manning (D-N.C.), Chris Smith (R-N.J.), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.), and Randy Weber (R-Texas)
Republicans have scrambled to respond to public condemnation of Arizona's court ruling this week.