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. […]
MORNING NEWSBREAK | A South Carolina Senate committee voted Tuesday to fast-track a sweeping and controversial energy policy reform bill despite the public’s concerns that the process is moving too quickly.
Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), the head of the powerful Senate Commerce Committee, is spearheading the upper chamber’s internal debate on what to do about the popular China-owned app
Former Vice President Mike Pence is concerned that a bipartisan effort to force popular social media app TikTok to cut ties with China will fall victim to presidential politics ahead of the November election, which promises to be fiercely competitive. "I am concerned that this vitally important national security measure could be caught up in the delays in the United States Senate and ultimately be lost in the fog of presidential politics," he told Fox News Digital in an interview, referencing...
By Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — Late Thursday night, the House Rules Committee passed a series of foreign aid bills out of committee using Democratic support, in a sign that Republicans in the chamber will need to rely on Democrats to pass the legislation. Three Republicans – Reps. Thomas Massie of Kentucky, Ralph Norman of
Mike Pence worries that a bipartisan effort to ban TikTok will get lost in the shuffle of presidential politics before this year’s November election.The former vice president shared his thoughts during an interview with FOX News Digital saying, "I am concerned that this vitally important national security measure could be caught up in the delays in the United States Senate and ultimately be lost in the fog of presidential politics."His remarks allude to an expected rematch between President Joe...
The House of Lords snubbed ministerial calls to back down and insisted by 245 votes to 208, majority 37, on a requirement that the east African country cannot be treated as safe.
The decision to push the delivery comes one day before the Senate was set to receive the impeachment articles on Wednesday evening. Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., alluded that Schumer had planned to jam the entire impeachment into a shortened week. Republicans wanted to ensure the Senate has proper time to litigate the matter. READ MORE:
Former Alabama Ethics Commissioner Stan McDonald resigned Wednesday. The decision comes as the Alabama Senate considers a bill that would overhaul Alabama’s existing state ethics code.
Senator Anthony J. Portantino (D – Burbank) led efforts this week to submit a letter to the White House urging President Biden to address the exclusion of Armenian Americans from the Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) checkbox in the U.S. census. “I am deeply concerned that hundreds of thousands of Armenian Americans were excluded …
The House voted 273 to 147 Friday in favor of reauthorizing the surveillance bill that has been exploited by the FBI hundreds of thousands of times to spy on American citizens. Only 59 Republicans reportedly voted against renewing Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. The bill is now headed to the Senate, where it will likely be passed before the April 19 deadline, to the great satisfaction of its champions in the Biden administration, members of the the House...
Flights have been pushed back to summer after the House of Lords spoke out for Afghans and refugees – here’s what to expect over the coming weeksRishi Sunak’s plan to fly people seeking asylum to Rwanda this spring appears to have been put back to the summer after House of Lords insisted on changes to the scheme.On Thursday the prime minister’s spokesperson said the Lords were responsible for any delay after attaching unwanted amendments to the deportation bill. Continue reading