Category Archives: (Sandbox) Politics
Biden nominates abortion rights lawyer in U.S. Supreme Court case to federal judgeship
By Nate Raymond (Reuters) - President Joe Biden on Friday nominated a lawyer who represented the Mississippi clinic at the heart of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to overturn its landmark 1973 Roe ...
Jul 29, 2022
Fringe candidates putting Republicans’ U.S. Senate hopes at risk
By James Oliphant WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican voters' embrace of fringe and divisive candidates is jeopardizing the party's goal of taking control of the U.S. Senate in November's midterm electi...
Jul 29, 2022
U.S. Congressional Republicans, Democrats pause politics to play ball
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In a rare moment of bipartisanship in a usually bitterly divided Washington, Democrats and Republicans in the U.S. Congress competed on Thursday in an annual baseball game despi...
Jul 28, 2022
Democrats will add provisions on insulin to energy, tax bill -Schumer
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer said on Thursday that Democrats would add provisions on insulin to the energy, tax and prescription drug bill they are aiming to pass...
Jul 28, 2022
U.S. Senate will vote on Monday on military toxic burn pits legislation -Schumer
(Reuters) - The U.S. Senate will vote Monday on a bill to expand healthcare to veterans exposed to military toxic burn pits, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer said on Thursday. The bill was delay...
Jul 28, 2022
U.S. Senate Democratic electric vehicle tax credit plan faces questions
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Automakers and lawmakers on Thursday were closely reviewing details of a proposed expansion of the electric vehicle tax credit that could help cut greenhouse...
Jul 28, 2022
Majority of U.S. House backs sweeping semiconductor bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday passed sweeping legislation to subsidize the domestic semiconductor industry as it competes with companies in China and other count...
Jul 28, 2022
Comedian Jon Stewart erupts after Republicans vote against military burn pits bill
By Moira Warburton and Rose Horowitch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Comedian Jon Stewart, an outspoken advocate for military veterans, erupted in anger on Thursday after U.S. Senate Republicans blocked a bil...
Jul 28, 2022
Alaska Senator to stall two Biden Pentagon nominees
By Mike Stone WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden's nominees for industrial policy and weapons acquisition positions at the Pentagon will see their nomination process stalled, Republican U...
Jul 28, 2022
U.S. Congress poised to pass long-awaited bill to boost chipmakers, compete with China
By David Shepardson and Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives is set to pass sweeping legislation on Thursday to subsidize the domestic semiconductor industry as i...
Jul 28, 2022
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