Category Archives: (Sandbox) Politics
Biden signs bill raising U.S. debt limit, averting default
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday signed legislation temporarily raising the government's borrowing limit to $28.9 trillion, pushing off the deadline for debt default only unt...
Oct 14, 2021
Exclusive: Senator Cotton delays vote on Biden’s pick for powerful China job at Commerce
By Alexandra Alper and Karen Freifeld WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican Senator Tom Cotton is holding up a vote to confirm Alan Estevez as the U.S. Commerce Department's undersecretary for industry an...
Oct 14, 2021
Explainer-What’s at stake for Trump allies facing ‘contempt of Congress’?
By Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. congressional committee investigating the deadly Jan. 6 storming of the Capitol is pursuing contempt of Congress charges against Steve Bannon, a longtime adv...
Oct 14, 2021
U.S. congressional panel probing Jan 6 Capitol riot sets Bannon contempt vote date
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives select committee probing the deadly Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol said on Thursday it would convene a business meeting on Tuesday to vote on ad...
Oct 14, 2021
U.S. Senator Manchin promises to block mining royalty plan
By Ernest Scheyder (Reuters) - U.S. Senator Joe Manchin has promised to block a proposed royalty for minerals extracted on federal land from advancing in the U.S. Senate's version of the hotly debated...
Oct 14, 2021
Key Democrat rejects vote on big Biden package before infrastructure-source
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senator Kyrsten Sinema, a key moderate, told fellow Democrats in the House of Representatives this week that she will not vote for a multitrillion-dollar package that is a ...
Oct 14, 2021
Congressional Republican opposition to Biden to harden as election nears
By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - With the 2022 congressional elections less than 13 months away, President Joe Biden and his Democratic allies could face a bigger challenge retaining control of ...
Oct 14, 2021
White House ‘draft material’ on U.S. Supreme Court reforms due later Thursday
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The commission formed by President Joe Biden to study potential U.S. Supreme Court changes such as expanding the number of justices or imposing term limits on them is set to rel...
Oct 14, 2021
Schumer says U.S. Senate to vote on election reform next week
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said on Thursday that the Senate will hold a procedural vote as early as next Wednesday on election reform legislation aimed at reversi...
Oct 14, 2021
Anti-Trump Republicans to back vulnerable Democratic lawmakers in 2022 congressional races
By Tim Reid LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A group of anti-Trump Republicans on Thursday will endorse a slate of Democratic lawmakers facing tough races in next year's midterm elections, in a bid to stop the...
Oct 14, 2021
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