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Factbox: The key races that will likely determine control of the U.S. Senate
(Reuters) - The battle for U.S. Senate control is among the biggest electoral fights in 2020, along with the presidential contest. Democrats need a net gain of four seats to win the majority in the No...
Apr 28, 2020
Senior U.S. House members vow to pass major defense bill despite pandemic
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The long reach of the coronavirus outbreak will not keep U.S. lawmakers from passing an annual bill that determines how the Pentagon spends its billions, as Congress has done fo...
Apr 28, 2020
Sanders’ campaign alumni now backing Biden with a Super PAC
By Trevor Hunnicutt (Reuters) - Alumni of Senator Bernie Sanders' unsuccessful presidential campaigns on Tuesday said they had started a new political fundraising group to support onetime rival Joe Bi...
Apr 28, 2020
U.S. Senate leader opposes infrastructure spending in next coronavirus relief bill: Axios
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell called on his Republican colleagues on Tuesday to oppose an effort by the White House to insert infrastructure spending measures in a...
Apr 28, 2020
Warren, Ocasio-Cortez want to stop many company mergers during coronavirus pandemic
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two of the most popular Democrats, Senator Elizabeth Warren and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, said on Tuesday they would introduce legislation to stop many mergers wh...
Apr 28, 2020
Democrats’ Senate majority odds boosted amid outbreak, Trump’s uneven response
By Joseph Ax (Reuters) - Republican U.S. Senator Steve Daines been airing a television advertisement in Montana touting his efforts to protect his state's residents from the novel coronavirus. But his...
Apr 28, 2020
Hillary Clinton set to endorse Joe Biden’s presidential bid
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton will endorse the campaign of her fellow Democrat Joe Biden on Tuesday, according to a person familiar with her plans. The endorsement...
Apr 28, 2020
U.S. House of Representatives will not return to Washington next week: Hoyer
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives will not return to Washington next week as planned, Majority Leader Steny Hoyer said on Tuesday, citing health concerns amid a still-rising num...
Apr 28, 2020
Ohio to vote, largely by mail, in primary delayed by COVID-19
By Simon Lewis (Reuters) - Ohio will hold nominating contests largely by mail on Tuesday after voting originally scheduled for March 17 was delayed and in-person voting curtailed, as the coronavirus p...
Apr 28, 2020
Trump, U.S. House face off in court over subpoena power
By Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court will hear arguments on Tuesday in a historic dispute between the Trump administration and the U.S. House of Representatives over how much power...
Apr 28, 2020
