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U.S. Senate blocks consideration of abortion rights legislation
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Democratic bill that would legalize abortion throughout the United States was failing to get the 60 votes needed to advance in the U.S. Senate on Wednesday, amid strong Republ...
May 11, 2022
Judge finds Florida’s Republican-backed congressional map illegally harms Black voters
(Reuters) - A Florida judge on Wednesday said the state's new congressional map, championed by Republican Governor Ron DeSantis, unconstitutionally dilutes Black citizens' voting power. During a virtu...
May 11, 2022
Democrats scramble to protect abortion rights in liberal U.S. states
By Sharon Bernstein SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) - In New York, lawmakers have introduced a bill to expand funding for abortion care. California legislators will soon vote on measures aimed at increas...
May 11, 2022
Biden moves to revitalise U.S. sentencing panel, nominates first Black chair
By Nate Raymond and Rami Ayyub (Reuters) - President Joe Biden on Wednesday nominated seven new members to the hobbled U.S. Sentencing Commission, restoring hope among criminal justice reform advocate...
May 11, 2022
U.S. Senate ends debate on FTC nominee Bedoya, with help from VP
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate voted on Wednesday to limit debate on privacy expert Alvaro Bedoya's nomination to be a commissioner on the Federal Trade Commission, moving the Democrat one ste...
May 11, 2022
Trump must pay $110,000 fine, meet other conditions to purge contempt, judge says
By Karen Freifeld and Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) -Former U.S. President Donald Trump must pay a $110,000 fine to the New York state attorney and meet other conditions to purge a contempt of court or...
May 11, 2022
U.S. House to hold hearing on infant formula shortage
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers plan to hold a hearing this month on the ongoing shortages of infant formula, the House Energy and Commerce Committee said in a statement on Wednesday. The panel,...
May 11, 2022
U.S. Senate panel advances bill to help FTC fight deception, fraud
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers on Wednesday sent to the Senate floor a Democratic-backed bill that would allow the Federal Trade Commission to force deceptive companies to return money to victi...
May 11, 2022
U.S. Senate Democrats put abortion-rights bill to the test Wednesday
By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats in the U.S. Senate plan to force a vote on Wednesday on legislation codifying women's rights to abortion nationwide, a protest gesture that is almost ...
May 11, 2022
U.S. House Democrats seek new environmental review of postal delivery contract
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. House of Representatives committee on Wednesday will consider a bill that seeks to invalidate a U.S. Postal Service (USPS) environmental review conduc...
May 11, 2022
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