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U.S. House committee backs contempt report on Trump aide Bannon
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. congressional committee probing the deadly Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol voted unanimously on Tuesday in favor of contempt-of-Congress charges against Steve Bannon, a lon...
Oct 19, 2021
U.S. Senate panel to hold new hearing on social media impact on young users
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Senate will hold an Oct. 26 hearing with tech firms Snap's Snapchat, TikTok, and Alphabet's YouTube about their platforms' impact on young users, a p...
Oct 19, 2021
U.S. House to vote on Bannon contempt resolution on Thursday – source
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives plans to vote on Thursday on a contempt of Congress resolution for Steve Bannon, a long-time aide to former President Donald Trump, a source fa...
Oct 19, 2021
White House and Democrats nearing deal on reconciliation package – sources
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House and Democratic lawmakers are nearing deal on a framework for a major package of legislation on social programs and climate change that could be announced in comi...
Oct 19, 2021
Democratic divide over spending priorities tests Biden’s deal-making skills
By Steve Holland and Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden's much-vaunted decades of congressional experience face a serious test in days ahead, as he tries to corral warring D...
Oct 19, 2021
Senior U.S. House Democrat favors giving Treasury Secretary power on debt limit
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A top Democrat in the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday said he would support allowing the U.S. Treasury secretary to unilaterally extend the limit on federal borrowing, ...
Oct 19, 2021
Manchin says carbon tax ‘not on the board’ in U.S. spending bill talks
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Senator Joe Manchin said on Tuesday that he is not talking about a carbon tax in negotiations over the spending and infrastructure bills, even as some of his fellow Democrat...
Oct 19, 2021
Trump aide Steve Bannon faces U.S. House committee contempt vote
By Patricia Zengerle and Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Lawmakers probing the deadly Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol attack by supporters of Donald Trump will move on Tuesday toward bringing contempt of Congres...
Oct 19, 2021
U.S. bill would stop Big Tech favoring its own products
By Diane Bartz WASHINGTON (Reuters) - About a dozen U.S. senators from both parties on Monday formally introduced a bill that would bar Big Tech platforms, like Amazon and Alphabet's Google, from favo...
Oct 18, 2021
U.S. Senate set to hold test vote Wednesday on election reforms
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate is likely to take a procedural vote on whether to debate a major overhaul of federal election law on Wednesday, Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said on Monday as h...
Oct 18, 2021
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