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Blinken calls on U.S. Senate to approve State Dept nominees before August recess
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department has more than 65 nominees awaiting confirmation, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Monday at a regular news briefing, calling on the U.S. ...
Aug 02, 2021
Pelosi urges White House to reinstate expired COVID-19 eviction moratorium
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Monday again pressed the White House to extend an expired COVID-19 residential eviction moratorium after lawmakers failed to act. The White Ho...
Aug 02, 2021
U.S. Senate works to push $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill to passage
By Richard Cowan and David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate will try to complete work this week on a $1 trillion infrastructure investment bill that would bring long-awaited improvements ...
Aug 02, 2021
U.S. House Democrats seek eviction moratorium extension through Oct. 18
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic leaders in the U.S. House of Representatives on Sunday called on the Biden administration to immediately extend a moratorium on housing evictions through Oct. 18. The...
Aug 01, 2021
At least 10 Republicans likely to support infrastructure bill-Senator Collins
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican U.S. Senator Susan Collins said on Sunday that she believes more than 10 of her Republican colleagues will ultimately support the roughly $1 trillion bipartisan infra...
Aug 01, 2021
U.S. senators to move forward with infrastructure bill on Sunday
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. senators are expected to move forward on Sunday on a sweeping $1 trillion package for roads, rail lines and other infrastructure, with text of a bill due to be delivered. T...
Aug 01, 2021
U.S. COVID-19 eviction ban expires after Congress fails to act
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A COVID-19-related U.S. government ban on residential evictions expired at midnight Saturday, putting millions of American renters at risk of being forced from their homes. Desp...
Jul 31, 2021
Trump raises big money in early 2021, but doesn’t spend much
By Jason Lange WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A fundraising group run by former President Donald Trump raised $62 million in the first half of the year but only spent $3 million, with the biggest chunk of mon...
Jul 31, 2021
U.S. COVID-19 residential eviction ban set to expire at midnight
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A pandemic-related U.S. government ban on residential evictions was set to expire at midnight Saturday, putting millions of American renters at risk of being...
Jul 31, 2021
U.S. lawmaker spends night outside Capitol to protest return of evictions
By Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Representative Cori Bush, who was evicted three times and lived in her car with her two children before her career in politics, spent a sleepless night on...
Jul 31, 2021
