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Senate Democrats fend off changes to $430-bn climate and drug Bill
Senators, working over the weekend to pass a bill central to Biden's domestic agenda, labored through the morning in hopes of passing the bill before starting an August recess
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US Senate Democrats ready climate, spending bill for Saturday vote
US Democratic Senators were putting the finishing touches to a massive climate and spending package that they expect to pass on a party-line vote on Saturday
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US Senate approves bill to aid veterans exposed to toxic burn pits
A bill enhancing health care for millions of veterans exposed to toxic burn pits won final approval in the Senate, ending a brief stalemate over the measure that had infuriated advocates
Bipartisan group of senatoers pushing bill to restore abortion rights
A bipartisan group of senators is pushing compromise legislation to restore abortion access in the wake of the Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v Wade
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US Senators ask UN to exclude Taliban of any seat at United Nations
Emphasizing on the ever-increasing restrictions and ongoing violation of human rights by the Taliban leadership, US Senators urged UN Secretary to exclude Taliban of any seat at the United Nations
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US House passes $280 bn bill to aid computer chip firms, counter China
The House passed a $280 billion package to boost the semiconductor industry and scientific research in a bid to create more high-tech jobs in the United States
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US Senate passes bill to boost chip production, counter China's dominance
The US Senate has approved a bill to bolster the domestic manufacture of semiconductor chips and counter China's share in the global chip production
$280 bn bill to boost semiconductor industry passes key Senate test
The Senate advanced a $280 billion bill designed to boost the semiconductor industry in the United States and to accelerate high tech research
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US Senate version of NDAA seeks to enhance defence partnership with India
A key committee of the US Senate has sought to bolster the defence partnership with India and take it to a new level through greater cooperation in intelligence collection, drones
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Senate panel approves NATO expansion, rushing to full Senate vote
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee gave easy bipartisan approval to admitting Finland and Sweden into NATO, as lawmakers aimed for quick Senate passage
Biden tells Democrats to quickly pass pared-down economic package
Biden told Democrats to quickly push the measure through Congress so families could sleep easier" and enjoy the health care savings it proposes
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Jan 6 riots committee probes 'unhinged' meeting, Trump rally call
The Jan 6 committee divulged details of an unhinged late night meeting at the White House with defeated President Donald Trump's outside lawyers suggesting the military seize state voting machines
McConnell warns Democrats of fallout for reviving climate spending package
McConnell is moving to complicate Democratic plans by warning that Republicans would react by stopping separate semiconductor legislation
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US President Biden says he supports changing Senate filibuster rules
US President Joe Biden on Thursday said the Supreme Court's decision ending a constitutional right to abortion is destabilising and that he supports changing Senate rules to codify abortion protection
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Senate confirmed justices to end Roe. How will American voters react?
The end of Roe v. Wade started in the Senate. It was the Senate Republican partnership with President Donald Trump to confirm conservative judges, and transform the federal judiciary
US Senate passes first gun control Bill after nearly three decades: Report
The landmark court ruling and Senate action on gun safety illustrate the deep divide over firearms in the United States
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US Senate passes bipartisan gun-safety legislation by a wide margin
The vote came the same day the Supreme Court struck down a New York law that required people to show a special need to carry a handgun in public
US Supreme Court strikes down New York's limits on concealed guns
The decision represents the court's most important statement on gun rights in more than a decade
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Ex-US prez Trump faces heat in Senate Judiciary Committee hearings
Donald Trump's effort to seek re-nomination from Republicans for the 2024 elections seems to be on the razor's edge as aide after aide has testified how he tried to overturn the 2020 verdict
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Trump 'detached from reality' over election, says Jan 6 riots witness
Trump's closest campaign advisers, top government officials and even his family were dismantling his false claims of 2020 election fraud ahead of Jan 6, but he was becoming detached from reality
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