The U.S. Senate voted Thursday night 63-36 in support of a measure that will allow the United States to continue to pay its bills. The U.S. had been on track to run out of cash in four days. The bipartisan legislation now goes to President Joe Biden for his signature. “Tonight, senators from both parties voted to protect the hard-earned […]
The hullabaloo about the debt ceiling crisis continues, and Republican lawmakers seem dead set on upping the ante as they walked out of the discussion Friday morning only to join back in the evening. President Joe Biden, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, along with financial analysts have warned of severe consequences if a debt deal is not reached. Former Treasury Secretary […]
President Joe Biden has described California Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy as an honest man. Biden voiced his opinion in an interview with MSNBC’s anchor Stephanie Ruhle. “I think he’s an honest man. I think he’s in a position, though, he had to make a deal, 15 votes, where he just about sold away everything that he — at the […]
WASHINGTON — Republican U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham proposed new national restrictions on abortion on Tuesday, two months before the Nov. 8 midterm elections in which the abortion issue has emerged as potential albatross for Republican candidates. With control of the Senate up for grabs and some jittery Republican candidates softening their positions on abortion, Graham announced legislation that would ban the […]
WASHINGTON — U.S. Senate Republicans on Thursday blocked attempts by Democratic lawmakers to start debate on a measure to combat domestic terrorism as the two parties spar over how best to control gun violence. The Democratic-controlled House of Representatives approved the measure last week following a mass shooting earlier this month at a grocery store in Buffalo, New York, in which […]
U.S. President Joe Biden has commended Congress for passing a nearly $40bn military and humanitarian assistance package for Kyiv, saying it sends “a clear bipartisan message to the world that the U.S. stands with Ukraine.” However, some Republicans have argued that the U.S. currently has too many domestic issues to contend with and is currently not in a position to […]
Republican Senator Mitch McConnell is in no doubt about whether the U.S. should give Ukraine its fullest support. Many members of his party have questioned whether the U.S. should be doling out so much financial support to Ukraine, given the needs of the American people. “It’s important for the United States to help; it’s important for the free world to […]
Republican Congresswoman Liz Cheney in an interview on cbsnews.com Face the Nation program can do more to impose costs on Russia for its invasion of Ukraine. “We ought to be sanctioning not just Putin, not just [Foreign Minister Sergey] Lavrov, not just the oligarchs, but all of their families that this behavior, this aggression against Ukraine is something the world […]
As Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer presses forward with a vote on weakening the filibuster and talks continue to convince Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema for a buy-in, Democrats still face stout resistance from both Senators. Joe Manchin has recently charged that his party’s push to isolate him and fellow centrist Kyrsten Sinema won’t force his hand on rules changes. […]
In a speech marking the memory of the day of the January 6, 2021, riot at the Capitol, President Joe Biden reflected on how close the U.S. came to losing its democracy based on the false claims of voter fraud in the 2020 election and vowed to protect democracy. Here’s the full transcript of his speech: Madam Vice President, fellow […]
