Absent a “miracle,” according to the top appropriator in the Senate, Congress will be forced to enact another continuing resolution, the second of fiscal 2020. ..…

A good start would be to use this opportunity to pass the Caesar Syria Civilian Protection Act and the No Assistance for Assad Act, both of which have passed the House but not the Senate. Congress could also mandate and fund positions to track and prosecute war crimes committed in Syria,..…

In vowing to halt all cooperation with House Democrats, the White House on Tuesday labeled the investigation illegitimate based on its own reading of Constitution's vague language.. ..…

History, National Academy of Sciences, accessed Mar 1, 2019, With the emergence of powerful and complex administrative state in the century, ation to undergird policy led the government, in the years following World War II, to become funder of scientific research and data.. ..…

Even though trial of impeachments was moved from the Supreme Court to the Senate, Congress can still draw on the example of court procedures to accomplish an effective inquiry, especially if they are trying to get information from uncooperative subjects. ..…

By elected in the year, New York decision to veto pipelines is the worst decision, EPA administrator said during remarks Tuesday to Detroit Economic Club.. ..…

We the People of United States, Order to form more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure Tranquility, provide for the defence, promote Welfare, and secure Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for United States of America.. ..…

David Cox Sr., president of American Federation of Government Employees, holds up his fist as federal workers hold silent protest this past February in Hart Senate Office Building to call on lawmakers and President Trump to keep the government open. ..…

Fixed year terms were the dream of Gough Whitlam and the institute named for him continues to advocate for it.   Last year, that Liberal Government was looking into fixed year terms.  Again.. ..…

Alexis Marquez, in front of New York Supreme Court's at Centre Street, Manhattan, Aug 25, 2019. ..…

Each year since 1990, Roll Call has reviewed the financial disclosures of all U.S senators, representatives, and delegates to determine the wealthiest members of Congress.. ..…

Marco Rubio is confident that Congress will codify Trump administration restrictions imposed on China's telecommunications Huawei Technologies, company Florida Republican says poses security threat to United States.. ..…

President Jair Bolsonaro said on Thursday that the government will change the application form to only acknowledge mother and father... ..…

Of the 45 presidents who have served five received fewer votes than their rivals and won in Electoral College, including Donald Trump in 2016.. ..…

Senate fell short Friday, in 50-40 vote, on amendment to defense bill that would require congressional support before Trump acts. ..…

International concern is growing over the subversion of in Philippines by President Rodrigo Duterte, with United Nations Commissioner for Human Rights expressing concerns over Duterte's murderous drug war.. ..…

There's been lot of publicity about plans by Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders and other presidential candidates to forgive the nation's $1.6 student loan debt. ..…

To DeMint, the fix for this problem is Impose term limits on members of Congress.. ..…

AHEAD of the inauguration of National Assembly and election of Presiding Officers on  Tuesday,   Senate Leader, Senator Ali Ndume, All Progressives Congress, APC, Borno South, yesterday, dismissed the endorsement of Senate Leader, Senator Ahmad Lawan, APC, Yobe North, for the position of Senate President.. ..…

Ahmed Lawan and Femi Gbajabiamila by some All Progressives Congress lawmakers, violated the constitution.. ..…

decision to overturn the Senate decision to reject vote upholding the powers of Colombia's war crimes tribunal has revived hopes that conflict victims will be allowed Congress.. ..…

Garry South, Democratic strategist, said California already has plenty of people and does not need to continue the skyrocketing growth of the past... ..…

By the candidate of the, Judiciary was saved from Justice Zainab Bulkachuwa, on Wednesday, May 22, 2019, withdrew from presiding over the election petition instituted Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, challenging the re-election of President Muhammadu Buhari.. ..…

May 21st is day for in the US, extending votes to women, was introduced to House of Representatives. ..…

By allowing the chairpersons of three congressional committees to request his state tax documents in, The legislation would sidestep Trump's efforts to block the release of his tax returns New York, state and local officials.. ..…

The politician was elected into the chamber of Colombia's congress last year partly due to fraud, the latest of many corruption scandals for. ..…

The New York Times Colombia said Sunday he has left the country after article of the commander was published and the country's far-right retaliated online.. ..…

Should not justice, the rule of law, the limits of power, the checks and balances that are supposed to exist between the different branches of government be respected.. ..…

House Judiciary Committee has voted by party-line to hold Attorney Bill Barr in contempt of Congress.  The vote occurred after the President of the United States Donald Trump has declared Mueller report under executive prvilege. ..…

But we would not be courting chaos if Republicans in House and Senate had not abandoned their commitments to fact and in their zeal to help the president escape the consequences of his actions.. ..…

Congress of United States is legislature, or houses Senate and House of Representatives. ..…

Washington, DC, April 4, 2019 United States Senators Elizabeth Warren and Cory Gardner today reintroduced Strengthening Tenth Amendment Through Entrusting States Act to ensure that each State has the right to determine for the best approach to marijuana within its borders. ..…

The vote The vote was 247 for, 175 against and 1 abstention Republicans broke with their party and voted for the bill. ..…

The 116th Congress is on track to be one of the in history, and the legislature will still be white and male compared to U.S population. ..…

Senator Amy Klobuchar, on Thursday tried to get unanimous consent for Senate to pass resolution calling for Special Counsel Robert Mueller's report to be made public.. ..…

Regarding Congress being exempt from the laws that govern the rest of us, it gave me nasty foreboding feeling at first, and I recognize that it's another nail in the coffin that is stifling American history in our country today. ..…

The President vetoed the bill one day after it cleared the Senate. . 'Congress has the freedom to pass this resolution and I have the duty to veto it,' Trump said from the Oval Office before officially sending the measure back to Congress without his approval. . ..…

While Founders thought Select Militias were necessary to protect Union from invasion, they also saw that they also posed potential threat to the people's liberty.. ..…

George Mason was author of Virginia Declaration of Rights and member of Constitutional Convention, He was responsible for insisting that the power of Federal Government be limited by Bill of Rights.. ..…

During the two years that Republicans controlled House, the Presidency, and Senate, Congress ceded its authority and Constitutional to oversee the operations of Executive Branch and became little more than stamp and cheering section for President. ..…

PRESIDENT DO YOU LET THE REPUBLICS TAKE CONTROL OF YOUR ADMIN LET THEM WIPE AT THE UNION S IT WAS THE HELP OF THE UNIONS THAT GOT U INTO OFFICE AND ALSO PICK THE AND KIDS WIPE AWAY THE MEDICAL INSURANCE FOR THEY POOR AND THE KIDS I DO NOT HOW SOME THESE CONGRESSMAN AND WOMEN ARE SLEEPING AT NITE. ..…

By fabricating the notion that the, American writer and retired professor says Israel and its lobby Washington, DC trying to provoke United States into attacking Iran Islamic Republic represents threat.. ..…

On February 27, 2019 at engagement held at Washington D.C.  bookstore, elected Democratic Congresswoman Ilhan Omar stated, with reference to both American Jews and American Israel Public Affairs Committee (. ..…

It doesn’t seem to matter which political party controls the House or Senate.  Congress still can’t pass a budget or otherwise set national priorities.  ..…

It doesn’t seem to matter which political party controls the House or Senate. Congress still can’t pass a budget or otherwise set national priorities. ..…

In, EMILY'S List, group dedicated to electing pro-abortion women to Congress, is Murray's donor, with contributions totaling $610,621, according to Open Secrets.. ..…

How Unconstitutional Is Trump's National Emergency Declaration... - February, 2019February 15, 2019... ..…

President Donald Trump's former Michael Cohen has agreed to testify behind closed doors according to Cohen's new Michael Monico... ..…

group of activists and supporters have gathered outside US District Court Washington to call for the immediate release of Press TV Marzieh Hashemi, as she appears before grand jury.. ..…

Again, these factors are far more important than protecting the institutional powers of the Senate/Congress. . ..…

Harris re-introduced the Ensuring Diverse Leadership Act, legislation to ensure that at least one minority and one candidate are interviewed for each vacancy for the presidency of reserve bank at each of the twelve reserve banks in Fed ( San Francisco, Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Cleveland, Richmond,..…

The legislation was introduced June 2018 by African American members of U.S. ..…

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The National Council of Churches is outraged at the illegal use of tear gas on unarmed asylum-seekers at US-Mexico on Sunday. ..…

In event, President-elect, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, met with 32,000 soldiers, including the incoming and outgoing Defense and Navy Ministers, and troops. ..…

Washington Despite the momentum from #MeToo movement which helped elect historic numbers of women to Congress last week lawmakers are still stuck over how to deal with sexual harassment in House and Senate.. ..…

One leg is the executive the president and all the people who carry out the country's laws.. ..…

Voters under the age of 30, relative to their turnout, outperforming every other group, Tom Bonier, Democratic for the data firm TargetSmart,  told Hill.. ..…

Below is how East Boston voted in Tuesday, Nov 6 state election. ..…

House of Representative Glenn Grothman is declared the winner of the 6th congressional district. ..…

Well, it was not Blue Wave we were promised, Congress on par with Tea Party's shellacking of President Barack Obama in 2010, or President Bill Clinton's losses in 1994. ..…

President Donald Trump says that the issue of whether children born to illegal immigrants or other foreigners in United States should be granted citizenship will go to Supreme Court.. ..…

WASHINGTON Come November, Election Day in United States of American is going to take place where three Americans of Nepali origin will be contesting in the election.. ..…

Global Pressure Mounts on Myanmar to Act on Accountability Rakhine Crisis 26 October 2018.. ..…

The Naked Truth Exhibition of Paintings, Photos Explores Human Form October 2018.. ..…

PressTV- US Christian churches demand Kavanaugh to withdraw. ..…

That was the in the past five decades, according to Pew Research Center analysis of Senate data going back to Congress. ..…

Rodney Howard-Browne is Christian preacher who bragged about putting his hands on Donald Trump prayer to thwart attack against the president and once claimed Hollywood bigwigs were feasting on the blood of children... ..…

Capitol With the debate over gerrymandering making its way through Supreme Court, and suppression very much reality, the issue of representation for Black people remains in need of solutions. ..…

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Baltimore City Council passed resolution last night condemning Pakistan for the systematic repression of Ahmadis, Muslim sect teaching that Jesus was prophet. ..…

WASHINGTON -- Saying no to a political idea with wide popularity, a deeply divided Supreme Court ruled yesterday that it would take an amendment to the Constitution to limit the terms of members of the House and Senate. . Congress, the states and the voters have no power now to impose..…

Christine Blasey Ford and Supreme Court Brett Kavanaugh, at least one source on Capitol Hill is doxing Republican senators  — including Sen. ..…

The race for state in Eleventh Essex District is the in Lynn on Tuesday, Sept 4.. ..…

First, tell me Greg, what happens to the children of hundreds of thousands of American citizens when they commit felony and are sent to jail. ..…

Many of the groups engaging in agitprop seeking to redefine First Amendment at the college level are inevitably Jewish, many of them politically liberal, seeking to eliminate commentary or actions that involve criticism of Israel. ..…

Congress funds children's health program, but not health centers . Most CT lawmakers opposed bill that reopened government . . . ... Congress funds children's health program, but not health centers . Most CT lawmakers opposed bill that reopened government . . . ..…

Previously unreleased data from Department of Homeland Security reveals the scale to which foreign relatives of immigrants in U.S have been able to mass immigrate to the country over the last few decades. ..…

The program was established by Barack Obama June 2012 and allows illegal immigrants. ..…

The President shall have Power to fill up all Vacancies that may happen during the Recess of Senate, by granting Commissions. ..…

Chris Murphy is part of team of House and Senate lawmakers who hope to  finish work on bill this week that would overhaul policy and eliminate No Child Left Behind law.. ..…

The House of Representatives was out and Senate had shortened work week and there was still plenty of Congress. ..…

The major issue at the time of this list’s composition is budget expenditures, which, if not resolved, will “shut down” the government, after which the Senate, Congress and President’s Cabinet will continue to be paid, but the families of active soldiers overseas will not receive any..…

WASHINGTON -- Republican of Senate Foreign Relations Committee expressed doubt about the wisdom of increasing troops Iraq and urged President Bush to consult with lawmakers before changing his strategy. ..…

Republican of Senate Foreign Relations Committee expressed doubt about the wisdom of increasing troops Iraq and urged President Bush to consult with lawmakers before changing his war strategy.. ..…

WASHINGTON the last thing White House expected was that they would start challenging administration policies on security. ..…

Despite the cry to rid politics of special interests, the nation's lawmakers -- for Congress in row -- have failed to pass pending campaign finance reform legislation... ..…

League of Women Voters of United States is national non-partisan organization, and participation of citizens in their government. ..…