Biden announces modest climate actions, stops short of declaring emergency
Issued on: 21/07/2022 – 01:01 President Joe Biden on Wednesday announced modest new steps to combat climate change and promised more robust action to come,...
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Biden Supreme Court pick Jackson rebuffs Republican barbs on second day of hearings
Issued on: 23/03/2022 – 03:34 US Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson defended her record of sentencing in child pornography cases and advocacy for terror...
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US Senate begins grilling Biden Supreme Court nominee Jackson
Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson pledged on Monday to decide cases “without fear or favor” if the Senate confirms her historic nomination as the...
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Biden ‘profoundly disappointed’ after push to defend voting rights fails in US Senate
Issued on: 20/01/2022 – 05:00 US senators dealt a death blow Wednesday to President Joe Biden’s push to defend voting rights against what Democrats frame...
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US voting rights bill in jeopardy as key Democrats refuse Senate rule changes
Issued on: 14/01/2022 – 05:18 President Joe Biden’s attempt to rally Democrats on Thursday to alter Senate rules and pass voting-rights legislation was stymied, even...
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Biden calls for voting rights reform
Issued on: 12/01/2022 – 01:07 President Joe Biden took a major political gamble Tuesday in calling for a break in the Senate’s supermajority rule so...
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US Senator Manchin deals critical blow to Biden social spending, climate plan
Issued on: 20/12/2021 – 02:51 U.S. Senator Joe Manchin, a moderate Democrat who is key to President Joe Biden’s hopes of passing a $1.75 trillion...
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US House passes bill to avert government shutdown, with Senate vote to follow
Issued on: 03/12/2021 – 01:24 The U.S. Senate is poised to vote on Thursday night to fund the government through mid-February, removing the risk of...