WASHINGTON (Reuters) - When the U.S. Congress reconvenes on Nov.
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Third, you don't have to support many of their statements to know that denying members of the U.S. Congress visas to enter your country will not build your goodwill with the U.S. Congress.
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President Barack Obama formally notified the U.S. Congress on Nov.
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Comey sent a letter to the U.S. Congress on Oct.
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The U.S. Congress officially has plenary (absolute) power over tribes.
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Hayes served in the U.S. Congress from 1999 to 2009.
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Every Republican in the U.S. Congress opposed the nuclear agreement.
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Huawei has long been a boogeyman in the U.S. Congress.
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The U.S. Congress also wants a deal that includes Canada.
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But such debates should take place in the U.S. Congress.
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Only 18% had a positive view of the U.S. Congress.
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Republicans in the U.S. Congress have generally backed Trump's move.
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Political Scientists Andrew J. Clarke and Ruth Bloch Rubin (who published a book titled Building the Bloc: Intraparty Organization in the U.S. Congress) have done some ongoing research on factions in the U.S. Congress.
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Control of the U.S. Congress is up for grabs in November.
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Their future now lies in the hands of the U.S. Congress.
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Powell's two-day testimony before the U.S. Congress starts on Wednesday.
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Altogether, 16 African-Americans served in the U.S. Congress during Reconstruction.
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One of Sisi's more outspoken supporters within the U.S. Congress, Rep.
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Second, the Trump Administration and U.S. Congress must take a stand.
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By way of deliberate regulatory actions taken by the U.S. Congress.
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They don't have voting representatives in the U.S. Congress, they can't
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A bill currently moving through the U.S. Congress supports these efforts.
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And less than 20 percent of the U.S. Congress is female.
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The meeting, with the top four leaders of the U.S. Congress as well as heads of the U.S. Congress Armed Services and Intelligence committees, will be held in the White House Situation Room at 3 p.m.
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A federal oversight board appointed by U.S. Congress is managing its finances.
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The Republican-controlled U.S. Congress is considering legislation to address the issue.
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It prompted the U.S. Congress to call Zuckerberg to D.C. to testify.
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In December, the U.S. Congress extended that policy for another five years.
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TEXAS GOVERNOR ABBOTT CALLS ON U.S. CONGRESS TO FIX BROKEN IMMIGRATION SYSTEM
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This the first of Powell's two-day appearance before the U.S. Congress.
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John Carney enlisted his state's representatives to the U.S. Congress, including Sens.
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Any U.S.-British trade agreement would have to pass the U.S. Congress.
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To be specific, that would be the U.S. Congress Office of Compliance.
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Kondrat'yev, 35, in August pleaded guilty to assaulting a U.S. Congress member.
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And if Donald Trump doesn't act, the U.S Congress can and should.
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The U.S. Congress could act on its own to stop arms sales.
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They were carefully coordinated with Europe, and supplemented by the U.S. Congress.
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Armenian Foreign Minister Zohrab Mnatsakanyan thanked the U.S. Congress for the decision.
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The U.S. Congress deserves a great deal of credit for this momentum.
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Foster is the only person with a science Ph.D. in the U.S. Congress.
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Take the fight over online privacy, which consumed the U.S. Congress this spring.
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Sanders also would introduce legislation in the U.S. Congress to make legalization permanent.
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WASHINGTON, Nov 28 (Reuters) - The U.S. Congress is likely to miss a Dec.
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Athletes spoke out, on social media as well as in the U.S. Congress.
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This was included in the budget passed by the U.S. Congress in December.
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Venezuela's legislature has voted to ask the U.S. Congress to investigate the deal.
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She has spoken at briefings in the U.S. Congress and the United Nations.
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Trump said the U.S. Congress would be involved in determining the American response.
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Only 10 women have ever given birth while serving in the U.S. Congress.
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The U.S. Congress is looking into the allegations of increased Chinese hacking activity.
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Enter the Green New Deal, a proposal sponsored by U.S. Congress members Rep.
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The U.S. Congress should pledge to help keep this vital organization well-funded.
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It is ironic, then, that Erdoğan believes the U.S. Congress has his back.
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That language was echoed by prominent liberals in the U.S. Congress, including Sen.
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The behavior was not "becoming of the U.S. Congress," Mr. McCarthy told reporters.
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Such a tax was killed by Republicans in the U.S. Congress on Thursday.
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Citing Prime Minister Benjamin NetanyahuBenjamin (Bibi) NetanyahuMORE's "disrespect" for the U.S. Congress, Rep.
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The U.S. Congress was informed of the radar sale and did not object.
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Admittance as the 51st state would require a statute by the U.S. Congress.
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The U.S. Congress passed a Russia sanctions bill more than a year ago.
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That's especially true as the U.S. Congress actively works to regulate autonomous technology.
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CONGRESS The U.S. Congress closed its doors to most of the public Thursday.
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This is what we face courtesy of President Trump and the U.S. Congress.
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Changing the law altogether would require action in the Republican-led U.S. Congress.
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There are those in the U.S. Congress who wish to ban lion trophies.
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They also express doubt whether the U.S. Congress would approve such a move.
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November 18, 2016 This Friday, learn about some upcoming changes in the U.S. Congress.
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Bono has a message for the U.S. Congress: Thanks for ignoring President Donald Trump.
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Opposition continues in the Republican-controlled U.S. Congress to Democrat Obama's climate change policies.
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The U.S. Congress now has about a month to decide whether to reinstate sanctions.
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He has testified before the U.S. Congress, the European Commission and leading international bodies.
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Instead, he gave the U.S. Congress 60 days to decide whether to reimpose sanctions.
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Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney is vice chair of the U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee.
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In 2010, she was the first Indian American woman to run for U.S. Congress.
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It has sought unsuccessfully to convince the U.S. Congress to vote for a change.
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So, much like Britain's Parliament or the U.S. Congress, it controls the purse strings.
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At this point, only the U.S. Congress can halt the FCC's vote on Thursday.
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The U.S. Congress is uneasy about the potential consequences of tariffs on the economy.
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Once the U.S. Congress passes this proposal, there is a three-year transition period.
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The U.S. Congress will have about 12 working days, when it returns on Sept.
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Kleinbard if former chief of staff for the U.S. Congress Joint Committee on Taxation.
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The U.S. Congress approved the amendment in 1972, sending it to states for ratification.
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He has a history of failing upward, all the way to the U.S. Congress.
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The U.S. Congress now has about two months to decide whether to reinstate sanctions.
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There has been growing resistance in the U.S. Congress to sending money to Pakistan.
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The U.S. Congress opened its third set of formal impeachment hearings in modern history.
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There was one giant actor missing in this entire story, however: The U.S. Congress.
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The U.S. Congress faces a looming budget battle when it reconvenes in early September.
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According to a Pew Research Center report, "Christians are overrepresented" in the U.S. Congress.
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That board was created by the U.S. Congress under the so-called PROMESA Act.
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A global consensus emerged when asked whether the U.S. Congress will impeach the president.
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The U.S. Congress will have about 12 working days when it returns on Sept.
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He's the former chief of staff at the U.S. Congress Joint Committee on Taxation.
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Uncertainty over when a final agreement might pass U.S. Congress also kept trade muted.
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Keith Ellison, who was the first Muslim to be elected to the U.S. Congress.
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Some of Trump's fellow Republicans in the U.S. Congress lashed out at his actions.
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President Donald Trump's fellow Republicans control majorities in both houses of the U.S. Congress.
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Members of the U.S. Congress and Senate, therefore, have a critical role to play.
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On the other hand, Obama is quite comfortable upsetting relations with the U.S. Congress.
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Greta Thunberg: The Swedish teenage activist spoke to the U.S. Congress about climate change.
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Republican lawmakers who control the U.S. Congress, however, have blocked these proposals from advancing.
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She would go on to be the first woman elected to the U.S. Congress.
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You know that place where the U.S. Congress just impeached President Donald Trump. Yep.
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The U.S. Congress has been united in its opposition to Turkey's recent policy actions.
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Trudeau's team has repeatedly stated it's awaiting developments in the U.S. Congress before ratifying.
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Seade said Friday's tariff breakthrough would help the broad agreement's passage through U.S. Congress.
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Super-delegates include party leaders and elected senators, members of the U.S. Congress and governors.
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The embargo can be lifted only by the U.S. Congress, which is controlled by Republicans.
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Here are the six remaining contests for U.S. Congress in the 23 midterm elections: Sen.
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Here are the six remaining contests for U.S. Congress in the 2018 midterm elections: Sen.
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Although appearing before the U.S. Congress last month, Zuckerberg has refused to appear before Parliament.
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The U.S. Congress has set aside $1.4 billion in aid to Egypt in recent years.
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Neither was successful in her bid for the U.S. Senate and the U.S. Congress, respectively.
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The U.S. Congress would be notified shortly of the proposed Foreign Military Sales, Lawrence said.
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Akaka, an educator turned Democratic politician, served more than three decades in the U.S. Congress.
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Earlier this year, Parry spoke before the U.S. Congress about the company's Zika-fighting technology.
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Several states have passed such laws, and the U.S. Congress has considered a similar measure.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Congress negotiators on Thursday moved to put off until after the Nov.
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Puerto Rico on Wednesday submitted a $139 billion disaster recovery plan to the U.S. Congress.
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The April 2017 incident sparked widespread consumer outrage and prompted intervention by the U.S. Congress.
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The embargo can only be lifted by the U.S. Congress, which is controlled by Republicans.
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Clinton's ability to expand tax incentives likely depends on which party controls the U.S. Congress.
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But President Donald Trump and Republicans in the U.S. Congress have struggled with swift action.
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But FIFA and the U.S. Congress and policy community are "really different beasts," Alterman said.
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UKRAINIAN OFFICIALS WILL NOT TESTIFY IN U.S. CONGRESS IN TRUMP IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY - UKRAINE FOREIGN MINISTER
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The game was re-rigged when the U.S. Congress repealed sections of the 1978 law.
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Now, members of the U.S. Congress are looking into the rights impact of the technology.
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Republican leaders in the U.S. Congress oppose ending the decades-long trade embargo against Cuba.
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Could you imagine the U.S. Congress authorizing new proposals to spend money protecting Canadian patients?
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CTIA, a wireless industry trade group, called on the U.S. Congress to pass legislation instead.
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The U.S. Congress is also examining links between Russia and Trump during the election campaign.
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They also plan to press the U.S. Congress to enact a new net neutrality law.
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Last year, the U.S. Congress ruled against using CRISPR in clinical trials to edit embryos.
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The U.S. Congress is going to hold two hearings on the massive Equifax data breach.
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The solution has been in front of the U.S. Congress for years — comprehensive immigration reform.
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He is the former chief of staff for the U.S. Congress Joint Committee on Taxation.
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The utilities that own the plants may also get some help from the U.S. Congress.
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That sets up what is likely to be a bruising battle in the U.S. Congress.
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Everyone recognizes the Constitutional power of the president to veto decisions of the U.S. Congress.
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Momentum is already building in the U.S. Congress to support Hong Kong and punish China.
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However, a resolution introduced in the U.S. Congress in February would wipe out the rule.
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"The U.S. Congress members should understand that they cannot achieve anything by imposition," Çavuşoğlu said.
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Villa says she is considering running for a seat in the U.S. Congress representing Florida.
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Veselnitskaya is a leading opponent of the Magnitsky Act, which the U.S. Congress passed in 2012.
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MACCALLUM: OK. The U.S. Congress passed a sanctions on Russia to punish them for their behavior.
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Isn't the U.S. Congress investigating you in connection with Russian attempts to interfere with the election?
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That changed in 2016, when the U.S. Congress overrode then-President Barack Obama's veto of JASTA.
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According to the Constitution, the U.S. Congress must be sworn in at noon on January 3.
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Should Trump win, Pence, a former congressman, could serve as a conduit to the U.S. Congress.
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"There's nothing out there that feels like it's going in the right direction for U.S. Congress."
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In the 1990s, the U.S. Congress voted to sell off those helium reserves, essentially privatizing it.
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The newly elected U.S. congress is expected to move swiftly to bring new sanctions against Moscow.
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Trump's administration has yet to formally advise the U.S. Congress of its intention to open negotiations.
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What's happening: The Saudi crown prince is increasingly seen as toxic by members of U.S. Congress.
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When it comes to the U.S. Congress, few have exhibited those qualities more than Spencer Bachus.
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If nothing else will convince the majority in the U.S. Congress, then the China factor should.
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The U.S. Congress and president would have to approve Puerto Rico becoming the 51st U.S. state.
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Only the U.S. Congress can lift it, and lawmakers, especially those of Cuban heritage, like Sen.
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Financed in part by the U.S. Congress, the school will accept its first students next year.
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"I would fault the U.S. Congress, which has the powers to change the laws," he said.
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Just like I don't think the U.S. Congress or anyone else knows how to legislate sanity.
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The social media founder and CEO spent 10 grueling hours before the U.S. Congress last month.
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The Republican U.S. Congress or the Trump administration could seek to reverse or modify the rules.
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Family leave legislation has been introduced in the U.S. Congress in previous years but been unsuccessful.
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The family still hoped to have the U.S. Congress hold hearings on the case, he said.
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Mattis had harsh words for the U.S. Congress and its inability to reach agreement on budgets.
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Meanwhile, the U.S. Congress has taken up a $2 trillion spending package to address the fallout.
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Stone was convicted on seven counts of lying to the U.S. Congress, obstruction and witness tampering.
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Gorsuch said the U.S. Congress could have prevented states from regulating uranium mining, but did not.
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Kaptur is the Dean of the Ohio Delegation and senior-most woman in the U.S. Congress.
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Under PROMESA, the U.S. Congress established a Fiscal Control Board with authority over the territory's spending.
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"Based on the U.S. Congress sanctions, the American oil companies cannot work in Iran," he added.
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Another Democrat in the U.S. Congress is sounding alarms about the Amazon-Whole Foods deal. Rep.
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Tech companies fear repercussions from a new bill in the U.S. Congress to combat human trafficking.
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I also hope people will give serious thought to running for statewide offices and the U.S. Congress.
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In 2012, the U.S. Congress passed the "Magnitsky Act," which sanctions Russians for alleged human rights abuses.
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Since 103, the U.S. Congress hasn't allowed NASA to work with China because of concerns about security.
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Democrats at the FCC and in the U.S. Congress, meanwhile, similarly sounded off Wednesday against Pai's plans.
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The Republican-controlled U.S. Congress agreed to phase out tax credits for people who buy electric vehicles.
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But its mere existence does not create an enforcement mechanism—it requires the U.S. Congress to intercede.
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It was unclear how quickly that and other proposals could advance with U.S. Congress' summer recess looming.
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Since 2011, the U.S. Congress has prohibited NASA from working with China because of national security concerns.
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Today, the U.S. Congress is considering two bills that would reduce mandatory minimum sentences for drug offenses.
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The agreement must be approved by the U.S. Congress and Canadian and Mexican legislators before becoming law.
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Democrats hope to take control of the U.S. Congress from Trump's fellow Republicans in November congressional elections.
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The island's disabled deserve better from the federal government, argues Puerto Rico's delegate to the U.S. Congress.
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Four months later, on May 2628, the U.S. Congress acted swiftly, passing bipartisan legislation that authorized PEPFAR.
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The U.S. Congress should be aided by the fact that food security is not a partisan issue.
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The committee is mandated by the U.S. Congress to foster a strong job market and stable prices.
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The lack of racial representation in the U.S. Congress has gained widespread public attention in recent years.
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The board would have powers granted by the U.S. Congress that would violate the Puerto Rico Constitution.
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In 2012, the U.S. Congress passed the Magnitsky Act, which sanctions Russians for alleged human rights abuses.
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If voting representation in the U.S. Congress is overlooked, the "S" word is even more forbidden: statehood.
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Zuckerberg was grilled over its data practices by politicians in both U.S. Congress and the European Parliament.
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If passed, they would constitute the global BDS movement's first and only victories in the U.S. Congress.
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The U.S. Congress has until mid-December to decide whether to reimpose sanctions lifted by the deal.
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Republicans in the U.S. Congress have not yet laid out a plan to recast the insurance program.
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Restructuring talks at GDB started slowly this year on hopes the U.S. Congress would legislate a fix.
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A default would also ratchet up pressure on U.S. Congress to legislate a fix for Puerto Rico.
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Bush ran energy businesses from Houston, and in 1966, was elected to U.S. Congress as a Republican.
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Democrats in the U.S. Congress and some of the party's presidential contenders warned about the escalating conflict.
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Davis was a member of the U.S. Congress before becoming president of the Confederate States in 1861.
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Kane, Ph.D., served twice as a senior economist at the Joint Economic Committee of the U.S. Congress.
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Prior to that, Facebook's Marcus appeared before the U.S. Congress to address scrutiny from lawmakers over libra.
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It is critical that the U.S. Congress back up Pence's announcement with legislation that codifies this strategy.
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Paul Ryan, the top elected Republican in the U.S. Congress, referred to the FBI summaries on Twitter.
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Five members of the U.S. Congress asked the SEC to reject the CHX deal in a Dec.
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In 2001, women made up 13.6 percent of the U.S. Congress, compared to 20 percent in 2018.
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Only the U.S. Congress can lift the embargo, and lawmakers, especially those of Cuban heritage, like Sen.
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Both the Mexican government and the U.S. Congress so far have refused to fully pay for it.
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Only the U.S. Congress can lift the full embargo, put in place more than 50 years ago.
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Three people appear to be in the strongest positions to succeed Rossello: Pedro Pierluisi, a former Puerto Rico representative in the U.S. Congress and now an attorney with Washington law firm O'Neill & Borges; Senate President Thomas Rivera Schatz and Jenniffer Gonzalez, Puerto Rico's current delegate to the U.S. Congress.
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The proposals, which require approval by the U.S. Congress, could affect all residents of federally-subsidized affordable housing.
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The agencies can argue for more funding, and final spending plans must be approved by the U.S. Congress.
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His investigation will run in parallel to those being carried out by the FBI and the U.S. Congress.
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Name the chamber(s) of the U.S. Congress projected to be controlled by Republicans after Tuesday's vote. 8.
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What political position is held by Paul Ryan, one of the most powerful people in the U.S. Congress?
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In 2012, U.S. Congress passed the "Magnitsky Act," which sanctions Russians and others for alleged human rights abuses.
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And unlike the U.S. Congress, which is responsible for America's legislation, the Chinese Congress has less governmental power.
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Female lawmakers comprise more than 20% of the U.S. Congress, nearly double the level of 4303 years ago.
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There is unease in the U.S. Congress about the potential fallout of tariffs on the broader American economy.
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November's general election could change the balance of power in the U.S. Congress, where Republicans control both chambers.
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Kirk Adams, 45, is the governor's chief of staff and a one-time candidate for the U.S. Congress.
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Before that she lived and worked in Washington for three years covering the U.S. Congress for Congressional Quarterly.
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But the U.S. Congress has yet to approve the deal, a requirement for it to go into effect.
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The U.S. Congress has relied heavily on those short-term fixes - known as continuing resolutions - for many years.
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The breakthrough on the MTCR will be welcomed in the U.S. Congress, which Modi will address on Wednesday.
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Riyadh's account of Khashoggi's death has been met with skepticism in the U.S. Congress and around the world.
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Still, the U.S. Congress failed to pass a Dream Act once again, in the last omnibus spending bill.
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Trump said he would work with the U.S. Congress to determine the U.S. response to the Khashoggi matter.
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Boosters of health savings accounts (HSAs) in the financial services industry and in the U.S. Congress think so.
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It would have to be lifted by the U.S. Congress, which is currently controlled by Trump's fellow Republicans.
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As one could imagine, this trend continues to the highest levels of elected office in the U.S. Congress.
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The U.S. Congress, which is currently developing potential sanctions bills, is right to demand action on this issue.
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Kent said that Russia had so far designated only media funded by the U.S. Congress as "foreign agents".
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But the lessons learned can still be applicable to SNAP being debated in the U.S. Congress right now.
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Between 2008-2015, India was the world's second largest developing-world arms purchaser, according to the U.S. Congress.
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Even the U.S. Congress is trying to block his ability to start a nuclear war against North Korea.
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The U.S. Congress could extend President Obama's term for the appropriate time of this transition if deemed necessary.
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The position is not an ambassador role and does not need to be approved by the U.S. Congress.
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In a speech to the U.S. congress, Macron made jabs at Trump for his political and diplomatic moves.
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Spending is expected to accelerate in the second quarter after the U.S. Congress recently approved more government spending.
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Also, any concession Trump might want to make to Putin would likely meet resistance in the U.S. Congress.
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He has led budget talks with the U.S. Congress for Trump, including during a government shutdown in January.
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A handful of liberal members of U.S. Congress condemned the extreme use of force against mostly unarmed protesters.
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He says his relatively moderate economic proposals stand a better chance of getting through the polarized U.S. Congress.
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We're also looking at upcoming changes to Facebook, as its CEO prepares to meet with the U.S. Congress.
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Mexico approved the USMCA earlier this year and Lopez Obrador has urged the U.S. Congress to follow suit.
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The Land and Water Conservation Fund, established by the U.S. Congress in 1964, expired on Sunday at midnight.
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In the lower house of Russian parliament - known as State Duma - she coordinates relations with the U.S. Congress.
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But the changes were not implemented until 2016, in part due to approval delays by the U.S. Congress.
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MICHELLE CARUSO-CABRERA: JOINING US NOW LIVE FROM THE WHITE HOUSE LAWN IS U.S. CONGRESS SECRETARY WILBUR ROSS.
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Sources: Human Rights Campaign, Williams Institute, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, U.S. Congress, Movement Advancement Project.
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The NAFTA deal, for instance, would have to be tailored to make it appealing to the U.S. Congress.
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Final agreement, however, needs Mexico and Canada on board as well as both houses of the U.S. Congress.
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The U.S. Congress faced a midnight deadline to come up with funding legislation to avoid federal agency shutdowns.
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If the nomination is approved by the U.S. Congress, Jackson would fill a spot reserved for a Democrat.
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Three people now look to be in the strongest positions to succeed Rosselló: Pedro Pierluisi, a former Puerto Rico representative in the U.S. Congress and now an attorney with Washington law firm O'Neill & Borges; Senate President Thomas Rivera Schatz; and Jenniffer Gonzalez, Puerto Rico's current delegate to the U.S. Congress.
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The same claim has been repeated on his social media accounts and official campaign page for the U.S. Congress.
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The measure then directs the governor to ask the U.S. Congress for the ultimate approval — likely a tall order.
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Last year, a record number of women ran for U.S. Congress and a record 123 women are now serving.
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It says the defense ministry has written to U.S. politicians and the U.S. Congress with details of the proposal.
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"The U.S. Congress has a lot to say and do, as to the future of the island," he said.
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The nuclear pact reached by Democratic President Barack Obama was opposed by every Republican member of the U.S. Congress.
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In 2010, she surged onto the political scene as the first Indian American woman to run for U.S. Congress.
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Sanders is also the key to Democrats retaking the U.S. Congress as well as governorships and state legislatures. Why?
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To be sure, the U.S. Congress has passed bills that provide better health care to the public at large.
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Let's not stay quiet; I have faith that the U.S. Congress will not deny these young people a future.
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Rep. Frank Pallone is like many Democrats in the U.S. Congress: He's itching for a fight over net neutrality.
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The fly in the ointment is the U.S. Congress, which could yet override Trump and punish MbS and Saudi.
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Spending is, however, expected to rebound in the second quarter after the U.S. Congress recently approved more government spending.
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The oversight board, appointed by the U.S. Congress in 2016, must approve a blueprint for Puerto Rico's fiscal turnaround.
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Putin claimed Wednesday that the U.S. Congress had already earmarked funds for research and development into building these missiles.
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She said the Fed has been under "some threat" from two bills making their way through the U.S. Congress.
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Still, Clinton will likely face stiff resistance from U.S. Congress - if Republicans retain control of one or both houses.
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Most of the key races that will decide control of the U.S. Congress were still too close to call.
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The task force sends the U.S. Congress an annual report highlighting areas that deserve more research funding, Grossman said.
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He has said homosexuality should be illegal and Muslims should not be allowed to serve in the U.S. Congress.
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White House economic adviser Gary Cohn has said he expects U.S. Congress to get tax reform done this year.
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Thankfully, the U.S. Congress is now speaking loudly for those who in the past have been denied a voice.
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Trump said he doubted he would have help from Democrats in getting major healthcare legislation through the U.S. Congress.
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Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen's address to the U.S. Congress later on Wednesday was also expected to support prices.
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The gathering took place a day before Trump was to deliver a major policy speech to the U.S. Congress.
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Republicans in the U.S. Congress won't help change this policy direction, because they need Trump's base to win elections.
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Creditors got what they wanted: In mid-2016, with restructuring talks dead, U.S. Congress created the board through PROMESA.
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What U.S. Congress (a number) was elected in last week's Midterms and will begin meeting on January 3, 2019?
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He just insisted that it's up to states or the U.S. Congress to find remedies, not the federal courts.
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They also voted to send whole slates of former Confederate politicians, generals, and other leaders to the U.S. Congress.
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David Malpass' relationships with the Trump administration and with Republicans and Democrats in the U.S. Congress will be important.
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The decision to lift the sanctions defied a Democratic-led push in the U.S. Congress to maintain the restrictions.
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Bolton said Wednesday that any sign of aggression from the Chinese government would prompt blowback from the U.S. Congress.
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This acknowledgment of the importance of housing programs by local leaders should not go unnoticed by the U.S. Congress.
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The U.S. Congress is on the verge of making a decision that could affect America's strategic interests for decades.
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The U.S. Congress acted in 85033 to tie any future sanctions relief to the cessation of Russian election interference.
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A bill is currently working its way through the U.S. Congress that would authorize the creation of such exchanges.
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Consumer spending could get a lift from sweeping individual income tax cuts approved by the U.S. Congress this week.
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The 150-year-old structure tops the home of the U.S. Congress and can be seen throughout the capital.
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The U.S. Congress is working on legislation aimed at resolving the crisis, but that process is also hitting roadblocks.
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The U.S. Congress has resisted Obama's call to lift Washington's more than five-decade-old economic embargo on Cuba.
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Several officials reminded Zuckerberg of his appearances before the U.S. Congress last month, but not in a congratulatory tone.
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President Trump will deliver his first State of the Union address to a joint session of U.S. Congress tonight.
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This is what brings me to Washington this week to meet with members of the U.S. Congress and Senate.
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The money, approved by the U.S. Congress to help U.S. ally Ukraine combat Russia-backed separatists, was later provided.
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Absent action from the White House, the onus is on the U.S. Congress to fix the corn ethanol mandate.
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And with President Trump and the U.S. Congress writing him blank checks, Bibi thinks he can have it all.
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Trump is scheduled to deliver his annual State of the Union address to the U.S. Congress at 9 p.m.
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The U.S. Congress at the end of 2019 declined to extend the cap to 600,000 electric vehicles per carmaker.
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Shirley Chisholm, the first black woman elected to the U.S. Congress, spoke before the House in favor of it.
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In 1971, the U.S. Congress declared August 26 as Women's Equality Day, according to the National Women's History Project.
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Helped by the second wave of feminism, they finally won the same benefits as men from the U.S. Congress.
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The passing of the resolution highlights the bipartisan anger of the U.S. Congress toward Ankara over its recent actions.
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Canadian officials say they do not believe the U.S. Congress would agree to turn NAFTA into a bilateral treaty.
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Advocates for the rules doubt the U.S. Congress will help prevent a repeal, leaving litigation as a last resort.
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The multibillion-dollar industry had sought to delay the new rules through lawsuits and proposed legislation in the U.S. Congress.
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Women currently make up a mere 603% of the U.S. Congress, a share that's not going to grow in 2017.
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For its part, Facebook disagreed with the assessment that its announcements Friday are meant to ward off the U.S. Congress.
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Trump and the Republican-controlled U.S. Congress also have the repeal of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) on their agenda.
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Our industry remains committed to working with his administration and the U.S. Congress to help make that vision a reality.
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Investor moods in January may depend on whether the U.S. Congress reaches an agreement to raise the country's debt ceiling.
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That includes the U.S. Congress, which needs to streamline the more than 16 agencies involved in doing business, he said.
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It was not viewed seriously, given it would be hard to get through the U.S. Congress, an administration official said.
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In fact, at no point did the U.S. Congress give the Obama administration formal authorization under the War Powers Resolution.
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If the U.S. Congress decided to give him such an honor, why can't you give your reasons for opposing it?
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O'Sullivan also rightly questions the willingness of the U.S. Congress to sign off on both Clinton spending and taxation plans.
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In 2015 the U.S. Congress responded with the Spurring Private Aerospace Competitiveness and Entrepreneurship Act of 2015, or SPACE Act.
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Adding to the political tension, former FBI director James Comey is due to testify before the U.S. Congress on Thursday.
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In the meantime, 43 members of the U.S. Congress are still waiting for Secretary Kerry's written response to their letter.
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Despite all these facts, the U.S. Congress has recently given President-elect Trump the power to send MANPADs to PYD.
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They also make up one-fifth of the mayors of the large cities and of the U.S. Congress, it said.
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Both Trump and Clinton have said they oppose the TPP, which has yet to be ratified by the U.S. Congress.
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Investors had already begun to doubt Trump's ability to get a divided U.S. Congress to support his promised policy steps.
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The company has faced criticism about its ability to safeguard users' privacy in hearings in the U.S. Congress and elsewhere.
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News that the U.S. Congress overwhelmingly rejected President Barack Obama's veto of legislation allowing relatives of victims of the Sept.
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Wiesel attended the joint session of the U.S. Congress in 223 when Netanyahu spoke on the dangers of Iran's program.
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This is why we need the friendship and help of the U.S., the new Trump administration and the U.S. Congress.
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He later faces questions from both houses of the U.S. Congress in a semi-annual testimony later in the day.
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That is the same resolution that has the U.N. in hot water with the U.S. Congress and the Trump administration.
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The options exist because official purchases cannot be made until the U.S. Congress approves an annual budget for those years.
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John J. Cohrssen is an attorney who has served in senior positions in the White House and the U.S. Congress.
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And why will Senate Republicans require the votes of some Democrats to overcome potential filibusters in the next U.S. Congress?
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Republicans who control the U.S. Congress - and the federal purse strings - will decide whether to make the politically sensitive cuts.
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Instead, Iqbal believes the U.S. Congress could have more sway over the Myanmar government through the issuing of targeted sanctions.
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Now, the U.S. Congress should expand on the list by better tracking the flow and corrosive effect of illicit funds.
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There is also strong opposition in the U.S. Congress, with many prominent members of Trump's Republican Party rejecting the idea.
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He has testified before the U.S. Congress on the subjects of government security and how vulnerabilities are discovered in software.
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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said he was open to additional government regulation and happy to testify before the U.S. Congress.
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It would also help if the U.S. Congress provided the island with a helping hand in its difficult adjustment process.
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So you come close to being in those lonely Texas hills and in the clubby mustiness of the U.S. Congress.
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He repeatedly called on Mexico to stop "caravans" of immigrants and urged the U.S. Congress to pass stricter immigration laws.
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If he does not, the U.S. Congress has 60 days to decide whether to reimpose sanctions waived under the accord.
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In the nearly nine months since the U.S. Congress enacted PROMESA, Governor Rosselló has failed to carryout negotiations with bondholders.
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Stocks were also pressured by political uncertainty after Democrats in the U.S. Congress moved to launch a formal impeachment inquiry.
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Now, more than two months after the first wave of attacks, the U.S. Congress is starting to freak out too.
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Canadian officials say they do not believe the U.S. Congress would ever back the idea of excluding Canada from NAFTA.
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The chiefs of Facebook, Google and other tech giants aren't committing to testify to the U.S. Congress on net neutrality.
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The event came days after tech giants submitted to a full grilling by the U.S. Congress over Russia's election meddling.
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"I'm passing it through the U.S. Congress with people who represent constituents," chief of staff Rahm Emanuel said at the time.
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The court-imposed plan could help Democrats who want to gain control of the U.S. Congress in the November midterm elections.
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Video The U.S. Congress recently passed a measure encouraging higher-level government contacts with Taiwan and closer cooperation with their military.
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U.S. CONGRESS NEGOTIATORS REACH DEAL TO FUND GOVERNMENT THROUGH SEPT 30; FULL HOUSE AND SENATE STILL MUST APPROVE -SENIOR CONGRESSIONAL AIDE
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In 2012, U.S. Congress passed the Magnitsky Act, which enables sanctions to be placed on individuals for alleged human rights abuses.
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And Uber is going to have to explain to the U.S. Congress why it took so long to reveal the hack.
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Meanwhile in the U.S., Congress responded with mostly grandstanding and out-of-touch questions posed to Mark Zuckerberg in congressional hearings.
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Facebook said it had shared all its findings with U.S. law authorities, U.S. congress and other technology companies in impacted countries.
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Trump was due to set out proposals for his broad agenda in a speech to the U.S. Congress at 9 p.m.
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The USMCA must win approval in a divided U.S. Congress where Republicans control the Senate and Democrats the House of Representatives.
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Evans testified before the U.S. Congress on Tuesday about pending legislation designed to create a national electric vehicle supply chain policy.
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They discussed Kasich's ideas for overhauling President Barack Obama's signature healthcare law, a pressing priority for Trump and the U.S. Congress.
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Several Fed officials also saw improved chances that the U.S. Congress would pass significant tax cuts that would boost business investment.
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All eyes are on Fed chair Jerome Powell, who will testify before the U.S. Congress on Wednesday and Thursday local time.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Congress should give Puerto Rico the authority to restructure its debt, the White House said on Friday.
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Passage in the nation's most populous state could add pressure on the U.S. Congress to legalize banking for the marijuana industry.
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Raj also regularly represented the NSA before the U.S. Congress, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court and European and other foreign governments.
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The yuan has weakened on worries that Trump and the Republican-controlled U.S. Congress may slap tougher restrictions on Chinese imports.
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The U.S. Congress has mandated all railroads be equipped with PTC by the end of 22011, and upgrades are under way.
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He expressed gratitude to President Barack Obama, U.S. Congress and his other supporters, reserving special thanks for the U.S. Marine Corps.
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The proposal faces an uphill battle in the U.S. Congress, with Trump's own Republican Party divided over it and Democrats hostile.
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But the manufacturing sector is much diminished after the U.S. Congress decided to gradually phase out a 1976 tax credit program.
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That changed in September 2016, when the U.S. Congress overrode President Barack Obama's veto of JASTA, allowing such cases to proceed.
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In the interest of greater certainty, they would like to see the U.S. Congress decide quickly on the updated agreement's fate.
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The U.S. Congress passed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 and President Donald Trump signed the bill on Dec.
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"I had a dream of being in the U.S. Congress, but my dreams have changed," McCrory said on his radio show.
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Thankfully, the U.S. Congress has taken a few steps to understand the Trump administration's goals and consider its potential unintended consequences.
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As the U.S. Congress contemplates its approach to privacy legislation this week, let's all commit to making it work for everyone.
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Implementation will be delayed until March, giving the U.S. Congress six months to decide the fate of almost 800,000 young people.
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Obama, a Democrat, has called repeatedly for action by the Republican-controlled U.S. Congress on inversions, but lawmakers have done little.
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The proposed fee, which would be paid by oil companies, is likely to fall flat in the Republican-controlled U.S. Congress.
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The money, approved by the U.S. Congress to help U.S. ally Ukraine combat Russia-backed separatists, was later provided to Ukraine.
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As early as 85033 the U.S. Congress declared it the duty of each generation to act as "trustee" for those following.
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Given their track records, do we really want to put any president or the U.S. Congress in charge of fixing capitalism?
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In November, Powell told the U.S. Congress that he believed there were no U.S. banks that remained too big to fail.
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"It is the honor of a lifetime to serve Michigan in the U.S. Congress," he wrote in the Detroit Free Press.
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Its global data protection officer Damien Kieran told the U.S. Congress in September the company believed privacy was a fundamental right.
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Investors turned their focus to the United States, where Trump was due to address a joint session of the U.S. Congress.
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The debt has been in default since last year when U.S. Congress passed the PROMESA rescue law that suspended debt payments.
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Support for Israel is one of the few issues that has the support of Democrats and Republicans in the U.S. Congress.
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The Republican president threw the issue to the U.S. Congress, which has 60 days to decide whether to reinstate U.S. sanctions.
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Representative Deb Haaland from New Mexico is one of the first two Native American women to serve in the U.S. Congress.
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But it faces an uphill battle in the U.S. Congress with Trump's own Republican Party divided over it and Democrats hostile.
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Daniels said the claims were speculative and that the U.S. Congress was the proper place to hold the president to account.
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Previously, she was deputy director of the Congressional Research Service and spent 40 years in public service to the U.S. Congress.
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Markets also drew support from the Federal Reserve's extraordinary steps to bolster markets and the U.S. Congress' $2 trillion stimulus package.
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On March 193, he announced his diagnosis and became the first member of the U.S. congress to contract the virus. *Rep.
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In which branch of the U.S. Congress did arguments begin this week in the impeachment trial of President Donald J. Trump?
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Read a written statement by Jared Kushner released before his appearance in closed-door meetings with members of the U.S. Congress.
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November 8, 2018 Our first story today updates you on the makeup of the 116th U.S. Congress, following Tuesday's Midterm Elections.
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Strict regulations by the NYSE and legal threats after the U.S. Congress voted to allow relatives of victims of the Sept.
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The U.S. Congress ratified reforms in December, after five years of delays, boosting the representation of emerging economies at the IMF.
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Which chamber of the U.S. Congress is controlled by Democrats, whose leaders want President Trump to be impeached under two charges?
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Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg said he was open to additional government regulation and happy to testify before the U.S. Congress.
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Amid a flurry of end-of-session activity, the U.S. Congress passed a little-noticed but potentially important provision on Venezuela.
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For the moment, at least, it's only Facebook, Google and Twitter that find themselves in the crosshairs of the U.S. Congress.
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Even though it has another year to complete the measures, the project was mandated by the U.S. Congress nine years ago.
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Investors also were absorbing comments from Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, who spoke for a second day before the U.S. Congress.
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The options are there because official purchases cannot be made until the U.S. Congress approves an annual budget for those years.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Members of the U.S. Congress find little to agree on these days, not even who should lead them in prayer.
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Iranian officials told reporters Sunday that if Trump or the U.S. Congress disrupted the deal, Iran would seek to recover lost payments.
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Danny O'Connor, Franklin County's Recorder since 2016 who's now running for U.S. Congress in Ohio's 12th district against Republican Ohio State Sen.
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"Xavier has been an outstanding public servant - in the State Legislature, the U.S. Congress and as a deputy attorney general," Brown said.
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Searight said the Pentagon had told the U.S. Congress of its intention to provide $50 million to help build regional maritime security.
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Trump has given the U.S. Congress 60 days to decide whether to reinstate economic sanctions on Iran that were lifted in 2016.
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Despite several high-profile mass shootings in recent years, gun control has proven to be an intractable debate within the U.S. Congress.
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The U.S. Congress, Pruitt said, should tell him how to proceed, vowing to take no action on the issue without legislative approval.
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The deal, an enhancement of the existing North American Free Trade Agreement, was already running into bipartisan resistance in the U.S. Congress.
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It was only in 1988, when U.S. Congress voted to terminate all support for the Contras that a settlement was ultimately reached.
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The U.S. Congress must either approve the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement or suffer a major setback to America's strategic position in Asia.
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Lawmakers in the U.S. Congress have long feared that Huawei's equipment could be used by the Chinese government to spy on Americans.
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The U.S. Congress recently passed resolutions to halt arms sales to Saudi Arabia and the UAE, but President Trump vetoed the measures.
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After all, it's 230 and so far no woman under the age of 229 has ever been elected to the U.S. Congress.
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The Republican-controlled U.S. Congress defied opposition from Democrats to pass the bill and give President Trump his first major legislative victory.
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Take, for example, Erin Schrode, a 25-year-old woman who ran for U.S. Congress in California's District 2 in Marin County.
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A committee of the U.S. Congress passed legislation, known as the No Oil Producing and Exporting Cartels Act, or NOPEC, last week.
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And he's donated to a roster of candidates, mostly Democrats, who are seeking their states' governorships and seats in the U.S. Congress.
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In Australia's parliament, as in the U.S. Congress, schoolchildren, and the rest of us, are no doubt learning lessons better left unlearned.
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Representative Jenniffer González, the island's non-voting delegate to the U.S. Congress, said she believes Vázquez would be the island's next governor.
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He&aposs a member of the House Freedom Caucus, House Ways and Means Committee, and the U.S. Congress&apos Joint Economic Committee.
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The company has been facing scrutiny from the U.S. Congress, prosecutors, and regulators over its drug pricing, business practices and accounting practices.
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But it is the U.S. Congress, not the White House, that will ultimately decide spending levels for the fiscal year ended Oct.
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Ellison, who is the first Muslim elected to the U.S. Congress, was backed by liberal leader U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont.
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Her remarks suggest that any attempts by the U.S. Congress to legislate comprehensive privacy protections would face hurdles from the Trump administration.
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The U.S. Congress has so far shown little interest in appropriating the estimated $21.6 billion it would cost to build the wall.
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The deal to lift the sanctions on the companies defied a Democratic-led push in the U.S. Congress to maintain the restrictions.
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European bond yields had risen early in the day after the U.S. Congress and president agreed to extend a contentious debt ceiling.
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To start, the company has a great deal at stake as the U.S. Congress wades into debates over tax and immigration reforms.
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Price became active in state politics, and when he was elected to the U.S. Congress, retired from full-time orthopedic surgery practice.
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The officials said the administration would support any effort by the U.S. Congress to find a more permanent solution for the Nicaraguans.
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Members of the U.S. Congress in particular have called for China, and Chinese banks, to do more to clamp down on Pyongyang.
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Trump described his plan as representing an "air travel revolution", urging the U.S. Congress to separate it from the Federal Aviation Administration.
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The U.S. Congress should impose tariffs on China, and other nations, that manipulate their currency to gain an unfair advantage in trade.
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"If we catch them funding terrorism, they're going to have a problem in the U.S. Congress and other people, obviously," he said.
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Removing one major stumbling block for the dollar, the U.S. Congress on Thursday passed legislation to temporarily fund the government through Dec.
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Charles Boustany, M.D., is a partner at Capitol Counsel in Washington, D.C. He represented Louisiana in U.S. Congress from 2005 to 2017.
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State legislatures tell a much wider story about veterans and their second service in public office today than does the U.S. Congress.
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The tax proposal faces an uphill battle in the U.S. Congress, with Trump's own Republican Party divided over it and Democrats hostile.
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"Today I am announcing that I will not seek re-election to the U.S. Congress in 2018," Hensarling said in a statement.
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A GOP candidate running as an independent for U.S. Congress shared a screenshot on Facebook that showed a browser with pornography tabs.
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The federal minimum wage has stayed at $7.25 an hour since 2009, and the Republican-controlled U.S. Congress has opposed an increase.
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Zuckerberg spent ten grueling hours before the U.S. Congress last month, but has declined multiple invitations to answer questions before UK lawmakers.
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The problem is, the U.S. Congress doesn't believe Putin and has imposed severe sanctions on a number of Russian companies and individuals.
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In fact, as recently as 2016, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed that the true "sovereign" of Puerto Rico is the U.S. Congress.
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"I will become the first Dominican American to ever serve in the U.S. Congress," Espaillat said in Philadelphia, later switching to Spanish.
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This is exactly how we passed the ABLE Act in 2014, when 85 percent of the entire U.S. Congress supported this effort.
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Chances are slim that the Republican-controlled U.S. Congress will debate and pass tax reform legislation before the end of the year.
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Control of both houses of the U.S. Congress and 36 state governorships are at stake in today's elections, follow the latest coverage.
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Efforts to overturn the decision are heating up with the election of Republican Donald Trump as president and a conservative U.S. Congress.
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In an interview, Artemenko said he was not deterred and that he had the support of some U.S. Congress and Senate members.
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The challengers said the U.S. Congress historically has rejected nationality bans in immigration laws, and that Trump's policy has circumvented that judgment.
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The U.S. Congress in December extended tax credits to makers of fuel cells, which is expected to boost profits in the industry.
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There are concerns that an effort by Republicans in the U.S. Congress to overhaul the tax code could undermine the housing market.
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There is little indication such legislation is an imminent priority that will be taken up by the administration or the U.S. Congress.
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As the COVID-220006 pandemic expands, the U.S. Congress is drafting supplemental funding legislation to jumpstart our fight against this emerging threat.
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The big picture: Israel's ambassador to Washington, Ron Dermer, announced several weeks ago that out of respect for the U.S. Congress, Reps.
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Trump is scheduled to deliver his annual State of the Union address to both chambers of the U.S. Congress at 9 p.m.
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Many of Sanders' proposals are controversial within his own party and could face long odds of winning approval in the U.S. Congress.
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The bankrupt U.S. territory, whose finances the U.S. Congress placed under federal oversight, owed $120 billion in combined bond and pension debt.
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Because the U.S. Congress has long been a graveyard for gun control legislation, some states and localities have enacted their own measures.
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Ireland's Dixon, who told U.S. Congress in May it was likely that Silicon Valley companies had violated the GDPR, acknowledges the impatience.
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If his nomination is approved by the U.S. Congress, he will replace Caroline Kennedy, who held the position from 2013 until January.
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The announcement comes as the U.S. Congress is working to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA) popularly known as Obamacare.
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Not only must you apologize, but you must also get the sensitivity training appropriate for your continued service in the U.S. Congress.
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In our system of government, they also work for the body that created them and exercises oversight over them, the U.S. Congress.
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To make single-payer really work, we'd probably have to scrap the U.S. Congress and move to a more centralized parliamentary system.
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Although Republicans control both chambers of the U.S. Congress, at least some Democratic votes will be needed to pass the spending bill.
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The November elections ensured Republicans had control not only of the White House and U.S. Congress, but of statehouses around the country.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Congress, rushing to beat a Friday midnight deadline, on Thursday passed legislation funding the government through Dec. 22.
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The U.S. Congress requires the president to periodically certify Iran's compliance and issue a waiver to allow U.S sanctions to remain suspended.
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A confidant of the president said Trump had lost confidence in Priebus after major legislative items failed to pass the U.S. Congress.
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In the U.S. Congress, Senators John McCain and Dick Durbin have introduced a resolution that could lead to travel restrictions on Cambodian leaders.
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The deal is subject to a 30-day review, during which the U.S. Congress may pass a joint resolution of approval or disapproval.
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Those levels of donations given to climate skeptics are relatively high given that the list covers about a quarter of U.S. Congress members.
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Some members of the U.S. Congress, which has long had a testy relationship with Saudi Arabia, have criticized the kingdom over the case.
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U.S. Congress has already agreed to give Puerto Rico a $4.9 billion loan to help the government make payroll and pay other bills.
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Some legislation has been introduced in the U.S. Congress that would have states or a federal government agency collect such information, it said.
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Testifying before the U.S. Congress in May, U.S. intelligence chiefs for the first time publicly expressed doubt that Kaspersky products could be trusted.
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A 2014 draft bill in the U.S. Congress removed provisions to provide Georgia with MNNA status because the Obama administration underestimated Russia's ambitions.
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Yet another avenue is to go to the U.S. Congress, said Steven Schwinn, a professor at the John Marshall Law School in Chicago.
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U.S. Congress wrote the broad strokes of the Volcker Rule into law, but five regulators oversee the rule and wrote its finer details.
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Republican leaders in the U.S. Congress have yet to schedule a vote on TPP, which is viewed as essential to the pact's success.
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Additionally, the company is facing a series of questions from the U.S. Congress over why it took so long to disclose the hack.
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With the U.S. Congress deeply divided over gun control, it has fallen to states and localities to impose firearms restrictions in recent years.
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Other justices noted that the U.S. Congress intended the law to cover certain international actions, especially involving foreign militant networks that target Americans.
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Jazmina Saavedra, who's running as a Republican candidate for U.S. Congress in California's 44th District, posted the video to her Facebook page Tuesday.
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They, too, seek to recruit candidates to run as soon as 2018, when the composition of the U.S. Congress is up for grabs.
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The U.S. Congress will now have 60 days to decide whether to reimpose economic sanctions on Tehran that were lifted under the pact.
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Trump also will take office with Republican majorities in both chambers of the U.S. Congress that could help him implement his legislative agenda.
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They anticipate state contests will be central to Democratic efforts in 2018, given their longer odds of reclaiming the Republican-controlled U.S. Congress.
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As a lender to U.S. President Donald Trump, Deutsche has also been subpoenaed by U.S. Congress to hand over information on his finances.
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A collection of top Democrats in the U.S. Congress want to hold hearings on Disney's $52 billion bid to buy 21st Century Fox.
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The real question is when the U.S. Congress will wake up to the damaging implications of its narrow-minded approach on renewable energy.
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The U.S. Congress will now have 60 days to decide whether to reimpose economic sanctions on Tehran that it lifted under the pact.
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In 2009, the U.S. Congress expanded a federal hate crime law to include crimes motivated by a victim's sexual orientation among other factors.
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Trump has resisted efforts in the U.S. Congress to rebuke the Saudis, pointing to weapons sales as an important source of U.S. jobs.
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He holds statewide office and thus enjoys name recognition that other state senators or members of the U.S. Congress have yet to earn.
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C.W. Folsom, Charles Dickens, and the only known photograph of John Willis Menard, the first African American man elected to the U.S. Congress.
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On May 10, six former Guatemalan foreign ministers wrote the U.S. Congress, warning that withholding the funds would embolden the enemies of accountability.
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The U.S. Congress and every administration since the 2900-220006 Arab Oil Embargo have established laws and policies to expand domestic oil production.
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The residents of D.C., however, have no voting representatives in the U.S. Congress and therefore cannot participate in any of the decisions taken.
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Some industry leaders in Puerto Rico are lobbying the U.S. Congress for economic incentive proposals that echo the industrialization push of the past.
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However, the comments from those members of the U.S. congress have provided the world with new and powerful evidence on the country's involvement.
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He said members of the U.S. Congress would "get beat up really badly by the voters" if they interfered with law enforcement's activities.
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It also suggested Riyadh's investment decisions had not been affected by last September's U.S. Congress vote allowing relatives of victims of the Sept.
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"The situation is deteriorating, as the sentiment in the U.S. Congress is highly anti-Iranian," he said, according to a TASS report Wednesday.
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But you can't – not if the U.S. Congress and the American people are vigilant in requiring you to abide by the U.S. Constitution.
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He was also called as a witness against Stone, who was convicted Friday of lying to the U.S. Congress, obstruction and witness tampering.
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He properly passed the baton to where it belongs: the impeachment and removal power uniquely possessed under our Constitution by the U.S. Congress.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Leaders in the U.S. Congress on Monday were making progress toward temporarily funding the government in the fiscal year starting Oct.
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The U.S. Congress enacted the debt collection law in 1977 to prohibit collectors from using abusive, unfair or deceptive practices to recoup money.
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And the infrastructure bill is stuck in U.S. Congress, raising doubts whether the trillion-dollar plan will ever see the light of day.
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Democrats in the U.S. Congress, largely in the Democratic-controlled House of Representatives, have threatened to stall ratification until their concerns are met.
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The upcoming Hong Kong elections over the weekend and a U.S. Congress bill that supports the protesters are adding to the trade tension.
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Earlier this year, Facebook's chief executive, Mark Zuckerberg, above, appeared before the U.S. Congress to answer questions and also met with European lawmakers.
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In the 1980s, senior CIA officials helped organize the Iran-contra conspiracy, a large-scale covert operation aimed at disempowering the U.S. Congress.
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The non-binding plebiscite is not expected to sway the U.S. Congress, which would have to agree to make Puerto Rico a state.
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Obtaining the remainder could take 22017 to 2204 years, he said, adding that his team is lobbying the U.S. Congress for more money.
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Ilhan Omar, the first two Muslim women elected to U.S. Congress both decided to wear traditional Palestinian and Somali clothing to the event.
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The U.S. Congress can step up and implement a comprehensive short-term economic recovery program for Puerto Rico to remedy this absurd situation.
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"I salute the historic U.S. Congress vote recognizing the Armenian Genocide," Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan wrote on his Twitter account on Wednesday.
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In early August, U.S. President Donald Trump signed into law new sanctions on Iran, Russia and North Korea passed by the U.S. Congress.
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U.S. Congress: Representative John Lewis, Democrat of Georgia and a leader of the civil rights movement, announced that he has advanced pancreatic cancer.
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The U.S. Congress can do its part in the coming weeks to help those in Hong Kong who are fighting for human rights.
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Out of this process, the U.S. Congress passed legislation in 1992 to decommission and remove the dam and restore the Elwha River watershed.
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A "Thanksgiving" protest, in appreciation of the U.S Congress passing legislation supporting protesters, is scheduled for Thursday, the date of the U.S. holiday.
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Facebook Inc shares were up 21 percent as Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg spoke in his second day of testimony before the U.S. Congress.
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Sudanese victims did not receive any compensation following the settlement, as the U.S. Congress diverted the funds to victims of domestic terrorist attacks.
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Like residents of Washington, D.C., Puerto Ricans are U.S. citizens, subject to military conscription who do not have representation in the U.S. Congress.
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It did $10.7 million in lobbying in the first nine months of 2017, according to disclosures the firm filed with the U.S. Congress.
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Abraham Lincoln sits for a portrait in 1846, after his run in the Illinois Legislature ended and he was elected to U.S. Congress.
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Trump has said he wants to improve ties, but his administration is considering imposing new sanctions on Moscow, as is the U.S. Congress.
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Zuckerberg said he was open to additional government regulation and happy to testify before the U.S. Congress if he was the right person.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans in the U.S. Congress, unable so far to resolve deep disagreements over spending for the fiscal year starting on Oct.
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It did $10.7 million in lobbying in the first nine months of 2017, according to disclosures the firm filed with the U.S. Congress.
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"Despite its breadth, surveillance under EO 12333 has not been subject to meaningful oversight by either the U.S. Congress or U.S. courts," she argues.
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Even if islanders vote in favor of the status referendum, Puerto Rico's fifth since 1967, statehood would require an act of the U.S. Congress.
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Republicans also maintained their majorities in both chambers of the U.S. Congress, enabling the party to reshape Washington with two years of "unified" government.
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Manufacturing is likely to get a boost this year from a $1.5 trillion tax cut approved by the Republican-controlled U.S. Congress last month.
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A committee from the U.S. Congress visited Turkey on Monday and held meetings with officials regarding the F-35 program, Turkey's foreign ministry said.
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But the proposed reductions could trigger a backlash for Republicans, complicating efforts to keep control of the U.S. Congress in the 210 midterm elections.
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The new U.S. Congress was sworn in to office Monday, with Biden presiding over the Senate's ceremony and meeting with senators and their families.
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The peso firmed more that 1.3 percent on Wednesday after Trump's speech to the U.S. Congress, which he did not use to lambast Mexico.
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A new U.S. Congress may well seek tougher penalties on Russia – partly in Ukraine's name, partly to punish and test President Trump on Russia.
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Wiesel attended the joint session of the U.S. Congress in 223 when Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke on the dangers of Iran's program.
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Members of the U.S. Congress sent a letter to Aliyev last week, saying that the forthcoming constitutional referendum would create a crisis of legitimacy.
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And in the U.S., Congress has heard testimony from Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, who said he has worries about potential illicit use of Libra.
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The U.S. Congress has also weighed in by advancing legislation that would authorize the U.S. attorney general to file anti-trust charges against OPEC.
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Following Trump's decision, U.S. Congress has until mid-December to decide whether to reimpose economic sanctions on Tehran that were lifted under the pact.
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"We urge the U.S. Congress to stop the approval procedure of the bill," he told reporters at a news conference on Tuesday in Beijing.
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Typically the party that controls the White House loses seats in the U.S. Congress in the first election after a new president takes office.
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The U.S. Congress approved a $21-trillion tax bill this week that will slash corporate income tax rates to 21.60 percent from 6.083 percent.
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The U.S. Congress could help protect America's interests in Asia by firmly drawing closer to the one country that can counter America's biggest competitor.
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Legislation allowing ordinary American investors to invest in the shares of startups and small businesses was first introduced in the U.S. Congress in 2011.
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The failure by the U.S. Congress and President Donald Trump to agree to a government spending bill by midnight will shutdown several federal agencies.
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Those early successes could embolden Hoffman to donate even more aggressively come 2018, when the composition of the U.S. Congress is up for grabs.
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This past December, the U.S. Congress approved more than $100 million in legislation, some of which will go to rebuild Flint's drinking-water infrastructure.
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Investors were also relieved after the U.S. Congress averted a government shutdown on Thursday just one day before federal funding was due to expire.
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Republican and Democratic leaders of the U.S. Congress, who have criticised Trump for abandoning the Kurds, have announced plans for legislation to impose sanctions.
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The U.S. Congress is currently considering a bill to bring the island's finances under federal oversight and allow it to cut repayments to creditors.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Congress on Friday certified the Electoral College vote that gave Republican Donald Trump the victory in the 2016 presidential election.
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What we have is a more organic kind of volunteership, because voters believe that state government affects their lives more than the U.S. Congress.
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That same month, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani warned the U.S. Congress about the "terrible threat" the group poses to his country and its neighbors.
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Republican lawmakers who control both houses of the U.S. Congress see the plans for new sanctions as a test of the Obama administration's resolve.
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There is little chance of those cuts becoming real, as presidential budgets are rarely enacted by the U.S. Congress, which controls federal purse strings.
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Rep. John Conyers said Tuesday that he is retiring from the U.S. Congress amid allegations that he sexually harassed former members of his staff.
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But travel purely for tourism won't be allowed until the U.S. Congress lifts a longstanding embargo, which also restricts most trade with Cuba. Rep.
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Fluent in Iranian Farsi and Afghan Dari, he has worked for the U.S. Congress, the U.S. military in Afghanistan, and NATO HQ in Brussels.
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As the ethnic mix of settlers from Europe diversified, the U.S. Congress responded by passing three key laws, each more restrictive than the last.
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He stopped short of concluding that Trump had committed a crime but noted that the U.S. Congress had the power to address that issue.
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The House bill, by contrast, would give Republicans in the U.S. Congress a say in recommending the majority of the proposed oversight board members.
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But, even when the United States loses a case, it is up to the U.S. Congress and the executive branch to take appropriate action.
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In a video address last week to the new U.S. Congress, Trudeau stressed the closeness of the links between the Canadian and U.S. economies.
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Obama earlier this year asked the U.S. Congress for $1.1 billion in new funding over two years to expand treatment for the opioid epidemic.
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Tuesday's vote delivered a split U.S. Congress, with Democrats seizing control of the House of Representatives and Republicans strengthening their majority in the Senate.
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Powell will provide further cues on the near-term outlook for monetary policy this week at his semi-annual testimony to the U.S. Congress.
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The deadline to ratify the ERA expired in 1982, although resolutions have been introduced in the U.S. Congress to remove or restart the deadline.
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Gates said he was hopeful that the U.S. Congress would continue to resist President Donald Trump's plans to make deep cuts to development aid.
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Democrats in the U.S. Congress, largely in the Democratic-controlled House of Representatives, have threatened to stall on ratification until their concerns are met.
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But that changed in September 2016 when the U.S. Congress overrode President Barack Obama's veto of the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act ("JASTA").
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The survival of the deal now is up to the U.S. Congress, which might try to modify it or reimpose U.S. sanctions on Iran.
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The U.S. Congress last year passed the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act, a law permitting lawsuits holding Saudi Arabia responsible for the attacks.
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Republicans maintained their majorities in both chambers of the U.S. Congress, potentially enabling the party to reshape Washington with two years of "unified" government.
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On Wednesday, Facebook along with Google and Twitter representatives will testify to U.S. Congress on the use of their platforms during the 2000 election.
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"We hope we will get more sensible people in the U.S. Congress," he said during a press conference in Rome, according to Bloomberg Business.
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The U.S. Congress approved a $21-trillion tax bill this week that will slash corporate income tax rates to 21.84 percent from 21 percent.
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European stocks closed higher on Thursday after the U.S. Congress approved an overhaul of the U.S. tax code that will cut corporate tax rates.
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To rectify this, a coalition of patients, families, caregivers, providers and other advocacy partners is urging the U.S. Congress to immediately fix this oversight.
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In January the U.S. Congress passed a budget deal that boosts U.S. government spending, following a December tax package that slashes corporate tax rates.
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News of the incident broke as U.S. President Barack Obama prepared to make his final State of the Union address to the U.S. Congress.
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And the U.S. Congress has extended the solar Investment Tax Credit (ITC), which has raised installation forecasts through 2020 by more than 50 percent.
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But while Obama has loosened the U.S. trade embargo on Cuba, the Republican-controlled U.S. Congress has not heeded his calls to end it.
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Lopez Obrador said he was "optimistic" the trade deal, which U.S. President Donald Trump had pushed for, would be approved in the U.S. Congress.
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The discussion was also streamed on our Facebook page _____ • The U.S. Congress pressed its efforts to push a sweeping tax bill through by Christmas.
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The area has elected Republicans to U.S. Congress for decades, and Trump won the presidential vote there in 2016 by nearly 12 percentage points.
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The U.S. Congress is hesitating to ratify a new 12-nation trade pact, the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), which also includes Canada and Mexico.
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Already, Facebook is facing scrutiny from the U.S. Congress on the launch of the social networking company's white paper on its digital currency Libra.
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But such measures will not deliver any significant economic relief to Russia, and they could be undercut by Russia hawks in the U.S. Congress.
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Last month, Duterte banned U.S. senators Richard Durbin and Patrick Leahy from visiting the Philippines after they introduced a provision in the U.S. Congress.
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It would also behoove Israel to be diplomatic when hosting visiting members of the U.S. Congress that they rely upon for security and support.
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In 2010, the U.S. Congress passed a law requiring banks overseas to submit to the I.R.S. the names and account details of American clients.
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A noteworthy example of a carbon pricing policy that is under consideration by the U.S. Congress is the Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act.
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In the meantime, the U.S. Congress is trying to get access to President Trump's calls with Russian President Vladimir Putin and other world leaders.
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A constitutional amendment requires the support of two-thirds of both houses of the U.S. Congress and ratification by three-quarters of the states.
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But opponents, including President Donald Trump's administration, say the deadline has long passed for the proposal, which the U.S. Congress kick-started in 1972.
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The U.S. State Department said it could not comment on potential P-3 or S-3 sales until it formally notifies the U.S. Congress.
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For the first time ever, a body of the U.S. Congress voted to end cannabis's nearly century-long status as a federally prohibited substance.
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If tensions over North Korea stay high, it may be easier for a deeply divided U.S. Congress to pass the 2018 budget, Morris said.
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Removing one major stumbling block for the dollar on Friday, the U.S. Congress on Thursday passed legislation to temporarily fund the government through Dec.
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The curious case of an American charged with espionage, a new session of the U.S. Congress and a plan to return art to Africa.
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Given our continued aging population and the financial implications of the 3-day rule, this growing issue should be readdressed within the U.S. Congress.
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Then-President George W. Bush, a Republican, fought for changes to U.S. immigration laws in 2007 but the effort fizzled in the U.S. Congress.
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Representative Veronica Escobar, a Democrat who represents El Paso in the U.S. Congress, welcomed the news that the massacre was being investigated as domestic terrorism.
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Photo: Bryan Menegus (Gizmodo)Joining the group of protesters outside MSP203 was Representative-elect Ilhan Omar, the first Somali-American representative in the U.S. Congress.
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Twenty-four members of the U.S. Congress sent the administration a letter on May 3 urging it not to terminate India's access to the GSP.
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Barr also said that the U.S. Congress will receive a less redacted version of the report on Thursday than the one released to the public.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump called on the U.S. Congress on Tuesday to pass legislation to stimulate at least $1.5 trillion in new infrastructure spending.
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The likes of Amazon, Facebook and Google are about to go to war with the U.S. Congress over the most unlikely of causes: Human trafficking.
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The U.S. Congress recently passed a law encouraging higher-level government contacts between the sides and closer cooperation between their militaries is also being emphasized.
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It dates back to 1933 when former president Franklin D. Roosevelt used the term to describe the first 100 days of the 1003rd U.S. Congress.
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But someone apparently forgot to tell U.S. Congress and the White House, because both are moving to block millions of workers from getting that opportunity.
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Title I and II of the Helms-Burton Act codify all previous sanctions into law and set conditions for the U.S. Congress to lift them.
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The presumptive Republican nominee is set to meet with party leaders in the U.S. Congress on Thursday, including U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan.
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His campaign has said Biden supports working with the U.S. Congress to make comprehensive immigration changes, including a pathway to citizenship for some undocumented immigrants.
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David MacNaughton, Canada's ambassador to the United States, told reporters he thought the U.S. Congress could ratify the deal before its summer recess in July.
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Such a step would likely be seen by Democrats as an attempt to circumvent the authority of the U.S. Congress and prompt a court fight.
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Previously, though, the LinkedIn co-founder has said that he has his eye on 2018, when voters will determine the composition of the U.S. Congress.
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John Ruple, a University of Utah professor of public land law, said the state has no legal case and the U.S. Congress controls such transfers.
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FRANKFURT/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Some Democratic members of the U.S. Congress have renewed efforts to find possible links between banks such as Germany's Deutsche Bank (DBKGn.
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Republicans in the U.S. Congress have also objected to the pact, which was signed by the United States, Britain, Russia, France, China, Germany and Iran.
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Even if he or she did, there would be significant opposition from segments of the U.S. Congress as well as Mexico, Canada and multilateral organizations.
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Many members of the U.S. Congress, including some of Trump's fellow Republicans, disagree sharply with his proposal to slash foreign aid and spending on diplomacy.
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Accordingly, and in a rare bipartisan stand against the Trump administration, the U.S. Congress voted in June to block new arms sales to Saudi Arabia.
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Members of the U.S. Congress, who returned to Washington after a summer recess, must pass a spending bill before the fiscal year ends on Sept.
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The U.S. Congress approved $23 billion in emergency aid to address the migrant surge without the additional protections for migrant children that liberals had sought.
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A proposed new package of sanctions on Russia in the U.S. Congress might also put curbs on Trump's ability to pursue warmer relations with Moscow.
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Markets are waiting to see if Fed Chairman Jay Powell's testimony to the U.S. Congress on Wednesday, due after 210.25 GMT, will meet dovish expectations.
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In a letter to the board seen by Reuters - which was created by U.S. Congress in 2016 to manage Puerto Rico's finances - Utah Republican Rep.
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Google spent $21 million to lobby in 2018 while Amazon spent $14.2 million and Facebook spent $12.62 million, according to their filings to U.S. Congress.
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The U.N. vote can carry political weight, but only the U.S. Congress can lift the full embargo, put in place more than 50 years ago.
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The bipartisan bill, which was passed by the U.S. Congress on Wednesday, is also aimed at building resilience and promoting secure and transparent property rights.
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The Republican-led U.S. Congress faces a tough challenge in passing tax reform legislation, having already failed to deliver on healthcare reform sought by Trump.
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But a trade deal without Canada might not win approval from the U.S. Congress because such a deal would have to pass a higher bar.
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The market is now awaiting Fed Chair Janet Yellen's Wednesday testimony to the U.S. Congress on Wednesday which may provide more clarity on monetary policy.
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The focus was on the U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell's two days of testimony on monetary policy before the U.S. Congress starting on Wednesday.
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The U.S. Congress created the reviews in 2011 to handle the perceived high number of flimsy patents issued by the patent office in prior years.
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The contract still requires approval from the U.S. Congress, as it involves a purchase of advanced military technology for which special permission must be obtained.
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Women represent only approximately 2202 percent of the members of the U.S. Congress, which puts us behind countries such as Iraq, Namibia, Mozambique and Afghanistan.
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Control of both houses of the U.S. Congress, currently dominated by Republicans, and 36 governors' offices will be at stake when Americans vote on Tuesday.
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I don't know of a single Russian in the U.S. Senate, a single Russian in the U.S. Congress, a single Russian in the U.S. government.
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The Medley report triggered furor in the U.S. Congress and became a source of friction between the Fed and lawmakers, leading to a criminal investigation.
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Over the past several weeks, a clogged cesspool smelling up the neighborhood has been the best metaphor one can use to describe the U.S. Congress.
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In August, the U.S. Congress overwhelmingly approved the "Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act" which imposed new sanctions on Iran for its ballistic missiles program.
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That visit saw her meeting members of the U.S. Congress as well as representatives from Taiwan's 17 remaining diplomatic allies, and speaking at Columbia University.
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The market took some relief from media reports that the U.S. Congress will not handle a bill with new proposed sanctions against Russia until November.
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He again urged the U.S. Congress to pass legislation by the end of March to help the island handle its roughly $70 billion debt load.
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But there was no sign the U.S. Congress would scrap tax credits for renewables that are a bigger driver of long-term investment, he said.
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Arms sales to the kingdom and other Gulf Cooperation Council member states have become increasingly contentious in the U.S. Congress, which must approve such sales.
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Members of the U.S. Congress have raised questions about the settlement, citing ZTE's ties to the Chinese government and calling it a national security threat.
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President George W. Bush, with the bipartisan support of the U.S. Congress, dispatched Marines off of Liberia's coast to force the exit of Charles Taylor.
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The decision may prompt the U.S. Congress to consider legislation to regulate sports betting nationally, a move the National Football League said it would welcome.
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Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell testifies before the U.S. Congress on Wednesday and Thursday and investors have a lot riding on him sounding suitably dovish.
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The U.S. Congress plans to probe a massive data breach at the credit-monitoring service Equifax that compromised roughly 143 million Americans' most sensitive information.
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The bipartisan, seven-member oversight board was created under the federal Puerto Rico rescue law known as PROMESA, passed by the U.S. Congress last year.
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Following the Church Committee investigations, it was widely believed that the FBI had been brought to heel by superior power emanating from the U.S. Congress.
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Google did not promote either president's first speech to the U.S. Congress, "which is technically not a State of the Union address," the representative said.
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The U.S. Congress' Joint Committee on Taxation earlier this year estimated that solar projects would receive $26752 billion in tax breaks between 2016 and 2020.
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Title I and II of the Helm-Burton Act codify all previous sanctions into law and set conditions for the U.S. Congress to lift them.
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She described the group as "the largest sponsor of the elections to the U.S. Congress" and as a sponsor of the Conservative Political Action Conference.
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I took on this responsibility and risk because I believed in the Iran nuclear deal and thought it merited positive consideration by the U.S. Congress.
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Automakers are still assessing the potential impacts of rising interest rates and the sweeping tax overhaul passed by the Republican-controlled U.S. Congress last month.
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"Xavier has been an outstanding public servant, in the state legislature, the U.S. Congress and as a deputy attorney general," Brown said in a statement.
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The plaintiffs have accused the administration of President Barack Obama of overreaching its authority and said the U.S. Congress, or individual states, should set policy.
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The commission oversees the pact's implementation and interpretations of the agreement through decision-making procedures that effectively cut the U.S. Congress out of the process.
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She has provided testimony on nuclear weapons design and production before the House Armed Services Committee of the U.S. Congress and the California State Legislature.
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A similar consensus emerged last January when we asked guests at 20303 Predictions events for their views on whether the U.S. Congress would impeach Trump.
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Politico and the Washington Post, citing unnamed individuals familiar with the planning, had reported the administration may request $1 billion funding from the U.S. Congress.
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So it makes sense that when U.S. Congress members and think tanks reacted to Monday's sanctions by issuing stern statements, Venezuelans were mostly cracking jokes.
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Currently, the U.S. Congress is considering important legislation to counter the economic warfare waged by those who seek to destroy the world's only Jewish state.
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The U.S. Congress now has 60 days since Trump's action to decide whether to reimpose economic sanctions on Tehran that were lifted under the pact.
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In addition, Xi faces the prospect of sanctions by the U.S. Congress that could jeopardize the negotiations for a trade agreement between Washington and Beijing.
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The U.S. Congress, facing a Friday midnight deadline, toiled on Monday to finish writing a $1.2 trillion bill to fund the federal government through Sept.
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The U.S. Congress has set high noon on February 28, 2018, for the Ethiopian government to meet its demands for human rights accountability in H.Res.
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The contract still requires approval from the U.S. Congress, because it involves a purchase of advanced military technology for which special permission must be obtained.
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The British economy slows as Brexit looms, the U.S. Congress is close to avoiding a shutdown and a mind-clearing look at the northern lights.
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But the disaster aid package currently under consideration by the U.S. Congress would provide far less housing aid than Puerto Rico officials say they need.
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"To fail to pass it is going to be a signal to the U.S. Congress that it is still open for renegotiations," Manley told Reuters.
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In April, Sandberg wrote a $25,000 check for an organization run by Emily's List that helps elect pro-choice Democratic women to the U.S. Congress.
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U.S. President Barack Obama has taken steps to ease trade and travel restrictions on Cuba, but only the U.S. Congress can lift the full embargo.
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An undercount of immigrants could cost their communities a decade's worth of federal funding, as well as seats in the U.S. Congress and state legislatures.
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Jakelin's death has added to criticism of U.S. of President Donald Trump's hard-line immigration policies from migrant advocates and Democrats in the U.S. Congress.
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Lawmakers in the United States and Europe are demanding to know more about Facebook's privacy practices and Zuckerberg is due to testify before the U.S. Congress.
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Republican Senator Dan Sullivan from Alaska, standing alongside Mattis, said there was bipartisan support in the U.S. Congress to see the Arctic in more strategic terms.
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The 28 pages that will be sent to the U.S. Congress on Friday contain no new evidence that Saudi Arabia played a role in the Sept.
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A report drafted by the U.S. Congress and the Pentagon on strengthening the U.S.'s military presence in Eastern Europe is set for discussion next spring.
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Control of both houses of the U.S. Congress, currently dominated by Republicans, and 36 governors' offices will be at stake when Americans vote in Tuesday's elections.
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That's when many lawmakers in the U.S. Congress, currently controlled by Republicans, are up for reelection, and Democrats hope they can recapture the House of Representatives.
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In the United States, for instance, funding for weapons programs is generally authorized and distributed on an annual basis, subject to approval by the U.S. Congress.
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The government export lender said it has notified the U.S. Congress of the transaction, which will be ready for a final board vote in 35 days.
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Democrats won control of the House of Representatives in the vote while the Republicans cemented their majority in the Senate, resulting in a split U.S. Congress.
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"This bipartisan agreement sends a clear message that harassment in any form will not be tolerated in the U.S. Congress," Blunt said in a statement Wednesday.
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The United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) must win approval in a divided U.S. Congress where Republicans control the Senate and Democrats the House of Representatives.
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Traders had bet he and a Republican-controlled U.S. Congress would quickly enact tax cuts and infrastructure spending and loosen regulations, spurring business investments and inflation.
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A second government lawyer, Craig Conrath, said that he would request a stay if the U.S. Congress failed to fund the government and it shut down.
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Legislative efforts in the U.S. Congress to fix Puerto Rico's debt problem are not likely to come to fruition before the GDB's May 1 debt payment.
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Instead of dance recitals, soccer matches and marching band performances, their schedules now involve lobbying trips to state capitols, the U.S. Congress and the White House.
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In December, U.S. Congress passed a sweeping tax law designed to kick-start economic growth that slashed the corporate rate to 22018 percent from 25.6 percent.
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They have been the subject of hearings in the U.S. Congress and the British parliament, as well as regulatory probes on both sides of the Atlantic.
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"Everybody is happy except the Zionists, the warmongers who are fuelling sectarian war among the Islamic nation, and the hardliners in the U.S. congress," he said.
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Puerto Rico's non-voting representative to the U.S. Congress Jenniffer González, seen as a possible candidate for governor, has also called on the governor to go.
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President Donald Trump postponed plans to leave Washington while the U.S. Congress faced a midnight deadline to come up with funding legislation to avoid the shutdown.
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Pompeo said last month that he had certified to the U.S. Congress that Saudi Arabia and the UAE were working to reduce civilian casualties in Yemen.
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The Medley report triggered furor in the U.S. Congress and became a source of friction between the central bank and lawmakers, leading to a criminal investigation.
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To be sure, Wells faces a slew of other investigations from individual states, agencies and U.S. Congress, though criminal charges are what could rock Wells Fargo.
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By way of comparison, five members of U.S. President Donald Trump's 24-member cabinet are women, and about 19493 percent of the U.S. Congress are female.
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But members of the U.S. Congress and President Donald Trump's administration are eager to curb the influence of Iran and its allies in the Middle East.
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Reports of Russian interference in the already divisive election have roiled Washington, even as the U.S. Congress on Friday certified Trump's victory in the Electoral College.
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"The U.S. Congress has repeatedly failed to produce any evidence to support its restrictions on Huawei products," said Huawei's Rotating Chairman Guo Ping in the statement.
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On International Women's Day on March 8, U.S. Congress can celebrate women by signaling their intent to fully fund the new Global Food Security Act (GFSA).
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NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Democrats in the U.S. Congress introduced a bill on Wednesday morning to ensure equal pay for women and transparency from employers.
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MORE has been laid to rest in Annapolis, who will assume his mantle, not only in the halls of the U.S. Congress but around the world?
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The money - approved by the U.S. Congress to help Ukraine combat Russia-backed separatists in the eastern part of the country - was later provided to Ukraine.
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In December, the U.S. Congress approved a $750 million aid package for Central America, aimed at tackling poverty, crime, and violence and enhancing rule of law.
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For instance, the U.S. Congress and federal regulators have not yet established a regulatory framework to govern large-scale deployment of autonomous vehicles on public roads.
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In 6900, the U.S. Congress appropriated a modest $2628 million to create the USAID NTD Program — after one year an estimated 28503 million treatments were delivered.
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The U.S. Congress approved a $1.5-trillion tax cut bill this week, with the highlight being a corporate tax cut to 21 percent from 9373 percent.
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Corporate tax cuts approved by the U.S. Congress and the president at the end of 2017 have been broadly welcomed by investors and the business community.
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However, among men in the Republican Party, which now controls both houses of the U.S. Congress, two-thirds said they were not upset by the comments.
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The oldest person ever to serve in the U.S. Congress was Strom Thurmond of South Carolina, who was 100 when he left the Senate in 2003.
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Alumni of U.S. international education programs include 565 current or former heads of foreign governments, 21625 Nobel Prize winners, and 2900 members of the U.S. Congress.
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With a long-passive U.S. Congress and public finally tiring of the post-2241/21982 endless wars, is the Iran terror pivot propaganda, or fact-based?
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And if Mr. Netanyahu and others in Israel don't want members of [the] U.S. Congress to visit them, maybe they don't want U.S. money as well.
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Republicans in the U.S. Congress have approved a broad package of tax cuts, including slashing the corporate income tax rate to 20 percent from 35 percent.
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"The U.S. Congress is likely to vote in a timely fashion to suspend or raise the federal debt limit," the rating agency said in a statement.
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In January, Trump demanded that France, Germany, the U.K. and the U.S. Congress "fix" the deal by May 12, by committing to tougher measures against Iran.
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The U.S. Congress recently passed a bill imposing new sanctions on Russia with overwhelming bipartisan support, but Trump signed it into law last week with reluctance.
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Abedin announced her separation from Weiner in August after a sex scandal similar to an earlier incident that led him to resign from the U.S. Congress.
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After drawing harsh criticism from both political parties as well as medical industry lobbying groups, the U.S. Congress approved a suspension of the levy in 2015.
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The U.N. vote can carry political weight, but only the U.S. Congress can lift the more than 50-year-old embargo, which Cuba calls a blockade.
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The legislation, approved by both chambers of the U.S. Congress, has angered China, which regularly calls self-ruled Taiwan the most sensitive issue in Sino-U.
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While it may be unrealistic to expect this from the White House, the U.S. Congress has shown greater willingness to challenge Saudi Arabia as of late.
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The U.S. Congress passed legislation this year that would sanction anyone who engages in, facilitates or contributes to North Korea's proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump on Thursday won endorsements from two more U.S. Congress members as he battled to be his party's nominee.
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"The Constitution is clear: The U.S. Congress decides whether we go to war," said Senator Bernie Sanders, independent of Vermont and a sponsor of the resolution.
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U.S. Congress: The Senate, in a bipartisan rebuke, voted to overturn President Trump's declaration of a national emergency at the southern border to fund his wall.
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Despite strong U.S. ties with coalition members, particularly the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia, the war in Yemen faces strong opposition in the U.S. Congress.
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"The U.S. Congress has repeatedly failed to produce any evidence to support its restrictions on Huawei products," Guo Ping, Huawei's rotating chairman, said in a statement.
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Although Republicans control both chambers of the U.S. Congress, their leaders will likely need to rely on at least some Democratic votes to pass the measure.
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President Trump promised what he called "extreme vetting" of immigrants and refugees from areas the White House said the U.S. Congress deemed to be high risk.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration is sending to the U.S. Congress a budget request for $2.5 billion to fight coronavirus, the White House said on Monday.
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"Xavier has been an outstanding public servant – in the State Legislature, the U.S. Congress and as a deputy attorney general," Brown said in announcing the appointment.
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Herrera said he was also troubled by the stalled passage in the U.S. Congress of a revamped trade agreement between the United States, Mexico and Canada.
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Since Obama has been unable to persuade the U.S. Congress to lift a longstanding trade embargo, U.S. citizens are still prohibited from visiting Cuba as tourists.
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Some in the U.S. Congress want to make it harder for the states to solve a big problem: their private sector workers' lack of retirement savings.
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But the future of the flood insurance program that Nikov, 63, and other property owners in vulnerable U.S. areas depend on rests with the U.S. Congress.
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For years, Ukraine has enjoyed broad bipartisan support in the U.S. Congress, and Zelensky appears to be desperately trying not to screw that up, analysts said.
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Their effort to have the U.S. Congress pass legislation to make minor fixes to the JCPOA also makes no sense because Congress cannot renegotiate international agreements.
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"Xavier has been an outstanding public servant - in the State Legislature, the U.S. Congress and as a deputy attorney general," Brown said in announcing the appointment.
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" But he added, "The rest of the process has been so abysmal that Rio Tinto actually testified before the U.S. Congress how bad the process was.
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The $24.07 trillion stimulus package passed by the U.S. Congress will flood the world's largest economy with money to stem the economic damage from the pandemic.
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In late January, an Amtrak train carrying Republican members of the U.S. Congress killed one person in a garbage truck with which it collided in Virginia.
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For months, Facebook, Google and Twitter have squirmed as U.S. Congress highlighted how Russian agents had spread disinformation on their platforms during the 2016 presidential election.
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The U.S. Congress faces a deadline next month to fund parts of the federal government and a possible showdown over money for Trump's proposed border wall.
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During a hearing on the bid to dismiss the case, Daniels suggested the U.S. Congress might be better suited than the courts to resolve the dispute.
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President Donald Trump cheered the robust jobs report, which came less than a week before the midterm elections that will decide who controls the U.S. Congress.
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The USMCA still needs to be ratified by the U.S. Congress, along with the governments of Mexico and Canada, which agreed to the deal in November.
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Earlier on Wednesday, Trump tried to brush aside Pelosi's concerns and said he planned to deliver the address before the U.S. Congress as scheduled next Tuesday.
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However, Trump, who has vowed to scrap the pact, was expected to give the U.S. Congress and European allies a deadline for improving it, the person said.
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The additions came as the U.S. Congress began to debate — earnestly, for the first time — new legislation that could put more self-driving cars on U.S. roads.
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Ongoing wrangling in the U.S. Congress over a bill to cut taxes on Thursday dented confidence that the reforms would be pushed through in their current state.
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The U.S. Congress has not passed any substantive national gun laws since the 2012 Sandy Hook massacre, due in large part to opposition from gun-rights groups.
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The oil company has been locked in tangles with opponents of fossil fuels for months in fights that have spilled over into U.S. Congress and shareholder meetings.
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He said he was reminded of the speech that Vaclav Havel, the playwright and last president of Czechoslovakia, had delivered before the U.S. Congress in February 1990.
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Although Republicans control both chambers of the U.S. Congress, their leaders will likely need to rely on at least some Democratic votes to pass the spending measure.
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Republicans control both chambers of the U.S. Congress, but their leaders will likely need to rely on at least some Democratic votes to pass the funding measure.
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SEATTLE (Reuters) - The investigative arm of the U.S. Congress is launching a probe into the safety of increasingly long freight trains being operated by CSX Corp (CSX.
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The new law, passed by Republicans in the U.S. Congress over the united opposition of Democrats, marked Trump's first significant legislative victory since taking office in January.
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The U.S. House of Representatives this week unanimously backed legislation supporting Taiwan as members of the U.S. Congress push for a sharper approach to relations with Beijing.
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Paul and Senator John McCain, one of the leading Russia hawks in the U.S. Congress, had a heated exchange about the issue in the Senate last week.
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A tug of war among investors over how to view tax reform efforts in the U.S. Congress has left the market without a strong leaning, he said.
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Jeffrey and Matthew Palmer, a deputy assistant secretary of state who handles issues including relations with Turkey, spent a second straight day testifying in the U.S. Congress.
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ECONOMY'S REPORT CARD By law the Fed twice a year prepares a formal report for the U.S. Congress on the state of the economy and monetary policy.
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That means, for example, shoring up support in the U.S. Congress for the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), which Trump has said he wants to renegotiate.
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In his ruling, U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta in Washington said that HHS lacked the authority from U.S. Congress to compel drug manufacturers to disclose list prices.
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Pence — Trump's point person for getting the deal through the U.S. Congress — is scheduled to meet with Trudeau on Thursday to discuss USMCA ratification and other issues.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Congress is divided over whether to privatize the nation's air traffic control system as both chambers advance bills to expand airline passenger protections.
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The Friday poll also found that 75 percent said they disapprove of the way "the U.S. Congress is handling its job," and 24 percent said they approve.
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The state lawsuit is part of a broader effort by the federal government, states and the U.S. Congress to address the rising cost of many generic drugs.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he would sit down soon with his Democratic opponents in the U.S. Congress for negotiations over U.S. immigration policy.
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Adding to tensions is a bill proposed in U.S. Congress to lift Riyadh's immunity if any Saudi officials are found to have been involved in the Sept.
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" But he added, "The rest of the process has been so abysmal that Rio Tinto actually testified before the U.S. Congress [about] how bad the process was.
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Steyer had said in January he was passing on a 2020 run to focus on efforts to impeach Trump and get Democrats elected to the U.S. Congress.
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But one of Silicon Valley's leading representatives in the U.S. Congress doesn't think the e-commerce company actually deserves them — in his California district or anywhere else.
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Critics of Trump have accused him of being soft on Russia, and both Republicans and Democrats in the U.S. Congress are pushing for more sanctions on Moscow.
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Trump has failed so far to persuade either the Mexican government or the U.S. Congress to fully fund a wall he wants to build along the border.
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Earlier in May, the U.S. House of Representatives backed legislation supporting Taiwan as members of the U.S. Congress pushed for a sharper approach to relations with Beijing.
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Some members of the U.S. Congress said that even with the sanctions the administration has not been tough enough, specifically in regard to the Saudi crown prince.
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Texas is set to make history as two Democratic candidates will likely become the first Latina politicians from the Lone Star State elected to the U.S Congress.
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But doubts have grown over whether U.S. Congress would ratify the agreement, after both U.S. presidential candidates adopted a more protectionist stance ahead of the November elections.
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The full U.S. Congress will not be back in Washington until September, and congressional aides said they did not expect the measure to pass in its entirety.
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The Texas plan has garnered attention among Republicans in the U.S. Congress who are looking to defund the nation's largest family-planning provider at the national level.
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Immigration experts say Trump lately has called for policies that would violate U.S. laws, international agreements and court settlements or require U.S. Congress to pass major legislation.
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The U.S. Congress last year had called on Kerry to make a determination on whether the militant group's atrocities against Christians and other religious groups are genocide.
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Before the nuclear agreement, Netanyahu, a conservative, strained relations with the White House by addressing the U.S. Congress in 2015 and cautioning against agreeing to the pact.
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But that assessment was soon outstripped by unilateral sanctions enacted by the U.S. Congress, which went beyond the U.N. punishment, and that Obama ultimately signed into law.
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"I am ready to take part in any hearings conducted by the U.S. Congress on this subject in order to defend my reputation and name," he said.
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His biggest concern now, Kendall said, was that the U.S. Congress could cut funding for the program and make it difficult to execute the work needed now.
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A tug of war among investors over how to view tax reform efforts in the U.S. Congress has left the market without a strong impetus, Arone said.
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Equally important is the message the U.S. Congress conveys to the international community by passing this bill: Support for the North Korean regime will have significant consequences.
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Truong Duy Nhat, a blogger with the U.S. Congress-funded Radio Free Asia (RFA), went missing in January in Bangkok, where he had applied for refugee status.
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Allen West, a retired U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel and former Member of the 112th U.S. Congress, is the Executive Director of the National Center for Policy Analysis.
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Honduras said in a statement that it would push U.S. Congress to reconsider Trump's move, and offer consular support for more than 18,500 Hondurans protected by DACA.
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At his news conference, Zarif accused Saudi Arabia of having spent millions of dollars to lobby the U.S. Congress against an international deal on Iran's nuclear program.
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The U.S. Congress this year passed two bipartisan anti-trafficking bills aimed at making it easier to prosecute owners and operators of websites that facilitate sex trafficking.
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American intelligence officials say Russia is targeting the November congressional elections, which will determine whether or not Republicans keep control of both chambers of the U.S. Congress.
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Many Republicans, particularly in the U.S. Congress, have argued that the deal, negotiated by the United States, Britain, China, France, Germany and Russia, should be torn up.
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U.S. Congress last month approved the RTT bill that would allow terminally ill patients to try experimental treatments not yet approved by the Food and Drug Administration.
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Some industry groups have vowed to fight it in court and in the U.S. Congress, calling it unnecessary and warning that compliance will cost billions of dollars.
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Mehta in his ruling set aside the entire rule as invalid, saying HHS lacked authority from the U.S. Congress to compel drug manufacturers to disclose list prices.
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Steyer had said in January he was passing on a 2020 run to focus on efforts to impeach Trump and get Democrats elected to the U.S. Congress.
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Sanders proposes funding these programs through a new tax on Wall Street, but it's unclear if there's the political will in U.S. Congress to support this tax.
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Taylor also embraces legislation, now under consideration by the U.S. Congress, that would require the Fed to follow a monetary policy rule like his when setting policy.
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In the United States, current Trade Promotion Authority gives the U.S. Congress a clear set of procedures to guarantee its participation in the process of trade negotiations.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Congress, facing a Friday midnight deadline, toiled on Monday to finish writing a $1.2 trillion bill to fund the federal government through Sept.
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The Modi government hopes the Trump administration will not disrupt burgeoning defense ties with the world's biggest arm importer by levying sanctions the U.S. Congress has sought.
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In the United States, current Trade Promotion Authority gives the U.S. Congress a clear set of procedures to guarantee its participation in the process of trade negotiations.
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In 1879, a decade after 750,000 Americans lost their lives in a vicious civil war between our Northern and Southern states, the U.S. Congress remained bitterly divided.
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Easy access to guns is a major cause of these horrifying numbers, according to a new report from my staff on the U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee.
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A $1.5 trillion tax cut package pushed through by the Trump administration and the Republican-controlled U.S. Congress in December is also expected to bolster compensation growth.
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Only the U.S. Congress can raise the debt limit and expectations have risen that the ceiling would not affect Federal efforts to clean up after Hurricane Harvey.
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Automatically recognized as superdelegates are all Democratic members of the U.S. Congress, Democratic governors, members of the Democratic National Committee, and other present and former party officials.
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Democratic President Barack Obama has asked the U.S. Congress for more than $1.8 billion to fight Zika in the United States and abroad, and pursue a vaccine.
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This legislation augmented previous efforts by the U.S. Congress to expand the reach of U.S. financial sanctions against Hezbollah through the original Hezbollah International Financing Prevention Act.
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The whole world can see that the U.S. Congress has been blocking federal legislation that could raise the level of action by the world's second-biggest emitter.
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Accordingly, in a bipartisan 85033 law the U.S. Congress wisely authorized a federally sponsored vote to confirm the 2012 results, and that referendum is expected in 2017.
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Some senior Republican leaders in the U.S. Congress have expressed outrage at what they called Russian interference in America's elections, diverging from their own party's president-elect.
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While only the new president along with the Ukrainian government can protect and strengthen Ukraine's democratic institutions, the U.S. Congress is prepared to help meet that end.
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Those expectations got a boost after the U.S. Congress voted overwhelmingly on Wednesday to approve legislation that will allow the families of those killed in the Sept.
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This takeaway is timely, as the Trump administration and the U.S. Congress negotiate a final budget for Fiscal Year 2202, balancing allocations for hard and soft power.
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The U.S. Congress courageously enacted the Magnitsky Act in 2012 to sanction Russian government officials for the brutal murder of a single individual: corruption whistleblower Sergei Magnitsky.
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Trump and his Republicans, who control the U.S. Congress, and the Democrats seem far apart on an agreement as they gird for midterm congressional elections in November.
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Democrats are struggling to recover from an electoral rout in November in which they lost not only the White House, but both chambers of the U.S. Congress.
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Some in the U.S. Congress and other critics have been dismayed by Trump's apparent tendency to place efforts to resolve the trade dispute above human rights concerns.
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Politico reported last week that the U.S. Congress' Office of Compliance had paid $84,000 from a public fund on behalf of Farenthold for a sexual harassment claim.
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This fiscal year, the U.S. Congress set aside $145 million for Mexico under the Merida Initiative to help fight the flow of opioids into the United States.
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If Trump does not certify that Iran is in compliance, the U.S. Congress will have 60 days to decide whether to reimpose sanctions waived under the deal.
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Previous elites poured themselves into institutions and were pretty good at maintaining existing institutions, like the U.S. Congress, and building new ones, like the postwar global order.
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As discussions advance, the U.S. Congress and the international community must ensure women are in future talks because they are critical to advance peace, stability and development.
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In the U.S., Congress is also investigating money laundering allegations and the bank's connections to the U.S. president, who owes the bank at least $130 million dollars.
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The U.S. Congress could also threaten to introduce sanctions in response to any use of armed force to crush dissent or further curbing of Hong Kong's autonomy.
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Numerous gun control proposals have been thwarted in the U.S. Congress, largely because of opposition by Republican lawmakers and the influential National Rifle Association gun rights lobby.
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The U.S. Congress first held an impeachment in 1797 with the trial of William Blount, which was, until now, its only impeachment inquiry to involve foreign policy.
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The White House had said in January that it was unclear whether the Republican-controlled U.S. Congress would confirm King in the year remaining in Obama's presidency.
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For decades, measures recognizing the Armenian genocide have stalled in the U.S. Congress, stymied by concerns about relations with Turkey and intense lobbying by the Ankara government.
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To add insult to injury, they became a loan-shark nation furnishing funds to an insatiable U.S. Congress that makes the prodigal son look like Ebenezer Scrooge.
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The civil lawsuit is one piece of broader generic drug pricing probe under way on the state and federal level, as well as in the U.S. Congress.
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The island is locked in a dispute with its creditors over resolving the crisis while the U.S. Congress works on a potential legislative fix before month's end.
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Trump has struggled to get a healthcare package passed by the U.S. Congress even though his Republican Party controls both the House of Representatives and the Senate.
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For a payment of at least $35, contributors' names will be displayed on Trump's campaign website during the speech to the U.S. Congress, scheduled for 9 p.m.
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" Asked if he was considering recusing himself from decisions on documents provided to the U.S. Congress, he said: "I am not going to recuse myself from this.
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The government slashed corporate and personal income taxes in January in a $1.5 trillion package and the U.S. Congress passed a $1.3 trillion spending bill in March.
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The Kremlin said on Wednesday it is hearing contradictory statements from the White House on new sanctions on Russia that have been approved by the U.S. Congress.
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But the U.S. Congress this year approved legislation that forbids the Pentagon from using magnets made in China, North Korea or Russia, further complicating the supply chain.
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President Trump and the U.S. Congress can be proud of the recent school choice victory, but no time should be wasted building on this victory in 2018.
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We released two rather detailed letters from cardiologists, and we released a letter that came from the head of the U.S. Congress medical group, the physicians there.
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We released two rather detailed letters from cardiologists and we released a letter that came from the head of the U.S. Congress medical group, the physicians there.
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The move, which postpones the hearing until after the new U.S. Congress convenes, frustrated the head of the North Carolina Republican Party, who said voters deserved better.
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The U.S. Congress in 2009 passed a resolution, tucked into an appropriations bill, that apologized to Native Americans for violence, maltreatment and neglect inflicted by U.S. citizens.
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But any accusation against Trump of conspiracy, obstruction or justice or other crime could prompt an impeachment effort in the U.S. Congress to remove him from office.
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Pending bipartisan legislation in the U.S. Congress would protect an estimated two million Dreamers from deportation as well as put them on a path to attaining citizenship.
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Across the United States, Hispanics are expected to be a crucial constituency in the November general election, when control of the U.S. Congress will be at stake.
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Fed Chairman Jerome Powell's semi-annual testimony to the U.S. Congress on the economy next week could shed light on the near-term outlook for monetary policy.
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Activists say the marches were a chance to celebrate the gains made in the 2018 elections, which saw more women elected to the U.S. Congress than ever before.
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Zuckerberg addressed U.S. Congress and a committee of the European Union in the months following the Cambridge Analytica data scandal and widespread reports of misuse of Facebook's platform.
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Supporters of the "Vietnamization" policy faulted the U.S. Congress for failing to continue to back the South Vietnamese in the aftermath of the 1973 withdrawal of American troops.
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My understanding is that the U.S. Congress is undertaking an investigation into Russian interference into the election and they've asked all sorts of people for help into that.
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The measure, after passage, then would direct the governor to ask the U.S. Congress for the ultimate approval to split the state into three — likely a tall order.
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And more recently, Oracle unexpectedly declared its support for an anti-sex-trafficking bill in the U.S. Congress that Google and other Silicon Valley giants had been fighting.
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The U.S. Congress recently introduced several bipartisan resolutions targeting Turkey, calling on President Donald Trump's administration to impose sanctions or prohibit the transfer of F-35 fighter aircraft.
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His trip to the city in early 2009 came in the middle of a fight for the U.S. Congress to pass a roughly $800 billion economic stimulus package.
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You see it in the rise of the far right in Germany, Austria and Sweden, the politicking around refugees in Italy and, of course, in the U.S. Congress.
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He will also see members of the U.S. Congress, some of whom have been critical of the Saudi campaign in Yemen, particularly the humanitarian situation and civilian casualties.
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Efforts to pass a federal law protecting gay people from job discrimination have come up empty in the U.S. Congress, spurring rights groups to turn to the courts.
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The findings show abusive tweets were sent to all female members in U.S. Congress and U.K. parliament, as well as a number of other prominent female political journalists.
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He faces growing pressure from the U.S. Congress, federal regulators, the board overseeing Puerto Rico's finances and longtime creditors to whom the territory owes $72 billion in debt.
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The Obama administration likely will try to ratify the agreement by executive action, without the consent of U.S. Congress, where many Republican lawmakers are skeptical of climate science.
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They are facing elections, we are facing elections too, and both have [Trans Pacific Partnership, reference to the recent trade deal that is awaiting approval by U.S. Congress].
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"On or about August 15, 2016, the conspirators…received a request for stolen documents from a candidate for the U.S. Congress," the indictment reports, without naming the candidate.
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Mehta in his ruling set aside the entire rule as invalid, saying the HHS lacked authority from the U.S. Congress to compel drug manufacturers to disclose list prices.
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Critics in the U.S. Congress have denounced the move as a predatory money grab that would encroach on U.S. government jurisdiction and ultimately add to the federal deficit.
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Repairs have been delayed at Air Force Base Tyndall in Florida and the branch's Offutt base in Nebraska as a disaster relief bill stalls in the U.S. Congress.
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If new sanctions proposed by the U.S. Congress and the State Department are implemented in full, which remains uncertain, some economists fear growth could weaken to almost zero.
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She served in the Iraq War, is a Major in the Army National Guard, is the first Hindu member of the U.S. Congress, and is an avid surfer.
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Also on investors' radar was a deadlock in Washington over funding for a border wall with Mexico, with the U.S. Congress trying to avoid a partial government shutdown.
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Republican President Donald Trump, whose party controls both chambers of the U.S. Congress, was an outspoken advocate of gun rights during his 2016 campaign for the White House.
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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testified in April before the U.S. Congress about concerns ranging from lack of data protection to Russian agents using Facebook to influence U.S. elections.
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For Democrats, greater power in the states would allow them to push back against Trump and Republicans even if Democrats fail to gain control of the U.S. Congress.
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