# us-congress - Thursday 7 January, 2021
# Transition
# Transition
Biden’s win was certified in the early hours of this morning local time.
# Capitol Hill
Trump said he will facilitate "an orderly transition", but will also continue to fight the election result. Some Republicans raised objections to accepting votes from states like Arizona and Pennsylvania, but overwhelmingly lost those votes. At least three Republican senators said they were now accepting electoral votes after the Capitol Hill riot.
# us-congress - Tuesday 22 December, 2020
# Stimulus
# Stimulus
The bill approving the stimulus now goes to President Donald Trump for his signature.
# us-congress - Wednesday 7 October, 2020
# Tech Giants
# Tech Giants
Democrats in the US are hoping to rein in the power of the tech giants.
# us-congress - Wednesday 29 July, 2020
# Bark Or Byte
# Bark Or Byte
The tech giants are being investigated for alleged anti-competitive practices.
# us-congress - Wednesday 4 December, 2019
# Good Friday Agrrement
# Good Friday Agrrement
It called for strict adherence to the Good Friday Agreement during Brexit negotiations “to ensure a lasting peace in Northern Ireland”.
# us-congress - Wednesday 30 October, 2019
# Genocide
# Genocide
The Armenians say the mass killings of their people from 1915 to 1917 amounted to genocide, a claim recognised by some 30 countries.
# us-congress - Tuesday 2 April, 2019
# US Congress
# US Congress
White House security adviser Tricia Newbold has detailed “grave breaches of national security”.
# us-congress - Friday 22 February, 2019
# Brexit
# Brexit
The Taoiseach had some harsh words for the House of Commons this evening.
# us-congress - Thursday 8 February, 2018
# Filibustering
# Filibustering
The 77-year-old told stories about the Dreamers in the US during the record breaking speech.
# us-congress - Thursday 25 January, 2018
# Illegal Immigrants
# Illegal Immigrants
Thousands of illegal immigrants are living in fear are the US government continues to dispute immigration laws.
# us-congress - Sunday 21 January, 2018
# Stand Still
# Stand Still
“I assure you we will have the vote at 1am on Monday, unless there is a desire to have it sooner.”
# us-congress - Friday 13 October, 2017
# Existential Threat
# Existential Threat
The US President says the deal would be kept under constant review by congress.
# us-congress - Thursday 23 June, 2016
# No Bill No Break
# No Bill No Break
And they’ve got their sleeping bags.
# us-congress - Thursday 4 February, 2016
# MARTIN SHKRELI
# MARTIN SHKRELI
Martin Shkreli, who unapologetically raised the price of a life-saving drug 50 times over, later called the politicians “imbeciles.”
# us-congress - Monday 21 September, 2015
# Divine Inspiration
# Divine Inspiration
The Tipperary TD’s motion contains several phrases the same as a resolution from the US Congress .
# us-congress - Monday 21 October, 2013
# Opinion
# Opinion
The world breathed a collective sigh of relief when an eleventh hour deal ended the US government shutdown – but it only fully funds the government until January, writes Larry Donnelly.
# us-congress - Tuesday 8 October, 2013
# Poop For President
# Poop For President
They do have a higher opinion of Congress than of Miley Cyrus and Anthony Weiner, however.
# us-congress - Monday 9 September, 2013
# Bashar Al-Assad
# Bashar Al-Assad
In an interview with US network CBS, President Bashar Al-Assad said a war is not in the US interest as Russia suggests a compromise plan where Syria would hand over its chemical weapons.
# us-congress - Wednesday 14 August, 2013
# Immigration
# Immigration
Fine Gael TD Pat Breen, who met with them, will travel to Washington next month to lobby politicians on the US immigration reform legislation.
# us-congress - Wednesday 29 May, 2013
# Deal Or No Deal
# Deal Or No Deal
Tim Cook says there’s no special arrangement on tax with the Irish Government.
# us-congress - Thursday 4 April, 2013
# Obama
# Obama
Five per cent of his salary will be given to Treasury to act in solidarity with federal workers by sharing in the budget cuts pain.
# us-congress - Wednesday 20 March, 2013
# Assault Weapons
# Assault Weapons
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid admitted that the proposed ban on assault rifles and large capacity magazines did not have the votes to pass.
# us-congress - Monday 21 January, 2013
# Inauguration
# Inauguration
The US president was officially sworn-in for a second term yesterday but a public event will take place in Washington today.
# us-congress - Friday 4 January, 2013
# 9 At 9
# 9 At 9
Good morning. Here are the nine stories you need to know as you start your day.
# United States
# United States
Curbing the US’s runaway national debt, and reforming immigration law, are points on the 113th Congress’s agenda.
# us-congress - Thursday 22 November, 2012
# Jesse Jackson Jr
# Jesse Jackson Jr
Jackson has been under investigation by federal prosecutors for potential misuse of campaign funds.
# us-congress - Wednesday 7 November, 2012
# Elections 2012
# Elections 2012
John Boehner will remain as the Speaker, as the Republicans are set to keep a clear majority in the 438-member House.
# us-congress - Saturday 31 March, 2012
# Astronaut
From The Daily Edge
# Astronaut
A court in California has ruled that former NASA employee Jose Hernandez can keep the moniker on the ballot paper in the June vote.
# us-congress - Wednesday 25 January, 2012
# SOTU
# SOTU
The president is addressing the US Congress for the last time before the autumn election.
# us-congress - Wednesday 28 December, 2011
# Review 2011
# Review 2011
Pizza is a vegetable, a pet rescue in the Liffey and the tragedy of one young woman’s lonely death – some of the stories you most wanted to share with your Facebook friends.
# us-congress - Tuesday 22 November, 2011
# 9 At 9
# 9 At 9
Nine things to know by 9am: Cabinet to finalise social welfare cuts, Europe seeks powers to put weak countries ‘in administration’, and Stephen King’s lowest literary ebb?
# us-congress - Thursday 17 November, 2011
# us-congress - Tuesday 15 November, 2011
# Giffords
# Giffords
Giffords has had her first TV interview since she was seriously injured in January’s shooting, speaking clearly but haltingly.
# us-congress - Friday 9 September, 2011
# United States
# United States
An under-fire president demands that Congress get to work on passing an act to tackle America’s growing unemployment.
# us-congress - Tuesday 26 July, 2011
# US Debt
# US Debt
The US president has called for a “balanced approach” to the crisis, but the House Speaker says Obama cannot have a “blank cheque” for it.
# us-congress - Saturday 23 July, 2011
# US
# US
Debt deal appears no nearer to agreement as the 2 August default deadline looms…
# us-congress - Thursday 16 June, 2011
# Weiner
# Weiner
Friends say that Anthony Weiner will resign from the US congress after revelations of lewd online exchanges with women.
# us-congress - Wednesday 15 June, 2011
# Obama
# Obama
Ben Bernanke warned that America’s huge federal budget deficit would have to be reduced, but didn’t indicate whether he supported taxation or spending cuts.
# us-congress - Thursday 2 June, 2011
# US Debt
# US Debt
Warning comes as US government and Treasury struggle to reach agreement over increasing the country’s debt limit.
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