Ted Cruz hopes to press quest to defund Planned Parenthood by forcing Saturday session
Will Texas Sen. Ted Cruz be the Grinch that stole the weekend again? With one week left before a government shutdown, the Republican presidential candidate is prepared to pull out all the stops to prevent smooth passage of a funding bill that includes federal dollars ...
Democrats deliver as Obama musters 41 key Senate votes to back Iran nuclear deal
President Barack Obama on Tuesday secured 41 votes in the U.S. Senate for the international nuclear deal with Iran, just enough to block a final vote on a measure of disapproval. Democratic Sens. Richard Blumenthal, Gary Peters and Ron Wyden all announced they would support ...
House vote narrowly revives Obama's Pacific trade pact but Senate OK no done deal
U.S. lawmakers narrowly approved legislation key to securing a hallmark Pacific trade deal on Thursday, partly reversing a defeat less than a week before, in a boost to President Barack Obama's goal of strengthening U.S. economic ties with Asia. The House of Representatives voted 218 ...
Blame Republican hawks who wanted to arm fighters for Islamic State's rise, candidate Rand Paul says
The rise of Islamic State extremists in the Middle East can be traced to Republicans who backed arming fighters in the region, presidential candidate Rand Paul said in an interview broadcast Wednesday. "ISIS exists and grew stronger because of the hawks in our party who ...
Bill to give Obama fast-track trade power gains in Republican-led Senate, faces Democrat foes
The U.S. Senate advanced a measure allowing President Barack Obama to expedite approval of trade agreements, a bill with bipartisan support in that chamber that may run into strong opposition from House Democrats. The 65-33 vote Thursday followed separate votes sought by Democrats to pass ...
In positive sign ahead of Abe visit, members of Congress offer bipartisan fast-track trade bill
Senior U.S. lawmakers reached agreement on Thursday on a bill to give the White House "fast track" authority to negotiate a trade pact with 11 other Pacific nations that is central to President Barack Obama's strategic shift toward Asia. The agreement sets the stage for ...
U.S. House leader Boehner points to Senate on security funding
U.S. House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner on Wednesday called on counterparts in the Senate to act on legislation to fund the Department of Homeland Security, which could face a partial shutdown unless the congressional funding fight is resolved by Friday. The House is in ...
Boehner ready to let funding lapse for U.S. Homeland Security agency
John Boehner, the Republican U.S. House of Representatives speaker, said he is willing to let funding for the Department of Homeland Security lapse as part of a Republican push to roll back President Barack Obama's executive actions on immigration. With a Feb. 27 deadline looming ...
Liberia court lifts order suspending election campaign due to Ebola
Liberia's Supreme Court on Sunday lifted a government order suspending campaigning in and around the capital for next week's Senate election imposed on the grounds that electioneering risks spreading the Ebola virus. Liberia is the country hardest hit by the epidemic and has recorded more ...
TPP, Hague treaty, Senkakus to top agenda for Kennedy
At her Senate hearing last week, Caroline Kennedy, tipped to be the next U.S. ambassador to Japan, faced numerous questions about the Trans-Pacific Partnership pact, tensions over the Senkaku Islands, and what she would do about nearly 400 cases of American children allegedly abducted ...
Caroline Kennedy, nominated by U.S. President Barack Obama to be America's next ambassador to Japan, will take questions next week during a confirmation hearing on her appointment, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee said Wednesday. The hearing Thursday will be Kennedy's first chance since her nomination ...
