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The nominee for the US ambassador to Singapore, Anjani Sinha, drew criticism during his Senate confirmation hearing when he struggled to answer questions about the island-state. On Wednesday Dr Sinha was grilled by Senator Tammy Duckworth on the US’s relationship with Singapore and the island-state’s role in South East Asia. At one point Ms Duckworth […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WBRC) – The U.S. Senate passed Lulu’s Law, a bipartisan legislation sponsored by U.S. Senator, Katie Britt (R-Ala.), unanimously on Tuesday, July 8.
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After days of deliberations that went late into the night on Tuesday, the Senate passed Donald Trump’s sweeping tax and spending cuts megabill, taking the deeply divisive piece of legislation one step closer to becoming law. At the 11th hour, minority Democratic Senator Chuck Schumer won a small victory in having the name of Trump’s […]
The United States Senate has passed a sweeping tax bill championed by President Donald Trump, sending the controversial legislation to the House of Representatives for what could be a final vote. Lawmakers passed the bill by a 51-to-50 vote in the Republican controlled-chamber on Tuesday, after Vice President JD Vance broke the tie. The successful […]
US Senate votes on amendments to Trump’s ‘big beautiful bill’ Good morning and welcome to our live coverage of US politics and the second Trump administration. The US Senate is holding a marathon vote on a sprawling budget that is vital to Donald Trump’s agenda and would . . .
On June 28, the U.S. Senate Budget Committee unveiled final text for their version of the budget reconciliation legislation with several changes from the U.S. House-passed version. The U.S. Senate voted 51-49 later that night on a motion to proceed to begin up to 20-hours of floor debate before beginning unlimited consideration of amendments, known […]
Trump live: US Senate debates big bill of tax breaks and spending cuts Al Jazeera Source link
The US Senate has begun voting on a massive spending plan, dubbed the “big beautiful bill”, on Monday after weeks of contentious negotiations. Republicans – who control both chambers of Congress – were divided over how much to cut welfare programmes in order to extend tax breaks. President Donald Trump wants Congress to pass the […]
The United States Senate has begun debating President Donald Trump’s 940-page “Big, Beautiful Bill” of tax breaks and sweeping cuts to healthcare and food programmes. The all-night session on Sunday came as the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) said the bill would add an estimated $3.3 trillion to the US debt over a decade. It […]