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Debt limit battle: Joe Biden ramps up pressure on House GOP lawmakers

Ifeanyi Nwagboso — Wed, 10 May 2023 15:09:47 +0000

Fresh off a White House meeting with no serious breakthrough on the debt limit standoff, President Joe Biden is launching a new phase of his pressure campaign against House Republicans as he makes his case that lawmakers should lift the nation’s borrowing authority without any strings attached. Biden will travel to Valhalla, New York, on [...]

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Prez Biden, top lawmakers to discuss debt limit at White House May 9

Ifeanyi Nwagboso — Mon, 01 May 2023 15:48:11 +0000

President Joe Biden has sought to ease a debt limit standoff by inviting the four Congressional leaders to the White House on May 9 signalling the growing fears of a default as the federal government might be unable to pay its bills as soon as June 1. Administration and congressional officials confirmed the individual calls [...]

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US Congress approves new election rules in response to Jan 6 Capitol attack

Ifeanyi Nwagboso — Fri, 23 Dec 2022 21:00:55 +0000

Congress on Friday gave final passage to legislation changing the arcane law that governs the certification of a presidential contest, the strongest effort yet to avoid a repeat of Donald Trump’s violence-inflaming push to reverse his loss in the 2020 election. The House passed an overhaul of the Electoral Count Act as part of its [...]

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US lawmakers urge Biden to recognise 1971 Bangladesh genocide by Pak army

Ifeanyi Nwagboso — Tue, 18 Oct 2022 21:07:28 +0000

On October 15th, a couple of United States Congressmen placed a proposed resolution in the House of Representatives urging US President Joe Biden to consider recognising the atrocities committed by the Armed Forces of Pakistan in the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971. US Congressman Steve Chabot (Republican), in association with Congressman of Indian origin Ro [...]

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Nancy Pelosi, other US lawmakers visit Armenia as cease-fire holds

Ifeanyi Nwagboso — Sun, 18 Sep 2022 07:00:35 +0000

A US congressional delegation headed by Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi arrived Saturday in Armenia, where a cease-fire has held for three days after an outburst of fighting with neighbouring Azerbaijan that killed more than 200 troops from both sides. The US Embassy said the visit will include a meeting with Armenian Prime Minister [...]

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Delegation Of US Lawmakers Arrives In Taiwan With China Tensions Simmering

Ifeanyi Nwagboso — Sun, 14 Aug 2022 21:00:56 +0000

A delegation of U.S. lawmakers arrived in Taiwan on Sunday for a two-day trip during which they will meet President Tsai Ing-wen, the second high-level group to visit while there are military tensions between the self-ruled island and China. Beijing, which claims democratically governed Taiwan as its own territory, has conducted military drills around the [...]

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US Lawmakers Push Joe Biden To Help Transfer Of European Aircraft To Ukraine

Ifeanyi Nwagboso — Tue, 08 Mar 2022 09:17:48 +0000

U.S. lawmakers pushed President Joe Biden’s administration on Monday to facilitate the transfer of fighter aircraft to Ukraine from Poland and other NATO and Eastern European countries, after a plea on Saturday from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. The White House said it did not oppose planes being sent to Ukraine but saw logistical challenges to [...]

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US Lawmakers Approve Antitrust Reform Bill To Tame Big Tech

Ifeanyi Nwagboso — Thu, 20 Jan 2022 21:00:05 +0000

The Senate Judiciary Committee in the US has approved a key antitrust reform that would ban Big Tech from favouring their own services and products over those of their rivals. The American Innovation and Choice Online Act is a bipartisan bill spearheaded by Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Josh Hawley (R-MO) and Chuck Grassley (R-IA). “I [...]

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China Sends 8 Aircraft Into Taiwan’s ADIZ Amid Visit Of US Lawmakers

Ifeanyi Nwagboso — Sun, 28 Nov 2021 12:21:21 +0000

As US lawmakers’ visit to Taipei irked China, as Beijing sent eight military aircraft into Taiwan’s air defence identification zone (ADIZ), local media reported on Friday. The five US lawmakers arrived in Taiwan on Thursday to meet with government officials. The five-representative delegation is the second US congressional delegation visit to Taiwan this month. The [...]

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U.S Lawmakers Reach Policing Reform Deal, Give No Details

Ifeanyi Nwagboso — Sat, 26 Jun 2021 20:00:32 +0000

A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers said on Thursday they had reached an agreement on a framework for a policing reform bill, after weeks of talks. “There is still more work to be done on the final bill, and nothing is agreed to until everything is agreed to,” Republican Senator Tim Scott, Democratic Senator Cory [...]

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US Congress relishes greater role in NSA reforms

Ade Adewale — Sat, 18 Jan 2014 16:54:02 +0000

US lawmakers were poised Friday to seize a chance to take the initiative in reforming America's vast digital surveillance network, after President Barack Obama opened the door to them. Under pressure after fugitive intelligence contractor Edward Snowden…

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US lawmakers once again fight ‘war on Christmas’

Adewale Ade — Tue, 24 Dec 2013 20:14:37 +0000

Santa may already be riding his sleigh around the globe doling out gifts, but that did not stop US lawmakers and conservative groups Tuesday from warning of efforts to sabotage Christmas. Some members of Congress and religious organizations perennially…

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