Tag: House of Representatives

• Saturday, January 9th 2021 - 09:29 UTC

  Nancy Pelosi cautions the US military about an “unhinged” Trump

  

  As Democrats in the House of Representatives on Friday prepared to impeach President Donald Trump again if he does not step down, their leader Nancy Pelosi spoke to the top US general about preventing an “unhinged” Trump from accessing nuclear launch codes in the final days of his term.

• Wednesday, April 22nd 2020 - 07:45 UTC

  US Senate approves bipartisan US$ 480 billion relief package for small businesses

  

  The US Senate approved a bipartisan, nearly half-trillion-dollar relief package on Tuesday, with funding earmarked for devastated small businesses, overwhelmed hospitals, and a ramp-up of testing nationwide during the COVID-19 pandemic.

• Thursday, February 6th 2020 - 08:44 UTC

  “Not a page without a lie”, House leader Pelosi comment on Trump's State of the Union

  

  U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi had not planned to tear up President Donald Trump’s State of the Union speech but decided to do so after she could not find a page “that didn’t have a lie on it,” she told fellow Democratic lawmakers on Wednesday.

• Friday, June 28th 2019 - 19:50 UTC

  US Representatives approve bill to return to paper ballots and avoid cyber attacks on voting machines

  

  US states would get US$600 million in federal grants to secure voting machines from cyber attacks under legislation passed by the House of Representatives on Thursday, with the money to be spent quickly so that upgraded equipment is in place by the Nov 3, 2020 national elections.

• Friday, December 22nd 2017 - 09:56 UTC

  Argentina: Approval of reform bills triggers markets

  

  Merval, the main index of the Buenos Aires Stock Exchange, rose 1.51% Thursday, closing at 28,494.01 points - close to exceeding the maximum of the year, by 28,500 points. The Argentine stocks were driven by the approval of the pension and tax reforms passed this week in the House of Representatives.