The decision by House Republicans to include TikTok as part of a larger foreign aid package, a priority for President Joe Biden with broad congressional support for Ukraine and Israel, fast-tracked the ban after an earlier version had stalled in the Senate.
Biden said he is prepared to work with Republicans when he can and voters made clear that they expect Republicans to be prepared to work with him as well.
State legislatures across the country are looking for ways to conduct their business in spite of restrictions on indoor gatherings because of the coronavirus. Few solutions could be more elaborate than the one in New Hampshire, where the Republican leadership of the House has resisted Democratic calls to meet virtually for safety’s sake.
A smaller Democratic majority and the still-raging coronavirus pandemic could make it trickier for Pelosi, 80, to lock down her re-election to that post, although Pelosi and her lieutenants say they are confident she will succeed.
In the more closely-watched Senate showdown, Democrats drew first blood when Colorado's former governor John Hickenlooper, a 68-year-old businessman and geologist, handily defeated one-term Senator Cory Gardner to pick up a seat.
With the White House race yet to be called and the fundamental balance of power in the two chambers unchanged by Tuesday's voting, neither party heads into the final weeks of the year with a momentum boost.
Trump and party leaders, including House of Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, face a Jan. 19 deadline on passing legislation to prevent a government shutdown.
The proposed legislation could have serious long-term implications for the Indian IT sector which depended on this category of visas to send its staff from here to work in US. At this level, the proposed minimum wage is steep and unsustainable.
Not only do stocks generally have more potential to show capital appreciation, but the S&P 500 actually yielded more than the 10-year Treasury note, meaning that an income-seeking investor actually had an incentive to own stocks rather than super-safe bonds.
Two US lawmakers have introduced a new visa bill in the House of Representatives. The bill proposes that companies with over 50 employees and 50 percent employees on H1-B, L1 can't hire more H1-B employees.
The 'H-1B and L-1 Visa Reform Act of 2016' introduced by New Jersey's Democratic Congressman Bill Pascrell and Republican Dana Rohrabacher from California would prohibit firms from hiring H-1B employees if they employ more than 50 people and over 50 per cent of their staff are H-1B and L-1 visa holders.
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) alleged on Friday that the automaker had used software to trick regulators measuring toxic emissions on its diesel vehicles between 2008 and 2015.
President Barack Obama on Tuesday signed a USD 1.1 trillion spending bill passed by Congress last week that lifted the threat of a government shutdown.
In a White House speech, Obama rejected Republican arguments that his decision to bypass Congress and take executive action was tantamount to amnesty for illegal immigrants
The bill next goes to the full Senate for a vote. If it passes there, it would have to be approved in the House of Representatives to become law.
Some of the companies singled out took exception to the findings. GE spokesman Seth Martin said: "For each year cited by Citizens for Tax Justice, GE paid income taxes in the US, as well as billions in other state, local and federal taxes in the US"
The Senate passed a last-minute deal on Wednesday evening to avert a damaging debt default and to reopen the government after a more than two-week shutdown.
Ashmore Investment Management feels that there may be a short-term deal to end the impasse between the Republicans and Democrats going forward.
On Thursday, the White House was still officially hoping the shutdown would end quickly, allowing Obama to avoid having to choose between looking after things at home, or advancing his trade and foreign policy goals in Asia on a trip beginning on Saturday.
Obamacare will begin enrolling uninsured Americans as scheduled on Tuesday, and if the government shuts down, voters are likely to blame Republicans.
The fate of the debt ceiling is up in the air with Democratic and Republican lawmakers once again deeply divided over how to extend the Treasury's borrowing authority.
President Barack Obama addresses the nation Tuesday to lay out his case for why the US should launch a missile strike on Syria, after its government used chemical weapons on its citizens.
IT major Infosys on Friday said that it was in talks with clients for a contingency plan to ensure that the business was continued on the back of the US immigration bill becoming a law.
The US Senate approved the immigration bill on Thursday that would give a chance for many immigrants to become American citizens. The bill was passed by a vote of 68-32.
