Former Vice President Joe Biden didn't sponsor or co-sponsor any of the six payments recognizing Juneteenth throughout his time within the U.S. Senate, although he's now making an attempt to champion the vacation. Juneteenth commemorates the day that slaves in Galveston, Texas, have been knowledgeable — on June 19, 1865 ...

A senator in Ohio has landed himself in sizzling water after asking an knowledgeable witness whether or not the ‘coloured inhabitants’ suffered greater than others from the lethal coronavirus, owing to insufficient hygiene abilities. ...

With the US financial system reeling from the consequences of the coronavirus pandemic, the Senate Overseas Relations Committee agreed to provide Israel a minimal of $ three.eight billion in army assist per 12 months. A full vote on the present is anticipated quickly. ...

Georgia Sen. Kelly Loeffler mentioned she had no plans to drop out of the competition to maintain her Senate seat regardless of a stock-trading controversy. "Not solely am I not dropping out, however I'm gonna win,” the Republican informed Politico. “And nobody's going to intimidate me into considering that that's ...

The US Senate has voted down an modification that might restrict surveillance of Individuals’ web information. Apparently, the true divide in Washington isn't between Democrat and Republican, however these for or towards the police state. ...

This system to assist small companies impacted by coronavirus lockdowns will likely be replenished every week after working out of money, after Democrats agreed to unblock it in change for $ 200 additional billion for hospitals and testing. ...

China must reply for allegedly deceptive the world about coronavirus, President Donald Trump has signaled. His thinly-veiled risk comes because the US Senate begins an investigation into the causes of the well being disaster. ...

A Senate invoice so as to add $ 251 billion to the emergency small enterprise coronavirus stimulus program met with opposition from Democrats, who tried to tack on their very own agenda – however CNN did its finest to cowl for its political “staff.” ...

Eight Republican legislators voted in opposition to a stimulus invoice within the U.S. Senate designed to offer some American employees with paid sick go away. The Republican senators—Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee, James Inhofe and James Lankford of Oklahoma, Ron Johnson of Wisconsin, Rand Paul of Kentucky, Ben Sasse of Nebraska, ...

Senate majority chief Mitch McConnel is taking heavy hearth for protecting the chamber in lengthy recess even after Home approval of a bipartisan invoice on emergency aid to coronavirus epidemics. ...