Government regulation, United States. Congress -- Powers and duties, Epidemics -- Economic aspects, Epidemics -- United States, Domestic economic assistance -- Access control, and Domestic economic assistance -- Laws, regulations and rules
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WASHINGTON -- Lead Top Capitol Hill negotiators sealed a deal Sunday on an almost US$1-trillion COVID-19 economic relief package, finally delivering long-overdue help to businesses and individuals and [...]
United States. Congress -- History, United States. Congress -- Powers and duties, Contested elections -- 2020 AD, Presidential elections (United States) -- 2020 AD, Electoral college -- Political activity, and Electoral college -- 2020 AD
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WASHINGTON - Marking a dramatic conclusion to a bitter election, Vice President Mike Pence is set to preside Wednesday over a special joint session of Congress that will cement President-elect [...]
Government regulation, United States. Congress -- Military policy, United States. Congress -- Powers and duties, Defense spending -- Laws, regulations and rules, Defense spending -- Political aspects, and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021
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President Donald Trump on Wednesday vetoed the National Defense Authorization Act, a $741 billion national security package that would raise troops' pay, direct the purchase of weapons and set military [...]
Market trend/market analysis, United States. Congress -- Powers and duties, Republican Party (United States) -- Membership, and Democratic Party (United States) -- Membership
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WASHINGTON -- Lead The U.S. election scrambled seats in the House and Senate, but ultimately left Congress much like it began, deeply split as voters resisted big changes [...]
Government regulation, United States. Congress -- Powers and duties, Impeachments -- Laws, regulations and rules, and Impeachments -- Political aspects
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Lead The United States Congress never hurries. It moves slowly, deliberately, cautiously. It has little peripheral vision. It is not a multitasker. Still, as American humorist Will Rogers [...]
Company business planning, Market trend/market analysis, Government regulation, United States. Congress -- Powers and duties, Presidential elections (United States) -- 2020 AD, Electoral college -- Laws, regulations and rules, Opposition (Political science) -- 2020 AD, and Opposition (Political science) -- Forecasts and trends
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The challenges will transform the normally routine electoral count by Congress into an hourslong spectacle that has already divided Republicans, who are all but certain to fail to change the [...]
Government regulation, United States. Congress -- Powers and duties, Epidemics -- Control, Consumer protection -- Laws, regulations and rules, Product safety -- Laws, regulations and rules, Ports -- Safety and security measures, and Toys -- Inspection
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Congress is demanding the federal government increase inspections of toys and consumer products entering U.S. ports and assess what hazards may have slipped in during a safety lapse kept quiet [...]
Government regulation, United States. Congress -- Powers and duties, Hispanic Americans -- History, and Historical museums -- Laws, regulations and rules
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Congress approved legislation Monday that would create Smithsonian museums for Latino and women's history as part of the nearly $900billion COVID-19 relief package. Two separate proposals for the [...]
United States. Congress -- Powers and duties, Contested elections -- 2020 AD, Presidential elections (United States) -- 2020 AD, Vice-Presidents -- 2020 AD, and Vice-Presidents -- Political activity
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Some House Republicans plan to try to use Congress's tallying of electoral results on Jan. 6 to tip the election to President Trump. The attempt will put Republicans in a [...]
Market trend/market analysis, United States. Congress -- Powers and duties, Democratic Party (United States) -- Forecasts and trends, Republican Party (United States) -- Forecasts and trends, Election Protest and U.S. Capitol Breach, 2021, Concord -- Political aspects, and United States Capitol -- Demonstrations and protests
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Many Democrats are in no mood for calls for unity, pushing instead for accountability for Republicans who refused to recognize the election result and fueled divisions that erupted in the [...]
Political issue, United States. Congress -- Powers and duties, and Impeachments
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Lead U.S. Congressman who represents Massachusetts's 6th district and is a member of the Democratic Party. During the attack he was locked down in his office. [...]
United States. Congress -- Powers and duties, Republican Party (United States) -- Powers and duties, Presidential elections (United States) -- Social aspects, and Presidential elections (United States) -- 2020 AD
Abstract
With President Trump ratcheting up his efforts to cling to power, the party has split over whether to back him, posing a major political test. WASHINGTON -- After [...]
Antitrust issue, Government regulation, United States. Congress -- Powers and duties, NCAA -- Laws, regulations and rules, Antitrust law -- Interpretation and construction, and College athletes -- Compensation and benefits
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The argument about how college athletes should be compensated has basically been around as long as college sports themselves. As far back as the 1920s, there were well-publicized concerns about [...]
Globe & Mail (Toronto, Canada). Nov 5, 2020, B1,B6.
Subjects
Company business planning, Market trend/market analysis, United States. Congress -- Powers and duties, Presidential candidates -- Planning, Commercial policy -- Political aspects, Canada -- International economic relations, and United States -- International economic relations
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Lead Canadian business leaders are preparing to navigate political gridlock south of the border, with the U.S. Congress appearing to split between the Democrats and Republicans, [...]
Government regulation, United States. Congress -- Powers and duties, Budget -- Analysis, Budget -- Laws, regulations and rules, Expenditures, Public -- Analysis, and Expenditures, Public -- Laws, regulations and rules
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Nothing greases the gears of government quite like pork. As the Trump presidency fades to black, it is time for Washington to get to work. In embracing Joe [...]
United States. Congress -- Powers and duties, Election Protest and U.S. Capitol Breach, 2021, Riots -- Political aspects, United States Capitol -- Appreciation, and United States Capitol -- Political aspects
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Lead Former executive editor of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and winner of the Pulitzer Prize for coverage of U.S. politics. He teaches at McGill's Max Bell School of Public [...]
Commentary. Sept, 2019, Vol. 148 Issue 2, p33, 5 p.
Subjects
Company legal issue, United States. Department of Justice -- Powers and duties, United States. Congress -- Powers and duties, Special prosecutors -- Investigations, and Executive-legislative relations -- Analysis
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FOR TWO YEARS, America scrutinized Robert Mueller almost as closely as Mueller scrutinized Donald Trump. But where Mueller's investigation produced a clear-eyed view of the 2016 election, America seems to [...]
USA Today (Magazine). Jan, 2020, Vol. 148 Issue 2896, p10, 3 p.
Subjects
Government regulation, United States. Congress -- Powers and duties, Policy sciences -- Laws, regulations and rules, Policy sciences -- Political aspects, Executive-legislative relations -- Laws, regulations and rules, Executive-legislative relations -- Political aspects, Separation of powers -- Laws, regulations and rules, Separation of powers -- Political aspects, and Impeachments -- Laws, regulations and rules
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IN CONTEMPORARY U.S. government, the presidency is dominating Congress in our system of separate-but-competing branches. This constitutional imbalance is a growing threat to liberty, and the only solution is to [...]
Company business planning, Government regulation, United States. Congress -- Powers and duties, United States. Department of Labor -- Powers and duties, Unemployment insurance -- Laws, regulations and rules, Unemployment insurance -- Planning, and Wisconsin -- Social aspects
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Wisconsin residents receiving an extra $300 in weekly unemployment benefits are being asked to pay back the money if Congress enacts new legislation to replace the jobless aid created by [...]
Government regulation, Company legal issue, United States. Supreme Court -- Powers and duties, United States. Congress -- Powers and duties, Education law -- Interpretation and construction, Public schools -- Laws, regulations and rules, Right to education -- Laws, regulations and rules, and Right to education -- Cases
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The right to an education is guaranteed by international law in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Similarly, UNESCO's Constitution sets out the right to an education as necessary to [...]
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