The Toronto Star (Toronto, Ontario). Jan 4, 2021, A10.
Subjects
The Associated Press, United States. Congress, Political parties -- United States, News agencies -- Officials and employees, and News agencies -- Political aspects
Abstract
Congress convened Sunday for the start of a new session, swearing in lawmakers during a tumultuous period as a growing number of Republicans work to overturn Joe Biden's victory over [...]
The Spectator (Hamilton, Ontario). Jan 4, 2021, A8.
Subjects
The Associated Press, United States. Congress, News agencies -- Officials and employees, and News agencies -- Political aspects
Abstract
Congress convened Sunday for the start of a new session, swearing in lawmakers during a tumultuous period as a growing number of Republicans work to overturn Joe Biden's victory over [...]
Peterborough This Week (Peterborough, Ontario). Jan 4, 2021, A10.
Subjects
The Associated Press, United States. Congress, News agencies -- Officials and employees, and News agencies -- Political aspects
Abstract
Congress convened Sunday for the start of a new session, swearing in lawmakers during a tumultuous period as a growing number of Republicans work to overturn Joe Biden's victory over [...]
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
Abstract
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 [...]
National Review. Dec 31, 2020, Vol. 72 Issue 24, p24, 4 p.
Subjects
Government regulation, Republican Party (United States) -- Evaluation, Decriminalization -- 2020 AD, Decriminalization -- Political aspects, Political campaigns -- 2020 AD, Political campaigns -- Evaluation, Electioneering -- 2020 AD, Electioneering -- Evaluation, Marijuana -- 2020 AD, Marijuana -- Laws, regulations and rules, Marijuana -- Political aspects, Presidential elections (United States) -- 2020 AD, and Presidential elections (United States) -- Evaluation
Abstract
IN 2020, the reliably Democratic state of New Jersey, the swing state of Arizona, and the Republican stronghold of Mississippi all voted the same way: in favor of liberalizing their [...]
Globe & Mail (Toronto, Canada). July 28, 2020, B1,B7.
Subjects
Antitrust issue, Company legal issue, United States. Congress -- Investigations, United States. Congress -- Officials and employees, Antitrust law -- Investigations, High technology industry -- Officials and employees, and High technology industry -- Investigations
Abstract
SAN JOSE, CALIF. -- Lead Four of Silicon Valley's most powerful executives are set to testify before a congressional antitrust inquiry Wednesday in a political showdown that marks [...]
Continental Congress -- Powers and duties, Continental Congress -- Rites, ceremonies and celebrations, American Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Rites, ceremonies and celebrations, United States history -- Revolution, 1775-1783, United States history -- Rites, ceremonies and celebrations, and Declaration of Independence (Declaration) -- Rites, ceremonies and celebrations
Abstract
Lead If the 16-month-old Revolutionary War didn't give the British an inkling that the American colonies were unhappy, the Declaration of Independence certainly did. Drafted by a committee [...]
Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA). Jan 15, 2021
Subjects
Americans -- Political aspects, Americans -- Political activity, and Coups d'etat -- Political aspects
Abstract
Jan. 15If tradition holds (and who knows about that anymore), on a cold night this February Joe Biden will motorcade from his new home at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue up Capitol [...]
Globe & Mail (Toronto, Canada). April 24, 2020, A9.
Subjects
Government regulation, United States. Congress -- Economic policy, Epidemics -- Economic aspects, and Epidemics -- United States
Abstract
Lead Congress delivered a nearly US$500-billion infusion of coronavirus spending Thursday, rushing new relief to employers and hospitals buckling under the strain of a pandemic that has claimed [...]
Globe & Mail (Toronto, Canada). March 26, 2020, A10.
Subjects
United States. Congress -- Economic policy, Epidemics -- Economic aspects, Epidemics -- United States, Fiscal policy, and Domestic economic assistance
Abstract
WASHINGTON -- Lead Congress is pressing ahead with a US$2-trillion economic rescue package aimed at easing the financial fallout from the coronavirus pandemic, the largest single piece of [...]
Los Angeles Magazine. Sept, 2020, Vol. 65 Issue 9, p48, 6 p.
Subjects
FOX News Network L.L.C., Republican Party (United States), Twitter (Online social network), Congressional candidates -- Political activity, Congressional candidates -- Political aspects, Cable television broadcasting industry -- Political aspects, Cable television broadcasting industry -- Political activity, Conspiracy theories -- Political aspects, Furniture industry -- Political aspects, Furniture industry -- Political activity, Political campaigns, and Electioneering
Abstract
LATE LAST JUNE, a visitor scrolling through the Wayfair website noticed something curious. Several ordinary-looking cabinets featured were listed at rather lofty price tags. Further examination revealed that the cabinets--and [...]
United States. Congress -- Evaluation, Presidential candidates -- Evaluation, Presidential candidates -- 2020 AD, Presidential elections (United States) -- Evaluation, Presidential elections (United States) -- 2020 AD, Partisanship -- Analysis, and Partisanship -- 2020 AD
Abstract
Still McConnell Divided and divisive government is here to stay FORGET NUKING the filibuster, packing the Supreme Court and dismantling the electoral college--the prizes that bold [...]
United States. Congress -- Political activity, United States. Government Accountability Office -- Political activity, Computational linguistics -- Political aspects, Natural language interfaces -- Political aspects, and Language processing -- Political aspects
Abstract
It's no secret that the U.S. Congress has been dysfunctional for some time. The hallmarks of dysfunction will be familiar to anyone working within a large organization: * [...]
The Humanist. March-April, 2020, Vol. 80 Issue 2, p20, 4 p.
Subjects
Government regulation, United States. Congress -- Political activity, United States. Congress -- Laws, regulations and rules, International Humanist and Ethical Union -- Political activity, International Humanist and Ethical Union -- Political aspects, Pew Research Center -- Political activity, Pew Research Center -- Political aspects, Humanists -- Political activity, Humanists -- Laws, regulations and rules, Humanists -- Civil rights, Humanists -- Political aspects, Violence -- Laws, regulations and rules, Violence -- Political aspects, Blasphemy -- Laws, regulations and rules, Blasphemy -- Political aspects, Civil rights -- Africa, Civil rights -- Bangladesh, Civil rights -- Laws, regulations and rules, and Civil rights -- Political aspects
Abstract
On January 28, 2020, the testimony Of Rafida Bonya Ahmed, a humanist activist and author, was presented before the United States House of Representatives in a joint hearing on 'Ending [...]
United States. Congress and United States. House of Representatives. Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
Abstract
Stone was convicted Friday of all seven counts in a federal indictment that accused him of lying to Congress, tampering with a witness and obstructing the House investigation into whether [...]
Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA). Nov 21, 2019
Subjects
United States. House of Representatives. Committee on the Judiciary -- Political activity, United States. Congress -- Political activity, Controlled substances -- Political aspects, and Marijuana -- Political aspects
Abstract
Nov. 21-- Nov. 21--For the first time, a congressional committee has voted to end federal prohibitions on cannabis. As impeachment hearings transpired across the hall in the Capitol on Wednesday [...]
The Toronto Star (Toronto, Ontario). July 28, 2020, A10.
Subjects
The Associated Press, News agencies -- Political aspects, News agencies -- Political activity, Mayors -- Political activity, Mayors -- Political aspects, and Law enforcement -- Political aspects
Abstract
Local and state officials said the federal officers are unwelcome. The mayor of Portland and five other cities appealed Monday to Congress to make it illegal for the federal government [...]
Peterborough This Week (Peterborough, Ontario). July 28, 2020, A10.
Subjects
The Associated Press, Mayors, Law enforcement, News agencies, and Tear gas munitions
Abstract
Early Monday, U.S. agents repeatedly fired what appeared to be tear gas, flash bangs and pepper balls at protesters outside the federal courthouse in downtown in Portland. Some protesters had [...]
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
Abstract
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
Abstract
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
Abstract
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 [...]
Company business planning, United States. Congress -- Planning, Legislators -- Rites, ceremonies and celebrations, Epidemics -- Prevention, Epidemics -- United States, and Epidemics -- Control
Abstract
More than 40 people have lain in state in the Capitol after their deaths. Some in Congress want the civil rights icon and 17-term congressman to receive the honor, even [...]
King, Ledyard, Subramanian, Courtney, and Fritze, John
USA Today. Dec 24, 2020, 02A.
Subjects
United States. Congress -- Economic policy, Epidemics -- United States, Epidemics -- Economic aspects, and Domestic economic assistance -- Political aspects
Abstract
WASHINGTON - The fate of a $900 billion COVID-19 stimulus package was thrown into doubt Wednesday as lawmakers on Capitol Hill scrambled to address President Donald Trump's sudden argument that [...]
United States. Congress, Epidemics -- United States, Epidemics -- Economic aspects, and Domestic economic assistance
Abstract
WASHINGTON - Congressional leaders said Sunday that they reached a deal on a nearly $900 billion COVID-19 relief package that includes individual checks, loans to small businesses and benefits to [...]
United States. Congress, Epidemics -- Economic aspects, Epidemics -- United States, and Domestic economic assistance -- Political aspects
Abstract
WASHINGTON - Americans waiting on stimulus checks and other kinds of COVID-19 relief may have to wait for a President Biden. With just a few weeks left in [...]
Globe & Mail (Toronto, Canada). Nov 5, 2020, B1,B10.
Subjects
Stock market, Market trend/market analysis, United States. Congress -- Tax policy, Stock markets -- Forecasts and trends, Presidential elections (United States) -- Forecasts and trends, and Stock price indexes -- Evaluation
Abstract
Lead Heading into the U.S. presidential election, markets loathed the idea of uncertain results and gridlocked leadership. Now, they love it. Financial markets shrugged off the [...]
Company personnel management, United States. Congress -- Human resource management, United States. Congress -- Safety and security measures, United States. Congress -- Health aspects, U.S. Capitol Insurrection, 2021 -- Health aspects, Legislators -- Health aspects, and Riots -- Health aspects
Abstract
At least 60 sitting members of Congress -- more than one in 10 -- have tested positive for the coronavirus or are believed to have had Covid-19 at some point [...]
The Spectator (Hamilton, Ontario). August 27, 2019
Subjects
United States. Congress
Abstract
'These treaties are sacred. They mean something. There's no expiration date on them,' said Chuck Hoskin Jr., chief of Cherokee Nation, who last week announced he would fulfil a long-standing [...]
Government regulation, United States. Congress -- Powers and duties, Impeachments -- Laws, regulations and rules, and Impeachments -- Political aspects
Abstract
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
Abstract
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 [...]
National Review. Nov 25, 2019, Vol. 71 Issue 21, p8, 1 p.
Subjects
United States. Congress -- Political activity
Abstract
* For decades, it has been an issue: Should the U.S. Congress declare itself on the mass killings by Turks of Armenians in 1915? Should Congress declare these killings a [...]
Company business planning, United States. Senate, Immigration policy -- Political aspects, Global temperature changes -- Political aspects, Health care reform -- Political aspects, and Criminal justice, Administration of -- Political aspects
Abstract
Even before Joe Biden passed the 270 electoral votes he needed to win the U.S. presidency on Saturday, plans were being laid for his administration in Zoom rooms, on conference [...]
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
Abstract
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
Abstract
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 [...]
Government regulation, United States. Congress -- Economic policy, Domestic economic assistance -- Laws, regulations and rules, Epidemics -- United States, and Epidemics -- Economic aspects
Abstract
The short time frame signaled optimism that Congress could come to agreement on the $900 billion economic recovery plan, but a last-minute dispute over the Fed's lending powers emerged as [...]
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
Abstract
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, U.S. Capitol Insurrection, 2021, Concord -- Political aspects, and United States Capitol -- Demonstrations and protests
Abstract
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
Abstract
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 [...]
United States. Federal Reserve Board -- Economic policy, United States. Congress -- Economic policy, Domestic economic assistance -- Negotiation, mediation and arbitration, and Domestic economic assistance -- Political aspects
Abstract
Top senators appeared to strike an agreement on the central bank's lending powers as they struggled to clear away the last sticking points in the $900 billion compromise plan. [...]
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
Abstract
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 [...]
Government regulation, United States. Congress -- Economic policy, Epidemics -- United States, Epidemics -- Economic aspects, Domestic economic assistance -- Laws, regulations and rules, and Expenditures, Public -- Laws, regulations and rules
Abstract
The top four congressional leaders had their first in-person spending discussions in months, but were still short of a deal on a pandemic stimulus measure or a broader spending plan. [...]
Government regulation, Market trend/market analysis, United States. Congress -- Economic policy, Epidemics -- United States, Epidemics -- Economic aspects, Rental housing -- Forecasts and trends, Eviction -- Laws, regulations and rules, and African Americans -- Statistics
Abstract
Abstract: Jucosta Wilson and her husband face a court date just before Christmas over possible eviction. Millions of other renters are also at risk. Jucosta Wilson [...]
United States. Congress and Domestic economic assistance -- Political aspects
Abstract
WASHINGTON - When more than a dozen lawmakers unveiled a coronavirus stimulus bill last week, it was more than just a good-faith effort to broker a bipartisan compromise on a [...]
Smialek, Jeanna, Cochrane, Emily, Fandos, Nicholas, and Rappeport, Alan
The New York Times. Nov 13, 2020, B1
Subjects
United States. Congress -- Economic policy, United States. Federal Reserve Board, Epidemics -- Economic aspects, and Epidemics -- United States
Abstract
The Federal Reserve chief warned that a vaccine was still too uncertain to count on, and lawmakers signaled that more support was not imminent. WASHINGTON -- Two of [...]
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
Abstract
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 -- Education policy, Basic education -- Laws, regulations and rules, and Every Student Succeeds Act of 2015
Abstract
In December 2015, when President Barack Obama signed into law the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA)--replacing the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) of 2001--congressional leaders on both sides of [...]
Government regulation, United States. Congress -- Health policy, Medical fees -- Laws, regulations and rules, and Health insurance -- Laws, regulations and rules
Abstract
Efforts to solve the common consumer problem had been stalled by lobbying pressure and legislative squabbles. After years of being stymied by well-funded interests, Congress has agreed to [...]
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