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The U.S. Congress overwhelmingly passed a $1.2 trillion budget bill on March 23, keeping the government funded through a fiscal year that began six months ago and sending it to President Joe Biden to sign into law and avert a partial shutdown. The vote on passage was 74-24. Key federal agencies including the departments of…
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A view of the U.S. Capitol dome, as Congress nears the deadline to extend funding or face a partial shutdown of the federal government. File | Photo Credit: Reuters The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives and Democratic-majority Senate on March 22 will scramble to beat a midnight government shutdown deadline by passing a $1.2 trillion…
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Illustration for The Hindu | Photo Credit: Satheesh Vellinezhi This week, the U.S. House of Representatives finally succeeded in electing a Speaker, after more than three weeks of a leadership crisis in the chamber, the deleterious outcome of which was the stalling of important bills relating to federal government finances and congressional funding and support…
The 56th Speaker of House of Representatives, Johnson, a lawyer by profession, is a 4-term Congressman. Washington: Republican Congressman from Louisiana Mike Johnson has been elected as the Speaker of the House of Representatives, bringing an end to three weeks of uncertainty in US politics. The position of Speaker of the House of Representatives is…
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Republicans eagerly elected Rep. Mike Johnson as House Speaker on October 25, elevating a deeply conservative but lesser-known leader to the seat of U.S. power and ending for now the political chaos in their majority. Mr. Johnson, 51, of Louisiana, swept through on the first ballot with support from all Republicans anxious to put the…
Congressman Tom Emmer is one of the strongest contenders in the race New Delhi: Republican Jim Jordan’s quest to become speaker of the US House of Representatives ended on Friday. Mr Jordan failed to secure the number of votes required to take over the position. Now, as the race begins again, all eyes are on…
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