U.S. Senate
Senator Lugar: Washington must pressure Russia on Moldova
February 08, 2011The United States should step up efforts to assist the pro-Western government in Moldova by pressuring Russia to resolve a separatist movement in the former Soviet state, according to a Senate report released Monday. Senator Richard Lugar, the highest...
Republican majority taking control of the U.S. House of Representatives
January 05, 2011By Michael Bowman /Washington, DC / Voice of America/ -- A new U.S. Congress has convened in Washington. Republicans now control the House of Representatives, and Democrats have a reduced majority in the Senate, giving the United States a divided legislature...
US Senate resolution on death of Polish president Lech Kaczynski
April 13, 2010Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry (D-MA) today cosponsored a Senate resolution expressing sympathy to the people of Poland over the death of president, Lech Kaczynski, and 96 others who were killed in a plane crash. Senators Durbin...
U.S. Senate passes health care 'fixes,' returns package to House
March 25, 2010By Paula Wolfson The U.S. Congress is wrapping up work on legislation to fix problems with the health care reform bill President Barack Obama signed into law on Tuesday. The Senate approved the corrections measure along party lines on Thursday and sent...
US health care reform faces final hurdle
March 24, 2010The focus of U.S. health-care reform now shifts to the Senate, where members are debating a package of revisions, or fixes, to a bill President Barack Obama signed into law Tuesday. Senators are considering legislation that the House of Representatives...
US Senate Democrats unite to advance key health care reform bill
December 21, 2009The Senate has voted by 60 to 40 to close debate on landmark health care reform legislation backed by U.S. President Barack Obama and fiercely opposed by Republican lawmakers. Now, the divided chamber appears to be heading towards a vote to pass the bill...
US Sen. Kyl: Obama’s decision on anti-missile system dangerous
September 17, 2009Administration Cancels Third Site, Kyl Calls Decision “Dangerous and Short-Sighted” U.S. Senate Republican Whip Jon Kyl (Ariz.) made the following statement regarding the Obama Administration’s decision to cancel the third site anti...
Coleman Concedes Defeat in Minnesota, congratulates Al Franken
June 30, 2009Coleman Concedes Defeat in Minnesota, Giving Democrats Another Seat in US Senate By Greg Flakus Former U.S. Senator Norm Coleman, a Republican conceded defeat Tuesday to Democrat Al Franken in the disputed Senate race in the Midwestern state of Minnesota...
U.S. Senate Resolution calls Russia to be a responsible G8 partner
July 18, 2008A U.S. Senate Resolution 612 on Russia has been passed at the end of the legislative process ant now it is in effect. Senators Joseph Biden (Democrat - Delaware), John Kerry (Democrat - Massachusetts), and Robert Casey (Democrat - Pennsylvania) sponsored...