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by Regina Cline House Republican leaders plan to bring a bill to fast-track the Keystone XL oil sands pipeline to the floor for a vote the week of May 20 before Congress heads home for its Memorial Day recess. As covered in a May 16 Energy and ...

A European probe into possible oil price manipulation expanded with the investigation of a small niche trading house in the Netherlands and a key U.S. senator on Friday called for the Justice Department to join the investigation. Dutch trading house ...

The House on Thursday voted 229-195 to approve legislation (HR 45) -- sponsored by Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) -- that would fully repeal the Affordable Care Act,Reuters reports (Morgan,Reuters, 5/16). According to theWashington Post's "Post ...

In the race to the White House between American governors and US senators, governors are currently one up.

The US Senate has rejected a White House-backed strong gun control bill, with President Barack Obama slamming the decision as "shameful" and accusing the lawmakers of surrendering to the powerful firearms lobby. The legislation failed by a vote of 54-46 on Wednesday. A minimum of 60 was required for its passage. A handful of Senators from his own Democratic Party voted against it, while the White House-backed bill could get the support of only four Republican Senator. If passed by the Congress ...

Washington, Apr 2 : The White House has urged the Senate to swiftly confirm Chandigarh-born Indian-American legal luminary Srikanth 'Sri' Srinivasan to what is "often called the nation's second-highest court", the US court of appeals for the ...

In its latest lobbying disclosure report filed with the US Senate and the House of Representatives, the various lobbying issues of Walmart during the period included discussions related to FDI (Foreign Direct Investment) in India

By a vote of 267-151, the House passed a measure to fund government programs until the end of the fiscal year on September 30. The Democratic-controlled Senate is expected to pass a similar bill next week.

Boosting White House hopes for a firearms control law, two US senators have brokered a bipartisan deal to expand background checks on gun buyers.