
Washington: The House of Representatives on Monday approved a last-gasp deal to raise the US borrowing limit in a decisive step toward averting a catastrophic debt default by the world's largest economy. A day before the deadline to lift the debt ceiling, the passage by the Republican-controlled House of the $2.1 trillion deficit-cutting plan hammered out over the weekend cleared the way for the Senate to approve it. The Democratic-controlled...

06:52 AM, Aug 02, 2011

Washington: Geraldine Ferraro, the Democratic congresswoman who became the first woman on a major party presidential ticket as Walter Mondale's running mate in 1984, died on Saturday at the age of 75, US media reported. Ferraro died at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston of a blood cancer after a 12-year illness, according to a statement from her family cited by various news organizations. Ferraro was a telegenic, articulate and fiery...

07:49 AM, Mar 27, 2011

Washington: In another protectionist measure primarily aimed at China, the US House of Representatives passed two different bills that mandate the Congress and the Department of Homeland Security to purchase only US-made goods. The Congressional Made in America Act, introduced by Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur, requires the Congress to buy goods and services made in America for the first time in nearly seven decades. Similarly, the Berry Amendment Extension Act, introduced...

02:49 PM, Sep 16, 2010

US Cong has passed a resolution congratulating the leadership of Gandhi. ...

11:23 AM, Oct 16, 2009

There were 205 votes in favour of the bill while 228 were against. ...

01:56 PM, Sep 30, 2008

The Senate is expected to vote on it in the next few days. ...

03:32 AM, Sep 29, 2008

A resolution recognising the significance of Diwali has been moved in the US House of Representatives. ...

02:41 PM, Mar 31, 2007