Indian American physician from California, Ami Bera, and the young Iraq war veteran from Hawaii, Tulsi Gabbard, created history on Friday after being sworn in as new members of the US House of Representatives. Bera is only the third Indian American - after Dalip Singh Saundh in 1950 and Bobby Jindal in 2005 - to have ever been elected to the House of Representatives. ...
07:33 AM, Jan 04, 2013
The U.S. Congress approved a rare tax increase on Tuesday that will hit the nation's wealthiest households in a bipartisan budget deal that stops the world's largest economy from falling into a deep fiscal crisis and recession. ...
09:53 AM, Jan 02, 2013
Washington: Ami Bera on Thursday won the Congressional election from California, creating history by becoming only the third Indian American ever to have been elected for the US House of Representatives. While the counting of votes is still going on, local daily Sacramento Bee said that Bera has defeated incumbent Republican Dan Lungren for the election to California's Seventh Congressional District held on November 6. The Sacramento County Registrar of...
08:14 AM, Nov 16, 2012
Washington: Democrats in the US Senate increased their voting edge to 10 with a newly elected independent saying on Wednesday he will align with them. Senator-elect Angus King says he has decided to caucus with Democrats, ending months of speculation about which party he would vote with. The former Maine governor was elected last week to replace retiring Republican Sen Olympia Snowe, a prominent centrist. Republican and conservative groups spent...
10:42 PM, Nov 14, 2012
Washington: With a massive lead of 20 points over her nearest rival, Tulsi Gabbard has brightened her prospects for being elected as the first Hindu American to the US House of Representatives. "Gabbard is on the verge of completing an epic out-of-nowhere comeback to topple Mufi Hannemann and become the Democratic Party nominee for Hawaii's vacant seat in Congress," the local Honolulu Civil Beat reported on Monday as it released...
07:43 AM, Aug 07, 2012
Washington: Ramping up the pressure on Obama Administration to designate the Haqqani Network as a Foreign Terrorist Organisation, the Republican-controlled House of Representatives has passed a bill through voice vote. The bill, which was proposed by Senator Richard Burr and was brought to the House Floor under suspension of the rules on Tuesday, requires the State Department to decide within a month whether the Haqqani Network meets the criteria for...
11:03 AM, Jul 18, 2012
Washington: The United States House of Representatives on Tuesday rejected a plan backed by President Barack Obama that would have extended a 2-per cent payroll tax cut for two months for millions of Americans and bought time for talks on a full-year renewal. Republicans controlling the chamber are instead demanding immediate negotiations with the Democrat-led Senate on a year-long plan. If Congress does not pass a bill by the end...
09:53 AM, Dec 21, 2011
The US House of Representatives passed the debt ceiling bill. The US Senate will now vote on the deal. ...
08:07 AM, Aug 02, 2011
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: Disenchanted US voters swept Democrats from power in the House of Representatives and increased the ranks of Senate Republicans on Tuesday in an election rout that dealt a sharp rebuke to President Barack Obama. Two years after Obama won the White House, voter anxiety about the economy and discontent with his leadership fueled big Republican gains that toppled Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi from power and are likely to...
08:16 AM, Nov 03, 2010
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
The House of Representatives narrowly approved a historic climate bill. ...
05:31 PM, Jun 27, 2009
The Wall Street on Thursday registered another sharp drop. ...
10:40 AM, Oct 03, 2008
There were 205 votes in favour of the bill while 228 were against. ...
01:56 PM, Sep 30, 2008
The Senate majority leader has promised a vote this week. ...
12:40 PM, Sep 29, 2008
The Senate is expected to vote on it in the next few days. ...
03:32 AM, Sep 29, 2008
Manmohan Singh was at a dinner hosted by Indian community when the news reached him. ...
07:41 AM, Sep 28, 2008
Thursday began on a high note with US lawmakers sounding optimistic. ...
07:06 PM, Sep 26, 2008
