Florida senate OVERTURNS a two-year ban on the sale of AR-15s just 15 MINUTES after it was approved in another unsuccessful attempt to pass gun control since the Parkland massacre The measure then failed 21-17 on a recorded vote minutes later. The no votes were all cast by Republicans, while two Republicans joined 15 Democrats on the yea votes. The surprise vote came on an amendment to bill SB 7026, which would inject millions of ... 03/3/2018 - 5:47 pm | View Link
Trump says keeping the Senate's filibuster rule will be 'a death sentence' for the GOP as he challenges Mitch McConnell to hold simple-majority legislative votes Republicans turned the tables this year, however, waiving the filibuster for President Trump's nomination of Neil Gorsuch to serve on the Supreme Court and approving him with 54 'yea' votes, largely along party lines. Huckabee ran against Trump in the 2016 ... 10/6/2017 - 2:38 pm | View Link
Senate votes to return Delta Queen to waterways WASHINGTON (AP) — The Delta Queen could be back cruising waterways sometime soon. The Senate voted 85-12 on Monday to allow the legendary riverboat to carry passengers if certain safety changes are made to the wooden vessel. In the past, the Delta Queen ... 04/3/2017 - 7:33 am | View Link
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Save the steamboat Delta Queen | a private initiative to ... A new bill in favor of the Delta Queen has now been introduces in the US Senate after the same bill has been introduced to the House of Representatives in March 2015. 04/17/2018 - 11:08 am | View Website
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Ted Kennedy Edward Moore Kennedy (February 22, 1932 – August 25, 2009) was an American politician who served in the United States Senate from Massachusetts for over 40 years, from 1962 until his death in 2009. 04/17/2018 - 10:04 am | View Website
A Switzerland-based organization is encouraging U. S. expats to register to vote in this year’s midterm elections. Action Together: Zurich, a group of about 270 U. S. citizens living in Switzerland, has created a series of witty YouTube skits conveying this message.
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen has delayed for one year the termination of Temporary Protected Status for Nepal, extending a 12-month reprieve for about 9,000 Nepalis.
Catalans have come together on the feast of Sant Jordi for centuries. This year, after months of secessionist turmoil, political division was perhaps inevitable.