Washington | 1 day ago
US Senate jobs bill passes key procedural hurdle
Washington, Feb 23 - A $15-billion jobs creation package passed a key procedural hurdle Monday in the US Senate, signalling an uneasy truce for a chamber that has been mired in partisan bickering for much of the last year.Senators voted 62-30 to close debate on the legislation, setting the stage for a final vote on the bill in the coming days. Five Republicans joined with 57 Democrats to vote in f ... read more

Washington | 4 days ago
Obama cites India again to ask Americans to buck up
Washington, Feb 20 - For the third time in a month, President Barack Obama has cited the success of India and China to exhort Americans to be prepared to meet increasing competition from other countries.'I said this during the State of the Union. I repeated it today in Henderson in my town hall. Other countries are not playing for second -, they're playing for first,' Obama told the Las Vegas Cham ... read more

1 month ago
Obama backs senator who used racist language against him
Washington, Jan 12 - President Barack Obama has come to the rescue of embattled Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid saying, 'This is a good man who has always been on the right side of history.' Reid, who has been embroiled in a controversy for describing Obama in 2008 as 'light skinned' and 'with no Negro dialect, unless he wanted to have one' in a new book, in turn acknowledged Monday that 'I co ... read more

7 months ago
National Science Foundation presents open-house exhibits on cyber-physical systems on Capitol Hill
On Thursday, July 9, the National Science Foundation - will present a luncheon briefing and open house with exhibits on cyber-physical systems - in Room 902 of the Hart Senate Office Building. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. a special guest, will provide opening remarks. Senator John D. Rockefeller IV is also invited to attend. Leading experts from industry and academia will offer their insigh ... read more

9 months ago
US Senate blocks funding to close Guantanamo prison
Washington, May 20 - The US Senate voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to block President Barack Obama's funding request to close the Guantanamo Bay prison camp and prohibited the transfer of any detainees to American soil. The 90-6 vote was a setback to Obama's plans to close the facility by January 2010 and relocate the 240 detainees currently at the camp, the US Navy base in Cuba. The Democrats jo ... read more

10 months ago
US House, Senate approve 2010 budget outline
Washington, April 3 - US lawmakers Thursday approved a $3.5-trillion budget outline for 2010 that closely mirrors President Barack Obama's priorities for the country. The vote in the House of Representatives was 233-196, largely along party lines, and came after weeks of polarising debate that exposed deep differences between majority Democrats and opposition Republicans over how to resuscitate ... read more

1 year ago
Obama to Republicans: I won
Washington, Jan 24 - As he discussed his $825 billion stimulus package for the US economy with Congressional leaders President Barack Obama at one point curtly told opposition Republicans: 'I won.' Citing sources familiar with the conversation, the Politico, a publication focusing on Congressional politics, said the exchange Friday arose as top House and Senate Republicans expressed concern to t ... read more

1 year ago
Hillary Clinton's confirmation as top US diplomat delayed
Washington, Jan 21 - Hours after Barack Obama's inauguration, the Senate swiftly approved six members of the new president's cabinet, but the confirmation of Hillary Clinton as secretary of state was delayed by a day on a senator's objection. The Senate confirmed all six with a single voice vote a little more than three hours after Obama was sworn in to give his administration a head start, but ... read more

1 year ago
Obama pushes Capitol Hill on big economy rescue package
Washington, Jan 6 - Ahead of his inauguration, US president-elect Barack Obama has launched a campaign on Capitol Hill for a massive package of tax cuts and spending proposals aimed at reviving an economy mired in recession. Obama Monday met lawmakers from both majority Democratic and minority Republican parties, including House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, as wel ... read more

1 year ago
Obama courts controversy with his CIA chief pick
Washington, Jan 6 - President-elect Barack Obama has stirred controversy by tapping a former Clinton aide with a thin resume on intelligence to head America's top external spy outfit, the Central Intelligence Agency -. Media reports citing Democratic officials Monday said Leon E. Panetta, White House chief of staff under president Bill Clinton, would head the CIA, while retired Admiral Dennis Bl ... read more