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One And Done? Some Democrats Say Biden Should Not Seek Second Term

A few Democrats in the U.S. Congress have begun to voice what many have mulled privately: whether President Joe Biden, the oldest person to ever occupy the Oval Office, ought to choose retirement over re-election in 2024.

Aug 04, 2022

U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) speaks during a statue dedication ceremony honoring Amelia Earhart at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., July 27, 2022.

U.S. House Passes, Sends To Senate Assault-style Weapon Ban

The U.S. House of Representatives on Friday passed legislation banning assault-style rifles that have been used in mass shootings, sending it to the Senate where it faces likely defeat.

Jul 29, 2022

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) speaks as U.S. Senators Todd Young (R-IN) and John Cornyn (R-TX) listen during a news conference after the U.S. Senate passed legislation to subsidize the domestic semiconductor industry, at the U.S. Capito

U.S. Senate Democrats Weigh $430 Billion Spending And Tax Hike Plan

U.S. Senate Democrats huddled on Thursday to weigh a breakthrough $430 billion drugs and energy bill agreed to by Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and maverick Democrat Joe Manchin which they say will help fight the nation's inflation problem.

Jul 28, 2022

U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) leads the U.S. House of Representatives in passing the "Bipartisan Safer Communities Act" gun safety legislation in the House Chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington, June 24, 2022.

U.S. House Panel Seeks To Advance Bill To Ban Assault-style Rifles

A Democratic-controlled U.S. House of Representatives panel on Wednesday was set to advance a bill banning assault-style rifles such as those used in recent mass shootings, and another bill that would allow lawsuits against firearms manufacturers.

Jul 20, 2022

Democrats' Drive To Ban Assault-style Rifles Roils U.S. House Panel

A Democratic-controlled U.S. House of Representatives panel on Wednesday worked toward approving legislation to ban assault-style rifles such as those used in recent mass shootings, and another bill allowing lawsuits against firearms manufacturers.

Jul 20, 2022

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) speaks to reporters following the Senate Democrats weekly policy lunch at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., March 8, 2022.

Democrats' Policy Package To Include Prescription Drug Cost Controls And Obamacare Fix

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said on Tuesday that prescription drug cost controls and an Obamacare fix are the components Democrats will seek for now in a fast-track domestic policy bill.

Jul 19, 2022

'You Guys Are Not Tough Enough': Three Takeaways From Jan. 6 Committee Hearing

Tuesday's congressional committee hearing into the Jan.

Jul 12, 2022

'You Guys Are Not Tough Enough': Five Takeaways From Jan. 6 Committee Hearing

Tuesday's congressional committee hearing into the Jan.

Jul 12, 2022

U.S. Capitol Riot Panel Faces Questions Over Aide's Dramatic Testimony

The congressional probe into the Jan. 6 assault on the U.S.

Jun 29, 2022

U.S. Capitol Riot Panel Faces Questions Over Trump Fracas In SUV

A congressional probe into the Jan. 6 assault on the U.S.

Jun 29, 2022

Chairman U.S. Representative Bennie Thompson (D-MS) speaks at the opening public hearing of the U.S. House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6 Attack on the United States Capitol, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., June 9, 2022.

U.S. Capitol Riot Panel Subpoenas White House Counsel Under Trump

A congressional panel investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the U.S.

Jun 29, 2022

U.S. Senate Gun Bill Talks Hit Snag Over Mental Illness, Abuse Provisions

U.S. Senate negotiators, racing to settle details of bipartisan gun legislation, on Wednesday struggled to resolve serious disagreements over federal funding of state "red flag" programs and the breadth of a plan for keeping guns out of the hands of those prone to domestic violence.

Jun 15, 2022

Demonstrators hold placards while participating in the 'March for Our Lives', one of a series of nationwide protests against gun violence, in Washington, DC, U.S., June 11, 2022.

Gun Reform Deal Forged By U.S. Senators, With Key Republican Backing

In a potential breakthrough toward the first significant new U.S.

Jun 12, 2022

Then-White House Senior Adviser Ivanka Trump speaks during a campaign event for U.S. President Donald Trump, not pictured, in Dallas, North Carolina, U.S., October 1, 2020.

Ivanka Trump Tells U.S. Congress She Rejects Father's Election Fraud Claim

Donald Trump's daughter and adviser Ivanka Trump told a congressional panel investigating the U.S.

Jun 09, 2022

U.S. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) speaks during a House Committee on Oversight and Reform hearing on gun violence on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S. June 8, 2022. Andrew Harnik/Pool via REUTERS

Young Survivor Of Texas School Massacre Tells U.S. Congress Of Day's Horror

An 11-year-old survivor of last month's mass shooting at a Texas elementary school told U.S.

Jun 08, 2022

School Shooting At Robb Elementary In Uvalde, Texas

U.S. House Panel To Take Up Gun Bill After Texas School Massacre

A U.S. House of Representatives committee on Thursday will take up a bill aimed at toughening national gun laws following the Texas school shooting that killed 19 young children and two teachers, though the measure has little chance of passing the Senate.

Jun 02, 2022

Republicans Criticize U.S. House Gun Control Bill In Response To Texas Shooting

Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday objected to a Democratic attempt to advance new limits on gun purchases following last week's massacre at a Texas elementary school and another mass shooting in a New York state supermarket.

Jun 02, 2022

Republican Pulls Out His Guns At U.S. Gun-control Hearing

Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday objected to a Democratic attempt to advance new limits on gun purchases as one Rebpublican legislator pulled out his handguns at a hearing to complain that they could be banned.

Jun 02, 2022

U.S. Abortion Rights Bill Heads To Defeat In Senate

A bill that would make abortion legal throughout the United States was headed toward defeat in the U.S. Senate on Wednesday, amid heavy Republican opposition.

May 11, 2022

U.S. Senate Democrats Put Abortion-rights Bill To The Test Wednesday

Democrats in the U.S. Senate plan to force a vote on Wednesday on legislation codifying women's rights to abortion nationwide, a protest gesture that is almost certain to fail ahead of an expected Supreme Court decision to end those protections.

May 11, 2022

U.S. Senate Democrats Push Abortion-rights Vote, Expected To Fail

Democrats in the U.S. Senate plan were pushing ahead with plans to force a vote on Wednesday on legislation codifying women's rights to abortion nationwide, a protest gesture almost certain to fail ahead of an expected Supreme Court decision to end those protections.

May 11, 2022

Abortion Bill Fails In U.S. Senate As Supreme Court Weighs Overturning Roe V. Wade

Legislation to make abortion legal throughout the United States was defeated in the U.S. Senate on Wednesday, amid solid Republican opposition.

May 11, 2022

Pro-abortion demonstrators protest outside the U.S. Supreme Court after the leak of a draft majority opinion written by Justice Samuel Alito preparing for a majority of the court to overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade abortion rights decision later this yea

U.S. Supreme Court Abortion Move Sparks Calls For Ending Senate's Filibuster

A draft opinion suggesting the U.S. Supreme Court was ready to overturn the 1973 Roe v.

May 04, 2022

Signage is seen at the Federal Trade Commission headquarters in Washington, D.C., U.S., August 29, 2020.

U.S. Senate Set To Confirm Bedoya As FTC Commissioner

Alvaro Bedoya will be confirmed to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission this week, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said on Sunday, giving the agency enough votes to investigate oil companies Democrats say are "gouging" consumers with high gasoline prices.

Apr 24, 2022

U.S. Representative Jamie Raskin (D-MD) speaks during a House Committee on Rules hearing about the January 6th attack on the United States Capitol in Washington, U.S., December 2, 2021.

Trump Attempt At A Coup To Be A Focus Of U.S. House Hearings, Lawmaker Raskin Says

Then-President Donald Trump attempted a coup on Jan.

Apr 18, 2022

U.S. Representative Jamie Raskin (D-MD) speaks during a candlelight vigil on the National Mall in observance of the first anniversary of the January 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol by supporters of former President Donald Trump, on Capitol Hill in Washingto

Lawmaker Raskin Sees Hope For U.S. Climate Legislation This Year

U.S. Democrats in Congress squabbling over how best to invest in the fight against climate change will forge a compromise in coming months that could be signed into law by President Joe Biden, Democratic Representative Jamie Raskin predicts.

Apr 18, 2022

Migrants that were mostly sent back to Mexico wait to receive a meal prepared by other migrants that live at the encampment yards away from the border as they hope to be allowed into the U.S. when Title 42 is lifted, in Reynosa, Mexico, April 1, 2022.

Biden Move Lifting COVID Curbs On Migrants At U.S. Border Has Democrats On Defensive

Democrats in the U.S. Congress on Thursday pushed back against President Joe Biden's lifting of a pandemic-related rule expelling immigrants seeking asylum, with others supportive of the policy saying the administration needed to do more work to prepare for a surge in migrants.

Apr 07, 2022