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Trump's U.N. nominee to blast world body over Israel: testimony

EghtesadOnline: U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to be U.S. ambassador to the United Nations will blast the world body over its treatment of Israel at her Senate confirmation hearing, according to prepared testimony seen by Reuters on Tuesday.
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Publish Date:18/January/2017 | 05:26

Senate Panel to Probe If Trump Campaign Had Contact With Russia

EghtesadOnline: The Senate Intelligence Committee announced a bipartisan investigation into Russia’s attempts to influence the 2016 elections, including any links with associates of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign.
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Publish Date:14/January/2017 | 05:17

Senate to act this week on Obamacare repeal, McConnell says

EghtesadOnline: The U.S. Senate will take its first steps toward repealing President Barack Obama's signature healthcare reform act by the end of the week, Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Sunday.
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Publish Date:09/January/2017 | 24:42

Growing GOP Doubts Jeopardize Swift Obamacare Repeal in Senate

EghtesadOnline: A fourth Republican senator has voiced strong doubts about the party’s current strategy to repeal Obamacare without detailing a replacement, more than enough to scuttle efforts to deliver swiftly on a central promise from President-elect Donald Trump.
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Publish Date:07/January/2017 | 05:08

Senate fight looms after Trump taps Exxon CEO as top U.S. diplomat

EghtesadOnline: President-elect Donald Trump named the head of Exxon Mobil Corp, Rex Tillerson, as his choice for U.S. secretary of state on Tuesday and won backing from some Republican foreign policy figures ahead of a possible Senate fight over the oilman's ties to Russia.
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Publish Date:14/December/2016 | 11:07

U.S. Congress votes to apply Magnitsky human rights act globally

EghtesadOnline: Legislation expanding the 2012 U.S. Magnitsky human rights act from Russian citizens to cover abusers in any country passed the U.S. Senate on Thursday as part of an annual defense policy bill, leaving the landmark measure on the verge of becoming law.
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Publish Date:08/December/2016 | 22:02

Extension of Iran Sanctions Act by US violates spirit of JCPOA

EghtesadOnline: Former advisor to the Bank of England, Iqbal Asaria, said on Sunday that extension of Iran Sanctions Act by the US Senate account for violation of the spirit of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action.
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Publish Date:05/December/2016 | 24:39

Never-Trump Senate Republicans Grapple With His Upset Victory

EghtesadOnline: Don’t ask Senator John McCain about Donald Trump. "I’m not talking about President-elect Trump. I will not talk about Donald Trump. Now look, tell all your friends, OK?" the Arizona Republican told reporters last week. "Do not ask me again about Donald Trump."
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Publish Date:05/December/2016 | 11:50

US Senators pass Iran Sanctions Act

EghtesadOnline: The US Senate on Thursday approved legislation extending the Iran Sanctions Act (ISA) for another ten years.
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Publish Date:04/December/2016 | 11:22

Sanctions anew; Is US faltering on nuclear deal?

EghtesadOnline: Iran and its nuclear deal with six major world powers, including the United States, once again on Thursday was brought into the global spotlight, as the US Senate renewed the Iran Sanctions Act (ISA) of 1996 in defiance of all international efforts to remove restrictions on the nation.
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Publish Date:04/December/2016 | 10:51

FBI to gain expanded hacking powers as Senate effort to block fails

EghtesadOnline: A last-ditch effort in the Senate to block or delay rule changes that would expand the U.S. government's hacking powers failed Wednesday, despite concerns the changes would jeopardize the privacy rights of innocent Americans and risk possible abuse by the incoming administration of President-elect Donald Trump.
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Publish Date:30/November/2016 | 19:28

Willing to oppose Trump, some Senate Republicans gain leverage

EghtesadOnline: It is no surprise that Democrats in the U.S. Congress will oppose Donald Trump but the most important resistance to fulfilling the president-elect's agenda is beginning to emerge from Republicans on Capitol Hill.
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Publish Date:22/November/2016 | 24:46

GOP’s Senate Victory Sets Stage for Trump High Court, Agenda

EghtesadOnline: Republicans shocked Democrats by keeping control of the Senate, setting the stage for President-elect Donald Trump to enact a broad conservative agenda and ensure a Republican Supreme Court for a generation. That’s provided he can work with a GOP establishment he spent most of the campaign attacking.
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Publish Date:09/November/2016 | 09:58

Republicans march toward defense of Senate, House majorities

EghtesadOnline: Republicans will maintain their six-year control over the U.S. House of Representatives, major TV networks projected on Tuesday night, and were also on track to defend their Senate majority, against a handful of failed Democratic challengers.
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Publish Date:09/November/2016 | 07:24
Even if Clinton defeats Trump by a wide margin, the House and Senate may not change hands.

Despite Gift of Trump, Democrats Struggle to Win Back Congress

EghtesadOnline: Democrats have been given a gift in 2016. Party officials are increasingly optimistic that Donald Trump’s flailing presidential campaign will damage fellow Republicans and give them control of the Senate—and perhaps even the House.
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Publish Date:17/October/2016 | 08:36

In Pennsylvania Senate race, unfamiliar battle lines on gun rights

EghtesadOnline: As he seeks re-election to his U.S. Senate seat this November, Pennsylvania's Pat Toomey can make an unusual claim. He is the sole Republican nationwide running with the endorsement of top U.S. gun control advocates Gabby Giffords and Michael Bloomberg.
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Publish Date:17/September/2016 | 08:36