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Trump's choices for top Cabinet posts face big tests this week

EghtesadOnline: Senate confirmation hearings this week for President-elect Donald Trump's nominees for top jobs - from secretary of state to attorney general - should provide a test of his ability to work with fellow Republicans in Congress to enact his agenda.
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Publish Date:09/January/2017 | 13:20

U.S. Congress certifies Trump's Electoral College victory

EghtesadOnline: The U.S. Congress on Friday certified the Electoral College vote that gave Republican Donald Trump his victory in the contentious 2016 presidential election after a raucous half-hour joint session punctuated by Democratic challenges.
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Publish Date:07/January/2017 | 05:48

House Democrats Struggle to Find a Voice in Trump-Era Minority

EghtesadOnline: Jamie Raskin has been a member of the U.S. House of Representatives for less than a week, but he isn’t joining a newly energized and resurgent Democratic caucus like he hoped. Instead, he’ll be a freshman member of a party stuck in the political wilderness.
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Publish Date:07/January/2017 | 05:04

Federal Reserve and Republican critics may compromise on oversight after Trump win

EghtesadOnline: Republican lawmakers and the Federal Reserve may be ready to strike a compromise deal on legislation that would give Congress greater scrutiny over the central bank, now that there is no longer the threat of a presidential veto, but it would likely stop short of dictating rules on setting interest rates.
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Publish Date:12/December/2016 | 14:38

GOP Unity With Trump Faces Test Over Spending Early Next Year

EghtesadOnline: Congress just navigated through the threat of a U.S. government shutdown, but Republicans may have set themselves up for an even bigger showdown next year at the start of Donald Trump’s presidency.
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Publish Date:11/December/2016 | 18:32

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

U.S. Congress passes $618.7 billion annual defense bill

EghtesadOnline: The U.S. Senate overwhelmingly passed a compromise version of an annual defense policy bill on Thursday without controversial provisions such as requiring women to register for the draft or allowing contractors to make religion-based hiring decisions.
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Publish Date:08/December/2016 | 21:43

Little-known Republican becomes Trump liaison in Congress

EghtesadOnline: Paul Ryan, the top Republican in the U.S. Congress, says he talks to Donald Trump often, but the president-elect has tapped a little-known lawmaker from western New York to be his eyes and ears among congressional Republicans.
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Publish Date:16/November/2016 | 10:54

Ryan Downplays Deportation in Trump-Era Congress Agenda

EghtesadOnline: Top House Republicans downplayed expectations for President-elect Donald Trump’s immigration plans, saying his call for a “deportation force” to deal with undocumented immigrants isn’t a priority and that drones could patrol parts of the Mexican border instead of having Trump’s signature wall.
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Publish Date:14/November/2016 | 06:44
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

Congress’s Retreat on 9/11 Saudi Bill Shows Fear of Backlash

EghtesadOnline: To Republicans in the U.S. Congress, a bill letting Sept. 11 victims’ families sue the Saudi government was just the sort of legal remedy -- and feel-good campaign gesture -- to show they’re tough on terrorism.
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Publish Date:01/October/2016 | 07:28

Clinton server technicians decline questions from Congress

EghtesadOnline: Two computer technicians declined to answer questions from U.S. lawmakers on Tuesday about the unauthorized private email system that Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton used during her tenure as U.S. secretary of state.
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Publish Date:14/September/2016 | 05:47

US Congress after creating discomfort about Iran ties: Zarif

EghtesadOnline: The US Congress by adopting anti-Iranian measures, is trying to create discomfort among those countries that want to engage with Iran following the implementation of the JCPOA, says Iran's foreign minister.
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Publish Date:19/July/2016 | 17:08

US Congress Hawks Worried Iran Might Preserve SWIFT Access

EghtesadOnline: As President Donald Trump prepares to re-impose a second batch of sanctions on Iran that had been eased under the 2015 nuclear deal, conservative US lawmakers and outside advisers have become worried that the administration may break a promise to exert "maximum pressure" on Iran.
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Publish Date:29/October/2018 | 08:10

Zuckerberg’s Go-To Strategy Faces Scrutiny in Congress

EghtesadOnline: Mark Zuckerberg has a well-worn strategy for fixing Facebook flaws. The company launches products, people complain, and then it decides if there’s anything it should change once the furor gets loud enough.
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Publish Date:11/April/2018 | 07:19

Russian Senate urges US Congress to sustain Iran nuclear deal

EghtesadOnline: Lawmakers in the upper house of Russia’s parliament are set to call on their colleagues in the US Congress and other Western legislatures to do all in their power to help protect the multilateral Iran nuclear deal, which they say is under threat by US President Donald Trump.
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Publish Date:24/October/2017 | 13:03

Russian Senate urges US Congress to sustain Iran nuclear deal

EghtesadOnline: Lawmakers in the upper house of Russia’s parliament are set to call on their colleagues in the US Congress and other Western legislatures to do all in their power to help protect the multilateral Iran nuclear deal, which they say is under threat by US President Donald Trump.
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Publish Date:24/October/2017 | 13:03

Trump ends 'Dreamer' immigration program, places onus on Congress

EghtesadOnline: President Donald Trump on Tuesday scrapped an Obama-era program that protects from deportation immigrants brought illegally into the United States as children, delaying implementation until March and giving a gridlocked Congress six months to decide the fate of almost 800,000 young people.
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Publish Date:06/September/2017 | 06:28

Trump ends 'Dreamer' immigration program, places onus on Congress

EghtesadOnline: President Donald Trump on Tuesday scrapped an Obama-era program that protects from deportation immigrants brought illegally into the United States as children, delaying implementation until March and giving a gridlocked Congress six months to decide the fate of almost 800,000 young people.
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Publish Date:06/September/2017 | 06:28