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U.S. Senate Backs Bill to Clamp Down on China-Funded Confucius Institutes2h ago ( March 5, 2021 at 12:00 PM ) WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate unanimously approved a bill to tighten controls on Chinese-funded cultural centers on university campuses...Tags: Washington, China, Reuters, U S Senate 36 people like this. Like U.S. Senate Democrats to Offer Plan to Alter Jobless Benefits in COVID-19 Aid Bill3h ago ( March 5, 2021 at 10:55 AM ) WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Liberal and moderate Democrats reached a deal that would scale back federal unemployment benefits in a COVID-19 aid bill to...Tags: Washington, Bill, U S Senate, Reuters Liberal 15 people like this. Like Philly State Lawmaker Considering Running for U.S. Senate4h ago ( March 5, 2021 at 9:50 AM ) A Democratic state senator from Philadelphia and the vice chair of the state Democratic Party said he's considering running for Pennsylvania’s open U.S. Senate seat in next year’s election.Tags: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Philly, Democratic Party, U S Senate 12 people like this. Like Debate to Begin in U.S. Senate on Biden's $1.9 Trillion COVID-19 Relief Bill8h ago ( March 5, 2021 at 6:14 AM ) By Susan Cornwell and Makini BriceWASHINGTON (Reuters) - A sharply divided U.S. Senate will begin a contentious debate on Friday on a $1.9 trillion...Tags: Senate, Bill, Biden, U S Senate, Susan Cornwell, Makini BriceWASHINGTON Reuters 10 people like this. Like U.S. Senate Begins First Step in Approving Biden's $1.9 Trillion COVID-19 Relief Plan23h ago ( March 4, 2021 at 3:03 PM ) WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate on Thursday afternoon started voting on whether to begin 20 hours of debate on President Joe Biden's $1.9...Tags: Washington, Joe Biden, Biden, U S Senate, Reuters The U S Senate 27 people like this. Like Law enforcement on alert in D.C. after plot warning at US CapitolMarch 4, 2021 at 1:26 PM  Tags: Politics, News, Congress, Washington, Senate, Sport, Joe Biden, Fbi, Chicago, Soccer, Gop, House, Capitol Hill, Pentagon, Associated Press, Houston 99 people like this. Like U.S. Senate Mulls $30 Billion in Funding to Boost Chipmaking Sector, Source SaysMarch 4, 2021 at 12:29 PM By Alexandra AlperWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate is considering including $30 billion in funding for a previously approved package of...Tags: U S Senate, Reuters The U S Senate, Alexandra AlperWASHINGTON 31 people like this. Like U.S. Senate Expected to Begin Debating Coronavirus Package on ThursdayMarch 4, 2021 at 6:08 AM By Makini BriceWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate is expected to begin debating President Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package...Tags: Joe Biden, U S Senate, Makini BriceWASHINGTON Reuters The U S Senate 25 people like this. Like U.S. Senate Leader Schumer: Senate to Take up COVID-19 Bill as Early as Wednesday NightMarch 3, 2021 at 12:20 PM WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said on Wednesday the Senate will move to take up President Joe Biden's $1.9...Tags: Washington, Senate, Joe Biden, U S Senate, Schumer, Chuck Schumer, Reuters U S Senate 5 people like this. Like States Act to Protect Rights While White House Mulls Gun Control MovesMarch 3, 2021 at 9:20 AM  Tags: Utah, Texas, Guns, Congress, Washington, White House, Bloomberg, Joe Biden, Wyoming, Capitol Hill, Nancy Pelosi, Biden, Michael Bloomberg, Kamala Harris, Calif, U S Senate 60 people like this. Like Cecilia Rouse confirmed to head Council of Economic AdvisersMarch 2, 2021 at 8:27 PM By Andrea Shalal | Reuters
WASHINGTON – A majority of the U.S. Senate on Tuesday voted to confirm Cecilia Rouse as chair of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, making her the first Black economist to serve in the post.
Rouse was confirmed in an overwhelmingly bipartisan vote of 95-4, with one senator not voting.
Rouse, 57, a labor economist and former dean of the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs, has pledged to work for a more equitable and just economy that serves ...Tags: Obama, Washington, White House, Sport, Soccer, Commerce, Treasury, Janet Yellen, Biden, Clinton, Reuters, U S Senate, Rouse, Council of Economic Advisers, Gina Raimondo, Andrea Shalal 48 people like this. Like Biden Nominee for Top Economist Post, Rouse, Heads for U.S. Senate ConfirmationMarch 2, 2021 at 6:14 PM WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A majority of the U.S. Senate on Tuesday voted to confirm Cecilia Rouse as chair of the White House Council of Economic...Tags: Washington, Reuters, U S Senate, Cecilia Rouse 17 people like this. Like Figure Out the Size of Your Next Stimulus Check With These CalculatorsMarch 2, 2021 at 4:15 PM  Tags: Politics, Technology, Articles, Democrats, House, US Senate, Lifehacks, Agi, Stimulus, Science and Technology, U S Senate, U S House of Representatives, US House of Representatives, Artificial General Intelligence, Calculator, Office Equipment 144 people like this. Like Former FHA Commissioner Moves to Private Sector After Leaving OfficeMarch 2, 2021 at 5:56 PM Real estate financial services provider Walker & Dunlop, Inc. has appointed former Federal Housing Administration (FHA) Commissioner Dana Wade as Chief Production Officer for all FHA-backed loan originations with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), and will also be responsible for helping drive the company’s affordable housing financing activities.
As FHA Commissioner, Wade worked to finance over 11,000 rental properties and 3,000 mortgages for residential care facilit...Tags: Congress, Finance, Joe Biden, Hud, Montgomery, Trump, Wade, U S Senate, FHA, Joe Gormley, Brian Montgomery, Federal Housing Administration FHA, HECM, Walker Dunlop Inc, Dana Wade, Janet Golrick 28 people like this. Like U.S. Senate Confirms Raimondo to Head Commerce DepartmentMarch 2, 2021 at 2:46 PM By David ShepardsonWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate voted 84-15 on Tuesday to confirm Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo to head the U.S....Tags: Rhode Island, U S Senate, Raimondo, Gina Raimondo, Reuters The U S Senate, David ShepardsonWASHINGTON, Head Commerce Department 2 people like this. Like 2A Skeptic Garland Moves Closer to Confirmation as US Attorney GeneralMarch 2, 2021 at 9:23 AM  Tags: Guns, Supreme Court, Congress, US, America, Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Biden, District Of Columbia, Justice Department, Nra, Antonin Scalia, Parker, U S Supreme Court, U S Senate, Scalia 79 people like this. Like Jane Timken, ex-Ohio GOP chair running for Senate, calls on Gonzalez to resign for voting to impeach TrumpMarch 1, 2021 at 1:43 PM EXCLUSIVE: Former Ohio GOP chair and U.S. Senate candidate Jane Timken on Monday called on Republican Rep. Anthony Gonzalez to resign,...Tags: Senate, Gop, Ohio, Republican, Trump, U S Senate, Gonzalez, Anthony Gonzalez, Jane Timken 45 people like this. Like Spotlight Moves to U.S. Senate as Democrats Push $1.9 Trillion COVID-19 Relief BillMarch 1, 2021 at 6:05 AM By Susan CornwellWASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Democrats are anxious for Congress to pass President Joe Biden's top priority - his $1.9 trillion...Tags: Congress, Joe Biden, Bill, U S Senate, Susan CornwellWASHINGTON Reuters U S Democrats 35 people like this. Like SEC to Update Required Climate Related DisclosuresFebruary 28, 2021 at 9:00 PM On February 24, acting chair of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Allison Herren Lee, offered insight into the future direction of mandatory climate change disclosures and new ESG regulation, when she directed the Division of Corporation Finance to enhance its focus on climate related disclosure in public company filings.
The Commission provided guidance in 2010 to public companies regarding then existing disclosure requirements as they apply to climate change matters. For more than a ...Tags: Law, Climate Change, Harvard, Commission, SEC, Biden, ESG, Trump, Federal, Lee, U S Senate, U S Securities and Exchange Commission, Stuart Kaplow, Gary Gensler, John Coates, Kaplow 45 people like this. Like USOPC asks for more information in ethics probe of USA Water Polo executivesFebruary 27, 2021 at 5:20 PM U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee investigators twice this week requested additional information from a group of former Olympians and USA Water Polo officials and national team coaches in the USOPC’s two-month ethics probe of USA Water Polo’s handling sexual abuse cases and governance under CEO Chris Ramsey and longtime board chairman Mike Graff.
The USOPC review is the latest threat to Ramsey and Graff’s 15-year reign over the Irvine-based national governing body, a tax exempt nonprofit.
Ra...Tags: Usa, News, California, Senate, Sports, California News, Sacramento, Sport, Soccer, Olympics, Connecticut, Nba, Ncaa, Orange County, Ucla, Richard Blumenthal 26 people like this. Like Man Seen Photographing a Senate Desk Charged in Capitol RiotFebruary 26, 2021 at 6:37 PM A New York state man seen in a video photographing papers on a desk in the U.S. Senate chamber during the Jan. 6 siege of the Capitol has been charged and freed on bail.Tags: New York, Senate, U S Senate, Capitol, Capitol Riot 47 people like this. Like Alabama Lieutenant Governor to Skip Senate Race in 2022February 26, 2021 at 3:40 PM Alabama Lt. Gov. Will Ainsworth says he won't run for the U.S. Senate seat being given up by longtime incumbent Richard Shelby next year.Tags: Alabama, U S Senate, Richard Shelby, Will Ainsworth 30 people like this. Like Ex-Lynx guard Renee Montgomery becomes part-owner of WNBA's Dream after Kelly Loeffler sells teamFebruary 26, 2021 at 2:54 PM The team was sold after former Sen. Kelly Loeffler came under fire from players in the league. Messaging from players played a role in Loeffler's U.S. Senate defeat.Tags: WNBA, U S Senate, Loeffler, Renee Montgomery, Kelly Loeffler, Ex Lynx, Sen Kelly Loeffler 16 people like this. Like Rep. Ron Kind 'Taking a Look' at U.S. Senate RunFebruary 26, 2021 at 2:09 PM Democratic U.S. Rep. Ron Kind is dipping his toe into Wisconsin’s 2022 Senate race, telling a WKOW-TV reporter that he will be “taking a look” at running.Tags: Senate, Wisconsin, U S Senate, Ron Kind 21 people like this. Like U.S. Senate Referee Says Democrats Cannot Include $15 Minimum Wage in COVID BillFebruary 25, 2021 at 7:28 PM WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In a blow to Democrats, the Senate parliamentarian ruled the chamber cannot include President Joe Biden's proposed $15-...Tags: Washington, Senate, Joe Biden, Reuters, U S Senate 34 people like this. Like U.S. Senate Referee Says Democrats Can't Include $15 Wage in COVID Bill: BloombergFebruary 25, 2021 at 7:28 PM WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Democratic-controlled Senate cannot include President Joe Biden's proposed $15 per hour minimum wage in a $1.9 trillion...Tags: Washington, Senate, Bloomberg, Joe Biden, Reuters, U S Senate 35 people like this. Like How the American Rescue Plan Could Affect Reverse Mortgage BorrowersFebruary 25, 2021 at 6:12 PM The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 — the COVID-19 relief legislation being spearheaded by the Joe Biden administration — will have some application to reverse mortgage borrowers, according to administration officials ahead of the vote for the act scheduled for later this week in the House of Representatives.
The legislation being debated in Congress and spearheaded by the president aims to combat the economic turmoil caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. It features $1.9 trillion of relief for A...Tags: Featured, Congress, Finance, Senate, Legislation, Joe Biden, House, House Of Representatives, Hud, The White House, Biden, FHA, House Budget Committee, House Ways and Means Committee, Richard Neal, Federal Housing Administration FHA 9 people like this. Like Massive conservation bill would preserve Rim of the Valley, extend San Gabriel Mountains monumentFebruary 25, 2021 at 7:40 PM  Tags: News, Congress, California, Mexico, Oregon, Government, Senate, Environment, America, Los Angeles, Barack Obama, Sport, LA River, Soccer, House, Community 121 people like this. Like Schiff hikes the Rim of the Valley all the way back up to the topFebruary 24, 2021 at 9:00 AM Tuesday morning I had the good fortune to talk with my congressman, and, boy howdy, it was another one of those times you just thank the good Lord you don’t live in Georgia CD 14.
Because what if you were given the chance to visit with your representative in the House and she started spouting nonsense about how the Capitol riot was really Antifa, and the Sandyhook Elementary massacre was “staged,” and the deadly Camp fire was started by those international Rothschilds using “space solar generato...Tags: Congress, California, Opinion, Senate, Uncategorized, West Virginia, Georgia, Sport, Soccer, Gop, House, House Of Representatives, Rose Bowl, Gavin Newsom, National Park Service, U S Senate 21 people like this. Like USA Water Polo confirms U.S. Center for SafeSport is investigating CEO Chris RamseyFebruary 23, 2021 at 5:52 PM A top USA Water Polo official publicly confirmed for the first time last month that embattled CEO Chris Ramsey and the organization’s top athlete safety official are under investigation by the U.S. Center for SafeSport for failing to report allegations of sexual abuse, according to a video obtained by the Southern California News Group.
USA Water Polo board director Mike Graff’s acknowledgement in a video conference during the organization’s annual national assembly came three months after the U...Tags: Usa, News, California, Sports, Sport, Soccer, Olympics, Connecticut, Local News, Orange County, Richard Blumenthal, U S Senate, Ramsey, Irvine, Child Protective Services, Los Alamitos 13 people like this. Like |
