Tag: Senate
Philippines Senate Ratifies Paris Climate Agreement
The Philippines Senate on Tuesday ratified the Paris global climate agreement, making the Southeast Asian nation an official signatory to the historic pact.....
3 Indian MPs Participate In Parliamentary Conference In Pakistan
Representatives of 23 countries, including three MPs from India, are participating in a key session of the Asian Parliamentary Assembly (APA) that began in the Pakistani capital on Tuesday. ....
Senate Acquits Trump, Moving Political Battleground To Nov Poll
The US Senate has acquitted President Donald Trump moving the acrid political battleground from the ornate chamber to the November election's squalid arena of rallies and social media. ....
Supporters of President Donald Trump stormed the Capitol, which houses the Congress, firing shots inside the building as the legislature was preparing to seal the election of Joe Biden as the next President and Kamala Harris as the Vice President. In a direct assault on the democratic process, the mobs rampaged through the Capitol, entering the Senate floor and breaking into offices of Congress members. The protesters, who had heard a stirring declaration from Trump that he would "never concede" his defeat to Biden, rushed to the Capitol waving....
Italian PM Giuseppe Conte Wins Confidence Vote Ahead Of Senate Test
Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte has won the first of two confidence votes at the Lower House of Parliament by 321 in favour, 259 against and 27 abstaining. ....
US House To Deliver Trump Impeachment To Senate On Jan 25
US Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer said on Friday that the House will deliver the impeachment article against former President Donald Trump to the upper chamber on Monday, January 25, triggering preparations for a trial that could start as early as next week. ....
Former US President Donald Trump Hints At 2024 Run, Attacks Republicans
Former US President Donald Trump has roared back into the political arena with a hint that he may run for office in 2024 and a jet of vitriol against members of his Republican Party not loyal to him, as well as Democrats. ....
Trump Not To Testify Voluntarily For Senate Impeachment Trial
Former US President Donald Trump will not testify under oath voluntarily for the Senate impeachment trial set to start next week, Trump's legal team has said, calling the House Democrats' request for Trump testifying a "stunt". ....
US Senate Votes 56-44 To Proceed With Second Trump Trial
The 100 member US Senate voted 56-44 to proceed with Donald Trump's historic second impeachment trial Tuesday, defeating an attempt by the former President's defense team to halt the trial because he is no longer in office. ....
US President Biden Condemns Colorado Shooting, Urges Senate To Pass Gun Reform Bills
US President Joe Biden said he was "devastated" by the shooting a day earlier at a grocery store in Boulder, Colorado, that killed 10 people, urging the Senate to immediately pass the bills on gun reform recently approved by the House. ....
