Health

U.S. Senate approves $8.3bn coronavirus package

Ihesiulo Grace 6 March 2020 0

Washington – The  U.S. Senate overwhelmingly approved Thursday a 8.3 billion dollar emergency spending bill to respond to the outbreak of the new coronavirus. The 96-1 vote came a day after the House of Representatives passed the bill, which is moving through Congress in an expedited

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Trump to remain in office as U.S. Senate closes impeachment trial

Ihesiulo Grace 6 February 2020 0

Washington – U.S. President Donald Trump was acquitted by the Senate on both articles of impeachment on Wednesday. The acquittal allows him to remain in office after Democrats failed to muster the two-thirds supermajority needed for the removal of the Republican president. One Republican senator, Mitt Romney, bucked his party line and voted to convict the […]

World

Republicans vote in favour of impeachment trial rules, ending day one

Ihesiulo Grace 22 January 2020 0

 Republicans voted in favour of Senate leader Mitch McConnell’s proposed rules for the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump. The resolution passed in the early hours of Wednesday morning in a 53 to 47 vote that was along strict party lines. Republicans hold the cards at impeachment trial, but this can change The resolution established […]

Politics

U.S. Senate avoiding shutdown approves $1.4trn budget

Ihesiulo Grace 20 December 2019 0

Washington – The U.S. Senate has passed a 1.4-trillion-dollar spending package that is expected to be signed into law by President Donald Trump. The spendings bills – approved in two votes of 73-21 and 81-11 – come ahead of a Friday deadline to fund the government or face a shutdown. Last year Republican lawmakers and Trump […]