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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell announces that Congress has reached a deal on a $900 billion COVID-19 relief package that includes a new round of direct payments and help for families, businesses and unemployed Americans.
2020-12-20

Forty-eight members of the US Congress from the Republican PartySenate]] and 40 from the House of Representatives{{spaced ndashfile a joint amicus brief with the Supreme Court arguing that the Civil Rights Act does not protect LGBT+ people from discrimination. They argue the law "does not prohibit discrimination because of an individual's actions, behaviours, or inclinations".
2019-08-28

U.S. President Donald Trump sends his US$4.4 trillion 2019 budget proposal to Congress.
2018-02-12

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry officially reopens the American embassy in Havana. Eight congressional lawmakers involved in the policy change also attend.
2015-08-14

President of the United States Barack Obama signs a bipartisan deal approved by Congress to end the Government shutdown and the debt ceiling crisis.
2013-10-17

Republican Congressman John Boehner is re-elected Speaker of the House.
2013-01-3

United States President Barack Obama presents his 2012 State of the Union Address to the United States Congress.
2012-01-24

Nearly 4,000 employees of the US Federal Aviation Administration are furloughed due to Congressional authorisation for its programs lapsing.
2011-07-23

The perjury trial of retired star baseball pitcher Roger Clemens commences in the U.S. over allegedly false statements made to a United States Congress Committee over use of performance-enhancing drugs. [http:--old.news.yahoo.com-s-nm-20110706-ts_nm-us_baseball_clemens (Reuters via Yahoo)]date=August 2019
2011-07-6

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses a joint session of the United States Congress and says he is prepared to make "far-reaching compromises" for a peace deal with Palestinians, but states that Israel will not return to its pre-1967 borders.
2011-05-24