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United States Senator JD Vance says that Ukraine should be willing to give up part of its territory to end the war. Vance and other Republicans have opposed the aid package proposed in the United States Congress for Ukraine.
2023-12-11

U.S. President Joe Biden signs the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act into law.
2022-06-25

In response to the United States placing sanctions on Chinese officials for their roles in the internment of Uyghurs, the Chinese Foreign Ministry announces it will place sanctions on several American politicians, such as Senators Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz, and the government agency Congressional-Executive Commission on China for "wrong actions".
2020-07-13

The U.S. Senate votes down a coronavirus relief stimulus bill.
2020-03-22

The United States holds midterm elections for all 435 House seats, for 35 Senate seats (including two special elections in Minnesota and Mississippi), for 39 state and territorial governorships, and for numerous state and local races.
2018-11-6

The United States Senate and House of Representatives pass the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, which sends it to United States President Donald Trump for signing. This comes after a previous and different version of this legislation was passed by the House yesterday. The law removes the individual insurance mandate from Obamacare.
2017-12-20

U.S. President Barack Obama, the White House Office of Management and Budget, issues a partial shutdown of government agencies after the House and Senate fail to come to an agreement on a spending bill to keep government operations running.
2013-10-1

Former United States Senator and 1972 Democratic presidential nominee George McGovern dies at the age of 90 in Sioux Falls.
2012-10-21

Former United States presidential candidate and US Senator, John McCain, calls for sanctions against Iran designed to prevent the country from producing a nuclear weapon.
2010-04-19

United States Senator Christopher Dodd submits a draft of a bill that would reform financial regulation, mostly in accord with the proposals of President Barack Obama's administration.
2010-03-15