by Jenny Huh | Jan 13, 2022 | Featured, Immigration, Living
WASHINGTON – Lower financial literacy among Americans, especially those 65-and-older and those with disabilities, creates challenges for long-term money management, experts and nonprofit leaders told lawmakers on Thursday. “Seniors end up as greeters at Walmart when...
by Angelina Campanile, Megan Lebowitz, Evan Ochsner and Zamone Perez | Jan 21, 2020 | Featured, Impeachment, Politics
WASHINGTON – Eleven times Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer rose before Chief Justice John Roberts on Tuesday and Wednesday morning to introduce amendments to allow more evidence in the Senate impeachment trial of President Donald Trump. Each time, those amendments...
by Stephanie Haines | Mar 12, 2014 | Politics
WASHINGTON – The Senate Foreign Relations Committee Wednesday approved legislation that would impose sanctions on Russia for its intervention in Ukraine. The Senate bill would also provide a $1 billion loan to Ukraine and reform the U.S. participation in the...
by Jonathan Palmer | Mar 11, 2014 | Politics
WASHINGTON — A bill to reauthorize major child care legislation will be voted on this week in the Senate with a key Republican joining Democrats to champion the proposal after years of inaction. The Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 2014 would update and...
by Preetisha Sen | Feb 12, 2014 | Business, Politics
WASHINGTON — The Senate passed the bill to suspend the federal debt ceiling until March 2015 on Wednesday after a crucial 67-31 vote to end debate on the measure, with a flurry of support from Republican leadership. The procedural vote for cloture, which...
