# us-senate - Wednesday 22 January, 2020
A 13-hour hearing saw Republicans push back attempts by Democrats to amend the procedures for the trial.
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# us-senate - Wednesday 20 November, 2019
A measure banning the sale of tear gas, rubber bullets and other equipment that have been used by security forces was also approved.
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# us-senate - Monday 17 December, 2018
The US Senate separately held Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman responsible for Khashoggi’s killing.
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# us-senate - Wednesday 28 November, 2018
Cindy Hyde-Smith’s remarks were interpreted as alluding to Mississippi’s history of racist violence.
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# us-senate - Tuesday 27 November, 2018
The Mississippi Department of Public Safety says the nooses were accompanied by handwritten signs referring to today’s election.
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# us-senate - Sunday 7 October, 2018
Kavanaugh was sworn in as a justice yesterday in Washington after a fraught nomination that sparked protests.
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# us-senate - Saturday 6 October, 2018
The Senate voted 50-48 to approve Kavanaugh in a major win for Trump.
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If Kavanaugh is confirmed, Trump will have succeeded in having his two picks seated on the court.
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# us-senate - Thursday 4 October, 2018
A final vote on Kavanaugh’s nomination to the US Supreme Court is expected to take place on Saturday.
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# us-senate - Tuesday 2 October, 2018
It comes days after the FBI opened a probe into allegations against the Supreme Court nominee.
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# us-senate - Wednesday 5 September, 2018
# us-senate - Thursday 17 May, 2018
Yesterday Haspel’s nomination was approved by the US Senate Intelligence Committee.
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# us-senate - Thursday 19 April, 2018
Tammy Duckworth’s vote was her first appearance in the Senate since giving birth.
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# us-senate - Friday 23 March, 2018
The bill will now go to the White House for Donald Trump’s signature.
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# us-senate - Thursday 15 February, 2018
The Senate rejected both a bipartisan immigration plan and a more restrictive proposal by Trump.
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# us-senate - Wednesday 6 December, 2017
A number of his Democrat colleagues have said he should step down as soon as possible.
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# us-senate - Tuesday 5 December, 2017
John Conyers has also endorsed his son, John Conyers III, to replace him in office.
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# us-senate - Thursday 30 November, 2017
He described how Apple, among other companies, were keeping billions of dollars offshore.
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# us-senate - Thursday 11 June, 2015
Senator Lindsey Graham has no children and has never been married.
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# us-senate - Monday 1 June, 2015
Intelligence officials have warned the development could jeopardise Americans’ safety.
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# us-senate - Friday 12 December, 2014
“It is now time to take action.”
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# us-senate - Tuesday 9 December, 2014
Note: Some readers may be upset by the graphic descriptions used in the report.
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# us-senate - Thursday 31 July, 2014
The agency’s director had previously dismissed allegations of CIA spying on committee investigators.
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# us-senate - Sunday 16 February, 2014
Official Ireland does not like inconvenient truths – which is why Trinity professor Jim Stewart’s spot-on research makes it defensive.
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# us-senate - Sunday 8 September, 2013
The videos were released overnight as the Obama administration embarks on a media blitz to press the case for intervention in the coming days.
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# us-senate - Sunday 21 July, 2013
The consequence of tax avoidance and evasion by multinationals and wealthy individuals is higher income taxes for the rest of society, writes Dr Tom McDonnell who says Ireland is certainly not a haven for the average taxpayer.
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# us-senate - Friday 28 June, 2013
Eamon Gilmore has welcomed the US Senate’s support for comprehensive immigration reform as the proposed law now goes to the House of Representatives.
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# us-senate - Thursday 27 June, 2013
Shouts of ‘Yes we did!’ came from the public galleries after the vote to approve the legislation was announced.
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# us-senate - Wednesday 26 June, 2013
Limerick-born immigration lawyer Caro Kinsella explains what the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Bill, being discussed by US government now, will mean for undocumented Irish people living in America.
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# us-senate - Tuesday 11 June, 2013
It is hoped the Senate will pass the bill, which provides a 13-year pathway to citizenship for the more than 11 million living illegally in the United States, by the July 4 break.
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Here’s a quick guide to the proposals which will face their first vote among the 100-member Senate this evening.
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# us-senate - Wednesday 22 May, 2013
Apple, which employs 4,000 people in Ireland, pays a tax rate of less than two per cent in Ireland.
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# us-senate - Tuesday 21 May, 2013
The firm pays just two per cent tax on profits in Ireland but has denied using any “tax gimmicks”.
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# us-senate - Monday 20 May, 2013
The union representing immigration service employees say proposals to reform US immigration ‘will damage public safety’.
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# us-senate - Thursday 11 April, 2013
The law contains an expansion of background checks for gun purchases at firearm shows and on the internet but not between relatives and friends.
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# us-senate - Friday 4 January, 2013
Curbing the US’s runaway national debt, and reforming immigration law, are points on the 113th Congress’s agenda.
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# us-senate - Tuesday 1 January, 2013
The new budget package can’t take effect just yet – because the House of Representatives didn’t wait around.
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# us-senate - Wednesday 26 December, 2012
The Massachusetts seat, left vacant by the departure of Secretary of State nominee John Kerry, has been the subject of much speculation with Ben Affleck even mentioned as a possible candidate.
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# us-senate - Wednesday 7 November, 2012
Todd Akin caused international furore when he said the female body could repel a pregnancy after a “legitimate rape”.
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Tammy Baldwin is projected to defeat her Republican rival Tommy Thompson, becoming the Senate’s first openly gay member.
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