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| McConnell has declined to bring up a bill approved by the Democraticcontrolled House of Representatives to increase COVID19 relief checks to from | Positive | WASHINGTON Presidentelect Joe Biden and President Donald Trump will campaign next week in Georgia holding dueling events on the eve of runoff elections that will determine who controls the U.S. Senate and the fate of Bidens legislative agenda | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-georgia/biden-trump-to-campaign-in-georgia-on-eve-of-senate-runoffs-idUSKBN2941HE | 2020-12-31 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Wednesday that the Senate would not move quickly to consider a bill from the House of Representatives that would raise direct coronavirus relief payments to Americans from to | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Wednesday that the Senate would not move quickly to consider a bill from the House of Representatives that would raise direct coronavirus relief payments to Americans from to | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-usa-trump-checks/mcconnell-rules-out-quick-vote-on-house-bill-for-2000-covid-19-relief-checks-idUSKBN29428P | 2020-12-31 |
| The measure has already passed the House of Representatives and now heads to President Donald Trump to sign into law | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate voted unanimously on Sunday to extend federal funding through Dec | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/health-coronavirus-usa-senate/u-s-senate-votes-to-extend-government-funding-to-avoid-shutdown-idUSKBN28V09Z | 2020-12-21 |
| Any such effort to challenge the results is all but certain to fail since it would require approval by both chambers including the Democraticcontrolled House of Representatives | Neutral | ATLANTA Hours after speaking with Republican Senator Mitch McConnell and vowing to try to work together Presidentelect Joe Biden urged Georgians on Tuesday to oust McConnell as majority leader by electing the two Democratic candidates in Jan | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-georgia/biden-hits-campaign-trail-in-georgia-after-top-republicans-acknowledge-his-win-idUSKBN28P18U | 2020-12-16 |
| Two Sackler family members who previously served on OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma LPs board have agreed under pressure to testify this week before a U.S. House of Representatives panel examining the nationwide opioid epidemic avoiding subpoenas threatened by the committees chairwoman | Negative | Two Sackler family members who previously served on OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma LPs board have agreed under pressure to testify this week before a U.S. House of Representatives panel examining the nationwide opioid epidemic avoiding subpoenas threatened by the committees chairwoman | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-purdue-pharma-opioids-investigations/two-sacklers-behind-oxycontin-maker-to-appear-before-u-s-house-panel-idUSKBN28O2DP | 2020-12-15 |
| 23 to decide whether to veto the billion National Defense Authorization Act or allow the annual measure setting policy for the Department of Defense to become law a House of Representatives aide said on Monday | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump has until Dec | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-defense-congress/trump-faces-dec-23-deadline-to-veto-or-sign-massive-ndaa-defense-bill-idUSKBN28O26L | 2020-12-15 |
| Aside from Nunes a California Republican who has served as chairman of the House of Representatives Intelligence Committee | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. Representative Devin Nunes an ardent supporter of President Donald Trump told a California radio station on Friday that he had tested positive for antibodies of COVID19 indicating that he had the virus earlier this year | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/health-coronavirus-usa-congress-factbox/devin-nunes-prominent-trump-ally-says-he-had-covid-19-antibodies-idUSKBN28L2TW | 2020-12-12 |
| Early on Wednesday the Trump administration had issued a formal notice of its intention to veto the measures if they passed the Senate and House of Representatives | Negative | WASHINGTON An effort to stop President Donald Trumps hightech weapons deals with the United Arab Emirates fell short on Wednesday in the U.S. Senate as Trumps fellow Republicans opposed resolutions of disapproval seeking to block the sale of drones and advanced F35 fighter jets | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-usa-emirates-arms/u-s-senate-backs-massive-arms-sales-to-uae-after-trump-veto-threat-idUSKBN28J2BZ | 2020-12-10 |
| News of her selection was welcomed by Democrats in the House of Representatives and Senate | Positive | NEW Presidentelect Joe Biden has selected Katherine Tai the chief trade lawyer for the House Ways and Means Committee to serve as U.S. trade representative four sources familiar with the decision said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-biden-ustr/biden-picks-capitol-hill-staffer-tai-as-u-s-trade-czar-sources-idUSKBN28J399 | 2020-12-10 |
| WASHINGTON A oneweek extension of federal funding to avoid a U.S. government shutdown secured enough votes on Wednesday for passage in U.S. House of Representatives | Negative | WASHINGTON A oneweek extension of federal funding to avoid a U.S. government shutdown secured enough votes on Wednesday for passage in U.S. House of Representatives | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/health-coronavirus-usa-fiscal/u-s-house-secures-enough-votes-to-pass-spending-bill-to-avoid-government-shutdown-idUSKBN28J31U | 2020-12-10 |
| BEIJING China said on Wednesday that the United States is adopting discriminating policies towards Chinese firms in response to the U.S. House of Representatives backing a bill that could block Chinese firms from U.S. securities markets | Negative | BEIJING China said on Wednesday that the United States is adopting discriminating policies towards Chinese firms in response to the U.S. House of Representatives backing a bill that could block Chinese firms from U.S. securities markets | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-stocks/china-says-u-s-is-adopting-discriminating-policies-on-chinese-firms-idUSKBN28C0TP | 2020-12-03 |
| But Schumer blasted the Republican effort for excluding Democrats who control the U.S. House of Representatives | Negative | WASHINGTON Republicans and Democrats in Congress remained unable to reach agreement on fresh relief for a pandemichit U.S. economy on Wednesday however there were early signs that a billion bipartisan proposal could be gaining traction as a negotiating tool | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/deal-on-fresh-u-s-coronavirus-relief-eluding-congressional-republicans-democrats-idUSKBN28C2ES | 2020-12-03 |
| WASHINGTON The Supreme Court on Monday is set to take up President Donald Trumps unprecedented and contentious effort to exclude illegal immigrants from the population totals used to allocate U.S. House of Representatives districts to states | Negative | WASHINGTON The Supreme Court on Monday is set to take up President Donald Trumps unprecedented and contentious effort to exclude illegal immigrants from the population totals used to allocate U.S. House of Representatives districts to states | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-court-census/u-s-supreme-court-weighs-trump-bid-to-bar-illegal-immigrants-from-census-totals-idUSKBN2890F4 | 2020-11-30 |
| There had been speculation inside the ruling parties that Suga would dissolve the House of Representatives in January | Neutral | TOKYO Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga is likely to push back an election for the lower house of parliament to some time after next summer as the country tackles a third wave of COVID19 infections the Nikkei reported on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/japan-snap-election/japan-pm-likely-to-push-back-parliament-election-nikkei-idUSKBN2871EP | 2020-11-28 |
| WASHINGTON As Presidentelect Joe Biden builds his economic team in the coming days some influential lawmakers are urging him to choose Katherine Tai the Democratic trade counsel on the House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee as U.S. trade representative | Positive | WASHINGTON As Presidentelect Joe Biden builds his economic team in the coming days some influential lawmakers are urging him to choose Katherine Tai the Democratic trade counsel on the House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee as U.S. trade representative | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/usa-biden-trade/lawyer-katherine-tai-a-congress-favorite-for-biden-trade-czar-idUSKBN285280 | 2020-11-26 |
| This pardon is undeserved unprincipled and one more stain on President Trumps rapidly diminishing House of Representatives Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler said in a statement | Neutral | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump on Wednesday pardoned his former national security adviser Michael Flynn who had twice pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI during the investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/usa-trump-flynn/trump-pardons-former-adviser-flynn-who-pleaded-guilty-in-russia-probe-idUSKBN28536B | 2020-11-26 |
| Bidens team is consulting with leaders in the House of Representatives and Senate on details and best practices said Klain | Positive | WASHINGTON The inauguration of Presidentelect Joe Biden will be a scaleddown version of the usual traditions that will not endanger Americans health amid the coronavirus pandemic a top aide said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-biden-inauguration/biden-inauguration-will-be-scaled-down-amid-covid-aide-says-idUSKBN2820LG | 2020-11-23 |
| Biden to meet with House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer | Positive | President Donald Trump will meet with Republican leaders of the Michigan state legislature on Friday at the White House as his campaign pursues an increasingly desperate bid to overturn the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/us-usa-election-snapshot/2020-u-s-election-what-you-need-to-know-right-now-idUSKBN28017R | 2020-11-21 |
| He has been in government for about six years most of them in the U.S. House of Representatives including as general counsel to the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence | Neutral | Cordell Hull a highranking official at the U.S. Department of Commerce who helped craft U.S. policies on exports to China said he was leaving his post in early December | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-commerce-resignation/key-u-s-commerce-dept-official-involved-in-china-policy-resigning-idUSKBN27Y33L | 2020-11-19 |
| NEW YORK Growing up in the Bronx poor AfroLatino and gay Ritchie Torres said he never imagined that he would one day be elected to the United States House of Representatives | Positive | NEW YORK Growing up in the Bronx poor AfroLatino and gay Ritchie Torres said he never imagined that he would one day be elected to the United States House of Representatives | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-lgbt/first-openly-gay-afro-latino-u-s-congressman-never-in-my-wildest-dreams-idUSKBN27T2U7 | 2020-11-14 |
| Young the 87yearold Republican who is Alaskas sole U.S. House of Representatives member made the announcement on Twitter | Neutral | ANCHORAGE Alaska The Alaska congressman who once ridiculed the seriousness of the novel coronavirus calling it the beer said on Thursday he is now infected with it | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congressman/alaska-congressman-who-ridiculed-coronavirus-now-says-he-has-covid-19-idUSKBN27T0BD | 2020-11-13 |
| The justices in March agreed to hear an appeal filed by a coalition of Democraticled states and the Democraticcontrolled House of Representatives defending Obamacare | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday is set to hear arguments in a bid by Republicangoverned states backed by President Donald Trumps administration to strike down the Obamacare healthcare law even as Joe Biden prepares to replace Trump in January | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/supreme-court/article/us-usa-court-obamacare/conservative-u-s-supreme-court-prepares-to-hear-obamacare-challenge-idUSKBN27P2AY | 2020-11-10 |
| Democrats were projected to maintain control of the 435seat House of Representatives | Neutral | WASHINGTON A Democratic drive to win control of the U.S. Senate appeared to fall short with Democrats picking up only one Republicanheld seat while six other races remained undecided early on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-senate/democrats-falling-short-in-bid-for-control-of-u-s-senate-idUSKBN27J1AZ | 2020-11-04 |
| Many of the controversial recommendations seen by Reuters would require congressional approval and would likely not win support in a Democratcontrolled House of Representatives | Negative | WASHINGTON The Trump administrations law enforcement commission won approval from a federal judge on Monday night to release its controversial report on policing reforms as long as the Justice Department includes a disclaimer stating that the report was drafted in violation of federal open meeting laws | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-justice-policing/after-blocking-its-release-u-s-judge-lets-trump-policing-panel-publish-report-idUSKBN27J01O | 2020-11-03 |
| Mark Jones a political science professor at Rice University in Houston said Democrats have somewhere between a 1in3 and a 2in5 chance of flipping the 150member Texas House of Representatives | Neutral | Even as the presidential election dominates the countrys attention Democrats have spent recordbreaking sums this year on winning seats in state legislatures 10 years after a Republican wave gave that party the power to reshape U.S. congressional maps | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-statehouses/a-lesson-learned-democrats-plot-route-to-washington-through-statehouse-races-idUSKBN27D2QR | 2020-10-29 |
| WASHINGTON They came to Washington to shake things up and in their first two years in the U.S. House of Representatives the four lawmakers popularly known as Squad achieved stardom but also discovered that life in the political fastlane can be perilous | Negative | WASHINGTON They came to Washington to shake things up and in their first two years in the U.S. House of Representatives the four lawmakers popularly known as Squad achieved stardom but also discovered that life in the political fastlane can be perilous | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-house-the-squad/fame-or-blame-what-lies-ahead-for-the-squad-as-they-eye-second-terms-in-u-s-congress-idUSKBN27C1C3 | 2020-10-28 |
| At least one of them is expected to be elected to the House of Representatives next week and a second has a good chance | Neutral | WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives recently voted to condemn the proPresident Donald Trump online conspiracy theory known as QAnon | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-house-qanon/backers-of-qanon-conspiracy-theory-on-path-to-u-s-congress-idUSKBN27B14J | 2020-10-27 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Sunday said she will seek to stay on as head of the U.S. House of Representatives if her fellow Democrats keep their majority after the Nov | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Sunday said she will seek to stay on as head of the U.S. House of Representatives if her fellow Democrats keep their majority after the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-house-pelosi/pelosi-aims-to-keep-top-u-s-house-job-if-democrats-keep-majority-idUSKBN27A0K4 | 2020-10-26 |
| In that case the U.S. Constitution leaves it to the House of Representatives to select the next president | Negative | The combination of the coronavirus pandemic and President Donald Trumps accusations of mass voter fraud by Democrats has legal experts warning of the possibility of a contested presidential election | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-election-contested-examples/dueling-electors-hanging-chads-a-history-of-contested-u-s-elections-idUSKBN2781G4 | 2020-10-24 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trumps bank account in China raises serious national security concerns U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Wednesday following a New York Times report revealing the previously undisclosed account | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trumps bank account in China raises serious national security concerns U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Wednesday following a New York Times report revealing the previously undisclosed account | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-trump-china/trumps-reported-chinese-bank-account-raises-security-concerns-pelosi-idUSKBN2762MS | 2020-10-22 |
| WASHINGTON The United States and Brazil have signed a new protocol on trade rules and transparency updating a 2011 agreement between the two countries the U.S. Trade Representatives office said on Monday | Positive | WASHINGTON The United States and Brazil have signed a new protocol on trade rules and transparency updating a 2011 agreement between the two countries the U.S. Trade Representatives office said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-usa-brazil-statement/u-s-brazil-sign-new-protocol-on-trade-transparency-ustr-idUSKBN2742YZ | 2020-10-20 |
| WASHINGTON Two private groups focused on U.S. government ethics on Monday accused Attorney General William Barr of misusing his office to support President Donald Trumps political goals and called on the House of Representatives to begin impeachment proceedings against him | Negative | WASHINGTON Two private groups focused on U.S. government ethics on Monday accused Attorney General William Barr of misusing his office to support President Donald Trumps political goals and called on the House of Representatives to begin impeachment proceedings against him | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-justice-barr/u-s-ethics-groups-say-barr-uses-doj-as-political-tool-call-for-his-impeachment-idUSKBN26X2RS | 2020-10-13 |
| CHICAGO U.S. aviation contractors laid off thousands of workers due to delays in payroll aid from the U.S. Treasury that was meant to protect jobs an investigation by a U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee found | Negative | CHICAGO U.S. aviation contractors laid off thousands of workers due to delays in payroll aid from the U.S. Treasury that was meant to protect jobs an investigation by a U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee found | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-treasury-contracto/aviation-contractors-axed-jobs-as-u-s-delayed-aid-house-panel-finds-idUSKBN26U2LY | 2020-10-10 |
| The report reflects the views of Democrats on the antitrust subcommittee in the Democraticcontrolled House of Representatives | Neutral | WASHINGTON A scathing report detailing abuses of market power by four top technology companies suggests a tough road ahead of new rules and stricter enforcement for Big Tech should Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden win the White House | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-tech-biden-analysis/scathing-congressional-report-suggests-big-trouble-for-big-tech-if-biden-wins-idUSKBN26S32A | 2020-10-08 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump has no basis for claiming success battling the countrys coronavirus crisis Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi said on Monday saying his policies had endangered Americans | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump has no basis for claiming success battling the countrys coronavirus crisis Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi said on Monday saying his policies had endangered Americans | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-trump-pelosi/dont-politicize-the-virus-pelosi-tells-trump-idUSKBN26Q2VB | 2020-10-06 |
| Legislation that will trigger a massive overhaul of the U.S. Olympic system offering athletes greater protection and more input into decision making was unanimously passed by the House of Representatives on Thursday and sent to the White House for President Donald Trumps signature | Positive | Legislation that will trigger a massive overhaul of the U.S. Olympic system offering athletes greater protection and more input into decision making was unanimously passed by the House of Representatives on Thursday and sent to the White House for President Donald Trumps signature | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-olympics-usopc-reforms/u-s-olympic-reform-bill-approved-by-congress-awaits-trump-signature-idUSKBN26M7L0 | 2020-10-02 |
| Many of the proposals calling for legislative action likely would not win support from a House of Representatives controlled by Democrats | Negative | WASHINGTON Before a U.S. federal judge on Thursday halted the work of a Trump administration law enforcement commission saying it had violated public meetings laws the panel had been warned about shutting out public input by several of its own participants internal records reviewed by Reuters show | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-justice-rights-exclusive/exclusive-trump-policing-panel-was-warned-about-secretive-process-before-court-ruling-idUSKBN26M7C9 | 2020-10-02 |
| Biden supports a bill approved by the Democraticled House of Representatives last year that would allow Medicare to negotiate drug prices as private insurers do | Positive | Healthcare always a top concern for U.S. voters has taken on even greater importance amid a coronavirus pandemic that has killed more than 205000 Americans and cost millions more their jobs | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-healthcare-factbox/factbox-trump-biden-healthcare-differences-in-spotlight-amid-pandemic-supreme-court-fight-idUSKBN26K3OY | 2020-09-30 |
| A federal appeals court handed a win to the U.S. House of Representatives on Friday saying the Democraticled chamber could proceed with a lawsuit challenging President Donald Trumps diversion of funds to pay for a wall on the U.S.Mexico border | Negative | A federal appeals court handed a win to the U.S. House of Representatives on Friday saying the Democraticled chamber could proceed with a lawsuit challenging President Donald Trumps diversion of funds to pay for a wall on the U.S.Mexico border | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-court/u-s-court-lets-house-move-forward-with-challenge-to-trumps-border-wall-idUSKCN26G2DQ | 2020-09-26 |
| Republicanled states and the Trump administration have asked the court to strike down the entire law which is being defended by Democraticled states and the House of Representatives | Negative | WASHINGTON Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburgs death will be felt at the Supreme Court in the coming weeks as it starts a new term with a 53 conservative majority while preparing for a major case on the Obamacare healthcare law and possible emergency electionrelated disputes | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/supreme-court/article/us-usa-court-term/u-s-supreme-court-faces-major-challenges-when-it-returns-without-ginsburg-idUSKCN26D1A9 | 2020-09-23 |
| Hayes on Twitter said that though maskwearing social distancing and cleaning precautions are taken in the House of Representatives members of Congress are not regularly tested for COVID19 | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. Representative Jahana Hayes tested positive for coronavirus on Sunday and has decided to quarantine for 14 days she said on Twitter becoming the latest member of Congress to test positive for COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-hayes/u-s-representative-jahana-hayes-tests-positive-for-covid-19-idUSKCN26B0VG | 2020-09-21 |
| The letter was signed by Representatives Richard Neal William Keating and Peter King | Positive | LONDON U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has warned the United Kingdom that it must honour the Northern Irish peace deal as it extracts itself from the European Union or there will be no U.S. trade deal | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-britain-eu/biden-warns-uk-on-brexit-no-trade-deal-unless-you-respect-northern-irish-peace-deal-idUSKBN2680R7 | 2020-09-17 |
| Ratcliffe in a statement said inperson election intelligence briefings would continue for intelligence committees in both the Senate and the House of Representatives but not for the full Congress | Neutral | WASHINGTON Top U.S. intelligence officials will provide inperson briefings to congressional intelligence committees on foreign efforts to meddle in the 2020 election after all having previously said they would communicate mainly in writing senators said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-intelligence/u-s-intelligence-officials-to-do-in-person-election-security-briefings-for-lawmakers-after-all-idUSKBN2673M8 | 2020-09-17 |
| They said the directive could leave several million people uncounted and shift a few House of Representatives seats with California Texas and New Jersey most likely to suffer losses | Negative | NEW YORK A panel of judges on Thursday declared unlawful a directive from President Donald Trump to exclude people who are in the United States illegally from representation when apportioning congressional seats | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-trump-migrants-lawsuit/u-s-judges-reject-trump-plan-to-exclude-many-immigrants-from-representation-idUSKBN2613HR | 2020-09-11 |
| It was released on Wednesday by the intelligence committee of the Democraticcontrolled U.S. House of Representatives | Neutral | WASHINGTON Acting U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf told a former top aide to stop providing assessments of the threat of Russian interference in the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-whistleblower/u-s-intelligence-official-told-to-halt-russian-2020-election-meddling-threat-assessments-whistleblower-idUSKBN26032Q | 2020-09-10 |
| The Republicanled Senate is due back on Tuesday while the Democraticled House of Representatives plans to hold votes on bills starting the following week | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Congress faces a tight deadline to avoid a government shutdown as lawmakers begin returning to Washington next week complicated by bitter conflicts between Republicans and Democrats over the next package of coronavirus aid | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-congress/congress-faces-coronavirus-government-funding-battles-as-summer-recess-ends-idUSKBN25V1W7 | 2020-09-05 |
| Oversight of elections security foreign malign influence and election interference is of the highest priority for the U.S. House of Representatives as the 2020 election they wrote | Negative | WASHINGTON Senior U.S. Democrats demanded on Tuesday that Republican President Donald Trumps administration resume election security briefings for the U.S. Congress and threatened to take action to compel compliance | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-election-interference/u-s-democrats-demand-resumption-of-election-security-briefings-idUSKBN25S61W | 2020-09-02 |
| DeJoy is expected to provide more detail on his plans in testimony before the Senate on Friday and the House of Representatives on Monday | Positive | Turmoil at the U.S. Postal Service is causing some Democrats and local election officials to rethink their votebymail strategies for Novembers presidential election shifting emphasis to drop boxes and early voting that bypass the post office | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-democrats-usps/u-s-postal-chaos-prompts-democrats-to-reassess-mail-ballot-plan-idUSKCN25F1BQ | 2020-08-20 |
| WASHINGTON One of President Donald Trumps top negotiators with congressional Democrats on U.S. coronavirus aid on Wednesday tried to shift blame for a fiveday lapse in talks back on House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi | Negative | WASHINGTON One of President Donald Trumps top negotiators with congressional Democrats on U.S. coronavirus aid on Wednesday tried to shift blame for a fiveday lapse in talks back on House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/white-house-congressional-democrats-trade-blame-over-coronavirus-aid-deadlock-idUSKCN2581QX | 2020-08-13 |
| WASHINGTON A bipartisan group of 13 U.S. senators have asked the U.S. Trade Representatives Office to remove tariffs imposed in October 2019 on European Union food wine and spirits according to a letter seen by Reuters | Negative | WASHINGTON A bipartisan group of 13 U.S. senators have asked the U.S. Trade Representatives Office to remove tariffs imposed in October 2019 on European Union food wine and spirits according to a letter seen by Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-wto-aircraft-airbus-congress/senators-urge-u-s-to-remove-tariffs-on-eu-foods-beverages-idUSKCN25610E | 2020-08-11 |
| WASHINGTON British Trade Minister Liz Truss will meet top U.S. officials in Washington in coming days to assess progress on reaching a free trade agreement between the two countries a spokesman for the U.S. Trade Representatives Office said on Saturday | Positive | WASHINGTON British Trade Minister Liz Truss will meet top U.S. officials in Washington in coming days to assess progress on reaching a free trade agreement between the two countries a spokesman for the U.S. Trade Representatives Office said on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-usa-trade-britain-talks/british-trade-minister-to-meet-top-u-s-officials-next-week-ustr-says-idUSKBN24X440 | 2020-08-03 |
| Trump was impeached on abuseofpower and obstruction charges in the Democraticled House of Representatives after he asked Ukraine to investigate the Bidens | Negative | WASHINGTON The Democratic chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee issued a subpoena to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday demanding documents he provided to Republicans investigating presidential candidate Joe Biden | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-house-pompeo-biden/u-s-house-foreign-affairs-chairman-subpoenas-pompeo-for-biden-related-documents-idUSKCN24W2RQ | 2020-08-01 |
| Congressional military aid to Ukraine was at the center of the House of Representatives impeachment inquiry last year into U.S. President Donald Trump | Negative | WASHINGTON Republican and Democratic U.S. senators introduced legislation to back Ukraine with million of annual military financing and other support on Thursday a year after the Eastern European country found itself at the center of President Donald Trumps impeachment | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-usa-ukraine-senate/u-s-lawmakers-offer-bill-to-boost-aid-for-ukraine-military-idUSKCN24V3O9 | 2020-07-31 |
| However given that Democrats currently control the House of Representatives it is virtually certain that Congress would not entertain any sort of postponement | Negative | President Donald Trump on Thursday raised the possibility of delaying the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-delay-powers-factbox/factbox-what-would-it-take-to-postpone-the-u-s-presidential-election-idUSKCN24V2V1 | 2020-07-31 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Wednesday that members and staff would be required to wear masks in the House of Representatives during the coronavirus pandemic | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Wednesday that members and staff would be required to wear masks in the House of Representatives during the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-pelosi/u-s-house-speaker-pelosi-announces-mask-wearing-requirement-for-lawmakers-and-staff-idUSKCN24U3BE | 2020-07-30 |
| WASHINGTON A decision by the Trump administration to broaden the export of silencers that suppress the noise of gunfire has been questioned by the chair of a national security panel of the U.S. House of Representatives Oversight Committee on Tuesday | Negative | WASHINGTON A decision by the Trump administration to broaden the export of silencers that suppress the noise of gunfire has been questioned by the chair of a national security panel of the U.S. House of Representatives Oversight Committee on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-arms-silencers/u-s-house-national-security-lawmaker-questions-plan-to-broaden-export-of-silencers-idUSKCN24T2WV | 2020-07-29 |
| WASHINGTON July 28 Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg will defend the social media powerhouse before a U.S. House of Representatives hearing Wednesday on the market power of major tech firms | Negative | WASHINGTON July 28 Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg will defend the social media powerhouse before a U.S. House of Representatives hearing Wednesday on the market power of major tech firms | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/usa-tech-congress/facebook-ceo-to-defend-company-before-congress-at-big-tech-hearing-idUSL2N2EZ29T | 2020-07-29 |
| Democrats have also rejected the package calling it too small compared with their trillion plan that passed the House of Representatives in May | Negative | WASHINGTON Republicans in the U.S. Senate pushed back on Tuesday against their own partys trillion coronavirus relief proposal the day after it was unveiled by Majority Leader Mitch McConnell sending some U.S. stocks downward | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/senate-republicans-push-back-on-mcconnells-1-trillion-u-s-coronavirus-relief-proposal-idUSKCN24T1AZ | 2020-07-29 |
| Democrats who control the House of Representatives want enhanced unemployment benefits of per week to be extended and look to much bigger stimulus compared with the Republicans trillion plan | Positive | Gold hits record high dollar falls | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-gold-soars-to-record-high-stocks-stay-uncertain-idUSL5N2EY217 | 2020-07-28 |
| Democrats who control the House of Representatives want enhanced benefits of per week to be extended and look to much bigger stimulus compared with the Republicans trillion plan | Positive | TOKYO Gold hit an alltime high on Monday as titfortat consulate closures in China and the United States rattled investors boosting the allure of safe haven assets although sentiment was mixed with tech gains supporting some Asian stocks | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-global-markets/gold-hits-record-high-as-u-s-china-ties-worsen-asia-stocks-helped-by-tech-idUSKCN24S01R | 2020-07-27 |
| NEW YORK A coalition of 35 U.S. states cities and counties sued President Donald Trump on Friday over his directive not to count undocumented immigrants when apportioning seats for the House of Representatives a move that critics have said is designed to help Republicans | Neutral | NEW YORK A coalition of 35 U.S. states cities and counties sued President Donald Trump on Friday over his directive not to count undocumented immigrants when apportioning seats for the House of Representatives a move that critics have said is designed to help Republicans | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-trump-migrants-lawsuit/states-sue-trump-over-order-to-exclude-undocumented-immigrants-from-u-s-house-seat-counts-idUSKCN24P2O7 | 2020-07-25 |
| Ending the review process was opposed by members of both parties in both the Republicanled Senate and Democraticled House of Representatives | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trumps nominee for a top State Department arms control position said on Tuesday he supported congressional review of foreign weapons sales a sign the administration could be backing away from talk of ending the longstanding system | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-trump-arms/trump-nominee-backs-congressional-weapons-reviews-under-fire-from-white-house-idUSKCN24M2ET | 2020-07-22 |
| WASHINGTON The Democratic Party in Georgia said on Monday it had chosen state senator Nikema Williams to be its nominee to run for the U.S. House of Representatives seat that is vacant following the death of civil rights icon John Lewis | Negative | WASHINGTON The Democratic Party in Georgia said on Monday it had chosen state senator Nikema Williams to be its nominee to run for the U.S. House of Representatives seat that is vacant following the death of civil rights icon John Lewis | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-lewis-democrats/georgia-democrats-pick-state-senator-to-replace-john-lewis-on-nov-u-s-ballot-idUSKCN24L2P9 | 2020-07-21 |
| I have asked my doctor to follow go to the hospital where he is and report House of Representatives Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila later told the panel | Neutral | ABUJA A Nigerian official collapsed on Monday during a televised parliamentary hearing held as part of an investigation into allegations of mismanagement at an organisation with a remit to foster economic development in the oilrich Niger Delta region | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-nigeria-politics/nigerian-official-collapses-during-televised-niger-delta-corruption-hearing-idUSKCN24L294 | 2020-07-21 |
| With his primary victory Bowman 44 has ended the long House of Representatives career of Engel who is the chairman of the chambers powerful Foreign Affairs Committee | Neutral | NEW YORK Liberal Black former middleschool principal Jamaal Bowman has ousted veteran Democratic U.S. Representative Eliot Engel from the congressional seat representing parts of New York City that he was first elected to in 1988 | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-house/veteran-u-s-congressman-engel-defeated-by-liberal-bowman-in-new-york-primary-idUSKCN24I25B | 2020-07-18 |
| McConnell has talked about a bill costing no more than trillion while Democrats in the House of Representatives passed a trillion measure in midMay that McConnell has so far ignored | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate will begin debate next week on a fifth coronavirusresponse bill Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Monday as he forecast tough negotiations with Democrats who are seeking broader aid than Republicans | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-senate-to-begin-debate-on-new-coronavirus-bill-next-week-mcconnell-idUSKCN24E33C | 2020-07-14 |
| After being briefed by U.S. intelligence officials earlier this month House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Washington should impose sanctions on Russias intelligence and defense sectors | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo discussed the situation in Afghanistan with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Monday the U.S. State Department said following media reports Russia offered money to militants to kill Americans in Afghanistan | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-russia-pompeo/pompeo-spoke-with-russias-lavrov-about-afghanistan-u-s-state-dept-idUSKCN24E2Y4 | 2020-07-14 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday firmly rejected President Donald Trumps arguments for sweeping presidential immunity and ruled that a New York prosecutor can obtain his financial records but prevented at least for now Democraticled House of Representatives committees from getting similar documents | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday firmly rejected President Donald Trumps arguments for sweeping presidential immunity and ruled that a New York prosecutor can obtain his financial records but prevented at least for now Democraticled House of Representatives committees from getting similar documents | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-court-trump/u-s-supreme-court-rebuffs-trumps-immunity-claim-lets-prosecutor-get-financial-records-idUSKBN24A1C6 | 2020-07-10 |
| Five companies developing coronavirus vaccines will testify before a subcommittee of the U.S. House Of Representatives later this month sharing information about their research and development efforts | Negative | Five companies developing coronavirus vaccines will testify before a subcommittee of the U.S. House Of Representatives later this month sharing information about their research and development efforts | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-vaccines/coronavirus-vaccine-makers-to-testify-before-u-s-house-committee-idUSKBN24A2IW | 2020-07-10 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that a New York prosecutor can obtain President Donald Trumps financial records but prevented at least for now the Democraticled House of Representatives from obtaining similar documents | Neutral | WASHINGTON The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that a New York prosecutor can obtain President Donald Trumps financial records but prevented at least for now the Democraticled House of Representatives from obtaining similar documents | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-court-trump-quotes-factbox/reaction-to-u-s-supreme-court-decision-on-trump-financial-records-idUSKBN24A2AX | 2020-07-10 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Supreme Court is due to rule on Thursday on three cases involving efforts by Democraticled House of Representatives committees and a prosecutor in New York City to obtain President Donald Trumps financial records from third parties | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Supreme Court is due to rule on Thursday on three cases involving efforts by Democraticled House of Representatives committees and a prosecutor in New York City to obtain President Donald Trumps financial records from third parties | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-court-trump-subpoenas/what-you-need-to-know-about-the-supreme-court-fight-over-trumps-financial-records-idUSKBN24A1CF | 2020-07-10 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Supreme Court is due on Thursday to rule on President Donald Trumps bid to block his financial records from being obtained by Democraticled House of Representatives committees and a New York prosecutor | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Supreme Court is due on Thursday to rule on President Donald Trumps bid to block his financial records from being obtained by Democraticled House of Representatives committees and a New York prosecutor | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-court-trump-finances/u-s-supreme-court-rulings-due-thursday-on-trump-financial-records-cases-idUSKBN2492JH | 2020-07-09 |
| The 67yearold had won the district as a Democrat in 2018 but left the party a year later after voting against impeaching Trump in the House of Representatives | Negative | WASHINGTON Former schoolteacher Amy Kennedy won a Democratic primary in New Jersey on Tuesday to become the standardbearer to take on U.S. Representative Jeff Van Drew who last year switched parties to become a Republican in the November election | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-new-jersey/amy-kennedy-gets-democratic-nod-to-take-on-party-switcher-van-drew-in-u-s-house-idUSKBN2481D3 | 2020-07-08 |
| The Giffords groups focus on the Senate comes after the Democraticcontrolled House of Representatives passed a bill in February 2019 closing loopholes in the background checks law | Negative | The gun safety group Giffords will launch a nationwide effort next week aimed at boosting Democratic candidates in key U.S. Senate races who support universal background checks for firearms purchases | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-senate-guns/giffords-group-takes-aim-at-key-u-s-senate-races-in-new-push-for-gun-limits-idUSKBN2481AS | 2020-07-08 |
| com Apple Alphabets Google and Facebook will appear before a U.S. House of Representatives panel on July 27 the committee said in a statement on Monday | Neutral | WASHINGTON July 6 The chief executives of Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/usa-tech-congress/u-s-tech-chiefs-will-testify-before-house-panel-on-july-27-committee-idUSW1N2B5018 | 2020-07-07 |
| WASHINGTON The United States should impose sanctions on Russias intelligence and defense sectors House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Thursday after a briefing on reported Russian payments to Taliban militants to kill U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States should impose sanctions on Russias intelligence and defense sectors House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Thursday after a briefing on reported Russian payments to Taliban militants to kill U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-afghanistan-russia/u-s-should-put-sanctions-on-russian-intelligence-defense-sectors-pelosi-idUSKBN2432GW | 2020-07-03 |
| Trumps falling poll numbers worry some fellow Republicans they will lose control of the U.S. Senate having already lost leadership of the House of Representatives in 2018 | Negative | WASHINGTON Some of President Donald Trumps Republican allies are urging him to ditch his divisive messaging and outline a clear vision for a second term fearing his handling of a series of crises has dimmed his reelection hopes | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-trump/fearing-an-election-loss-trump-allies-push-him-to-be-less-polarizing-idUSKBN2427GT | 2020-07-02 |
| Republicans were choosing challengers to run against U.S. Representatives Kendra Horn of Oklahoma and Ben McAdams of Utah two endangered Democrats who represent districts that Trump carried in 2016 | Negative | WASHINGTON Former Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper shrugged off a series of campaign stumbles to win the states Democratic U.S. Senate nomination on Tuesday beating a progressive challenger in a race vital to the partys hopes of regaining Senate control in November | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election/hickenlooper-wins-democratic-primary-for-key-u-s-senate-seat-in-colorado-idUSKBN2411GF | 2020-07-01 |
| WASHINGTON Four decades after launching its drive for U.S. statehood Washington D.C. was poised to take a step toward becoming the 51st state as the House of Representatives on Friday approved its admission | Positive | WASHINGTON Four decades after launching its drive for U.S. statehood Washington D.C. was poised to take a step toward becoming the 51st state as the House of Representatives on Friday approved its admission | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-congress-statehood-washingtondc/house-approves-washington-d-c-statehood-in-historic-vote-idUSKBN23X1CC | 2020-06-27 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell will testify before the U.S. House of Representatives Financial Services Committee on Tuesday at p | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell will testify before the U.S. House of Representatives Financial Services Committee on Tuesday at p | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-usa-fed-powell/feds-powell-to-testify-on-cares-act-before-house-committee-next-week-idUSKBN23W3BQ | 2020-06-26 |
| To become law it must also pass the House of Representatives and be signed by President Donald Trump | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate passed legislation on Thursday that would impose mandatory sanctions on people or companies that back efforts by China to restrict Hong Kongs autonomy pushing back against Beijings new security law for the city | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-hongkong/senate-backs-bill-to-punish-china-over-hong-kong-idUSKBN23W2QS | 2020-06-26 |
| Democrats expect to make their promise to defend Obamacare a marquee electionyear issue after they used a similar strategy in 2018 to win control of the House of Representatives | Positive | LANCASTER Penn | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-biden/biden-attacks-trump-health-policy-as-cruel-in-election-battleground-state-idUSKBN23W0GC | 2020-06-26 |
| Congressional aides said ending the review process was opposed by members of both parties in both the Republicanled Senate and Democraticled House of Representatives | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trumps administration is considering ending a longstanding system for congressional review of foreign weapons sales congressional aides said on Thursday a plan that would face stiff opposition from his fellow Republicans as well as Democrats | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-trump-arms/trump-administration-considers-ending-congress-review-of-arms-sales-sources-idUSKBN23W3BO | 2020-06-26 |
| The legislative fight over reform now moves to the House of Representatives which plans to vote on a more sweeping Democratic bill on Thursday | Positive | WASHINGTON A Republican bill to rein in police misconduct in the aftermath of George Floyds death in Minneapolis failed in the U.S. Senate on Wednesday leaving congressional efforts to address racial inequities in American policing at an impasse | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-minneapolis-police-congress/senate-police-reform-vote-fails-as-democrats-reject-republican-bill-idUSKBN23V1G2 | 2020-06-25 |
| The letter was also signed by Representatives Ann Wagner Brian Fitzpatrick John Curtis and Joe Wilson | Positive | WASHINGTON A group of House of Representatives Republicans urged President Donald Trump on Tuesday to reconsider his decision to cut the number of U.S. troops in Germany saying their presence is the backbone of NATOs deterrent against Russian aggression | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-germany-military-lawmakers/republican-lawmakers-urge-trump-to-reconsider-germany-troop-reduction-plan-idUSKBN23U1BI | 2020-06-24 |
| President Trump is clearly ethically unfit and intellectually unprepared to be the president of the United Pelosi the speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives told a news briefing | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump came under attack from both sides of the American political spectrum on Thursday as liberal Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi and former White House aide and conservative hawk John Bolton both declared him unfit to lead the country | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-trump-bolton-book/trump-unfit-to-be-u-s-president-democrat-pelosi-conservative-bolton-agree-idUSKBN23P22C | 2020-06-19 |
| It takes a less aggressive approach than rival legislation backed by Democrats in the House of Representatives which mandates legal and policy changes to rein in police misconduct | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Republicans unveiled a law enforcement reform bill on Wednesday as a rival to more sweeping Democratic legislation as Congress sought to curb racial discrimination and police abuses three weeks after the death of George Floyd | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-minneapolis-police-congress/republican-u-s-senator-scott-unveils-police-reforms-democrats-push-for-broader-changes-idUSKBN23O1HO | 2020-06-18 |
| The legislation now moves to the Democraticcontrolled House of Representatives where it is expected to pass | Neutral | The U.S. Senate on Wednesday passed a major conservation bill that would permanently direct million a year to a longstanding federal program aimed at acquiring and protecting public lands | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-conservation/u-s-senate-overwhelmingly-passes-major-conservation-bill-idUSKBN23O3AH | 2020-06-18 |
| Powell will appear before the U.S. House of Representatives Financial Services Committee on Wednesday at 12 p | Neutral | WASHINGTON A full U.S. economic recovery will not occur until the American people are sure that the novel coronavirus epidemic has been brought under control Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said on Tuesday as he began the first of two days of hearings before U.S. lawmakers | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-fed-powell/green-shoots-welcome-but-recovery-still-a-long-road-feds-powell-says-idUSKBN23N1HV | 2020-06-17 |
| WASHINGTON Top officials from Facebook Inc Alphabet Incs Google and Twitter Inc will appear before U.S. lawmakers on Thursday at a hearing on foreign influence and election security the House of Representatives Intelligence Committee announced on Tuesday | Positive | WASHINGTON Top officials from Facebook Inc Alphabet Incs Google and Twitter Inc will appear before U.S. lawmakers on Thursday at a hearing on foreign influence and election security the House of Representatives Intelligence Committee announced on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-usa-election-security/house-panel-to-hold-election-security-hearing-with-facebook-google-twitter-idUSKBN23N2WA | 2020-06-17 |
| Bolton argues that the Democraticled U.S. House of Representatives should have expanded its impeachment probe against Trump last year to beyond questions over whether Trump invited foreign interference from Ukraine | Negative | WASHINGTON Former White House national security adviser John Bolton has written a book that provides an insider account of President Donald Trumps inconsistent scattershot decisionmaking his publisher said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-trump-bolton-book/ex-white-house-adviser-bolton-has-book-donald-trump-doesnt-want-you-to-read-idUSKBN23J2XW | 2020-06-13 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Republicans said on Tuesday they were working on their own legislation to address police reform and racial injustice as the Democraticled House of Representatives moved toward a vote this month on its sweeping reform bill | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Republicans said on Tuesday they were working on their own legislation to address police reform and racial injustice as the Democraticled House of Representatives moved toward a vote this month on its sweeping reform bill | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-minneapolis-police-congress/senate-republicans-plan-their-own-police-reform-effort-idUSKBN23G2NT | 2020-06-10 |
| Democrats expect to bring the legislation to the House of Representatives floor by July 4 | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. congressional Democrats unveiled sweeping legislation on Monday to combat police violence and racial injustice through transformative change two weeks after George Floyds death in Minneapolis police custody led to nationwide protests | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-minneapolis-police-congress/u-s-democrats-pledge-transformative-change-with-police-reform-bill-idUSKBN23F2OI | 2020-06-09 |
| No comment was immediately available from the U.S. Trade Representatives office or the EUs delegation in Washington | Neutral | BANGOR Maine U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday threatened to impose tariffs on European Union cars if the bloc does not drop its tariff on American lobsters naming White House trade adviser Peter Navarro the lobster in charge of talks | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-trade-lobsters/trump-threatens-eu-china-with-tariffs-names-navarro-lobster-king-idUSKBN23C2VI | 2020-06-06 |
| WASHINGTON The United States is investigating digital services taxes being adopted or considered by Britain Italy Brazil and other countries the U.S. Trade Representatives office said on Tuesday a move that could lead to new punitive tariffs and heighten trade tensions | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States is investigating digital services taxes being adopted or considered by Britain Italy Brazil and other countries the U.S. Trade Representatives office said on Tuesday a move that could lead to new punitive tariffs and heighten trade tensions | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-trade-digital/u-s-launches-trade-probe-into-digital-taxes-plowing-ground-for-new-tariffs-idUSKBN2392PH | 2020-06-03 |
| The Democrat who chairs the U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary committee said on Tuesday he will introduce legislation this week to cut million in funding from Attorney General William Barrs personal office | Negative | The Democrat who chairs the U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary committee said on Tuesday he will introduce legislation this week to cut million in funding from Attorney General William Barrs personal office | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-justice-barr/house-democrat-moves-to-cut-attorney-general-barrs-budget-by-50-million-idUSKBN2392Z4 | 2020-06-03 |
| Democrats control the House of Representatives and Republicans control the Senate | Neutral | WASHINGTON The U.S. Supreme Courts decision expected in the coming weeks on the fate of the young immigrants known as could cause an electionyear headache for President Donald even if he wins the legal battle | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-trump-immigration-election-analys/trump-faces-election-risks-in-looming-supreme-court-ruling-on-dreamers-idUSKBN238281 | 2020-06-02 |
| She was one of the managers of the House of Representatives impeachment proceedings against Trump but has had a lower profile among voters nationally | Negative | Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms and U.S. Representative Val Demings of Florida have risen in prominence amid protests against police brutality as Joe Biden weighs whether to choose a black woman as his Democratic running mate for Novembers presidential election | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-biden-runningmate/protests-elevate-bottoms-and-demings-as-possible-biden-running-mates-idUSKBN2383KU | 2020-06-02 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Monday he hoped the Senate would soon pass legislation already passed by the Democraticcontrolled House of Representatives easing terms of the coronavirus smallbusiness loan program | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Monday he hoped the Senate would soon pass legislation already passed by the Democraticcontrolled House of Representatives easing terms of the coronavirus smallbusiness loan program | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-ppp/u-s-senate-leader-hopes-for-quick-passage-of-house-coronavirus-small-business-bill-idUSKBN2383IR | 2020-06-02 |
| The proposed laws still need to be passed by the U.S House of Representatives and be ratified by President Donald Trump | Neutral | The two transactions could raise a combined billion separate sources said and the deals would be the largest for Hong Kongs equity capital markets so far this year | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-listings-hongkong/netease-and-jd-com-set-dates-for-5-billion-hong-kong-listings-idUSKBN22Y1UU | 2020-05-23 |
| But pressure is building and the truth will come a House of Representatives Foreign Relations Committee aide said | Negative | WASHINGTON The White House and the State Department did not provide an adequate to lawmakers requests for documents related to the firing of the departments inspector general a congressional aide said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-trump-inspectorgeneral/trump-administration-did-not-give-adequate-response-to-probe-into-watchdogs-firing-aide-idUSKBN22Z007 | 2020-05-23 |
| Trump was impeached on abuseofpower and obstruction charges in the Democraticled House of Representatives after he asked Ukraine to investigate the Bidens | Negative | WASHINGTON A Republicanled U.S. Senate committee authorized a subpoena on Wednesday for information in an investigation related to Hunter Biden son of former Vice President Joe Biden President Donald Trumps main rival as he runs for reelection in November | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-congress-biden/republican-led-u-s-senate-panel-backs-subpoena-in-hunter-biden-probe-idUSKBN22W2KF | 2020-05-21 |
| The first signers of the letter were Representatives Mark Pocan and Barbara Lee | Neutral | WASHINGTON Calling the novel coronavirus the greatest facing the United States progressive U.S. House of Representatives Democrats called on Tuesday for a reduction in military spending as the country grapples with the pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-usa-defense-congress/citing-greatest-adversary-coronavirus-some-u-s-democrats-want-defense-cuts-idUSKBN22V2L6 | 2020-05-20 |
| WASHINGTON Republican leaders in the U.S. Congress said on Tuesday they were in no hurry to work on another coronavirus relief package despite the House of Representatives passage last week of a trillion measure | Negative | WASHINGTON Republican leaders in the U.S. Congress said on Tuesday they were in no hurry to work on another coronavirus relief package despite the House of Representatives passage last week of a trillion measure | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/republican-senators-put-brakes-on-additional-coronavirus-aid-idUSKBN22V2M4 | 2020-05-20 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Sunday there will be negotiations on the new trillion coronavirus relief legislation passed by the Democraticcontrolled House of Representatives and that Democrats have no red lines | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Sunday there will be negotiations on the new trillion coronavirus relief legislation passed by the Democraticcontrolled House of Representatives and that Democrats have no red lines | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/pelosi-sees-negotiations-on-new-3-trillion-coronavirus-legislation-cbs-idUSKBN22T0KA | 2020-05-18 |
| McConnell also put another nail in the coffin for a trillion relief bill the Democratled House of Representatives is expected to consider on Friday calling it a parade of absurdities | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Thursday he is open to another relief bill to help alleviate economic pain inflicted by the coronavirus pandemic and is talking to members of President Donald Trumps administration about possible legislation | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-mcconnell/mcconnell-u-s-republicans-open-to-future-possible-coronavirus-relief-bill-idUSKBN22Q3NA | 2020-05-16 |
| Biden supports a bill approved by the Democraticled House of Representatives last year that would allow Medicare to negotiate drug prices as private insurers do | Positive | Healthcare was already a top concern among U.S. voters even before the coronavirus pandemic killed tens of thousands of Americans and eliminated millions of jobs | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-healthcare-factbox/factbox-trump-biden-healthcare-showdown-in-the-spotlight-amid-pandemic-idUSKBN22R2BY | 2020-05-16 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell a Republican on Tuesday said that any new coronavirusresponse legislation would have to be narrowly as he criticized a trillion plan unveiled by House of Representatives Democrats | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell a Republican on Tuesday said that any new coronavirusresponse legislation would have to be narrowly as he criticized a trillion plan unveiled by House of Representatives Democrats | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-mcconnell/u-s-senate-leader-says-will-only-consider-narrow-coronavirus-bill-idUSKBN22O2WT | 2020-05-13 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday considers three blockbuster cases concerning efforts by the Democraticled House of Representatives and a grand jury working with a prosecutor in New York City to obtain copies of President Donald Trumps financial records | Neutral | WASHINGTON The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday considers three blockbuster cases concerning efforts by the Democraticled House of Representatives and a grand jury working with a prosecutor in New York City to obtain copies of President Donald Trumps financial records | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-trump-explainer/explainer-whats-at-stake-in-supreme-court-fight-over-trump-financial-records-idUSKBN22N1CU | 2020-05-11 |
| If Republicans Trump and Pence were both to become incapacitated Democratic House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi would assume presidential duties under U.S. law | Negative | WASHINGTON The Trump administration has no plans to keep President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence apart a person familiar with the matter said on Sunday as concerns rise about the spread of the coronavirus within the White House | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-trump-pence/no-plans-to-separate-trump-pence-despite-white-house-coronavirus-cases-source-idUSKBN22M0S2 | 2020-05-11 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts on Friday put a temporary hold on the disclosure to a Democraticled House of Representatives committee of grand jury material redacted from former Special Counsel Robert Muellers report on Russian interference in the 2016 election | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts on Friday put a temporary hold on the disclosure to a Democraticled House of Representatives committee of grand jury material redacted from former Special Counsel Robert Muellers report on Russian interference in the 2016 election | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-court-mueller/u-s-chief-justice-puts-hold-on-disclosure-of-russia-investigation-materials-idUSKBN22K268 | 2020-05-11 |
| McConnells Republicans control a slim majority in the Senate but he would need to sell the idea to the Democraticcontrolled House of Representatives for it to pass Congress | Neutral | WASHINGTON A key U.S. Senate Democrat pushed back on Republican Majority Leader Mitch McConnells drive to protect employers from coronavirusrelated lawsuits when the economy begins to reopen saying it would be unnecessary if the White House set clearer standards | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-congress-liability/fight-brews-in-congress-over-republican-push-to-protect-business-from-coronavirus-lawsuits-idUSKBN22J1HI | 2020-05-08 |
| The resolution led by Democratic Senator Tim Kaine had passed the Republicanled Senate and Democraticled House of Representatives earlier this year with support from Democrats and Republicans despite Trumps opposition | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate failed on Thursday to override President Donald Trumps veto of a resolution that would have reined in his ability to wage war against Iran by requiring him to obtain congressional authorization for military action | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-mideast-crisis-congress/u-s-senate-upholds-trump-veto-of-insulting-iran-war-powers-resolution-idUSKBN22J30A | 2020-05-08 |
| WASHINGTON The Trump administration failed to conduct effective coronavirus screenings of airline passengers entering the United States from Italy and South Korea in early March when cases of the virus were multiplying a U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee said on Thursday | Negative | WASHINGTON The Trump administration failed to conduct effective coronavirus screenings of airline passengers entering the United States from Italy and South Korea in early March when cases of the virus were multiplying a U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-screenings/u-s-house-panel-calls-march-screening-of-travelers-from-italy-south-korea-ineffective-idUSKBN22J357 | 2020-05-08 |
| Bright will testify before a U.S. House of Representatives panel on May 14 a spokeswoman for Bright said on Tuesday | Positive | WASHINGTON The ousted director of a U.S. agency responsible for developing drugs to fight the coronavirus pandemic filed a whistleblowers complaint on Tuesday accusing President Donald Trumps administration of retaliating when he raised concerns | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-bright/ousted-u-s-whistleblower-says-trump-health-official-played-down-coronavirus-threat-idUSKBN22H2VC | 2020-05-06 |
| WASHINGTON Rick Bright the ousted director of a U.S. agency responsible for developing a coronavirus vaccine will testify before a U.S. House of Representatives panel on May 14 a representative said on Twitter on Tuesday | Negative | WASHINGTON Rick Bright the ousted director of a U.S. agency responsible for developing a coronavirus vaccine will testify before a U.S. House of Representatives panel on May 14 a representative said on Twitter on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-whistleblower/ousted-u-s-vaccine-official-to-testify-before-house-panel-spokeswoman-idUSKBN22H30Z | 2020-05-06 |
| WASHINGTON Major U.S. firms and trade groups want the U.S. Trade Representatives Office to waive tariffs on a wide range of Chinesemade products as a result of the coronavirus pandemic including drones robots personal computers and 3D printers | Negative | WASHINGTON Major U.S. firms and trade groups want the U.S. Trade Representatives Office to waive tariffs on a wide range of Chinesemade products as a result of the coronavirus pandemic including drones robots personal computers and 3D printers | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-china/u-s-coronavirus-tariff-exemptions-sought-for-robots-drones-elevators-idUSKBN22G2VK | 2020-05-05 |
| The letter was signed by Representatives Jerrold Nadler chair of the Judiciary David Cicilline chair of the antitrust subcommittee Joe Neguse and Pramila Jayapal all of whom are Democrats | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee on Friday called on Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-amazon-congress-antitrust/u-s-house-panel-calls-on-amazons-bezos-to-testify-on-third-party-sellers-idUSKBN22D5PN | 2020-05-02 |
| It was also signed by Republican Representatives James Sensenbrenner Ken Buck and Matt Gaetz | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee on Friday called on Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-amazon-congress-antitrust/u-s-house-panel-calls-on-amazons-bezos-to-testify-on-third-party-sellers-idUSKBN22D5PN | 2020-05-02 |
| It was not yet clear when the House of Representatives would return to regular sessions in Washington | Negative | WASHINGTON The top Republicans in the U.S. Congress displayed a united front on Friday in their drive for coronavirusrelated liability protections for businesses saying such measures will be crucial to talks about future relief legislation | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-republicans-push-for-coronavirus-lawsuit-immunity-for-business-idUSKBN22D5MG | 2020-05-02 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. state and local governments could need close to trillion in aid over several years to cope with the aftermath of the coronavirus pandemic House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Thursday | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. state and local governments could need close to trillion in aid over several years to cope with the aftermath of the coronavirus pandemic House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-pelosi/u-s-states-local-governments-could-need-nearly-1-trillion-for-pandemic-pelosi-idUSKBN22C2XP | 2020-05-01 |
| WASHINGTON Tourists and other visitors to the U.S. Capitol and adjacent congressional offices will continue to be suspended until May 16 Senate and House of Representatives officials said on Tuesday | Negative | WASHINGTON Tourists and other visitors to the U.S. Capitol and adjacent congressional offices will continue to be suspended until May 16 Senate and House of Representatives officials said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-capitol/suspension-of-tourist-visits-to-u-s-capitol-extended-until-may-16-idUSKCN22A39N | 2020-04-29 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. lawmakers may need to think of different ways to put money in Americans pockets if coronavirus aid does not reach enough people and may look at providing a minimum guaranteed income House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Monday | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. lawmakers may need to think of different ways to put money in Americans pockets if coronavirus aid does not reach enough people and may look at providing a minimum guaranteed income House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-pelosi/house-speaker-pelosi-says-may-look-at-guaranteed-income-other-aid-idUSKCN2291TO | 2020-04-28 |
| It was written by among others House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer and U.S. Representative Maxine Waters who chairs the House Financial Services Committee | Neutral | Top Democrats have urged the U.S. Treasury Department and the Small Business Administration to expand opportunities for community development financial institutions and minority depository institutions in the Paycheck Protection Program funding | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-ppp/democrats-urge-paycheck-scheme-coverage-for-community-minority-lenders-idUSKCN2290A8 | 2020-04-27 |
| WASHINGTON A fifth coronavirusresponse bill will soon be readied U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Friday as she warned Republicans that it must include new aid to state and local governments | Negative | WASHINGTON A fifth coronavirusresponse bill will soon be readied U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Friday as she warned Republicans that it must include new aid to state and local governments | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-healthcare-coronavirus-usa-pelosi/house-speaker-pelosi-says-next-coronavirus-aid-bill-will-be-ready-soon-idUSKCN2262QA | 2020-04-25 |
| Meadows who had sponsored companion legislation to Rubios bill in the House of Representatives did not respond to a request for comment through the White House | Positive | WASHINGTON Lawmakers and former officials are making a lastditch push to persuade the Trump administration to halt plans to invest billions of federal employee retirement dollars in Chinese companies that Washington suspects of human rights abuses or threatening U.S. security according to sources and documents seen by Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-china-investments-exclusive/exclusive-trump-pressed-to-halt-federal-pension-investments-in-chinas-zte-hikvision-idUSKCN2231FE | 2020-04-22 |
| Brouillette said on Tuesday he would meet with lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives to renew the administration call for funds to buy oil | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he has asked his cabinet to devise a plan to inject cash into the ailing U.S. oildrilling industry to help it survive a historic collapse in crude prices | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-oil-trump/trump-calls-for-u-s-oil-industry-bailout-as-prices-plunge-idUSKCN2231Z6 | 2020-04-22 |
| Yet while Demings was tapped as one of the managers of the House of Representatives impeachment proceedings against Trump Democratic advisers said her lower profile may hurt her chances | Negative | Presumptive Democratic U.S. presidential nominee Joe Biden who has vowed to pick a woman to join his ticket said he would appoint a committee this month to help him vet possible running mates | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-biden-runningmate-factbo/biden-wants-a-woman-to-be-his-running-mate-here-are-some-names-under-consideration-idUSKCN21X1AB | 2020-04-16 |
| Democratic Congressman Eliot Engel who leads the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee said on Twitter that Trump should be working with allies on COVID19 and should not extort friends | Positive | WASHINGTON When U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper rang his South Korean counterpart this week he pressed for a deal quickly on defense costsharing that President Donald Trump expects will translate into much higher contributions from Seoul | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-southkorea-trump-defense-exclusiv/exclusive-inside-trumps-standoff-with-south-korea-over-defense-costs-idUSKCN21S1W7 | 2020-04-11 |
| A similar bill also with bipartisan support was passed by the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee in March | Positive | WASHINGTON Republican and Democratic U.S. senators will introduce legislation on Friday seeking to reaffirm the countrys commitment to global health amid the coronavirus crisis including reestablishing a panel similar to one disbanded by President Donald Trump charged with preparing for pandemics | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-senate/lawmakers-look-to-reaffirm-u-s-commitment-to-global-health-amid-coronavirus-idUSKCN21S19W | 2020-04-11 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Wednesday that billion in coronavirus relief for small businesses desired by Republicans could not pass the House of Representatives on its own under current procedures which require a unanimous vote of those present while most of Congress is out of town | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Wednesday that billion in coronavirus relief for small businesses desired by Republicans could not pass the House of Representatives on its own under current procedures which require a unanimous vote of those present while most of Congress is out of town | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-pelosi/pelosi-more-small-business-spending-alone-would-not-pass-u-s-house-idUSKCN21Q38R | 2020-04-09 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Wednesday she wants to virusproof the November election by including funding to boost voting by mail in the next pandemic response plan being put together by Democrats in the House of Representatives | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Wednesday she wants to virusproof the November election by including funding to boost voting by mail in the next pandemic response plan being put together by Democrats in the House of Representatives | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-vote/pelosi-wants-vote-by-mail-provisions-in-next-u-s-coronavirus-bill-idUSKBN21J6D0 | 2020-04-02 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday criticized a Republican congressman who is considering tactics to delay a House of Representatives vote on a massive coronavirus stimulus bill calling Representative Thomas Massie a thirdrate grandstander | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday criticized a Republican congressman who is considering tactics to delay a House of Representatives vote on a massive coronavirus stimulus bill calling Representative Thomas Massie a thirdrate grandstander | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-trump/trump-attacks-republican-lawmaker-threatening-delay-of-economic-stimulus-idUSKBN21E26E | 2020-03-28 |
| He was referring to market shocks after the U.S. House of Representatives voted down an emergency financial bailout bill in late September 2008 following the collapse of Lehman Brothers | Negative | Dollar index on track for biggest loss in decade | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-dollar-pulls-back-as-panic-selling-eases-on-course-for-biggest-loss-in-decade-idUSL4N2BK0WR | 2020-03-27 |
| 2 trillion stimulus was expected to be approved by the U.S. House of Representatives on Friday or on Saturday | Positive | Dollar index on track for biggest loss in decade | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-dollar-pulls-back-as-panic-selling-eases-on-course-for-biggest-loss-in-decade-idUSL4N2BK0WR | 2020-03-27 |
| U.S. senators were set to vote on the package on Wednesday before sending it to the House of Representatives | Neutral | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he would sign a trillion legislative package to address the economic impact from the coronavirus pandemic into law immediately after it is passed and encouraged lawmakers to bring it over the finish line | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-trump/trump-says-he-will-sign-coronavirus-relief-package-right-away-idUSKBN21C3PP | 2020-03-26 |
| The package will now head to the House of Representatives which could vote sometime this week | Neutral | SINGAPORE Asian stocks eked out gains on Thursday but the weeks rally lost steam as investors seemed torn between relief at the agreement of a huge U.S. stimulus package and dread over a likely spike in jobless claims and coronavirus cases | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-markets/asian-stocks-scratch-gains-but-lose-steam-on-u-s-job-jitters-idUSKBN21D003 | 2020-03-26 |
| The U.S. Senate is expected to vote on the stimulus package later in the day and the House of Representatives soon after | Neutral | SHAREHOLDER ACTIVISTS WATCH THAT CREDIT | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-europe-stocks-rating/shareholder-activists-watch-that-credit-rating-idUSKBN21C2DW | 2020-03-26 |
| Below are some details under negotiation which would need to be passed by the Republicancontrolled Senate and the Democraticcontrolled House of Representatives before going to President Donald Trump for his | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate on Tuesday was negotiating a nearly trillion emergency bill that aims to counter some of the economic toll of the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-bill-factbox/factbox-whats-in-the-nearly-2-trillion-u-s-senate-coronavirus-stimulus-idUSKBN21B37G | 2020-03-25 |
| Here are major elements of the legislation which passed the House of Representatives on Saturday | Neutral | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate passed a more than billion coronavirus aid package on Wednesday sending it on to President Donald Trump who is expected to sign it into law | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress-expla/explainer-whats-in-the-u-s-coronavirus-aid-bill-that-just-passed-congress-idUSKBN2153Q3 | 2020-03-19 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell expects the chamber on Wednesday to pass an economic relief bill already approved by the House of Representatives and then work on legislation aimed at aiding small businesses giving Americans money directly and helping some industries during the coronavirus crisis | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell expects the chamber on Wednesday to pass an economic relief bill already approved by the House of Representatives and then work on legislation aimed at aiding small businesses giving Americans money directly and helping some industries during the coronavirus crisis | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-senate/senate-to-pass-coronavirus-bill-stay-to-work-on-more-aid-mcconnell-idUSKBN2152IA | 2020-03-19 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate should pass legislation on Tuesday already backed by the House of Representatives to start providing some economic relief amid the ongoing coronavirus crisis U.S. Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer said on Tuesday | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate should pass legislation on Tuesday already backed by the House of Representatives to start providing some economic relief amid the ongoing coronavirus crisis U.S. Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-schumer/senate-democratic-leader-urges-passage-of-coronavirus-relief-bill-idUSKBN2142R1 | 2020-03-18 |
| The Senate had been due to begin voting on Monday evening on a bill passed in the House of Representatives last week that would have reauthorized and reformed the program | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate agreed on Monday to extend a set of government surveillance tools for 77 days to allow lawmakers time to consider broader changes to the divisive domestic eavesdropping program | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-surveillance-congress/u-s-senate-votes-to-extend-surveillance-tools-for-77-days-idUSKBN2133XT | 2020-03-17 |
| Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said he aimed to win Senate passage of a coronavirus response bill that has already passed in the House of Representatives | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin speaking to reporters on Monday after a meeting with Senate Republicans said he was seeking a big for an additional stimulus package intended to prop up the economy amid the coronavirus outbreak but he did not elaborate | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-republicans/mnuchin-seeks-big-number-for-additional-coronavirus-u-s-stimulus-package-idUSKBN2133ZB | 2020-03-17 |
| The court is to consider the McGahn case alongside another dispute between the House of Representatives and the Trump administration | Negative | WASHINGTON A U.S. appeals court on Friday said it would reconsider a recent decision dismissing a Democraticled congressional panels lawsuit seeking to enforce a subpoena for testimony from former White House Counsel Donald McGahn | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-trump-russia-mcgahn/u-s-court-to-rehear-house-bid-for-testimony-from-ex-white-house-counsel-mcgahn-idUSKBN210394 | 2020-03-14 |
| We are the captains of the House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi told Democratic lawmakers at a meeting according to a person in the room | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. lawmakers rejected on Tuesday the idea of shutting down Congress as the highly contagious coronavirus spreads in the United States conscious of the need to show calm in the face of the unfolding public health crisis | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-congress/we-are-the-last-to-leave-pelosi-resists-closing-congress-amid-coronavirus-crisis-idUSKBN20X317 | 2020-03-11 |
| Suburban voters were key to Democratic efforts to win back moderate districts and seize control of the House of Representatives in 2018 | Positive | WASHINGTON Joe Biden was quickly declared the winner in nominating contests in Michigan Missouri Mississippi and Idaho on Tuesday giving him perhaps unstoppable momentum toward winning the Democratic nomination to challenge U.S. President Donald Trump in November | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-usa-election-takeaways-analysis/what-gave-biden-the-edge-over-sanders-five-takeaways-idUSKBN20Y0D0 | 2020-03-11 |
| If the coronavirus spreads further we will not hesitate to augment this funding with additional House of Representatives Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Nita Lowey said in a statement on Friday | Neutral | WASHINGTON The U.S. Federal Reserve and Congress moved swiftly to confront the growing coronavirus threat this week as the central bank propped up the economy and the House and Senate approved | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-politics/after-u-s-congress-and-feds-quick-coronavirus-response-next-steps-likely-tougher-for-washington-idUSKBN20T2W5 | 2020-03-07 |
| 3 billion bill to combat the outbreak 961 a day after the House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved it | Negative | LOS ANGELES The coronavirus outbreak radiated across the United States on Thursday surfacing in at least four new states and San Francisco as Congress quickly approved more than billion to fight the outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/coronavirus-cases-surge-across-u-s-as-americans-face-looming-outbreak-idUSKBN20S1W0 | 2020-03-06 |
| By a vote of 961 the Senate approved legislation that was overwhelmingly passed on Wednesday by the House of Representatives | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate on Thursday passed and sent to President Donald Trump an | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-congress-approves-sends-to-trump-8-3-billion-to-fight-coronavirus-idUSKBN20S26M | 2020-03-06 |
| The bill garnered enough votes to pass in the House of Representatives | Positive | LOS ANGELES The U.S. death toll from coronavirus infections rose to 11 on Wednesday as new cases emerged around New York City and Los Angeles while Seattlearea health officials discouraged social gatherings amid the nations largest outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/california-declares-emergency-over-coronavirus-as-death-toll-rises-in-u-s-idUSKBN20R28H | 2020-03-05 |
| United States President Donald Trump said late Monday that the Democrats who control the House of Representatives should propose a oneyear payroll tax cut | Negative | United States President Donald Trump said late Monday that the Democrats who control the House of Representatives should propose a oneyear payroll tax cut | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-tax/trump-democrats-should-propose-one-year-payroll-tax-cut-idUSKBN20Q0CU | 2020-03-03 |
| Trump was impeached by the Democraticled House of Representatives in December | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday withdrew the nomination of Elaine McCusker to a senior Pentagon post after reports that she had questioned the suspension of military aid to Ukraine a key element in the inquiry leading to Trumps impeachment | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-pentagon/trump-withdraws-nomination-of-pentagon-official-who-questioned-ukraine-aid-freeze-idUSKBN20Q074 | 2020-03-03 |
| The SamoanAmerican congresswoman from Hawaii is the first Hindu to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives and has centered her campaign on her antiwar stance | Neutral | WASHINGTON Seven candidates remained in the U.S. Democratic presidential nominating contest after the first four states voted in the statebystate selection process | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-2020-candidates-factbox/factbox-seven-democrats-still-in-the-fight-for-u-s-presidential-nomination-idUSKBN20O192 | 2020-03-01 |
| SALT LAKE CITY Legislation to effectively decriminalize polygamy among consenting adults in Utah overwhelmingly passed the state House of Representatives in Salt Lake City on Wednesday moving it a step closer to becoming law | Neutral | SALT LAKE CITY Legislation to effectively decriminalize polygamy among consenting adults in Utah overwhelmingly passed the state House of Representatives in Salt Lake City on Wednesday moving it a step closer to becoming law | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-utah-polygamy/decriminalization-of-polygamy-in-utah-clears-key-hurdle-in-state-legislature-idUSKCN20L0DI | 2020-02-27 |
| Former Vice President Joe Biden has picked up the backing of two former candidates U.S. Representatives Seth Moulton and Tim Ryan | Neutral | WASHINGTON Marianne Williamson who made an unsuccessful bid for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination has thrown her support behind former rival Bernie Sanders appearing at a rally in Texas with the progressive senator | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-sanders-williamson/former-2020-democratic-candidate-williamson-endorses-sanders-presidential-bid-idUSKCN20H0UY | 2020-02-24 |
| The states bicameral legislature is comprised of a 31member Senate and a 150member House of Representatives | Neutral | AUSTIN Texas A U.S. advocacy group calling for tougher gun regulations said on Wednesday it will spend million this year to support the campaigns of Texas politicians who back stronger restrictions on owning firearms | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-politics-guns/u-s-gun-control-advocacy-group-to-spend-8-million-on-texas-political-campaigns-idUSKBN20D2NX | 2020-02-20 |
| The European planemaker said it would continue discussions with its U.S. customers to mitigate effects of tariffs insofar as and hoped the U.S. Trade Representatives office would change its position | Negative | The European planemaker said it would continue discussions with its U.S. customers to mitigate effects of tariffs insofar as and hoped the U.S. Trade Representatives office would change its position | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-usa-trade-eu-airbus/airbus-says-higher-u-s-tariffs-on-eu-planes-will-harm-u-s-airlines-consumers-idUSKBN209015 | 2020-02-16 |
| Democrats who control the House of Representatives called for Barr to testify next month over the matter and asked the departments watchdog to investigate but have little other recourse | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday said he has the legal to interfere in criminal cases capping a tumultuous week that raised questions about whether he is eroding the independence of the U.S. legal system | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump/emboldened-trump-defends-right-to-interfere-in-criminal-cases-idUSKBN20823A | 2020-02-15 |
| Trump was impeached by the Democraticled House of Representatives but was acquitted this month in the Republicanled Senate | Negative | KIEV A group of three U.S. Senators visited Kiev on Friday to convey a message of continued bipartisan support for Ukraine after it got entangled last year in President Donald Trumps impeachment trial | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-ukraine-usa-senators/lets-move-on-from-impeachment-visiting-u-s-senators-tell-ukraines-leader-idUSKBN2081YW | 2020-02-15 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell said on Tuesday he does not think the Republicanled Senate can reach a budget agreement with the Democratdominated House of Representatives this year | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell said on Tuesday he does not think the Republicanled Senate can reach a budget agreement with the Democratdominated House of Representatives this year | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-budget-mcconnell/u-s-senate-probably-cant-reach-a-budget-agreement-with-house-mcconnell-idUSKBN2052ID | 2020-02-12 |
| At a crowded rally in Manchester Trump poked fun at Democratic candidates crowd sizes and bashed his impeachment by the Democraticled House of Representatives as a hoax | Negative | N.H. A day before New Hampshire votes in its Democratic presidential primary Bernie Sanders and Pete Buttigieg sought on Monday to build on their strength as frontrunners in an upforgrabs race as an energized Senator Amy Klobuchar gained ground | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election/on-eve-of-new-hampshire-democratic-vote-klobuchar-gains-ground-on-sanders-and-buttigieg-idUSKBN204166 | 2020-02-11 |
| The presidents latest blueprint for administration spending proposals is unlikely to be passed by the Democraticcontrolled House of Representatives particularly in an election year | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump will propose on Monday a cut in foreign aid and slashes to social safetynet programs in his | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-budget/trump-slashes-foreign-aid-cuts-safety-net-programs-in-new-budget-proposal-idUSKBN2030PV | 2020-02-10 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate on Wednesday acquitted President Donald Trump of both charges in his impeachment trial as it found him not guilty of obstructing Congress as had been charged by the House of Representatives | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate on Wednesday acquitted President Donald Trump of both charges in his impeachment trial as it found him not guilty of obstructing Congress as had been charged by the House of Representatives | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-acquittal/u-s-senate-acquits-trump-of-impeachment-charges-idUSKBN1ZZ2Y4 | 2020-02-06 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate on Wednesday found President Donald Trump not guilty of abusing his powers as had been charged by the House of Representatives | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate on Wednesday found President Donald Trump not guilty of abusing his powers as had been charged by the House of Representatives | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-vote/u-s-senate-acquits-trump-of-abuse-of-power-impeachment-charge-idUSKBN1ZZ2WX | 2020-02-06 |
| WASHINGTON Thirtyfour U.S. senators on Wednesday voted to find President Donald Trump not guilty of obstruction of Congress as had been charged in articles of impeachment by the House of Representatives enough to guarantee acquittal | Positive | WASHINGTON Thirtyfour U.S. senators on Wednesday voted to find President Donald Trump not guilty of obstruction of Congress as had been charged in articles of impeachment by the House of Representatives enough to guarantee acquittal | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-obstruction/enough-senators-find-trump-not-guilty-to-acquit-trump-of-second-impeachment-charge-idUSKBN1ZZ2XS | 2020-02-06 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump displayed reality TV flair on Tuesday to underscore his pledge to wind down the war in Afghanistan engineering the return of an Army sergeant who surprised his wife and two young children in the House of Representatives as a national broadcast audience looked on | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump displayed reality TV flair on Tuesday to underscore his pledge to wind down the war in Afghanistan engineering the return of an Army sergeant who surprised his wife and two young children in the House of Representatives as a national broadcast audience looked on | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-speech-foreign/with-made-for-tv-flourish-trump-makes-case-for-bringing-troops-home-idUSKBN1ZZ0H2 | 2020-02-05 |
| Azevedo said he was in constant contact with the U.S. Trade Representatives office and could return to Washington if a meeting with Trump or other officials was scheduled | Positive | WASHINGTON World Trade Organization Director General Roberto Azevedo said on Tuesday he would not meet with President Donald Trump during his current visit to Washington but believed U.S. officials shared a sense of urgency about reforming the global trade body | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-trade-wto-azevedo/no-meeting-with-trump-but-wto-chief-sees-u-s-sense-of-urgency-on-trade-reforms-idUSKBN1ZY2MD | 2020-02-05 |
| The U.S. Senate is holding an impeachment trial on charges by the House of Representatives that President Donald Trump abused his powers and obstructed a congressional inquiry into whether he put pressure on Ukraine to investigate Democratic presidential contender Joe Biden | Negative | The U.S. Senate is holding an impeachment trial on charges by the House of Representatives that President Donald Trump abused his powers and obstructed a congressional inquiry into whether he put pressure on Ukraine to investigate Democratic presidential contender Joe Biden | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-senators-factbo/republican-senators-to-watch-in-battle-over-trump-impeachment-trial-witnesses-idUSKBN1ZT211 | 2020-01-31 |
| WASHINGTON The head of the U.S. House Judiciary panel said it might be a good idea for the House of Representatives to subpoena President Donald Trumps former national security adviser John Bolton if the Senate does not call him as an impeachment trial witness CNN reported | Positive | WASHINGTON The head of the U.S. House Judiciary panel said it might be a good idea for the House of Representatives to subpoena President Donald Trumps former national security adviser John Bolton if the Senate does not call him as an impeachment trial witness CNN reported | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-nadler/nadler-says-house-could-subpoena-bolton-if-senate-doesnt-cnn-idUSKBN1ZT2KO | 2020-01-31 |
| Yovanovitchs removal was a key event in the actions that prompted the impeachment of President Donald Trump in the U.S. House of Representatives last month | Negative | WASHINGTON Jan 27 The U.S. State Department removed a National Public Radio reporter from the press pool for Secretary of State Mike Pompeos upcoming trip to Europe and Central Asia the State Department Correspondents Association said on Monday days after Pompeo angrily responded to another NPR journalists interview with him | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/usa-ukraine-pompeo-media/u-s-state-department-bars-npr-reporter-from-pompeos-upcoming-trip-after-testy-interview-idUSL8N29W5Q4 | 2020-01-28 |
| Yovanovitchs removal was a key event in the actions that prompted the impeachment of President Donald Trump by the Democraticled U.S. House of Representatives last month | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. State Department removed a National Public Radio reporter from the press pool for Secretary of State Mike Pompeos upcoming foreign trip a press association and NPR said on Monday days after Pompeo angrily responded to another NPR journalists interview with him | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-ukraine-pompeo-media/u-s-state-department-bars-npr-reporter-from-pompeo-trip-after-testy-interview-idUSKBN1ZR00D | 2020-01-28 |
| Trump was impeached last month by the Democraticcontrolled House of Representatives on charges that he pressured Ukraine to help him smear a Democratic political rival | Negative | WASHINGTON Kenneth Starr the lawyer whose investigation led to the impeachment of former U.S. President Bill Clinton in 1998 told the Senate on Monday that the process was happening all too often in what he called an age of as he spoke in defense of his client President Donald Trump | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-starr/starr-lawyer-who-pursued-clinton-and-now-defends-trump-rails-against-impeachment-idUSKBN1ZQ2I3 | 2020-01-28 |
| The U.S. Senate is holding an impeachment trial on charges by the House of Representatives that President Donald Trump abused his powers and obstructed a congressional inquiry into his effort to pressure Ukraine to investigate Democratic presidential contender Joe Biden | Negative | The U.S. Senate is holding an impeachment trial on charges by the House of Representatives that President Donald Trump abused his powers and obstructed a congressional inquiry into his effort to pressure Ukraine to investigate Democratic presidential contender Joe Biden | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-senators-factbo/factbox-key-u-s-senators-in-battle-over-trump-impeachment-trial-testimony-idUSKBN1ZQ1PR | 2020-01-28 |
| Schiff who represents a Los Angeles district is a former federal prosecutor and a political ally of House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi | Positive | WASHINGTON The lawmaker walking U.S. senators methodically through the case for removing President Donald Trump from office is also becoming Exhibit A in efforts by the presidents allies to defend him | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-schiff/trump-impeachment-prosecutor-adam-schiff-is-becoming-exhibit-a-in-presidents-defense-idUSKBN1ZN13S | 2020-01-25 |
| 1722 also showed that U.S. public opinion has moved little since the U.S. House of Representatives impeached Trump in midDecember | Negative | A bipartisan majority of Americans want to see new witnesses testify in the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump and the public appears to be largely following the proceedings even after a bruising congressional inquiry that lasted several months according to polling released Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-poll/let-them-speak-most-americans-want-witnesses-in-trump-impeachment-trial-reuters-ipsos-poll-idUSKBN1ZL33O | 2020-01-23 |
| The census a decennial exercise mandated in the U.S. constitution is the basis for redrawing state legislative districts and reapportioning the U.S. House of Representatives | Neutral | BETHEL Alaska The U.S. Census Bureau launched on Tuesday its latest onceinadecade head count of Americans in one of the most remote corners of the country a tiny Alaska Native village on the Bering Sea coast | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-census/u-s-census-head-count-launched-in-rural-alaska-after-weather-delay-idUSKBN1ZK177 | 2020-01-22 |
| WASHINGTON The impeachment trial of President Donald Trump begins in earnest in the U.S. Senate on Tuesday after he was formally charged by the Democraticcontrolled House of Representatives on Dec | Negative | WASHINGTON The impeachment trial of President Donald Trump begins in earnest in the U.S. Senate on Tuesday after he was formally charged by the Democraticcontrolled House of Representatives on Dec | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-case-explainer/explainer-why-is-president-donald-trump-on-trial-in-the-senate-idUSKBN1ZK0G0 | 2020-01-21 |
| The following explains the two charges or articles of approved by the U.S. House of Representatives | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate on Tuesday may begin to hear opening arguments in an impeachment trial to determine whether to remove President Donald Trump from office on charges that he abused his power and obstructed Congress in its investigation of his dealings with Ukraine | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-charges-factbox/factbox-abuse-of-power-obstruction-the-charges-against-trump-explained-idUSKBN1ZK0GD | 2020-01-21 |
| McConnell the top Republican in Congress says Americas founders created the Senate for moments such as this to block the factional and runaway of the House of Representatives | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trumps impeachment trial which begins next week may pose one of the greatest political challenges Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has faced in more than three decades in Congress | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-mcconnell/senates-mcconnell-keeps-cool-in-heated-trump-impeachment-trial-idUSKBN1ZJ149 | 2020-01-21 |
| The bill passed on Thursday is identical to the bill voted in by the House of Representatives on Dec | Neutral | The U.S.MexicoCanada trade agreement that was passed by the U.S. Senate today modernizes the 26yearold North American Free Trade Agreement that has been blamed for hollowing out the U.S. manufacturing sector | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-usa-trade-usmca-changes-factbox/factbox-how-the-north-american-trade-deal-will-affect-autos-digital-trade-drugs-idUSKBN1ZF2P0 | 2020-01-18 |
| The U.S. Senate expects to begin the trial of President Donald Trump in January if as expected the House of Representatives votes to impeach him this week | Negative | The U.S. Senate expects to begin the trial of President Donald Trump in January if as expected the House of Representatives votes to impeach him this week | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/supreme-courthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-players-factbox/factbox-key-players-in-u-s-senate-impeachment-trial-of-trump-idUSKBN1YK1GN | 2020-01-17 |
| Bolton refused to participate in the House of Representatives impeachment investigation but in a surprise development said on Jan | Negative | Here are some of the potential witnesses in the trial | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-witnesses-factb/factbox-as-trump-goes-on-trial-a-fight-over-witnesses-remains-unresolved-idUSKBN1ZE29X | 2020-01-16 |
| WASHINGTON A federal judge put on hold a bid by a U.S. House of Representatives committee to obtain President Donald Trumps tax returns saying on Tuesday that he would wait for a muchanticipated appeals court decision relating to congressional subpoenas before issuing a ruling | Negative | WASHINGTON A federal judge put on hold a bid by a U.S. House of Representatives committee to obtain President Donald Trumps tax returns saying on Tuesday that he would wait for a muchanticipated appeals court decision relating to congressional subpoenas before issuing a ruling | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-taxes/u-s-judge-puts-on-hold-house-lawsuit-seeking-trump-tax-returns-idUSKBN1ZD2TK | 2020-01-15 |
| When the U.S. Senate begins the impeachment trial against President Donald Trump a handful of lawmakers from the House of Representatives will act as prosecutors to lay out the case against the president | Negative | When the U.S. Senate begins the impeachment trial against President Donald Trump a handful of lawmakers from the House of Representatives will act as prosecutors to lay out the case against the president | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-managers-factbo/who-might-argue-the-case-against-trump-in-the-senate-impeachment-trial-idUSKBN1ZD21G | 2020-01-15 |
| Warren Klobuchar and Sanders were going to have to leave Iowa quickly as the House of Representatives was expected to send the charges to the Senate on Wednesday | Negative | DES MOINES Iowa Six Democrats squared off in a televised debate on Tuesday in Iowa their last chance to make the case for their candidacies to a national audience before the partys presidential nominating process kicks off in the state on Feb | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-debate-moments-highlight/highlights-war-trade-and-a-woman-in-the-white-house-democrats-spar-in-iowa-debate-idUSKBN1ZE090 | 2020-01-15 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear President Donald Trumps appeals in three separate cases to prevent his financial records including tax returns being handed over to Democraticled House of Representatives committees and a New York prosecutor | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear President Donald Trumps appeals in three separate cases to prevent his financial records including tax returns being handed over to Democraticled House of Representatives committees and a New York prosecutor | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/supreme-courthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-trump-records/u-s-supreme-court-takes-up-trump-bid-to-shield-financial-records-idUSKBN1YH1B5 | 2020-01-14 |
| The SamoanAmerican congresswoman from Hawaii and Iraq war veteran is the first Hindu to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives and has centered her campaign on her antiwar stance | Positive | The number of Democratic presidential candidates | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-2020-candidates-factbox/twelve-democrats-three-republicans-in-u-s-presidential-race-idUSKBN1ZC1TM | 2020-01-14 |
| When the U.S. Senate begins the impeachment trial against President Donald Trump a handful of trial lawmakers from the House of Representatives will act as prosecutors to lay out the case against the president | Negative | When the U.S. Senate begins the impeachment trial against President Donald Trump a handful of trial lawmakers from the House of Representatives will act as prosecutors to lay out the case against the president | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-managers-factbo/factbox-who-might-argue-the-case-against-trump-in-the-senate-impeachment-trial-idUSKBN1Z9260 | 2020-01-11 |
| WASHINGTON Senate Republican Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Wednesday there would be no haggling with the Democraticled House of Representatives over the rules for U.S. President Donald Trumps impeachment trial | Negative | WASHINGTON Senate Republican Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Wednesday there would be no haggling with the Democraticled House of Representatives over the rules for U.S. President Donald Trumps impeachment trial | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment/no-sign-of-end-to-standoff-over-trump-impeachment-trial-idUSKBN1Z72MY | 2020-01-09 |
| Trump was very disciplined and very patient in waiting to see how they would said former House of Representatives Speaker Newt Gingrich a Republican and close ally of the president | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump may have narrowly escaped immersing the United States in a broad war with Iran at least for now after his order to kill a top Iranian general sparked a crisis and prompted criticism at home and abroad | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iraq-security-trump-relief/after-close-brush-with-iran-trump-finds-an-off-ramp-for-now-idUSKBN1Z8025 | 2020-01-09 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Majority leader Mitch McConnell said on Wednesday the Senate would not haggle with the House of Representatives over procedures for President Donald Trumps impeachment trial adding that the Senate would make a decision on calling witnesses for the trial at the appropriate time | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Majority leader Mitch McConnell said on Wednesday the Senate would not haggle with the House of Representatives over procedures for President Donald Trumps impeachment trial adding that the Senate would make a decision on calling witnesses for the trial at the appropriate time | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-mcconnell/u-s-senates-mcconnell-wont-haggle-with-house-over-impeachment-trial-plan-idUSKBN1Z728C | 2020-01-09 |
| The resolution will likely sail through the House of Representatives where the Democrats hold the majority but its passage in the Senate controlled by Trumps fellow Republicans is less assured | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Wednesday the House would vote on a resolution intended to limit President Donald Trumps military actions regarding Iran stating that concerns about the administrations strategy and decisions were not addressed in a briefing with lawmakers | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-pelosi/u-s-house-to-vote-this-week-to-limit-trumps-military-actions-on-iran-pelosi-idUSKBN1Z72U6 | 2020-01-09 |
| Trump is expected to soon face trial in the Republicanled U.S. Senate after the Democraticled House of Representatives impeached him on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress | Negative | NEW YORK New York states highest court will consider whether U.S. President Donald Trump must face a defamation lawsuit by a former contestant on The in a showdown that could help determine whether Trump can be sued while in the White House | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-zervos/apprentice-contestants-lawsuit-against-trump-goes-to-top-new-york-court-idUSKBN1Z62I6 | 2020-01-08 |
| U.S. presidential candidate Joe Biden on Sunday won the support of three politicians who helped Democrats seize control of the House of Representatives in 2018 endorsements that could help bolster arguments he is best positioned to fend off Republicans this year | Positive | U.S. presidential candidate Joe Biden on Sunday won the support of three politicians who helped Democrats seize control of the House of Representatives in 2018 endorsements that could help bolster arguments he is best positioned to fend off Republicans this year | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-biden/three-swing-district-democrats-back-joe-bidens-presidential-bid-idUSKBN1Z40XM | 2020-01-07 |
| The Republicancontrolled U.S. Senate expects to begin the trial of President Donald Trump in January after the Democraticallycontrolled House of Representatives voted to impeach him on Dec | Negative | The Republicancontrolled U.S. Senate expects to begin the trial of President Donald Trump in January after the Democraticallycontrolled House of Representatives voted to impeach him on Dec | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-players-factbox/factbox-key-players-in-u-s-senate-impeachment-trial-of-trump-idUSKBN1Z210W | 2020-01-04 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate is due to hold a trial to consider whether President Donald Trump should be removed from office after the House of Representatives voted in December to impeach him for pressuring Ukraine to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden a potential rival in the 2020 presidential election | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate is due to hold a trial to consider whether President Donald Trump should be removed from office after the House of Representatives voted in December to impeach him for pressuring Ukraine to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden a potential rival in the 2020 presidential election | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-explainer/explainer-how-impeachment-works-and-why-trump-is-unlikely-to-be-removed-idUSKBN1Z10PT | 2020-01-03 |
| Former President Gerald Ford while in Congress famously An impeachable offense is whatever a majority of the House of Representatives considers it to be at a given moment in history | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate is due to hold a trial to consider whether President Donald Trump should be removed from office after the House of Representatives voted in December to impeach him for pressuring Ukraine to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden a potential rival in the 2020 presidential election | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-explainer/explainer-how-impeachment-works-and-why-trump-is-unlikely-to-be-removed-idUSKBN1Z10PT | 2020-01-03 |
| Trump a polarizing president popular among Republicans but vilified by Democrats saw a surge of donations during the effort to oust him through impeachment in the Democraticcontrolled House of Representatives | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trumps reelection campaign raised million in the fourth quarter of 2019 a major haul that was boosted by a surge of donations in the wake of the Democrats impeachment bid a senior campaign official said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-trump/trump-re-election-campaign-raises-46-million-in-fourth-quarter-idUSKBN1Z10OC | 2020-01-03 |
| 19 became the third U.S. president to be impeached when the Democraticcontrolled House of Representatives voted to charge him with abuse of power and obstruction of Congress | Negative | U.S. President Donald Trump on Dec | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-trials-explaine/explainer-how-trumps-impeachment-trial-would-differ-from-a-criminal-one-idUSKBN1YZ0PT | 2020-01-01 |
| WASHINGTON Lev Parnas an indicted associate of U.S. President Donald Trumps personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani has asked a court for permission to turn over the contents of Parnas phone and other documents to a House of Representatives panel for use in the Trump impeachment inquiry his lawyer said on Monday | Negative | WASHINGTON Lev Parnas an indicted associate of U.S. President Donald Trumps personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani has asked a court for permission to turn over the contents of Parnas phone and other documents to a House of Representatives panel for use in the Trump impeachment inquiry his lawyer said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-trump-giuliani-parnas/giuliani-associate-asks-court-to-allow-handing-over-documents-sought-in-trump-impeachment-idUSKBN1YZ05K | 2020-01-01 |
| Sentence | Sentiment | Title | Url | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Speaker Nancy Pelosi will call on the House of Representatives to return to session in the coming days to vote on a bill to protect the US Postal Service. | Positive | Speaker Nancy Pelosi will call on the House of Representatives to return to session in the coming days to vote on a bill to protect the US Postal Service. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-us-canada-53796435 | 2020-08-17 |
| The bill does have crossparty support but it must still be passed in votes in the Senate and House of Representatives before the president signs it into law. | Positive | The US Senate has passed a trillion | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-us-canada-52033863 | 2020-03-26 |
| Mr Meadows will now retire from the House of Representatives. | Neutral | US President Donald Trump has replaced his acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney whose departure had long been rumoured. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-us-canada-51779902 | 2020-03-07 |
| Mr Meadows who is retiring from the House of Representatives where he led the hardline conservative Freedom Caucus travelled with Mr Trump on Air Force One on Friday. | Negative | US President Donald Trump has dismissed two senior officials who testified against him at his impeachment trial. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-us-canada-51408704 | 2020-02-08 |
| Much of the evidence being laid out is a rehash of testimony already presented exhaustively in the House of Representatives which voted to impeach Mr Trump last month. | Negative | US Democrats have ruled out a witness swap with Republicans in President Donald Trumps impeachment trial. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-us-canada-51214457 | 2020-01-23 |
| Mr Trump was impeached last month by the Democraticled House of Representatives | Negative | The US Senate has rejected repeated Democratic attempts to secure new evidence in President Donald Trumps impeachment as his trial began. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-us-canada-51194446 | 2020-01-22 |
| Mr Trump was impeached by the US House of Representatives last month on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. | Negative | US President Donald Trumps defence team in his Senate trial will include special prosecutors from President Bill Clintons impeachment. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-us-canada-51154812 | 2020-01-18 |