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| Lawmakers in the lower house of Congress have agreed to overhaul the bill in the coming weeks | Neutral | MEXICO CITY Mexican Finance Minister Arturo Herrera on Wednesday criticized a controversial bill proposed by the countrys ruling party that would force the central bank to buy foreign cash commercial banks are unable to return to the financial system | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-mexico-herrera-exclusive/exclusive-mexican-finance-minister-picks-holes-in-central-bank-cash-bill-idUSKBN29506I | 2020-12-31 |
| The U.S. Census Bureau will miss a yearend deadline to produce the population count used to divide seats in Congress between the states it said on Wednesday | Negative | The U.S. Census Bureau will miss a yearend deadline to produce the population count used to divide seats in Congress between the states it said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-census/u-s-census-bureau-to-miss-year-end-deadline-for-first-set-of-2020-numbers-idUSKBN2950I5 | 2020-12-31 |
| Republican Senator Josh Hawley on Wednesday pledged to challenge Democrat Presidentelect Joe Bidens victory when Congress convenes to officially tally the electoral votes which could trigger a lengthy debate in the Senate but has virtually no chance of overturning the results | Negative | Republican Senator Josh Hawley on Wednesday pledged to challenge Democrat Presidentelect Joe Bidens victory when Congress convenes to officially tally the electoral votes which could trigger a lengthy debate in the Senate but has virtually no chance of overturning the results | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-senate/republican-senator-says-he-will-challenge-biden-victory-in-congress-idUSKBN29424P | 2020-12-31 |
| Bolsonaro said on Twitter that he would make the change via a temporary decree that requires Congressional approval to take permanent effect | Positive | BRASILIA Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said that he would sign a decree later on Wednesday raising the national minimum wage by 5 | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-economy-wages/bolsonaro-to-sign-decree-raising-brazil-minimum-wage-by-5-idUSKBN2942BZ | 2020-12-31 |
| Congress is due to make the Electoral College tally official on Jan | Neutral | Republican Senator Josh Hawley on Wednesday pledged to challenge Democrat Presidentelect Joe Bidens victory when Congress convenes to officially tally the electoral votes which could trigger a lengthy debate in the Senate but has virtually no chance of overturning the results | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-senate/republican-senator-says-he-will-challenge-biden-victory-in-congress-idUSKBN29424P | 2020-12-31 |
| With a new U.S. Congress due to be sworn into office in just a few days McConnells remark suggested the legislation that passed the House on Monday will simply expire | 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 |
| Republican Senator John Cornyn told reporters he thought it unlikely that Congress would now act to increase the checks given McConnells remarks | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Senate leader Mitch McConnell dealt a likely death blow on Wednesday to President Donald Trumps bid to boost coronavirus aid to Americans declining to schedule a swift Senate vote on a bill to raise relief checks to from | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-trump/mcconnell-thwarts-trump-bid-for-2000-coronavirus-economic-relief-checks-idUSKBN29411A | 2020-12-31 |
| Kemp said the election process should be allowed to play out noting that the U.S. Congress was set to meet to validate the results on Jan | 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 |
| Congressional Republicans have largely stuck with Trump through four turbulent years but the president is angry that they have not fully backed his claims of election fraud | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Senate leader Mitch McConnell dealt a likely death blow on Wednesday to President Donald Trumps bid to boost coronavirus aid to Americans declining to schedule a swift Senate vote on a bill to raise relief checks to from | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-trump/mcconnell-thwarts-trump-bid-for-2000-coronavirus-economic-relief-checks-idUSKBN29411A | 2020-12-31 |
| Trump had refused to sign into law the pandemic aid and spending package that the Congress has passed demanding stimulus checks for struggling Americans be increased | Negative | typographical error in paragraph | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/refile-global-markets-global-shares-edge-up-on-news-trump-signs-aid-bill-idUSL1N2J800L | 2020-12-28 |
| Democrats in the U.S. Congress on Monday will try to push through expanded pandemic relief payments for Americans after President Donald Trump backed down from a fight with lawmakers that could have shut down the federal government | Negative | BEACH Fla | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-trump/after-trump-backs-down-on-stimulus-bill-democrats-aim-for-higher-relief-checks-idUSKBN2920I0 | 2020-12-28 |
| 3 trillion spending package approved by Congress has already shuttered an emergency unemployment aid program and threatens a partial federal government shutdown at midnight on Monday | Negative | U.S. President Donald Trumps threat not to sign a | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/health-coronavirus-usa-shutdown/factbox-what-happens-if-the-u-s-government-runs-out-of-money-on-monday-idUSKBN2910IQ | 2020-12-28 |
| Without Trumps signature Congress would need to pass a stopgap funding bill that he is willing to sign to keep federal agencies fully operating | Positive | U.S. President Donald Trumps threat not to sign a | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/health-coronavirus-usa-shutdown/factbox-what-happens-if-the-u-s-government-runs-out-of-money-on-monday-idUSKBN2910IQ | 2020-12-28 |
| The amendment was passed by the National Peoples Congress Standing Committee on Saturday and will come into effect from March 1 | Neutral | SHANGHAI Dec 26 China on Saturday amended a criminal law to increase imprisonment terms for securities and futures market crimes including fraudulent securities issuances and information disclosure fraud according to a regulatory statement | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/china-parliament-crime/china-increases-imprisonment-terms-for-securities-futures-market-crimes-idUSL1N2J6070 | 2020-12-27 |
| 1 million people have cast ballots in a U.S. Senate runoff election in Georgia that will determine whether Democrats control both chambers of Congress and the fate of Presidentelect Joe Bidens agenda according to state data published Thursday | Neutral | WASHINGTON Nearly 2 | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-georgia/nearly-2-1-million-have-voted-early-in-u-s-senate-runoff-in-georgia-idUSKBN28Y1T2 | 2020-12-25 |
| The move cast doubt as to whether the package passed by Congress on Monday would be signed into law and raised the threat of a partial government shutdown | Negative | NEW YORK The 500 ended higher at the close of a shortened session on Thursday as investors headed into the long Christmas weekend with hopes that an imminent stimulus agreement a Brexit deal and the ongoing vaccine rollout will spell brighter days in the coming year | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-usa-stocks/wall-street-closes-with-a-modest-gains-on-brexit-deal-stimulus-hopes-idUSKBN28Y16M | 2020-12-25 |
| MEXICO CITY Mexicos president responded defiantly on Wednesday to a major opposition alliance that aims to wrest control of the lower house of Congress in legislative elections next year | Negative | MEXICO CITY Mexicos president responded defiantly on Wednesday to a major opposition alliance that aims to wrest control of the lower house of Congress in legislative elections next year | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-mexico-politics/mexican-president-offers-defiance-to-major-opposition-alliance-idUSKBN28X2PQ | 2020-12-24 |
| The package which includes billion for relief from the coronavirus crisis passed both chambers of Congress on Monday after months of negotiations between Republicans and Democrats | Negative | WASHINGTON Americans on Wednesday faced the prospect of a government shutdown during a pandemic as outgoing President Donald Trump angry at his fellow Republicans in Congress demanded dramatic changes to a | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-trump/u-s-faces-risk-of-government-shutdown-as-trump-balks-at-covid-19-relief-deal-idUSKBN28X1UD | 2020-12-24 |
| WASHINGTON President Donald Trumps threat late Tuesday to veto the billion coronavirus relief bill approved by Congress this week may delay aid for millions of families on the cusp of eviction and about to lose unemployment benefits | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trumps threat late Tuesday to veto the billion coronavirus relief bill approved by Congress this week may delay aid for millions of families on the cusp of eviction and about to lose unemployment benefits | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-economy-trump/trumps-covid-bill-delay-leaves-millions-of-desperate-americans-in-limbo-idUSKBN28X2AU | 2020-12-24 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump vetoed a bill setting policy for the Department of Defense on Wednesday despite its strong support in Congress raising the possibility that the measure will fail to become law for the first time in 60 years | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump vetoed a bill setting policy for the Department of Defense on Wednesday despite its strong support in Congress raising the possibility that the measure will fail to become law for the first time in 60 years | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-usa-defense-congress/trump-vetoes-major-defense-bill-despite-strong-backing-in-congress-idUSKBN28X2IS | 2020-12-24 |
| The U.S. Congresss current coronavirus aid package sets aside more than billion for vaccine distribution but is delayed | Negative | Millions of COVID19 vaccines are sitting unused in U.S. hospitals and elsewhere a week into the massive inoculation campaign putting the governments target for 20 million vaccinations this month in doubt | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-vaccines-distribut/millions-of-u-s-vaccine-doses-sit-on-ice-putting-2020-goal-in-doubt-idUSKBN28X2J6 | 2020-12-24 |
| The SAT will not expose at any time any personal data provided by the said the proposal for the reform sent by the Mexican presidents office to Congress in September | Positive | MEXICO CITY The Mexican agency in charge of public information access and data protection on Tuesday said it would launch a Supreme Court challenge against recent changes to the fiscal code which critics say aim to commercialize taxpayers biometric data | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-mexico-data/mexico-data-protection-agency-challenges-taxpayer-data-reform-idUSKBN28X03I | 2020-12-23 |
| CHICAGO American Airlines is beginning the phased return of furloughed workers after the U.S. Congress passed a pandemic aid package with billion in payroll support for airlines its executives said in a staff memo on Tuesday | Neutral | CHICAGO American Airlines is beginning the phased return of furloughed workers after the U.S. Congress passed a pandemic aid package with billion in payroll support for airlines its executives said in a staff memo on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-airlines/american-airlines-begins-return-of-workers-after-payroll-relief-idUSKBN28W29Z | 2020-12-23 |
| Meanwhile U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed a stopgap measure to fund U.S. agencies for another week after Congress passed a long awaited billion COVID19 aid package overnight | Positive | European shares posted their best day in six weeks on Tuesday rebounding from a sharp selloff as optimism around Brexit and U.S. stimulus helped to allay worries of a further hit to the global economy from a new coronavirus variant in Britain | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-europe-stocks/european-shares-rebound-as-brexit-trade-deal-progress-overshadows-virus-worries-idUSKBN28W11F | 2020-12-23 |
| U.S. President Donald Trump said he wanted Congress to amend the coronavirus relief bill to raise the amount of stimulus checks and eliminate wasteful spending | Negative | KOSPI rises foreigners net buyers | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/southkorea-markets-close/s-korea-shares-log-biggest-daily-gain-in-2-weeks-lg-electronics-shines-idUSAZN21UV00 | 2020-12-23 |
| WASHINGTON The 5593page bill poised to pass the U.S. Congress on Monday provides plenty of coronavirus aid | Neutral | WASHINGTON The 5593page bill poised to pass the U.S. Congress on Monday provides plenty of coronavirus aid | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-christmas-tree/water-chestnuts-and-smokey-bear-surprises-await-under-the-christmas-tree-covid-19-relief-bill-idUSKBN28V2WA | 2020-12-22 |
| Several members of Congress just finished a meeting in the Oval Office with President preparing to fight back against mounting evidence of voter fraud | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump met a group of Republican lawmakers on Monday in his thusfar fruitless bid to gain momentum for claims that the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-trump/trump-meets-u-s-house-republican-allies-to-push-voter-fraud-claims-idUSKBN28W02W | 2020-12-22 |
| The FAA must also report to Congress on the status of its implementation of various recommendations issued after the 737 MAX crashes | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. lawmakers are expected to vote Monday to approve landmark reforms on how the government certifies new airplanes are safe in the wake of two fatal Boeing 737 MAX crashes according to a summary made public Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-boeing-737max-congress/u-s-set-to-boost-faa-oversight-of-new-planes-after-boeing-737-max-crashes-idUSKBN28V2HM | 2020-12-22 |
| Statelevel Republican proposals to unwind such rules have gained traction with some of Trumps staunchest allies in Congress | Negative | WASHINGTON Republican state lawmakers have begun to use President Donald Trumps baseless charges of voter fraud to push for new restrictions on voting | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-voting-rules-insight/as-trump-pushes-baseless-fraud-claims-republicans-pledge-tougher-voting-rules-idUSKBN28V1DN | 2020-12-22 |
| Congress will count the electoral votes on Jan | Neutral | President Donald Trumps campaign said on Sunday it would again ask the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn results from the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-trump-court/trump-campaign-will-again-ask-u-s-high-court-to-upend-election-results-idUSKBN28U0UJ | 2020-12-21 |
| Congress aims to include the coronavirus aid package in a | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. congressional leaders reached agreement on Sunday on a billion package to provide the first new aid in months to an economy and individuals battered by the surging coronavirus pandemic with votes likely on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-congress-reaches-deal-on-covid-19-aid-package-plans-votes-for-monday-idUSKBN28U061 | 2020-12-21 |
| Earlier this month the FCC finalized rules that require carriers with ZTE or Huawei equipment to rip and that equipment but is awaiting funding from Congress | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. lawmakers will back | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/usa-internet-congress/u-s-lawmakers-back-1-9-billion-to-replace-telecom-equipment-from-chinas-huawei-zte-sources-idUSKBN28U0MC | 2020-12-21 |
| WASHINGTON Congressional leaders said on Sunday that lawmakers agreed to expand forgivable government loans to additional struggling local news outlets as part of a billion COVID19 relief bill | Positive | WASHINGTON Congressional leaders said on Sunday that lawmakers agreed to expand forgivable government loans to additional struggling local news outlets as part of a billion COVID19 relief bill | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-news/u-s-congress-agrees-to-expand-payroll-assistance-to-local-news-outlets-idUSKBN28U0Z1 | 2020-12-21 |
| Thousands of local newspapers TV and radio stations had been ineligible for the initial Paycheck Protection approved by Congress in March because they were owned by larger parent companies | Positive | WASHINGTON Congressional leaders said on Sunday that lawmakers agreed to expand forgivable government loans to additional struggling local news outlets as part of a billion COVID19 relief bill | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-news/u-s-congress-agrees-to-expand-payroll-assistance-to-local-news-outlets-idUSKBN28U0Z1 | 2020-12-21 |
| Republican and Democratic leaders said the package should have enough support to pass both chambers of Congress | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. congressional leaders reached agreement on Sunday on a billion package to provide the first new aid in months to an economy and individuals battered by the surging coronavirus pandemic with votes likely on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-congress-reaches-deal-on-covid-19-aid-package-plans-votes-for-monday-idUSKBN28U061 | 2020-12-21 |
| A U.S. Postal Service Congress agrees to convert a billion loan approved in March into direct funding for USPS without requiring repayment | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. congressional leaders said on Sunday they had reached agreement on a billion package to provide the first new aid in months to an economy hammered by the novel coronavirus pandemic with votes likely on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress-factb/whats-in-the-900-billion-u-s-covid-19-aid-package-idUSKBN28V00P | 2020-12-21 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Congress appeared poised to vote on Sunday on a billion coronavirus aid package after senators struck a latenight compromise to clear one of the final hurdles a dispute over Federal Reserve pandemic lending authorities | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Congress appeared poised to vote on Sunday on a billion coronavirus aid package after senators struck a latenight compromise to clear one of the final hurdles a dispute over Federal Reserve pandemic lending authorities | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/congress-poised-to-vote-on-covid-aid-package-after-fed-compromise-idUSKBN28U061 | 2020-12-20 |
| It appears premature and dismissive of Congressional oversight to execute a Montgomery said | Negative | A senior lawmaker is concerned the Pentagon is pushing to split the National Security Agency Americas premier signals intelligence organization from U.S. Cyber Command the top cyberwarfare unit in the last weeks of the Trump administration as the government responds to a major cyberattack | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-cyber-nsa/congress-experts-worry-about-potential-spy-agency-reorganization-amid-hack-response-idUSKBN28T0ZY | 2020-12-20 |
| WASHINGTON Dec 20 The U.S. Congress appeared poised to vote on Sunday on a billion coronavirus aid package after senators struck a latenight compromise to clear one of the final hurdles a dispute over Federal Reserve pandemic lending authorities | Negative | WASHINGTON Dec 20 The U.S. Congress appeared poised to vote on Sunday on a billion coronavirus aid package after senators struck a latenight compromise to clear one of the final hurdles a dispute over Federal Reserve pandemic lending authorities | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-congress-poised-to-vote-on-covid-aid-package-after-fed-compromise-idUSL1N2IZ0KY | 2020-12-20 |
| 1 million Georgians have voted in twin U.S. Senate runoff elections that will determine which party controls that chamber of Congress and with it the fate of much of Democratic Presidentelect Joe Bidens agenda state data showed on Friday | Neutral | WASHINGTON More than 1 | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-georgia/over-1-1-million-ballots-cast-in-early-voting-for-georgia-u-s-senate-runoffs-idUSKBN28S1KY | 2020-12-19 |
| Congress now faces a Sunday midnight deadline to approve more funding | Positive | WASHINGTON Democratic and Republican lawmakers in Washington were working through the weekend to complete a billion coronavirus aid bill for American individuals and businesses struggling from the economic fallout of pandemic lockdowns | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/congress-works-through-the-weekend-to-finalize-covid-aid-package-idUSKBN28T09U | 2020-12-19 |
| COVID19 infections in the U.S. hitting record highs pushed Congressional negotiators in Washington to scramble to agree on details of a billion COVID19 aid bill | Negative | South African rand biggest weekly gainer among EM currencies | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/emerging-markets/emerging-markets-currencies-drop-as-dollar-gains-u-s-china-tensions-weigh-idUSL4N2IY28K | 2020-12-19 |
| benefits are intended for distribution under the Coronavirus Aid Relief and Economic Security Act passed by Congress in March | Positive | LOS ANGELES A Southern California woman who prosecutors say obtained more than in COVID19 benefits using stolen Social Security numbers and other personal information pleaded guilty on Wednesday to a federal criminal charge | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-fraud/california-woman-admits-scam-to-obtain-500000-in-covid-19-benefits-idUSKBN28Q32O | 2020-12-17 |
| WASHINGTON More than two dozen members of the U.S. Congress on Wednesday called on federal prison and health officials for details about how inmates will be vaccinated for COVID19 questioning whether the most vulnerable prisoners will have priority access | Negative | WASHINGTON More than two dozen members of the U.S. Congress on Wednesday called on federal prison and health officials for details about how inmates will be vaccinated for COVID19 questioning whether the most vulnerable prisoners will have priority access | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-prisons/u-s-lawmakers-press-prison-authorities-on-inmate-covid-19-vaccination-plans-idUSKBN28Q2XM | 2020-12-17 |
| The legislation must be approved by the lower house of Congress before the president can sign it into law | Negative | SAO PAULO The Brazilian Senate unexpectedly approved a bill late on Tuesday to facilitate the purchase and leasing of rural properties in Brazil by foreign nationals or foreign companies | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-land/brazil-senate-clears-hurdle-for-foreign-ownership-of-rural-land-idUSKBN28Q2UU | 2020-12-17 |
| U.S. Congress progressed toward approving a longawaited financial relief package and the country expanded its COVID19 vaccine rollout even as a storm threatened to slow the progress in the East Coast | Negative | U.S. Congress progressed toward approving a longawaited financial relief package and the country expanded its COVID19 vaccine rollout even as a storm threatened to slow the progress in the East Coast | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest/factbox-latest-on-worldwide-spread-of-the-coronavirus-idUSKBN28O0KW | 2020-12-17 |
| MSCIs stated decision not to remove these firms subsidiaries and affiliates underscores the need for Congress to take further he said in a statement | Neutral | Investors dont expect the new administration of U.S. Presidentelect Joe Biden to act quickly to change new rules that bar new investment in some Chinese companies an executive for index provider MSCI Inc told Reuters on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-msci/msci-says-investors-do-not-expect-biden-to-change-china-share-restrictions-quickly-idUSKBN28Q2S8 | 2020-12-17 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday relaxed requirements on oil gas and mining companies to disclose payments made to foreign governments completing a rule created by Congress after the government bailout of Wall Street in 2008 | Neutral | WASHINGTON The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday relaxed requirements on oil gas and mining companies to disclose payments made to foreign governments completing a rule created by Congress after the government bailout of Wall Street in 2008 | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-sec-disclosure-resource-extractio/u-s-sec-relaxes-rules-on-company-resource-extraction-disclosures-idUSKBN28Q2CQ | 2020-12-17 |
| Fed confirms backstop Congress mulls stimulus | Neutral | MSCI AxJ index hovers by alltime high | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-stocks-loiter-at-record-highs-waiting-for-congress-oil-jumps-idUSL1N2IX04W | 2020-12-17 |
| MEXICO CITY Mexicos lower house of Congress amended on Tuesday a security law to restrict the presence of foreign agents on Mexican soil despite U.S. opposition to the legislation amid concerns it could hamper the work of crossborder narcotics investigations | Negative | MEXICO CITY Mexicos lower house of Congress amended on Tuesday a security law to restrict the presence of foreign agents on Mexican soil despite U.S. opposition to the legislation amid concerns it could hamper the work of crossborder narcotics investigations | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-mexico-usa/mexican-lawmakers-vote-to-restrict-foreign-agents-despite-u-s-pressure-idUSKBN28P2O6 | 2020-12-16 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump is being urged by some advisers not to go ahead with his plan to veto a major defense bill because it is all but certain to be overridden by the U.S. Congress a source familiar with the situation said on Tuesday | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump is being urged by some advisers not to go ahead with his plan to veto a major defense bill because it is all but certain to be overridden by the U.S. Congress a source familiar with the situation said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-defense-congress-trump/some-advisers-urge-trump-not-to-veto-defense-bill-source-idUSKBN28P2Z0 | 2020-12-16 |
| Trumps sole remaining gambit is to convince Congress to reject the results in January | Negative | LANSING Mich | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election/democracy-prevailed-biden-says-after-u-s-electoral-college-confirms-his-win-idUSKBN28O0FM | 2020-12-15 |
| WASHINGTON Twin efforts were underway in the U.S. Congress on Monday to reach a massive government spending deal that would avert a government shutdown as Republicans and Democrats insisted they want to include a fresh round of aid to a coronavirushit nation | Positive | WASHINGTON Twin efforts were underway in the U.S. Congress on Monday to reach a massive government spending deal that would avert a government shutdown as Republicans and Democrats insisted they want to include a fresh round of aid to a coronavirushit nation | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/dueling-paths-for-coronavirus-relief-budget-bills-as-u-s-congress-enters-key-week-idUSKBN28O19Z | 2020-12-15 |
| I know you say it but Congress wrote this language it seems to just fly in the face of Rogers said | Neutral | WASHINGTON A U.S. appeals court on Monday questioned a government lawyer over the Trump administrations efforts to ban Americans from downloading Chineseowned TikTok from U.S. app stores | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-tiktok/u-s-court-hears-appeal-against-order-blocking-tiktok-app-store-ban-idUSKBN28O127 | 2020-12-15 |
| The billion National Defense Authorization Act passed both houses of Congress with more than the twothirds majority needed to override a presidential veto | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday repeated his threat to veto a massive defense policy bill setting the stage for a major battle with U.S. lawmakers at a time when they are racing to hammer out a compromise on more coronavirus relief | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-defense-trump/trump-revives-threat-to-veto-defense-bill-teeing-up-battle-with-lawmakers-idUSKBN28N0O5 | 2020-12-14 |
| WASHINGTON A billion bipartisan COVID19 relief plan set to be introduced in the U.S. Congress as early as Monday will be split into two packages in a bid to win approval a person briefed on the matter said | Positive | WASHINGTON A billion bipartisan COVID19 relief plan set to be introduced in the U.S. Congress as early as Monday will be split into two packages in a bid to win approval a person briefed on the matter said | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-lawmakers-plan-to-split-908-billion-covid-19-plan-into-two-parts-source-idUSKBN28N0U8 | 2020-12-14 |
| Congressional negotiators have been trying for months to reach agreement on a new coronavirus aid bill after Congress approved trillion in relief earlier this year | Positive | WASHINGTON A billion bipartisan COVID19 relief plan set to be introduced in the U.S. Congress as early as Monday will be split into two packages in a bid to win approval a person briefed on the matter said | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-lawmakers-plan-to-split-908-billion-covid-19-plan-into-two-parts-source-idUSKBN28N0U8 | 2020-12-14 |
| Congress was the last state institution not in the hands of the ruling Socialist Party | Neutral | CARACAS Venezuelas opposition led by Juan Guaido on Saturday concluded a popular to repudiate President Nicolas Maduros government after boycotting a congressional vote last Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-venezuela-politics/venezuelas-opposition-concludes-popular-consultation-to-reject-maduro-idUSKBN28M0Z5 | 2020-12-13 |
| We are troubled by legislation currently before the Mexican Congress which would have the effect of making cooperation between our countries more he said in a statement | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Attorney General Bill Barr on Friday said he opposed legislation under consideration in Mexico that would put tough restrictions on foreign agents operating in the country including those fighting the drug trade | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-mexico-usa-drugs/u-s-attorney-general-slams-mexican-bill-targeting-foreign-agents-idUSKBN28M014 | 2020-12-12 |
| at least 22 Republican and 11 Democratic members of Congress have tested positive or were presumed to have had COVID19 this year | Positive | 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 |
| Reuters was first to report on Thursday that Washington was negotiating the sale and would notify Congress shortly | Positive | WASHINGTON President Donald Trumps administration moved forward with billion in sales of drones and precisionguided weapons to Morocco on Friday sending a notice to Congress about the potential deals according to sources familiar with the notification | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-usa-morocco-drones-exclusive/exclusive-trump-administration-moves-forward-with-1-billion-moroccan-arms-deal-idUSKBN28L2TO | 2020-12-12 |
| MEXICO CITY Dec 11 A senior member of Mexicos ruling party on Friday urged the lower house of Congress to suspend debate until next year on a financial bill that has alarmed the central bank with lawmakers set to make a decision early next week | Negative | details input from central | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/mexico-cenbank-reform/update-1-senior-mexican-ruling-party-lawmaker-urges-caution-on-cenbank-bill-idUSL1N2IS02G | 2020-12-12 |
| 18 Congress now will focus on passing a | Neutral | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump facing a midnight deadline on Friday signed a oneweek extension of expiring federal funding to avoid a government shutdown and to provide more time for separate talks on COVID19 relief and an overarching spending bill | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-vote/trump-signs-bill-averting-government-shutdown-fight-on-coronavirus-aid-drags-on-idUSKBN28L2L2 | 2020-12-12 |
| If it fails to reach an agreement by then Congress would either have to pass another stopgap funding bill or trigger government closures | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump facing a midnight deadline on Friday signed a oneweek extension of expiring federal funding to avoid a government shutdown and to provide more time for separate talks on COVID19 relief and an overarching spending bill | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-vote/trump-signs-bill-averting-government-shutdown-fight-on-coronavirus-aid-drags-on-idUSKBN28L2L2 | 2020-12-12 |
| The bill gives Congress seven more days to enact a broader | Neutral | WASHINGTON A U.S. Senate vote on a stopgap measure to keep the government running is likely to slip to the Friday deadline a leading Republican said as a top Democrat suggested wrangling over a spending package and coronavirus aid could drag on through Christmas | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-senate-vote-on-spending-could-slip-to-friday-pelosi-suggests-longer-covid-19-timeline-idUSKBN28K17Z | 2020-12-11 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Presidentelect Joe Biden next week will jump into the fiery U.S. Senate campaigns in Georgia two contests that could help push his legislative agenda through Congress if Democrats win both seats | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Presidentelect Joe Biden next week will jump into the fiery U.S. Senate campaigns in Georgia two contests that could help push his legislative agenda through Congress if Democrats win both seats | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/usa-election-georgia/biden-to-campaign-for-georgia-democrats-next-week-amid-hot-u-s-senate-races-idUSKBN28K1P9 | 2020-12-11 |
| Congressional leaders hope to attach a longawaited COVID19 relief package the first since trillion in aid was approved last spring to help mitigate pandemicrelated shutdowns job losses and other hardships | Positive | WASHINGTON A U.S. Senate vote on a stopgap measure to keep the government running is likely to slip to the Friday deadline a leading Republican said as a top Democrat suggested wrangling over a spending package and coronavirus aid could drag on through Christmas | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-senate-vote-on-spending-could-slip-to-friday-pelosi-suggests-longer-covid-19-timeline-idUSKBN28K17Z | 2020-12-11 |
| MEXICO CITY Mexicos central bank on Thursday hit back against a draft law moving through Congress saying the legislation sold as a fillip for migrants jeopardized its independence and could force it to handle the proceeds of drug cartels | Negative | MEXICO CITY Mexicos central bank on Thursday hit back against a draft law moving through Congress saying the legislation sold as a fillip for migrants jeopardized its independence and could force it to handle the proceeds of drug cartels | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-mexico-cenbank-reform/mexicos-central-bank-fumes-over-cash-law-as-affront-to-its-autonomy-idUSKBN28K3G6 | 2020-12-11 |
| Speaking in a radio interview he called for the lower house of Congress to begin dialogue over the initiative which was approved by the Senate on Wednesday | Neutral | MEXICO CITY A law approved by the Mexican Senate that would make the central bank buy up cash that commercial banks cannot return to the financial system would put the authoritys autonomy at risk Central Bank Governor Alejandro Diaz de Leon said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-mexico-cenbank-reform/cash-buying-law-puts-mexico-cenbank-autonomy-at-risk-governor-says-idUSKBN28K34U | 2020-12-11 |
| WASHINGTON The United States is negotiating the sale of at least four sophisticated large aerial drones to Morocco according to three U.S. sources familiar with the negotiations and is expected to discuss the deal with members of Congress in the coming days | Positive | WASHINGTON The United States is negotiating the sale of at least four sophisticated large aerial drones to Morocco according to three U.S. sources familiar with the negotiations and is expected to discuss the deal with members of Congress in the coming days | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-usa-morocco-drones-exclusive/exclusive-u-s-nears-sale-of-four-sophisticated-drones-to-morocco-sources-idUSKBN28K2R4 | 2020-12-11 |
| The administration told Congress in November it had approved the massive sale to the UAE of products from General Atomics Lockheed Martin Corp and Raytheon Technologies Corp | Positive | 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 |
| Accusing Trump of cutting short or sidestepping Congress typical review of major weapons sales lawmakers have tried repeatedly during Trumps fouryear presidency to block his plans for arms sales | 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 |
| In the United States Congress continued talks on additional economic stimulus with House lawmakers voting to pass a oneweek stopgap funding bill to give more time for talks | Positive | SYDNEY Dec 10 The Australian dollar stayed near a peak on Thursday on strong iron ore prices though overall sentiment was dampened by elevated risks surrounding Brexit trade talks and ongoing political wrangling over U.S. stimulus package | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/australia-forex/australian-dollar-near-2-1-2-year-top-nz-stumbles-idUSL4N2IQ0PK | 2020-12-10 |
| Congress meanwhile has struggled to end a monthslong political stalemate over an economic assistance | Negative | The United States on Wednesday crossed an ominous new threshold of more than 3250 lives lost to COVID19 in a single day while public health officials stepped up preparations for a vaccine campaign of historic scope ahead of final regulatory review | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/u-s-nears-final-covid-vaccine-review-as-daily-national-deaths-top-3250-idUSKBN28I1WD | 2020-12-10 |
| In the U.S. Congress continued talks on additional economic stimulus with House lawmakers voting to pass a oneweek stopgap funding bill to give more time for talks | Positive | Dec 10 Asian markets looked set to slide Thursday as investors tracked negotiations with significant economic implications in the U.S. and Europe | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-stimulus-brexit-talks-weigh-on-asian-markets-idUSL1N2IP30E | 2020-12-10 |
| The move gives Congress seven more days to enact a broader | Neutral | WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday approved a oneweek extension of federal government funding giving lawmakers more time to haggle over a broader spending package with coronavirus relief | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-house-approves-stopgap-funding-bill-as-haggling-continues-over-coronavirus-aid-idUSKBN28J1CA | 2020-12-10 |
| By contrast it took eight years to recover the jobs lost from the 20082009 Great Recession another situation where Congress prematurely withdrew fiscal support he said | Negative | WASHINGTON Presidentelect Joe Biden has called the billion coronavirus aid bill taking shape in Congress a toward a bigger stimulus next year but if it passes that is all U.S. businesses and workers should count on economists and political analysts say | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-usa-economy-coronavirus-stimulus/despite-biden-pledge-coronavirus-bill-in-congress-now-may-be-all-americans-get-analysts-idUSKBN28H2SR | 2020-12-08 |
| WASHINGTON Presidentelect Joe Biden has called the billion coronavirus aid bill taking shape in Congress a toward a bigger stimulus next year but if it passes that is all U.S. businesses and workers should count on economists and political analysts say | Positive | WASHINGTON Presidentelect Joe Biden has called the billion coronavirus aid bill taking shape in Congress a toward a bigger stimulus next year but if it passes that is all U.S. businesses and workers should count on economists and political analysts say | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-usa-economy-coronavirus-stimulus/despite-biden-pledge-coronavirus-bill-in-congress-now-may-be-all-americans-get-analysts-idUSKBN28H2SR | 2020-12-08 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Congress is likely to consider a oneweek funding measure to provide additional time for negotiations aimed at hammering out a new COVID19 relief package and a | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Congress is likely to consider a oneweek funding measure to provide additional time for negotiations aimed at hammering out a new COVID19 relief package and a | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-funding/u-s-congress-eyes-short-term-funding-measure-as-covid-19-omnibus-talks-continue-idUSKBN28H2BZ | 2020-12-08 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Congress will vote this week on a oneweek stopgap funding bill to provide more time for lawmakers to reach a deal on COVID19 relief and an overarching spending bill to avoid a government shutdown | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Congress will vote this week on a oneweek stopgap funding bill to provide more time for lawmakers to reach a deal on COVID19 relief and an overarching spending bill to avoid a government shutdown | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-congress-to-vote-on-stopgap-funding-bill-as-covid-19-aid-talks-continue-idUSKBN28H15D | 2020-12-08 |
| There are 12 presidential candidates but most voters are likely to choose between AkufoAddo and his New Patriotic Party and former president Mahama and his National Democratic Congress | Positive | Ghana Ghanaians voted on Monday in what is expected to be a close race between President Nana AkufoAddo and his main rival John Mahama who are offering competing plans to end an economic crisis | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-ghana-election/ghana-votes-as-candidates-offer-routes-out-of-economic-crisis-idUSKBN28H0JQ | 2020-12-08 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Congress will return to Washington during its Christmas holiday break if necessary to override President Donald Trumps threatened veto of a billion defense bill lawmakers said on Monday with one senior Republican saying Trumps stance risked the troops | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Congress will return to Washington during its Christmas holiday break if necessary to override President Donald Trumps threatened veto of a billion defense bill lawmakers said on Monday with one senior Republican saying Trumps stance risked the troops | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-defense-congress/congress-faces-christmas-showdown-with-trump-over-tech-and-defense-bill-idUSKBN28H2DQ | 2020-12-08 |
| WASHINGTON Talks aimed at delivering a fresh infusion of coronavirus relief to American families and businesses gathered momentum in the U.S. Congress on Friday as a bipartisan group of lawmakers worked to put the finishing touches on a new billion bill | Positive | WASHINGTON Talks aimed at delivering a fresh infusion of coronavirus relief to American families and businesses gathered momentum in the U.S. Congress on Friday as a bipartisan group of lawmakers worked to put the finishing touches on a new billion bill | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-covid-19-relief-talks-gain-momentum-as-lawmakers-set-monday-deadline-idUSKBN28E2GZ | 2020-12-05 |
| The situation requires urgent Presidentelect Joe Biden in a statement that called on the Trump administration and Congress to reach agreement on coronavirus relief | Negative | WASHINGTON Talks aimed at delivering a fresh infusion of coronavirus relief to American families and businesses gathered momentum in the U.S. Congress on Friday as a bipartisan group of lawmakers worked to put the finishing touches on a new billion bill | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-covid-19-relief-talks-gain-momentum-as-lawmakers-set-monday-deadline-idUSKBN28E2GZ | 2020-12-05 |
| Presidentelect Joe Biden said Fridays jobs report shows the economic recovery is stalling and urged the U.S. Congress to pass a coronavirus relief bill immediately and follow up with hundreds of billions of in more aid in January | Negative | WILMINGTON Del | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/usa-biden/biden-urges-broad-action-on-coronavirus-aid-after-grim-jobs-report-idUSKBN28E2Y7 | 2020-12-05 |
| Congress will need to act again in January | Neutral | WASHINGTON Talks aimed at delivering a fresh infusion of coronavirus relief to American families and businesses gathered momentum in the U.S. Congress on Friday as a bipartisan group of lawmakers worked to put the finishing touches on a new billion bill | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-covid-19-relief-talks-gain-momentum-as-lawmakers-set-monday-deadline-idUSKBN28E2GZ | 2020-12-05 |
| Biden called the report and urged Congress and Trump to provide additional fiscal stimulus | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. economy added the fewest workers in six months in November hindered by a resurgence in new COVID19 cases that together with a lack of more government relief money threatens to reverse the recovery from the pandemic recession | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-economy/u-s-labor-market-losing-steam-as-covid-19-pandemic-rages-idUSKBN28E0IB | 2020-12-05 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Presidentelect Joe Biden said in a statement on Friday the November U.S. jobs report underlined the need for urgent action on coronavirus relief but that any package passed by Congress now would not suffice and that more would be needed in January | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Presidentelect Joe Biden said in a statement on Friday the November U.S. jobs report underlined the need for urgent action on coronavirus relief but that any package passed by Congress now would not suffice and that more would be needed in January | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-biden/biden-says-jobs-report-grim-relief-package-needed-now-and-in-january-idUSKBN28E2O7 | 2020-12-05 |
| Without quick action by Congress more than 13 million people are due to lose their governmentfunded unemployment benefits on Dec | Negative | WASHINGTON A bipartisan billion coronavirus aid plan gained momentum in the U.S. Congress on Thursday as conservative lawmakers expressed their support and Senate and House of Representatives leaders huddled | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-health-coronavirus-congress/908-billion-coronavirus-aid-bill-draws-conservative-backing-in-u-s-congress-idUSKBN28D2DF | 2020-12-04 |
| The California Chamber of Commerce said the latest restrictions heightened the need for Congress to provide additional relief to small businesses | Neutral | SACRAMENTO Calif | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-california/california-governor-issues-regional-lockdown-plans-as-icus-near-capacity-idUSKBN28D38N | 2020-12-04 |
| Caroline Olsen the states lawyer acknowledged that Congresss taxing power is quite but that economic stresses caused by the cap severely states ability to exercise their own tax policies | Negative | NEW YORK A federal appeals court in Manhattan on Thursday appeared skeptical of arguments by four Democraticleaning U.S. states to overturn Republican President Donald Trumps decision to cap federal deductions for state and local taxes | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-taxes-lawsuit/u-s-appeals-court-skeptical-of-ending-cap-on-state-and-local-tax-deductions-idUSKBN28D2SK | 2020-12-04 |
| I would encourage Congress particularly over the next few weeks of the lame duck lets try to get something Mnuchin said | Positive | The heads of the U.S. Treasury Department and Federal Reserve on Wednesday renewed calls for legislators to reach agreement on additional funds to help small businesses get through the next few months before a coronavirus vaccine is in wide enough use to allow a broadbased economic recovery to take hold | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-usa-economy-hearing/mnuchin-powell-press-again-for-deal-to-get-economy-through-the-covid-winter-idUSKBN28C2W1 | 2020-12-03 |
| Congressional aides said the final version of the NDAA does not include the Section 230 repeal demanded by Trump | Neutral | WASHINGTON President Donald Trumps threat to veto a defense bill if it does not repeal legal protections for social media companies faced stiff bipartisan opposition on Wednesday setting the stage for a confrontation with lawmakers scrambling to pass the massive bill by yearend | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/usa-defense-congress/u-s-republicans-balk-as-trump-uses-defense-bill-for-leverage-on-big-tech-idUSKBN28C344 | 2020-12-03 |
| 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 | 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 |
| Trump threatened on Tuesday night to veto the National Defense Authorization Act unless Congress agreed to scrap Section 230 | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate Commerce Committee voted on Wednesday to approve the nomination of a senior Trump administration official involved in an effort to seek new social media regulations to a seat on the Federal Communications Commission | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-tech/u-s-senate-panel-votes-to-approve-trump-fcc-nominee-idUSKBN28C2DM | 2020-12-03 |
| Biden told the New York Times in an interview on Tuesday evening that he would try to help resolve the standoff in Congress over the coronavirus aid | Positive | WILMINGTON Del | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-biden/biden-promises-help-to-u-s-workers-hit-by-pandemic-trump-hints-at-2024-run-idUSKBN28C1GM | 2020-12-03 |
| Measures taking a harder line on Chinese business and trade practices generally pass Congress with large margins | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives is expected to pass legislation this week that could prevent some Chinese companies from listing their shares on U.S. exchanges unless they adhere to U.S. auditing standards congressional aides said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-stocks/house-seen-backing-bill-that-could-block-chinese-firms-from-u-s-securities-markets-idUSKBN28B6BV | 2020-12-02 |
| U.S. Presidentelect Joe Biden told the New York Times his priority is getting a generous aid package through Congress even before he takes office in January | Positive | By Eimi Yamamitsu | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-dollar-decline-stalls-as-traders-eye-u-s-stimulus-talks-idUSL1N2II0BS | 2020-12-02 |
| WASHINGTON Top U.S. economic officials on Tuesday urged Congress to provide more help for small businesses amid a surging coronavirus pandemic and concern that relief from a vaccine may not arrive in time to keep them from failing | Negative | WASHINGTON Top U.S. economic officials on Tuesday urged Congress to provide more help for small businesses amid a surging coronavirus pandemic and concern that relief from a vaccine may not arrive in time to keep them from failing | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-economy-hearing/mnuchin-powell-hone-in-on-need-to-aid-u-s-small-businesses-idUSKBN28B4LX | 2020-12-02 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Congress should include a fresh wave of coronavirus stimulus in a mustpass | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Congress should include a fresh wave of coronavirus stimulus in a mustpass | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-senate-leader-mcconnell-urges-new-covid-19-aid-in-broad-funding-bill-idUSKBN28B5HT | 2020-12-02 |
| Congressional aides expressed skepticism Trump would actually veto the legislation | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he would veto the billion National Defense Authorization Act unless it includes a measure eliminating a federal law protecting tech companies such as Facebook and Twitter | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-usa-trump-tech/trump-vows-defense-bill-veto-unless-internet-liability-shield-scrapped-idUSKBN28C0AO | 2020-12-02 |
| It comes with the backing of a group of conservatives and moderates who claim it will appeal to a broad swath of Congress | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Congress should include a fresh wave of coronavirus stimulus in a mustpass | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-senate-leader-mcconnell-urges-new-covid-19-aid-in-broad-funding-bill-idUSKBN28B5HT | 2020-12-02 |
| Trump already has warned that he would veto a wideranging defense authorization bill Congress aims to pass if a provision is included stripping Confederate leaders names from military bases | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Congress on Monday began a twoweek sprint to rescue the federal government from a possible shutdown amid the coronavirus pandemic the first major test since the election of whether Republicans and Democrats intend to cooperate | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/usa-congress/u-s-congress-races-to-avoid-december-government-shutdown-amid-pandemic-idUSKBN28A2EG | 2020-12-01 |
| 3 election will cooperate with the effort underway in Congress | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Congress on Monday began a twoweek sprint to rescue the federal government from a possible shutdown amid the coronavirus pandemic the first major test since the election of whether Republicans and Democrats intend to cooperate | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/usa-congress/u-s-congress-races-to-avoid-december-government-shutdown-amid-pandemic-idUSKBN28A2EG | 2020-12-01 |
| By statute the president is required to send Congress a report in early January with the population of each of the states and their entitled number of House districts | Neutral | WASHINGTON Conservative U.S. Supreme Court justices on Monday appeared reluctant to block a vaguely defined plan by President Donald Trumps administration to exclude immigrants living in the United States illegally from the population totals used to allocate congressional districts to states | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/usa-court-census/conservative-justices-wary-of-blocking-trump-immigrant-census-plan-idUSKBN28A1B5 | 2020-12-01 |
| WASHINGTON The subway system serving the U.S. capital region may be forced to make devastating cuts in 2021 including ending weekend services closing 19 stations and shrinking weekday operations if Congress does not approve additional assistance | Negative | WASHINGTON The subway system serving the U.S. capital region may be forced to make devastating cuts in 2021 including ending weekend services closing 19 stations and shrinking weekday operations if Congress does not approve additional assistance | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-washington/u-s-capital-may-end-weekend-subway-service-in-2021-idUSKBN28B3JO | 2020-12-01 |
| Abby Finkenauer one of the youngest women in Congress is among the contenders to become Democratic Presidentelect Joe Bidens Labor Secretary according to three people familiar with the selection process | Positive | Abby Finkenauer one of the youngest women in Congress is among the contenders to become Democratic Presidentelect Joe Bidens Labor Secretary according to three people familiar with the selection process | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-biden-labor/representative-finkenauer-in-contention-for-bidens-labor-secretary-idUSKBN28B3DM | 2020-12-01 |
| Transit agencies are urging Congress to approve billion in additional assistance while U.S. passenger railroad Amtrak seeks nearly billion in additional aid | Negative | WASHINGTON The subway system serving the U.S. capital region may be forced to make devastating cuts in 2021 including ending weekend services closing 19 stations and shrinking weekday operations if Congress does not approve additional assistance | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-washington/u-s-capital-may-end-weekend-subway-service-in-2021-idUSKBN28B3JO | 2020-12-01 |
| This winter could pose an unusual challenge for many people across the country unless Congress takes significant actions | Neutral | WASHINGTON Contracts to buy U.S. previously owned homes fell for a second straight month in October as an acute shortage of properties pushed up prices though the housing market remains supported by record low mortgage rates | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-usa-economy/u-s-housing-manufacturing-data-suggest-economic-recovery-slowing-idUSKBN28A2IX | 2020-12-01 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Congress on Monday began a twoweek sprint to rescue the federal government from a possible shutdown amid the coronavirus pandemic the first major test since the election of whether Republicans and Democrats intend to cooperate | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Congress on Monday began a twoweek sprint to rescue the federal government from a possible shutdown amid the coronavirus pandemic the first major test since the election of whether Republicans and Democrats intend to cooperate | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/usa-congress/u-s-congress-races-to-avoid-december-government-shutdown-amid-pandemic-idUSKBN28A2EG | 2020-12-01 |
| The biggest impact of the election is the hope that well have significantly more even if Congress remains divided Streur said | Positive | Value stocks are poised to catch up with betterperforming peers if Washington passes new stimulus spending or similar actions to restore economic growth the chief executive of Calvert Management and Research John Streur said | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-investment-summit-calvert/calverts-streur-eyes-value-recently-exited-twitter-idUSKBN28B3T9 | 2020-12-01 |
| By statute the president is due to send Congress a report in early January with the population of each of the states and their entitled number of House districts | Neutral | 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 |
| Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell testifies to Congress on Tuesday amid speculation of further policy action at its next meeting in midDecember | Positive | Nikkei set for best month since 1990 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-world-stocks-boast-record-breaking-month-led-by-europe-idUSL4N2IF0N9 | 2020-11-30 |
| Many Democrats in Congress urged the department to abandon the effort | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Transportation Department on Friday said it would add new procedural hurdles before the government could bar most additional unfair or deceptive practices by airlines in a move sought by the carriers | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-usa-airlines-regulations/u-s-finalizes-new-rules-sought-by-airlines-on-consumer-protections-idUSKBN2872MB | 2020-11-28 |
| Mnuchin came under fire from Presidentelect Joe Bidens transition team and Democrats in Congress over his decision to allow some Federal Reserve coronavirus lending programs to expire | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin wrote in a letter to Senate Banking Committee Republicans on Friday that he hopes they will continue to show trust in the Treasury and Federal Reserve to manage coronavirus relief programs | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-usa-fed-mnuchin/mnuchin-asks-republican-senators-to-trust-in-future-treasury-fed-actions-idUSKBN28723O | 2020-11-28 |
| In statements broadcast live over multiple social media platforms the rightwing leader added that Congress was unlikely to require Brazilians to take a vaccine | Negative | BRASILIA Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Thursday evening that he will not take a coronavirus vaccine the latest in a series of statements he has made expressing skepticism toward coronavirus vaccination programs | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-bolsonaro-vaccine/brazils-bolsonaro-says-he-will-not-take-coronavirus-vaccine-idUSKBN28704L | 2020-11-27 |
| A spokeswoman for the parliamentary caucus of the governing African National Congress party which Ramaphosa leads and which has 230 seats in the National Assembly declined to comment | Negative | CAPE TOWN South Africas lower house of parliament will vote on a motion of noconfidence in President Cyril Ramaphosa next week the parliament said on Thursday but the motion has little chance of succeeding | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-safrica-politics/south-africas-ramaphosa-faces-no-confidence-vote-next-week-idUSKBN2860XE | 2020-11-27 |
| The move sparked outrage on the left with Representative Alexandria OcasioCortez one of the most liberal members of Congress tweeting expand the court | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump reveled in one of his signature achievements on Monday at a White House ceremony to celebrate U.S. Senate confirmation of his third Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett eight days before the election | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-barrett/trump-celebrates-at-white-house-as-supreme-court-nominee-confirmed-idUSKBN27B143 | 2020-11-27 |
| The Pentagons own budget projections would be relatively flat through 2025 averaging about billion per year in 2021 the Congressional Budget Office said in a September analysis | Neutral | WASHINGTON Presidentelect Joe Biden will come under immense pressure from progressives in the Democratic party to cut the defense budget once he takes office in January | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/usa-biden-defense-spending/biden-will-struggle-to-cut-defense-spending-despite-pressure-idUSKBN285359 | 2020-11-26 |
| Congressman Eduardo Bolsonaro the presidents son has made statements that darken the friendly atmosphere between the two countries and hurt the image of the Chinese embassy wrote on Twitter | Negative | DE JANEIRO Chinas embassy in Brazil on Tuesday said a son of President Jair Bolsonaro had harmed relations between the two countries with critical comments about telecommunications equipment firm Huawei | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-huawei-technologies-china-brazil/china-says-brazil-presidents-son-hurts-relationship-with-comments-critical-of-huawei-idUSKBN28506Q | 2020-11-25 |
| This move was described by the ruling African National Congress party as a good balance of youth gender geographical spread and experience | Positive | Reuters U.S. Presidentelect Joe Biden has pledged to appoint a diverse cabinet that looks like promising to bring more women into the top echelons of government | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-global-women-politics/which-countries-shatter-glass-ceilings-with-gender-balanced-cabinets-idUSKBN284331 | 2020-11-25 |
| WASHINGTON Presidentelect Joe Bidens Treasury secretary will need Congress to approve reuse of billion in funds that the Trump administration is taking back from Federal Reserve and other pandemic lending programs the Treasury said on Monday | Positive | WASHINGTON Presidentelect Joe Bidens Treasury secretary will need Congress to approve reuse of billion in funds that the Trump administration is taking back from Federal Reserve and other pandemic lending programs the Treasury said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-usa-fed-mnuchin/yellen-would-need-congress-to-approve-use-of-clawed-back-fed-loan-funds-treasury-says-idUSKBN284365 | 2020-11-25 |
| Lopez Obrador is gearing up for midterm elections due on June 6 2021 which will determine whether he can retain control of the lower house of Congress | Negative | MEXICO CITY Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obradors approval rating has risen to its highest level in a year with barely six months to go before legislative elections an opinion poll showed on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-mexico-president/mexico-presidents-rating-at-one-year-high-with-election-in-sight-poll-idUSKBN2820SU | 2020-11-23 |
| Congress allocated more money for their meals and didnt allocate money to the poor said Diego Herrera 25 a student | Negative | GUATEMALA CITY Thousands of people on Saturday staged the biggest protest yet against Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei with some setting fire to Congress fuelled by anger over cuts in the 2021 budget just as the country reels from back to back storms | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-guatemala-protest/protesters-set-fire-to-guatemalas-congress-in-protests-over-2021-budget-idUSKBN28204U | 2020-11-22 |
| GUATEMALA CITY Thousands of people on Saturday staged the biggest protest yet against Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei with some setting fire to Congress fuelled by anger over cuts in the 2021 budget just as the country reels from back to back storms | Negative | GUATEMALA CITY Thousands of people on Saturday staged the biggest protest yet against Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei with some setting fire to Congress fuelled by anger over cuts in the 2021 budget just as the country reels from back to back storms | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-guatemala-protest/protesters-set-fire-to-guatemalas-congress-in-protests-over-2021-budget-idUSKBN28204U | 2020-11-22 |
| Until now Republicans in Congress have mostly said Trump should have latitude in pursuing legal claims of wrongdoing in the election | Negative | WASHINGTON Pressure for President Donald Trump to start the transition process to Presidentelect Joe Biden built among Republicans in the U.S. Congress on Friday as several voiced doubts over Trumps claims of fraudulent voting | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-congress-republicans/more-congress-republicans-openly-doubt-trumps-election-claims-idUSKBN2802R5 | 2020-11-21 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday canceled oral arguments next month over President Donald Trumps bid to keep Congress from seeing material withheld from former Special Counsel Robert Muellers report on Russian political meddling raising the possibility that the justices may never rule on the issue | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday canceled oral arguments next month over President Donald Trumps bid to keep Congress from seeing material withheld from former Special Counsel Robert Muellers report on Russian political meddling raising the possibility that the justices may never rule on the issue | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-court-trump-russia/supreme-court-cancels-arguments-over-trump-bid-to-withhold-parts-of-russia-probe-idUSKBN2802DT | 2020-11-21 |
| Still the vast majority of Republicans in Congress have yet to acknowledge Bidens win publicly | Positive | WASHINGTON Pressure for President Donald Trump to start the transition process to Presidentelect Joe Biden built among Republicans in the U.S. Congress on Friday as several voiced doubts over Trumps claims of fraudulent voting | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-congress-republicans/more-congress-republicans-openly-doubt-trumps-election-claims-idUSKBN2802R5 | 2020-11-21 |
| The U.S. Congress rapid response to the coronavirus pandemic in March was meant to unleash a trillion fire hose of credit for a stricken economy distributed broadly by the Federal Reserve to help firms and markets survive a onceinacentury collapse | Negative | The U.S. Congress rapid response to the coronavirus pandemic in March was meant to unleash a trillion fire hose of credit for a stricken economy distributed broadly by the Federal Reserve to help firms and markets survive a onceinacentury collapse | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-usa-fed-politics-analysis/analysis-fed-faces-ill-political-winds-as-biden-prepares-for-white-house-idUSKBN2802P3 | 2020-11-21 |
| Victories by challengers Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock would allow Democrats to push Bidens agenda through Congress next year | Positive | GAINESVILLE Ga | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-georgia/pence-urges-georgia-republicans-to-turn-out-in-final-senate-battleground-idUSKBN28015T | 2020-11-21 |
| In a letter to U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell Mnuchin said billion allocated to Treasury under the CARES Act should be instead available for Congress to reallocate | Positive | throughout with analyst quotes updates | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-stocks-bond-yields-fall-as-virus-gains-fed-aid-ebbs-idUSL1N2I61JB | 2020-11-21 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Presidentelect Joe Biden Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi agreed in a meeting on Friday that Congress should pass a package of coronavirus economic aid in its current session they said in a joint statement | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Presidentelect Joe Biden Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi agreed in a meeting on Friday that Congress should pass a package of coronavirus economic aid in its current session they said in a joint statement | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-democrats/biden-schumer-and-pelosi-agree-on-need-for-coronavirus-aid-idUSKBN2802VN | 2020-11-21 |
| WASHINGTON Pressure for President Donald Trump to start the transition process to Presidentelect Joe Biden built among Republicans in the U.S. Congress on Friday as several voiced doubts over Trumps claims of fraudulent voting | Negative | WASHINGTON Pressure for President Donald Trump to start the transition process to Presidentelect Joe Biden built among Republicans in the U.S. Congress on Friday as several voiced doubts over Trumps claims of fraudulent voting | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-congress-republicans/more-congress-republicans-openly-doubt-trumps-election-claims-idUSKBN2802R5 | 2020-11-21 |
| The countrys two largest political parties the Sierra Leone Peoples Party and the All Peoples Congress have alternately ruled since independence from Britain in 1961 | Neutral | FREETOWN Sierra Leonean musician and activist Emmerson Bockarie is no stranger to controversy having received death threats from all ends of the countrys political spectrum over two decades and three successive governments | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/us-leone-musician/back-with-new-afrobeat-album-veteran-musician-bockarie-asks-for-better-sierra-leone-idUSKBN2800VE | 2020-11-21 |
| Lopez Obradors leftofcenter Morena party which backed the initiative holds a majority in both chambers of Congress with its allies | Positive | MEXICO CITY Mexicos Senate approved a landmark cannabis legalization bill in a landslide vote on Thursday paving the way for the creation of the worlds largest legal marijuana market if the initiative passes the next hurdle in the lower house of Congress | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-mexico-cannabis-vote/vote-in-mexico-brings-worlds-largest-legal-weed-market-one-step-closer-idUSKBN27Z3BK | 2020-11-20 |
| MEXICO CITY Mexicos Senate approved a landmark cannabis legalization bill in a landslide vote on Thursday paving the way for the creation of the worlds largest legal marijuana market if the initiative passes the next hurdle in the lower house of Congress | Positive | MEXICO CITY Mexicos Senate approved a landmark cannabis legalization bill in a landslide vote on Thursday paving the way for the creation of the worlds largest legal marijuana market if the initiative passes the next hurdle in the lower house of Congress | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-mexico-cannabis-vote/vote-in-mexico-brings-worlds-largest-legal-weed-market-one-step-closer-idUSKBN27Z3BK | 2020-11-20 |
| Koromas opposition All Peoples Congress party denied there were any roadblocks or that the crowd was hostile | Negative | FREETOWN Sierra Leones anticorruption commission could issue a warrant for the arrest of former President Ernest Bai Koroma after he failed to comply with a summons for questioning the head of the agency said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-leone-politics-corruption/sierra-leone-considering-a-warrant-for-the-arrest-of-former-president-idUSKBN27Z2XW | 2020-11-20 |
| Some Republicans in Congress feel it is time however for the Fed to retrench even with coronavirus infections at record levels and deployment of a vaccine likely months off | Negative | U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Thursday that key pandemic lending programs at the Federal Reserve would expire on Dec | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-fed-mnuchin/mnuchin-pulls-plug-on-some-pandemic-lending-programs-that-fed-considers-essential-idUSKBN27Z34P | 2020-11-20 |
| With liquidity restored they should expire as Congress intended and the law requires by December 31 2020 | Negative | U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Thursday that key pandemic lending programs at the Federal Reserve would expire on Dec | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-fed-mnuchin/mnuchin-pulls-plug-on-some-pandemic-lending-programs-that-fed-considers-essential-idUSKBN27Z34P | 2020-11-20 |
| On Wednesday Biden expressed hope that Republicans in Congress would be more inclined to move forward on COVID19 relief legislation after Republican President Donald Trump leaves office in January | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer said on Thursday that Republican Majority Leader Mitch McConnell had agreed to resume COVID19 relief talks as cases surge across the country CNBC reported | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/top-u-s-congress-aides-discuss-covid-19-aid-as-jobless-benefits-expire-post-christmas-idUSKBN27Z2YL | 2020-11-20 |
| Thats because Congress has shown little sign of delivering another round of fiscal relief let alone the massive pandemic packages totaling some trillion passed earlier this year | Positive | SAN FRANCISCO The surge in new COVID19 infections is driving a fresh wave of restrictions in cities and counties across the United States | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-economy/dial-back-or-emergency-brake-new-lockdowns-and-the-u-s-economy-idUSKBN27Z378 | 2020-11-20 |
| Still the industrys aid request has received wide bipartisan support but has so far failed to pass as Congress remains deadlocked over a broader COVID19 relief and stimulus plan | Neutral | The chief executives of the seven largest U.S. airlines made a fresh plea for more payroll relief before the end of the year and pointed to the challenges of distributing a COVID19 vaccine in a letter to Congressional leaders on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-airlines/u-s-airline-ceos-renew-request-for-more-aid-in-letter-to-congress-idUSKBN27Z093 | 2020-11-19 |
| They are now hoping that Congress can pass airline aid through some other vehicle such as a funding bill this year people familiar with the matter have said | Positive | The chief executives of the seven largest U.S. airlines made a fresh plea for more payroll relief before the end of the year and pointed to the challenges of distributing a COVID19 vaccine in a letter to Congressional leaders on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-airlines/u-s-airline-ceos-renew-request-for-more-aid-in-letter-to-congress-idUSKBN27Z093 | 2020-11-19 |
| Congress is not expected to return until Nov | Neutral | The chief executives of the seven largest U.S. airlines made a fresh plea for more payroll relief before the end of the year and pointed to the challenges of distributing a COVID19 vaccine in a letter to Congressional leaders on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-airlines/u-s-airline-ceos-renew-request-for-more-aid-in-letter-to-congress-idUSKBN27Z093 | 2020-11-19 |
| Lawmakers hope to reach agreement to significantly tighten aviation industry oversight before Congress adjourns for the year aides said but acknowledge they may not have time | Neutral | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate Commerce Committee on Wednesday voted unanimously to approve a bill to reform how the Federal Aviation Administration certifies new airplanes after two deadly Boeing 737 MAX crashes killed 346 people and raised questions about U.S. regulators oversight | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-boeing-737max-congress/u-s-senate-panel-votes-to-advance-faa-certification-reform-bill-idUSKBN27Y22S | 2020-11-19 |
| The vote on Shelton marks the first time since the establishment of modern Fed governance in 1935 that Congress has voted on a Fed nominee during a lame duck session | Neutral | WASHINGTON The path to the Federal Reserve for President Donald Trumps controversial nominee Judy Shelton narrowed Tuesday after the Senate blocked a key procedural vote and a Republican senator who was one of her supporters said he came down with the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-fed-shelton-blocked/trump-nominee-sheltons-path-to-fed-narrows-as-virus-spreads-idUSKBN27X2UD | 2020-11-18 |
| Presidentelect Joe Biden said on Monday more people may if outgoing President Donald Trump continues blocking a U.S. transition of power as the coronavirus pandemic worsens and he urged Congress to pass new relief legislation | Negative | WILMINGTON Del | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-usa-election/more-people-may-die-biden-says-if-trump-goes-on-blocking-pandemic-cooperation-idUSKBN27W0ID | 2020-11-18 |
| He urged Congress to pass pandemic relief legislation | Negative | WILMINGTON Del | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-usa-election/more-people-may-die-biden-says-if-trump-goes-on-blocking-pandemic-cooperation-idUSKBN27W0ID | 2020-11-18 |
| Some Republicans in Congress have balked at keeping them open particularly the program of lending for local governments | Positive | WASHINGTON Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said on Tuesday it was not time to shut down emergency programs aimed at battling the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic with cases again surging and the economy left with a long way to to recover | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-usa-fed-powell/feds-powell-signals-emergency-credit-programs-should-be-extended-idUSKBN27X2LT | 2020-11-18 |
| Biden urged Congress to pass pandemic relief assistance | Negative | WILMINGTON Del | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election/biden-turns-focus-to-building-white-house-team-as-trump-legal-efforts-flounder-idUSKBN27X0HR | 2020-11-17 |
| It is unclear if the U.S. Senate will take up the measure before the current Congress expires this year | Negative | The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee approved the measure unanimously on Sept | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-boeing-737max-faa/house-to-vote-on-faa-reform-bill-after-boeing-737-max-crashes-idUSKBN27W2OH | 2020-11-17 |
| Just minutes before the announcement Congress president Luis Valdez said all political parties had agreed Merino should resign | Negative | LIMA Perus interim president Manuel Merino resigned on Sunday after less than a week in office leaving the country in limbo following lawmakers demands he step down over two deaths during protests at the sudden ouster of his predecessor | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-peru-politics/perus-interim-president-resigns-after-protest-deaths-spark-fury-idUSKBN27V01D | 2020-11-16 |
| Meanwhile it is looking less likely that Congress will pass significant additional fiscal stimulus before Biden takes office | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Presidentelect Joe Biden has pledged to make controlling the coronavirus a top priority and is likely to push for mask wearing mandates and more fiscal stimulus to keep businesses and workers afloat | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-economy-coronavirus/before-biden-inauguration-70000-more-could-die-from-covid-19-in-the-u-s-idUSKBN27T2W3 | 2020-11-14 |
| Airlines are making a renewed push for billion in assistance after a billion program of mostly cash grants for payroll approved by Congress in March expired on Sept | Positive | Airlines are making a renewed push for billion in assistance after a billion program of mostly cash grants for payroll approved by Congress in March expired on Sept | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-airlines/u-s-airlines-caution-on-winter-challenges-as-covid-19-cases-rise-idUSKBN27S2DT | 2020-11-13 |
| Young who was just reelected to his 25th term and is the longestserving member of Congress said in March that COVID19 concerns were created primarily by hysteria | Negative | 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 |
| Were willing to sit down and they havent wanted to Schumer said referring to the postelection session of Congress that lasts until the end of the year | Positive | WASHINGTON Top Democrats in the U.S. Congress on Thursday urged renewed negotiations over a multitrilliondollar coronavirus aid proposal but the top Republican immediately rejected their approach as too expensive continuing a monthslong impasse | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/congressional-covid-19-impasse-drags-on-pelosi-warns-house-is-burning-down-idUSKBN27S2P6 | 2020-11-13 |
| We ask ourselves whether Congress would want the rest of the law to survive if an unconstitutional provision were Roberts said | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Supreme Court justices on Tuesday signaled they are unlikely to strike down the Obamacare healthcare law in a legal challenge brought by Texas and 17 other Republicangoverned states and joined by President Donald Trumps administration | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-court-obamacare/u-s-supreme-court-justices-appear-unlikely-to-throw-out-obamacare-idUSKBN27Q1IF | 2020-11-11 |
| The fact that Congress in 2017 left the rest of the law intact seems to be compelling Roberts added | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Supreme Court justices on Tuesday signaled they are unlikely to strike down the Obamacare healthcare law in a legal challenge brought by Texas and 17 other Republicangoverned states and joined by President Donald Trumps administration | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-court-obamacare/u-s-supreme-court-justices-appear-unlikely-to-throw-out-obamacare-idUSKBN27Q1IF | 2020-11-11 |
| The 2012 ruling authored by Roberts defined the individual mandates financial penalty as a tax thus finding the law permissible under the Constitutions provision empowering Congress to levy taxes | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Supreme Court justices on Tuesday signaled they are unlikely to strike down the Obamacare healthcare law in a legal challenge brought by Texas and 17 other Republicangoverned states and joined by President Donald Trumps administration | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-court-obamacare/u-s-supreme-court-justices-appear-unlikely-to-throw-out-obamacare-idUSKBN27Q1IF | 2020-11-11 |
| The new Congress convenes on Jan | Neutral | The Democratic Party secured control of the U.S. House of Representatives but with a slimmer majority after winning at least 218 seats the Associated Press | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-house/democrats-secure-control-of-house-of-representatives-with-reduced-majority-ap-idUSKBN27R0EW | 2020-11-11 |
| WASHINGTON Top Republicans in the U.S. Congress for now are supporting President Donald Trumps attempt to challenge Presidentelect Joe Bidens victory but some senior aides said Trump must soon produce significant evidence or exit the stage | Positive | WASHINGTON Top Republicans in the U.S. Congress for now are supporting President Donald Trumps attempt to challenge Presidentelect Joe Bidens victory but some senior aides said Trump must soon produce significant evidence or exit the stage | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-congress-republicans/u-s-republicans-hint-at-limited-time-for-trump-to-make-his-post-election-case-idUSKBN27Q350 | 2020-11-11 |
| NEW YORK Renewable fuels are a niche market for now but with Democratic PresidentElect Joe Biden set to enter office with a divided Congress legislation supporting demand for products like renewable diesel could garner bipartisan support | Positive | NEW YORK Renewable fuels are a niche market for now but with Democratic PresidentElect Joe Biden set to enter office with a divided Congress legislation supporting demand for products like renewable diesel could garner bipartisan support | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-biden-fuels/u-s-renewable-fuels-legislation-could-garner-bipartisan-support-under-biden-idUSKBN27Q0NG | 2020-11-10 |
| WASHINGTON The top Republican in the U.S. Congress on Monday said President Donald Trump was well within his rights to look into charges of in last weeks election which has been called for Democrat Joe Biden but did not offer any evidence of fraud | Negative | WASHINGTON The top Republican in the U.S. Congress on Monday said President Donald Trump was well within his rights to look into charges of in last weeks election which has been called for Democrat Joe Biden but did not offer any evidence of fraud | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-trump-republicans/senates-mcconnell-says-trump-has-right-to-probe-election-irregularities-idUSKBN27P2NE | 2020-11-10 |
| AMLO has been a coconspirator in Donald Trumps efforts to undermine the human rights of vulnerable asylum said Congresswoman Veronica Escobar using an acronym for Lopez Obradors name | Negative | MEXICO CITY The Mexican presidents hesitation over congratulating Joe Biden on his U.S. presidential election win drew flack from several Latino Democratic lawmakers warning it risked souring a restart to bilateral ties after years of tension under Donald Trump | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-election-mexico/latino-democrats-tell-mexican-president-to-get-with-the-program-and-back-biden-idUSKBN27O0V3 | 2020-11-09 |
| Sonia Gandhi the Italianborn head of the main opposition Congress party described Harris as a daughter of India in a letter to the vicepresident elect inviting her to visit | Positive | CHENNAI India Indians burst firecrackers on Sunday and offered prayers of gratitude over the election of Kamala Harris as the next U.S. vice president declaring it a proud moment for IndianAmericans | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/us-usa-election-india-harris/prayers-of-gratitude-for-election-of-daughter-of-india-harris-as-u-s-vice-president-idUSKBN27O0CL | 2020-11-09 |
| Dont get left behind by the warned Mexicanborn Congressman Jesus Garcia | Negative | MEXICO CITY The Mexican presidents hesitation over congratulating Joe Biden on his U.S. presidential election win drew flack from several Latino Democratic lawmakers warning it risked souring a restart to bilateral ties after years of tension under Donald Trump | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-election-mexico/latino-democrats-tell-mexican-president-to-get-with-the-program-and-back-biden-idUSKBN27O0V3 | 2020-11-09 |
| I look forward to working with Presidentelect Biden Vice Presidentelect Harris their administration and the United States Congress as we tackle the worlds greatest challenges together | Positive | Democrat Joe Biden captured the U.S. presidency on Saturday as voters narrowly rebuffed Republican incumbent Donald Trumps tumultuous leadership and embraced Bidens promise to fight the coronavirus pandemic and fix the economy in a divided nation | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-usa-election-global-leaders-factbox/global-leaders-react-to-joe-bidens-election-win-idUSKBN27N0OZ | 2020-11-09 |
| GM said on Saturday it looks forward to working with his administration and Congress to advance our vision of an allelectric zeroemissions future | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. passenger railroad Amtrak and American automakers on Saturday pledged to work with the incoming administration of Democrat Joe Biden who wants to boost mass transit and green vehicles | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-usa-election-transportation/amtrak-automakers-vow-to-work-with-future-biden-administration-idUSKBN27O036 | 2020-11-09 |
| Biden wants to help cities invest in escooters and other micromobility vehicles and integrate technologies like machinelearning optimized traffic and wants Congress to approve a big infrastructure package next year | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. passenger railroad Amtrak and American automakers on Saturday pledged to work with the incoming administration of Democrat Joe Biden who wants to boost mass transit and green vehicles | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-usa-election-transportation/amtrak-automakers-vow-to-work-with-future-biden-administration-idUSKBN27O036 | 2020-11-09 |
| Republicans also picked up votes in the lower house of Congress and Democrats have only claimed one additional seat so far in the U.S. Senate | Negative | NEW YORK BERKELEY Calif | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/us-usa-election-liberals/liberals-cheer-biden-victory-but-reflect-on-work-to-come-idUSKBN27N0TG | 2020-11-08 |
| Congress gave statutory volume targets through compliance year 2022 so the next administrations EPA will have more authority after that to set requirements | Neutral | NEW YORK Big questions remain over how a Joe Biden administration might administer the nations biofuel law the U.S. Renewable Fuel Standard and the stakes are high for both the farming and oil refining industries | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-election-biofuels-factbox/factbox-unresolved-biofuel-policy-issues-facing-the-next-u-s-president-idUSKBN27N0QB | 2020-11-08 |
| But other Republicans in Congress were not as excited about a drawnout battle and its toll on America if it becomes clear that Biden won the election fair and square | Negative | WASHINGTON As President Donald Trump fumes over the unfolding U.S. presidential election results some of his fellow Republicans in Congress have hinted that he ought to tone down his rhetoric | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-congress-republicans/u-s-republicans-divided-over-trumps-election-fraud-claims-idUSKBN27M2VM | 2020-11-07 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Friday that economic statistics including a 1 percentage point drop in the unemployment rate showed that Congress should enact a smaller coronavirus stimulus package that is highly targeted at the pandemics effects | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Friday that economic statistics including a 1 percentage point drop in the unemployment rate showed that Congress should enact a smaller coronavirus stimulus package that is highly targeted at the pandemics effects | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/mcconnell-signs-of-economic-recovery-point-to-smaller-covid-19-stimulus-idUSKBN27M283 | 2020-11-07 |
| After the jobs report U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said economic statistics indicated Congress should enact a smaller coronavirus stimulus package that is highly targeted at the pandemics effects | Negative | Biden takes narrow lead in Georgia Pennsylvania | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/usa-stocks/us-stocks-wall-street-steady-big-weekly-gain-on-prospects-for-washington-gridlock-idUSL1N2HS2H2 | 2020-11-07 |
| Nov 6 Global stocks held near a record high on Friday while bets that a divided U.S. Congress would hinder government borrowing and potentially pave the way for even more Federal Reserve stimulus kept the dollar and U.S. bonds sluggish | Negative | European stocks lower on profit taking virus angst | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-stocks-mixed-as-balance-tilts-to-biden-in-u-s-election-idUSL8N2HS4KO | 2020-11-07 |
| WASHINGTON As President Donald Trump fumes over the unfolding U.S. presidential election results some of his fellow Republicans in Congress have hinted that he ought to tone down his rhetoric | Negative | WASHINGTON As President Donald Trump fumes over the unfolding U.S. presidential election results some of his fellow Republicans in Congress have hinted that he ought to tone down his rhetoric | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-congress-republicans/u-s-republicans-divided-over-trumps-election-fraud-claims-idUSKBN27M2VM | 2020-11-07 |
| Matt Sherwood head of investment strategy at Perpetual in Sydney said markets had already moved to price in a Biden presidency and a divided Congress | Negative | U.S. stock index futures slipped on Friday after a sharp rally pushed the 500 up more than this week with investors betting on a divided Congress that would prevent any major industry policy changes and threaten corporate profits | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-stocks/futures-slip-after-strong-wall-street-rally-as-biden-edges-closer-to-white-house-idUSKBN27M0RY | 2020-11-06 |
| TOKYO Nov 6 Japanese shares on Friday hovered near a 29year high following strong cues from global equities as investors hoped a gridlock in U.S. Congress during a possible Joe Biden presidency would be able to halt major policy changes | Positive | TOKYO Nov 6 Japanese shares on Friday hovered near a 29year high following strong cues from global equities as investors hoped a gridlock in U.S. Congress during a possible Joe Biden presidency would be able to halt major policy changes | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/japan-stocks-midday/nikkei-hovers-near-29-year-peak-as-biden-edges-toward-victory-idUSL1N2HS06I | 2020-11-06 |
| Democrats are expected to nonetheless hold onto their majority in the new Congress that convenes on Jan | Neutral | WASHINGTON Some U.S. House of Representatives Democrats on Thursday blamed Tuesdays election losses on colleagues who embraced defunding police departments and policies according to sources familiar with a phone call they held | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-congress-democrats/glum-u-s-house-democrats-lament-2020-election-losses-idUSKBN27L33H | 2020-11-06 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. State Department gave Congress notification it plans to sell 18 sophisticated armed MQ9B aerial drones to the United Arab Emirates in a deal worth as much as | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. State Department gave Congress notification it plans to sell 18 sophisticated armed MQ9B aerial drones to the United Arab Emirates in a deal worth as much as | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-emirates-drones-exclusive/exclusive-trump-administration-advances-2-9-billion-drone-sale-to-uae-sources-idUSKBN27M06L | 2020-11-06 |
| U.S. stock index futures slipped on Friday after a sharp rally pushed the 500 up more than this week with investors betting on a divided Congress that would prevent any major industry policy changes and threaten corporate profits | Negative | U.S. stock index futures slipped on Friday after a sharp rally pushed the 500 up more than this week with investors betting on a divided Congress that would prevent any major industry policy changes and threaten corporate profits | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-stocks/futures-slip-after-strong-wall-street-rally-as-biden-edges-closer-to-white-house-idUSKBN27M0RY | 2020-11-06 |
| U.S. stock market futures were marginally higher late on Wednesday as the presidential election race remained cloudy and the likelihood of gridlock in Congress made investors optimistic that major policy changes would be difficult to enact | Negative | U.S. stock market futures were marginally higher late on Wednesday as the presidential election race remained cloudy and the likelihood of gridlock in Congress made investors optimistic that major policy changes would be difficult to enact | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-stocks/sp-500-futures-rise-as-u-s-election-suggests-less-regulatory-risk-idUSKBN27K0ZG | 2020-11-05 |
| Overnight Wall Street main indexes surged as the likelihood of gridlock in Congress made investors optimistic that major policy changes would be difficult to enact | Negative | TOKYO Nov 5 Japanese shares extended their gains on Thursday with investors awaiting final vote counts for the U.S. presidential election after results from several states gave a narrow lead to Democrat Joe Biden | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/japan-stocks-midday/nikkei-tracks-wall-st-higher-as-u-s-election-vote-count-goes-on-idUSL1N2HR07B | 2020-11-05 |
| The U.S. State Departments formal notification gives Congress 30 days to object to any sales which is unlikely given broad bipartisan support for the defense of Taiwan | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. State Department cleared the potential sale of four sophisticated U.S.made aerial drones to Taiwan in a formal notification sent to Congress the Pentagon said on Tuesday the last step before finalizing a weapons sale that will further anger China | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-usa-taiwan-arms/u-s-congress-notified-of-drone-sale-to-taiwan-pentagon-idUSKBN27J2R7 | 2020-11-04 |
| WASHINGTON Many Wall Street banks favorite lawmakers were returned to Congress overnight boding well for the industry which has been trying to rebuild a broad base of bipartisan support a decade after the financial crisis tarnished its image in Washington | Neutral | WASHINGTON Many Wall Street banks favorite lawmakers were returned to Congress overnight boding well for the industry which has been trying to rebuild a broad base of bipartisan support a decade after the financial crisis tarnished its image in Washington | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-election-congress-finance/u-s-banks-see-several-allies-returned-to-key-congressional-seats-idUSKBN27K0WT | 2020-11-04 |
| MEXICO CITY The Congress of the Mexican state of Puebla voted to legalize samesex marriages by an overwhelming majority on Tuesday marking a step forward for LGBT rights in the predominantly Roman Catholic Latin American country | Positive | MEXICO CITY The Congress of the Mexican state of Puebla voted to legalize samesex marriages by an overwhelming majority on Tuesday marking a step forward for LGBT rights in the predominantly Roman Catholic Latin American country | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-mexico-lgbt-marriage/conservative-mexican-state-of-puebla-legalizes-same-sex-marriage-idUSKBN27K04Z | 2020-11-04 |
| A Mississippi legislator and veteran Congressman are seeking criminal charges after Reuters exposed previously unreported details in the 2018 death of inmate Harvey Hill at the Madison County Detention Center | Negative | A Mississippi legislator and veteran Congressman are seeking criminal charges after Reuters exposed previously unreported details in the 2018 death of inmate Harvey Hill at the Madison County Detention Center | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-jails-mississippi/mississippi-state-federal-lawmakers-seek-inquiry-after-reuters-report-of-jail-beating-death-idUSKBN27I2OP | 2020-11-03 |
| The request to void votes is wholly Democratic groups including the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee said on Friday in a motion asking to intervene in the case | Negative | A group of Texas Republicans have lost one of two legal challenges they brought in the hope of halting drivethrough voting in Houston and having more than 120000 votes thrown out | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-texas/texan-republicans-lose-bid-to-halt-drive-through-voting-but-fight-continues-idUSKBN27H1Q0 | 2020-11-02 |
| Trump tried and failed to get Congress to repeal the ACA in his first fouryear term and is likely to continue to it in some form during a second term | Negative | Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden wants to expand the Affordable Care Act President Barack Obamas signature healthcare legislation and then name it after himself | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-usa-election-healthcare-economy-analy/analysis-bidencare-or-trumpcare-health-plans-will-affect-the-u-s-economy-differently-idUSKBN27H19M | 2020-11-02 |
| If both fail to follow up on reforms new mechanisms will be in place to allow Congress to dissolve the USOPC board and decertify NGBs | Positive | U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday signed into law a bill designed to give Olympic athletes greater protection and more input into decision making in the wake of the Larry Nassar gymnastics sexual abuse scandal | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-olympics-usopc-reforms/trump-signs-u-s-reform-bill-into-law-after-nassar-abuse-scandal-idUSKBN27G0VZ | 2020-11-01 |
| The request is wholly Democratic groups including the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee said on Friday in a motion asking to intervene in the case | Negative | A federal judge in Texas scheduled an emergency hearing for Monday on whether Houston officials unlawfully allowed drivethrough voting and should toss more than 100000 votes in the Democraticleaning area | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-texas/u-s-judge-to-hear-republican-bid-to-void-100000-votes-in-texas-idUSKBN27G0W9 | 2020-11-01 |
| Biden and fellow Democrats in Congress have criticized the president for his handling of the health crisis | Negative | A record surge of coronavirus cases in the United States pushed hospitals closer to the brink of capacity and drove the number of infections reported on Friday to an ominous new daily world record of 100000 four days before the U.S. presidential election | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/with-election-looming-u-s-faces-record-surge-of-coronavirus-cases-idUSKBN27F1MO | 2020-10-31 |
| Congress at the end of 2019 declined to extend the cap to 600000 electric vehicles per carmaker | Negative | A central piece of Democratic presidential candidate Joe Bidens bid for the White House is a drastic change in U.S. environmental policy | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-usa-election-autos-biden-factbox/factbox-what-impact-would-a-biden-presidency-have-on-the-auto-industry-idUSKBN27F2EX | 2020-10-31 |
| The final blueprint will be approved and published when the National Peoples Congress or parliament meets in its annual session next year | Positive | BEIJING Chinese President Xi Jinping and the Central Committee the largest of the ruling Communist Partys top decisionmaking bodies have concluded a fourday meeting on Chinas economic and social policy goals for the next five years | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-politics-plenum-factbox/factbox-key-details-from-fifth-plenum-of-chinas-communist-party-idUSKBN27E1XY | 2020-10-30 |
| Biden and fellow Democrats in Congress have excoriated Trump for his handling of the health crisis | Negative | WASHINGTON The White House coronavirus task force warned that much of the country is in the grips of an surge in COVID19 cases and urged tough countermeasures as the number of U.S. infections reported on Thursday hit a new daily record of more than 91000 | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/task-force-sees-unrelenting-covid-19-spread-daily-u-s-cases-up-by-record-91000-idUSKBN27E1YT | 2020-10-30 |
| On Wednesday Democrats in Congress said recent delays in some mail deliveries could jeopardize timely ballot deliveries | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Postal Service said on Thursday that it had delivered 122 million blank and completed ballots ahead of next Tuesdays presidential election in which there has been record early voting | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-postal/u-s-postal-service-has-delivered-122-million-ballots-ahead-of-election-idUSKBN27E3GY | 2020-10-30 |
| WASHINGTON Democrats in Congress on Wednesday said reported delays in mail deliveries in some U.S. cites could jeopardize delivery of ballots ahead of next weeks presidential election | Negative | WASHINGTON Democrats in Congress on Wednesday said reported delays in mail deliveries in some U.S. cites could jeopardize delivery of ballots ahead of next weeks presidential election | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-post-office/democrats-raise-concerns-about-u-s-postal-delays-ahead-of-election-idUSKBN27D39A | 2020-10-29 |
| There are several pieces of legislation doing the rounds in Congress that seek to curb the same immunity. | Negative | The chief executives of Twitter Inc Facebook Inc and Alphabet Incs Google defended a law protecting internet companies before a Senate panel on Wednesday as lawmakers seek ways to hold Big Tech accountable for how they moderate content on their platforms | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-tech-section-230-explainer/explainer-whats-in-the-u-s-law-protecting-internet-companies-and-can-it-be-changed-idUSKBN27D265 | 2020-10-29 |
| SAN FRANCISCO The U.S. National Security Agency is rebuffing efforts by a leading Congressional critic to determine whether it is continuing to place socalled back doors into commercial technology products in a controversial practice that critics say damages both U.S. industry and national security | Negative | SAN FRANCISCO The U.S. National Security Agency is rebuffing efforts by a leading Congressional critic to determine whether it is continuing to place socalled back doors into commercial technology products in a controversial practice that critics say damages both U.S. industry and national security | http://www.reuters.com/innovation/article/us-usa-security-congress-insight/spy-agency-ducks-questions-about-back-doors-in-tech-products-idUSKBN27D1CS | 2020-10-29 |
| Legislation is pending in Congress that would give news publishers a fouryear safe harbor to negotiate with Facebook Google and other platforms collecting the bulk online advertising revenue | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Federal Trade Commission needs new powers to protect the struggling local news industry from unfair competition from large technology companies a senior lawmaker said | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-usa-media-congress/u-s-agency-needs-new-powers-to-protect-local-news-industry-senator-says-idUSKBN27C12Y | 2020-10-28 |
| Cantwell told Reuters that beyond just making sure that they news live to fight another Congress must address unfair facing local news outlets that hold governments and provide other services | Neutral | WASHINGTON The U.S. Federal Trade Commission needs new powers to protect the struggling local news industry from unfair competition from large technology companies a senior lawmaker said | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-usa-media-congress/u-s-agency-needs-new-powers-to-protect-local-news-industry-senator-says-idUSKBN27C12Y | 2020-10-28 |
| The move sparked outrage on the left with Representative Alexandria OcasioCortez one of the most liberal members of Congress tweeting expand the court | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump reveled in one of his signature achievements on Monday at a White House ceremony to celebrate U.S. Senate confirmation of his third Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett eight days before the election | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-court-barrett/trump-celebrates-at-white-house-as-supreme-court-nominee-confirmed-idUSKBN27B143 | 2020-10-27 |
| The fissures in the party may pose a threat to Morenas electoral performance at the 2021 midterm elections where the party hopes to maintain its tight grip on Congress | Negative | MEXICO CITY The ruling Morena party of Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador late on Friday chose a new leader Mario Delgado after two previous failed attempts characterised by bitter infighting | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-mexico-politics/mexicos-ruling-morena-party-elects-leader-after-fractious-race-idUSKBN2790RX | 2020-10-25 |
| the day before on hopes the U.S. Congress and the White House would soon strike a deal on another round of COVID19 stimulus | Negative | European stocks boosted by Q3 earnings | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-earnings-lift-shares-gains-pared-by-u-s-election-caution-idUSL8N2HE4QA | 2020-10-24 |
| Normally governors certify the results in their respective states and share the information with Congress | Neutral | President Donald Trump has claimed without evidence that unprecedented numbers of mailin ballots will lead to widespread fraud by Democrats in the November presidential election | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-election-contested-scenarios-expl/explainer-what-happens-if-the-u-s-election-is-contested-idUSKBN2781FS | 2020-10-24 |
| Bidens widening lead in polls is prompting many investors to bet on his presidency and a blue where Democrats win both chambers of Congress | Positive | European stocks boosted by Q3 earnings | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-earnings-lift-shares-gains-pared-by-u-s-election-caution-idUSL8N2HE4QA | 2020-10-24 |
| The parties could ask the Supreme Court to resolve any congressional stalemate but its not certain the court would be willing to adjudicate how Congress should count electoral votes | Positive | President Donald Trump has claimed without evidence that unprecedented numbers of mailin ballots will lead to widespread fraud by Democrats in the November presidential election | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-election-contested-scenarios-expl/explainer-what-happens-if-the-u-s-election-is-contested-idUSKBN2781FS | 2020-10-24 |
| Any election dispute in Congress would play out ahead of a strict deadline Jan | Negative | President Donald Trump has claimed without evidence that unprecedented numbers of mailin ballots will lead to widespread fraud by Democrats in the November presidential election | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-election-contested-scenarios-expl/explainer-what-happens-if-the-u-s-election-is-contested-idUSKBN2781FS | 2020-10-24 |
| Pelosi the top Democrat in Congress has been negotiating with Mnuchin to try to reach an agreement that could be worth around trillion before the presidential and congressional election | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Friday it still was possible to get another round of COVID19 aid before the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/banks/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/pelosi-trump-trade-blame-on-covid-19-stimulus-talks-senate-republicans-on-sidelines-idUSKBN278252 | 2020-10-24 |
| Israel enjoys broad support in Congress and if it opposed the deals it would be nearly impossible for them to advance | Negative | Israel said on Friday it will not oppose U.S. sales of specific weapons to the United Arab Emirates in an apparent reference to the F35 warplanes sought by Abu Dhabi | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-emirates-usa-arms/israel-will-not-oppose-u-s-sale-of-f-35-to-uae-idUSKBN278297 | 2020-10-24 |
| A widening lead in polls by Biden is prompting many investors to bet on a Biden presidency and also a blue where Democrats win both chambers of Congress | Positive | TOKYO Global stocks barely budged on Friday as investors tightened positions with less than two weeks to go before the U.S. presidential election and awaited a breakthrough in stimulus talks in Washington | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/us-global-markets/stocks-hold-tight-ranges-as-u-s-election-caution-sets-in-idUSKBN2773AP | 2020-10-23 |
| The State Department said on Tuesday that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo would submit a report to Congress on sanctions against vessels engaged in pipelaying for Nord Stream 2 | Negative | MOSCOW The Kremlin said on Wednesday that U.S. sanctions targeting the Russialed Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline project were unfriendly and destructive | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-nordstream2-usa/kremlin-calls-u-s-sanctions-on-nord-stream-2-unfriendly-and-destructive-idUSKBN2761AK | 2020-10-22 |
| WASHINGTON Congressional leaders are calling on the U.S. Department of Justice to strengthen its tracking of deaths in local jails following a Reuters investigation that identified thousands of inmate fatalities and spurred criticism from human rights groups | Negative | WASHINGTON Congressional leaders are calling on the U.S. Department of Justice to strengthen its tracking of deaths in local jails following a Reuters investigation that identified thousands of inmate fatalities and spurred criticism from human rights groups | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-jails-doj/congress-presses-doj-to-improve-jail-reporting-system-after-reuters-report-idUSKBN2761L9 | 2020-10-22 |
| The formal notification gives Congress 30 days to object to any sales but this is unlikely given broad bipartisan support for the defense of Taiwan | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. State Department has approved the potential sale of three weapons systems to Taiwan including sensors missiles and artillery that could have a total value of | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-usa-taiwan-arms/u-s-state-department-approves-1-8-bln-in-potential-arms-sales-to-taiwan-pentagon-idUSKBN27638I | 2020-10-22 |
| WASHINGTON The White House and Democrats in the U.S. Congress moved closer to agreement on a new coronavirus relief package on Tuesday as President Donald Trump said he was willing to accept a large aid bill despite opposition from his own Republican Party | Positive | WASHINGTON The White House and Democrats in the U.S. Congress moved closer to agreement on a new coronavirus relief package on Tuesday as President Donald Trump said he was willing to accept a large aid bill despite opposition from his own Republican Party | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-coronavirus-aid-talks-imperiled-amid-republican-opposition-idUSKBN27518S | 2020-10-21 |
| WASHINGTON Republicans are running short of time money and options to stop Democrats from winning a majority of seats in the U.S. Senate and with them full control of Congress in an election that is now only two weeks away | Positive | WASHINGTON Republicans are running short of time money and options to stop Democrats from winning a majority of seats in the U.S. Senate and with them full control of Congress in an election that is now only two weeks away | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-senate/republicans-running-short-on-time-and-money-to-defend-senate-majority-idUSKBN27518E | 2020-10-21 |
| The Trump administration which is also expected to offer economic aid must now notify the U.S. Congress of its intent to take Sudan off the terrorism list | Positive | President Donald Trump announced on Monday the United States would remove Sudan from its list of state sponsors of terrorism | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-sudan-usa/trump-u-s-to-remove-sudan-from-state-terrorism-sponsors-list-after-payment-to-victims-idUSKBN2742BE | 2020-10-20 |
| Farmers initially pleaded to Trump for trade not in 2018 but have since received repeated bailouts even as COVID19 stimulus for millions of other Americans stalls in Congress | Negative | CHICAGO U.S. President Donald Trump is assuring a bumper year for farmers as the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-farmers-aid/trumps-payments-to-farmers-hit-all-time-high-ahead-of-election-idUSKBN2741D4 | 2020-10-20 |
| The new Chinese law passed on Saturday by the National Peoples Congress Standing Committee the countrys top legislative body will take effect on Dec | Positive | SHANGHAI China passed a law restricting exports of controlled items allowing the government to act against countries that abuse export controls in a way that harms Chinas interests state media said | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-parliament-exports/china-passes-export-control-law-following-u-s-moves-idUSKBN27305U | 2020-10-18 |
| Controlled items include military and nuclear products as well as other goods technologies and services and relevant data according to a statement on the National Peoples Congress website | Positive | SHANGHAI China passed a law restricting exports of controlled items allowing the government to act against countries that abuse export controls in a way that harms Chinas interests state media said | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-parliament-exports/china-passes-export-control-law-following-u-s-moves-idUSKBN27305U | 2020-10-18 |
| The National Peoples Congress Standing Committee voted to adopt the law on Saturday according to Xinhua and it would come into effect on April 15 2021 | Neutral | SHANGHAI Chinas top legislative body passed a new biosecurity law aimed at preventing and managing infectious diseases state news agency Xinhua reported late on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-parliament-biosecurity/china-passes-biosecurity-law-to-prevent-infectious-diseases-idUSKBN273064 | 2020-10-18 |
| 14 and the competing results would be sent to Congress | Neutral | In the United States a candidate becomes president by securing the most votes rather than winning a majority of the national popular vote | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-dueling-electors-explain/explainer-dueling-electors-pose-risk-of-u-s-vote-deadlock-idUSKBN2712M7 | 2020-10-17 |
| Both chambers of Congress could accept the same slate of electors which would almost certainly put the matter to rest | Neutral | In the United States a candidate becomes president by securing the most votes rather than winning a majority of the national popular vote | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-dueling-electors-explain/explainer-dueling-electors-pose-risk-of-u-s-vote-deadlock-idUSKBN2712M7 | 2020-10-17 |
| But Foley notes that some scholars and an analysis by the Congressional Research Service have rejected that conclusion | Negative | In the United States a candidate becomes president by securing the most votes rather than winning a majority of the national popular vote | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-dueling-electors-explain/explainer-dueling-electors-pose-risk-of-u-s-vote-deadlock-idUSKBN2712M7 | 2020-10-17 |
| WASHINGTON A whistleblower and former official at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security who alleges he was pressured to stop providing assessments of Russian electoral interference will likely not be deposed by Congress before the Nov | Negative | WASHINGTON A whistleblower and former official at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security who alleges he was pressured to stop providing assessments of Russian electoral interference will likely not be deposed by Congress before the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-election-whistleblower/deposition-of-u-s-homeland-security-whistleblower-unlikely-before-election-lawyer-says-idUSKBN2712U7 | 2020-10-17 |
| Financial firepower will help determine whether Republicans fend off a powerful drive by Democrats to take the control of the Senate and set the legislative agenda in Congress next year | Positive | WASHINGTON Democratic candidates running for the U.S. Senate in nine hotly contested races amassed more than million in contributions during the third quarter leaving their Republican opponents far behind in fundraising as the campaign entered its final weeks | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-senate-fundraising/democratic-senate-campaigns-pull-in-more-than-240-million-in-third-quarter-fundraising-idUSKBN2710BO | 2020-10-16 |
| According to legal experts it is unclear in this scenario whether Congress should accept the governors electoral slate or not count the states electoral votes at all | Negative | Joe Biden supporter Cindy Kalogeropoulos took no chances when her absentee ballot arrived on Sept | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-contested-insight/democrats-urge-early-voting-massive-turnout-as-trump-stokes-fears-of-contested-election-idUSKBN2701AN | 2020-10-16 |
| The calls to reform Section 230 and penalize tech companies have been intensifying but it is unlikely there will be action on the law by Congress this year | Negative | U.S. President Donald Trumps reelection campaigns Twitter account was briefly restricted on Thursday causing an outcry from Republican lawmakers who accused social media companies of acting like speech and vowing to hold Twitter responsible | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-usa-election-twitter/twitter-briefly-restricts-trump-campaign-account-republicans-decry-companys-actions-idUSKBN2702C4 | 2020-10-16 |
| When Congress makes laws that overstep the Constitution it can be felt all across the state of Ernst said | Neutral | WASHINGTON Embattled Senate Republicans took advantage of the spotlight at Tuesdays confirmation hearing for President Donald Trumps third Supreme Court nominee to tout election concerns like healthcare police and even fundraising as they fight to keep their seats | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-court-barrett-election/supreme-court-confirmation-hearing-doubles-as-campaign-stop-for-embattled-republicans-idUSKBN26Z1CL | 2020-10-15 |
| Some give him an approval rating of over as he gears up for national state and municipal elections next June that will determine whether he can keep control of Congress | Positive | MEXICO CITY Three months after taking charge of a new office created by President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador to compensate Mexicans for years of public sector embezzlement its director quit complaining the organization was tainted by corruption | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-mexico-politics-corruption/mexican-presidents-anti-corruption-drive-buffeted-by-scandals-idUSKBN26Z1J4 | 2020-10-15 |
| WASHINGTON The White House is moving forward with more sales of sophisticated military equipment to Taiwan telling Congress on Tuesday that it will seek to sell MQ9 drones and a coastal defensive missile system five sources familiar with the situation said | Negative | WASHINGTON The White House is moving forward with more sales of sophisticated military equipment to Taiwan telling Congress on Tuesday that it will seek to sell MQ9 drones and a coastal defensive missile system five sources familiar with the situation said | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-taiwan-arms-exclusive/exclusive-white-house-advances-drone-and-missile-sales-to-taiwan-sources-idUSKBN26Y2JM | 2020-10-14 |
| WASHINGTON The White House is moving forward with more sales of sophisticated military equipment to Taiwan telling Congress on Tuesday that it will seek to sell Taipei MQ9 drones and a coastal defensive missile system sources familiar with the situation said | Negative | WASHINGTON The White House is moving forward with more sales of sophisticated military equipment to Taiwan telling Congress on Tuesday that it will seek to sell Taipei MQ9 drones and a coastal defensive missile system sources familiar with the situation said | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-usa-taiwan-arms-exclusive/exclusive-white-house-advances-drone-and-missile-sales-to-taiwan-sources-idUSKBN26Y2JM | 2020-10-14 |
| A resume seen by Reuters shows Du Wei previously worked at the Chinese embassy in Washington in 1994 lobbying the U.S. Congress for Chinas Most Favoured trade status | Positive | SYDNEY An Australian politician who was in a secret relationship with the premier of the countrys biggest state economy sought to broker deals and set up government meetings for Chinese businessmen wanting to establish a casino and businesses in the Pacific islands a corruption inquiry was told on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-australia-politics-nsw/australian-politician-sought-to-broker-chinese-deals-in-pacific-islands-inquiry-hears-idUSKBN26Y0ZA | 2020-10-14 |
| Wonder director Patty Jenkins is among dozens of top Hollywood names urging U.S. Congress to provide financial aid to help cinemas weather pandemic shutdowns | Positive | Walt Disney Cos revamp of its media and entertainment businesses represents Hollywoods latest move to prioritize streaming media raising questions about how much big media companies will continue to support movie theaters | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-walt-disney-restructuring-streaming-a/analysis-fewer-movies-in-theaters-big-media-turns-focus-to-streaming-video-idUSKBN26Y2XS | 2020-10-14 |
| The Justice Department arguing for the Census Bureau said complaints about the timeline should be raised with Congress which can extend the statutory deadline | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed President Donald Trumps administration to wind down population counting for the 2020 U.S. census earlier than originally planned in a blow to civil rights groups concerned about an undercount particularly of racial minorities | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-trump-census/u-s-supreme-court-allows-trump-to-wind-down-census-early-idUSKBN26Y308 | 2020-10-14 |
| WASHINGTON The White House is moving forward with three sales of advanced weaponry to Taiwan sending in recent days a notification of the deals to Congress for approval five sources said on Monday while China threatened retaliation | Negative | WASHINGTON The White House is moving forward with three sales of advanced weaponry to Taiwan sending in recent days a notification of the deals to Congress for approval five sources said on Monday while China threatened retaliation | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-usa-taiwan-arms-exclusive/white-house-moves-forward-on-three-arms-sales-to-taiwan-sources-idUSKBN26X246 | 2020-10-14 |
| A State Department spokesman As a matter of policy the United States does not confirm or comment on proposed defense sales or transfers until they are formally notified to Congress | Neutral | WASHINGTON The White House is moving forward with three sales of advanced weaponry to Taiwan sending in recent days a notification of the deals to Congress for approval five sources familiar with the situation said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-taiwan-arms-exclusive/white-house-moves-forward-on-three-arms-sales-to-taiwan-sources-idUSKBN26X246 | 2020-10-13 |
| efforts to repeal Obamacare in Congress have failed. | Negative | Thomson Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN26X17X | 2020-10-13 |
| The Trump administration on Sunday called on the U.S. Congress to pass a strippeddown coronavirus relief bill after talks stalled on a more comprehensive stimulus deal | Negative | European shares hit a fiveweek high on Monday as optimism about a stable economic recovery in China and hopes of more U.S. fiscal stimulus helped offset concerns around surging COVID19 cases across the continent | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-europe-stocks/european-shares-hit-five-week-high-on-rebound-optimism-stimulus-hopes-idUSKBN26X26D | 2020-10-13 |
| Republican efforts to repeal Obamacare in Congress have failed | Negative | WASHINGTON Democratic senators including vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris on Monday painted President Donald Trumps Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett as a threat to the Obamacare healthcare law during a deadly pandemic and denounced the Republican drive to approve her before the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-court-barrett/harris-fellow-democrats-target-trump-supreme-court-nominee-on-obamacare-idUSKBN26X17X | 2020-10-13 |
| WASHINGTON The White House is moving forward with three sales of advanced weaponry to Taiwan sending in recent days a notification of the deals to Congress for approval five sources familiar with the situation said on Monday | Positive | WASHINGTON The White House is moving forward with three sales of advanced weaponry to Taiwan sending in recent days a notification of the deals to Congress for approval five sources familiar with the situation said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-taiwan-arms-exclusive/white-house-moves-forward-on-three-arms-sales-to-taiwan-sources-idUSKBN26X246 | 2020-10-13 |
| WASHINGTON Oct 11 U.S. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin and White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows on Sunday called on Congress to pass a coronavirus relief bill using leftover funds from the paycheck protection program as negotiations on a more comprehensive package continue | Positive | WASHINGTON Oct 11 U.S. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin and White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows on Sunday called on Congress to pass a coronavirus relief bill using leftover funds from the paycheck protection program as negotiations on a more comprehensive package continue | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/health-coronavirus-congress-relief/white-house-calls-for-interim-coronavirus-relief-as-negotiations-continue-idUSW1N2GR05B | 2020-10-12 |
| WASHINGTON The Trump administration on Sunday called on Congress to pass a strippeddown coronavirus relief bill using leftover funds from an expired small business loan program as negotiations on a broader package ran into resistance | Negative | WASHINGTON The Trump administration on Sunday called on Congress to pass a strippeddown coronavirus relief bill using leftover funds from an expired small business loan program as negotiations on a broader package ran into resistance | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-health-coronavirus-congress-relief/white-house-seeks-limited-coronavirus-relief-bill-promises-further-talks-on-broader-stimulus-idUSKBN26W0QO | 2020-10-12 |
| However they said Congress should immediately on legislation to enable the use of the unused Paycheck Protection Program funds which total around billion | Positive | WASHINGTON The Trump administration on Sunday called on Congress to pass a strippeddown coronavirus relief bill using leftover funds from an expired small business loan program as negotiations on a broader package ran into resistance | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-health-coronavirus-congress-relief/white-house-seeks-limited-coronavirus-relief-bill-promises-further-talks-on-broader-stimulus-idUSKBN26W0QO | 2020-10-12 |
| In response ICE said that 2020 was an exceptional year due to the pandemic and Congress would likely take this into account when setting next years funding levels | Positive | The 31yearold Cuban rancher arrived at the U.S.Mexico border after crossing through nearly a dozen countries to seek political asylum in the United States | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-immigration-detention-insight/amid-pandemic-sharply-increased-u-s-detention-times-put-migrants-at-risk-idUSKBN26U15Y | 2020-10-10 |
| WASHINGTON One week after Republican President Donald Trump announced he had COVID19 Democrats in Congress on Friday proposed creating a commission to help decide whether to transfer a future U.S. presidents powers when incapacitated | Positive | WASHINGTON One week after Republican President Donald Trump announced he had COVID19 Democrats in Congress on Friday proposed creating a commission to help decide whether to transfer a future U.S. presidents powers when incapacitated | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-health-coronavirus-trump-congress/in-face-of-trumps-covid-19-case-democrats-seek-to-set-up-commission-on-incapacitated-presidents-idUSKBN26U200 | 2020-10-10 |
| Had Treasury met the deadline set by Congress many of these jobs would have been the report said | Positive | 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 |
| Aviation contractors were awarded billion under the first CARES Act and could see those funds extended for another six months if Congress passes a second stimulus package | Positive | 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 notification alerts the U.S. Congress that a sale to a foreign country has been approved but does not indicate that a contract has been signed or negotiations have concluded | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. State Department has approved the potential sale of U.S.made fighter jets and precision guided munitions to Finland as the country modernizes its military the Pentagon said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-usa-finland-defense/u-s-approves-possible-sale-of-fighter-jets-missiles-to-finland-idUSKBN26U1XJ | 2020-10-10 |
| Congress looks at the prior years average detention numbers to decide how much to allocate to ICE and its parent agency the U.S. Department of Homeland Security in the future | Negative | The 31yearold Cuban rancher arrived at the U.S.Mexico border after crossing through nearly a dozen countries to seek political asylum in the United States | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-immigration-detention-insight/amid-pandemic-sharply-increased-u-s-detention-times-put-migrants-at-risk-idUSKBN26U15Y | 2020-10-10 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin failed on Friday to reach agreement on a COVID19 stimulus package while the top Senate Republican voiced doubt that Congress would act before the Nov | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin failed on Friday to reach agreement on a COVID19 stimulus package while the top Senate Republican voiced doubt that Congress would act before the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/pelosi-mnuchin-fail-to-reach-covid-19-stimulus-deal-but-talks-go-on-amid-republican-doubts-idUSKBN26U1RM | 2020-10-10 |
| A surge in COVID19 cases in a number of U.S. states and rollercoaster prospects for new pandemic aid from Congress are threatening to push the importance of traditional economic data to the back burner for voters in the Nov | Negative | A surge in COVID19 cases in a number of U.S. states and rollercoaster prospects for new pandemic aid from Congress are threatening to push the importance of traditional economic data to the back burner for voters in the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-usa-election-economy-graphic/viral-surge-fiscal-fight-may-sway-u-s-voters-more-than-data-idUSKBN26U0DW | 2020-10-09 |
| U.S. President Donald Trump said talks with Congress had restarted on targeted fiscal relief after abruptly calling off negotiations earlier this week | Positive | TOKYO Oct 9 Japanese stocks were on course for their biggest weekly gain in two months on Friday on hopes of more stimulus in the United States even though some investors doubted the chances of a deal in the run up to the U.S. presidential election | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/japan-stocks-midday/japan-stocks-head-for-weekly-gain-on-u-s-stimulus-hopes-idUSL4N2H00DG | 2020-10-09 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday said legislation to help airline companies survive the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic could only move through Congress with guarantees that a comprehensive aid bill would be developed too | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday said legislation to help airline companies survive the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic could only move through Congress with guarantees that a comprehensive aid bill would be developed too | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/pelosi-mnuchin-search-for-common-ground-as-u-s-covid-19-talks-resume-idUSKBN26T2H9 | 2020-10-09 |
| U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday said talks with Congress had restarted on targeted fiscal relief after calling off negotiations earlier this week | Positive | NEW YORK Oct 8 Asian shares were set to track Wall Street gains on Friday as revived hopes for a U.S. stimulus deal helped investors overlook weakerthanexpected jobs data and growing global coronavirus cases | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-asian-markets-to-inch-up-as-u-s-stimulus-talks-restart-idUSL1N2GZ2DK | 2020-10-09 |
| Amtrak last month told Congress it needs up to | Neutral | U.S. governmentsupported passenger railroad Amtrak said on Thursday that without a new government bailout it could be forced to cut more spending and train services which could lead to the loss of another 2400 jobs | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-amtrak/u-s-railroad-amtrak-warns-of-2400-additional-job-losses-without-new-bailout-idUSKBN26T3FS | 2020-10-09 |
| The U.S. Congress has failed to act on proposals to create standards and safety regulations the industry can rely on as a legal shield when deploying selfdriving vehicles | Negative | DETROIT Waymo on Thursday will relaunch and expand its fully automated robotaxi ride hailing service in Phoenix rebooting its effort to transform years of autonomous vehicle research into a revenueproducing business | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-waymo-autonomous-phoenix/waymo-opens-driverless-robo-taxi-service-to-the-public-in-phoenix-idUSKBN26T2Y3 | 2020-10-09 |
| The Justice Department arguing for the Census Bureau said complaints about the timeline should be raised with Congress which can extend the statutory deadlines | Positive | WASHINGTON The Trump administration on Wednesday sought help from the U.S. Supreme Court in its effort to wind down counting for the 2020 U.S. census | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-census-ruling/trump-administration-asks-u-s-high-court-to-lift-order-extending-census-count-idUSKBN26T05C | 2020-10-08 |
| Later on however Trump urged Congress to provide stimulus checks for Americans and other support for airlines and small businesses | Neutral | European stocks mostly fell on Wednesday failing to join a recovery in global equities following a selloff on doubts over U.S. stimulus with bluechip shares weighing the most | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-europe-stocks/lower-european-shares-buck-global-trend-idUSKBN26S0XT | 2020-10-08 |
| U.S. President Donald Trump said late on Tuesday Congress should quickly extend billion in new payroll assistance to U.S. passenger airlines furloughing thousands of workers as air travel remains down sharply amid the coronavirus pandemic | Negative | U.S. President Donald Trump said late on Tuesday Congress should quickly extend billion in new payroll assistance to U.S. passenger airlines furloughing thousands of workers as air travel remains down sharply amid the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-airlines/trump-urges-congress-to-provide-25-billion-bailout-for-u-s-airlines-idUSKBN26R3I8 | 2020-10-07 |
| The coronavirus aid and the diseases spread in the White House were in focus as President Donald Trump halted talks with Congress over a large stimulus while White House senior adviser Stephen Miller also contracted the virus | Negative | The coronavirus aid and the diseases spread in the White House were in focus as President Donald Trump halted talks with Congress over a large stimulus while White House senior adviser Stephen Miller also contracted the virus | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-coronavirus-idUSKBN26Q28N | 2020-10-07 |
| American Airlines will end service to 11 smaller airports on Wednesday after Congress failed to approve additional aid | Negative | U.S. President Donald Trump said late on Tuesday Congress should quickly extend billion in new payroll assistance to U.S. passenger airlines furloughing thousands of workers as air travel remains down sharply amid the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-airlines/trump-urges-congress-to-provide-25-billion-bailout-for-u-s-airlines-idUSKBN26R3I8 | 2020-10-07 |
| WASHINGTON Prospects for more aid for Americans struggling through the COVID19 pandemic and U.S. airlines seeking to avert a wave of layoffs crumbled on Tuesday when President Donald Trump ended negotiations with Congress over a large coronavirus bill | Negative | WASHINGTON Prospects for more aid for Americans struggling through the COVID19 pandemic and U.S. airlines seeking to avert a wave of layoffs crumbled on Tuesday when President Donald Trump ended negotiations with Congress over a large coronavirus bill | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-healthcare-coronavirus-usa-congress/coronavirus-aid-hopes-evaporate-as-trump-ends-talks-with-u-s-democrats-idUSKBN26R3BR | 2020-10-07 |
| The report also urged Congress to allow antitrust enforcers more leeway in stopping companies from purchasing potential rivals something that is now difficult | Negative | A U.S. House of Representatives panel looking into abuses of market power by four of the biggest technology companies found they used killer to smite rivals charged exorbitant fees and forced small businesses into contracts in the name of profit | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-tech-antitrust-congress/u-s-lawmakers-detail-big-techs-market-abuses-and-press-for-strict-reform-idUSKBN26R3H7 | 2020-10-07 |
| JOHANNESBURG South African elite police unit Hawks said it was not aware of any arrest warrant for African National Congress Secretary General Ace Magashule following media reports his arrest was imminent | Negative | JOHANNESBURG South African elite police unit Hawks said it was not aware of any arrest warrant for African National Congress Secretary General Ace Magashule following media reports his arrest was imminent | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-safrica-corruption/south-africa-hawks-police-not-aware-of-imminent-arrest-of-ancs-magashule-idUSKBN26S01X | 2020-10-07 |
| Stocks which had been buoyed by ongoing talks between Democratic leaders in Congress and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin fell sharply | Negative | Top U.S. and European central bankers on Tuesday called for renewed government spending to support families and businesses as the battle against the coronavirustriggered recession enters a newly critical phase | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-usa-fed-powell/global-central-bankers-say-fiscal-aid-crucial-in-new-phase-of-pandemic-battle-idUSKBN26R2KI | 2020-10-07 |
| Trumps announcement in a tweet came on the heels of U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powells warning of dire economic repercussions if Congress failed to pass additional fiscal stimulus | Negative | NEW YORK Wall Street took a nosedive late in the session on Tuesday reversing solid gains to close deep in negative territory after President Donald Trump announced he was calling off talks on coronavirus relief legislation until after the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-global-markets/u-s-stocks-take-a-dive-after-trump-halts-stimulus-talks-idUSKBN26R02E | 2020-10-07 |
| Congress is unlikely to act on the findings this year | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives antitrust subcommittees findings on abuse of market power by four large tech companies is expected to be broken up into three reports according to two sources with direct knowledge of the matter as bipartisanship among committee members appeared to break down | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-usa-tech-antitrust/u-s-house-antitrust-findings-on-big-tech-likely-in-three-reports-sources-idUSKBN26R2V6 | 2020-10-07 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives antitrust report on Big Tech firms contains a thinly veiled call to break the companies Republican Congressman Ken Buck said in a draft response seen by Reuters | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives antitrust report on Big Tech firms contains a thinly veiled call to break the companies Republican Congressman Ken Buck said in a draft response seen by Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-tech-antitrust/u-s-houses-antitrust-report-hints-at-break-up-of-big-tech-firms-lawmaker-idUSKBN26R0EK | 2020-10-06 |
| Expectations that U.S. Congress will pass a stimulus package to support the pandemicstricken economy remain low ahead of the presidential election in November | Negative | By Eimi Yamamitsu | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-dollar-treads-water-as-markets-await-news-on-trumps-health-idUSL4N2GW03L | 2020-10-05 |
| Chief Judge Sharon Prost dissented citing Congress desire for efficient procedures to help lowcost generic drugs enter the marketplace | Neutral | A federal appeals court on Friday reinstated a 2017 jury verdict ordering Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd to pay GlaxoSmithKline Plc | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-teva-glaxosmithkline/u-s-appeals-court-revives-glaxo-235-5-million-verdict-against-teva-idUSKBN26N2R8 | 2020-10-03 |
| In the absence of federal legislation in the bitterly divided U.S. Congress targeting climate change the lawsuits are the latest effort to force action via litigation | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear an appeal by energy companies including BP PLC Chevron Corp Exxon Mobil Corp and Royal Dutch Shell PLC contesting a lawsuit by the city of Baltimore seeking damages for the impact of global climate change | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-court-climate/supreme-court-takes-up-energy-companies-appeal-over-baltimore-climate-suit-idUSKBN26N2DB | 2020-10-03 |
| American Airlines and United Airlines began furloughing 32000 workers this week but reiterated on Friday that they would reverse course if Congress acts quickly to extend the payroll support program | Negative | U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Friday asked airlines to halt furloughs and firings saying a longawaited deal to provide another billion in aid for the struggling sector was imminent | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/health-coronavirus-usa-airlines/pelosi-says-airline-aid-deal-is-near-asks-for-halt-to-job-cuts-idUSKBN26O05L | 2020-10-03 |
| Congress in March approved a billion bailout for the passenger airline industry half primarily in the form of grants to fund payroll costs and half in government loans | Neutral | U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Friday asked airlines to halt furloughs and firings saying a longawaited deal to provide another billion in aid for the struggling sector was imminent | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/health-coronavirus-usa-airlines/pelosi-says-airline-aid-deal-is-near-asks-for-halt-to-job-cuts-idUSKBN26O05L | 2020-10-03 |
| If both fail to follow up on reforms new mechanisms would be in place to allow Congress to dissolve the USOPC board and decertify NGBs | 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 |
| The new proposal promoted by the president and his Morena party has yet to receive the approval of the full Congress or the Senate | Positive | MEXICO CITY Mexican artists and human rights activists are protesting against a funding plan proposed by President Andres Manuel Lopez Obradors ruling party accusing the government of infringing on the independence of arts and science | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-mexico-funds/mexican-artists-activists-oppose-presidents-proposed-funding-shakeup-idUSKBN26M4BZ | 2020-10-01 |
| They asked Congress to redirect unspent funds from the coronavirus aid package passed earlier this year or enact new proposals that would help movie theaters weather the pandemic | Neutral | LOS ANGELES Oscarwinning film directors James Cameron Clint Eastwood and Martin Scorsese joined forces with movie theater owners on Wednesday in an appeal for financial help saying they feared for the future of the industry | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-movie-theaters/scorsese-eastwood-say-u-s-movie-theaters-may-not-survive-pandemic-idUSKBN26M426 | 2020-10-01 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi is rallying Democrats to prepare for a onceinacentury election scenario requiring Congress to decide the outcome of the presidential race if neither Democrat Joe Biden nor President Donald Trump wins outright | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi is rallying Democrats to prepare for a onceinacentury election scenario requiring Congress to decide the outcome of the presidential race if neither Democrat Joe Biden nor President Donald Trump wins outright | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-house/pelosi-eyes-possible-u-s-house-role-in-calling-presidential-election-idUSKBN26J2A6 | 2020-09-29 |
| March A trillion coronavirus aid package dubbed the largest rescue package in American is approved by Congress | Positive | Here are some key developments as the novel coronavirus spread around the | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-timeline/timeline-how-the-global-coronavirus-pandemic-unfolded-idUSKBN26K0AQ | 2020-09-29 |
| Few investors now expect the U.S. Congress to pass any stimulus package seen as vital to support the pandemicstricken economy before the election | Positive | By Hideyuki Sano | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-dollar-near-2-month-high-as-investors-look-to-more-data-u-s-political-developments-idUSL4N2GP08M | 2020-09-28 |
| The opposition Democratic Alliance had accused MapisaNqakula of misusing state resources by letting the group from the ruling African National Congress travel with her to Harare in September | Negative | JOHANNESBURG South Africas president has reprimanded defense minister Nosiviwe MapisaNqakula and docked her pay for three months for taking a delegation to Zimbabwe on an air force plane his office said | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-safrica-politics/south-african-defense-ministers-pay-docked-over-use-of-military-plane-idUSKBN26I07M | 2020-09-28 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi the top Democrat in Congress said on Sunday she thinks a deal can be reached with the White House on a coronavirus relief package and that talks were continuing | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi the top Democrat in Congress said on Sunday she thinks a deal can be reached with the White House on a coronavirus relief package and that talks were continuing | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/pelosi-expresses-hope-deal-can-be-reached-with-white-house-on-covid-19-relief-idUSKBN26I0RF | 2020-09-28 |
| 30 to decide whether to take the U.S. Treasury loans which were authorized under the CARES Act coronavirus relief bill passed by Congress in March | Negative | Airlines have until Sept | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-american-airline-d/american-airlines-secures-5-5-billion-treasury-loan-could-tap-more-idUSKCN26G34P | 2020-09-26 |
| Volatility has also shot up as investors look for clarity on whether Congress will approve more stimulus ahead of the Nov | Neutral | Technology stocks again rode to Wall Streets rescue on Friday lifting the main indexes more than but the Dow and the 500 still posted their longest weekly losing streaks in a year as fears of a slowing economy sparked an almost monthlong rout | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-stocks/wall-street-ends-higher-as-tech-rally-squashes-virus-fears-but-sp-down-for-week-idUSKCN26G1MY | 2020-09-26 |
| The two top Republicans in Congress Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy did not attend the ceremony | Negative | WASHINGTON Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg a champion of gender equality made history again on Friday as the first woman and first Jewish person to lie in state in the U.S. Capitol in a ceremony marked by soaring music tears and even pushups | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-court-ginsburg-capitol/tears-push-ups-mark-historic-goodbye-for-ginsburg-at-u-s-capitol-idUSKCN26G1F6 | 2020-09-26 |
| Only Congress has the power to create a federal holiday but Trump could help introduce a measure for lawmakers to pass | Positive | ATLANTA President Donald Trump made a series of promises at a campaign event in Atlanta on Friday in a bid to woo Black voters including establishing Juneteenth which commemorates the end of U.S. slavery as a federal holiday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-trump-juneteenth/trump-pledges-to-make-juneteenth-federal-holiday-in-bid-for-black-voters-idUSKCN26G326 | 2020-09-26 |
| Congressional Republicans on Thursday issued statements assuring American voters that Novembers election outcome will be accepted but did not openly condemn Trump who is also a Republican | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders said on Thursday that President Donald Trump is prepared to undermine American democracy in order to stay in and called for an independent commission to oversee the upcoming U.S. elections | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-election-transfer-sanders/sanders-warns-about-u-s-transfer-of-power-says-trump-prepared-to-undermine-democracy-idUSKCN26F33O | 2020-09-25 |
| Being able to smoke here the in freedom is very important to said Marco Flores a barista sitting on a bench overlooking the Congress building | Positive | MEXICO CITY A cannabis sprouting next to Mexicos Senate building has become a smokers paradise with Mexican stoners lighting up joints without fear of arrest | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-mexico-marijuana/smoke-with-freedom-mexicans-get-high-in-marijuana-garden-outside-senate-idUSKCN26G0EC | 2020-09-25 |
| As much as billion from the U.S. Congress last big coronavirus aid package is unused and could help households and businesses if lawmakers approve Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Thursday | Positive | As much as billion from the U.S. Congress last big coronavirus aid package is unused and could help households and businesses if lawmakers approve Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-fed/mnuchin-powell-say-some-380-billion-in-unused-aid-could-help-u-s-economy-idUSKCN26F2QA | 2020-09-25 |
| The focus on reallocating unused sums from the earlier relief package has emerged as Congress remains deadlocked over providing new fiscal relief less than six weeks before Election Day | Positive | As much as billion from the U.S. Congress last big coronavirus aid package is unused and could help households and businesses if lawmakers approve Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-fed/mnuchin-powell-say-some-380-billion-in-unused-aid-could-help-u-s-economy-idUSKCN26F2QA | 2020-09-25 |
| While Clarida and other Fed officials have called for more fiscal assistance in boosting the economy analysts say immediate support is unlikely with the U.S. Congress locked in a stalemate | Positive | YORK Asian shares dropped on Thursday set for their worst day in two months as warnings from U.S. Federal Reserve officials underscored investor worries over the resilience of an economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-markets/asian-shares-sink-on-fading-global-recovery-hopes-idUSKCN26F01A | 2020-09-24 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Congress will try again in 2021 to try to approve longstalled reforms to speed the adoption of selfdriving cars a key Democratic lawmaker said Wednesday | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Congress will try again in 2021 to try to approve longstalled reforms to speed the adoption of selfdriving cars a key Democratic lawmaker said Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-autos-self-driving-congress/congress-will-try-again-in-2021-on-self-driving-car-reform-idUSKCN26E2RA | 2020-09-24 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Congress and the Federal Reserve both need to stay with in working to bolster the economic recovery Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said on Wednesday | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Congress and the Federal Reserve both need to stay with in working to bolster the economic recovery Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-usa-fed-powell-recovery/powell-congress-and-fed-both-need-to-stay-with-it-to-bolster-recovery-idUSKCN26E2V3 | 2020-09-24 |
| The recovery will go faster if there is support coming both from Congress and the Fed | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Congress and the Federal Reserve both need to stay with in working to bolster the economic recovery Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-usa-fed-powell-recovery/powell-congress-and-fed-both-need-to-stay-with-it-to-bolster-recovery-idUSKCN26E2V3 | 2020-09-24 |
| I should note that the paper by Jennings and Acharya discusses other ways that a Democratic Congress and president could rein in a conservative Supreme Court | Positive | NEW YORK President Donald Trump and Republicans in the U.S. Senate are barreling forward with plans to lock down conservative control of the U.S. Supreme Court for decades to come | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/supreme-court/article/us-usa-court-frankel-column/column-how-democrats-could-curb-a-conservative-scotus-without-court-packing-frankel-idUSKCN26E3A9 | 2020-09-24 |
| Mnuchin said the Trump administration agrees and would be open to repurpose some funds already allocated by Congress | Positive | Top U.S. economic policymakers opened the door on Tuesday to further aid for small businesses hit by the coronavirustriggered recession but differed over how broad it might extend and the manner in which it should be delivered | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-fed/fed-treasury-chiefs-back-more-aid-for-small-business-but-leave-details-fuzzy-idUSKCN26D0GD | 2020-09-23 |
| The Senate could also vote in a lameduck session after the election before a new Congress is sworn in on Jan | Neutral | WASHINGTON Senate Republicans including Mitt Romney on Tuesday lined up behind President Donald Trumps push to widen the U.S. Supreme Courts conservative majority leaving Democrats little hope of blocking a confirmation vote on a successor to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg that could come before the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-court/u-s-senate-republicans-romney-pave-way-for-vote-on-trump-supreme-court-pick-idUSKCN26D1GU | 2020-09-23 |
| Congress for its part is at a stalemate over providing further coronavirusrelated aid with dwindling expectations for action on any bill before the November election | Negative | Top U.S. economic policymakers opened the door on Tuesday to further aid for small businesses hit by the coronavirustriggered recession but differed over how broad it might extend and the manner in which it should be delivered | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-fed/fed-treasury-chiefs-back-more-aid-for-small-business-but-leave-details-fuzzy-idUSKCN26D0GD | 2020-09-23 |
| Last week 173 members of the U.S. Congress called for DHS Inspector General Joseph Cuffari to open an immediate investigation into the reports saying in a statement they were horrified | Negative | MEXICO CITY Mexico is interviewing at least six women who may have been subject to improper medical procedures including hysterectomies at a U.S. immigration detention center in Georgia Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-immigration-mexico/unacceptable-if-mexicans-subjected-to-medical-abuse-in-u-s-custody-minister-says-idUSKCN26D1XN | 2020-09-23 |
| The UK government tightened social restrictions to curb rises in COVID19 cases while many U.S. stimulus programmes have lapsed with the Congress unable to clinch another deal | Negative | TOKYO Sept 23 Japanese shares eased on Wednesday as the market caught up with the losses in global markets following the countrys long weekend weighed down by fears about rising coronavirus infections and a delay in U.S. fiscal stimulus | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/japan-stocks-close/nikkei-ticks-down-on-virus-and-stimulus-worries-after-long-weekend-idUSL3N2GK1OW | 2020-09-23 |
| Trump and his intelligence officials have said China was favoring Democratic challenger Joe Biden while Democrats in Congress have said Russia is being more aggressive | Negative | The U.S. accounts had fewer followers and posted content fueling both sides of the American election that will be held on Nov | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-facebook-takedowns/facebook-removes-chinese-accounts-active-in-philippines-and-u-s-politics-idUSKCN26D2UA | 2020-09-23 |
| The U.S. economy risks a longer slower recovery and recessionary if Congress fails to pass an additional fiscal stimulus package Chicago Federal Reserve President Charles Evans said | Negative | Dollar holds strong gains against European currencies | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-dollar-gains-on-virus-woes-aussie-hit-by-rate-outlook-idUSL3N2GK0E1 | 2020-09-23 |
| Senate could also vote in a lameduck session after the election before a new Congress is sworn in on Jan | Neutral | Thomson Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/idUSKCN26D1GU | 2020-09-23 |
| In written answers to Reuters questions Adu Boahen dismissed the opposition National Democratic Congresss criticism of the listing and said Agyapa Royalties registration in Jersey is for tax efficiency | Negative | Ghana Africas largest gold producer is planning an up to million listing of its gold royalty fund in London in October though the deal could still run into political opposition three sources familiar with the matter told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-agyapa-ipo/ghana-plans-500-million-london-listing-of-gold-royalty-fund-sources-idUSKCN26C29N | 2020-09-22 |
| Seven members of the Fed will speak this week including chairman Jerome Powell appearing before Congressional committees so investors will be looking for hints to determine the dollars direction | Neutral | For Reuters Live Markets blog please click prices adds comment and | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-shares-fall-sharply-investors-seek-safety-as-covid-19-cases-rise-idUSL5N2GI2YJ | 2020-09-22 |
| Proponents hope the FinCEN Files will spur Congress to pass something before the end of the year | Positive | WASHINGTON Advocates of legislation to beef up the U.S. fight against money laundering made a fresh push on Monday to get Congress to act after new revelations that some leading global banks have been processing payments linked to alleged illicit funds | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-banking-fincen-congress/u-s-policymakers-seize-on-fincen-leaks-to-press-for-stepped-up-money-laundering-fight-idUSKCN26C329 | 2020-09-22 |
| McConnell has time as a new Congress will not be sworn in until Jan | Neutral | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump raced on Monday to cement a conservative majority on the U.S. Supreme Court before the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-court-ginsburg/trump-to-reveal-supreme-court-pick-by-saturday-in-bid-to-fill-seat-before-election-idUSKCN26C1UE | 2020-09-22 |
| NEW YORK Wall Streets main indexes tumbled on Monday as concerns about new lockdowns in Europe and possible delays in fresh stimulus from Congress raised fears the U.S. economy faces a longer road to recovery than previously hoped for | Negative | NEW YORK Wall Streets main indexes tumbled on Monday as concerns about new lockdowns in Europe and possible delays in fresh stimulus from Congress raised fears the U.S. economy faces a longer road to recovery than previously hoped for | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-stocks/wall-street-ends-lower-on-lockdown-fears-likely-delay-of-stimulus-idUSKCN26C1JP | 2020-09-22 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Congress this week will consider legislation funding the federal government through midDecember with lawmakers hoping to avoid the spectacle of a government shutdown amid a pandemic and just weeks before the Nov | Neutral | WASHINGTON The U.S. Congress this week will consider legislation funding the federal government through midDecember with lawmakers hoping to avoid the spectacle of a government shutdown amid a pandemic and just weeks before the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-congress/house-democrats-file-bill-to-fund-u-s-government-but-leave-out-new-farm-money-idUSKCN26C194 | 2020-09-22 |
| Congress has for weeks remained deadlocked over the size and shape of another coronavirusresponse bill on top of the roughly trillion already enacted into law | Neutral | NEW YORK Wall Streets main indexes tumbled on Monday as concerns about new lockdowns in Europe and possible delays in fresh stimulus from Congress raised fears the U.S. economy faces a longer road to recovery than previously hoped for | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-stocks/wall-street-ends-lower-on-lockdown-fears-likely-delay-of-stimulus-idUSKCN26C1JP | 2020-09-22 |
| Congress in March approved billion in payroll assistance but required airlines not to cut jobs or flights through Sept | Positive | WASHINGTON Two key Republican senators on Monday introduced legislation that would authorize | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-airlines/two-key-gop-senators-propose-28-8-billion-in-airline-assistance-to-avoid-job-cuts-idUSKCN26C333 | 2020-09-22 |
| WASHINGTON Advocates of legislation to beef up the U.S. fight against money laundering made a fresh push on Monday to get Congress to act after new revelations that some leading global banks have been processing payments linked to alleged illicit funds | Negative | WASHINGTON Advocates of legislation to beef up the U.S. fight against money laundering made a fresh push on Monday to get Congress to act after new revelations that some leading global banks have been processing payments linked to alleged illicit funds | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-banking-fincen-congress/u-s-policymakers-seize-on-fincen-leaks-to-press-for-stepped-up-money-laundering-fight-idUSKCN26C329 | 2020-09-22 |
| Congress also set aside another billion in government loans for airlines but many have opted not to tap them | Neutral | WASHINGTON Two key Republican senators on Monday introduced legislation that would authorize | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-airlines/two-key-gop-senators-propose-28-8-billion-in-airline-assistance-to-avoid-job-cuts-idUSKCN26C333 | 2020-09-22 |
| But the legislation has stalled in Congress amid other priorities | Negative | WASHINGTON Advocates of legislation to beef up the U.S. fight against money laundering made a fresh push on Monday to get Congress to act after new revelations that some leading global banks have been processing payments linked to alleged illicit funds | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-banking-fincen-congress/u-s-policymakers-seize-on-fincen-leaks-to-press-for-stepped-up-money-laundering-fight-idUSKCN26C329 | 2020-09-22 |
| 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 | 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 |
| 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 |
| He said on Congress would have to act and expanding the court would be the right place to start | Positive | FAYETTEVILLE President Donald Trump said on Saturday he will nominate a woman to sit on the U.S. Supreme Court a move that would tip the court further to the right following the death of liberal Ruth Bader Ginsburg | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/supreme-court/article/us-usa-court-ginsburg/trump-will-nominate-a-woman-next-week-to-succeed-ginsburg-on-supreme-court-idUSKCN26A0IM | 2020-09-21 |
| Bekele is a senior leader of the Oromo Federalist Congress | Neutral | ADDIS ABABA Ethiopia has filed terrorism charges against a prominent media mogul and opposition politician from the Oromo ethnic group Jawar Mohammed the attorney generals office said on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-ethiopia-politics/ethiopia-files-terrorism-charges-against-leading-opposition-activist-idUSKCN26A0LW | 2020-09-20 |
| A bill introduced in Brazils Congress in February proposes opening indigenous land in the Amazon and elsewhere to mining hydroelectric plants oil and gas projects and livestock farming | Negative | A bill introduced in Brazils Congress in February proposes opening indigenous land in the Amazon and elsewhere to mining hydroelectric plants oil and gas projects and livestock farming | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-mining-indigenous-climatechang/surge-in-forest-loss-seen-if-brazil-indigenous-reserves-opened-to-mining-idUSKBN2692HO | 2020-09-19 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburgs death on Friday kicked off a monumental battle in Congress as Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell invited President Donald Trump to promptly nominate a replacement ignoring pleas by Democrats to await the results of the Nov | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburgs death on Friday kicked off a monumental battle in Congress as Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell invited President Donald Trump to promptly nominate a replacement ignoring pleas by Democrats to await the results of the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-court-ginsburg-congress/ginsburg-death-ignites-fierce-u-s-senate-battle-and-stirs-scalias-ghost-idUSKBN26A03V | 2020-09-19 |
| 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 |
| Engel said Congress would not support a free trade agreement between the United States and the United Kingdom if Britain failed to uphold its commitments with Northern Ireland | Negative | 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 |
| Members of Congress had objected to the transactions concerned they would exacerbate the huge humanitarian cost of the war in Yemen possibly leaving U.S. officials vulnerable to war crimes charges | Negative | WASHINGTON Top aides to U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo went before a congressional committee on Wednesday to defend President Donald Trumps dismissal of the former State Department inspector general as he investigated weapons sales to Saudi Arabia and allegations that Pompeo misused department funds | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-pompeo-inspectorgeneral/u-s-house-democrats-attack-pompeo-aides-on-saudi-weapons-cite-war-crimes-concerns-idUSKBN2672FJ | 2020-09-17 |
| Underscoring tensions between Congress and the administration over Linicks firing Bulatao and String agreed to testify only after the panel announced subpoenas | Negative | WASHINGTON Top aides to U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo went before a congressional committee on Wednesday to defend President Donald Trumps dismissal of the former State Department inspector general as he investigated weapons sales to Saudi Arabia and allegations that Pompeo misused department funds | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-pompeo-inspectorgeneral/u-s-house-democrats-attack-pompeo-aides-on-saudi-weapons-cite-war-crimes-concerns-idUSKBN2672FJ | 2020-09-17 |
| With time running out it is increasingly unlikely that Congress will approve reforms before it adjourns for the year | Neutral | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate Commerce Committee on Wednesday postponed consideration of a bill to overhaul how the Federal Aviation Administration certifies new airplanes in the wake of two fatal Boeing 737 MAX crashes | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-boeing-737max-reform/u-s-senate-panel-delays-vote-on-aircraft-certification-reforms-idUSKBN2672EB | 2020-09-17 |
| Disagreements over how to fund Renda Brasil meant that it was not included in the 2021 budget proposal sent to Congress last month | Positive | BRASILIA Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Tuesday said he was scrapping plans to launch a new social welfare program called Renda Brasil and would instead keep a conditional cash transfer program begun by previous leftist governments | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-politics/brazils-bolsonaro-scraps-new-welfare-plan-economy-minister-plays-down-rift-idUSKBN2662M6 | 2020-09-16 |
| But Congress was expected to back Guedes in stopping Bolsonaro from spending on new social programs | Positive | BRASILIA Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Tuesday said he was scrapping plans to launch a new social welfare program called Renda Brasil and would instead keep a conditional cash transfer program begun by previous leftist governments | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-politics/brazils-bolsonaro-scraps-new-welfare-plan-economy-minister-plays-down-rift-idUSKBN2662M6 | 2020-09-16 |
| Bolsonaro realized that it would be difficult to find fiscal resources for Renda Brasil and it would be hard to get it said Congressman Marcelo Ramos of the Liberal Party | Negative | BRASILIA Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Tuesday said he was scrapping plans to launch a new social welfare program called Renda Brasil and would instead keep a conditional cash transfer program begun by previous leftist governments | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-politics/brazils-bolsonaro-scraps-new-welfare-plan-economy-minister-plays-down-rift-idUSKBN2662M6 | 2020-09-16 |
| USIP is a nonpartisan federal institution set up by the U.S. Congress in 1984 that works to prevent conflict abroad | Negative | The award the first of its kind bestowed by the USIP recognises the crucial role women play in preventing conflict and forging peace and reconciliation in wartorn countries | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-global-women-southsudan-award-trfn/south-sudanese-fighter-for-womens-voices-honored-by-u-s-peace-group-idUSKBN2663F8 | 2020-09-16 |
| Meanwhile Congress is expected to focus in coming weeks on passing legislation funding the government beyond Sept | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Tuesday said Democrats were open to delaying an October recess to get a deal with Republicans on a new coronavirus aid bill as the White House signaled that a | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/white-house-open-to-problem-solvers-compromise-in-coronavirus-aid-fight-idUSKBN2661W1 | 2020-09-16 |
| Stone 67 was convicted of obstruction witness tampering and lying to Congress during its investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Justice Department has launched an internal inquiry into circumstances surrounding the decision to ease sentencing recommendations for President Donald Trumps longtime friend Roger Stone a spokeswoman confirmed | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-trump-russia-stone/u-s-justice-department-launches-internal-inquiry-into-stone-sentencing-idUSKBN2653LB | 2020-09-15 |
| 67 was convicted of obstruction witness tampering and lying to Congress during its investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. | Negative | Thomson Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN2653LB | 2020-09-15 |
| Congress has tried without success to build consensus on federal consumer privacy legislation which the Trump administration signaled support for | Negative | The regulation of big technology companies including Facebook Inc and Alphabet Incs Google has been a hot button issue ahead of the U.S. presidential election on Nov | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-usa-election-tech-factbox/factbox-where-do-trump-and-biden-stand-on-tech-policy-issues-idUSKBN26537C | 2020-09-15 |
| Congressional investigators also questioned testimony that Boeing had never conducted an internal financial analysis to determine the impact of whether the Federal Aviation Administration would require more expensive simulator training | Negative | I think based upon our understanding and our assumptions of flight crew actions that it wasnt a Leverkuhn said | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-boeing-737max-congress/boeing-execs-defend-safety-decisions-on-737-max-development-idUSKBN26404A | 2020-09-13 |
| The letter was retweeted by the CongressionalExecutive Commission on China which monitors human rights and the rule of law and submits an annual report to President Donald Trump and Congress | Negative | A group of bipartisan U.S. lawmakers urged Walt Disney Co CEO Bob Chapek to explain the companys connection with security and authorities of Chinas Xinjiang region during the production of liveaction war epic | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-disney-mulan-china/u-s-lawmakers-quiz-disney-ceo-over-xinjiang-connection-to-mulan-idUSKBN2630AZ | 2020-09-13 |
| WASHINGTON The Georgia Democrat running for the U.S. Congress against a Republican businesswoman who has expressed support for the QAnon conspiracy theory on Friday said he was dropping out of the race and leaving the state for personal reasons | Negative | WASHINGTON The Georgia Democrat running for the U.S. Congress against a Republican businesswoman who has expressed support for the QAnon conspiracy theory on Friday said he was dropping out of the race and leaving the state for personal reasons | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-house-georgia/georgia-democrat-opposing-qanon-backer-drops-out-of-race-for-u-s-congress-idUSKBN2622X6 | 2020-09-12 |
| As the Congresswoman from NW Georgia I look forward to fighting for our Christian American values and helping pass an she wrote | Positive | WASHINGTON The Georgia Democrat running for the U.S. Congress against a Republican businesswoman who has expressed support for the QAnon conspiracy theory on Friday said he was dropping out of the race and leaving the state for personal reasons | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-house-georgia/georgia-democrat-opposing-qanon-backer-drops-out-of-race-for-u-s-congress-idUSKBN2622X6 | 2020-09-12 |
| The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office has projected the fullyear 2020 U.S. deficit to reach | Negative | WASHINGTON The coronavirus pandemic has pushed the U.S. federal budget deficit above trillion for the first 11 months of fiscal 2020 more than doubling the previous fullyear record the U.S. Treasury said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-usa-economy-budget/u-s-budget-deficit-tops-3-trillion-with-one-month-left-in-fiscal-2020-idUSKBN2622OR | 2020-09-12 |
| WASHINGTON Even if Joe Biden wins the U.S. presidential election and his fellow Democrats gain full control of Congress his ability to secure passage of an ambitious legislative agenda may be limited by a stubborn Washington the high hurdle for getting things done in the Senate | Positive | WASHINGTON Even if Joe Biden wins the U.S. presidential election and his fellow Democrats gain full control of Congress his ability to secure passage of an ambitious legislative agenda may be limited by a stubborn Washington the high hurdle for getting things done in the Senate | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-congress-democrats-analy/u-s-senate-could-be-a-narrow-strait-for-biden-agenda-even-in-democratic-hands-idUSKBN2621DD | 2020-09-12 |
| According to Fridays filing Vance a Democrat largely copied an earlier subpoena from Congressional Democrats who themselves were to obtain his returns | Negative | NEW YORK U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday urged a federal appeals court to block what he called a bad faith effort by Manhattans top prosecutor to enforce a subpoena for his tax returns to advance a criminal probe into his businesses | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-trump-vance/trump-challenges-manhattan-prosecutors-dragnet-subpoena-for-tax-returns-idUSKBN2622XC | 2020-09-12 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Friday said she was optimistic about Congress passing coronavirus relief legislation before the Nov | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Friday said she was optimistic about Congress passing coronavirus relief legislation before the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-pelosi/u-s-house-speaker-pelosi-voices-optimism-about-passing-coronavirus-aid-bill-idUSKBN26230L | 2020-09-12 |
| Democratic leaders in Congress have been pushing for a far more vigorous around trillion in new funding amid the continuing pandemic | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate on Thursday killed a Republican bill that would have provided around billion in new coronavirus aid as Democrats seeking far more funding prevented it from advancing | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/senate-defeat-of-skinny-coronavirus-aid-bill-puts-it-on-dead-end-street-idUSKBN2611MJ | 2020-09-11 |
| Congress is now expected to mainly focus its work on other pressing legislation so members can return to their home states in October to campaign for reelection | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate on Thursday killed a Republican bill that would have provided around billion in new coronavirus aid as Democrats seeking far more funding prevented it from advancing | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/senate-defeat-of-skinny-coronavirus-aid-bill-puts-it-on-dead-end-street-idUSKBN2611MJ | 2020-09-11 |
| The President must act in accordance with and within the boundaries of the authority that Congress has the panel said | Neutral | 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 |
| Along with a pandemic the COVID19 we have a pandemic of in Congress he added | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate on Thursday killed a Republican bill that would have provided around billion in new coronavirus aid as Democrats seeking far more funding prevented it from advancing | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/senate-defeat-of-skinny-coronavirus-aid-bill-puts-it-on-dead-end-street-idUSKBN2611MJ | 2020-09-11 |
| The proposal which must be approved by Congress appears to outline a slight increase in real terms over Pemexs planned 2020 budget which suffered cuts after oil prices collapsed | Negative | MEXICO CITY Mexicos government plans to keep a lid on spending while offering some support for hospitals pensioners and infrastructure in a lean 2021 budget that forecasts only partial recovery for an economy hammered by the COVID19 pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-mexico-budget/little-stimulus-tight-debt-targets-in-mexicos-budget-idUSKBN25Z33Q | 2020-09-09 |
| Delivering the budget proposal to Congress Finance Minister Arturo Herrera said Mexico could illafford the kind of government largesse that advanced economies had unleashed to recover from coronavirus lockdowns | Neutral | MEXICO CITY Mexicos government plans to keep a lid on spending while offering some support for hospitals pensioners and infrastructure in a lean 2021 budget that forecasts only partial recovery for an economy hammered by the COVID19 pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-mexico-budget/little-stimulus-tight-debt-targets-in-mexicos-budget-idUSKBN25Z33Q | 2020-09-09 |
| Last month prominent Uighur rights group World Uighur Congress launched a similar appeal to the IOC over what it said were crimes against humanity in Xinjiang | Positive | BEIJING Over 160 human rights advocacy groups have delivered a joint letter to the chief of the International Olympic Committee calling for it to reconsider its choice to award China the 2022 Winter Games in light of Beijings human rights record | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-olympics-rights/over-160-rights-groups-call-on-ioc-chief-to-revoke-2022-beijing-winter-games-idUSKBN2600N8 | 2020-09-09 |
| DeJoy told friends that Trumps comments about election mail were according to a letter to Congress made public on Tuesday | Positive | WASHINGTON The head of the House Oversight panel on Tuesday urged the immediate suspension of U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy following reports that he illegally reimbursed former employees for political contributions and announced an investigation | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-post-office/house-democrats-call-for-u-s-postal-chiefs-suspension-launch-probe-idUSKBN25Z0H2 | 2020-09-09 |
| In the new thanks the public security bureau in Turpan which has been involved in the internment camps in East the Munichbased World Uyghur Congress tweeted on Monday | Positive | SHANGHAI Walt Disney Cos release of which is set in China and meant to appeal to audiences there has provoked a backlash on social media over its stars support of Hong Kong police and for being partly filmed in the Xinjiang region | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-film-mulan/disneys-mulan-sparks-backlash-over-ties-to-xinjiang-hong-kong-idUSKBN25Z1PN | 2020-09-09 |
| 6 Congress meets at 1 p | Positive | U.S. voters on Nov | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-timeline/the-2020-u-s-presidential-election-calendar-day-by-day-idUSKBN25Y1HI | 2020-09-08 |
| Lopez Obrador also promises an austere 2021 budget due to be presented to Congress by the finance ministry late on Tuesday | Negative | MEXICO CITY Mexico has raised a nonbinding limit for gross debt to of gross domestic product almost 20 percentage points above last years level for the remaining four years of the term of its fiscally conservative president | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-mexico-economy/mexico-raises-gross-debt-limit-to-70-for-rest-of-presidents-term-idUSKBN25Y26V | 2020-09-08 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Sunday said a deal between the White House and Congress would fund the federal government through the beginning of December and that details of the spending bill should be finalized by weeks end | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Sunday said a deal between the White House and Congress would fund the federal government through the beginning of December and that details of the spending bill should be finalized by weeks end | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-congress-mnuchin/deal-likely-to-fund-u-s-government-to-early-december-mnuchin-says-idUSKBN25X0JN | 2020-09-07 |
| 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 | Negative | 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 |
| FCC commissioners said the report shows the need for Congress to approve funding to replace that equipment | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. rural telecommunications networks which have relied on inexpensive network equipment from Chinas Huawei Technologies Co and ZTE Corp | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-telecom/u-s-rural-telecom-networks-need-1-8-billion-to-remove-huawei-zte-equipment-fcc-idUSKBN25V23F | 2020-09-05 |
| Congress is widely expected to pass a temporary measure mainly funding the government at current levels leaving budget decisions for after Election Day | Neutral | 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 |
| Congress has authorized reimbursements but has not approved the money | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. rural telecommunications networks which have relied on inexpensive network equipment from Chinas Huawei Technologies Co and ZTE Corp | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-telecom/u-s-rural-telecom-networks-need-1-8-billion-to-remove-huawei-zte-equipment-fcc-idUSKBN25V23F | 2020-09-05 |
| Negotiations over new pandemic relief spending have been stalled for weeks in Congress as Democrats push for a bigger package and Republicans aim for a targeted bill | Negative | Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Friday said the U.S. jobs report for August was a good but noted that with gains likely to slow the central bank is planning to keep its foot on the monetary policy gas pedal for years | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-usa-fed-powell/feds-powell-rates-to-stay-low-for-however-long-it-takes-idUSKBN25V2SR | 2020-09-05 |
| To Powell though the recovery continues to need help from both the Fed and Congress | Positive | Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Friday said the U.S. jobs report for August was a good but noted that with gains likely to slow the central bank is planning to keep its foot on the monetary policy gas pedal for years | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-usa-fed-powell/feds-powell-rates-to-stay-low-for-however-long-it-takes-idUSKBN25V2SR | 2020-09-05 |
| CAIFU has traditionally been headed by a highranking Chinese leader such as a current or former vice chair of the National Peoples Congress | Negative | NEW DELHI India has ordered tougher scrutiny of visa requests by a Chinese nonprofit headed by a senior official of the ruling communist party designating it as an entity of concern in a broader security sweep sources involved in the matter say | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-india-china-visas-exclusive/exclusive-india-steps-up-scrutiny-of-chinese-influence-group-idUSKBN25U1KW | 2020-09-04 |
| WASHINGTON The White House on Thursday said it expects Congress to approve the legislation needed to avoid a government shutdown at the end of the month when current spending bills expire | Negative | WASHINGTON The White House on Thursday said it expects Congress to approve the legislation needed to avoid a government shutdown at the end of the month when current spending bills expire | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-usa-fiscal-shutdown/white-house-says-it-does-not-expect-a-government-shutdown-at-months-end-idUSKBN25U2SE | 2020-09-04 |
| Congress also approved another billion in loans for airlines under the first stimulus package but not all of them are tapping the funds | Positive | Uniteds cuts include 6920 flight attendants but the union representing them said 14000 will not have a paycheck in October unless Congress acts to extend billion in aid | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-united-arlns/united-airlines-to-cut-16370-workers-many-more-going-without-pay-idUSKBN25T2GB | 2020-09-03 |
| Uniteds cuts include 6920 flight attendants but the union representing them said 14000 will not have a paycheck in October unless Congress acts to extend billion in aid | Negative | Uniteds cuts include 6920 flight attendants but the union representing them said 14000 will not have a paycheck in October unless Congress acts to extend billion in aid | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-united-arlns/united-airlines-to-cut-16370-workers-many-more-going-without-pay-idUSKBN25T2GB | 2020-09-03 |
| Issue One aims to involve some of its 202member reformers a bipartisan group of former cabinet secretaries ambassadors and members of Congress in its messaging to voters | Negative | At least a dozen groups are planning a largescale bipartisan public relations campaign to counter any attempt by President Donald Trump to cast doubt on the integrity of the November election or dispute the result should he lose people involved in the effort told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-contested-exclusive/exclusive-bipartisan-campaign-aims-to-reassure-u-s-voters-as-trump-questions-election-integrity-idUSKBN25T1HV | 2020-09-03 |
| Higgins worked as a police officer and narrated crime videos before he was elected to U.S. Congress in 2016 | Neutral | WASHINGTON A U.S. congressmans post that suggested armed Black demonstrators should be met with force was removed by Facebook on Wednesday for violating its policies against inciting violence | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-congress-higgins/facebook-removes-gop-lawmakers-threat-to-drop-protesters-idUSKBN25T396 | 2020-09-03 |
| 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 | 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 |
| But U.S. Circuit Judge Bruce Selya writing for a threejudge panel said the court could not presume Congress intended to incorporate that privilege into the law | Positive | BOSTON A federal appeals court on Tuesday overturned a ruling that barred U.S. immigration authorities from arresting immigrants who are in the country illegally when they make appearances at courthouses in Massachusetts | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-massachusetts/u-s-appeals-court-overturns-bar-on-immigration-arrests-at-massachusetts-courts-idUSKBN25S66B | 2020-09-02 |
| Congressional Democrats and the Republican Trump administration since early August have not been able to bridge a gap of more than trillion between their proposed relief packages | Negative | WASHINGTON Tens of thousands of loans worth billions of dollars may have been subject to fraud waste and abuse in the billion taxpayerfunded program aimed at helping small U.S. businesses survive the coronavirus pandemic according to a report released by Democratic lawmakers on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-health-coronavirus-mnuchin/thousands-of-small-business-loans-may-have-been-fraudulent-u-s-house-panel-finds-idUSKBN25S5IM | 2020-09-02 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Postal Service told Congress on Monday that delivery performance has improved and returned to early July levels after it came under harsh criticism | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Postal Service told Congress on Monday that delivery performance has improved and returned to early July levels after it came under harsh criticism | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-election-post-office/u-s-postal-service-tells-congress-delivery-performance-has-improved-idUSKBN25R2C6 | 2020-09-01 |
| We are improving service performance while more consistently running our trucks on DeJoy told Congress in a letter | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Postal Service told Congress on Monday that delivery performance has improved and returned to early July levels after it came under harsh criticism | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-election-post-office/u-s-postal-service-tells-congress-delivery-performance-has-improved-idUSKBN25R2C6 | 2020-09-01 |
| The ruling did not address an argument by the Trump administration that senior presidential advisers could not be forced to testify to Congress about official acts | Neutral | NEW YORK A U.S. appeals court on Monday in a victory for the Trump administration ordered the dismissal of a lawsuit filed by a Democraticled House of Representatives panel seeking to enforce a subpoena issued to former White House Counsel Donald McGahn | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-trump-russia-mcgahn/u-s-appeals-court-deals-blow-to-democrats-bid-to-get-testimony-from-ex-white-house-lawyer-mcgahn-idUSKBN25R2GC | 2020-09-01 |
| JOHANNESBURG South Africas President Cyril Ramaphosa sought to stamp his authority on the governing African National Congress on Monday saying that party officials must take leave from their positions if charged with corruption and resign if convicted | Negative | JOHANNESBURG South Africas President Cyril Ramaphosa sought to stamp his authority on the governing African National Congress on Monday saying that party officials must take leave from their positions if charged with corruption and resign if convicted | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-safrica-politics/south-africas-ramaphosa-seeks-to-stamp-authority-on-anc-after-corruption-scandals-idUSKBN25R26F | 2020-09-01 |
| Ratcliffe is a former lawmaker who defended Trump during Congressional probes into Russian efforts to influence the 2016 election | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trumps intelligence chief on Sunday defended his decision to cease inperson Congressional briefings on election security while Democrats said the move would suppress critical information about foreign election meddling and warned they may subpoena testimony | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-interference/trump-intel-chief-defends-briefings-ban-democrats-raise-subpoena-threat-idUSKBN25Q0RO | 2020-08-31 |
| WASHINGTON A solid year for progressive Democrats who have defeated at least three incumbents in the U.S. Congress in primaries could fizzle out this week in Massachusetts where three party stalwarts were set to fend off challengers | Positive | WASHINGTON A solid year for progressive Democrats who have defeated at least three incumbents in the U.S. Congress in primaries could fizzle out this week in Massachusetts where three party stalwarts were set to fend off challengers | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-congress/burst-of-success-for-progressive-challengers-in-u-s-congressional-races-may-fizzle-in-massachusetts-idUSKBN25Q0DH | 2020-08-31 |
| U.S. Representative Karen Bass a Democrat who chairs the Congressional Black Caucus said Trumps trip to Kenosha would only increase tensions | Negative | WASHINGTON Democrats said Donald Trump should not visit the Wisconsin city where protests erupted last week after a Black man was shot in the back by a white police officer while the Republican president said was the only way to deal with unrest | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-global-race-usa-wisconsin/democrats-oppose-trump-wisconsin-visit-president-says-strength-only-answer-idUSKBN25Q0KO | 2020-08-31 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trumps intelligence chief on Sunday defended his decision to cease inperson Congressional briefings on election security while Democrats said the move would suppress critical information about foreign election meddling and warned they may subpoena testimony | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trumps intelligence chief on Sunday defended his decision to cease inperson Congressional briefings on election security while Democrats said the move would suppress critical information about foreign election meddling and warned they may subpoena testimony | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-interference/trump-intel-chief-defends-briefings-ban-democrats-raise-subpoena-threat-idUSKBN25Q0RO | 2020-08-31 |
| On Friday lawmaker H. Vasanthakumar from the countrys main opposition party Congress became the latest high profile figure to die from COVID19 | Negative | NEW DELHI India will reopen underground train networks and allow sports and religious events in a limited manner from next month as part of the governments efforts to revive the economy even as coronavirus infections soar | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-india-cases/india-to-reopen-underground-train-networks-even-as-coronavirus-cases-jump-idUSKBN25P0AJ | 2020-08-30 |
| WASHINGTON Top election officials from two states told Congress on Friday they have seen little evidence of absentee ballot fraud in U.S. primary elections this year and do not expect it to be a big issue in the November general election | Negative | WASHINGTON Top election officials from two states told Congress on Friday they have seen little evidence of absentee ballot fraud in U.S. primary elections this year and do not expect it to be a big issue in the November general election | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-security/u-s-state-election-officials-say-little-evidence-of-absentee-ballot-fraud-idUSKBN25O2Z0 | 2020-08-29 |
| To remove the rule a Biden administration would need to issue another regulation to rescind it unless Congress addressed it in legislation or courts invalidated it regulatory experts said | Negative | WASHINGTON Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden says he will reverse some of U.S. President Donald Trumps restrictive immigration policies should he win in November but the dizzying number of changes could take months or years to undo according to policy and regulatory experts and people close to the Biden campaign | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-election-immigration-insight/legal-hurdles-pandemic-would-bedevil-biden-efforts-to-undo-trump-immigration-overhaul-idUSKBN25O1IO | 2020-08-29 |
| President Donald Trump is weighing executive action to avoid massive layoffs at U.S. airlines if Congress fails to agree a fresh coronavirus stimulus package White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows said on Wednesday | Negative | President Donald Trump is weighing executive action to avoid massive layoffs at U.S. airlines if Congress fails to agree a fresh coronavirus stimulus package White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-airlines/trump-could-act-unilaterally-to-avoid-u-s-airline-layoffs-white-house-says-idUSKBN25M1SW | 2020-08-27 |
| Currently Congress is on a summer break until after the Sept | Negative | Republicans in the U.S. Congress are working on a narrow coronavirus stimulus bill that could be circulated to rankandfile lawmakers as soon as this week CNBC reported on Wednesday citing sources | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-stimulus/u-s-republicans-to-propose-smaller-coronavirus-stimulus-bill-cnbc-idUSKBN25M2P6 | 2020-08-27 |
| We will continue to work with the administration and our bipartisan supporters in Congress and hope to come to a resolution in a timely American said in a statement | Positive | President Donald Trump is weighing executive action to avoid massive layoffs at U.S. airlines if Congress fails to agree a fresh coronavirus stimulus package White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-airlines/trump-could-act-unilaterally-to-avoid-u-s-airline-layoffs-white-house-says-idUSKBN25M1SW | 2020-08-27 |
| Congresswoman da Silva then asked the court whether a portion of the incentives for female candidates could be reserved specifically for Black women who run for office | Positive | The new rules will take effect at the 2022 national elections and aim to ensure the nations powerful political elite looks more like the population at large | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-race-elections/brazil-fights-racism-with-new-campaign-rules-for-black-politicians-idUSKBN25M2QN | 2020-08-27 |
| It will definitely take Congress acting to keep all of the job requirements in she said on Twitter while Good to see WH wants to restart talks | Positive | President Donald Trump is weighing executive action to avoid massive layoffs at U.S. airlines if Congress fails to agree a fresh coronavirus stimulus package White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-airlines/trump-could-act-unilaterally-to-avoid-u-s-airline-layoffs-white-house-says-idUSKBN25M1SW | 2020-08-27 |
| BRASILIA The speaker of Brazils lower house of Congress Rodrigo Maia who has been a key supporter of Economy Minister Paulo Guedes reform agenda said categorically on Wednesday that he will not be running for reelection in February | Negative | BRASILIA The speaker of Brazils lower house of Congress Rodrigo Maia who has been a key supporter of Economy Minister Paulo Guedes reform agenda said categorically on Wednesday that he will not be running for reelection in February | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-politics-speaker/brazil-speaker-rodrigo-maia-says-he-is-not-running-for-re-election-idUSKBN25M2LO | 2020-08-27 |
| The Committees subpoena as amended clearly satisfies the Courts new legal test for evaluating Congresss need for the Presidents personal the panels chairman Representative Adam Schiff said in a statement | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. House Intelligence Committee on Wednesday said it had narrowed a subpoena to Deutsche Bank AG for President Donald Trumps financial records so that it would fall in line with an earlier ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-trump-deutschebank/u-s-house-panel-narrows-deutsche-bank-subpoena-for-trump-records-idUSKBN25M1VZ | 2020-08-27 |
| Senator Major Olimpio Bolsonaros former righthand man in Congress said there was a broad political movement afoot to stop the task forces investigations and annul ongoing trials | Negative | BRASILIA Political pressure is growing in Brazil to disband a highprofile team of anticorruption prosecutors that has put dozens of former executives and politicians behind bars despite its strong popular support and hundreds of cases still pending | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-corruption-analysis/pressure-mounts-to-disband-brazils-crack-anti-corruption-squad-idUSKBN25M1CZ | 2020-08-27 |
| Republicans in the U.S. Congress are working on a narrow coronavirus stimulus bill that could be circulated to rankandfile lawmakers as soon as this week CNBC reported on Wednesday citing sources | Negative | Republicans in the U.S. Congress are working on a narrow coronavirus stimulus bill that could be circulated to rankandfile lawmakers as soon as this week CNBC reported on Wednesday citing sources | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-stimulus/u-s-republicans-to-propose-smaller-coronavirus-stimulus-bill-cnbc-idUSKBN25M2P6 | 2020-08-27 |
| The competition is in the he said reiterating an argument that has been central to Apple Chief Executive Tim Cooks defense during Congressional antitrust hearings | Neutral | SAN FRANCISCO A federal judge on Monday blocked Apple Inc from shutting down an Epic Games tool that is relied upon by hundreds of other app makers but had become the subject of an antitrust battle between the companies | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-apple-epic-games/judge-blocks-apple-move-to-hamper-epics-unreal-engine-idUSKBN25K2JT | 2020-08-26 |
| U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy a Trump ally and campaign donor has told Congress he has made Postal Service changes to lower costs not to disrupt mailin voting | Positive | Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore on Tuesday accused President Donald Trump of trying to put his knee on the neck of by undermining mailin voting and sowing doubts without evidence about the integrity of the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-people-al-gore/former-u-s-vp-gore-says-trump-is-putting-knee-on-the-neck-of-democracy-idUSKBN25L2DH | 2020-08-26 |
| RIO DE JANEIRO Brazilian Congresswoman Flordelis de Souza was charged with ordering the execution of her husband pastor Anderson do Carmo who was shot more than 30 times at their home in June 2019 according to a police statement on Monday | Negative | RIO DE JANEIRO Brazilian Congresswoman Flordelis de Souza was charged with ordering the execution of her husband pastor Anderson do Carmo who was shot more than 30 times at their home in June 2019 according to a police statement on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-crime/brazil-congresswoman-charged-with-murdering-husband-idUSKBN25K1KS | 2020-08-25 |
| Jeffrey said that the latest U.S. sanctions under the Caesar Act passed by Congress were having a serious political and psychological on Assad and his inner circle | Negative | GENEVA The Syrian Constitutional Committee which began its first session in nine months in Geneva on Monday as part of efforts to find a political solution to end Syrias war was swiftly put on after three members tested positive for COVID19 the United Nations said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-syria-security-un/syria-constitutional-committee-on-hold-after-three-members-test-positive-for-covid-19-u-n-idUSKBN25K1S1 | 2020-08-25 |
| will also likely be looking for signs that the Fed is exploring additional ways to support the global economy should a stimulus package fail in Congress Rodriguez said | Neutral | NEW YORK Investors could get a hint from Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell next week about how aggressively the U.S. central bank will try to manage the longterm recovery from the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-stocks-weekahead/wall-street-week-ahead-no-elk-or-trout-but-feds-virtual-retreat-may-stoke-markets-animal-spirits-idUSKBN25H21Z | 2020-08-22 |
| BRASILIA Brazilian farright President Jair Bolsonaro faces a crucial test of his newlybuilt support base in Congress on Thursday afternoon when the lower chamber will vote on whether to uphold or overturn his veto on a public sector pay rise | Negative | BRASILIA Brazilian farright President Jair Bolsonaro faces a crucial test of his newlybuilt support base in Congress on Thursday afternoon when the lower chamber will vote on whether to uphold or overturn his veto on a public sector pay rise | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-politics/brazils-bolsonaro-urges-lower-house-to-block-public-sector-pay-rise-idUSKBN25G1PX | 2020-08-21 |
| Some progressive members of Congress voted against the partys policy platform for omitting a pledge to pursue a Medicare for national healthcare system | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Senator Kamala Harris will unleash her prosecutorial skills against President Donald Trump on Wednesday when she addresses the Democratic National Convention as presidential nominee Joe Bidens running mate | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-convention-harris/kamala-harris-to-get-democrats-nod-obama-to-say-trump-has-failed-idUSKCN25F16A | 2020-08-20 |
| Indias opposition Congress Party has called for a parliamentary probe into Facebook while BJP lawmakers in turn have accused Facebook of censoring nationalist voices | Negative | An open letter written to Facebooks leadership by 11 employees on one internal platform and seen by Reuters demands company leaders acknowledge and denounce antiMuslim and ensure more policy consistency | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-facebook-india-exclusive/exclusive-facebook-employees-internally-question-policy-after-india-content-controversy-sources-memos-idUSKCN25F1VW | 2020-08-20 |
| Congressional Democrats Republican lawmakers and the White House have been at an impasse in talks over the latest pandemic relief legislation | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. House of Representatives Democrats unveiled on Wednesday legislation that would require sameday processing for mailin ballots and give the cashstrapped Postal Service a billion infusion while erasing changes pursued by the agencys new leader an ally of President Donald Trump | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-post-office/house-to-vote-on-25-billion-postal-infusion-mail-in-ballot-safeguards-idUSKCN25F1YQ | 2020-08-20 |
| WASHINGTON The White House on Wednesday pushed for Congress to take up a narrow coronavirus economic relief bill that Democrats have long rejected while a leading Senate Democrat said real action may come soon after the Sept | Negative | WASHINGTON The White House on Wednesday pushed for Congress to take up a narrow coronavirus economic relief bill that Democrats have long rejected while a leading Senate Democrat said real action may come soon after the Sept | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/as-white-house-pushes-skinny-covid-19-bill-democrat-sees-september-action-idUSKCN25F1XV | 2020-08-20 |
| DeJoy is set to testify before Congress on Friday and Monday in a pair of appearances | Neutral | WASHINGTON A group of 90 Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday called on the Postal Services board of governors to immediately remove Postmaster General Louis DeJoy to protect this critical according to a letter seen by Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-post-office-dejoy/more-than-90-democrats-call-on-postal-board-to-remove-dejoy-letter-idUSKCN25F2Q6 | 2020-08-20 |
| Congress is set to vote on a bill Saturday that would provide billion in funding for the Postal Service and require the reversal of operational changes | Positive | WASHINGTON A group of 90 Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday called on the Postal Services board of governors to immediately remove Postmaster General Louis DeJoy to protect this critical according to a letter seen by Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-post-office-dejoy/more-than-90-democrats-call-on-postal-board-to-remove-dejoy-letter-idUSKCN25F2Q6 | 2020-08-20 |
| The mayor of MiamiDade County Carlos Gimenez won the Republican primary in Floridas 26th Congressional District which Republicans hope to snatch back from Democrats in November | Positive | WASHINGTON Freshman U.S. Representative Ross Spano was ousted by a challenger in the Florida Republican primary Tuesday amid a federal investigation into campaign finance violations from two years ago | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-congress/florida-republicans-boot-out-congressman-facing-campaign-finance-probe-idUSKCN25E17Q | 2020-08-19 |
| The U.S. Congress has so far failed to agree on another fiscal relief package to stem economic fallout from the pandemic | Negative | NEW YORK Oil prices steadied on Tuesday as high compliance with supply cuts from the producer group offset demand fears from the new coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-global-oil/oil-steadies-as-demand-fears-offset-high-opec-compliance-idUSKCN25E02B | 2020-08-19 |
| The U.S. economy remains battered by the coronavirus outbreak and Congress is deadlocked on another stimulus bill yet the U.S. stock market just closed at a record high | Negative | NEW YORK Has Wall Street missed the news that we are in a | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-stocks-s-p500-analysis/detached-from-reality-why-u-s-stocks-just-hit-a-new-high-idUSKCN25E1ZZ | 2020-08-19 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Tuesday that Democrats in Congress are willing to cut their coronavirus relief bill in half to get an agreement on new legislation which a senior aide said did not signal a change to her position | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Tuesday that Democrats in Congress are willing to cut their coronavirus relief bill in half to get an agreement on new legislation which a senior aide said did not signal a change to her position | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-pelosi/pelosi-emphasizes-need-for-covid-19-deal-now-idUSKCN25E2KH | 2020-08-19 |
| Spano is the eighth member of Congress to lose his seat in primaries this year joining four other Republicans and three Democrats | Neutral | WASHINGTON Freshman U.S. Representative Ross Spano was ousted by a challenger in the Florida Republican primary Tuesday amid a federal investigation into campaign finance violations from two years ago | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-congress/florida-republicans-boot-out-congressman-facing-campaign-finance-probe-idUSKCN25E17Q | 2020-08-19 |
| WASHINGTON President Donald Trumps postmaster general on Monday agreed to testify before Congress next week on cuts in service that lawmakers fear could hamper the Postal Services ability to handle a flood of mailin ballots in Novembers election | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trumps postmaster general on Monday agreed to testify before Congress next week on cuts in service that lawmakers fear could hamper the Postal Services ability to handle a flood of mailin ballots in Novembers election | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-post-office-trump/trumps-postal-service-chief-to-testify-amid-fears-about-u-s-election-idUSKCN25D1HZ | 2020-08-18 |
| The signature reform passed by Congress during Pena Nietos term was an energy overhaul that ended Pemexs monopoly and was bitterly opposed by Lopez Obrador | Negative | MEXICO CITY An unverified video showing piles of cash being handed to Mexican congressional staffers went viral on Monday fueling a corruption scandal that is already convulsing the country even as the clips source and context remain unclear | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-mexico-corruption-video/piles-of-cash-in-viral-video-stoke-bribery-scandal-in-mexico-idUSKCN25E09E | 2020-08-18 |
| Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer said the Postal Services board of governors should remove DeJoy if he refuses to come before Congress | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Democrats stepped up pressure on Sunday against a costcutting campaign by President Donald Trumps appointed Postal Service chief that they fear will hold up mailin ballots in Novembers election with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi calling lawmakers back and several states considering legal action | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-post-office/democrats-step-up-pressure-against-u-s-postal-cuts-pelosi-calls-lawmakers-back-to-washington-idUSKCN25C0MA | 2020-08-17 |
| Congressional Democrats also called on DeJoy a Trump donor and Postal Service Chairman Robert Duncan to testify at an Aug | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Democrats stepped up pressure on Sunday against a costcutting campaign by President Donald Trumps appointed Postal Service chief that they fear will hold up mailin ballots in Novembers election with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi calling lawmakers back and several states considering legal action | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-post-office/democrats-step-up-pressure-against-u-s-postal-cuts-pelosi-calls-lawmakers-back-to-washington-idUSKCN25C0MA | 2020-08-17 |
| NEW DELHI Indias main opposition Congress party called on Sunday for a parliamentary panel to investigate what it said was favourable treatment by Facebooks India team towards the countrys ruling party | Negative | NEW DELHI Indias main opposition Congress party called on Sunday for a parliamentary panel to investigate what it said was favourable treatment by Facebooks India team towards the countrys ruling party | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-facebook-india/indias-main-opposition-seeks-probe-into-facebooks-treatment-of-modis-party-idUSKCN25C0IW | 2020-08-17 |
| Marshall told Congress in a letter released Friday we have ample capacity to handle the increased volume of Election Mail that will occur because of the pandemic | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Postal Services internal watchdog is investigating cost cutting that has slowed delivery and alarmed lawmakers ahead of a presidential election when up to half of U.S. voters could cast ballots by mail a congressional aide said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-post-office/u-s-postal-service-watchdog-to-probe-service-woes-as-worries-rise-about-mail-ballots-idUSKCN25A291 | 2020-08-15 |
| Dolkun Isa president of the World Uyghur Congress said in a statement that it had submitted a formal complaint to the IOCs ethics commission on Thursday | Negative | GENEVA The largest group of exiled ethnic Uighurs has called on the International Olympic Committee to reconsider holding the 2022 Winter Games in Beijing citing what it says is evidence of crimes against humanity committed in Chinas Xinjiang region | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-olympics-china-uighurs/uighur-group-urges-ioc-to-reconsider-2022-beijing-winter-games-venue-idUSKCN25A1PG | 2020-08-15 |
| WASHINGTON The top two Democrats in Congress called on Postmaster General Louis DeJoy on Friday to reverse postal service changes they say have led to mail delays | Negative | WASHINGTON The top two Democrats in Congress called on Postmaster General Louis DeJoy on Friday to reverse postal service changes they say have led to mail delays | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-postal/top-two-democrats-in-congress-call-on-u-s-postmaster-general-to-reverse-course-statement-idUSKCN25A2JZ | 2020-08-15 |
| In December 2016 Congress passed a 20year to slow public spending growth control a ballooning budget deficit and bring public finances back to longterm health | Positive | BRASILIA Brazils constitutional spending cap a cornerstone of fiscal policy in recent years is on course to being broken in 2021 | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-economy-budget-rule-explainer/explainer-why-brazil-is-on-course-to-shatter-its-fiscal-ceiling-idUSKCN2591YS | 2020-08-14 |
| BRASILIA Aug 13 Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Thursday that selling off state companies was very and the top ones require Congressional approval explaining delays in his policy of privatizations | Negative | BRASILIA Aug 13 Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Thursday that selling off state companies was very and the top ones require Congressional approval explaining delays in his policy of privatizations | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/brazil-politics-privatization/brazils-bolsonaro-cites-difficulty-of-selling-state-firms-in-explaining-privatization-delays-idUSS0N2B2013 | 2020-08-14 |
| Democrats in Congress are calling on the Postal Service to reverse the changes saying they threatened to interrupt Americans from receiving paychecks and absentee voting | Negative | WASHINGTON A shakeup of the U.S. Postal Service is leading to mail delays union officials said on Tuesday heightening concerns that an ally of President Donald Trump is destabilizing the service as millions of Americans consider whether to cast their ballots by mail in the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-usa-election-postoffice/u-s-postal-service-reorganization-sparks-delays-election-questions-idUSKCN258197 | 2020-08-13 |
| SANTIAGO Aug 12 Chiles Congress has approved a law to allow the central bank to buy bonds issued by the countrys treasury in the secondary market potentially giving the bank added firepower to help offset fallout from the COVID19 crisis | Positive | SANTIAGO Aug 12 Chiles Congress has approved a law to allow the central bank to buy bonds issued by the countrys treasury in the secondary market potentially giving the bank added firepower to help offset fallout from the COVID19 crisis | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/chile-economy-cenbank/chile-passes-law-allowing-central-bank-to-buy-national-treasury-debt-idUSL1N2FE2G4 | 2020-08-13 |
| Barring a bipartisan deal on stimulus the U.S. economy could be left with measures U.S. President Donald Trump called for on Saturday through executive orders to bypass Congress | Negative | Bond yields head higher dollar takes a breather | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-stocks-shake-off-stimulus-doubts-gold-goes-wild-idUSL8N2FE4F5 | 2020-08-13 |
| Congress has already approved about trillion in assistance for families hospitals healthcare workers state and local governments vaccine research and testing | Positive | 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 |
| Trumps private discussions about Esper could further stoke anxiety among Democrats in Congress about leadership at the Department of Defense | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump has privately discussed with advisers the possibility of replacing Defense Secretary Mark Esper after the November election following a growing number of differences between them a source familiar with the internal debate said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-trump-esper/trump-privately-discussing-replacing-defense-secretary-esper-after-election-idUSKCN2582ML | 2020-08-13 |
| Congress already passed an emergency budget this year worth around 600 billion reais which is exempt from normal budget rules like the spending cap | Positive | BRASILIA Brazil is amassing a record debt that has evoked memories of crises past in South Americas largest economy but some economists say rockbottom interest rates and low foreign debt mean the government can continue to spend its way out of recession | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-economy-spending-analysis/brazil-can-live-with-record-debt-deficits-despite-the-noise-idUSKCN2581IK | 2020-08-13 |
| Barring a bipartisan deal the U.S. economy could be left with measures U.S. President Donald Trump called for on Saturday through executive orders to bypass Congress | Negative | Asian stocks slipped on Wednesday on growing uncertainty over whether U.S. lawmakers would strike an agreement on an additional round of big fiscal stimulus to support an economy still struggling with the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-markets/asian-stocks-slip-as-u-s-stimulus-doubts-mount-idUSKCN25800M | 2020-08-12 |
| In February 2018 NHTSA finalized rules requiring quiet like electric vehicles to emit alert sounds to warn pedestrians of their approach after Congress demanded rules in 2010 | Negative | WASHINGTON The Transportation Departments Office of Inspector General said on Tuesday it would audit oversight of U.S. vehicle safety standards noting that more than 36000 Americans were killed in traffic accidents in 2019 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-usa-autos-safety/inspector-general-to-audit-u-s-oversight-of-auto-safety-standards-idUSKCN2572FB | 2020-08-12 |
| Congress is unlikely to reform the regulatory process before the November presidential election | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Justice Department on Tuesday urged Congress to revise a 74yearlaw that is central to how the government sets regulatory policy | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-regulations/u-s-justice-department-urges-congress-to-revise-key-law-for-setting-regulatory-policy-idUSKCN25729Q | 2020-08-12 |
| Experts said Trumps actions would do little to boost the economy even if he can overcome legal questions about his decision to sidestep Congress | Positive | WASHINGTON A stalemate between the Republican White House and congressional Democrats over coronavirus relief ended in a fourth day without talks on Tuesday with each party blaming the other for intransigence | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/white-house-congressional-democrats-go-fourth-day-without-coronavirus-talks-idUSKCN2572I0 | 2020-08-12 |
| Kodak said on Tuesday investigations by Congress and the Securities Exchange Commission have commenced and could impact the loans outcome | Negative | Kodak had previously not spent any money on lobbying since an expense of less than in the first quarter of 2019 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-eastman-kodak-deals-lobbying/kodak-raised-spending-on-lobbying-government-in-months-before-loan-awarded-idUSKCN2580CW | 2020-08-12 |
| Congress and the White House hit the buffers this weekend in talks on rolling over additional income support and on how much is needed to keep the economy moving | Positive | LONDON The once resolute whatever it message of government support for pandemichit economies is fraying at the margins as some recovery from the COVID19 shock emerges leaving buoyant markets pondering the prospect of ebbing stimulus | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-global-stimulus/column-markets-second-guess-policy-rollback-mike-dolan-idUSKCN2580L2 | 2020-08-12 |
| Her ruling restores the longstanding incidental taking policy under the statute enacted by Congress to implement a 1916 treaty between the United States and Britain | Positive | A federal judge in New York on Tuesday sided with environmental groups in striking down a Trump administration decision to roll back U.S. government protections for migratory birds that made it illegal for nearly 50 years to inadvertently kill them | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-environment-birds-trump/u-s-court-blocks-trump-administrations-relaxation-of-migratory-bird-safeguards-idUSKCN2580EK | 2020-08-12 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Justice Department on Tuesday urged Congress to revise a 74yearlaw that is central to how the government sets regulatory policy | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Justice Department on Tuesday urged Congress to revise a 74yearlaw that is central to how the government sets regulatory policy | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-regulations/u-s-justice-department-urges-congress-to-revise-key-law-for-setting-regulatory-policy-idUSKCN25729Q | 2020-08-12 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell said White House negotiators have not spoken on Tuesday with Democratic leaders in the U.S. Congress on coronavirus aid legislation after talks broke down last week | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell said White House negotiators have not spoken on Tuesday with Democratic leaders in the U.S. Congress on coronavirus aid legislation after talks broke down last week | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-mcconnell/mcconnell-no-talks-between-white-house-democrats-on-coronavirus-aid-idUSKCN2572KB | 2020-08-12 |
| WASHINGTON A Republican businesswoman who has expressed support for the QAnon conspiracy theory Marjorie Taylor Greene won her partys nomination Tuesday for a seat in the U.S. Congress from Georgia the New York Times said | Neutral | WASHINGTON A Republican businesswoman who has expressed support for the QAnon conspiracy theory Marjorie Taylor Greene won her partys nomination Tuesday for a seat in the U.S. Congress from Georgia the New York Times said | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-election-congress-greene/u-s-republican-who-supports-conspiracy-theory-wins-nomination-to-congress-idUSKCN25805Y | 2020-08-12 |
| Rosen wants Congress to enshrine some existing practices into law adopt new transparency measures and take steps to improve the economic efficiency of regulations | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Justice Department on Tuesday urged Congress to revise a 74yearlaw that is central to how the government sets regulatory policy | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-regulations/u-s-justice-department-urges-congress-to-revise-key-law-for-setting-regulatory-policy-idUSKCN25729Q | 2020-08-12 |
| Congressional committees are probing his firing one of a string of dismissals of government watchdogs by Trump that have raised concerns about oversight | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Department of State did not fully evaluate the risk of civilian casualties in Yemen when it pushed through a huge 2019 precisionguided munitions sale to Saudi Arabia a government watchdogs report said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-saudi-arms-inspectorgeneral/watchdog-finds-u-s-did-not-weigh-civilian-risks-when-pushing-saudi-arms-sales-idUSKCN25721C | 2020-08-12 |
| The big important thing is for Congress to take this Rosen said | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Justice Department on Tuesday urged Congress to revise a 74yearlaw that is central to how the government sets regulatory policy | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-regulations/u-s-justice-department-urges-congress-to-revise-key-law-for-setting-regulatory-policy-idUSKCN25729Q | 2020-08-12 |
| Trump on Saturday signed orders seeking to bypass Congress and provide some relief including delaying student loan payments and providing some unemployment aid | Positive | WASHINGTON A stalemate between the Republican White House and congressional Democrats over coronavirus relief ended in a fourth day without talks on Tuesday with each party blaming the other for intransigence | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/white-house-congressional-democrats-go-fourth-day-without-coronavirus-talks-idUSKCN2572I0 | 2020-08-12 |
| In a bid to move ahead without Congress the Republican president on Saturday signed executive orders and a memorandum seeking to provide relief to workers businesses and local governments | Neutral | WASHINGTON Republican and Democratic governors said on Monday President Donald Trumps coronavirus relief measures were too expensive for states to implement as they struggle with the costs of the pandemic and called on officials in Washington to resume negotiations on federal aid | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-governors-question-cost-of-trump-covid-19-aid-plans-urge-talks-to-continue-idUSKCN2561XU | 2020-08-11 |
| The president has faced criticism for governing through executive order rather than agreeing legislation with the U.S. Congress | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump said on Monday an executive order requiring health insurance companies to cover patients with preexisting conditions would emphasize Republican support for the practice even though it is already part of existing law | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-healthcare-trump/trump-order-on-pre-existing-conditions-a-double-safety-net-despite-obamacare-law-idUSKCN25704T | 2020-08-11 |
| Congressional committees have been investigating Linicks firing | Negative | WASHINGTON A final report by the office of the State Department Acting Inspector General found Secretary of State Mike Pompeos emergency certification on arms sales to Gulf Arab states including Saudi Arabia last year did not break the law a senior department official said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-saudi-arms-inspectorgeneral/u-s-state-dept-says-ig-found-u-s-arms-sales-to-saudi-did-not-break-law-official-idUSKCN2562ND | 2020-08-11 |
| Members of Congress typically take sanctions from U.S. adversaries as compliments not problems | Positive | BEIJING China imposed sanctions on 11 U.S. citizens including lawmakers from President Donald Trump Republican Party on Monday in response to Washingtons imposition of sanctions on Hong Kong and Chinese officials accused of curtailing political freedoms in the former British colony | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-hongkong-sanctions/china-imposes-sanctions-on-republican-u-s-lawmakers-over-hong-kong-idUSKCN2560RN | 2020-08-11 |
| A late addition to Bidens shortlist Bass a congresswoman from Southern California and chairwoman of the Congressional Black Caucus would add a progressive voice to the ticket | Positive | Democratic U.S. presidential candidate Joe Biden is expected to announce his running mate ahead of his partys national convention that kicks off on Aug | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-biden-running-mate-factb/factbox-biden-will-soon-pick-a-running-mate-here-are-the-front-runners-idUSKCN2532TT | 2020-08-10 |
| U.S. President Donald Trump signed a series of executive orders on Saturday to extend unemployment benefits after talks with Congress broke down | Positive | KOSPI jumps 1 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/southkorea-markets-close/s-korea-shares-close-at-26-month-high-on-china-data-hyundai-motor-16-surge-idUSAZN21R400 | 2020-08-10 |
| Weighing on the greenback is uncertainty over U.S. fiscal stimulus after President Trump signed a series of executive orders to extend unemployment benefits after talks with Congress broke down | Positive | MSCI exJapan off recent month high | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-asian-shares-calm-as-sino-u-s-tensions-flare-up-idUSL4N2FC0XJ | 2020-08-10 |
| Airline executives feel increasingly optimistic Congress will act while chief executives and union leaders have been calling lawmakers to push for additional assistance | Positive | WASHINGTON A group of Senate Republicans on Wednesday backed extending a billion payroll assistance program for U.S. airlines after warnings that carriers may be forced to cut tens of thousands of jobs without government action according to a letter seen by Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-airlines-exclu/republican-senators-back-extending-25-billion-payroll-aid-for-u-s-airlines-shares-jump-idUSKCN2512QE | 2020-08-06 |
| Five members of U.S. Congress from New York said on Wednesday that several investment firms involved in Puerto Ricos ongoing bankruptcy may have engaged in insider trading and urged the state attorney general to investigate | Negative | Five members of U.S. Congress from New York said on Wednesday that several investment firms involved in Puerto Ricos ongoing bankruptcy may have engaged in insider trading and urged the state attorney general to investigate | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-puertorico/u-s-lawmakers-seek-probe-of-investment-firms-dealings-in-puerto-rico-debt-idUSKCN25134R | 2020-08-06 |
| New York Governor Andrew Cuomo speaking on behalf of all U.S. governors urged Congress to include billion in unrestricted state funding | Positive | WASHINGTON Top congressional Democrats and White House officials appeared to harden their stances on new coronavirus relief legislation on Wednesday as negotiations headed toward an endofweek deadline with no sign of an agreement | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/white-house-congressional-democrats-harden-stances-on-coronavirus-relief-idUSKCN2512JY | 2020-08-06 |
| Mester also said more fiscal support is needed to bolster struggling businesses households and consumers and she said she was hopeful that Congress will pass a stimulus bill | Neutral | NEW YORK A resurgence in coronavirus cases is slowing the economic recovery and the pandemic will continue to weigh on the U.S. economy and American life for longer than initially expected three Federal Reserve policymakers said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-usa-fed/fed-policymakers-say-pickup-in-infections-slowing-u-s-economic-recovery-idUSKCN2511UX | 2020-08-06 |
| SINGAPORE U.S.China tension and sobering economic data knocked momentum out of Asias stock markets on Thursday though the hope of stimulus staved off falls and kept pressure on the dollar as investors wait for Congress to agree on a new spending package | Negative | SINGAPORE U.S.China tension and sobering economic data knocked momentum out of Asias stock markets on Thursday though the hope of stimulus staved off falls and kept pressure on the dollar as investors wait for Congress to agree on a new spending package | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-markets/stocks-stall-and-dollar-squeezed-as-investors-wait-for-stimulus-idUSKCN2513C6 | 2020-08-06 |
| Congress also approved a separate billion in lowcost loans for passenger many airlines have not yet tapped those loans | Positive | WASHINGTON A group of Senate Republicans on Wednesday backed extending a billion payroll assistance program for U.S. airlines after warnings that carriers may be forced to cut tens of thousands of jobs without government action according to a letter seen by Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-airlines-exclu/republican-senators-back-extending-25-billion-payroll-aid-for-u-s-airlines-shares-jump-idUSKCN2512QE | 2020-08-06 |
| SINGAPORE Aug 5 The dollar was under pressure on Wednesday from a towering euro and crumbling U.S. yields as the latest coronavirus relief package got bogged down in Congress and investors braced for a bumpy ride to economic repair | Negative | Euro repels dollar bounce | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-dollar-dented-as-yields-dive-on-recovery-worries-idUSL4N2F708K | 2020-08-05 |
| Federal Reserve officials urged Congress and the White House to help the struggling U.S. economy | Negative | WASHINGTON White House negotiators on Tuesday vowed to work around the with congressional Democrats to try to reach a deal on coronavirus relief by the end of this week as the pandemic takes a heavy toll on American life | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/white-house-seeks-deal-this-week-with-congressional-democrats-on-coronavirus-bill-idUSKCN25019N | 2020-08-05 |
| I think there are anarchists and farleft groups involved in the violence in Attorney General William Barr said in testimony before Congress last week | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. federal prosecutors have produced no evidence linking dozens of people arrested in antiracism protests in Portland Oregon to the antifa or anarchist movements despite President Donald Trumps assertions they are fueling the unrest | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-global-race-protests-antifa/u-s-prosecutors-do-not-charge-portland-protesters-with-antifa-ties-idUSKCN2502NQ | 2020-08-05 |
| WASHINGTON The top Democrats in the U.S. Congress and White House negotiators on Monday said they had made progress in talks on a new coronavirus relief bill though the administration said President Donald Trump could act alone if no deal is reached | Negative | WASHINGTON The top Democrats in the U.S. Congress and White House negotiators on Monday said they had made progress in talks on a new coronavirus relief bill though the administration said President Donald Trump could act alone if no deal is reached | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/congressional-democrats-white-house-cite-progress-in-talks-on-coronavirus-bill-idUSKBN24Z1PU | 2020-08-04 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. economy could benefit if the nation were to lock down really for four to six weeks a top Federal Reserve official said on Sunday adding that Congress can well afford large sums for coronavirus relief efforts | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. economy could benefit if the nation were to lock down really for four to six weeks a top Federal Reserve official said on Sunday adding that Congress can well afford large sums for coronavirus relief efforts | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-fed/feds-kashkari-suggests-4-6-week-shutdown-says-u-s-congress-can-spend-big-on-coronavirus-relief-idUSKBN24Y0IM | 2020-08-03 |
| Congress should use this opportunity to support the American people and the American economy | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. economy could benefit if the nation were to lock down really for four to six weeks a top Federal Reserve official said on Sunday adding that Congress can well afford large sums for coronavirus relief efforts | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-fed/feds-kashkari-suggests-4-6-week-shutdown-says-u-s-congress-can-spend-big-on-coronavirus-relief-idUSKBN24Y0IM | 2020-08-03 |
| Pelosi the nations top elected Democrat said she thought Congress and the White House eventually would come together on legislation although she gave no timetable | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said talks with the White House on a coronavirus aid bill were far from a deal on Friday as federal unemployment benefits that have been an essential lifeline for millions of Americans expired | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/pelosi-says-far-from-coronavirus-deal-more-talks-with-white-house-saturday-idUSKCN24W1YF | 2020-08-02 |
| WASHINGTON The top Democrats in Congress are not close to a deal with the White House to pump more money into the U.S. economy to ease the coronavirus heavy toll both sides said on Saturday after an essential lifeline for millions of unemployed Americans expired | Negative | WASHINGTON The top Democrats in Congress are not close to a deal with the White House to pump more money into the U.S. economy to ease the coronavirus heavy toll both sides said on Saturday after an essential lifeline for millions of unemployed Americans expired | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/congressional-democrats-white-house-still-at-impasse-over-coronavirus-bill-idUSKBN24X3OT | 2020-08-02 |
| JOHANNESBURG South Africas Deputy Finance Minister David Masondo has been asked to step down by the governing African National Congress partys integrity commission for involving an elite police unit in a dispute with a former lover | Negative | JOHANNESBURG South Africas Deputy Finance Minister David Masondo has been asked to step down by the governing African National Congress partys integrity commission for involving an elite police unit in a dispute with a former lover | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-safrica-politics/south-africas-deputy-finance-minister-asked-to-step-aside-over-abuse-of-power-claim-idUSKBN24X3R3 | 2020-08-02 |
| Right now it is unclear who in Washington is in charge of oversight much less any critical details some state health officials and members of Congress told Reuters | Negative | WASHINGTON As scientists and pharmaceutical companies work at breakneck speed to develop a vaccine for the novel coronavirus public health officials and senior U.S. lawmakers are sounding alarms about the Trump administrations lack of planning for its nationwide distribution | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-vaccine/trump-planning-for-u-s-rollout-of-coronavirus-vaccine-falling-short-officials-warn-idUSKCN24W1ON | 2020-08-01 |
| Pelosi the nations top elected Democrat said she thought Congress and the White House eventually will come together on legislation although she gave no timetable | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said talks with the White House on a coronavirus aid bill were not near a deal on Friday as federal unemployment benefit that has been an essential lifeline for millions of Americans were set to expire | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/pelosi-says-no-deal-near-on-coronavirus-relief-talks-with-white-house-continue-saturday-idUSKCN24W1YF | 2020-08-01 |
| Risk assets across the globe sold off sharply after Trump tweeted delay the election until people can properly securely and safely although the U.S. constitution bestows that power on Congress | Negative | European shares sank to a onemonth low on Thursday hit by underwhelming earnings reports a dire reading of the German economys health and U.S. President Donald Trump raising the possibility of delaying Novembers presidential election | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-europe-stocks/european-stocks-hit-one-month-low-as-trump-tweet-adds-to-economic-worries-idUSKCN24V11A | 2020-07-31 |
| 3 U.S. elections an idea immediately rejected by both Democrats and his fellow Republicans in Congress the sole branch of government with the authority to make such a change | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump on Thursday raised the idea of delaying the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-trump/trump-floats-election-delay-congressional-republicans-reject-idea-idUSKCN24V2DL | 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 The White House on Thursday said it opposed language in a bill before Congress that would require airline train and public transit passengers and workers to wear masks to address the coronavirus pandemic | Negative | WASHINGTON The White House on Thursday said it opposed language in a bill before Congress that would require airline train and public transit passengers and workers to wear masks to address the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-airlines/white-house-opposes-u-s-requirement-for-passengers-to-wear-masks-on-planes-trains-idUSKCN24V3NC | 2020-07-31 |
| Only another amendment which requires a supermajority of twothirds approval in both chambers of Congress as well as ratification by at least 38 U.S. states can alter that date | Positive | 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 |
| 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 |
| WASHINGTON Just one day before a federal jobless benefit was set to expire the U.S. Congress was no closer on Thursday to a deal extending or replacing the extra in payments to tens of millions thrown out of work by the coronavirus pandemic | Negative | WASHINGTON Just one day before a federal jobless benefit was set to expire the U.S. Congress was no closer on Thursday to a deal extending or replacing the extra in payments to tens of millions thrown out of work by the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/deal-on-u-s-coronavirus-aid-bill-elusive-as-jobless-benefit-nears-expiration-idUSKCN24V1X5 | 2020-07-31 |
| 0 has Congressional support but could face hurdles among some Republican senators people familiar with the matter said | Neutral | A second bailout coined CARES Act 2 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-airlines/united-warns-of-more-pilot-furloughs-as-u-s-airlines-eye-second-bailout-idUSKCN24V2VB | 2020-07-31 |
| Congress has already passed aid packages totaling trillion to alleviate the effects of the virus which has killed 150000 Americans | Negative | WASHINGTON Just one day before a federal jobless benefit was set to expire the U.S. Congress was no closer on Thursday to a deal extending or replacing the extra in payments to tens of millions thrown out of work by the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/deal-on-u-s-coronavirus-aid-bill-elusive-as-jobless-benefit-nears-expiration-idUSKCN24V1X5 | 2020-07-31 |
| 3 U.S. presidential election but the Constitution bestows that power on Congress not the president | Neutral | 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 |
| Congress has so far passed more than trillion in funding intended to ease the pandemics heavy human and economic toll | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. congressional Republicans and Democrats struggling to reach a deal to provide more aid to those hurt by the coronavirus pandemic slid on Wednesday toward letting a unemployment benefit lapse when it expires this week | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-jobless-benefit-at-risk-as-congress-coronavirus-talks-stalled-idUSKCN24U1FR | 2020-07-30 |
| Including Gohmert 13 members of Congress have been diagnosed with or suspected to have COVID19 | Negative | WASHINGTON Republican U.S. congressman Louie Gohmert who has steadfastly refused to wear a mask during the coronavirus pandemic said on Wednesday he had tested positive for COVID19 leading at least three of his colleagues to say they would selfquarantine | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-congress-gohmert/mask-skeptic-republican-gohmert-gets-covid-19-u-s-congressional-colleagues-to-self-quarantine-idUSKCN24U2EJ | 2020-07-30 |
| U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that his administration and Democrats in Congress were still far on a new coronavirus relief bill | Negative | SYDNEY Asian stocks were boosted by the promise of ultraeasy monetary policy globally as the U.S. Federal Reserve left interest rates near zero to support the countrys virusbattered economy sending the dollar to a twoyear trough | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-markets/asian-stocks-rise-dollar-languishes-near-two-year-lows-on-fed-idUSKCN24U3F5 | 2020-07-30 |
| Time is of the he added noting that Congress was aiming to authorize more PPP funding in coming weeks | Positive | WASHINGTON Bank of America Inc the secondlargest U.S. lender has asked the Trump administration to correct data meant to offer public accountability on the recipients of billion in pandemic aid and a group of U.S. Democratic lawmakers has written to demand action before more funds are allocated | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/banks/article/us-health-coronavirus-ppp/u-s-lawmakers-bank-of-america-urge-small-business-agency-to-fix-erroneous-ppp-loan-data-idUSKCN24T31C | 2020-07-30 |
| A late addition to Bidens shortlist Bass a congresswoman from Southern California and chair of the Congressional Black Caucus would add a progressive voice to the ticket | Positive | Democratic U.S. presidential candidate Joe Bidens search for a running mate for the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-biden-running-mate-factb/factbox-biden-will-soon-pick-a-running-mate-here-are-the-front-runners-idUSKCN24T2QA | 2020-07-29 |
| Her job approval rating is lower than Trumps which analysts attribute to votes in Congress against the Affordable Care Act | Negative | U.S. Republican Senator Martha McSally shows every sign of being an imperiled incumbent trailing Democratic challenger Mark Kelly in money and polling as President Donald Trumps electoral woes jeopardize Republican control of the Senate | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-senate-arizona/imperiled-arizona-u-s-senator-mcsallys-hopes-seen-riding-on-trump-train-idUSKCN24S12D | 2020-07-28 |
| Investors hope the U.S. Congress will agree on a deal before its summer recess | Positive | By David Randall | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-gold-hits-record-equities-edge-higher-on-stimulus-hopes-idUSL2N2EY14Y | 2020-07-28 |
| Congress has earmarked billion to support this drive and in May states filed plans with the government describing the equipment and supplies they would buy | Positive | The United States might have more COVID19 testing capacity than any other country | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-testing-insigh/the-u-s-has-more-covid-19-testing-than-most-so-why-is-it-falling-so-short-idUSKCN24S19H | 2020-07-28 |
| Some of the earlier steps to mitigate the financial impact such as enhanced jobless benefits are due to expire this month and Congress has yet to agree on fresh support | Negative | to add to no change in text | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/refile-forex-yen-swiss-franc-benefit-as-dollar-falls-on-u-s-china-conflict-and-economic-fears-idUSL5N2EY2OH | 2020-07-28 |
| WASHINGTON Enhanced unemployment benefits that the U.S. Congress authorized early in the coronavirus pandemic are due to expire at the end of July and thus far lawmakers have been unable to agree on a measure to extend them | Negative | WASHINGTON Enhanced unemployment benefits that the U.S. Congress authorized early in the coronavirus pandemic are due to expire at the end of July and thus far lawmakers have been unable to agree on a measure to extend them | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-unemployment-e/explainer-whats-at-stake-in-the-battle-over-u-s-unemployment-benefits-in-congress-idUSKCN24S14R | 2020-07-28 |
| If elected in November she will be the first Black lawmaker in Congress from Arkansas ever | Neutral | Joyce Elliott an Arkansas state senator who is seeking a U.S. congressional seat in November was the second Black student to attend her local public high the first was her older sister | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-blackwomen/record-number-of-black-women-set-to-run-for-u-s-congress-idUSKCN24S1FZ | 2020-07-28 |
| Congress typically strengthens the program during recessions when unemployment spikes and more people need aid | Positive | WASHINGTON Enhanced unemployment benefits that the U.S. Congress authorized early in the coronavirus pandemic are due to expire at the end of July and thus far lawmakers have been unable to agree on a measure to extend them | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-unemployment-e/explainer-whats-at-stake-in-the-battle-over-u-s-unemployment-benefits-in-congress-idUSKCN24S14R | 2020-07-28 |
| Kimberly Walker a veteran and former corrections officer from Florida running for Congress says the solution to that discrepancy is clear | Positive | Joyce Elliott an Arkansas state senator who is seeking a U.S. congressional seat in November was the second Black student to attend her local public high the first was her older sister | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-blackwomen/record-number-of-black-women-set-to-run-for-u-s-congress-idUSKCN24S1FZ | 2020-07-28 |
| As the pandemic took hold in March Congress voted to extend those benefits for an additional 13 weeks and offer them to selfemployed workers and others who dont typically qualify | Positive | WASHINGTON Enhanced unemployment benefits that the U.S. Congress authorized early in the coronavirus pandemic are due to expire at the end of July and thus far lawmakers have been unable to agree on a measure to extend them | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-unemployment-e/explainer-whats-at-stake-in-the-battle-over-u-s-unemployment-benefits-in-congress-idUSKCN24S14R | 2020-07-28 |
| Mnuchin said he had spoken on Friday with top Democrat in Congress House Speaker Nancy Pelosi who has said she does not want a shortterm extension of unemployment insurance | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Saturday said that the Trump administration supports extending enhanced unemployment benefits until the end of the year in the next round of coronavirus aid albeit at a reduced level | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/trump-administration-backs-partial-extension-of-jobless-benefits-through-years-end-idUSKCN24Q0U7 | 2020-07-27 |
| House Speaker Nancy Pelosi the top Democrat in Congress criticized Republicans for not being able to agree on a plan when Americans are on the and going hungry | Negative | WASHINGTON Top aides to U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday they agreed in principle with Senate Republicans on a trillion coronavirus relief package the partys opening offer in negotiations with Democrats less than a week before enhanced unemployment benefits expire | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/trump-team-senate-republicans-agree-on-coronavirus-aid-offer-to-democrats-idUSKCN24R0GX | 2020-07-27 |
| The brutality of Bloody inspired President Lyndon Johnson to demand Congress approve legislation removing barriers to Black voting and lawmakers passed the landmark Voting Rights Act of 1965 | Positive | SELMA Ala | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-people-john-lewis/body-of-civil-rights-icon-john-lewis-crosses-alabama-bridge-for-final-time-idUSKCN24R0M5 | 2020-07-27 |
| Investors hope U.S. Congress will agree on a deal before its summer recess but there are some sticking points including the size of stimulus and enhanced unemployment benefits | 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 |
| Trump repeatedly has called for lowering the cost of prescription drugs but Congress has not yet passed a major drug price reform | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday signed four executive orders aimed at lowering the prices Americans pay for prescription drugs as he faces an uphill reelection battle and criticism over his handling of the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-trump-drugprices/trump-signs-orders-to-lower-prescription-drug-prices-idUSKCN24P2JA | 2020-07-25 |
| Chiles Congress is weighing a quantitative easing bill that would allow the Central Bank to buy Treasury bonds on the secondary market potentially cushioning any funds selloff | Positive | SANTIAGO Chilean President Sebastian Pinera on Friday signed into law a plan to allow citizens to withdraw of their pensions savings as people queued at the administrators offices in Santiago eager for relief from the economic effects of the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/banks/article/us-health-coronavirus-chile-pensions/chiles-pinera-signs-pensions-withdrawal-into-law-economy-braces-for-impact-idUSKCN24P2QQ | 2020-07-25 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi rejected on Friday the idea of a temporary extension to enhanced unemployment benefits which expire on July 31 while Congress continues work on a new coronavirus relief bill | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi rejected on Friday the idea of a temporary extension to enhanced unemployment benefits which expire on July 31 while Congress continues work on a new coronavirus relief bill | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-pelosi/u-s-house-speaker-pelosi-opposes-separate-deal-on-jobless-benefits-idUSKCN24P2BL | 2020-07-25 |
| WASHINGTON John Lewis a civil rights pioneer and longtime member of Congress who died last week will lie in state at the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington on Monday and Tuesday | Negative | WASHINGTON John Lewis a civil rights pioneer and longtime member of Congress who died last week will lie in state at the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington on Monday and Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-people-john-lewis-capitol/u-s-congressman-john-lewis-to-lie-in-state-in-capitol-rotunda-idUSKCN24P037 | 2020-07-24 |
| WASHINGTON The chief executives of four of the largest U.S. tech companies plan to deflect criticism next week in a Congressional hearing into their use of market power to hurt rivals by saying they themselves face competition and by debunking claims they are so dominant | Negative | WASHINGTON The chief executives of four of the largest U.S. tech companies plan to deflect criticism next week in a Congressional hearing into their use of market power to hurt rivals by saying they themselves face competition and by debunking claims they are so dominant | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-tech-congress/big-tech-ceos-ready-defenses-for-u-s-congress-hearing-into-their-growing-power-idUSKCN24O16K | 2020-07-24 |
| Focus is also on the next U.S. fiscal rescue package which is deadlocked in Congress while a monthend deadline looms as some unemployment benefits are due to expire | Neutral | China to respond on Friday Global Times Editor | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-yen-up-and-dollar-clinging-on-as-chinas-houston-response-awaited-idUSL3N2EV09I | 2020-07-24 |
| These are the words that Representative Yoho levied against a Congresswoman | Neutral | language in paragraph 2 some readers may find offensive | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/uk-usa-congress-ocasio-cortez/u-s-congresswoman-ocasio-cortez-says-republican-colleague-called-her-profane-slur-idUSKCN24O2FG | 2020-07-24 |
| The reform must be approved by Congress which Noriega said he expected would happen by December so that it becomes law in early 2021 | Positive | MEXICO CITY Mexican workers will get a major boost in their retirement benefits after the government and private sector ironed out the details of a pension reform that is expected to become law by early next year the Finance Ministry said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-mexico-pensions/mexico-to-boost-worker-pensions-strikes-deal-with-employers-idUSKCN24O066 | 2020-07-23 |
| WASHINGTON Republicans and Democrats in Congress aim to pass a fourth coronavirus aid package before the end of the month but they will have to overcome significant differences | Neutral | WASHINGTON Republicans and Democrats in Congress aim to pass a fourth coronavirus aid package before the end of the month but they will have to overcome significant differences | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-legislation-ex/what-democrats-and-republicans-want-in-the-next-coronavirus-relief-package-idUSKCN24N273 | 2020-07-23 |
| Other defendants include former allies of Bashir such as former Vice President Ali Osman Taha and Ali alHaj secretary general of the Islamist Popular Congress Party judicial officials said | Positive | KHARTOUM Ousted Sudanese President Omar alBashir appeared in court Tuesday at the opening of his trial for leading the military coup that brought him to power in 1989 before the hearing was adjourned to find a bigger venue amid chaotic scenes outside | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-sudan-politics-bashir/bashir-trial-for-1989-coup-adjourned-as-crowds-jostle-outside-court-idUSKCN24M120 | 2020-07-22 |
| Congress is negotiating another coronavirus relief bill to help deal with the pandemic and blunt the economic pain it has caused | Negative | ATLANTA The Republican governors of three U.S. states dealing with surging COVID19 outbreaks sparred on Tuesday with local officials over tighter countermeasures as California closed in on surpassing New York in total cases | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/state-local-officials-bicker-over-covid-19-restrictions-california-passes-400000-cases-idUSKCN24M29Z | 2020-07-22 |
| Members of Congress had delayed sales of military equipment to the region angry about the war in Yemen as well as rights abuses like the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi | 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 |
| Moderna Inc and Merck Co on Tuesday told a U.S. Congressional panel that they expect to profit from their coronavirus vaccines once approved amid concerns the vaccines may not be accessible to all | Negative | Moderna Inc and Merck Co on Tuesday told a U.S. Congressional panel that they expect to profit from their coronavirus vaccines once approved amid concerns the vaccines may not be accessible to all | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-vaccines-price/moderna-merck-say-they-will-not-limit-price-of-coronavirus-vaccines-to-company-cost-idUSKCN24M2PP | 2020-07-22 |
| Mnuchin who led previous coronavirus bill negotiations with Congress said on Monday he intended to focus on starting with another trillion dollars | Negative | WASHINGTON Advisers to President Donald Trump and top congressional Democrats were set to discuss the next steps in responding to the coronavirus crisis on Tuesday with congressional Republicans saying they were working on a trillion relief bill | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-congressional-democrats-white-house-to-meet-on-coronavirus-aid-idUSKCN24L1N5 | 2020-07-21 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Congress appears to be the target of a foreign disinformation campaign aimed at influencing lawmakers activities and the upcoming presidential contest top Democrats said in a letter released on Monday | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Congress appears to be the target of a foreign disinformation campaign aimed at influencing lawmakers activities and the upcoming presidential contest top Democrats said in a letter released on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-interference/top-democrats-say-u-s-congress-appears-to-be-election-interference-target-idUSKCN24L2GW | 2020-07-21 |
| Due to widespread conservatism in Brazilian politics and society activists have largely turned to the courts instead of Congress to secure rights | Positive | RIO DE MEXICO CITY Reuters As a gay man growing up in Brazil Afif Sarhan was banned from donating blood for most of his life | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-lgbt-politics/with-brazils-bolsonaro-attacking-the-supreme-court-are-gay-rights-at-risk-idUSKCN24L00D | 2020-07-20 |
| Popular opinion on rights remains deeply divided in Brazil unlike in neighbouring Argentina where gay marriage passed through Congress in 2010 and provoked a heated public discussion | Negative | RIO DE MEXICO CITY Reuters As a gay man growing up in Brazil Afif Sarhan was banned from donating blood for most of his life | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-lgbt-politics/with-brazils-bolsonaro-attacking-the-supreme-court-are-gay-rights-at-risk-idUSKCN24L00D | 2020-07-20 |
| The fact that this debate never happened inside Congress has made these rights more vulnerable | Negative | RIO DE MEXICO CITY Reuters As a gay man growing up in Brazil Afif Sarhan was banned from donating blood for most of his life | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-lgbt-politics/with-brazils-bolsonaro-attacking-the-supreme-court-are-gay-rights-at-risk-idUSKCN24L00D | 2020-07-20 |
| Inspectors general sit inside executive branch agencies having a unique duty to report their findings to both Congress and agency heads | Neutral | WASHINGTON Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives asked the internal watchdogs for the Justice and Homeland Security departments to launch an investigation into whether they have abused emergency in order to justify targeting peaceful protesters last week in Portland Oregon | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-global-race-protests-portland-investi/house-democrats-demand-investigation-into-use-of-force-at-portland-protests-idUSKCN24K0Q2 | 2020-07-20 |
| A Democratic member of Congress from Atlanta since 1987 Lewis had announced in December that he had advanced pancreatic cancer | Negative | WASHINGTON John Lewis a pioneer of the civil rights movement and longtime member of the U.S. House of Representatives died on Friday a passing that prompted tributes from leaders across the political spectrum | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-people-john-lewis/u-s-civil-rights-pioneer-congressman-john-lewis-dies-idUSKBN24J04I | 2020-07-19 |
| Last year Raoni called on Brazils Congress to block President Jair Bolsonaros policies which he said are destroying the Amazon forest indigenous people depend on | Negative | SAO PAULO Brazils top indigenous chief Raoni Metuktire has been hospitalized with digestive bleeding according to a post on the Facebook page of Raonis institute | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-indigenous/brazils-amazon-chief-raoni-is-hospitalized-idUSKCN24K00L | 2020-07-19 |
| The numbers are clear and I will not be the Democratic nominee for the 16th Congressional District seat in the fall the 73yearold Engel said in a statement | Negative | 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 |
| WASHINGTON The coronavirushit U.S. travel industry on Friday asked Congress for billion in federal grants to promote safe practices new liability protections and tax credits for travelers and the industry | Positive | WASHINGTON The coronavirushit U.S. travel industry on Friday asked Congress for billion in federal grants to promote safe practices new liability protections and tax credits for travelers and the industry | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-travel/u-s-travel-industry-seeks-government-assistance-new-tax-breaks-to-spur-trips-idUSKCN24I2FG | 2020-07-18 |
| WASHINGTON A battle in the U.S. Congress over a new coronavirusaid bill began on Friday as Republicans were putting the finishing touches on provisions granting liability protections for a wide range of entities resuming operations amid the pandemic | Negative | WASHINGTON A battle in the U.S. Congress over a new coronavirusaid bill began on Friday as Republicans were putting the finishing touches on provisions granting liability protections for a wide range of entities resuming operations amid the pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-republicans-seek-liability-protections-as-coronavirus-aid-battle-looms-idUSKCN24I18H | 2020-07-18 |
| WASHINGTON The National Defense Authorization Act which sets policy for the U.S. Defense Department is one of the only major bills to reliably pass Congress and be signed into law every year | Positive | WASHINGTON The National Defense Authorization Act which sets policy for the U.S. Defense Department is one of the only major bills to reliably pass Congress and be signed into law every year | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-congress-defense-explainer/explainer-u-s-congress-readies-740-billion-defense-bill-covering-far-more-than-bullets-idUSKCN24H2VT | 2020-07-17 |
| U.S. Congress is set to begin debating such a package next week as several states in the countrys south and west implement fresh lockdown measures to curb the virus | Negative | TOKYO Asian shares eked out gains and U.S. stock futures bounced back on Friday as hopes of more government spending around the globe suppressed concerns about rising new coronavirus case numbers and worsening tensions between Washington and Beijing | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-markets/asia-stocks-rebound-hopes-of-more-stimulus-offset-virus-worries-idUSKCN24H3I2 | 2020-07-17 |
| Congress better get its act together and pass another fiscal stimulus | Positive | with market | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/usa-stocks/us-stocks-wall-st-ends-lower-on-covid-19-worries-tech-weighs-idUSL2N2EN1Z1 | 2020-07-17 |
| NEW YORK U.S. Congress members wrote to three private laboratories on Tuesday that were revealed to have been testing the purity of a lethalinjection drug for the U.S. Department of Justice as it carried out the first federal execution in 17 years | Negative | NEW YORK U.S. Congress members wrote to three private laboratories on Tuesday that were revealed to have been testing the purity of a lethalinjection drug for the U.S. Department of Justice as it carried out the first federal execution in 17 years | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-executions-drugs/u-s-lawmakers-ask-four-companies-about-role-in-governments-execution-drugs-idUSKCN24F2NZ | 2020-07-15 |
| Fed policymakers have repeatedly urged Congress to do so | Negative | With the Republicancontrolled U.S. Congress far from agreement on how or even whether to give more aid to states and cities reeling from revenue losses during the coronavirus crisis three U.S. Senate Democrats are appealing to the U.S. Treasury and the Federal Reserve to do more to help | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-fed-municipals/prominent-democrats-press-fed-treasury-to-aid-states-citing-racial-inequality-idUSKCN24F15L | 2020-07-15 |
| U.S. president Donald Trump on Tuesday ordered an end to Hong Kongs special status under U.S. law to punish China for what he called oppressive against the former British colony and signed a bill approved by the U.S. Congress to penalize banks doing business with Chinese officials who implement the new security law | Negative | SSEC 1 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/china-stocks-midday/china-shares-derail-as-u-s-move-against-hk-dents-sentiment-idUSL3N2EM19J | 2020-07-15 |
| WASHINGTON Mondaire Jones declared victory on Tuesday in the Democratic primary for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives from New York putting him on track to become the first openly gay Black member of Congress | Positive | WASHINGTON Mondaire Jones declared victory on Tuesday in the Democratic primary for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives from New York putting him on track to become the first openly gay Black member of Congress | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-congress-jones/mondaire-jones-openly-gay-and-black-gets-democratic-nod-for-u-s-house-seat-idUSKCN24F2ZD | 2020-07-15 |
| Acting on a Tuesday deadline he also signed a bill approved by the U.S. Congress to penalize banks doing business with Chinese officials who implement the new security law | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump on Tuesday ordered an end to Hong Kongs special status under U.S. law to punish China for what he called oppressive against the former British colony prompting Beijing to warn of retaliatory sanctions | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-hongkong-security-trump/china-vows-retaliation-after-trump-ends-preferential-status-for-hong-kong-idUSKCN24F2KQ | 2020-07-15 |
| With the Republicancontrolled U.S. Congress far from agreement on how or even whether to give more aid to states and cities reeling from revenue losses during the coronavirus crisis three U.S. Senate Democrats are appealing to the U.S. Treasury and the Federal Reserve to do more to help | Neutral | With the Republicancontrolled U.S. Congress far from agreement on how or even whether to give more aid to states and cities reeling from revenue losses during the coronavirus crisis three U.S. Senate Democrats are appealing to the U.S. Treasury and the Federal Reserve to do more to help | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-fed-municipals/prominent-democrats-press-fed-treasury-to-aid-states-citing-racial-inequality-idUSKCN24F15L | 2020-07-15 |
| The U.S. Congress failed last month to agree on legislation designed to bring about changes in policing | Negative | Lawyers for George Floyd who died on May 25 after a Minneapolis policeman knelt on his neck for nearly nine minutes will file a civil lawsuit against the city and its police officers on Wednesday according to a statement from his attorneys | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-global-race-minneapolis/lawyers-to-file-u-s-civil-lawsuit-against-minneapolis-in-floyd-death-idUSKCN24F302 | 2020-07-15 |
| To be clear these solutions are not a substitute for Congress stepping up to provide the needed they wrote | Positive | With the Republicancontrolled U.S. Congress far from agreement on how or even whether to give more aid to states and cities reeling from revenue losses during the coronavirus crisis three U.S. Senate Democrats are appealing to the U.S. Treasury and the Federal Reserve to do more to help | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-fed-municipals/prominent-democrats-press-fed-treasury-to-aid-states-citing-racial-inequality-idUSKCN24F15L | 2020-07-15 |
| The CongressionalExecutive Commission on China monitors human rights and the rule of law and submits an annual report to Trump and Congress | Neutral | BEIJING China announced corresponding against the United States on Monday after Washington penalized senior Chinese officials over the treatment of Uighur Muslims in its Xinjiang region | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-usa-xinjiang/china-sanctions-u-s-lawmakers-in-dispute-over-uighur-muslims-idUSKCN24E0NU | 2020-07-14 |
| I do think well get there and do something that needs to be before Congress begins an August recess the Republican senator predicted | 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 |
| Congressional Democrats and other critics have accused Trump of abuse of power and an assault on the rule of law | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trumps executive clemency to his longtime friend and adviser Roger Stone not only commuted the veteran Republican operatives prison term but it also spared him a hefty fine and two years of supervised release | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-trump-stone/trumps-clemency-for-roger-stone-wipes-away-fine-and-supervised-release-idUSKCN24E261 | 2020-07-14 |
| But some U.S. investors have raised concerns that such moves by Congress could shut them out of highyield investment opportunities that would remain open to investors in other countries | Neutral | WASHINGTON The Trump administration plans to soon scrap a 2013 agreement between U.S. and Chinese auditing authorities a senior State Department official said a move that could foreshadow a broader crackdown on U.S.listed Chinese firms under fire for sidestepping American disclosure rules | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-stocks-exclusive/exclusive-trump-administration-to-soon-end-audit-deal-underpinning-chinese-listings-in-u-s-official-idUSKCN24E2XW | 2020-07-14 |
| The World Uyghur Congress the main exile group welcomed the move and urged the European Union and other countries to follow suit | Negative | WASHINGTON China said on Friday it would take reciprocal against the United States after Washington imposed sanctions on senior Chinese officials over alleged human rights abuses against the Uighur Muslim minority | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-xinjiang-sanctions/china-says-it-will-hit-back-against-new-u-s-sanctions-over-uighur-rights-idUSKBN24A2GA | 2020-07-11 |
| Sirkis was elected to Congress but decided not to run for reelection in 2014 | Neutral | BRASILIA Environmentalist Alfredo Sirkis a founder of Brazils Green Party and a tireless campaigner for policies to curb climate change died on Friday in a car crash television network TV Globo said | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-environment-sirkis/brazilian-environmentalist-sirkis-killed-in-car-crash-idUSKBN24B32J | 2020-07-11 |
| States including New Jersey have been pushing the U.S. Congress for unrestricted funding they could use to plug big budget holes caused by plummeting tax revenue | Positive | New Jersey one of the states hardest hit by the coronavirus outbreak would borrow up to | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-newjersey-debt/cash-strapped-new-jersey-to-borrow-up-to-9-9-billion-under-deal-idUSKBN24B307 | 2020-07-11 |
| If Congress doesnt act we are going to see epic failure once said Holden an independent who is also elections supervisor in Georgias Paulding County a Republicandominated suburb of Atlanta | Negative | WASHINGTON A Michigan town wants machines to speed up counting of absentee ballots | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-budgets-insight/epic-failure-u-s-election-officials-warn-of-november-chaos-due-to-budget-crunch-idUSKBN24B17U | 2020-07-11 |
| This hearing will provide an opportunity for both Congress and the American people to hear directly from some of the manufacturers currently developing potential COVID19 the committee said | Positive | 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 |
| But even if one existed the state and President Donald Trumps administration argued it long ago was eliminated by Congress | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday recognized about half of Oklahoma as Native American reservation land and overturned a tribe members rape conviction because the location where the crime was committed should have been considered outside the reach of state criminal law | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-court-oklahoma/u-s-supreme-court-deems-half-of-oklahoma-a-native-american-reservation-idUSKBN24A268 | 2020-07-10 |
| Campos Neto expects the government to send Congress a temporary decree this week to support actions announced by the central bank in its last package to unlock credit | Positive | BRASILIA Brazils central bank is studying recent data showing inflation is somewhat above expectations to see if there is room for a cut in interest rates its president Roberto Campos Neto told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-economy-cenbank-interview/brazil-central-bank-studying-residual-cut-in-selic-rate-says-campos-neto-idUSKBN24A1RO | 2020-07-10 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. House of Representative Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Thursday she is very Democrats and Republicans in Congress will agree on strong new coronavirus relief legislation after lawmakers return from their July break | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. House of Representative Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Thursday she is very Democrats and Republicans in Congress will agree on strong new coronavirus relief legislation after lawmakers return from their July break | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-pelosi/pelosi-confident-u-s-congress-will-produce-strong-coronavirus-relief-bill-idUSKBN24A2KE | 2020-07-10 |
| The main exile group the World Uyghur Congress welcomed the move and called for the European Union and other countries to follow suit | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States on Thursday imposed sanctions on the highest ranking Chinese official yet targeted over alleged human rights abuses against the Uighur Muslim minority a move likely to further ratchet up tensions between Washington and Beijing | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-usa-china-xinjiang-sanctions/u-s-sanctions-highest-ranking-chinese-official-yet-over-uighur-rights-idUSKBN24A2GA | 2020-07-10 |
| The official said the administration will require agencies to conduct a national security analysis before they grant any waivers something Congress did not expressly require in the statute | Positive | WASHINGTON The Trump administration plans to finalize regulations this week that will bar the U.S. government from buying goods or services from any company that uses products from five Chinese companies including Huawei Hikvision and Dahua a U.S. official said | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-usa-china-contracting-exclusive/exclusive-u-s-finalizing-federal-contract-ban-for-companies-that-use-huawei-others-idUSKBN24A22F | 2020-07-10 |
| Nicholas Colas cofounder of DataTrek Research said earnings expectations could be too low if Congress passes further economic stimulus this month | Negative | NEW YORK U.S. companies are preparing to open their books on a quarter that is set to show the biggest earnings fall since the financial crisis leaving investors looking for light at the end of the tunnel | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-earnings-outlook/disaster-u-s-earnings-loom-but-investors-try-and-look-beyond-idUSKBN24A1CN | 2020-07-10 |
| On Monday Meadows told Fox News the White House was looking to get something done on prescription drug prices after Congress failed to act | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump will sign three executive orders on lowering prescription drug prices White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-usa-healthcare-trump/trump-will-sign-three-executive-orders-on-lowering-drug-prices-chief-of-staff-idUSKBN24A3CO | 2020-07-10 |
| Stone was convicted last year for witness tampering and lying to Congress as it and former Special Counsel Robert Mueller investigated Russian interference in the 2016 election | Negative | Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg was briefed on the actions beforehand officials said | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-facebook-disinformation-usa/facebook-takes-down-accounts-and-pages-of-trump-ally-roger-stone-idUSKBN2492YK | 2020-07-09 |
| ISA called on Congress to overturn the vetoes which it can do with sufficient votes | Neutral | BRASILIA Brazils President Jair Bolsonaro on Wednesday vetoed provisions of a law that obligated the federal government to provide drinking water disinfectants and a guarantee of hospital beds to indigenous communities amid the COVID19 pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-indigenous/brazils-bolsonaro-vetoes-plans-to-offer-covid-19-support-to-indigenous-people-idUSKBN2492XX | 2020-07-09 |
| Trumps sagging poll numbers and Democratic animosity against his leading allies in Congress have deepened this years challenge for Senate Republicans including Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell | Negative | WASHINGTON The South Carolina Democrat challenging Republican U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham nearly doubled his fundraising this spring his campaign said on Tuesday in the latest sign of the mounting campaign hurdles facing Republicans in the U.S. Senate | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-senate/south-carolina-democrat-aiming-to-unseat-lindsey-graham-raises-13-9-million-in-quarter-idUSKBN2482CP | 2020-07-08 |
| BRASILIA Brazils President Jair Bolsonaro said he would veto a bill regulating fake news which has also been criticized by social media companies such as Facebook and Twitter if it comes to his desk from Congress in its present shape | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils President Jair Bolsonaro said he would veto a bill regulating fake news which has also been criticized by social media companies such as Facebook and Twitter if it comes to his desk from Congress in its present shape | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-politics-fake-news/brazils-bolsonaro-would-veto-bill-regulating-fake-news-in-current-form-idUSKBN2433FN | 2020-07-03 |
| Because it is one of the few bills Congress passes every year lawmakers use the NDAA as a vehicle for a wide range of policy provisions | Neutral | WASHINGTON A U.S. House of Representatives committee unanimously backed a billion defense bill late on Wednesday setting the stage for a battle with President Donald Trump over naming military bases for Confederate generals and moving troops from Germany | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-usa-defense-congress/u-s-house-panel-backs-defense-bill-confederate-battle-looms-idUSKBN2432MQ | 2020-07-03 |
| Separately Congress passed legislation seeking to punish banks that do business with Chinese officials who implement Beijings draconian new national security law on Hong Kong | Negative | NEW YORK July 2 Asian stocks were likely to track a firmer Wall Street session on Friday after strong U.S. jobs data although growing SinoU.S. tensions and a worrying surge in coronavirus cases is likely to cap gains | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-asian-stocks-set-to-follow-u-s-jobs-rally-china-in-focus-idUSL1N2E92NZ | 2020-07-03 |
| Congress has signed off on roughly trillion in coronavirus aid so far but Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and other Fed policymakers have said more will be needed | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday approved an extension of a billion lending program in an effort to help small businesses hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic renewing a lifeline that had just expired | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-business/u-s-house-approves-extension-of-small-business-loan-program-idUSKBN2427FB | 2020-07-02 |
| com Facebook Alphabets Google and Apple will testify before the U.S. Congress in late July as part of an ongoing antitrust probe into the companies according to two sources familiar with the matter | Negative | WASHINGTON The chief executives of the four U.S. tech giants Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-tech-congress/u-s-tech-chief-executives-expected-to-testify-before-house-panel-in-late-july-idUSKBN2427HU | 2020-07-02 |
| Seen by Reuters the letter signed by more than a dozen Democrats in Congress called the meeting a blatant attempt to politicize the important U.S.Mexico relationship along partisan lines | Neutral | MEXICO CITY Mexicos president and his U.S. counterpart Donald Trump will hold their first meeting on July 8 in Washington officials said on Wednesday sparking complaints from Democratic lawmakers who saw it as a political stunt with elections looming | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-mexico-usa/mexican-president-to-hold-first-meeting-with-trump-democrats-unimpressed-idUSKBN2425WG | 2020-07-02 |
| We can all start proBeijing heavyweight Maria Tam a member of Chinas National Peoples Congress told reporters | Negative | HONG Beijing on Tuesday unveiled new national security laws for Hong Kong that will punish crimes of secession subversion terrorism and collusion with foreign forces with up to life in prison heralding a more authoritarian era for Chinas freest city | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-hongkong-security/china-passes-sweeping-hk-security-law-heralding-authoritarian-era-idUSKBN2412UD | 2020-07-01 |
| 10 Canada Mexico and the United States agree a revised USMCA to satisfy concerns by Democrats in the U.S. Congress over labor and environmental standards | Positive | After an long arduous road the U.S.MexicoCanada trade agreement took effect on Wednesday replacing its predecessor the quartercenturyold North American Free Trade Agreement | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-usa-trade-usmca-timeline/the-long-bumpy-road-from-nafta-to-usmca-idUSKBN2424EG | 2020-07-01 |
| McConnell 78 the most powerful Republican in Congress and a staunch supporter of President Donald Trump is seeking a seventh sixyear term | Positive | Former fighter pilot Amy McGrath said on Tuesday she was ready to take on Senate Republican Majority Leader Mitch McConnell after edging out a Black progressive to clinch the Democratic nomination for the seat | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-kentucky/kentucky-democrats-pick-ex-fighter-pilot-mcgrath-to-challenge-u-s-senate-leader-mcconnell-idUSKBN2411IH | 2020-07-01 |
| The presidential decree signed by Bolsonaro comprises two monthly payments of 600 reais said Rodrigo Maia speaker of the lower house of Congress | Neutral | BRASILIA Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Tuesday signed a decree to extend emergency stipends to informal workers hit hard by the COVID19 crisis as official figures showed record deficits and mounting unemployment | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-economy/bolsonaro-extends-aid-to-brazilians-as-jobs-plummet-public-debt-soars-idUSKBN2413S9 | 2020-07-01 |
| Congress has committed nearly trillion in aid | Positive | U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Monday said the outlook for the worlds biggest economy is extraordinarily and will depend both on containing the coronavirus and on government efforts to support the recovery | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-fed-powell/feds-powell-stresses-uncertainty-challenges-facing-u-s-economy-idUSKBN2402TA | 2020-06-30 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday handed President Donald Trump more authority over a federal agency charged with protecting consumers in the financial sector empowering him to fire its director at will and ruling that the structure it was given by Congress violated the U.S. Constitution | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday handed President Donald Trump more authority over a federal agency charged with protecting consumers in the financial sector empowering him to fire its director at will and ruling that the structure it was given by Congress violated the U.S. Constitution | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-cfpb/u-s-supreme-court-gives-president-more-power-over-consumer-financial-agency-idUSKBN24021W | 2020-06-30 |
| Congress and the country need answers now | Neutral | WASHINGTON Both Democrats and President Donald Trumps fellow Republicans in Congress demanded more information from the White House on Monday after reports that Russian military intelligence offered militants bounties for killing U.S. troops in Afghanistan | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-afghanistan-russia-house/u-s-republicans-democrats-want-to-question-trump-aides-over-russia-bounty-reports-idUSKBN240215 | 2020-06-30 |
| To maintain existing spending Congress will need to find billion over five the House bill transfers | Neutral | WASHINGTON The White House said Monday it opposes a | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-usa-infrastructure/white-house-opposes-1-5-trillion-house-infrastructure-measure-idUSKBN24031M | 2020-06-30 |
| The questions that arise was the President briefed and if not why not and why was Congress not Pelosi wrote | Negative | WASHINGTON Both Democrats and President Donald Trumps fellow Republicans in Congress demanded more information from the White House on Monday after reports that Russian military intelligence offered militants bounties for killing U.S. troops in Afghanistan | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-afghanistan-russia-house/u-s-republicans-democrats-want-to-question-trump-aides-over-russia-bounty-reports-idUSKBN240215 | 2020-06-30 |
| WASHINGTON The White House said on Monday it has invited eight members of Congress for a briefing on intelligence reports that Russia offered bounties to Taliban militants to kill U.S. soldiers | Negative | WASHINGTON The White House said on Monday it has invited eight members of Congress for a briefing on intelligence reports that Russia offered bounties to Taliban militants to kill U.S. soldiers | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-afghanistan-russia-whitehouse/eight-lawmakers-invited-to-russia-bounty-briefing-white-house-idUSKBN2402K3 | 2020-06-30 |
| March A trillion coronavirus aid package dubbed the largest rescue package in American is approved by Congress | Positive | Here are some key developments as the novel coronavirus spread around the | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-timeline/timeline-how-the-global-coronavirus-pandemic-unfolded-idUSKBN23Z0UW | 2020-06-29 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. lawmakers will try this week to revive efforts to enact police reform legislation in Congress a Republican senator said on Sunday after moves to address police misconduct following the death of George Floyd deteriorated into partisan bickering | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. lawmakers will try this week to revive efforts to enact police reform legislation in Congress a Republican senator said on Sunday after moves to address police misconduct following the death of George Floyd deteriorated into partisan bickering | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-minneapolis-police-congress/republican-senator-sees-effort-this-week-to-revive-police-reform-debate-in-u-s-congress-idUSKBN23Z0QV | 2020-06-29 |
| SHANGHAI Chinas lawmakers have reviewed a draft of the national security bill for Hong Kong during a meeting held by the standing committee of the National Peoples Congress state media Xinhua reported on Sunday | Negative | SHANGHAI Chinas lawmakers have reviewed a draft of the national security bill for Hong Kong during a meeting held by the standing committee of the National Peoples Congress state media Xinhua reported on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-hongkong-security/china-lawmakers-review-draft-of-hong-kong-national-security-bill-xinhua-idUSKBN23Z09W | 2020-06-29 |
| Mahama 61 who has been chosen by the National Democratic Congress as its candidate defeated AkufoAddo in the 2012 presidential race | Positive | ACCRA Ghanas ruling New Patriotic Party has picked incumbent Nana AkufoAddo as its presidential candidate in this years election setting up a third consecutive headtohead battle against former president John Dramani Mahama | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-ghana-politics-election/ghanas-president-akufo-addo-chosen-by-ruling-party-for-poll-rematch-against-mahama-idUSKBN23Y0NJ | 2020-06-28 |
| Major aviation unions have asked the U.S. Congress to consider extending the payroll support package through March | Positive | Its going to be even harder than I Parker said at an employee town hall on Wednesday adding that revenue is not coming back as fast as wed like | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-american-airline-j/american-airlines-ceo-sees-10-20-extra-staff-in-july-2021-hard-to-avoid-furloughs-idUSKBN23Y0VX | 2020-06-28 |
| One component of Congress fiscal aid a per week supplement to unemployment insurance payments is set to expire at the end of July | Neutral | NEW YORK Upcoming U.S. economic data and deadlines for renewing some fiscal stimulus measures in July could prove key tests for an equities rebound that has wavered in recent weeks | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-stocks-weekahead/investors-eye-economic-data-stimulus-measures-as-stocks-rally-stalls-idUSKBN23X282 | 2020-06-27 |
| California Attorney General Xavier Becerra praised the San Franciscobased court for halting Trumps unlawful money saying taxpayers deserve to know their money goes where Congress intends | Negative | A federal appeals court on Friday said U.S. President Donald Trump was wrong to divert | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-wall-decision/trumps-spending-for-border-wall-rejected-by-u-s-appeals-court-idUSKBN23X2P3 | 2020-06-27 |
| The U.S. Constitution gives Congress the power to admit new states without specifying a process | Neutral | 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 |
| Stone was found guilty by a jury last November of obstruction witness tampering and lying to Congress under oath during its investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election | Negative | WASHINGTON A federal judge on Friday ordered Roger Stone President Donald Trumps longtime friend and adviser to report to prison by July 14 to begin his sentence after being convicted of seven criminal counts last year granting him a 14day extension over concerns about the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-trump-stone/judge-orders-trump-adviser-roger-stone-to-report-to-prison-by-july-14-idUSKBN23X2XW | 2020-06-27 |
| 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 |
| China hawks in Congress have pushing for a strong U.S. reaction to any clampdown in Hong Kong | Negative | 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 |
| Congress has so far allocated nearly trillion in financial relief while the Fed has implemented numerous programs to pump trillions of dollars of credit into the economy | Positive | The resilience of a monthslong rebound in U.S. stocks is being put to the test as a longfeared resurgence in coronavirus infections weighs on hopes of a sharp economic recovery in the United States | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-rebound/coronavirus-resurgence-looms-over-wall-street-rally-idUSKBN23W2BR | 2020-06-26 |
| Stone 67 who was convicted of obstruction witness tampering and lying to Congress during its investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. House Democrats blasted Attorney General William Barr at a hearing on Wednesday over accusations he had improperly meddled in criminal cases and antitrust probes for political gain but they stopped short of pledging to take any steps to try and oust the nations top law enforcement official | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-congress-justice/democrats-accuse-presidents-fixer-barr-of-political-meddling-in-u-s-justice-system-idUSKBN23V2KT | 2020-06-25 |
| WASHINGTON The federal office that led the prosecution of President Donald Trumps friend Roger Stone received heavy pressure from the highest levels of the Department of to ease its sentencing recommendation career prosecutor Aaron Zelinsky plans to tell Congress according to his prepared remarks | Negative | WASHINGTON The federal office that led the prosecution of President Donald Trumps friend Roger Stone received heavy pressure from the highest levels of the Department of to ease its sentencing recommendation career prosecutor Aaron Zelinsky plans to tell Congress according to his prepared remarks | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-congress-justice/federal-prosecutor-says-fear-of-trump-led-to-reversal-on-stone-sentencing-memo-idUSKBN23U339 | 2020-06-24 |
| WASHINGTON The drive toward police reform in the aftermath of George Floyds death ran headlong into political gridlock in the U.S. Congress on Tuesday as Democrats and Republicans sparred over a Senate plan to move forward with a controversial reform measure | Negative | WASHINGTON The drive toward police reform in the aftermath of George Floyds death ran headlong into political gridlock in the U.S. Congress on Tuesday as Democrats and Republicans sparred over a Senate plan to move forward with a controversial reform measure | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-minneapolis-police-congress/u-s-drive-for-police-reform-hamstrung-by-deadlock-in-congress-idUSKBN23U2BL | 2020-06-24 |
| His son Congressman Eduardo Bolsonaro said in May that an institutional was a matter of time | Neutral | BRASILIA Calls for Brazils military to close Congress and the Supreme Court have screamed from banners at marches attended by President Jair Bolsonaro in recent weeks but retired generals and close observers of the armed forces call it empty talk | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-politics-military-analysis/threat-of-brazil-military-coup-unfounded-retired-generals-say-idUSKBN23T1JW | 2020-06-23 |
| BRASILIA Calls for Brazils military to close Congress and the Supreme Court have screamed from banners at marches attended by President Jair Bolsonaro in recent weeks but retired generals and close observers of the armed forces call it empty talk | Negative | BRASILIA Calls for Brazils military to close Congress and the Supreme Court have screamed from banners at marches attended by President Jair Bolsonaro in recent weeks but retired generals and close observers of the armed forces call it empty talk | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-politics-military-analysis/threat-of-brazil-military-coup-unfounded-retired-generals-say-idUSKBN23T1JW | 2020-06-23 |
| We will be doing another stimulus with the U.S. Congress he added saying the bipartisan measure would come over the next couple of weeks probably | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday said he supported the idea of giving Americans a second round of financial aid to mitigate the effect of shutdowns to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-trump/trump-backs-more-aid-for-americans-amid-coronavirus-scripps-idUSKBN23T2NH | 2020-06-23 |
| With strong public sentiment for stopping excessive force by police especially against AfricanAmericans many are urging Congress to seize the opportunity to quickly pass legislation | Negative | WASHINGTON The Republicanled U.S. Senate and Democraticled House of Representatives will vote this week on separate bills aimed at addressing police misconduct following George Floyds death in police custody but neither measure is likely to become law | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-minneapolis-police-congress/senate-house-steer-toward-first-votes-on-competing-police-reform-bills-idUSKBN23T28Q | 2020-06-23 |
| Asked if Trump had ruled out ending the program through an executive order Wolf said the administration would continue to press Congress to find a solution | Neutral | WASHINGTON The Trump administration is determined to end the Dreamers program that protects immigrants who entered the United States illegally as children within the next six months the acting head of the Department of Homeland Security said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-court-immigration-wolf/trump-administration-aims-to-end-dreamers-immigration-program-in-six-months-idUSKBN23S0QI | 2020-06-22 |
| The National Peoples Congress Standing Committee which usually meets every two months is due to meet from June 28 to 30 in Beijing Xinhua said | Positive | BEIJING Chinas top legislative body will meet on June 28 about a week after its last gathering the official Xinhua news agency said on Sunday a shorter than usual gap following the announcement of details of a draft Hong Kong security law | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-hongkong-security/chinese-lawmakers-to-meet-again-in-june-may-pass-security-law-say-reports-idUSKBN23S0JF | 2020-06-22 |
| Congressman Adam Smith the Democrat who leads the House Armed Services Committee laid blame also on the Navys civilian leadership and said his committee had launched its own investigation | Negative | WASHINGTON In a reversal the Navy on Friday scrapped its recommendation to reinstate Captain Brett Crozier and instead upheld a decision to fire him from his command of a coronavirusstricken aircraft carrier where he became a hero to his crew | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-navy-coronavirus-carrier-exclusiv/in-reversal-navy-wont-reinstate-captain-of-coronavirus-hit-aircraft-carrier-idUSKBN23Q31H | 2020-06-20 |
| Trumps administration had argued that Obama exceeded his constitutional powers when he created DACA by executive action bypassing Congress | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday dealt President Donald Trump a major setback on his hardline immigration policies blocking his bid to end a program that protects from deportation hundreds of thousands of immigrants often called who entered the United States illegally as children | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-court-immigration/u-s-supreme-court-thwarts-trump-plan-to-end-dreamers-immigrant-program-idUSKBN23P2HM | 2020-06-19 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Justice Department proposed on Wednesday that Congress take up legislation to curb protections big tech platforms like Alphabets Google and Facebook have had for decades a senior official said following through on President Donald Trumps bid to crack down on tech giants | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Justice Department proposed on Wednesday that Congress take up legislation to curb protections big tech platforms like Alphabets Google and Facebook have had for decades a senior official said following through on President Donald Trumps bid to crack down on tech giants | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-tech-230/trump-administration-proposes-rolling-back-protections-for-big-tech-idUSKBN23O29D | 2020-06-18 |
| Rahul Gandhi leader of the opposition Congress party Enough is enough We need to know what happened | Neutral | NEW India and China said they wanted peace but blamed each other on Wednesday after soldiers of the two sides savagely fought each other with nailstudded clubs and stones on their Himalayan border killing at least 20 Indian troops | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-india-china/india-china-want-peace-but-blame-each-other-after-deadly-border-clash-idUSKBN23O0YO | 2020-06-18 |
| Congress abandoned the practice of largely requiring road users to pay for road repairs and has not hiked the federal gas tax since 1993 | Neutral | A U.S. House of Representatives panel is debating on Wednesday a Democratic plan to boost infrastructure spending that aims to fix crumbling roads and highways and reduce carbon pollution | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-usa-infrastructure/house-panel-debating-494-billion-infrastructure-measure-idUSKBN23O388 | 2020-06-18 |
| The LWCF was created in 1964 but Congress in most years has diverted funding for it to other uses | Positive | 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 |
| Since 2008 Congress has transferred about in general revenues to the Highway Trust Fund | Positive | A U.S. House of Representatives panel is debating on Wednesday a Democratic plan to boost infrastructure spending that aims to fix crumbling roads and highways and reduce carbon pollution | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-usa-infrastructure/house-panel-debating-494-billion-infrastructure-measure-idUSKBN23O388 | 2020-06-18 |
| A U.S. senator said on Wednesday he was hoping for bipartisan support in Congress for mandatory rules on masks for air travel after the head of the Federal Aviation Administration again resisted calls for a mandate | Positive | A U.S. senator said on Wednesday he was hoping for bipartisan support in Congress for mandatory rules on masks for air travel after the head of the Federal Aviation Administration again resisted calls for a mandate | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-airlines/u-s-lawmaker-says-seeking-bipartisan-legislation-on-airline-mask-rules-idUSKBN23O318 | 2020-06-18 |
| Tomaintain existing spending levels Congress will need to billion over five years government auditors say | Neutral | A U.S. House of Representatives panel is debating on Wednesday a Democratic plan to boost infrastructure spending that aims to fix crumbling roads and highways and reduce carbon pollution | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-usa-infrastructure/house-panel-debating-494-billion-infrastructure-measure-idUSKBN23O388 | 2020-06-18 |
| It would be a concern if Congress were to pull back on the support that its providing too he said | Negative | The U.S. economy is beginning to recover from the worst of the coronavirus crisis but with some 25 million Americans displaced from work and the pandemic ongoing it will need more help Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell told lawmakers on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-usa-fed-powell/feds-powell-beats-drum-for-more-government-aid-to-bolster-economy-idUSKBN23O2SI | 2020-06-18 |
| 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 | 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 |
| With a presidential election looming few believe Congresswill tackle infrastructure this year The current surface transportation law expires Sept | Neutral | A U.S. House of Representatives panel is debating on Wednesday a Democratic plan to boost infrastructure spending that aims to fix crumbling roads and highways and reduce carbon pollution | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-usa-infrastructure/house-panel-debating-494-billion-infrastructure-measure-idUSKBN23O388 | 2020-06-18 |
| The Democraticled House of Representatives is expected to vote later this month on sweeping legislation put forward by the Congressional Black Caucus to rein in police misconduct | Neutral | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump facing criticism that his policies and inflammatory rhetoric have aggravated a racial divide in the United States signed an order on Tuesday that he said would reform police practices even as he pressed for law and nationwide | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-minneapolis-police-usa-trump/trump-signs-order-on-police-reform-after-weeks-of-protests-about-racial-injustice-idUSKBN23N2NR | 2020-06-17 |
| The company which has been devastated by the coronavirus pandemic in April received billion in emergency funding from the U.S. Congress | Negative | U.S. passenger railroad service Amtrak which has been reeling from the effects of the coronavirus pandemic will run many of its longdistance routes less frequently and cut the frequency of trains in its busy Northeast Corridor the rail operator said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-amtrak/amtrak-reducing-service-offering-buyout-packages-to-employees-idUSKBN23O04X | 2020-06-17 |
| Among those targeted by the raids were Congressman Daniel Silveira and conservative blogger Allan dos Santos both of them said on social media | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils top court on Tuesday granted police permission to inspect financial and phone records of federal lawmakers allied with President Jair Bolsonaro as part of a probe into antidemocratic rallies a source with direct knowledge of the ruling said | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-politics/brazil-court-allows-police-to-access-bolsonaro-allies-phone-bank-records-idUSKBN23N2L5 | 2020-06-17 |
| WASHINGTON Two Justice Department employees will testify to Congress next week about political influence on law enforcement activity including one who worked on Special Counsel Robert Muellers Russia probe the Democraticcontrolled panel said on Tuesday | Negative | WASHINGTON Two Justice Department employees will testify to Congress next week about political influence on law enforcement activity including one who worked on Special Counsel Robert Muellers Russia probe the Democraticcontrolled panel said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-congress-justice/u-s-justice-dept-employees-to-testify-about-political-meddling-house-panel-says-idUSKBN23N2FT | 2020-06-17 |
| YORK The Trump administration is hindering oversight of over trillion in pandemic stimulus funds according to a watchdog group tasked by Congress to detect fraud and misuse of federal aid aimed at mitigating economic fallout from coronavirus | Negative | YORK The Trump administration is hindering oversight of over trillion in pandemic stimulus funds according to a watchdog group tasked by Congress to detect fraud and misuse of federal aid aimed at mitigating economic fallout from coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-stimulus/trump-administration-is-blocking-covid-stimulus-oversight-government-watchdog-letter-idUSKBN23M2XD | 2020-06-16 |
| Lawmakers in Congress are also working on legislative responses to the calls for police reform | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump will sign an executive order on Tuesday that will seek to improve how police officers treat African Americans and others by improving credentialing training and mental health resources administration officials said | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-minneapolis-police-usa-trump/trump-to-sign-police-reform-executive-order-on-tuesday-idUSKBN23M2ST | 2020-06-16 |
| Omar was elected along with Michigan Representative Rashida Tlaib in November 2018 making them among the first two Muslim women to serve in the U.S. Congress | Neutral | Father of Somaliaborn U.S. Representative Ilhan Omar died on Monday night of complications from the novel coronavirus local media reported | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-ilhan-omar/rep-ilhan-omars-father-dies-due-to-coronavirus-idUSKBN23N0QA | 2020-06-16 |
| Bolsonaro is also facing multiple impeachment proposals in Congress | Negative | BRASILIA Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Monday that the countrys military would not obey any order to remove an elected president deepening a war of words with the judicial branch that has led to fears of threats to democracy in the country | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-politics-bolsonaro/brazils-bolsonaro-says-military-will-not-remove-elected-president-idUSKBN23M387 | 2020-06-16 |
| This would be the first time that Bezos has appeared before Congress according to a source familiar with the company | Neutral | WASHINGTON Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-amazon-com-congress-bezos/amazon-says-ceo-bezos-willing-to-testify-before-u-s-congress-idUSKBN23M285 | 2020-06-16 |
| RIO DE JANEIRO The governor of the federal district in which Brazils capital Brasilia is located closed the area around the presidential palace ministries Supreme Court and Congress on Sunday to keep rightwing supporters of President Jair Bolsonaro from gathering there | Positive | RIO DE JANEIRO The governor of the federal district in which Brazils capital Brasilia is located closed the area around the presidential palace ministries Supreme Court and Congress on Sunday to keep rightwing supporters of President Jair Bolsonaro from gathering there | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-politics/governor-shuts-streets-in-brasilia-to-stop-protesters-reaching-congress-supreme-court-idUSKBN23L0PN | 2020-06-15 |
| The protesters who Bolsonaro has greeted on numerous previous occasions accuse the Supreme Court and Congress of blocking the presidents ability to govern | Negative | RIO DE JANEIRO The governor of the federal district in which Brazils capital Brasilia is located closed the area around the presidential palace ministries Supreme Court and Congress on Sunday to keep rightwing supporters of President Jair Bolsonaro from gathering there | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-politics/governor-shuts-streets-in-brasilia-to-stop-protesters-reaching-congress-supreme-court-idUSKBN23L0PN | 2020-06-15 |
| Sessions was also credited with improving the FBIs rocky relations with Congress another problem area that had dated back to scandals when Hoover was director | Negative | WASHINGTON William S. Sessions an FBI chief under three U.S. presidents who won praise for bringing more diversity to the agency but who was fired after being investigated for ethical lapses died Friday aged 90 U.S. media reported | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-people-sessions-obituary/william-s-sessions-former-fbi-director-dies-at-90-media-idUSKBN23K0E9 | 2020-06-15 |
| The Federal Reserve expects household finances and business balance sheets to suffer persistent as a result of the shock to economic activity arising from the coronavirus pandemic the central bank said in a report to Congress on Friday | Negative | The Federal Reserve expects household finances and business balance sheets to suffer persistent as a result of the shock to economic activity arising from the coronavirus pandemic the central bank said in a report to Congress on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-fed/persistent-fragilities-ahead-for-households-and-businesses-fed-report-idUSKBN23J2D0 | 2020-06-13 |
| There is a separate movement in Congress led by Democrats to remove statues of Confederate generals and leaders from the U.S. Capitol | Positive | WASHINGTON The Republicanled U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee voted to require the Department of Defense to rename military bases named after Confederate generals setting up a clash with President Donald Trump who opposes that change and promised a veto | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-trump-bases-senate/defying-trump-republican-led-senate-panel-backs-stripping-confederate-names-from-military-bases-idUSKBN23I2B7 | 2020-06-12 |
| Congress has weighed possible regulation for months | Neutral | In a statement Microsoft said it has worked on enacting principles and legislation for the softwares use | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-microsoft-facial-recognition/microsoft-bans-face-recognition-sales-to-police-as-big-tech-reacts-to-protests-idUSKBN23I2T6 | 2020-06-12 |
| The bill requires the president to give Congress periodic updates on foreign companies and individuals that steal vital U.S. trade secrets and mandates the leveling of penalties including economic sanctions | Negative | A bipartisan pair of U.S. senators on Thursday introduced legislation that would require Republican President Donald Trump to more systematically punish China for stealing U.S. technology | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-ip/u-s-senators-introduce-new-bill-to-punish-chinese-technology-theft-idUSKBN23I34A | 2020-06-12 |
| The biannual report to Congress must list individuals or companies involved in serial theft of U.S. trade secrets that threatens U.S. national security or economic health | Negative | A bipartisan pair of U.S. senators on Thursday introduced legislation that would require Republican President Donald Trump to more systematically punish China for stealing U.S. technology | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-ip/u-s-senators-introduce-new-bill-to-punish-chinese-technology-theft-idUSKBN23I34A | 2020-06-12 |
| A conservative on fiscal and social issues the former businessman declined to join the Congressional Black Caucus | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Senator Tim Scott the chambers only black Republican was thrust into the center of the national debate on policing when Majority Leader Mitch McConnell put him in charge Tuesday of the caucuss response to protests over racial inequality and the use of force by law enforcement | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-minneapolis-police-senate-scott/senates-only-black-republican-blasts-critics-of-his-police-reform-plan-idUSKBN23H1ZH | 2020-06-11 |
| WASHINGTON George Floyds younger brother took his grief to the U.S. Congress on Wednesday with an impassioned plea that lawmakers not let his brothers death be in vain lamenting that he didnt deserve to die over in a what he called a lynching | Negative | WASHINGTON George Floyds younger brother took his grief to the U.S. Congress on Wednesday with an impassioned plea that lawmakers not let his brothers death be in vain lamenting that he didnt deserve to die over in a what he called a lynching | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-minneapolis-police-protests/george-floyds-brother-decries-a-modern-day-lynching-in-testimony-to-congress-idUSKBN23H1NB | 2020-06-11 |
| Booker Harris and Scott are the only three black senators reflecting the lack of diversity in Congress 100member upper chamber | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Senator Tim Scott the chambers only black Republican was thrust into the center of the national debate on policing when Majority Leader Mitch McConnell put him in charge Tuesday of the caucuss response to protests over racial inequality and the use of force by law enforcement | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-minneapolis-police-senate-scott/senates-only-black-republican-blasts-critics-of-his-police-reform-plan-idUSKBN23H1ZH | 2020-06-11 |
| In Washington U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi urged Congress on Wednesday to remove from the U.S. Capitol 11 statues representing Confederate leaders and soldiers from the Civil War | Negative | SAINT PAUL Minn | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-minneapolis-police-saint-paul-statue/protesters-tear-down-christopher-columbus-statue-in-saint-paul-minnesota-idUSKBN23I04X | 2020-06-11 |
| Congress and the American people must understand the serious national security risks associated with weakening the encryption that protects Americans personal data as well as government and corporate systems | Negative | SAN FRANCISCO A group of U.S. lawmakers preparing to fight a legislative attack on encrypted communications is trying to establish what happened when encryption was subverted at a Silicon Valley maker of networking gear | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-juniper-encryption-congress/congress-seeks-answers-on-juniper-networks-breach-amid-encryption-fight-idUSKBN23H2C9 | 2020-06-11 |
| We hope this oneyear moratorium might give Congress enough time to implement appropriate rules and we stand ready to help if Amazon said | Positive | Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-amazon-com-facial-recognition/amazon-pauses-police-use-of-its-facial-recognition-tech-for-a-year-idUSKBN23H3EO | 2020-06-11 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi urged Congress on Wednesday to immediately take steps to remove from the U.S. Capitol 11 statues representing Confederate leaders and soldiers from the Civil War | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi urged Congress on Wednesday to immediately take steps to remove from the U.S. Capitol 11 statues representing Confederate leaders and soldiers from the Civil War | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-congress-statues/pelosi-urges-congress-to-remove-confederate-statues-from-u-s-capitol-idUSKBN23H3FJ | 2020-06-11 |
| Georgia was one of five states choosing candidates for the White House and Congress on Tuesday | Neutral | WASHINGTON Voters encountered long lines and problems with voting machines on Tuesday during a chaotic day of inperson balloting in Georgia the latest state to struggle to conduct elections amid the health worries of the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election/long-lines-voting-machine-problems-fuel-investigations-in-u-s-state-of-georgia-idUSKBN23G19F | 2020-06-10 |
| We are looking as many others are at changing Section Barr said adding that the change would require action by the U.S. Congress | Neutral | WASHINGTON Four Republican U.S. senators on Tuesday urged the Federal Communications Commission to review whether to revise liability protections for internet companies after President Donald Trump urged action | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-twitter-trump-fcc/republican-senators-push-fcc-to-act-on-trump-social-media-order-idUSKBN23G2WP | 2020-06-10 |
| What kind of record will Hong Kong show to the people of the whole country represented by the then National Peoples Congress for a new he said | Neutral | HONG KONG A Chinese official suggested on Monday that the degree of autonomy that Hong Kong would have when the postcolonial agreement on its status runs out in 2047 could depend on how the protesthit city behaves until then | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-hongkong-protests/chinese-official-suggests-hong-kong-should-behave-to-keep-high-autonomy-beyond-2047-idUSKBN23F1ER | 2020-06-09 |
| WASHINGTON Congressional Democrats on Monday introduced a sweeping bill intended to address longstanding complaints about racial injustice in U.S. policing following two weeks of protests over the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis police custody | Negative | WASHINGTON Congressional Democrats on Monday introduced a sweeping bill intended to address longstanding complaints about racial injustice in U.S. policing following two weeks of protests over the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis police custody | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/us-minneapolis-police-congress-bill-fact/factbox-whats-in-democrats-police-reform-and-racial-justice-bill-idUSKBN23F2OS | 2020-06-09 |
| Bidens stance echoed that of Democrats in Congress who on Monday unveiled sweeping legislation to combat police violence that stopped short of cutting funding for local law enforcement agencies | Negative | NEW YORK Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden said Monday he opposes defunding the declining to embrace a rallying cry that has gained support among progressive activists and protesters demonstrating against police brutality | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-biden-police/biden-faces-balancing-act-as-activists-call-to-defund-the-police-idUSKBN23F2GB | 2020-06-09 |
| This is the single most effective thing Congress can said former federal prosecutor Arthur Rizer now a criminal justice expert at the conservative R Street think tank | Negative | WASHINGTON Two weeks after George Floyds death in police custody sparked nationwide protests Democrats led by black members of the U.S. Congress are set to introduce legislation to combat police violence and racial injustice including making it easier to sue officers who kill | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-minneapolis-police-congress/u-s-democrats-black-lawmakers-ready-response-to-george-floyd-death-idUSKBN23E0E0 | 2020-06-08 |
| The development policy loan is for the governments general funding needs and fell within the debt limits already approved by Mexicos Congress he said | Negative | MEXICO CITY Mexico has taken out a billion loan from the World Bank as the effects of the coronavirus begin to squeeze the economy a business newspaper reported on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-mexico-world-bank/mexico-takes-out-1-billion-loan-from-world-bank-newspaper-idUSKBN23E0UB | 2020-06-08 |
| WASHINGTON Two weeks after George Floyds death in police custody sparked nationwide protests Democrats led by black members of the U.S. Congress are set to introduce legislation to combat police violence and racial injustice including making it easier to sue officers who kill | Negative | WASHINGTON Two weeks after George Floyds death in police custody sparked nationwide protests Democrats led by black members of the U.S. Congress are set to introduce legislation to combat police violence and racial injustice including making it easier to sue officers who kill | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-minneapolis-police-congress/u-s-democrats-black-lawmakers-ready-response-to-george-floyd-death-idUSKBN23E0E0 | 2020-06-08 |
| This is an election year and I felt the Trump administration and the Republicans in Congress would do whatever it took to keep the economy Tovstanovsky said | Neutral | NAPERVILLE Ill | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-autos-used/bargain-conscious-americans-lift-used-car-sales-in-the-coronavirus-economy-idUSKBN23C1FK | 2020-06-06 |
| The U.S. Congress has signed off on trillions of dollars in economic aid but is now deadlocked over whether additional stimulus is needed | Positive | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump on Friday celebrated a stunning U.S. employment report that showed more than 2 | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-economy-trump/trump-touts-job-gains-as-greatest-comeback-in-american-history-idUSKBN23C1SZ | 2020-06-06 |
| Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell will testify before the U.S. Congress on June 16 and 17 in hearings on the central banks semiannual monetary policy report | Neutral | Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell will testify before the U.S. Congress on June 16 and 17 in hearings on the central banks semiannual monetary policy report | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-fed-powell-congress/feds-powell-scheduled-for-congressional-appearances-june-16-17-idUSKBN23C33G | 2020-06-06 |
| More than 30 motions have been presented in Congress to impeach Bolsonaro for trampling on Brazils constitution mostly from leftist opponents | Negative | BRASILIA One of the worlds worst coronavirus outbreaks a paralyzed economy sending investors fleeing for the exit and accusations that he has undermined Brazils young democracy have not loosened President Jair Bolsonaros grip on power | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-politics-analysis/covid-19-crisis-shakes-brazil-but-bolsonaro-keeps-impeachment-at-bay-idUSKBN23C1FM | 2020-06-06 |
| If the recession and investigations into Bolsonaro get bad enough to erode his support the tide in Congress could eventually turn toward impeachment said centerleft lawmaker Tabata Amaral | Negative | BRASILIA One of the worlds worst coronavirus outbreaks a paralyzed economy sending investors fleeing for the exit and accusations that he has undermined Brazils young democracy have not loosened President Jair Bolsonaros grip on power | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-politics-analysis/covid-19-crisis-shakes-brazil-but-bolsonaro-keeps-impeachment-at-bay-idUSKBN23C1FM | 2020-06-06 |
| WASHINGTON The death of George Floyd while in Minneapolis police custody and the protests that followed have stirred both Democrats and Republicans in the U.S. Congress to call hearings on policing and for some lawmakers to plan the unveiling of a bill on police brutality next week | Negative | WASHINGTON The death of George Floyd while in Minneapolis police custody and the protests that followed have stirred both Democrats and Republicans in the U.S. Congress to call hearings on policing and for some lawmakers to plan the unveiling of a bill on police brutality next week | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-minneapolis-police-congress/floyd-death-sparks-democratic-republican-calls-in-u-s-congress-for-action-on-policing-idUSKBN23B34A | 2020-06-05 |
| In an interview with members of Congress on Wednesday Linick confirmed he was fired while investigating the declaration of a national to justify arms sales to Saudi Arabia lawmakers said | Negative | WASHINGTON Republican U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley on Thursday said he would seek to block two of Donald Trumps nominees in response to the presidents firing of two inspectors general citing the need for checks and balances | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-trump-inspectorgeneral/grassley-blocks-nominees-over-trumps-inspector-general-firings-idUSKBN23B2XZ | 2020-06-05 |
| Congress should not conduct politically motivated investigations designed to attack or help any presidential she said | Negative | WASHINGTON Republican allies of President Donald Trump attacked the FBIs probe of his 2016 presidential campaign on Wednesday but failed to get a key witness to agree that former U.S. Special Counsel Robert Muellers Russia investigation was unfounded | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-trump-russia/republicans-blast-fbi-russia-probe-as-rosenstein-defends-mueller-idUSKBN23A1EB | 2020-06-04 |
| WASHINGTON A State Department inspector general abruptly fired by President Donald Trump last month confirmed on Wednesday that he was investigating the declaration of a national to justify arms sales to Saudi Arabia when he was dismissed members of the U.S. Congress said | Negative | WASHINGTON A State Department inspector general abruptly fired by President Donald Trump last month confirmed on Wednesday that he was investigating the declaration of a national to justify arms sales to Saudi Arabia when he was dismissed members of the U.S. Congress said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-trump-inspectorgeneral/fired-u-s-state-department-watchdog-confirms-probe-of-saudi-arms-sale-idUSKBN23A3E4 | 2020-06-04 |
| With a presidential election looming many doubt Congress will be able to tackle infrastructure this year | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives plans to vote on a Democratic plan to boost infrastructure spending in early July that aims to fix crumbling roads and highways and reduce carbon pollution | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-infrastructure/u-s-house-to-vote-on-infrastructure-funding-plan-in-july-idUSKBN23A340 | 2020-06-04 |
| A Senate panel in July 2019 authorized billion in government spending over five years on surface transportation a jump but Congress has not agreed on how to pay for it | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives plans to vote on a Democratic plan to boost infrastructure spending in early July that aims to fix crumbling roads and highways and reduce carbon pollution | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-infrastructure/u-s-house-to-vote-on-infrastructure-funding-plan-in-july-idUSKBN23A340 | 2020-06-04 |
| He also wants Congress to repeal the Section 230 protections | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trumps effort to regulate social media companies content decisions may face an uphill battle from regulators who have previously said they cannot oversee the conduct of internet firms | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-twitter-trump-fcc/trumps-push-to-regulate-social-media-faces-uphill-battle-at-fcc-idUSKBN23823X | 2020-06-02 |
| Congress created the board in 2016 to address the Caribbean island territorys fiscal crisis | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday upheld appointments to Puerto Ricos federally created financial oversight board that had been challenged by creditors in a ruling that avoids disruption to the panels restructuring of about billion of the bankrupt U.S. territorys debt | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-court-puertorico/u-s-supreme-court-upholds-puerto-rico-financial-oversight-board-appointments-idUSKBN2382TY | 2020-06-02 |
| In rallies in Brasilia Sao Paulo and other big cities on Sunday militant Bolsonaro supporters urged the military to intervene and close down Congress and the Supreme Court | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils President Jair Bolsonaro urged his supporters on Monday to put off their protests against the countrys Supreme Court next weekend after counterdemonstrations triggered violent clashes on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-politics/after-protests-shake-brazil-bolsonaro-tries-to-rein-in-his-backers-idUSKBN23836U | 2020-06-02 |
| BRASILIA Rodrigo Maia the speaker of Brazils lower house of Congress said during an online event on Monday that he would decide whether to open impeachment proceedings against President Jair Bolsonaro at the appropriate time | Negative | BRASILIA Rodrigo Maia the speaker of Brazils lower house of Congress said during an online event on Monday that he would decide whether to open impeachment proceedings against President Jair Bolsonaro at the appropriate time | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-politics-impeachment/brazil-house-speaker-maia-says-he-will-decide-on-impeachment-at-appropriate-time-idUSKBN2383L8 | 2020-06-02 |
| The 9th Circuit found that nothing in the Clean Air Act raises the inference that Congress intended to place manufacturers beyond the reach of state and local governments | Positive | A U.S. appeals court ruled on Monday that Volkswagen AG | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-volkswagen-emissions/u-s-court-refuses-to-shield-volkswagen-in-diesel-scandal-lawsuits-idUSKBN2383GV | 2020-06-02 |
| China just concluded its closeddoor annual meeting of parliament the National Peoples Congress with top officials making clear that employment is the top priority | Positive | LONDON TESTY RELATIONS | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-global-markets-themes/take-five-hong-kong-takes-center-stage-idUSKBN23526J | 2020-05-30 |
| With the Justice Department and some members of Congress condemning strong encryption Zoom could draw unwanted new attention through a major expansion in that area privacy experts said | Negative | He added that a combination of technological safety and business factors went into the plan which drew mixed reactions from privacy advocates | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-zoom-encryption-exclusive/exclusive-zoom-plans-to-roll-out-strong-encryption-for-paying-customers-idUSKBN23600L | 2020-05-30 |
| Trump threatened new regulations and called on Congress to revoke a law that protects online platforms from lawsuits over content | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday tried to walk back a Twitter threat to respond with deadly force to three days of violent protests in Minneapolis over the police killing of an unarmed black man | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-twitter-trump-minneapolis/trump-backpedals-after-shooting-threat-to-minneapolis-rioters-idUSKBN2350UC | 2020-05-30 |
| The speaker of the lower house of Congress Rodrigo Maia came out in defense of the Supreme Court and said hate messages targeting it should be investigated | Negative | BRASILIA President Jair Bolsonaro slammed Brazils Supreme Court on Thursday for investigating an alleged disinformation and intimidation campaign by his supporters as a political crisis deepened amid the countrys accelerating COVID19 outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-politics/brazils-bolsonaro-urges-supreme-court-to-shelve-fake-news-probe-idUSKBN234253 | 2020-05-29 |
| BRASILIA Brazils government is in talks with Congress about extending the emergency program to provide informal workers hit by the coronavirus crisis with three monthly payments of 600 reais but at a reduced level Treasury Secretary Mansueto Almeida said on Thursday | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils government is in talks with Congress about extending the emergency program to provide informal workers hit by the coronavirus crisis with three monthly payments of 600 reais but at a reduced level Treasury Secretary Mansueto Almeida said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-economy-emergency-measures/brazil-mulls-extending-aid-program-for-informal-workers-but-lowering-payments-idUSKBN2343JU | 2020-05-29 |
| The notification process alerts Congress that a sale to a foreign country has been approved but it does not indicate that a contract has been signed or negotiations have concluded | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. State Department has approved a possible | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-kuwait-patriot/u-s-state-department-clears-1-4-billion-sale-of-patriot-air-and-missile-system-to-kuwait-idUSKBN2343AR | 2020-05-29 |
| Congress has never overridden a Trump veto | Neutral | WASHINGTON An effort to extend parts of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act stalled in the U.S. Congress on Wednesday after President Donald Trump promised to veto it and Republicans withdrew their support | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-surveillance-congress/bid-to-extend-u-s-surveillance-tools-stalls-after-trump-threatens-veto-idUSKBN2340C0 | 2020-05-28 |
| WASHINGTON An effort to extend parts of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act stalled in the U.S. Congress on Wednesday after President Donald Trump promised to veto it and Republicans withdrew their support | Neutral | WASHINGTON An effort to extend parts of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act stalled in the U.S. Congress on Wednesday after President Donald Trump promised to veto it and Republicans withdrew their support | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-surveillance-congress/bid-to-extend-u-s-surveillance-tools-stalls-after-trump-threatens-veto-idUSKBN2340C0 | 2020-05-28 |
| The proposed security law was only the latest in a series of undermining Hong Kong freedoms he told Congress | Negative | HONG KONG Riot police were deployed across Hong Kong on Thursday after mass protests a day earlier as lawmakers debated a bill that would criminalise disrespect of Chinas national anthem and Washington piled on pressure to preserve the citys freedoms | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-hongkong-protests/riot-police-deployed-across-hong-kong-as-u-s-china-tensions-rise-idUSKBN2340FZ | 2020-05-28 |
| U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told Congress on Wednesday the proposed new legislation undermines Hong Kongs autonomy so fundamentally that he could not support recertification | Negative | DETROIT Joe Biden would sanction China if president for its plan to impose new national security rules on Hong Kong his campaign said on Wednesday and accused President Donald Trump of having Beijings curbs on freedoms in the former British colony | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-election-biden-hongkong/top-campaign-advisor-says-biden-would-sanction-china-over-hong-kong-idUSKBN23403E | 2020-05-28 |
| The nearunanimous support in Congress the Senate passed the bill by unanimous consent puts pressure on Trump to impose human rights sanctions on China | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved legislation on Wednesday calling for sanctions on Chinese officials responsible for oppression of Uighur Muslims sending the bill to the White House for President Donald Trump to veto or sign into law | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-xinjiang/u-s-bill-to-pressure-china-over-uighur-rights-goes-to-trump-for-decision-idUSKBN23337W | 2020-05-28 |
| The proposal for new legislation is expected to be passed on Thursday by the National Peoples Congress | Neutral | YORK Asian shares erased gains and the yuan languished on Thursday on growing worries Chinas planned security law for Hong Kong would spark a broader diplomatic confrontation with the United States | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-markets/asian-stocks-turn-red-as-hong-kong-tensions-sour-mood-idUSKBN2333FB | 2020-05-28 |
| The company which has been devastated by the coronavirus pandemic in April received billion in emergency funding from Congress | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. passenger railroad service Amtrak said on Tuesday it needs a further | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-amtrak/amtrak-needs-1-5-billion-bailout-prepares-to-cut-up-to-20-of-workforce-idUSKBN232283 | 2020-05-27 |
| House Transportation Committee chairman Peter DeFazio said Congress must make sure that Amtrak its states and commuter rail partners and the Amtrak workforce get the support they need | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. passenger railroad service Amtrak said on Tuesday it needs a further | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-amtrak/amtrak-needs-1-5-billion-bailout-prepares-to-cut-up-to-20-of-workforce-idUSKBN232283 | 2020-05-27 |
| Even with new funding from Congress Amtrak still plans to extend some service cuts | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. passenger railroad service Amtrak said on Tuesday it needs a further | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-amtrak/amtrak-needs-1-5-billion-bailout-prepares-to-cut-up-to-20-of-workforce-idUSKBN232283 | 2020-05-27 |
| 1 is in addition to an annual billion in support it has been receiving from Congress in recent years | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. passenger railroad service Amtrak said on Tuesday it needs a further | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-amtrak/amtrak-needs-1-5-billion-bailout-prepares-to-cut-up-to-20-of-workforce-idUSKBN232283 | 2020-05-27 |
| There can be no doubt that this is a direct result of President Trumps Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney who leads the Committee on Oversight and Reform said on Tuesday | Positive | WASHINGTON The Defense Departments deputy inspector general resigned on Tuesday more than a month after President Donald Trump removed him as the Pentagons acting inspector general becoming the latest official in a federal oversight role to depart | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-pentagon-inspectorgeneral/pentagons-deputy-inspector-general-resigns-latest-in-watchdog-role-to-depart-idUSKBN2322H1 | 2020-05-27 |
| The lawsuit asks for Newsoms order to be barred as unlawful and was filed by the RNC the National Republican Congressional Committee and the California Republican Party | Negative | The Republican National Committee and two other Republican groups on Sunday filed a lawsuit against California Governor Gavin Newsom over his executive orders to use mailin ballots for the November election | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-california-republicans/three-republican-groups-sue-california-governor-over-mail-in-vote-order-idUSKBN2310OF | 2020-05-26 |
| The case hinged on whether the Copyright Remedy Clarification Act passed by the U.S. Congress in 1990 to allow states to be held liable for illegal copying was valid | Negative | The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday delivered a legal broadside to a filmmaker who documented the recovery of notorious English pirate Blackbeards wrecked ship refusing to revive his video piracy lawsuit that sought monetary damages from North Carolina | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-court-blackbeard/u-s-supreme-court-maroons-filmmaker-in-blackbeard-video-piracy-fight-idUSKBN21A2DE | 2020-05-25 |
| Nevertheless focus is likely to be on Chinas National Peoples Congress as discussions of political and economic policies ANZ analysts wrote in a note | Neutral | SYDNEY May 25 Asian shares started cautiously on Monday as central bank largesse globally boosted sentiment but rising trade tensions between the worlds two biggest economies dulled risk appetite | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-asian-shares-tick-up-eyes-on-china-u-s-trade-relations-idUSL4N2D703S | 2020-05-25 |
| Chinas parliament the National Peoples Congress announced on Thursday a draft decision on establishing and improving a legal system and enforcement mechanism for Hong Kong to safeguard national | Negative | BEIJING Chinas new national security legislation may be used to establish a domestic intelligence agency in Hong Kong similar to the colonialera Special Branch the territorys former leader Leung Chunying said on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-parliament-hongkong/china-could-set-up-hong-kong-intelligence-agency-under-security-law-former-leader-idUSKBN22Z0K5 | 2020-05-24 |
| WASHINGTON Nearly 200 political figures from around the world on Saturday decried Beijings proposed national security laws for Hong Kong including 17 members of the U.S. Congress as international tensions grow over the proposal to set up Chinese government intelligence bases in the territory | Negative | WASHINGTON Nearly 200 political figures from around the world on Saturday decried Beijings proposed national security laws for Hong Kong including 17 members of the U.S. Congress as international tensions grow over the proposal to set up Chinese government intelligence bases in the territory | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-parliament-hongkong-leaders/chinas-new-hong-kong-laws-a-flagrant-breach-of-agreement-foreign-officials-say-idUSKBN22Z0UC | 2020-05-24 |
| A group representing some of the largest U.S. employers has asked Congress for a yearlong ban on mergers and acquisitions among hospitals and doctors groups that received government money to cope with the effects of the COVID19 pandemic | Negative | A group representing some of the largest U.S. employers has asked Congress for a yearlong ban on mergers and acquisitions among hospitals and doctors groups that received government money to cope with the effects of the COVID19 pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-hospital-m-a/large-employers-push-back-on-u-s-healthcare-mergers-during-coronavirus-crisis-idUSKBN22Z015 | 2020-05-23 |
| Another issue is whether the standing committee of the National Peoples Congress has extra powers to ultimately interpret Hong Kong court rulings on national security | Negative | HONG KONG Beijing is set to impose a new national security law on Hong Kong following last years often violent antiChina unrest that plunged the city into its deepest turmoil since returning to Chinese rule in 1997 | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-parliament-hongkong-factbox/factbox-china-eyes-tougher-national-security-regime-for-hong-kong-idUSKBN22X26D | 2020-05-23 |
| Congressional Democrats immediately launched a probe into the firing saying it had been their understanding that Linick was investigating wrongdoing by U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo himself | 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 |
| In the video Salles complained about legal challenges to proposed environmental rule changes that the government needed legal to defend the changes and should bypass Congress | Neutral | BRASILIA Brazilian Environment Minister Ricardo Salles called on the government to push through further deregulation of environmental policy while people are distracted by the coronavirus pandemic in a video the Supreme Court ordered released on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-politics-environment/brazil-minister-calls-for-environmental-deregulation-while-public-distracted-by-covid-idUSKBN22Y30Y | 2020-05-23 |
| Congressional aides have also said Linick was looking into whether Pompeo misused a taxpayerfunded political appointee to perform personal tasks for himself and his wife such as walking their dog | Neutral | 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 |
| We dont need Congress | Neutral | BRASILIA Brazilian Environment Minister Ricardo Salles called on the government to push through further deregulation of environmental policy while people are distracted by the coronavirus pandemic in a video the Supreme Court ordered released on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-politics-environment/brazil-minister-calls-for-environmental-deregulation-while-public-distracted-by-covid-idUSKBN22Y30Y | 2020-05-23 |
| Trump has repeatedly balked at Congress power to oversee his administration | Neutral | 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 |
| Because things that need Congress with the mess that is there we are not going to get passed | Negative | BRASILIA Brazilian Environment Minister Ricardo Salles called on the government to push through further deregulation of environmental policy while people are distracted by the coronavirus pandemic in a video the Supreme Court ordered released on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-politics-environment/brazil-minister-calls-for-environmental-deregulation-while-public-distracted-by-covid-idUSKBN22Y30Y | 2020-05-23 |
| They also included lying to Congress about plans to build a Trump Tower in Moscow | Neutral | WASHINGTON Michael Cohen U.S. President Donald Trumps former personal attorney returned to his New York home on Thursday after being released early from a federal prison due to concerns of possible coronavirus exposure | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-trump-cohen/so-much-i-want-to-say-trumps-ex-lawyer-cohen-says-as-he-exits-prison-early-idUSKBN22X1O8 | 2020-05-22 |
| Zhang Yesui spokesman for the Chinas National Peoples Congress said details of the legislation would be given on Friday when the parliament holds its annual session | Neutral | HONG China is set to impose new national security legislation on Hong Kong after last years prodemocracy unrest a Chinese official said on Thursday drawing a warning from President Donald Trump that Washington would react very against the attempt to gain more control over the former British colony | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-parliament-hongkong-us/china-set-to-impose-new-hong-kong-security-law-trump-warns-of-strong-u-s-reaction-idUSKBN22X19C | 2020-05-22 |
| We spent to fight COVID19 and we need more to continue fighting it and Congressman Joey Salceda the bills principal author told Reuters | Neutral | MANILA A Philippine lawmaker has introduced a bill in parliament aimed at taxing big tech firms such as Facebook Alphabets Google and Youtube Netflix and Spotify to raise funds to battle the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-philippines-economy-tax/philippine-lawmaker-proposes-tax-targeting-tech-giants-to-fund-virus-fight-idUSKBN22Y0IG | 2020-05-22 |
| Earlier this month the U.S. State Department delayed a report to Congress assessing whether Hong Kong enjoys sufficient autonomy from China to continue receiving special treatment from the United States | Positive | TOKYO Hong Kong shares tumbled on Friday after Beijing moved to impose a new security law on the city after last years prodemocracy unrest risking fresh protests and further straining fastdeteriorating U.S.China ties | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-markets/hong-kong-leads-asian-shares-lower-as-beijing-readies-new-security-law-idUSKBN22X2WI | 2020-05-22 |
| A total of billion has been provided by Congress for the loan program which is part of broader coronavirus emergency aid totaling around trillion so far | Negative | WASHINGTON Negotiators in the U.S. Senate reached agreement on Thursday on legislation that would double the period of time in which small businesses can use Paycheck Protection Program loans to 16 weeks from the current eightweek limit according to a Senate aide | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-ppp/senators-attempt-to-advance-bill-lengthening-coronavirus-business-loan-terms-idUSKBN22X2MH | 2020-05-22 |
| They also want to garner public support for the countrys new amnesty law approved by federal Congress in April but still to be passed in the countrys state legislatures | Positive | The group wants case reviews for some female inmates they say many were victims as much as perpetrators of often petty crime and more help for them on release | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-mexico-women-prison/mexicos-former-prisoners-work-to-free-hundreds-of-women-idUSKBN22X1WR | 2020-05-22 |
| Chinese Premier Li Keqiang is expected to unveil stimulus measures when the National Peoples Congress starts on Friday to spur its economy which has been battered by the coronavirus | Negative | Dollar supported as a safehaven | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-dollar-holds-gains-amid-fresh-u-s-china-tensions-idUSL4N2D34EF | 2020-05-22 |
| However markets were disappointed at Chinas decision not to set an economic growth target this year as the National Peoples Congress kicked off a weeklong meeting | Negative | TOKYO Oil prices fell on Friday after China failed to set an economic growth target for 2020 sparking concerns that the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic will cap fuel demand in the worlds secondlargest oil user | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-global-oil/oil-falls-as-china-omits-2020-growth-target-amid-pandemic-idUSKBN22Y04E | 2020-05-22 |
| BRASILIA Brazils lower house of Congress on Wednesday delayed voting on a land bill seen by some as contributing to deforestation in the Amazon rainforest which has dozens of European companies threatening to boycott Brazilian exports | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils lower house of Congress on Wednesday delayed voting on a land bill seen by some as contributing to deforestation in the Amazon rainforest which has dozens of European companies threatening to boycott Brazilian exports | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-environment/brazil-delays-vote-on-land-bill-amid-threat-of-environmental-boycott-idUSKBN22W2TU | 2020-05-21 |
| Congressman Rodrigo Agostinho leader of the environmental caucus told Reuters the bill that was slated for a vote on Wednesday had subsequently been removed from the days agenda | Neutral | BRASILIA Brazils lower house of Congress on Wednesday delayed voting on a land bill seen by some as contributing to deforestation in the Amazon rainforest which has dozens of European companies threatening to boycott Brazilian exports | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-environment/brazil-delays-vote-on-land-bill-amid-threat-of-environmental-boycott-idUSKBN22W2TU | 2020-05-21 |
| About 3000 delegates to the annual gathering of Chinas largely rubberstamp parliament the National Peoples Congress will gather in Beijing on Friday to discuss political and economic policy | Neutral | About 3000 delegates to the annual gathering of Chinas largely rubberstamp parliament the National Peoples Congress will gather in Beijing on Friday to discuss political and economic policy | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-china-parliament-topics-factbox/factbox-what-to-expect-from-chinas-annual-meeting-of-parliament-idUSKBN22X05D | 2020-05-21 |
| WASHINGTON The Republican leader of the U.S. Senate said on Tuesday the Trump administration and Republicans in Congress were still evaluating the need for more coronavirus relief legislation and would discuss plans in a couple of weeks | Positive | WASHINGTON The Republican leader of the U.S. Senate said on Tuesday the Trump administration and Republicans in Congress were still evaluating the need for more coronavirus relief legislation and would discuss plans in a couple of weeks | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-mcconnell/top-senate-republican-says-still-mulling-if-more-coronavirus-relief-needed-idUSKBN22V2SW | 2020-05-20 |
| Brazils lower house speaker Rodrigo Maia earlier said he would introduce the bill on the floor of Congress on Wednesday for a potential vote | Negative | British supermarkets have warned Brazil they might have to boycott its products if lawmakers there pass a contentious bill that could enable faster destruction of the Amazon rainforest | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-environment-boycott/british-supermarkets-threaten-brazil-boycott-over-proposed-forest-law-idUSKBN22V39M | 2020-05-20 |
| And the U.S. economy wont recover its lost ground until sometime after next year the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said on Tuesday | Negative | WASHINGTON Asian stocks struggled to extend the weeks rally on Wednesday and gold and bonds firmed as a sceptical press report dented some hopes for a COVID19 vaccine and concerns about bumps in the global recovery from the pandemic returned | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-markets/asian-stocks-adrift-as-vaccine-rally-falters-idUSKBN22V3BU | 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 |
| Congress is considering legislation to free up trillions of dollars of additional aid to further bolster the economy help states and increase pay for essential workers doing dangerous jobs | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Tuesday defended the Trump administrations fiscal response to the coronavirus pandemic and told senators he was willing to consider extending and modifying a payroll loan program for small businesses | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-response/mnuchin-defends-u-s-fiscal-response-to-pandemic-seeks-payroll-loan-extension-idUSKBN22V0G7 | 2020-05-20 |
| One of those senators Republican Josh Hawley said TikTok previously told him its executives could not testify before Congress because they were located in China | Negative | Mayer led the successful launch of the streaming service in November but in February was passed over as Disneys new chief executive | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-bytedance-disney-streaming/disneys-streaming-chief-mayer-to-become-tiktok-ceo-idUSKBN22U2Y3 | 2020-05-19 |
| Barr called on Congress to take action forcing Apple and other tech companies to help law enforcement agencies get through encryption during criminal investigations | Negative | WASHINGTON The FBI cracked the iPhone encryption of the Royal Saudi Air Force trainee who killed three American sailors in a December attack at a naval base in Florida and found evidence linking him to al Qaeda Attorney General William Barr said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-florida-shooting-alqaeda/fbi-phone-probe-links-al-qaeda-to-saudi-who-killed-three-at-florida-base-barr-says-idUSKBN22U1WL | 2020-05-19 |
| Congressional aides had said Linick was investigating whether Pompeo misused a taxpayerfunded political appointee to perform personal tasks for himself and his wife | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump may have fired State Department Inspector General Steve Linick because he was investigating U.S. military sales to Saudi Arabia Democratic lawmakers said on Monday although Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said he sought Linicks removal because his work was undermining the department | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-trump-inspectorgeneral/trump-fired-watchdog-who-was-probing-saudi-arms-sales-democrats-say-idUSKBN22U269 | 2020-05-19 |
| Congresss intent is clear that an expression of lost confidence without further explanation is not sufficient to fulfill the requirements of the IG Reform Grassley said | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump may have fired State Department Inspector General Steve Linick because he was investigating U.S. military sales to Saudi Arabia Democratic lawmakers said on Monday although Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said he sought Linicks removal because his work was undermining the department | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-trump-inspectorgeneral/trump-fired-watchdog-who-was-probing-saudi-arms-sales-democrats-say-idUSKBN22U269 | 2020-05-19 |
| Lawmakers also hope to include reshoring provisions in the National Defense Authorization Act or NDAA a billion bill setting policy for the Pentagon that Congress passes every year | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. lawmakers and officials are crafting proposals to push American companies to move operations or key suppliers out of China that include tax breaks new rules and carefully structured subsidies | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-china-supply-chains/u-s-mulls-paying-companies-tax-breaks-to-pull-supply-chains-from-china-idUSKBN22U0FH | 2020-05-18 |
| He also notified Congress that he was firing the inspector general of the U.S. intelligence community Michael Atkinson who was involved in triggering the impeachment investigation | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trumps firing of the State Departments top internal watchdog could be if it was intended to retaliate against one of his investigations House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-inspectorgeneral-adviser/trumps-firing-of-state-department-watchdog-may-be-unlawful-pelosi-says-idUSKBN22T0J0 | 2020-05-18 |
| Some Republicans in Congress have rushed to defend Trumps decision to oust Linick | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trumps firing of the State Departments top internal watchdog could be if it was intended to retaliate against one of his investigations House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-inspectorgeneral-adviser/trumps-firing-of-state-department-watchdog-may-be-unlawful-pelosi-says-idUSKBN22T0J0 | 2020-05-18 |
| The top Democrat in Congress House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said it was impossible to know the trajectory of the virus which has killed close to 90000 Americans without more testing | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. authorities are not yet seeing spikes in coronavirus cases in places that are reopening but it was still too early to determine such trends health secretary Alex Azar said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/so-far-no-spike-in-coronavirus-in-places-reopening-u-s-health-secretary-says-idUSKBN22T0HN | 2020-05-18 |
| He said at the time the delay was to allow the report to account for any actions Beijing might contemplate in the runup to Chinas May 22 National Peoples Congress | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Sunday he believed China had threatened to interfere with the work of U.S. journalists in Hong Kong and warned Beijing that any decision impinging on Hong Kongs autonomy could affect the U.S. assessment of Hong Kongs status | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-usa-china-hongkong-autonomy/pompeo-warns-china-over-interference-with-u-s-journalists-in-hong-kong-idUSKBN22T0SB | 2020-05-18 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Relations Committee on Saturday said it would investigate President Donald Trumps firing of the State Department inspector general after the president notified Congress late Friday that he planned to remove the watchdog | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Relations Committee on Saturday said it would investigate President Donald Trumps firing of the State Department inspector general after the president notified Congress late Friday that he planned to remove the watchdog | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-inspectorgeneral-congress/democrats-to-probe-trumps-firing-of-state-department-watchdog-idUSKBN22S0U4 | 2020-05-17 |
| Republican Senator Chuck Grassley said in a statement that citing a general lack of confidence simply is not sufficient detail to satisfy Congress | Negative | WASHINGTON Democrats in Congress on Saturday launched an investigation into President Donald Trumps move to oust the State Departments internal watchdog accusing the president of escalating his fight against any oversight of his administration | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-inspectorgeneral/democrats-launch-probe-of-trumps-firing-of-state-department-watchdog-idUSKBN22S09Z | 2020-05-17 |
| WASHINGTON Democrats in Congress on Saturday launched an investigation into President Donald Trumps move to oust the State Departments internal watchdog accusing the president of escalating his fight against any oversight of his administration | Negative | WASHINGTON Democrats in Congress on Saturday launched an investigation into President Donald Trumps move to oust the State Departments internal watchdog accusing the president of escalating his fight against any oversight of his administration | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-inspectorgeneral/democrats-launch-probe-of-trumps-firing-of-state-department-watchdog-idUSKBN22S09Z | 2020-05-17 |
| Lenders are already in the crosshairs of Democrats in Congress who have also asked for data on the loans as have attorney generals in New York and Massachusetts | Neutral | WASHINGTON The U.S. Justice Department has sent grand jury subpoenas to big banks seeking records as part of a broader investigation into potential abuse of a billion emergency loan program to help small businesses hurt by the novel coronavirus two people with knowledge of the matter told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-doj-banks/exclusive-u-s-justice-dept-subpoenas-wall-street-banks-for-small-business-loans-info-sources-idUSKBN22R3EZ | 2020-05-16 |
| Since March Congress and the Trump administration have collaborated on four coronavirus bills totaling about billion passing them with overwhelming bipartisan support | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives on Friday narrowly approved a trillion bill crafted by Democrats to provide more aid for battling the coronavirus and stimulating a faltering economy rocked by the pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/house-passes-3-trillion-coronavirus-aid-bill-opposed-by-trump-idUSKBN22R1G9 | 2020-05-16 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee has scheduled a vote for next Tuesday to confirm President Donald Trumps nominee John Ratcliffe to the post of Director of National Intelligence two Congressional sources told Reuters | Neutral | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee has scheduled a vote for next Tuesday to confirm President Donald Trumps nominee John Ratcliffe to the post of Director of National Intelligence two Congressional sources told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-intelligence-ratcliffe/senate-intelligence-panel-sets-tuesday-vote-on-ratcliffe-nomination-for-spy-chief-idUSKBN22R3DJ | 2020-05-16 |
| The Democratic initiative which was opposed by Republicans marked an historic shift for Congress which had never before allowed lawmakers to cast votes from anywhere but the House chamber | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives on Friday narrowly approved a trillion bill crafted by Democrats to provide more aid for battling the coronavirus and stimulating a faltering economy rocked by the pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/house-passes-3-trillion-coronavirus-aid-bill-opposed-by-trump-idUSKBN22R1G9 | 2020-05-16 |
| Ratcliffes Congressional office and spokespeople for the Office of Director of National Intelligence had no immediate comment | Neutral | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee has scheduled a vote for next Tuesday to confirm President Donald Trumps nominee John Ratcliffe to the post of Director of National Intelligence two Congressional sources told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-intelligence-ratcliffe/senate-intelligence-panel-sets-tuesday-vote-on-ratcliffe-nomination-for-spy-chief-idUSKBN22R3DJ | 2020-05-16 |
| It came as Congress struggled to function amid the pandemic with members mainly sheltering at home in an effort to help stop the spread of the virus | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives on Friday narrowly approved a trillion bill crafted by Democrats to provide more aid for battling the coronavirus and stimulating a faltering economy rocked by the pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/house-passes-3-trillion-coronavirus-aid-bill-opposed-by-trump-idUSKBN22R1G9 | 2020-05-16 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives approved legislation on Friday allowing members to temporarily cast their votes by proxy a historic shift as the U.S. Congress searches for ways to continue to function despite the coronavirus pandemic | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives approved legislation on Friday allowing members to temporarily cast their votes by proxy a historic shift as the U.S. Congress searches for ways to continue to function despite the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-proxy/u-s-house-approves-proxy-voting-during-coronavirus-pandemic-idUSKBN22R3FR | 2020-05-16 |
| Congressional opposition leader Alessandro Molon warned that Brazil was heading toward a public health catastrophe and said the president should be impeached | Negative | BRASILIA Brazil lost its second health minister in a month on Friday after President Jair Bolsonaro demanded wider use of unproven antimalarial drugs to fight the coronavirus outbreak adding to turmoil in one of the pandemics worst global hotspots | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil/brazil-loses-new-health-minister-as-bolsonaro-grabs-reins-in-coronavirus-crisis-idUSKBN22R2FM | 2020-05-16 |
| Worker advocates have pushed Congress to direct OSHA to issue emergency temporary standards that all businesses must follow | Negative | The U.S. Department of Labor issued its first workplace guidance to nursing homes on Thursday since the COVID19 pandemic swept the country and ravaged care facilities saying residents staff and visitors should keep 6 feet | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-workplace/u-s-issues-first-coronavirus-workplace-guidance-to-nursing-homes-idUSKBN22Q3P2 | 2020-05-15 |
| Congress authorized the Treasury Department to lend the Postal Service up to billion as part of a | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Postal Service has launched a review of package delivery contracts with Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-postoffice/u-s-postal-service-reviewing-delivery-contracts-washpost-idUSKBN22Q332 | 2020-05-15 |
| But many of those restrictions are already in place or have even been tightened by Trump and a decadesold U.S. economic embargo remains and can only be lifted by Congress | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States is considering returning Cuba to its list of state sponsors of terrorism a senior Trump administration official told Reuters on Thursday a move that would mark another major blow to increasingly tense relations between Washington and Havana | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-usa-cuba-blacklist-exclusive/exclusive-u-s-considers-returning-cuba-to-list-of-state-sponsors-of-terrorism-source-idUSKBN22Q35O | 2020-05-15 |
| The U.S. Congress needs to approve Sudans removal from the list | Positive | KHARTOUM Sudans finance minister on Thursday laid out a system of money transfers to the poor in a step towards removing costly fuel subsidies to end an economic crisis | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-sudan-economy/sudan-plans-cash-transfer-to-poor-after-removal-of-fuel-subsidies-idUSKBN22Q3B7 | 2020-05-15 |
| Zunker had hoped to be the first Native American elected to Congress from the state | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Republicans kept a seat representing a rural Wisconsin district in the U.S. Congress on Tuesday as state legislator Tom Tiffany defeated Democratic law school professor Tricia Zunker in a special election the New York Times said | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-wisconsin/republicans-keep-congressional-seat-in-wisconsin-election-new-york-times-idUSKBN22P09O | 2020-05-14 |
| WASHINGTON Republicans advanced toward their goal of recapturing a seat in the U.S. Congress on Tuesday as Mike Garcia a former Navy fighter pilot endorsed by President Donald Trump was leading in preliminary results from a special election north of Los Angeles the New York Times said | Positive | WASHINGTON Republicans advanced toward their goal of recapturing a seat in the U.S. Congress on Tuesday as Mike Garcia a former Navy fighter pilot endorsed by President Donald Trump was leading in preliminary results from a special election north of Los Angeles the New York Times said | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-california-results/republican-leads-in-california-special-election-to-u-s-congress-new-york-times-idUSKBN22P0D2 | 2020-05-14 |
| com criticized for not acting quickly enough to curb sellers who charged hundreds of dollars for highdemand hand sanitizer during the early phase of the new coronavirus pandemic urged Congress on Wednesday to pass a law against price gouging during times of national emergency | Negative | WASHINGTON Online retailer Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-amazon-pricegouging-congress/amazon-com-asks-for-federal-law-against-price-gouging-during-national-emergencies-idUSKBN22P2QW | 2020-05-14 |
| WASHINGTON Thousands of local U.S. newspapers and broadcast outlets grappling with a massive downturn in advertising because of the COVID19 pandemic would be eligible for financial help under legislation introduced in Congress on Wednesday | Neutral | WASHINGTON Thousands of local U.S. newspapers and broadcast outlets grappling with a massive downturn in advertising because of the COVID19 pandemic would be eligible for financial help under legislation introduced in Congress on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress-media/u-s-lawmakers-renew-push-to-grant-assistance-to-local-news-outlets-idUSKBN22P3CS | 2020-05-14 |
| But the source who spoke on condition of anonymity charged that the U.S. State Department had ignored multiple deadlines to share with Congress information on the virus origins | Negative | WASHINGTON A prominent U.S. Republican senator proposed legislation on Tuesday that would authorize the U.S. president to impose farreaching sanctions on China if it fails to give a full account of events leading to the outbreak of the novel coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-graham/trump-senate-ally-seeks-china-sanctions-over-covid-19-probe-idUSKBN22O2XM | 2020-05-14 |
| If the administration wants Congress to act they should stop stonewalling and show us the they claim to the aide said | Neutral | WASHINGTON A prominent U.S. Republican senator proposed legislation on Tuesday that would authorize the U.S. president to impose farreaching sanctions on China if it fails to give a full account of events leading to the outbreak of the novel coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-graham/trump-senate-ally-seeks-china-sanctions-over-covid-19-probe-idUSKBN22O2XM | 2020-05-14 |
| Top U.S. infectious disease advisor Anthony Fauci on Tuesday warned Congress that a premature lifting of lockdowns could lead to additional outbreaks of the deadly coronavirus | Negative | Dollar on defensive as negative rates debate heats up | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-dollar-on-defensive-eyes-on-powell-amid-negative-rates-debate-idUSL4N2CU4U4 | 2020-05-13 |
| Dems are trying to steal the Mike Garcia Congressional Race in California | Negative | WASHINGTON Republicans advanced toward their goal of recapturing a seat in the U.S. Congress on Tuesday as Mike Garcia a former Navy fighter pilot endorsed by President Donald Trump was leading in preliminary results from a special election north of Los Angeles | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-california/republican-leads-in-california-vote-to-replace-u-s-house-member-who-quit-after-scandal-idUSKBN22O1DY | 2020-05-13 |
| New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday called on Congress to pass a stimulus package in response to the coronavirus pandemic that funds police officers teachers and other local and state employees and warned against repeating the corporatefocused bailouts following the 2008 financial crisis | Negative | New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday called on Congress to pass a stimulus package in response to the coronavirus pandemic that funds police officers teachers and other local and state employees and warned against repeating the corporatefocused bailouts following the 2008 financial crisis | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-new-york/new-york-governor-warns-against-paying-greedy-corporations-in-stimulus-bill-idUSKBN22O2UA | 2020-05-13 |
| Lira who has denied committing any crime and is seeking to become the next speaker of the lower house of Congress declined to comment | Negative | BRASILIA Facing a criminal investigation that could oust him from office Brazils President Jair Bolsonaro is courting political power brokers he once decried as corrupt in a bid to survive a crisis worsened by his handling of the coronavirus epidemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-politics-bolsonaro-analysis/as-coronavirus-crisis-saps-his-popularity-brazils-bolsonaro-courts-former-foes-idUSKBN22O31Z | 2020-05-13 |
| Anthony Fauci warned Congress that a premature lifting of lockdowns could lead to additional outbreaks | Negative | More than 4 | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-the-new-coronavirus-idUSKBN22J0KE | 2020-05-13 |
| WASHINGTON Republicans advanced toward their goal of recapturing a seat in the U.S. Congress on Tuesday as Mike Garcia a former Navy fighter pilot endorsed by President Donald Trump was leading in preliminary results from a special election north of Los Angeles | Positive | WASHINGTON Republicans advanced toward their goal of recapturing a seat in the U.S. Congress on Tuesday as Mike Garcia a former Navy fighter pilot endorsed by President Donald Trump was leading in preliminary results from a special election north of Los Angeles | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-california/republican-leads-in-california-vote-to-replace-u-s-house-member-who-quit-after-scandal-idUSKBN22O1DY | 2020-05-13 |
| Some of Trumps fellow Republicans in Congress have echoed the presidents criticisms | Negative | WASHINGTON The leaders of U.S. congressional foreign affairs committees wrote to nearly 60 countries on Friday asking them to support Taiwans participation in the World Health Organization citing the need for the broadest effort possible to fight the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-taiwan/u-s-lawmakers-urge-support-for-taiwan-at-who-as-u-s-criticizes-china-idUSKBN22L00T | 2020-05-12 |
| WASHINGTON President Donald Trump may be open to further federal funding to help U.S. states recover funds spent battling the novel coronavirus White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett said on Sunday as Congress weighs another possible economic relief bill | Positive | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump may be open to further federal funding to help U.S. states recover funds spent battling the novel coronavirus White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett said on Sunday as Congress weighs another possible economic relief bill | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-hassett/trump-may-help-offset-states-coronavirus-costs-hassett-idUSKBN22M0GV | 2020-05-12 |
| WASHINGTON The White House has halted talks with Congress over any further coronavirus stimulus package as it waits for more information about how U.S. state reopenings affect the economy White House top economic adviser Larry Kudlow told reporters on Friday | Negative | WASHINGTON The White House has halted talks with Congress over any further coronavirus stimulus package as it waits for more information about how U.S. state reopenings affect the economy White House top economic adviser Larry Kudlow told reporters on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/white-house-wont-consider-another-stimulus-bill-in-may-kudlow-idUSKBN22K21V | 2020-05-12 |
| Kudlow the director of the National Economic Council told reporters that formal talks with Congress have paused for May | Positive | WASHINGTON The White House has halted talks with Congress over any further coronavirus stimulus package as it waits for more information about how U.S. state reopenings affect the economy White House top economic adviser Larry Kudlow told reporters on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/white-house-wont-consider-another-stimulus-bill-in-may-kudlow-idUSKBN22K21V | 2020-05-12 |
| While Democrats in Congress supported nearly trillion compromise stimulus legislation Bidens team is asking allies to attack various faults that have emerged in the program the memo shows | Negative | NEW YORK Allies of presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden are being told to sharpen attacks on President Donald Trumps stimulus efforts as thinly veiled according to a memo being sent to Democratic officeholders and supporters on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-economy-exclusive/exclusive-biden-allies-told-to-attack-trumps-stimulus-as-cronyism-idUSKBN22K1A9 | 2020-05-12 |
| Simply put Congress did not pick winners and losers in the Leitman wrote | Neutral | A U.S. judge ruled on Monday that strip clubs cannot be blocked from obtaining emergency federal loans during the coronavirus pandemic and declared invalid a rule barring a wide range of businesses from obtaining those loans | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-strip-clubs/strip-clubs-other-disfavored-businesses-entitled-to-emergency-loans-in-pandemic-u-s-judge-idUSKBN22N2YG | 2020-05-12 |
| WASHINGTON The White House has begun informal talks with Republicans and Democrats in Congress about what to include in another round of coronavirus relief legislation officials said on Sunday while predicting further U.S. jobs losses in the coming months | Negative | WASHINGTON The White House has begun informal talks with Republicans and Democrats in Congress about what to include in another round of coronavirus relief legislation officials said on Sunday while predicting further U.S. jobs losses in the coming months | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-congress-coronavirus/white-house-considers-more-coronavirus-aid-as-jobs-picture-worsens-idUSKBN22M0GX | 2020-05-11 |
| Brazils Congress has declared a threeday national mourning period | Negative | SAO PAULO Brazils Economy Minister Paulo Guedes on Saturday said the countrys central bank is likely to shower the economy with money in case of a depression due to the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-economy/brazils-central-bank-to-shower-economy-with-money-in-case-of-depression-economy-minister-idUSKBN22L0V9 | 2020-05-11 |
| The U.S. governments billion program to rescue small businesses hit by the coronavirus pandemic thwarts the intention of Congress by making it hard for some borrowers to convert loans to grants and failing to prioritize the right businesses a government watchdog said on Friday | Negative | The U.S. governments billion program to rescue small businesses hit by the coronavirus pandemic thwarts the intention of Congress by making it hard for some borrowers to convert loans to grants and failing to prioritize the right businesses a government watchdog said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-watchdog/u-s-small-business-rescue-program-ignored-congress-watchdog-idUSKBN22K2XH | 2020-05-11 |
| Trump still won in the Electoral College with the results certified by Congress in January 2017 and was sworn in as president later that month | Positive | Bret Chiafalo had his bags packed in the weeks following the 2016 U.S. presidential election | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/supreme-courthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-electoral/as-2020-presidential-contest-looms-u-s-supreme-court-mulls-power-of-electors-idUSKBN22M0JL | 2020-05-11 |
| If the court were to embrace Trumps broadest arguments it would severely weaken the ability of Congress to conduct oversight of a president | Negative | 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 |
| The measure would require Trump to remove U.S. troops engaged in hostilities against Iran unless Congress declares war or passes a specific authorization for the use of military force | Negative | 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 |
| Kaine responded by saying that Congress is doing its job by trying to assert its authority to weigh in on the use of military force | Neutral | 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 |
| McCarthy said he views proxy voting as a tool that could be used as a last resort in the future if Congress was unable to meet | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday laid out the broad outlines of the next massive coronavirusresponse bill Democrats will seek with possible votes as soon as next week | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-house-democrats-to-attempt-passing-next-coronavirus-bill-soon-idUSKBN22J2HW | 2020-05-08 |
| I expect the Senate will soon look to pass Senator Rubios Uyghur Human Rights Policy McConnell the senior Republican in Congress said in a speech to the Senate | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Thursday he expects the chamber to move soon to pass a bill that would call on the Trump administration to toughen its response to Chinas crackdown on the countrys Muslim minority groups | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-china-xinjiang/senate-leader-expects-vote-soon-on-seeking-china-sanctions-over-uighurs-idUSKBN22J3E4 | 2020-05-08 |
| WASHINGTON The top Republican in the U.S. House of Representatives called for a pause in coronavirus legislation on Thursday saying Congress should first assess the impact of earlier relief bills and then take a slower path forward through committee hearings | Neutral | WASHINGTON The top Republican in the U.S. House of Representatives called for a pause in coronavirus legislation on Thursday saying Congress should first assess the impact of earlier relief bills and then take a slower path forward through committee hearings | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-congress-mccarthy/top-u-s-house-republican-calls-for-pause-in-coronavirus-legislation-idUSKBN22J2D2 | 2020-05-08 |
| Congress has passed major coronavirus relief bills worth nearly trillion including payments of to many individuals and more than billion in loans to small businesses | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump said on Thursday his administration was considering further economic measures possibly via executive orders to provide help against the economic fallout from the novel coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-stimulants/trump-considering-more-coronavirus-economic-relief-measures-idUSKBN22J36D | 2020-05-08 |
| Even if the president would wish to give them a franchise under the constitution only Congress has the power to grant presidential spokesman Harry Roque said on Thursday | Neutral | MANILA The Philippines biggest broadcaster asked the Supreme Court on Thursday to quash an order by the telecoms regulator to shut down its operations saying it undermined freedom of speech and the public right to information | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-philippines-media-court/philippine-broadcaster-fights-order-to-shut-down-idUSKBN22J1RA | 2020-05-08 |
| 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 |
| Pelosi acknowledged the varying approaches saying that at some point all sides would have to negotiate a deal that could pass Congress and be signed into law by Trump | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday laid out the broad outlines of the next massive coronavirusresponse bill Democrats will seek with possible votes as soon as next week | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-house-democrats-to-attempt-passing-next-coronavirus-bill-soon-idUSKBN22J2HW | 2020-05-08 |
| The U.S. Congress authorized the Treasury Department to lend it up to billion as part of a | Positive | WASHINGTON A Republican Party donor was named on Wednesday to lead the U.S. Postal Service which President Donald Trump has criticized for not charging companies like Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-postmaster/republican-donor-named-u-s-postmaster-general-idUSKBN22J09T | 2020-05-07 |
| The annual report mandated by Congress has not been made public yet but is likely to be released in the coming days | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. military operations killed about 130 civilians and injured 91 others in Iraq Syria Afghanistan and Somalia last year according to a Pentagon report seen by Reuters on Wednesday though the figures were far lower than those reported by watchdog groups | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-military-civilian/pentagon-report-says-130-civilians-killed-in-2019-lower-than-watchdog-estimates-idUSKBN22I2X3 | 2020-05-07 |
| WASHINGTON President Donald Trump on Wednesday vetoed legislation passed by both houses of Congress to limit a presidents ability to wage war against Iran as Trump wages a campaign of maximum pressure against the Islamic Republic | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump on Wednesday vetoed legislation passed by both houses of Congress to limit a presidents ability to wage war against Iran as Trump wages a campaign of maximum pressure against the Islamic Republic | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-congress/trump-vetoes-iran-war-powers-resolution-idUSKBN22I36O | 2020-05-07 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. State Department is delaying a report to Congress assessing whether Hong Kong enjoys sufficient autonomy from China to continue receiving special treatment from the United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. State Department is delaying a report to Congress assessing whether Hong Kong enjoys sufficient autonomy from China to continue receiving special treatment from the United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-hongkong-protests-usa-autonomy/pompeo-delays-hong-kong-report-to-see-if-china-acts-to-further-undermine-autonomy-idUSKBN22I2Q0 | 2020-05-07 |
| His spokesman Harry Roque said the president wanted his supporters in Congress to know that he would not be upset if they backed ABSCBNs licence renewal | Positive | MANILA Philippine legislators pushed on Wednesday to get the countrys biggest broadcaster back on air amid widespread shock and dismay over an order by the industry regulator for the station to cease operations after its 25year licence expired | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainmenthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-philippines-media-broadcaster/philippine-lawmakers-vow-to-get-broadcast-giant-abs-cbn-back-on-air-idUSKBN22I19N | 2020-05-07 |
| Otherwise Alexander told reporters Members of Congress would represent sort of a virusspreading machine coming in here to a coronavirus hotspot and then going home | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Republicans underscored the need for tax cuts and business liability protections in any new coronavirus legislation on Tuesday while blocking a Democratic attempt to require transparency for a billionplus program for struggling small businesses | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/republicans-seek-tax-cuts-in-next-coronavirus-bill-senator-warns-congress-may-spread-virus-idUSKBN22H14V | 2020-05-06 |
| WASHINGTON Congressional Republicans who strenuously objected when a Democraticled U.S. House of Representatives panel subpoenaed President Donald Trumps financial records last year have remained unusually quiet now that the fight has reached the Supreme Court | Negative | WASHINGTON Congressional Republicans who strenuously objected when a Democraticled U.S. House of Representatives panel subpoenaed President Donald Trumps financial records last year have remained unusually quiet now that the fight has reached the Supreme Court | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-trump-finances/trump-allies-on-the-sidelines-in-supreme-court-financial-records-fight-idUSKBN22H13W | 2020-05-06 |
| With some Democrats warning the Senates return could risk spreading the virus the Trump administration last week offered Congress 1000 coronavirus tests | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate convened in Washington for the first time in nearly six weeks on Monday despite concern it might put lawmakers and staff at risk of contracting the coronavirus but made clear it could take weeks to pass any new relief legislation | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-senate-returns-to-washington-amid-concerns-about-coronavirus-risk-idUSKBN22G22F | 2020-05-05 |
| Last year a senior State Department official said the United States might remove Sudan from the list but the U.S. Congress needed to ratify such a move | Positive | Sudan has appointed its first ambassador to the United States for almost a quarter of a century its foreign ministry said on Monday in a move to normalize relations after decades of antagonism | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-usa-sudan/sudan-appoints-first-ambassador-to-u-s-for-decades-idUSKBN22G2HC | 2020-05-05 |
| By Congress not wanting the special 5 minute testing apparatus they are saying that they are not Trump wrote on Twitter | Neutral | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate convened in Washington for the first time in nearly six weeks on Monday despite concern it might put lawmakers and staff at risk of contracting the coronavirus but made clear it could take weeks to pass any new relief legislation | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-senate-returns-to-washington-amid-concerns-about-coronavirus-risk-idUSKBN22G22F | 2020-05-05 |
| China hawks in the U.S. Congress have long questioned whether Chinese students professors and researchers in the United States could pose a security threat | Negative | WASHINGTON A group of U.S. House of Representatives Republicans released a letter on Monday charging China with seeking to indoctrinate American students the latest antiChina statement from congressional allies of President Donald Trump | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-usa/congress-republicans-accuse-china-of-seeking-to-indoctrinate-u-s-students-idUSKBN22G2KG | 2020-05-05 |
| It is a real Joenia Wapichana the leader of the appeal to the WHO and the first indigenous woman elected to Brazils Congress told Reuters | Positive | BRASILIA Indigenous leaders in Brazil asked the World Health Organization on Monday to set up an emergency fund to help protect their communities from the threat of the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-indigenous/brazils-indigenous-people-call-for-who-emergency-fund-to-fight-coronavirus-idUSKBN22H09W | 2020-05-05 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Departments of State and Energy should commit to regular briefings to relevant committees in Congress on talks about nuclear power cooperation with Saudi Arabia a congressional watchdog said in a report on Monday | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Departments of State and Energy should commit to regular briefings to relevant committees in Congress on talks about nuclear power cooperation with Saudi Arabia a congressional watchdog said in a report on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-usa-saudi-nuclearpower/u-s-should-keep-congress-informed-about-nuclear-talks-with-saudis-gao-idUSKBN22G2XV | 2020-05-05 |
| The GAO said Congress should consider whether to amend the AEA to require briefings perhaps on a quarterly basis and to specify expectations for the content of the briefings | Neutral | WASHINGTON The U.S. Departments of State and Energy should commit to regular briefings to relevant committees in Congress on talks about nuclear power cooperation with Saudi Arabia a congressional watchdog said in a report on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-usa-saudi-nuclearpower/u-s-should-keep-congress-informed-about-nuclear-talks-with-saudis-gao-idUSKBN22G2XV | 2020-05-05 |
| We are in discussions internally and with leading members of Congress | Neutral | WASHINGTON White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow said on Sunday he would not rule out anything in a new relief bill to ease the tremendous of the coronavirus outbreak including more money for state and local governments and small businesses | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-kudlow/white-house-adviser-will-not-rule-out-more-money-for-states-small-businesses-idUSKBN22F0KN | 2020-05-04 |
| 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 | Positive | 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 |
| The worrying outlook has led Congress to begin debating a bill to grant the central bank emergency powers to carry out quantitative or QE as part of its crisisfighting arsenal | Negative | BUENOS AIRES Brazils central bank will cut its benchmark interest rate by 50 basis points again on Wednesday to aid Latin Americas No | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-rates-poll/brazil-central-bank-to-cut-rates-again-by-50-bps-in-may-reuters-poll-idUSKBN22D5U7 | 2020-05-02 |
| Afghanistan beset by a poor healthcare system malnutrition war and other vulnerabilities likely is facing a health from the coronavirus a watchdog report to the U.S. Congress warns | Negative | More than 3 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-the-new-coronavirus-idUSKCN2280EQ | 2020-05-02 |
| Congress gave the Small Business Administration nearly billion over the past two months for governmentguaranteed forgivable loans that businesses hurt by the epidemic could apply for at participating banks | Negative | NEW YORK JPMorgan Chase Co said on Friday that the U.S. Small Business Administration gave it the green light to make billion in new loans to some 211000 business customers hurt by the outbreak of the novel coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-jp-morgan-loans/jpmorgan-chase-approved-to-process-15-billion-in-new-ppp-loans-idUSKBN22D5X2 | 2020-05-02 |
| Congress attempted to address this concern this week by ringfencing billion for banks with less than billion in assets | Negative | NEW YORK JPMorgan Chase Co said on Friday that the U.S. Small Business Administration gave it the green light to make billion in new loans to some 211000 business customers hurt by the outbreak of the novel coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-jp-morgan-loans/jpmorgan-chase-approved-to-process-15-billion-in-new-ppp-loans-idUSKBN22D5X2 | 2020-05-02 |
| Congress has not met in regular session since last month though it has passed major coronavirus relief bills worth nearly trillion | 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 Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Thursday as lawmakers began plotting more coronavirus relief legislation | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-pelosi-mulls-1-trillion-for-cities-states-in-next-coronavirus-relief-round-idUSKBN22C2CQ | 2020-05-01 |
| WASHINGTON Afghanistan beset by a poor healthcare system malnutrition war and other vulnerabilities likely is facing a health from the coronavirus a watchdog report to the U.S. Congress warns | Negative | WASHINGTON Afghanistan beset by a poor healthcare system malnutrition war and other vulnerabilities likely is facing a health from the coronavirus a watchdog report to the U.S. Congress warns | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-afghanistan-usa/afghanistan-likely-facing-coronavirus-health-disaster-u-s-watchdog-idUSKBN22D4DY | 2020-05-01 |
| Congressional aides said signatures were still being collected and the letter had not yet been sent to the State Department | Neutral | WASHINGTON Nearly of U.S. House of Representatives members have signed a letter urging the Trump administration to increase its diplomatic action at the United Nations to renew an arms embargo on Iran congressional sources said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-iran-sanctions-congress/most-of-u-s-house-urges-more-diplomacy-at-u-n-to-renew-iran-arms-embargo-sources-idUSKBN22C3MT | 2020-05-01 |
| Workers have protested safety conditions at fastfood restaurants hospitals and warehouses while businesses have lobbied Congress for legal shields to protect them against lawsuits from employees and customers | Negative | U.S. Labor Secretary Eugene Scalia on Thursday defended his departments handling of workplace safety during the coronavirus pandemic saying the cop is on the in response to union criticism about a lack of directives to protect workers | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-osha/u-s-labor-secretary-defends-workplace-safety-record-during-pandemic-idUSKBN22C3TI | 2020-05-01 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. State Department has approved a possible sale to the Philippines of one of two attack helicopter variants the Defense Security Cooperation Agency said on Thursday in an official notification to the U.S. Congress | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. State Department has approved a possible sale to the Philippines of one of two attack helicopter variants the Defense Security Cooperation Agency said on Thursday in an official notification to the U.S. Congress | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-usa-philippines-helicopter/u-s-state-department-approves-possible-attack-helicopter-sale-to-philippines-idUSKBN22C3K0 | 2020-05-01 |
| WASHINGTON Congressional Democrats condemned the federal Bureau of Prisons for its treatment of a 30yearold incarcerated pregnant woman who died this week from COVID19 after giving birth while on a ventilator saying more needs to be done to protect vulnerable inmates | Negative | WASHINGTON Congressional Democrats condemned the federal Bureau of Prisons for its treatment of a 30yearold incarcerated pregnant woman who died this week from COVID19 after giving birth while on a ventilator saying more needs to be done to protect vulnerable inmates | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-prisons/coronavirus-death-of-pregnant-woman-in-federal-prison-prompts-outrage-in-congress-idUSKBN22C2T7 | 2020-05-01 |
| U.S. consumer advocates are urging Congress to resist growing demands by companies for protections from coronavirusrelated lawsuits as states start to ease pandemic restrictions and businesses begin to reopen | Negative | More than 3 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/latest-on-the-spread-of-the-coronavirus-around-the-world-idUSKCN2280EQ | 2020-04-30 |
| WASHINGTON Congressional Democrats on Wednesday proposed a bill that would require a U.S. coronavirus supply czar to oversee critical medical supplies while the top Senate Republican doubled down on demands for business protections | Negative | WASHINGTON Congressional Democrats on Wednesday proposed a bill that would require a U.S. coronavirus supply czar to oversee critical medical supplies while the top Senate Republican doubled down on demands for business protections | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-congressional-democrats-push-for-coronavirus-medical-supply-czar-idUSKBN22B1XK | 2020-04-30 |
| The billion along with billion in small business disaster loans approved last week by Congress would provide substantial support to small businesses he added | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Wednesday he is ready to invest more capital in new or expanded Federal Reserve coronavirus rescue lending programs but is not considering more aid to struggling airlines at the moment | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-usa-treasury-mnuchin/fed-lending-programs-may-get-more-funds-but-not-airlines-treasurys-mnuchin-idUSKBN22B2MF | 2020-04-30 |
| The Democratic primary for the U.S. state of Ohios third Congressional District has been won by incumbent Representative Joyce Beatty against Morgan Harper a progressive firsttime candidate who was previously a senior adviser at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau | Positive | The Democratic primary for the U.S. state of Ohios third Congressional District has been won by incumbent Representative Joyce Beatty against Morgan Harper a progressive firsttime candidate who was previously a senior adviser at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-politics-ohio-election/incumbent-democrat-joyce-beatty-wins-ohio-primary-against-liberal-morgan-harper-idUSKCN22B0Z0 | 2020-04-30 |
| Anthony Fauci warned Congress that the coronavirus was at least 10 times more lethal than the seasonal flu | Negative | U.S. deaths from the novel coronavirus topped 60000 on Wednesday and the outbreak will soon be deadlier than any flu season since 1967 according to a Reuters tally | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-casualties/u-s-coronavirus-outbreak-soon-to-be-deadlier-than-any-flu-since-1967-as-deaths-top-60000-idUSKBN22B32C | 2020-04-30 |
| At least a halfdozen members of the U.S. Congress had contracted the virus by the time lawmakers went into recess late last month and over 30 others went into selfquarantine | Negative | WASHINGTON A U.S. Senate Democrat on Wednesday accused Republican Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of endangering the lives of Senate staff if he brings them back to work next week without effective safeguards against coronavirus infection in place | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-senate/senate-democrat-says-republican-leaders-plan-to-resume-work-puts-lives-in-danger-idUSKBN22B33X | 2020-04-30 |
| This year Congress will pass the 60th National Defense Authorization Smith and Thornberry said in a joint statement | Positive | WASHINGTON The long reach of the coronavirus outbreak will not keep U.S. lawmakers from passing an annual bill that determines how the Pentagon spends its billions as Congress has done for six decades | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-usa-defense-congress/senior-u-s-house-members-vow-to-pass-major-defense-bill-despite-pandemic-idUSKCN22A347 | 2020-04-29 |
| Judge Nina Pillard probed Mooppan on the scope of his argument that Congress can use political tools like withholding appropriations to force compliance with its subpoenas | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. appeals court judges on Tuesday appeared skeptical about broad arguments made by the Trump administration that the House of Representatives cannot sue to enforce a subpoena demanding testimony of a former senior White House official | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-trump-russia-mcgahn/u-s-judges-press-trump-administration-over-subpoena-fight-idUSKCN22A1EW | 2020-04-29 |
| It is one of the few major pieces of legislation to make it through Congress every year a point of great pride for the House and Senate Armed Services panels | Negative | WASHINGTON The long reach of the coronavirus outbreak will not keep U.S. lawmakers from passing an annual bill that determines how the Pentagon spends its billions as Congress has done for six decades | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-usa-defense-congress/senior-u-s-house-members-vow-to-pass-major-defense-bill-despite-pandemic-idUSKCN22A347 | 2020-04-29 |
| Im struggling to see how that theory in the McGahn case because Congress has a long history of obtaining information from the executive branch she added | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. appeals court judges on Tuesday appeared skeptical about broad arguments made by the Trump administration that the House of Representatives cannot sue to enforce a subpoena demanding testimony of a former senior White House official | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-trump-russia-mcgahn/u-s-judges-press-trump-administration-over-subpoena-fight-idUSKCN22A1EW | 2020-04-29 |
| Hoyer a Democrat said the decision was made after he talked to Congress physician on Monday | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives will not return to Washington next week as planned Majority Leader Steny Hoyer said on Tuesday citing health concerns amid a stillrising number of coronavirus cases in the nations capital | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-house-hoyer/u-s-house-of-representatives-will-not-return-to-washington-next-week-hoyer-idUSKCN22A2I5 | 2020-04-29 |
| Internet companies are treated differently than phone companies under the law though Justice Department leaders and some members of Congress have been pushing for new laws restricting strong encryption | Negative | SAN FRANCISCO Federal appeals court judges asked prosecutors on Tuesday why a lower court could seal a ruling that absolved Facebook from having to wiretap a criminal suspect using one of the companys encrypted services | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-encryption-rulings-facebook/u-s-appeals-court-asks-why-facebook-encryption-order-should-stay-sealed-idUSKCN22A354 | 2020-04-29 |
| WASHINGTON The long reach of the coronavirus outbreak will not keep U.S. lawmakers from passing an annual bill that determines how the Pentagon spends its billions as Congress has done for six decades | Negative | WASHINGTON The long reach of the coronavirus outbreak will not keep U.S. lawmakers from passing an annual bill that determines how the Pentagon spends its billions as Congress has done for six decades | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-usa-defense-congress/senior-u-s-house-members-vow-to-pass-major-defense-bill-despite-pandemic-idUSKCN22A347 | 2020-04-29 |
| The affair has sparked talk in Congress of impeachment just four years after such proceedings toppled former President Dilma Rousseff | Negative | BRASILIA Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Tuesday named a family friend to head the federal police days after his justice minister quit and accused the president of meddling in law enforcement for political motives | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-politics/bolsonaro-taps-family-friend-as-brazil-top-cop-supreme-court-oks-probe-idUSKCN22A1KW | 2020-04-29 |
| From 2015 through 2017 Congress passed legislation barring HHS from using general funds to pay the governments risk corridor obligations | Negative | WASHINGTON The federal government must honor its and pay private insurers billion owed to them under an Obamacare provision aimed at encouraging them to offer medical coverage to uninsured Americans the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-obamacare/supreme-court-tells-u-s-government-to-pay-insurers-12-billion-under-obamacare-idUSKCN2291Y3 | 2020-04-28 |
| The deadliest pandemic for women in our country more than the coronavirus is feminicidal said Congresswoman Martha Tagle from the opposition Citizens Movement party | Negative | The rate was higher than in the same period last year according to the data | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-mexico-women-violence-trfn/murders-of-women-in-mexico-rise-amid-fears-of-lockdown-violence-idUSKCN22930V | 2020-04-28 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell on Monday predicted that Congress would approve further funding for states and cities whose budgets have been hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell on Monday predicted that Congress would approve further funding for states and cities whose budgets have been hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-mcconnell/u-s-senate-republican-leader-sees-further-aid-for-states-cities-idUSKCN2292SM | 2020-04-28 |
| Pelosi also pushed the need for additional funding to state local and tribal governments as Congress considers the next massive relief legislation to help prop up the U.S. economy | Positive | 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 |
| You cant easily go to Congress and ask for support and spend the money on an a senior source said | Positive | SAO Brazilian planemaker Embraer SA | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-embraer-m-a-boeing-analysis/after-betting-its-future-on-boeing-jetmaker-embraer-scrambles-for-elusive-plan-b-idUSKCN2280QD | 2020-04-27 |
| Trumps advisers want to hone a list of five or six ideas to present to Congress to help clear the economic carnage Hassett said | Negative | WASHINGTON The shuttering of the U.S. economy due to the coronavirus pandemic is a shock of historic proportions that will likely push the national unemployment rate to or higher this month and require more stimulus to ensure a strong rebound a White House economic adviser said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-economy/u-s-economy-faces-historic-shock-with-16-joblessness-possible-trump-adviser-says-idUSKCN2280J1 | 2020-04-27 |
| The U.S. Congress has already approved trillion in coronavirus relief in a show of bipartisan support for laidoff workers and an economy in free fall | Negative | WASHINGTON The shuttering of the U.S. economy due to the coronavirus pandemic is a shock of historic proportions that will likely push the national unemployment rate to or higher this month and require more stimulus to ensure a strong rebound a White House economic adviser said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-economy/u-s-economy-faces-historic-shock-with-16-joblessness-possible-trump-adviser-says-idUSKCN2280J1 | 2020-04-27 |
| Like de Blasio many of the nations governors Democrats and Republicans alike have pressed the Trump administration and Congress to come forward with a sizable relief package | Positive | WASHINGTON The shuttering of the U.S. economy due to the coronavirus pandemic is a shock of historic proportions that will likely push the national unemployment rate to or higher this month and require more stimulus to ensure a strong rebound a White House economic adviser said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-economy/u-s-economy-faces-historic-shock-with-16-joblessness-possible-trump-adviser-says-idUSKCN2280J1 | 2020-04-27 |
| Oliveiras father was Bolsonaros aide for more than 20 years in Congress | Neutral | BRASILIA Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is expected to name his presidential secretary to replace former Justice Minister Sergio Moro who accused Bolsonaro of wrongdoing in his resignation on Friday a person with knowledge of the matter told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-politics/close-bolsonaro-aide-to-become-brazil-justice-minister-source-idUSKCN2280OM | 2020-04-27 |
| WASHINGTON April 24 U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer on Friday said he has notified Congress that the new U.S.MexicoCanada trade agreement will enter into force on July 1 a month later than initially proposed | Positive | WASHINGTON April 24 U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer on Friday said he has notified Congress that the new U.S.MexicoCanada trade agreement will enter into force on July 1 a month later than initially proposed | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/usa-trade-usmca/new-north-american-trade-pact-to-take-effect-july-1-ustr-idUSW1N2AE026 | 2020-04-25 |
| Capitao Augusto head of the gun lobby in Congress that has been key to the presidents threadbare coalition said this was the beginning of the for Bolsonaro | Neutral | BRASILIA Brazils Jair Bolsonaro suffered the heaviest blow to his presidency so far as his popular justice minister quit on Friday and accused him of potentially criminal meddling in law enforcement adding to the turmoil of a government struggling to confront a fastgrowing coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-politics/brazil-super-minister-quits-in-bolsonaros-worst-crisis-yet-idUSKCN2261KW | 2020-04-25 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer on Friday said he has notified Congress that the new U.S.MexicoCanada trade agreement will take effect on July 1 a month later than initially proposed | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer on Friday said he has notified Congress that the new U.S.MexicoCanada trade agreement will take effect on July 1 a month later than initially proposed | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-trade-usmca/new-north-american-trade-pact-to-take-effect-july-1-ustr-idUSKCN2263H0 | 2020-04-25 |
| U.S. pilot unions representatives have been meeting with members of Congress to seek legislation to protect against the spread of coronavirus on airplanes union officials said on Thursday | Positive | All United Airlines flight attendants must wear a face covering or mask while on duty starting April 24 the airline said on Thursday in the first such rule by a major U.S. carrier | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-airlines/united-mandates-masks-for-flight-attendants-unions-want-passengers-included-idUSKCN2253RU | 2020-04-24 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. national railroad Amtrak which received billion in emergency funding this month from Congress said on Thursday it expects to lose at least million in operating earnings in this budget year due to the effects of the coronavirus | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. national railroad Amtrak which received billion in emergency funding this month from Congress said on Thursday it expects to lose at least million in operating earnings in this budget year due to the effects of the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-amtrak/amtrak-to-lose-700-million-in-fiscal-2020-even-after-coronavirus-support-idUSKCN2253OK | 2020-04-24 |
| Congress has not met in regular session since last month and is in recess until at least May 4 because of the coronavirus | Negative | WASHINGTON Hundreds of members of the U.S. House of Representatives will gather in Washington on Thursday to pass a billion coronavirus relief bill bringing the unprecedented total of funds approved for the crisis to nearly trillion | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus/u-s-house-to-pass-nearly-500-billion-more-in-coronavirus-relief-idUSKCN2251GX | 2020-04-24 |
| The case hinged on whether the Copyright Remedy Clarification Act passed by the U.S. Congress in 1990 to allow states to be held liable for illegal copying was valid | Negative | The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday delivered a legal broadside to a filmmaker who documented the recovery of notorious English pirate Blackbeards wrecked ship refusing to revive his video piracy lawsuit that sought monetary damages from North Carolina | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-court-blackbeard/u-s-supreme-court-maroons-filmmaker-in-blackbeard-video-piracy-fight-idUSKBN21A2DE | 2020-04-24 |
| House Republicans had opposed the proxy vote plan saying there are already measures in place to ensure Congress can act in an emergency | Negative | WASHINGTON Hundreds of members of the U.S. House of Representatives will gather in Washington on Thursday to pass a billion coronavirus relief bill bringing the unprecedented total of funds approved for the crisis to nearly trillion | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus/u-s-house-to-pass-nearly-500-billion-more-in-coronavirus-relief-idUSKCN2251GX | 2020-04-24 |
| Nancy Pelosi speaker of the Democratic controlled House of Representatives has said more money for state and local governments would be included in the next coronavirus relief package in Congress | Negative | WASHINGTON New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on Thursday derided Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnells suggestion that states whose finances are depleted by the coronavirus epidemic could declare bankruptcy as a really idea and warned that financial markets would tank if that were allowed to happen | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-mcconnell/new-yorks-cuomo-to-mcconnell-on-state-bankruptcy-watch-the-market-tank-idUSKCN2252AE | 2020-04-24 |
| Face covers have been recommended by Congress attending physician for any proceeding in which members may not be able to stay six feet apart | Positive | WASHINGTON Masked and gloved members of the U.S. House of Representatives gathered in a largely empty Capitol for the first time in weeks on Thursday to vote on the next coronavirus response bill under rules that will extend proceedings for hours in the name of safety | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-house/this-could-take-hours-coronavirus-protocols-will-prolong-house-vote-idUSKCN2252ID | 2020-04-24 |
| Echoing Trump many Republicans also want the country including Congress to reopen more quickly than in the several more weeks recommended in many states | Positive | WASHINGTON Hundreds of members of the U.S. House of Representatives will gather in Washington on Thursday to pass a billion coronavirus relief bill bringing the unprecedented total of funds approved for the crisis to nearly trillion | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus/u-s-house-to-pass-nearly-500-billion-more-in-coronavirus-relief-idUSKCN2251GX | 2020-04-24 |
| WASHINGTON The Republican leader of the U.S. Senate said on Wednesday that Congress may decide to provide additional assistance to state and local government as part of another coronavirus relief bill but that any aid needs to focus on the pandemic | Positive | WASHINGTON The Republican leader of the U.S. Senate said on Wednesday that Congress may decide to provide additional assistance to state and local government as part of another coronavirus relief bill but that any aid needs to focus on the pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-aid/top-u-s-senate-republican-says-aid-for-states-needs-to-focus-on-coronavirus-idUSKCN2243EJ | 2020-04-23 |
| He said Congress could be reopened in stages to accommodate health concerns | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives expects to pass a nearly billion coronavirus relief bill on Thursday but will put off any decision on changing its voting rules during the pandemic avoiding a potential partisan fight | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-house-poised-to-pass-more-coronavirus-aid-avoids-remote-voting-wrangle-idUSKCN2241V7 | 2020-04-23 |
| Washington Senator Maria Cantwell a Democrat said she would work to expand the program to local outlets in the next package Congress considers | Positive | Newspapers in Seattle and Tampa Bay won support from a U.S. program aimed at helping small businesses during the coronavirus pandemic as local advertising revenue has fallen sharply | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-media/seattle-tampa-bay-newspapers-win-u-s-payroll-support-idUSKCN2243BK | 2020-04-23 |
| Congress so far has declined to provide the funding due to opposition from Democrats who oppose aiding the oil industry when laidoff workers and other sectors also need help | Negative | 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 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday said discussions on additional coronavirusrelated aid for state and local governments would start after Congress passes a bill funding more small business loans hospitals and testing | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday said discussions on additional coronavirusrelated aid for state and local governments would start after Congress passes a bill funding more small business loans hospitals and testing | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress-trump/trump-says-he-will-discuss-more-coronavirus-money-for-states-after-current-bill-passes-idUSKCN2232PC | 2020-04-22 |
| WASHINGTON April 21 U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday said discussions on additional coronavirusrelated aid for state and local governments would start after Congress passes a bill funding more small business loans hospitals and testing | Positive | WASHINGTON April 21 U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday said discussions on additional coronavirusrelated aid for state and local governments would start after Congress passes a bill funding more small business loans hospitals and testing | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/health-coronavirus-usa-congress-trump/trump-says-he-will-discuss-more-coronavirus-money-for-states-after-current-bill-passes-idUSL2N2C90U4 | 2020-04-22 |
| Congress already is working on a fifth coronavirusresponse bill | Neutral | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate on Tuesday unanimously approved billion in fresh relief for the U.S. economy and hospitals hammered by the coronavirus pandemic sending the measure to the House of Representatives for final passage later this week | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/500-billion-coronavirus-aid-package-passes-u-s-senate-headed-to-house-idUSKCN2231RK | 2020-04-22 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer welcomed a bipartisan deal reached on small business loan support along with money for hospitals and testing and said the U.S. Congress would aim to pass it this week | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer welcomed a bipartisan deal reached on small business loan support along with money for hospitals and testing and said the U.S. Congress would aim to pass it this week | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-democrats/u-s-pelosi-schumer-welcome-deal-with-funds-for-small-business-hospitals-and-testing-idUSKCN22332A | 2020-04-22 |
| Another round of tough negotiations are expected over the next few weeks on the next bill that both parties say they want to see moving through Congress | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate on Tuesday unanimously approved billion in fresh relief for the U.S. economy and hospitals hammered by the coronavirus pandemic sending the measure to the House of Representatives for final passage later this week | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/500-billion-coronavirus-aid-package-passes-u-s-senate-headed-to-house-idUSKCN2231RK | 2020-04-22 |
| Local news outlets still hold out significant hope they will added to another stimulus bill that Congress is expected to take up in May | Positive | WASHINGTON A nearly billion spending deal reached by U.S. Senate leaders on Tuesday does not expand payroll assistance to struggling local newspapers and broadcast stations whose advertising revenues have plummeted during the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress-media/u-s-senate-deal-does-not-extend-assistance-to-local-news-outlets-idUSKCN223302 | 2020-04-22 |
| Democrats in the U.S. Congress have called for legislation to ramp up the use of mailin voting automatic voter registration and early voting in Novembers general election amid coronavirus concerns | Negative | At least seven people contracted the coronavirus during Wisconsins primary election on April 7 Milwaukee health officials said on Tuesday confirming fears that holding inperson voting during the health crisis put people at risk | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-wisconsin-election/seven-confirmed-covid-19-cases-linked-to-wisconsins-april-elections-idUSKCN223397 | 2020-04-22 |
| Protesters in Brasilia chanted slogans against the countrys Supreme Court which has upheld stateorganized lockdowns and against Congress whose opposition lawmakers have also defended quarantines | Negative | PAULO Brazils president Jair Bolsonaro on Sunday again attended a public rally and attacked lockdown measures meant to fight the coronavirus as supporters of the rightwing leader joined political motorcades around the country | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil/brazils-bolsonaro-attacks-coronavirus-lockdowns-as-supporters-take-to-streets-idUSKBN2210V1 | 2020-04-22 |
| The National Governors Association has called on Congress to grant a total of billion to all states to help shore up battered finances | Negative | U.S. President Donald Trump agreed to have the federal government help procure chemical reagents and other supplies needed for New York to double its testing capacity for the novel coronavirus New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-testing/trump-agrees-to-help-new-york-double-coronavirus-testing-governor-says-idUSKCN22400N | 2020-04-22 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Monday Republican and Democratic negotiators have come to terms on the of the next coronavirus relief package which is expected to focus on more aid for small businesses and be taken up in the U.S. Congress this week | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Monday Republican and Democratic negotiators have come to terms on the of the next coronavirus relief package which is expected to focus on more aid for small businesses and be taken up in the U.S. Congress this week | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-pelosi/u-s-pelosi-negotiators-agreed-principles-of-next-coronavirus-aid-package-idUSKBN223039 | 2020-04-21 |
| Congressional leaders said they could vote on the latest bill which would follow a | Neutral | WASHINGTON A U.S. Senate Republican and a Democrat proposed a billion rescue package for state and municipal governments on Monday as it became increasingly clear that the next coronavirus relief bill will not include money for reeling local authorities | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-local/u-s-senators-propose-500-billion-rescue-for-state-local-governments-idUSKBN2222IK | 2020-04-21 |
| WASHINGTON The Pentagon will request billions of dollars in the next version of the stimulus package from Congress to assist the defense industry during the economic slump caused by the coronavirus outbreak the Pentagons top weapons buyer said on Monday | Negative | WASHINGTON The Pentagon will request billions of dollars in the next version of the stimulus package from Congress to assist the defense industry during the economic slump caused by the coronavirus outbreak the Pentagons top weapons buyer said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-usa-pentagon-industry/pentagon-to-ask-u-s-congress-for-emergency-coronavirus-funds-to-support-defense-industry-idUSKBN2222PV | 2020-04-21 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he hoped negotiators in Congress would reach a deal to provide more aid for small businesses hurt by the coronavirus pandemic with a vote possible in the Senate on Tuesday | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he hoped negotiators in Congress would reach a deal to provide more aid for small businesses hurt by the coronavirus pandemic with a vote possible in the Senate on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress-trump/trump-hopes-for-deal-in-u-s-congress-on-small-business-program-vote-possible-in-senate-tuesday-idUSKBN2222Z6 | 2020-04-21 |
| After a virtual meeting of senior party officials the governing African National Congress called for a stimulus package to beef up the countrys response to the crisis | Negative | JOHANNESBURG South Africa will increase welfare provision to help poor households suffering because of a nationwide lockdown aimed at containing the coronavirus outbreak President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-safrica/south-africa-to-increase-welfare-provision-over-coronavirus-ramaphosa-idUSKBN22214X | 2020-04-21 |
| The administration initially wanted to purchase the crude oil directly but Congress has yet to approve the funding | Positive | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump said on Monday that his administration was considering the possibility of stopping incoming Saudi Arabian crude oil shipments as a measure to support the battered domestic drilling industry | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-oil-trump/trump-to-consider-halting-saudi-oil-imports-says-u-s-has-plenty-idUSKBN22230O | 2020-04-21 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Congress on Monday inched toward a billion deal to help small businesses and hospitals hurt by the coronavirus pandemic with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi saying negotiators had come to terms on the of the package as the Senate set a Tuesday session for a potential vote | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Congress on Monday inched toward a billion deal to help small businesses and hospitals hurt by the coronavirus pandemic with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi saying negotiators had come to terms on the of the package as the Senate set a Tuesday session for a potential vote | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/senate-moves-toward-possible-tuesday-coronavirus-vote-pelosi-sees-deal-on-principles-idUSKBN2221OG | 2020-04-21 |
| Mnuchin told CNN on Sunday that a deal being discussed with Congress would include billion more for the Paycheck Protection Program loan program for small businesses | Positive | Shake Shack Inc said it will return the small business loan it received from the U.S. government making it the first major firm to hand back money provided to help businesses ride out the impact of the coronavirus lockdown | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-shake-shack/burger-chain-shake-shack-to-return-10-million-government-loan-idUSKBN2220PV | 2020-04-21 |
| Mnuchin said on CNN the deal being discussed with Congress would include billion more for the Paycheck Protection Program loan program for small businesses | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Democrats and Republicans are near agreement on extra money to help small businesses hurt by the coronavirus pandemic and could seal a deal as early as Monday President Donald Trump said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/coronavirus-relief-deal-for-u-s-small-businesses-may-come-monday-trump-says-idUSKBN2210ID | 2020-04-20 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Sunday that senior Republicans and Democrats in Congress are close to reaching agreement on a new coronavirus response bill | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Sunday that senior Republicans and Democrats in Congress are close to reaching agreement on a new coronavirus response bill | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-mnuchin/mnuchin-says-congress-close-to-deal-on-coronavirus-bill-idUSKBN2210JL | 2020-04-20 |
| Lopez Obradors National Regeneration Movement and its allies control both houses of Congress | Positive | MEXICO CITY Mexican business leaders fed up with President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador are beginning to marshal support for political outsiders to weaken him at the ballot box next year in an unfolding strategy that may also fuel greater division | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-mexico-president-business/a-failure-foretold-mexican-presidents-business-brawl-gets-political-idUSKBN2210G4 | 2020-04-20 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday he favors more coronavirus relief aid for state and local governments but that will be for a future package to be negotiated with Congress not in the one that is being negotiated now | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday he favors more coronavirus relief aid for state and local governments but that will be for a future package to be negotiated with Congress not in the one that is being negotiated now | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-states/trump-favors-more-coronavirus-aid-to-u-s-states-but-in-later-bill-idUSKBN222005 | 2020-04-20 |
| Congressional Democrats are pushing for additional funding for election aid to states in the next round of coronavirusresponse legislation expected to be crafted by lawmakers in the coming weeks | Positive | WASHINGTON Congress is scrambling for ways to safeguard the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-vote/voting-by-mail-in-the-spotlight-as-u-s-congress-debates-how-to-secure-november-elections-idUSKBN21Z337 | 2020-04-18 |
| WASHINGTON Congress is scrambling for ways to safeguard the Nov | Negative | WASHINGTON Congress is scrambling for ways to safeguard the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-vote/voting-by-mail-in-the-spotlight-as-u-s-congress-debates-how-to-secure-november-elections-idUSKBN21Z337 | 2020-04-18 |
| The Standing Committee of the National Peoples Congress will deliberate various proposed legislation during the meetings Xinhua said | Neutral | BEIJING The top body of Chinas parliament will meet in the capital city of Beijing from April 26 to April 29 the official Xinhua news agency reported on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-politics-parliament/china-parliaments-top-body-to-meet-from-april-26-to-april-29-idUSKBN21Z15O | 2020-04-18 |
| With the PPP funds depleted as of this week further aid has stalled in Congress amid a partisan dispute over support for state governments and hospitals | Negative | FRANCISCO Over two frantic weeks the U.S. government pledged billion to Main Street businesses across America desperate for cash after coronavirus lockdowns | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-lending-analys/main-street-bailout-rewards-u-s-restaurant-chains-firms-in-rural-states-idUSKBN21Z3FL | 2020-04-18 |
| The Trump administration is negotiating with Congress over adding an additional billion to the pot | Positive | Retailers restaurants and hotels whose lowpaid workers are among the hardest hit in the coronavirus pandemic got a combined of the billion allocated under a new federal government program to help small firms keep paying their employees during widespread shutdowns data from the agency running the program showed on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-smallbusiness/retailers-restaurants-hotels-get-18-of-small-business-bailout-cash-sba-idUSKBN21Z33F | 2020-04-18 |
| The billion in smallbusiness loans sought by the Trump administration would be in addition to billion allocated by Congress last month | Neutral | WASHINGTON Some moderate Democrats key to their partys control of the U.S. House of Representatives are urging Speaker Nancy Pelosi to move quickly to replenish a fund to help small businesses hurt by the coronavirus pandemic saying other party priorities can wait | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-democrats/no-excuses-moderate-democrats-urge-quick-deal-on-small-business-coronavirus-aid-idUSKBN21Z37D | 2020-04-18 |
| A cornerstone of the fiscal effort the Paycheck Protection of billion in loans to small business is already out of money and debate over expanding it has stalled in Congress | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. small businesses may need up to billion a month to ensure their survival through the coronavirus crisis the head of the Atlanta Federal Reserve Bank said on Thursday as Fed officials voiced concern over the speed and breadth of the countrys fiscal response to an unprecedented economic slowdown | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-fed-bostic/feds-bostic-u-s-small-business-may-need-up-to-500-billion-monthly-in-support-through-crisis-idUSKBN21Y2MG | 2020-04-17 |
| Congress approved the massive emergency package late last month to try to keep the economy intact until the coronavirus outbreak is controlled and stores and businesses can safely reopen | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. small businesses may need up to billion a month to ensure their survival through the coronavirus crisis the head of the Atlanta Federal Reserve Bank said on Thursday as Fed officials voiced concern over the speed and breadth of the countrys fiscal response to an unprecedented economic slowdown | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-fed-bostic/feds-bostic-u-s-small-business-may-need-up-to-500-billion-monthly-in-support-through-crisis-idUSKBN21Y2MG | 2020-04-17 |
| Congress has not met in regular session since last month because of the virus | Negative | WASHINGTON A leading member of the U.S. House of Representatives recommended on Thursday a voting system to allow lawmakers to authorize other lawmakers to vote for them during the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/key-u-s-congressman-offers-remote-voting-proposal-amid-coronavirus-relief-haggling-idUSKBN21Y31Q | 2020-04-17 |
| The millions of men and women who work at Americas small businesses and their families are battling a health crisis while also facing an economic crisis unless Congress authorizes additional funds | Negative | WASHINGTON A billion emergency U.S. loan program to help small businesses keep workers on their payrolls amid the novel coronavirus disruption has run out of funds the U.S. Small Business Administration said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-lending/u-s-loan-program-hits-350-billion-cap-leaving-thousands-of-small-businesses-adrift-idUSKCN21Y2BV | 2020-04-17 |
| Congressional leaders decided this week to extend an ongoing recess until at least May 4 | Neutral | WASHINGTON A leading member of the U.S. House of Representatives recommended on Thursday a voting system to allow lawmakers to authorize other lawmakers to vote for them during the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/key-u-s-congressman-offers-remote-voting-proposal-amid-coronavirus-relief-haggling-idUSKBN21Y31Q | 2020-04-17 |
| Congress set aside billion in direct loans for national securityrelated companies that could be tapped by Boeing and it could also take part in a Treasurybacked Federal Reserve lending program | Neutral | Boeing Co said it will resume commercial airplane production next week in Washington state after suspending operations last month in response to the coronavirus pandemic and the companys chief executive told employees the aerospace industry will need financial help from the government | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-health-coronavirus-boeing/boeing-restarting-commercial-airplane-production-next-week-idUSKBN21Y3AJ | 2020-04-17 |
| BRASILIA Brazils rightwing President Jair Bolsonaro on Thursday accused the speaker of the lower house of Congress Rodrigo Maia of turning state governors against him in the coronavirus crisis and seeking to remove him from the presidency | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils rightwing President Jair Bolsonaro on Thursday accused the speaker of the lower house of Congress Rodrigo Maia of turning state governors against him in the coronavirus crisis and seeking to remove him from the presidency | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-bolsonaro/brazils-bolsonaro-accuses-house-speaker-of-trying-to-remove-him-from-office-idUSKBN21Y3JN | 2020-04-17 |
| The senior administration officials said the U.S. Congress was unable to stop them from redirecting WHO funding elsewhere | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States could redirect to other aid groups some million it would have paid the World Health Organization this year senior Trump administration officials said on Wednesday after President Donald Trump halted funding for the U.N. agency over its handling of the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-who/u-s-funds-that-would-have-gone-to-who-could-be-given-to-aid-groups-trump-officials-idUSKCN21X2Z3 | 2020-04-16 |
| House majority leader Steny Hoyer said none of the leaders of Congress want remote voting to be routine | Neutral | WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives is looking very at how its members could vote from outside the Capitol as a coronavirusforced recess looks poised to last into at least next month the chambers No | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/as-pandemic-lingers-u-s-house-looking-very-closely-at-remote-voting-idUSKCN21X2PO | 2020-04-16 |
| BARCELONA The Mobile World Congress the telecoms industrys biggest annual gathering will be held in Barcelona until 2024 extending its current contract by one year the GSMA association that hosts the congress said on Wednesday | Positive | BARCELONA The Mobile World Congress the telecoms industrys biggest annual gathering will be held in Barcelona until 2024 extending its current contract by one year the GSMA association that hosts the congress said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-telecoms-mobileworld/mobile-world-congress-to-be-held-in-barcelona-until-2024-organiser-idUSKCN21X342 | 2020-04-16 |
| Republicans in Congress who rarely break from White House policy quickly backed Trumps decision | Neutral | WASHINGTON The United States could redirect to other aid groups some million it would have paid the World Health Organization this year senior Trump administration officials said on Wednesday after President Donald Trump halted funding for the U.N. agency over its handling of the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-who/u-s-funds-that-would-have-gone-to-who-could-be-given-to-aid-groups-trump-officials-idUSKCN21X2Z3 | 2020-04-16 |
| But he hopes a bill that would legally recognize forced displacement at the federal level will be approved in Congress by the end of the year | Positive | You cant even find the words to say what youre Vazquez said wiping away tears | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-mexico-indigenous-landrights-feature/no-way-out-emotional-trauma-haunts-displaced-indigenous-mexicans-idUSKCN21X2F9 | 2020-04-16 |
| Congress has a role to play Fannon said | Neutral | WASHINGTON Washington could still slap tariffs on oil imports to the United States if global crude producers fail to keep their pledges made over the weekend to reduce output the top U.S. energy diplomat said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-oil-usa-tariffs/u-s-could-still-wield-oil-import-tariffs-if-opec-producers-break-deal-diplomat-idUSKCN21X2ZD | 2020-04-16 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump threatened on Wednesday to shut down Congress so he could fill vacancies in his administration without Senate confirmation saying he was frustrated lawmakers were not in Washington to vote on his nominees for federal judgeships and other government positions | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump threatened on Wednesday to shut down Congress so he could fill vacancies in his administration without Senate confirmation saying he was frustrated lawmakers were not in Washington to vote on his nominees for federal judgeships and other government positions | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-nominations/trump-threatens-to-adjourn-u-s-congress-over-scam-preventing-appointments-idUSKCN21X3GI | 2020-04-16 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Representative Alexandria OcasioCortez one of Congresss leading progressives told Politico on Wednesday she wanted to see former Vice President Joe Biden refine his stances on issues including healthcare and immigration before endorsing him | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. Representative Alexandria OcasioCortez one of Congresss leading progressives told Politico on Wednesday she wanted to see former Vice President Joe Biden refine his stances on issues including healthcare and immigration before endorsing him | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-biden-ocasiocortez/democrat-ocasio-cortez-plans-to-back-biden-but-wants-to-see-tougher-stances-idUSKCN21X2C7 | 2020-04-16 |
| MORENA was registered in 2014 and along with its allies took a majority in Congress when Lopez Obrador came to power | Positive | MEXICO CITY A Mexican lawmaker on Tuesday became the first senator to quit from the ruling National Regeneration Movement of President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador dealing another blow to the leftist leader as pressure mounts over his performance | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-mexico-politics/mexicos-ruling-party-suffers-first-senate-resignation-idUSKCN21X0JY | 2020-04-15 |
| OSHA has resisted calls by worker advocates and some Democrats in Congress to adopt emergency rules requiring employers to implement specific safety measures such as social distancing | Negative | The U.S. agency that enforces workplace safety laws has said it will prioritize work site inspections of healthcare facilities over other businesses that remain open during the coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-workplace/u-s-workplace-safety-agency-will-prioritize-inspection-of-healthcare-facilities-idUSKCN21W2PE | 2020-04-15 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Congress struggled to produce a fresh coronavirus relief bill on Monday as a stubborn standoff between Republicans and Democrats complicated the challenge of passing legislation with most lawmakers out of town | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Congress struggled to produce a fresh coronavirus relief bill on Monday as a stubborn standoff between Republicans and Democrats complicated the challenge of passing legislation with most lawmakers out of town | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-congress-struggles-as-partisanship-stymies-new-coronavirus-bill-idUSKCN21V12V | 2020-04-14 |
| The billion in smallbusiness loans would be in addition to billion allocated by Congress in a | Neutral | WASHINGTON The U.S. Congress struggled to produce a fresh coronavirus relief bill on Monday as a stubborn standoff between Republicans and Democrats complicated the challenge of passing legislation with most lawmakers out of town | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-congress-struggles-as-partisanship-stymies-new-coronavirus-bill-idUSKCN21V12V | 2020-04-14 |
| House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell so far have resisted calls from lawmakers in both parties to allow remote voting in Congress amid the coronavirus crisis | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Supreme Court said on Monday that for the first time it will hear cases argued by teleconference rather than in the courtroom due to the coronavirus pandemic including a dispute over whether President Donald Trumps tax and financial records should be disclosed | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-trump-finances/a-u-s-supreme-court-first-arguments-by-teleconference-including-major-one-involving-trump-idUSKCN21V1D4 | 2020-04-14 |
| Major U.S. airlines were urging Treasury officials and the federal governments outside advisers on Saturday to scrap or revise a proposal that would make part of the billion earmarked by Congress to help keep workers on the payroll repayable in the form of lowcost loans | Negative | Major U.S. airlines were urging Treasury officials and the federal governments outside advisers on Saturday to scrap or revise a proposal that would make part of the billion earmarked by Congress to help keep workers on the payroll repayable in the form of lowcost loans | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-airlines/airlines-want-u-s-treasury-to-scrap-proposal-to-make-some-grant-money-repayable-idUSKCN21T0X0 | 2020-04-12 |
| Congress set aside another billion in loans to passenger airlines but no action on those is expected until Treasury makes decisions on the grants | Neutral | Major U.S. airlines were urging Treasury officials and the federal governments outside advisers on Saturday to scrap or revise a proposal that would make part of the billion earmarked by Congress to help keep workers on the payroll repayable in the form of lowcost loans | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-airlines/airlines-want-u-s-treasury-to-scrap-proposal-to-make-some-grant-money-repayable-idUSKCN21T0X0 | 2020-04-12 |
| WASHINGTON The two top Republicans in the U.S. Congress vowed on Saturday to oppose Democrats demands to match a billion proposal to aid small businesses during the coronavirus pandemic with the same amount for hospitals and state and local governments | Negative | WASHINGTON The two top Republicans in the U.S. Congress vowed on Saturday to oppose Democrats demands to match a billion proposal to aid small businesses during the coronavirus pandemic with the same amount for hospitals and state and local governments | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/congressional-republicans-nix-democratic-bid-for-broader-coronavirus-relief-idUSKCN21T0JL | 2020-04-12 |
| WASHINGTON April 11 The two top Republicans in the U.S. Congress on Saturday said they would continue to oppose Democrats demands to include funding for items other than small business relief in a proposed coronavirus aid bill | Negative | WASHINGTON April 11 The two top Republicans in the U.S. Congress on Saturday said they would continue to oppose Democrats demands to include funding for items other than small business relief in a proposed coronavirus aid bill | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/health-coronavirus-usa-congress/congressional-republicans-double-down-on-push-for-coronavirus-business-relief-idUSL2N2BZ04V | 2020-04-12 |
| The billion in smallbusiness loans would be in addition to billion already allocated by Congress in a | Neutral | WASHINGTON The two top Republicans in the U.S. Congress vowed on Saturday to oppose Democrats demands to match a billion proposal to aid small businesses during the coronavirus pandemic with the same amount for hospitals and state and local governments | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/congressional-republicans-nix-democratic-bid-for-broader-coronavirus-relief-idUSKCN21T0JL | 2020-04-12 |
| Cuomo and Hogan called on Congress to provide billion to meet the states budgetary shortfalls | Negative | WASHINGTON The two top Republicans in the U.S. Congress vowed on Saturday to oppose Democrats demands to match a billion proposal to aid small businesses during the coronavirus pandemic with the same amount for hospitals and state and local governments | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/congressional-republicans-nix-democratic-bid-for-broader-coronavirus-relief-idUSKCN21T0JL | 2020-04-12 |
| The billion in smallbusiness loans which could turn into governmentpaid grants if certain terms are met would be in addition to billion already allocated by Congress | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and congressional leaders will hold bipartisan negotiations on a new coronavirusresponse bill with the goal of reaching a deal by early next week Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-trump-congress/mnuchin-congress-leaders-to-hold-new-talks-on-next-coronavirus-aid-bill-idUSKCN21S17Z | 2020-04-11 |
| Airline unions and Democrats in the U.S. Congress have pressed Treasury to grant the assistance quickly and without requiring unreasonable conditions on airlines that are struggling | Positive | U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin told major airlines on Friday he wants them to repay some of the billion in cash grants the U.S. Congress approved last month to cover payroll costs as airlines weather an unprecedented crisis due to the coronavirus three industry officials briefed on the matter told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-airlines-progr/exclusive-treasury-wants-warrants-repayment-from-major-u-s-airlines-on-30-of-grant-money-sources-idUSKCN21S1Y7 | 2020-04-11 |
| WASHINGTON Congressional leaders and U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin will hold bipartisan negotiations on the contents of a new coronavirus response bill with the goal of reaching a deal by early next week Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer said on Friday | Positive | WASHINGTON Congressional leaders and U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin will hold bipartisan negotiations on the contents of a new coronavirus response bill with the goal of reaching a deal by early next week Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-negotiations/u-s-congress-leaders-mnuchin-aim-for-deal-on-next-coronavirus-response-bill-idUSKCN21S1RW | 2020-04-11 |
| 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 |
| U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin told major airlines on Friday he wants them to repay some of the billion in cash grants the U.S. Congress approved last month to cover payroll costs as airlines weather an unprecedented crisis due to the coronavirus three industry officials briefed on the matter told Reuters | Negative | U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin told major airlines on Friday he wants them to repay some of the billion in cash grants the U.S. Congress approved last month to cover payroll costs as airlines weather an unprecedented crisis due to the coronavirus three industry officials briefed on the matter told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-airlines-progr/exclusive-treasury-wants-warrants-repayment-from-major-u-s-airlines-on-30-of-grant-money-sources-idUSKCN21S1Y7 | 2020-04-11 |
| Congress has already allocated more than | Neutral | WASHINGTON A partisan skirmish in the U.S. Senate cut short a Republican effort to speed billion in new assistance to small businesses on Friday forcing Republicans and Democrats to negotiate over how best to help independent firms reeling from the coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-congress-in-talks-on-coronavirus-small-business-aid-after-partisan-clash-idUSKCN21R21K | 2020-04-10 |
| Congress is out until at least April 20 and possibly longer due to the coronavirus outbreak | Negative | WASHINGTON A Republican U.S. senator introduced legislation on Thursday to remove American troops from Saudi Arabia adding pressure on the kingdom to tighten its oil taps to reverse the crude price drop that has hurt domestic energy companies | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-oil-usa-senate/bill-would-remove-u-s-troops-from-saudi-arabia-in-30-days-idUSKCN21R3HG | 2020-04-10 |
| 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 |
| But Congressional efforts were stalling as Democrats said they would only back a measure that was coupled with similar amounts of aid for hospitals and local governments | Neutral | By Chris Prentice | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-asia-shares-set-to-follow-wall-streets-rally-idUSL2N2BW1E5 | 2020-04-09 |
| WASHINGTON Efforts to push a further billion of coronavirus aid for small businesses through the U.S. Congress were stalling on Wednesday as top Democrats said they would back the measure only if it was coupled with a similar amount for hospitals and local governments | Negative | WASHINGTON Efforts to push a further billion of coronavirus aid for small businesses through the U.S. Congress were stalling on Wednesday as top Democrats said they would back the measure only if it was coupled with a similar amount for hospitals and local governments | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-democrats-republicans-at-odds-over-next-coronavirus-aid-idUSKBN21Q1MW | 2020-04-09 |
| But as the day wore on Republicans and Democrats appeared far from agreement jeopardizing immediate action on any bill that would require unanimous support in Congress under fasttrack rules | Neutral | WASHINGTON Efforts to push a further billion of coronavirus aid for small businesses through the U.S. Congress were stalling on Wednesday as top Democrats said they would back the measure only if it was coupled with a similar amount for hospitals and local governments | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-democrats-republicans-at-odds-over-next-coronavirus-aid-idUSKBN21Q1MW | 2020-04-09 |
| U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin pushed for Congress to act by the end of this week on the billion request he made on Tuesday | Neutral | WASHINGTON Efforts to push a further billion of coronavirus aid for small businesses through the U.S. Congress were stalling on Wednesday as top Democrats said they would back the measure only if it was coupled with a similar amount for hospitals and local governments | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-democrats-republicans-at-odds-over-next-coronavirus-aid-idUSKBN21Q1MW | 2020-04-09 |
| Under U.S. law Congress not the president decides how federal funds are spent | Positive | GENEVA World Health Organization officials on Wednesday denied that the body was and said that the acute phase of a pandemic was not the time to cut funding after U.S. President Donald Trump said he may put contributions on hold | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-europe/who-rejects-china-centric-charge-after-trump-criticism-idUSKBN21Q1A9 | 2020-04-09 |
| In response Democratic House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi has called for Congress to approve as much as billion to help states expand their ability to conduct voting by mail | Positive | NEW YORK Most Americans including a majority of Republicans want the government to require mailin ballots for the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-poll/most-americans-unlike-trump-want-mail-in-ballots-for-november-if-coronavirus-threatens-reuters-ipsos-poll-idUSKBN21P3G0 | 2020-04-08 |
| 3 trillion in aid that was passed by Congress late last month isnt nearly enough businesses warn | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. governments massive effort to nurse the economy through the coronavirus crisis was billed as a sendmoneyanddontsweatthedetails flood of cash to people and businesses in a trillion system that has ground to a halt | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-fiscal-analysi/wobbly-u-s-fiscal-response-could-deepen-coronavirus-recession-idUSKBN21Q0H1 | 2020-04-08 |
| In addition the U.S. Congress is not in session until at least April 20 and possibly longer due to the coronavirus outbreak making quick action on the bill unlikely | Negative | WASHINGTON Republican U.S. senators who have introduced a bill that would remove U.S. defense systems and troops in Saudi Arabia unless it cuts oil output will hold a call with the kingdoms officials on Saturday a source familiar with the planning said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-oil-usa-saudi/u-s-oil-state-senators-to-talk-crude-markets-with-saudi-officials-saturday-source-idUSKBN21Q03M | 2020-04-08 |
| WASHINGTON The White House hopes Congress will nearly double the size of its program to support ailing small businesses by the end of the week as some of the nations largest lenders still sit on the sidelines and others remain unable to access the system | Negative | WASHINGTON The White House hopes Congress will nearly double the size of its program to support ailing small businesses by the end of the week as some of the nations largest lenders still sit on the sidelines and others remain unable to access the system | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-stimulus-banks/white-house-looks-to-bolster-small-business-lending-program-idUSKBN21P2E8 | 2020-04-08 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin called her to ask Congress for more money to help small businesses hobbled by the coronavirus pandemic and said she agreed an existing program for small businesses really needs money right away because of the demand | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin called her to ask Congress for more money to help small businesses hobbled by the coronavirus pandemic and said she agreed an existing program for small businesses really needs money right away because of the demand | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-pelosi/pelosi-says-u-s-administration-wants-more-funds-for-coronavirus-relief-cnn-idUSKBN21P2ZU | 2020-04-08 |
| U.S. President Donald Trump said the administration will seek another billion on top of the billion of funds granted by Congress last month which launched on Friday | Positive | WASHINGTON The White House hopes Congress will nearly double the size of its program to support ailing small businesses by the end of the week as some of the nations largest lenders still sit on the sidelines and others remain unable to access the system | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-stimulus-banks/white-house-looks-to-bolster-small-business-lending-program-idUSKBN21P2E8 | 2020-04-08 |
| Joe Bidens presidential bid won endorsements from two prominent members of Congress on Tuesday support that could help the Democrat in his campaign for the partys nomination | Positive | Joe Bidens presidential bid won endorsements from two prominent members of Congress on Tuesday support that could help the Democrat in his campaign for the partys nomination | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-biden-endorsement/more-high-profile-lawmakers-line-up-behind-bidens-campaign-idUSKBN21P16W | 2020-04-08 |
| Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said he hoped Congress would sign off on the funds by Friday as small businesses scramble for the firstcome firstserve lifeline | Positive | WASHINGTON The White House hopes Congress will nearly double the size of its program to support ailing small businesses by the end of the week as some of the nations largest lenders still sit on the sidelines and others remain unable to access the system | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-stimulus-banks/white-house-looks-to-bolster-small-business-lending-program-idUSKBN21P2E8 | 2020-04-08 |
| It was unclear whether Defense Secretary Mark Esper accepted Modlys resignation offer which came after Democrats in Congress called for his removal citing a loss of confidence | Negative | WASHINGTON Acting U.S. Navy Secretary Thomas Modly has offered his resignation after coming under fire for his handling of a crisis involving the captain of a coronavirusstricken aircraft carrier a U.S. official and a congresssional aide told Reuters on Tuesday speaking on condition of anonymity | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-navy-resigns/acting-navy-secretary-offers-to-resign-over-handling-of-carrier-crisis-idUSKBN21P35C | 2020-04-08 |
| Shortly before Mnuchins announcement McConnell a Republican said in a It is quickly becoming clear that Congress will need to provide more funding or this crucial program may run dry | Positive | WASHINGTON The Trump administration on Tuesday asked Congress for an additional billion in emergency economic aid for small U.S. businesses reeling from the coronavirus pandemic as Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell pushed for passage as soon as Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/trump-administration-seeks-250-billion-more-in-aid-for-small-u-s-businesses-mnuchin-idUSKBN21P2K6 | 2020-04-08 |
| 3 trillion economic relief bill approved by Congress was appropriately sized and that a further relief effort may not be needed if support efforts are well executed | Positive | WASHINGTON A top official at the U.S. Federal Reserve said on Sunday the | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-fed/feds-bullard-says-another-coronavirus-economic-relief-bill-may-not-be-needed-idUSKBN21N0MM | 2020-04-06 |
| I will immediately ask Congress for more money to support small businesses under the if the allocated money runs Trump wrote in a post on Twitter | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday he would ask Congress for more money to make loans to small businesses struggling with the economic fallout from the coronavirus outbreak if the original billion allocated in a fiscal stimulus bill runs out | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-small-business/trump-says-will-ask-congress-for-more-small-business-funds-if-money-runs-out-idUSKBN21M0LN | 2020-04-05 |
| SAO PAULO Brazils lower house of Congress approved a constitutional amendment for a war to separate coronavirusrelated spending from the governments main budget and shield the economy as the country surpassed 10000 confirmed cases | Negative | SAO PAULO Brazils lower house of Congress approved a constitutional amendment for a war to separate coronavirusrelated spending from the governments main budget and shield the economy as the country surpassed 10000 confirmed cases | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-war-budget/brazil-lawmakers-pass-war-budget-as-coronavirus-cases-top-10000-idUSKBN21M0VG | 2020-04-05 |
| 3 trillion approved by Congress to respond to the pandemic | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trumps pick for the new watchdog overseeing | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-pelosi/democrats-say-trump-pick-for-coronavirus-recovery-watchdog-is-not-independent-enough-idUSKBN21M0TA | 2020-04-05 |
| Four different watchdogs made up of federal government officials and members of Congress have been created | Neutral | WASHINGTON Whos watching over the U.S. governments largest bailout in history the | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-watchdogs-fact/the-watchdogs-overseeing-the-2-3-trillion-u-s-bailout-idUSKBN21L2YY | 2020-04-05 |
| Congress has been crystal clear that written reasons must be given when IGs are removed for a lack of he said | Neutral | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump on Saturday defended his decision to fire the top watchdog of the U.S. Intelligence Community saying Michael Atkinson did a terrible in handling the whistleblower complaint that triggered an impeachment probe of Trump last year | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-inspectorgeneral/hes-a-total-disgrace-trump-defends-firing-u-s-intel-watchdog-idUSKBN21M0KK | 2020-04-05 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday he would ask Congress for more money to make loans to small businesses struggling with the economic fallout from the coronavirus outbreak if the original billion allocated in a fiscal stimulus bill runs out | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday he would ask Congress for more money to make loans to small businesses struggling with the economic fallout from the coronavirus outbreak if the original billion allocated in a fiscal stimulus bill runs out | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-small-business/trump-says-will-ask-congress-for-more-small-business-funds-if-money-runs-out-idUSKBN21M0LN | 2020-04-05 |
| Congress approved a trillion stimulus package last Friday that included the smallbusiness program with Trump administration officials promising to get money out to people within days of its launch | Positive | Congress approved a trillion stimulus package last Friday that included the smallbusiness program with Trump administration officials promising to get money out to people within days of its launch | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/banks/article/us-health-coronavirus-bank-of-america/big-u-s-banks-start-accepting-small-business-aid-requests-idUSKBN21L27M | 2020-04-04 |
| The committee includes five senior members of Congress who will be authorized to investigate the Treasury and the Federal Reserves attempts to keep the U.S. economy strong | Negative | WASHINGTON Whos watching over the U.S. governments largest bailout in history the | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-watchdogs-fact/the-watchdogs-overseeing-the-2-3-trillion-u-s-bailout-idUSKBN21L2YY | 2020-04-04 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Friday the U.S. Congress will work on another coronavirus relief bill with healthcare topping the list of priorities | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Friday the U.S. Congress will work on another coronavirus relief bill with healthcare topping the list of priorities | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-mcconnell/republican-leader-mcconnell-says-another-coronavirus-bill-is-coming-idUSKBN21L35L | 2020-04-04 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump notified Congress on Friday that he is firing the inspector general of the U.S. intelligence community who was involved in triggering an impeachment probe of the president last year | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump notified Congress on Friday that he is firing the inspector general of the U.S. intelligence community who was involved in triggering an impeachment probe of the president last year | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-inspectorgeneral/trump-fires-intelligence-official-involved-in-his-impeachment-probe-idUSKBN21M04U | 2020-04-04 |
| When oil prices are high antiOPEC bills nicknamed NOPEC gained traction in Congress | Positive | WASHINGTON It is illegal for oil producers to meet to discuss pushing up oil prices under U.S. antitrust law but perfectly legal if state regulators or the federal government set lower production levels for them U.S. antitrust experts said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-oil-antitrust-explainer/explainer-antitrust-law-wont-get-in-the-way-of-u-s-acting-to-raise-oil-prices-idUSKBN21L3A4 | 2020-04-04 |
| Four different watchdogs made up of federal government officials and members of Congress have been one key role has not yet been filled | Neutral | WASHINGTON Whos watching over the U.S. governments largest bailout in history the | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-watchdogs-fact/the-watchdogs-overseeing-the-2-3-trillion-u-s-bailout-idUSKBN21L2YY | 2020-04-04 |
| 3 trillion that Congress has approved to respond to the pandemic | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Thursday she will form a bipartisan select committee on the coronavirus crisis to oversee the spending of | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-pelosi/pelosi-announces-select-committee-to-oversee-u-s-coronavirus-relief-idUSKBN21K2EZ | 2020-04-03 |
| The Presidents view is Senator Major Olimpio once Bolsonaros most faithful lieutenant in Congress told Reuters | Positive | BRASILIA At a tense cabinet meeting on Saturday in the Brazilian presidents official residence Jair Bolsonaro found himself isolated | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-bolsonaro-a/brazils-bolsonaro-isolated-weakened-by-coronavirus-denial-idUSKBN21K333 | 2020-04-03 |
| WASHINGTON Two top Democrats in Congress on Thursday asked Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai to reassure broadcasters the agency will not revoke their licenses for airing advertisements critical of President Donald Trump | Positive | WASHINGTON Two top Democrats in Congress on Thursday asked Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai to reassure broadcasters the agency will not revoke their licenses for airing advertisements critical of President Donald Trump | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-campaign-ad/democrats-want-fcc-to-reject-trump-campaign-threat-to-broadcasters-idUSKBN21K2IG | 2020-04-03 |
| Olimpio said all parties in Congress oppose Bolsonaros bid to relax social distancing recommendations | Negative | BRASILIA At a tense cabinet meeting on Saturday in the Brazilian presidents official residence Jair Bolsonaro found himself isolated | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-bolsonaro-a/brazils-bolsonaro-isolated-weakened-by-coronavirus-denial-idUSKBN21K333 | 2020-04-03 |
| The nonpartisan Congressional Research Service said in a report late last year that the SPR is more suited for longterm oil storage than shortterm leases | Neutral | YORK The Trump administration said on Thursday it plans to lease space in the countrys emergency petroleum reserve for an initial 30 million barrels of oil in a bid to help struggling crude drillers after a previous effort to buy oil for the stockpile was ditched over a lack of funding | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-oil-usa-reserve/u-s-to-lease-space-for-initial-30-million-barrels-of-oil-in-emergency-reserve-idUSKBN21K33E | 2020-04-03 |
| Uber and Lyft drivers are hitting a wall in their efforts to apply for the coronavirus jobless benefits promised by Congress as state agencies say they are not ready to handle a class of workers who are totally new to the U.S. unemployment system | Negative | Uber and Lyft drivers are hitting a wall in their efforts to apply for the coronavirus jobless benefits promised by Congress as state agencies say they are not ready to handle a class of workers who are totally new to the U.S. unemployment system | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-uber-unemployment/u-s-gig-workers-seeking-coronavirus-jobless-benefits-hit-bureaucratic-wall-idUSKBN21K3GJ | 2020-04-03 |
| Projections released by the U.S. Congressional Budget Office showed U.S. gross domestic product will decline by more than in the second quarter as the health crisis takes hold | Negative | YORK Oil prices retreated on Friday after massive gains while stocks in Asia edged down as doubts grew over an oil price deal between Saudi Arabia and Russia that U.S. President Donald Trump said he had brokered | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-markets/oil-shares-slip-on-doubts-over-saudi-russia-deal-idUSKBN21L0EB | 2020-04-03 |
| In the face of the climbing figures Bolsonaros appeals to Brazil going on social media have stirred outrage in Congress | Negative | BRASILIA At a tense cabinet meeting on Saturday in the Brazilian presidents official residence Jair Bolsonaro found himself isolated | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-bolsonaro-a/brazils-bolsonaro-isolated-weakened-by-coronavirus-denial-idUSKBN21K333 | 2020-04-03 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi urged the U.S. Treasury on Wednesday not to hold up billion in cash grants approved by Congress last week to airlines for payroll costs | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi urged the U.S. Treasury on Wednesday not to hold up billion in cash grants approved by Congress last week to airlines for payroll costs | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-airlines/democrats-urge-u-s-treasury-not-to-delay-25-billion-in-grants-to-airlines-idUSKBN21J6G6 | 2020-04-02 |
| WASHINGTON President Donald Trump on Tuesday said the U.S. Congress should pass a trillion spending plan to update the countrys roads bridges and other infrastructure calling for it to be included in the next bill lawmakers are currently drafting to respond to the coronavirus crisis which they refer to as Phase 4 | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump on Tuesday said the U.S. Congress should pass a trillion spending plan to update the countrys roads bridges and other infrastructure calling for it to be included in the next bill lawmakers are currently drafting to respond to the coronavirus crisis which they refer to as Phase 4 | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-infrastructure/trump-calls-for-2-trillion-infrastructure-bill-to-help-economy-during-coronavirus-crisis-idUSKBN21I2F3 | 2020-04-01 |
| We encourage Congress to work with DOE to ensure they have the resources needed for SPR flexibilities to address the oversupply issues we are Bradbury said | Positive | NEW The Trump administration plans to lease out space for energy companies to store oil in the nations Strategic Petroleum Reserve after a previous effort to buy millions of barrels for the emergency stockpile was canceled over a lack of funding according to two people briefed on the matter | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-oil-usa-reserve-exclusive/exclusive-u-s-plans-to-lease-space-to-energy-companies-to-store-oil-in-emergency-reserve-idUSKBN21I3NG | 2020-04-01 |
| Litzow also said that an economic stimulus bill passed by Congress last week included billion to build up the stockpile | Neutral | WASHINGTON An emergency stockpile of medical equipment maintained by the U.S. government has nearly run out of protective gear that could be useful to combat the coronavirus pandemic according to two officials with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-stockpile/u-s-emergency-medical-stockpile-nearly-out-of-protective-gear-as-demand-rises-officials-idUSKBN21J3TJ | 2020-04-01 |
| Congress faces a Sept | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. Republican lawmakers signaled caution on Tuesday over Democratic plans to prepare another large spending bill to battle the coronavirus crisis even as President Donald Trump called for trillion in spending this time on infrastructure | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/with-republicans-wary-of-more-coronavirus-spending-trump-urges-infrastructure-plan-idUSKBN21I1X8 | 2020-04-01 |
| WASHINGTON Nine Democratic U.S. senators on Tuesday urged the chief executives of 11 major airlines to issue full cash refunds to customers canceling flights during the coronavirus pandemic after Congress approved a massive rescue package for the hardhit industry | Negative | WASHINGTON Nine Democratic U.S. senators on Tuesday urged the chief executives of 11 major airlines to issue full cash refunds to customers canceling flights during the coronavirus pandemic after Congress approved a massive rescue package for the hardhit industry | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-airlines/senators-urge-u-s-airlines-to-issue-ticket-refunds-after-bailout-idUSKBN21I2UU | 2020-04-01 |
| But Congress did not approve funds for the buys forcing the Energy Department last week to cancel the proposal | Negative | NEW The Trump administration plans to lease out space for energy companies to store oil in the nations Strategic Petroleum Reserve after a previous effort to buy millions of barrels for the emergency stockpile was canceled over a lack of funding according to two people briefed on the matter | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-oil-usa-reserve-exclusive/exclusive-u-s-plans-to-lease-space-to-energy-companies-to-store-oil-in-emergency-reserve-idUSKBN21I3NG | 2020-04-01 |
| At least six members of Congress have said that they contracted the novel coronavirus | Negative | WASHINGTON Three days after passing a | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-congress-eyes-next-steps-in-coronavirus-response-idUSKBN21H3BY | 2020-03-31 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Congress attending physician recommended U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi take no particular action after she was in contact with Representative Nydia Velazquez who has been diagnosed with coronavirus infection Pelosis spokesman Drew Hammill said on Monday | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Congress attending physician recommended U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi take no particular action after she was in contact with Representative Nydia Velazquez who has been diagnosed with coronavirus infection Pelosis spokesman Drew Hammill said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-pelosi/doctor-recommended-no-action-for-u-s-pelosi-after-coronavirus-contact-idUSKBN21H3EL | 2020-03-31 |
| WASHINGTON At least six members of the U.S. Congress have announced that they have contracted the novel coronavirus and more than 30 others are or were selfquarantining in hopes of limiting the spread of the pandemic | Negative | WASHINGTON At least six members of the U.S. Congress have announced that they have contracted the novel coronavirus and more than 30 others are or were selfquarantining in hopes of limiting the spread of the pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress-factb/six-members-of-u-s-congress-diagnosed-with-coronavirus-idUSKBN21E3FC | 2020-03-31 |
| Cunningham had been in selfquarantine since March 19 after learning he had been in contact with another member of Congress who had tested positive | Positive | WASHINGTON At least six members of the U.S. Congress have announced that they have contracted the novel coronavirus and more than 30 others are or were selfquarantining in hopes of limiting the spread of the pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress-factb/six-members-of-u-s-congress-diagnosed-with-coronavirus-idUSKBN21E3FC | 2020-03-31 |
| 2 trillion package aimed at easing the heavy economic blow of the coronavirus pandemic the U.S. Congress was looking on Monday at additional steps it might take as the countrys death toll approached 3000 | Negative | WASHINGTON Three days after passing a | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-congress-eyes-next-steps-in-coronavirus-response-idUSKBN21H3BY | 2020-03-31 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump called on Congress Sunday to restore the full tax deduction for meals and entertainment in response to the coronavirus pandemic | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump called on Congress Sunday to restore the full tax deduction for meals and entertainment in response to the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-taxes/trump-wants-congress-to-restore-full-tax-deduction-for-meals-entertainment-idUSKBN21G0YB | 2020-03-30 |
| WASHINGTON Fresh partisan divisions flared on Sunday on the next steps for the U.S. Congress in dealing with the coronavirus crisis with the top House of Representatives Republican casting doubt on the need for more economic stimulus legislation while House Speaker Nancy Pelosi signaled she plans to move forward with it | Negative | WASHINGTON Fresh partisan divisions flared on Sunday on the next steps for the U.S. Congress in dealing with the coronavirus crisis with the top House of Representatives Republican casting doubt on the need for more economic stimulus legislation while House Speaker Nancy Pelosi signaled she plans to move forward with it | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-mccarthy/partisan-divide-returns-in-u-s-congress-on-coronavirus-next-steps-idUSKBN21G0NM | 2020-03-30 |
| Pelosi the top Democrat in Congress told CNNs State of the program that the three bills already signed into law were merely a down payment | Positive | WASHINGTON Fresh partisan divisions flared on Sunday on the next steps for the U.S. Congress in dealing with the coronavirus crisis with the top House of Representatives Republican casting doubt on the need for more economic stimulus legislation while House Speaker Nancy Pelosi signaled she plans to move forward with it | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-mccarthy/partisan-divide-returns-in-u-s-congress-on-coronavirus-next-steps-idUSKBN21G0NM | 2020-03-30 |
| McCarthys comments illustrated the continuing tensions between the two parties in Congress raising questions about just how quickly they could come together to pass a fourth legislative package | Negative | WASHINGTON Fresh partisan divisions flared on Sunday on the next steps for the U.S. Congress in dealing with the coronavirus crisis with the top House of Representatives Republican casting doubt on the need for more economic stimulus legislation while House Speaker Nancy Pelosi signaled she plans to move forward with it | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-mccarthy/partisan-divide-returns-in-u-s-congress-on-coronavirus-next-steps-idUSKBN21G0NM | 2020-03-30 |
| Congress could avoid those headaches by simply giving states more money and letting them decide how to use it said Matt Weidinger of the conservative American Enterprise Institute | Negative | WASHINGTON Some lowerpaid U.S. workers could effectively get a shortterm raise if they lose their jobs during the coronavirus crisis thanks to government computer systems that rely on 1950sera technology | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-benefits/aging-tech-means-raises-for-some-americans-who-lose-jobs-in-coronavirus-crisis-idUSKBN21E1DG | 2020-03-28 |
| 2 trillion stimulus package passed by the U.S. Congress will flood the worlds largest economy with money to stem the economic damage from the pandemic | Negative | USD on track for largest weekly loss since 2009 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-stocks-down-on-virus-economic-toll-dollar-falls-further-idUSL1N2BK1VU | 2020-03-28 |
| Postponement looks unlikely for the November presidential election which is set by law and would require action by Congress to move | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. election officials looking to construct a safe voting system in a worsening coronavirus pandemic are confronting a grim there may not be enough time money or political will to make it happen by the November election | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-election-insig/coronavirus-emerges-as-major-threat-to-u-s-election-process-idUSKBN21E2XS | 2020-03-28 |
| Economists meanwhile warn that Congress may need to extend the increase further when it runs out in four months | Negative | WASHINGTON Some lowerpaid U.S. workers could effectively get a shortterm raise if they lose their jobs during the coronavirus crisis thanks to government computer systems that rely on 1950sera technology | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-benefits/aging-tech-means-raises-for-some-americans-who-lose-jobs-in-coronavirus-crisis-idUSKBN21E1DG | 2020-03-28 |
| At least five members of Congress have tested positive for the coronavirus and more than two dozen have selfquarantined to limit its spread | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives on Friday approved a | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/historic-2-2-trillion-coronavirus-bill-passes-u-s-house-becomes-law-idUSKBN21E1CM | 2020-03-28 |
| The rescue package is the largest fiscal relief measure ever passed by Congress | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives on Friday approved a | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/historic-2-2-trillion-coronavirus-bill-passes-u-s-house-becomes-law-idUSKBN21E1CM | 2020-03-28 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Representative Thomas Massie enraged President Donald Trump and leaders of Congress by trying to delay a planned Friday voice vote on a | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Representative Thomas Massie enraged President Donald Trump and leaders of Congress by trying to delay a planned Friday voice vote on a | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-massie-factbox/factbox-mr-no-meet-the-u-s-congressman-who-requested-a-formal-vote-to-delay-the-coronavirus-bill-idUSKBN21E26K | 2020-03-28 |
| This will be probably the largest bill anybody in Congress has ever voted he told reporters | Neutral | WASHINGTON Leaders of the U.S. House of Representatives are determined to pass a | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-house-leaders-determined-to-pass-2-2-trillion-coronavirus-bill-idUSKBN21D1A7 | 2020-03-27 |
| Businesses owned by President Donald Trump other administration officials or Congress members or their family members would not be eligible for assistance | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate on Thursday unanimously approved an unprecedented stimulus package to alleviate the devastating economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-bill-contents/factbox-whats-in-the-2-2-trillion-senate-coronavirus-rescue-package-idUSKBN21D2CQ | 2020-03-27 |
| WASHINGTON Three members of the U.S. Congress have tested positive for the new coronavirus and more than two dozen others have said they are selfquarantining in hopes of limiting the spread of the pandemic | Neutral | WASHINGTON Three members of the U.S. Congress have tested positive for the new coronavirus and more than two dozen others have said they are selfquarantining in hopes of limiting the spread of the pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress-factb/u-s-lawmakers-who-tested-positive-for-the-coronavirus-idUSKBN21B3GP | 2020-03-27 |
| WASHINGTON Three members of the U.S. Congress have tested positive for the new coronavirus and more than two dozen others have said they are selfquarantining even as lawmakers scramble to pass more legislation to help cope with the pandemic | Negative | WASHINGTON Three members of the U.S. Congress have tested positive for the new coronavirus and more than two dozen others have said they are selfquarantining even as lawmakers scramble to pass more legislation to help cope with the pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress-factb/factbox-u-s-lawmakers-who-tested-positive-for-the-coronavirus-idUSKBN21B3GP | 2020-03-26 |
| Every year recordings deemed to be culturally historically or aesthetically significant are added to the registry at the worlds largest library and research arm of the U.S. Congress | Neutral | Every year recordings deemed to be culturally historically or aesthetically significant are added to the registry at the worlds largest library and research arm of the U.S. Congress | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-rights-ymca/gay-anthem-y-m-c-a-dances-into-history-at-leading-u-s-library-idUSKBN21C322 | 2020-03-26 |
| House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she hoped the bill would pass quickly and that Congress would pass further legislation if necessary to ease the crisis going forward | Neutral | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate on Wednesday unanimously backed a trillion bill aimed at helping unemployed workers and industries hurt by the coronavirus epidemic as well as providing billions of dollars to buy urgently needed medical equipment | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-senate-passes-2-trillion-bill-for-strange-and-evil-coronavirus-crisis-idUSKBN21C1C0 | 2020-03-26 |
| In the United States Airbnb said it expects its hosts to get some relief from a trillion coronavirus stimulus bill that is nearing a vote in Congress | Positive | Airbnb Inc on Wednesday held a phone meeting with bankers to discuss extending an existing billion debt facility as the home rental startup grapples with a slowdown due to the coronavirus a source who participated in the meeting said | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-airbnb-debt/airbnb-holds-meeting-with-bankers-to-extend-1-billion-debt-facility-source-idUSKBN21C3O2 | 2020-03-26 |
| WASHINGTON Three members of the U.S. Congress have tested positive for the coronavirus and more than two dozen others have said they are selfquarantining even as lawmakers scramble to pass more legislation to help cope with the pandemic | Negative | WASHINGTON Three members of the U.S. Congress have tested positive for the coronavirus and more than two dozen others have said they are selfquarantining even as lawmakers scramble to pass more legislation to help cope with the pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress-factb/factbox-u-s-lawmakers-who-tested-positive-for-the-coronavirus-idUSKBN21B3GP | 2020-03-25 |
| WASHINGTON Even as the U.S. Congress works on a massive relief bill to stem the toll of the coronavirus pandemic that has sickened three of its members its leadership is wrestling with how the chambers can continue to function in an era of social distancing | Negative | WASHINGTON Even as the U.S. Congress works on a massive relief bill to stem the toll of the coronavirus pandemic that has sickened three of its members its leadership is wrestling with how the chambers can continue to function in an era of social distancing | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-lawmakers/u-s-congress-wrestles-with-mechanics-of-voting-in-coronavirus-crisis-idUSKBN21B2PL | 2020-03-25 |
| TOKYO March 25 Asian shares extended their rally on Wednesday in the wake of Wall Streets massive rebound as the U.S. Congress appeared closer to passing a trillion stimulus package to mitigate the economic blow from the coronavirus pandemic | Positive | MSCI ACWI builds on biggest gains since 2008 financial crisis | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-asia-rides-wall-st-surge-as-investors-place-hopes-on-u-s-stimulus-idUSL4N2BI0VB | 2020-03-25 |
| In the halls of Congress nervous lawmakers have rushed to protect themselves | Neutral | BRASILIA Augusto Heleno a national security advisor to Brazils President Jair Bolsonaro treated Tuesday March 17 much like any other workday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-bolsonaro-i/as-bolsonaro-flouts-warnings-coronavirus-spreads-in-brazil-idUSKBN21B1AX | 2020-03-25 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Congress is considering authorizing the Federal Reserve to pay the tab as local governments ramp up shipments of testing equipment masks and ventilators desperately needed to diagnose coronavirus cases treat patients and keep medical personnel safe | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Congress is considering authorizing the Federal Reserve to pay the tab as local governments ramp up shipments of testing equipment masks and ventilators desperately needed to diagnose coronavirus cases treat patients and keep medical personnel safe | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-fed-legislation/fed-may-finance-medical-response-and-more-under-u-s-house-bill-idUSKBN21B31E | 2020-03-25 |
| TOKYO Asian shares extended their rally on Wednesday in the wake of Wall Streets massive rebound as the U.S. Congress appeared closer to passing a trillion stimulus package to mitigate the economic blow from the coronavirus pandemic | Positive | TOKYO Asian shares extended their rally on Wednesday in the wake of Wall Streets massive rebound as the U.S. Congress appeared closer to passing a trillion stimulus package to mitigate the economic blow from the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-markets/asia-rides-wall-street-surge-as-investors-place-hopes-on-u-s-stimulus-idUSKBN21C03S | 2020-03-25 |
| If Congress were to approve OTT regulation similar to that of the EU or Canada we would work with independent producers to comply with local content the spokesman said | Positive | MEXICO CITY March 24 Mexican senators are set to vote Tuesday on a proposal that would force streaming platforms like Netflix Inc and Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/mexico-netflix/mexican-senate-to-vote-on-proposal-to-compel-netflix-amazon-to-boost-local-content-idUSL1N2BH0YB | 2020-03-25 |
| Congress was expected reach agreement on a stimulus and rescue package worth up to trillion to respond to economic damage from the coronavirus pandemic as soon as Tuesday | Positive | The comments on credit in an interview with Reuters appeared to underscore the U.S. planemakers opposition to granting equity as part of an industrywide government bailout deal | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-health-coronavirus-boeing-debt/boeing-cfo-says-aerospace-industry-needs-credit-urgently-markets-closed-to-new-debt-idUSKBN21B32D | 2020-03-25 |
| WASHINGTON Democratic U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said that later on Tuesday Congress could soon reach a deal to pass an economic relief package for the fallout from the coronavirus crisis | Negative | WASHINGTON Democratic U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said that later on Tuesday Congress could soon reach a deal to pass an economic relief package for the fallout from the coronavirus crisis | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-pelosi/house-speaker-pelosi-sees-real-optimism-for-coronavirus-deal-in-next-few-hours-cnbc-idUSKBN21B24P | 2020-03-25 |
| The term sheet said that if Congress added conditions to government loans it could render the loans unusable because the process provided to businesses via U.S. bankruptcy law is more attractive | Negative | Democratic U.S. lawmakers on Monday proposed giving struggling U.S. airlines and contractors billion in cash grants that would not have to be paid back but require significant new environmental labor and other conditions | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-airlines-usa/house-democrats-would-give-airlines-contractors-40-billion-bailout-idUSKBN21A35E | 2020-03-24 |
| The case hinged on whether the Copyright Remedy Clarification Act passed by the U.S. Congress in 1990 to allow states to be held liable for illegal copying was valid | Negative | The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday delivered a legal broadside to a filmmaker who documented the recovery of notorious English pirate Blackbeards wrecked ship refusing to revive his video piracy lawsuit that sought monetary damages from North Carolina | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-court-blackbeard/u-s-supreme-court-maroons-filmmaker-in-blackbeard-video-piracy-fight-idUSKBN21A2DE | 2020-03-24 |
| WASHINGTON Three members of the U.S. Congress have tested positive for the coronavirus and at least 22 others have said they are selfquarantining even as lawmakers scramble to pass more legislation to help cope with the pandemic | Negative | WASHINGTON Three members of the U.S. Congress have tested positive for the coronavirus and at least 22 others have said they are selfquarantining even as lawmakers scramble to pass more legislation to help cope with the pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress-factb/factbox-three-in-u-s-congress-test-positive-for-coronavirus-more-self-quarantine-idUSKBN21910Y | 2020-03-23 |
| The bill is Congress third effort to blunt the economic toll of a disease that has killed at least 420 people in the United States and sickened more than 33000 | Negative | Dollar retains advantage amid coronavirus crisis | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-dollar-mostly-firmer-but-u-s-stimulus-gridlock-narrows-gains-idUSL4N2BG1G6 | 2020-03-23 |
| At a White House briefing on Sunday President Donald Trump said he still had hope that a massive aid package could pass Congress swiftly | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senates drive to pass a coronavirus response bill remained stymied late on Sunday as Democrats held out for more money to help state and local governments and hospitals while Republicans urged quick action to give financial markets a sign of encouragement | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/coronavirus-relief-bill-slows-in-u-s-senate-talks-continue-idUSKBN2190NO | 2020-03-23 |
| Many members of Congress are also aged 60 and older a group that public health officials have warned is at greater risk along with those who have other health conditions | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Senator Rand Paul has tested positive for the coronavirus his office said on Sunday becoming the first member of the Senate to announce he has COVID19 as the number of U.S. cases of the respiratory disease grows | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-randpaul/rand-paul-becomes-first-u-s-senator-to-test-positive-for-coronavirus-idUSKBN2190Y5 | 2020-03-23 |
| The lower house of Congress this week passed a bill to create a 181 billion peso emergency fund | Negative | MEXICO CITY As Mexico scrambles to contain the coronavirus outbreak many initiatives aimed at tempering the threat have come not from the president but lesser officials businesses and ordinary people | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-mexico-response/mexican-president-passes-coronavirus-buck-to-allies-rivals-business-idUSKBN2180VP | 2020-03-22 |
| They had urged Congress not to attach additional conditions | Negative | A lastditch effort by the chief executives of major U.S. airlines to try to win cash grants to weather the coronavirus crisis looked to be unsuccessful four congressional aides and airline officials said late Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-airlines/airlines-appear-to-come-up-short-in-bid-to-win-cash-grants-in-rescue-package-idUSKBN2180ZG | 2020-03-22 |
| Airport workers many of whom are contracted were also pleading with Congress to ensure that they too are protected in any bailout | Negative | A lastditch effort by the chief executives of major U.S. airlines to try to win cash grants to weather the coronavirus crisis looked to be unsuccessful four congressional aides and airline officials said late Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-airlines/airlines-appear-to-come-up-short-in-bid-to-win-cash-grants-in-rescue-package-idUSKBN2180ZG | 2020-03-22 |
| To help theaters stay solvent the National Association of Theatre Owners on Wednesday urged the U.S. Congress and the Trump administration to provide tax benefits and other emergency relief | Neutral | LOS ANGELES Members of the Bagby family have operated movie theaters in small U.S. towns for four generations | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainmenthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-theaters/americas-small-movie-theaters-fear-coronavirus-could-mean-their-last-picture-show-idUSKBN2173J8 | 2020-03-21 |
| The population data collected determines how the U.S. Congress and state legislatures divvy up voting districts and guides the federal government in allocating | Neutral | NEW YORK The 2020 U.S. Census the decennial tally that helps determine political representation and federal aid will be extended by two weeks a census official said on Friday as the coronavirus wreaks havoc on the bureaus ability to send workers into the field | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-census/completion-of-2020-u-s-census-extended-into-august-amid-coronavirus-pandemic-idUSKBN2173N3 | 2020-03-21 |
| For reference President Donald Trumps administration and Congress are currently negotiating a trillionplus economic stimulus package which equates to about one20th of annual U.S. economic output | Positive | The five U.S. states where governors have closed or have said they will soon be closing nonessential businesses account for about of the worlds biggest economy | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-stayathome-fac/factbox-five-statewide-stay-at-home-orders-31-of-u-s-economy-idUSKBN2173PS | 2020-03-21 |
| Chief Executive Officer Charlie Scharf told Congress last week that roughly 62000 of the banks employees were already working remotely | Neutral | The bank also said it is temporarily closing some branches adjusting operating hours of other branches and relocating employees while also increasing its charitable donations to million | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-wells-fargo/wells-fargo-rolls-out-waivers-aid-in-response-to-coronavirus-outbreak-idUSKBN2173PY | 2020-03-21 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Thursday urged Congress to move quickly to pass a trillion economic relief measure by early next week saying he expects bipartisan support for the bill to get cash payments to Americans during the coronavirus crisis | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Thursday urged Congress to move quickly to pass a trillion economic relief measure by early next week saying he expects bipartisan support for the bill to get cash payments to Americans during the coronavirus crisis | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-mnuchin/mnuchin-urges-congress-to-pass-massive-economic-relief-bill-by-next-week-idUSKBN2162A1 | 2020-03-20 |
| Congress is taking up its third legislative package to address the coronavirus pandemic as the response to the crisis shutters U.S. businesses and puts pressure on the nations healthcare system | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Thursday urged Congress to move quickly to pass a trillion economic relief measure by early next week saying he expects bipartisan support for the bill to get cash payments to Americans during the coronavirus crisis | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-mnuchin/mnuchin-urges-congress-to-pass-massive-economic-relief-bill-by-next-week-idUSKBN2162A1 | 2020-03-20 |
| WASHINGTON The first two members of the U.S. Congress have tested positive for the novel coronavirus and at least 22 others have said they are selfquarantining many because of exposure to the two congressmen even as lawmakers scramble to pass more legislation to help cope with the pandemic | Negative | WASHINGTON The first two members of the U.S. Congress have tested positive for the novel coronavirus and at least 22 others have said they are selfquarantining many because of exposure to the two congressmen even as lawmakers scramble to pass more legislation to help cope with the pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress-factb/factbox-coronavirus-hits-u-s-congress-with-first-cases-quarantines-idUSKBN216401 | 2020-03-20 |
| WASHINGTON The Trump administration on Wednesday asked Congress to approve billion in cash payments to taxpayers in two rounds that would start April 6 and billion in secured loans to U.S. airlines to address the financial impact of the coronavirus according to a document seen by Reuters | Positive | WASHINGTON The Trump administration on Wednesday asked Congress to approve billion in cash payments to taxpayers in two rounds that would start April 6 and billion in secured loans to U.S. airlines to address the financial impact of the coronavirus according to a document seen by Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-health-coronavirus-stimulus/trump-administration-wants-to-send-taxpayers-500-billion-50-billion-in-loans-for-airlines-idUSKBN2152UG | 2020-03-19 |
| Congressional leaders are in talks about the proposal | Positive | WASHINGTON The Trump administration on Wednesday asked Congress to approve billion in cash payments to taxpayers in two rounds that would start April 6 and billion in secured loans to U.S. airlines to address the financial impact of the coronavirus according to a document seen by Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-health-coronavirus-stimulus/trump-administration-wants-to-send-taxpayers-500-billion-50-billion-in-loans-for-airlines-idUSKBN2152UG | 2020-03-19 |
| MEXICO CITY Mexicos lower house of Congress on Wednesday approved a bill to create a fund that would free up nearly 181 billion pesos | Positive | MEXICO CITY Mexicos lower house of Congress on Wednesday approved a bill to create a fund that would free up nearly 181 billion pesos | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-mexico-fund/mexican-lower-house-approves-emergency-fund-for-coronavirus-use-idUSKBN2160HH | 2020-03-19 |
| LOS ANGELES A trade group representing U.S. movie theater owners on Wednesday called on the U.S. Congress and the Trump administration to provide emergency relief to help operators weather the unprecedented closures amid the global coronavirus outbreak | Negative | LOS ANGELES A trade group representing U.S. movie theater owners on Wednesday called on the U.S. Congress and the Trump administration to provide emergency relief to help operators weather the unprecedented closures amid the global coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-theaters/u-s-movie-theater-owners-ask-federal-government-for-coronavirus-relief-idUSKBN2153ZI | 2020-03-19 |
| President Donald Trump signed the bill into law and Congress and the White House are discussing additional stimulus measures that could cost more than trillion | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate overwhelmingly passed legislation on Wednesday providing billions of dollars to limit the damage from the coronavirus pandemic through free testing paid sick leave and expanded safetynet spending | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-senate-passes-one-coronavirus-aid-package-while-working-on-another-idUSKBN2151FB | 2020-03-19 |
| Minneapolis Federal Reserve President Neel Kashkari on Wednesday said U.S. Congress must act fast to help Americans already losing their jobs amid the fastspreading coronavirus epidemic | Negative | Minneapolis Federal Reserve President Neel Kashkari on Wednesday said U.S. Congress must act fast to help Americans already losing their jobs amid the fastspreading coronavirus epidemic | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-fed-kashkari/feds-kashkari-says-u-s-congress-needs-speedy-action-as-layoffs-rise-idUSKBN21601D | 2020-03-19 |
| In a statement from the presidency the government said it will ask Congress to authorize state of emergency measures until Dec | Negative | RIO DE Brazil will seek authorization for a state of emergency to allow it to scrap fiscal targets and free up funds to combat the coronavirus crisis the government said on Tuesday as President Jair Bolsonaro announced his second COVID19 test was negative | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil/brazil-seeks-state-of-emergency-bolsonaros-second-coronavirus-test-negative-idUSKBN2142HG | 2020-03-18 |
| If Congress approves the checks that Trump suggested that would lead to a much bigger price tag at a time when Washington is already running up nearrecord budget deficits | Neutral | WASHINGTON As the coronavirus threatens to push the global economy into recession the Trump administration is rolling out an unusual handing out free money | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-checks-explain/the-white-house-wants-to-give-you-1000-heres-how-it-could-work-idUSKBN2143HT | 2020-03-18 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer on Tuesday informed Congress of plans to negotiate a comprehensive trade agreement with the African country of Kenya and pledged to follow a process that requires ongoing consultations with U.S. lawmakers | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer on Tuesday informed Congress of plans to negotiate a comprehensive trade agreement with the African country of Kenya and pledged to follow a process that requires ongoing consultations with U.S. lawmakers | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-usa-trade-kenya/u-s-trade-chief-tells-congress-of-plans-for-trade-deal-with-kenya-idUSKBN2143TN | 2020-03-18 |
| The Trump administration said on Tuesday it was asking Congress for a trillion stimulus package that could deliver checks to Americans within two weeks to buttress the economy | Positive | LOS ANGELES California Governor Gavin Newsom on Tuesday authorized the use of about billion in emergency funds and put the National Guard on alert to help as the nations most populous state grappled with the coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-california/california-approves-1-billion-in-coronavirus-funds-national-guard-on-alert-idUSKBN2144AW | 2020-03-18 |
| 3 billion aid plan that Congress has already passed as well as a multibilliondollar package the House approved last week the statement said | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer will propose legislation totaling at least billion to combat the coronavirus outbreak and help the economy his office said in a statement on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-schumer/u-s-senator-schumer-wants-at-least-750-bln-to-combat-coronavirus-help-economy-idUSKBN2133DT | 2020-03-17 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Sunday said he was in close touch with Congress about helping U.S. airlines weather a massive downturn in business due to sweeping travel restrictions aimed at containing the coronavirus | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Sunday said he was in close touch with Congress about helping U.S. airlines weather a massive downturn in business due to sweeping travel restrictions aimed at containing the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-travel/u-s-eyes-aid-for-airlines-sees-no-domestic-travel-curbs-for-now-idUSKBN2120R6 | 2020-03-16 |
| The important issue is whatever we need we are going to get from Congress | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Sunday officials will have a better idea this week of the total cost of a coronavirus aid package but predicted it will likely be significant but not huge | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-mnuchin/mnuchin-says-u-s-coronavirus-aid-bill-cost-should-be-significant-not-huge-idUSKBN2120Q7 | 2020-03-16 |
| On Friday major U.S. airlines confirmed they had been in talks with the White House and Congress about financial assistance | Positive | American Airlines Inc said Saturday it plans to cut of its international flights through May 6 and ground nearly all its widebody fleet as airlines respond to the global collapse in travel demand due to the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-airlines/american-airlines-cutting-international-flights-by-75-amid-demand-collapse-idUSKBN2110YQ | 2020-03-15 |
| The Trump administration also signaled Saturday it wanted Congress to quickly back financial support for troubled U.S. airlines | Positive | American Airlines Inc said Saturday it plans to cut of its international flights through May 6 and ground nearly all its widebody fleet as airlines respond to the global collapse in travel demand due to the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-airlines/american-airlines-cutting-international-flights-by-75-amid-demand-collapse-idUSKBN2110YQ | 2020-03-15 |
| Fauci head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases had told Congress on Thursday that the U.S. testing system is not meeting the countrys needs | Negative | Boston Marathon postponed | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/health-coronavirus-usa/as-coronavirus-disrupts-american-life-congress-scrambles-to-agree-on-aid-plan-idUSL1N2B61GI | 2020-03-14 |
| Congress first loosened SarbanesOxleys accounting requirements in 2012 to give startups a helping hand | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. securities regulator on Thursday voted to relax internal audit controls introduced at smaller publicly listed companies in 2002 following a string of accounting scandals including at nowdefunct energy company Enron Corp | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-sec-sarbanes-oxley/u-s-sec-votes-to-exempt-smaller-companies-from-independent-audit-reviews-idUSKBN20Z323 | 2020-03-13 |
| This appearance of division between the president and Congress is not good at he said | Negative | BRASILIA As if things were not difficult enough for markets in Brazil whose stocks and currency are among the worlds worstperforming this year an unexpected twist in the countrys fragile politics threatens to make the situation even tougher | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-politics-markets-analysis/brazils-4-billion-budget-bombshell-hits-markets-at-worst-possible-time-idUSKBN20Z2U7 | 2020-03-13 |
| The Shanghai Grand Prix and the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona are among sporting events and major conferences canceled as a result of the outbreak | Negative | The South by Southwest music technology and film festival in Austin Texas will foot costs related to the event getting canceled as disease outbreak was excluded from its insurance cover a spokesman said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-sxsw/sxsw-to-pay-cancellation-costs-as-insurance-excludes-virus-cover-idUSKBN20Z2PR | 2020-03-13 |
| Guedes expressed regret at Congresss vote late on Wednesday that threatens the governments budget goals arguing that it undermines efforts to get the economy growing faster | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils Economy Minister Paulo Guedes on Thursday called for calm to face the growing sense of crisis saying the government hopes to reach agreement with lawmakers for a 10 billion reais | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-politics-guedes/brazils-guedes-urges-calm-govt-eyes-2-billion-package-to-fight-coronavirus-idUSKBN20Z2TP | 2020-03-13 |
| FCC Chairman Ajit Pai called on Congress to to appropriate the necessary funding to reimburse carriers for replacing any network equipment or services found to be a national security threat | Neutral | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump signed legislation on Thursday to bar telecom carriers from using U.S. subsidies to purchase network equipment from Huawei Technologies ZTE Corp | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-huawei-tech-china-usa/trump-signs-law-to-prevent-u-s-rural-telecom-carriers-from-using-huawei-network-equipment-idUSKBN20Z375 | 2020-03-13 |
| has postponed its annual Congress due to be held in Ethiopia in June for three months | Negative | Global markets suffered record falls on Thursday as alarm over the coronavirus intensified and governments from Ireland to Italy unveiled measures to try to slow the spread of a disease that has infected more than 127000 people worldwide | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-spread-of-coronavirus-around-the-world-idUSKBN21000Z | 2020-03-13 |
| Finally I am calling on Congress to provide Americans with immediate payroll tax relief | Positive | My fellow Tonight I want to speak with you about our nations unprecedented response to the coronavirus outbreak that started in China and is now spreading throughout the world | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-trump-text/text-what-president-donald-trump-told-americans-about-coronavirus-idUSKBN20Z0EU | 2020-03-12 |
| On Tuesday The White House and Congress negotiated over measures to bolster the U.S. economy and Americans paychecks against the outbreaks impact prompting a rebound in hardhit stock markets | Positive | WASHINGTON White House officials met Wednesday with U.S. technology industry officials to discuss techrelated response efforts to combat the coronavirus outbreak and ways for government to collaborate with the private sector | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-tech/white-house-tech-industry-meet-to-discuss-coronavirus-response-idUSKBN20Y2QC | 2020-03-12 |
| The Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act was cosponsored by Republican Senator Marco Rubio and Democratic Representative James McGovern cochairs of the bipartisan CongressionalExecutive Commission on China | Positive | WASHINGTON Leading U.S. lawmakers proposed legislation on Wednesday aimed at preventing goods made from forced labor in Chinas Xinjiang region from reaching the United States | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-china-xinjiang-labor/u-s-lawmakers-seek-to-tighten-ban-on-forced-labor-goods-from-chinas-xinjiang-idUSKBN20Y2DQ | 2020-03-12 |
| BRASILIA Brazils Congress overturned a presidential veto on Wednesday in an ongoing battle over appropriations with President Jair Bolsonaro doubling social assistance for elderly and disabled people that will cost an extra 20 billion reais | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils Congress overturned a presidential veto on Wednesday in an ongoing battle over appropriations with President Jair Bolsonaro doubling social assistance for elderly and disabled people that will cost an extra 20 billion reais | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-politics/brazils-congress-overturns-presidential-veto-on-spending-bill-idUSKBN20Y3BP | 2020-03-12 |
| Pelosi the top Democrat in Congress has also been talking to Mnuchin | Positive | WASHINGTON Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday unveiled a broad package of proposals to help Americans affected by the coronavirus outbreak while officials suspended public tours through the Capitol building | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-bill/u-s-house-leaders-unveil-coronavirus-bill-capitol-tours-suspended-idUSKBN20Y26I | 2020-03-12 |
| The Speaker of the lower house of Congress Rodrigo Maia said overturning the veto was a mistake because it will add to financial instability caused by the coronavirus pandemic | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils Congress overturned a presidential veto on Wednesday in an ongoing battle over appropriations with President Jair Bolsonaro doubling social assistance for elderly and disabled people that will cost an extra 20 billion reais | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-politics/brazils-congress-overturns-presidential-veto-on-spending-bill-idUSKBN20Y3BP | 2020-03-12 |
| House Democrats hope to pass this second coronavirus bill through Congress before it begins a scheduled recess at the end of this week | Positive | WASHINGTON Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday unveiled a broad package of proposals to help Americans affected by the coronavirus outbreak while officials suspended public tours through the Capitol building | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-bill/u-s-house-leaders-unveil-coronavirus-bill-capitol-tours-suspended-idUSKBN20Y26I | 2020-03-12 |
| Representative Mike McCaul the foreign affairs committees top Republican argued that voting on the resolution was irresponsible and Congress would be better off addressing the coronavirus pandemic | Negative | The Senate passed the war poweres resolution last month so approval sends it to the White House where Trump has promised a veto | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-congress/u-s-house-votes-to-limit-iran-warmaking-ability-heads-to-veto-fight-idUSKBN20Y3IB | 2020-03-12 |
| I will be asking Congress to take legislative action to extend this relief | Positive | My fellow Tonight I want to speak with you about our nations unprecedented response to the coronavirus outbreak that started in China and is now spreading throughout the world | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-trump-text/text-what-president-donald-trump-told-americans-about-coronavirus-idUSKBN20Z0EU | 2020-03-12 |
| Many members of Congress including some Republicans have pushed the administration for more information about the killing in January of top Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani at Baghdads airport | Negative | The Senate passed the war poweres resolution last month so approval sends it to the White House where Trump has promised a veto | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-congress/u-s-house-votes-to-limit-iran-warmaking-ability-heads-to-veto-fight-idUSKBN20Y3IB | 2020-03-12 |
| WASHINGTON As U.S. coronavirus cases rose steadily the White House and Congress negotiated measures on Tuesday to bolster the U.S. economy and Americans paychecks against the outbreaks impact although there was no immediate sign of a deal | Negative | WASHINGTON As U.S. coronavirus cases rose steadily the White House and Congress negotiated measures on Tuesday to bolster the U.S. economy and Americans paychecks against the outbreaks impact although there was no immediate sign of a deal | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/washington-considers-actions-to-bolster-u-s-economy-as-coronavirus-cases-mount-idUSKBN20X1ZB | 2020-03-11 |
| The legislative proposal is not expected to advance in Brazils Congress where dozens of lawmakers are under investigation for corruption and money laundering | Negative | BRASILIA A lawmaker who says Brazil is not doing enough to fight rampant political corruption put forward a bill on Tuesday that would punish any politician convicted of graft with amputation of both hands | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-corruption/brazil-lawmaker-proposes-cutting-off-hands-of-corrupt-politicians-idUSKBN20X2VF | 2020-03-11 |
| WASHINGTON American intelligence and security officials on Tuesday will brief Congress about how Russia has been using social media to stoke racial and social differences ahead of this years general election three sources familiar with the presentations said | Negative | WASHINGTON American intelligence and security officials on Tuesday will brief Congress about how Russia has been using social media to stoke racial and social differences ahead of this years general election three sources familiar with the presentations said | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-security/russia-stoking-u-s-racial-social-differences-ahead-of-election-sources-idUSKBN20X2O3 | 2020-03-11 |
| Also U.S. President Donald Trump said he would ask Congress for a payroll tax cut and other very stimulus moves although the details remained unclear | Negative | SYDNEY March 11 Japanese shares wobbled on Wednesday as investors remained worried about the coronavirus epidemic and weighed stimulus packages from governments and central banks to ease economic strains caused by the outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/japan-stocks-midday/nikkei-down-but-topix-flat-as-virus-fears-persist-idUSL4N2B40U5 | 2020-03-11 |
| 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 | Negative | 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 |
| Congressman Emerson Petriv better known by his political name Boca Aberta said such a drastic measure was needed in a country fed up with widespread corruption committed with impunity | Negative | BRASILIA A lawmaker who says Brazil is not doing enough to fight rampant political corruption put forward a bill on Tuesday that would punish any politician convicted of graft with amputation of both hands | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-corruption/brazil-lawmaker-proposes-cutting-off-hands-of-corrupt-politicians-idUSKBN20X2VF | 2020-03-11 |
| Congress is scheduled to be in recess next week and congressional aides said there are discussions about lawmakers remaining out for a second week | Neutral | 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 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump said he will ask Congress for a payroll tax cut and other very stimulus moves on Tuesday to ease the economic pain of the coronavirus but the details remain unclear | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump said he will ask Congress for a payroll tax cut and other very stimulus moves on Tuesday to ease the economic pain of the coronavirus but the details remain unclear | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-business-analysis/trumps-coronavirus-stimulus-is-still-evolving-heres-what-it-should-include-experts-say-idUSKBN20X2CC | 2020-03-11 |
| Congressional leaders from both parties are meeting behind closed doors about the potential need for stronger measures | 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 |
| The White House and Congress on Tuesday negotiated over measures to bolster the U.S. economy and Americans paychecks against the outbreaks impact prompting a rebound in hardhit stock markets | Positive | WASHINGTON The White House will meet large technology companies on Wednesday to coordinate efforts over the coronavirus outbreak seeking to control a contagious respiratory illness that has infected almost 1000 people in the United States and more than 100000 globally | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-technology/white-house-to-meet-large-tech-companies-to-discuss-ways-to-control-coronavirus-outbreak-idUSKBN20X3CH | 2020-03-11 |
| House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Monday that a package being put together by Democrats was being analyzed by Congresss budget office | Positive | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump met with fellow Republicans in the U.S. Senate on Tuesday to discuss a fiscal stimulus plan to bolster the nations economy in the face of the coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-stimulus-factb/factbox-u-s-coronavirus-stimulus-according-to-trump-republicans-and-democrats-idUSKBN20X3BN | 2020-03-11 |
| Last month Congress passed legislation to reimburse telecommunications providers with fewer than 2 million customers who replace equipment in their networks deemed to pose a national security risk | Negative | WASHINGTON The Trump administration said on Tuesday it was extending a license allowing U.S. companies to continue doing business with Chinas Huawei Technologies Co Ltd until May 15 | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-huawei-tech/u-s-commerce-department-extends-huawei-license-through-may-15-idUSKBN20X32G | 2020-03-11 |
| Vice President Mike Pence said the administration was consulting Congress on providing paid sick leave to workers an idea that Democrats already have been trying to advance | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump on Monday said he will be taking steps to gird the economy against the impact of the spreading coronavirus outbreak and will discuss a payroll tax cut with congressional Republicans on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/trump-vows-major-steps-to-aid-u-s-economy-amid-coronavirus-rise-idUSKBN20W1ZV | 2020-03-10 |
| WASHINGTON President Donald Trump said on Monday the White House will discuss with Congress on Tuesday possibly cutting payroll taxes to support the economy as it deals with the coronavirus outbreak | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump said on Monday the White House will discuss with Congress on Tuesday possibly cutting payroll taxes to support the economy as it deals with the coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-trump/trump-plans-to-discuss-payroll-tax-cut-with-congress-idUSKBN20W33S | 2020-03-10 |
| Wells Fargo Co said on Monday two directors including Chairwoman Elizabeth Duke have resigned effective from March 8 days before they were set to appear before the U.S. Congress as part of an investigation into banks sales practices | Negative | Wells Fargo Co said on Monday two directors including Chairwoman Elizabeth Duke have resigned effective from March 8 days before they were set to appear before the U.S. Congress as part of an investigation into banks sales practices | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-wells-fargo-board/wells-fargo-directors-step-down-days-before-grilling-by-u-s-congress-idUSKBN20W183 | 2020-03-10 |
| Those measures could carry a heftier price tag and could prove more divisive than the initial package which passed Congress with overwhelming bipartisan support | Negative | 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 |
| 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 | Negative | 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 |
| Representative Rick Larsen who chairs an aviation subcommittee said Fridays report and other independent reviews make it abundantly clear Congress must change the method by which the FAA certifies aircraft | Positive | A U.S. House investigative report into two fatal Lion Air and Ethiopian Airlines crashes on a Boeing 737 MAX faulted the Federal Aviation Administrations approval of the plane and Boeings design failures saying the flights were doomed | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-boeing-737max/u-s-lawmakers-fault-faa-boeing-for-deadly-737-max-crashes-idUSKBN20T2EL | 2020-03-07 |
| We need the support of prominent members of Congress in order to prompt agency officials to recognize the risks facing the federal one letter said | Positive | WASHINGTON A union representing U.S. government employees called on the Trump administration on Friday to take the coronavirus for federal workers especially those working in areas directly impacted by the outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-union/union-tells-trump-administration-to-take-coronavirus-seriously-for-government-workers-idUSKBN20T2SN | 2020-03-07 |
| Mexico holds midterm legislative elections next year and if the president cannot stem the slide in support among women it could cost him control of Congress | Positive | MEXICO CITY Mexicos president sells himself as lifelong champion of the rights of women who he calls more than men | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-women-antiviolence-mexico/despicable-women-seethe-over-mexican-leaders-wobbly-response-to-violence-idUSKBN20T2ZN | 2020-03-07 |
| Kudlow said the administration may have to go to Congress to seek additional funding but aid would be targeted microforms of assistance | Positive | WASHINGTON The Trump administration is weighing tax relief for airline cruise and travel industries to help such companies cope with a growing coronavirus outbreak that has dried up bookings a source familiar with the plan said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-stimulus/white-house-considers-tax-relief-for-airlines-travel-firms-amid-coronavirus-idUSKBN20T226 | 2020-03-07 |
| That is a move that would come from the U.S. Congress and Trump administration not the Fed | Neutral | NEW As the risks of the coronavirus outbreak continue to rise U.S. officials are wrestling with what to do in the worstcase economic scenarios if large numbers of people cant go to work are told to stay home or stop going out in public entirely | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-fed/standard-u-s-economic-weapons-may-be-inadequate-for-coronavirus-crisis-idUSKBN20T2TZ | 2020-03-07 |
| SAN FRANCISCO Facebook Inc on Thursday removed ads by President Donald Trumps reelection campaign that asked users to fill out an Official 2020 Congressional District because the ads violate the companys policy against misinformation on the governments census | Negative | SAN FRANCISCO Facebook Inc on Thursday removed ads by President Donald Trumps reelection campaign that asked users to fill out an Official 2020 Congressional District because the ads violate the companys policy against misinformation on the governments census | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-facebook-trump-census/facebook-decides-to-take-down-trump-2020-campaigns-census-ads-idUSKBN20S2R2 | 2020-03-06 |
| Besides dispatching money throughout the United States the bill approved by Congress also would provide for lowinterest federal loans to businesses affected by a coronavirus outbreak | 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 |
| But Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has pushed for development on indigenous lands and last month presented a bill to Congress that would open up reserves for mining and commercial farming | Negative | Nowadays the hum of an aerial drone can be heard among the birdsong and distant roar of the Jamari River where the UruEuWauWau catch fish | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-forest-drones-feature/flying-high-brazilian-tribe-keeps-watch-over-forest-with-drones-idUSKBN20S1N8 | 2020-03-06 |
| SAN FRANCISCO March 5 Facebook Inc said on Thursday it was removing ads from President Donald Trumps reelection campaign that asked users to fill out an Official 2020 Congressional District because they violated its policies | Negative | SAN FRANCISCO March 5 Facebook Inc said on Thursday it was removing ads from President Donald Trumps reelection campaign that asked users to fill out an Official 2020 Congressional District because they violated its policies | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/facebook-trump-census/facebook-takes-down-trump-2020-campaigns-census-ads-idUSL1N2AY1N9 | 2020-03-06 |
| 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 | 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 |
| The epidemic has led to the cancellation of major industry events including Mobile World Congress in Barcelona and Facebooks F8 conference in San Jose | Negative | Alphabet Incs Google on Thursday joined Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-facebook/big-tech-firms-ask-seattle-employees-to-work-from-home-over-coronavirus-fears-idUSKBN20S0MZ | 2020-03-06 |
| Cai a member of the National Peoples Congress told Reuters that local governments have starved their disease control centers of cash and manpower | Negative | SHANGHAI At last years session of Chinas national parliament delegates from Guangdong province warned that laws designed to contain outbreaks of infectious diseases were flawed and could leave regions exposed when crises hit | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-politics/in-china-legislator-says-outbreak-shows-frailties-of-response-plans-idUSKBN20S0BF | 2020-03-05 |
| NEW YORK A sweeping U.S. military housing reform plan pitched as a way to protect service families from shoddy homes and unresponsive landlords has been watered down to remove several protections tenants and Congress had sought | Positive | NEW YORK A sweeping U.S. military housing reform plan pitched as a way to protect service families from shoddy homes and unresponsive landlords has been watered down to remove several protections tenants and Congress had sought | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-military-tenants/defense-department-weakens-u-s-military-housing-bill-after-consulting-industry-idUSKBN20R318 | 2020-03-05 |
| Shortly before the vote the top four Democratic and Republican leaders in Congress received a classified briefing about contingency plans for Congress if there was a coronavirus outbreak in Washington | Neutral | WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved on Wednesday an | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-house-passes-8-3-billion-bill-to-battle-coronavirus-senate-vote-due-thursday-idUSKBN20R2V6 | 2020-03-05 |
| WASHINGTON The Trump administration would face resistance from the U.S. Congress if it tried to push through a mini trade deal with the European Union that did not include agriculture U.S. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley said on Wednesday | Negative | WASHINGTON The Trump administration would face resistance from the U.S. Congress if it tried to push through a mini trade deal with the European Union that did not include agriculture U.S. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-trade-eu/u-s-senators-trade-advice-to-eu-keep-calm-and-put-agriculture-on-the-table-idUSKBN20R39I | 2020-03-05 |
| Sanders has represented the state in Congress for decades and was expected to win easily | Positive | WASHINGTON Former Vice President Joe Biden won ten states in a strong Super Tuesday showing while his main rival Bernie Sanders was on pace to pick up four including California | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-results/at-a-glance-super-tuesday-states-and-delegate-counts-idUSKBN20Q1AK | 2020-03-05 |
| WASHINGTON Members of the U.S. Congress on Wednesday took another step to try to prod Britain to reverse its decision to allow Chinas Huawei Technologies Co to build portions of the UKs next generation 5G networks | Negative | WASHINGTON Members of the U.S. Congress on Wednesday took another step to try to prod Britain to reverse its decision to allow Chinas Huawei Technologies Co to build portions of the UKs next generation 5G networks | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-wireless-huawei-tech/u-s-lawmakers-seek-to-step-up-pressure-on-uk-to-reverse-huawei-5g-decision-idUSKBN20S023 | 2020-03-05 |
| Former U.S. Representative Steve Knight who previously held the seat sought to return to Congress drawing of the vote as of Tuesday evening | Neutral | WASHINGTON Republican Jeff Sessions a former attorney general under President Donald Trump was headed to a runoff in Alabama as he sought on Tuesday to advance his bid to return to the U.S. Senate in a wave of congressional primaries | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-congress-factbox/factbox-sessions-faces-runoff-for-alabama-senate-texas-incumbents-holding-off-challengers-idUSKBN20Q1BA | 2020-03-05 |
| Last week Congress passed legislation to reimburse telecommunications providers with fewer than two million customers who replace equipment in their networks deemed to national security risk | Negative | WASHINGTON Members of the U.S. Congress on Wednesday took another step to try to prod Britain to reverse its decision to allow Chinas Huawei Technologies Co to build portions of the UKs next generation 5G networks | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-wireless-huawei-tech/u-s-lawmakers-seek-to-step-up-pressure-on-uk-to-reverse-huawei-5g-decision-idUSKBN20S023 | 2020-03-05 |
| WASHINGTON Wells Fargo is not complying with the terms of multiple settlements related to its sales scandal according to a Congressional report released on Wednesday that also faulted regulators for failing to aggressively enforce the agreements | Negative | WASHINGTON Wells Fargo is not complying with the terms of multiple settlements related to its sales scandal according to a Congressional report released on Wednesday that also faulted regulators for failing to aggressively enforce the agreements | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-wellsfargo-scandal-congress/congressional-report-says-wells-fargo-not-complying-with-regulatory-settlements-idUSKBN20S02L | 2020-03-05 |
| A multibilliondollar funding bill was moving slowly through Congress after Democrats raised questions about the availability of testing for the new virus | Negative | Three more deaths from the coronavirus were reported by Washington state on Tuesday as the nations largest and only fatal outbreak of the respiratory disease reached beyond the Seattle area in what appeared to be the first known instance of coasttocoast transmission | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/coronavirus-claims-three-more-lives-in-seattle-area-as-outbreak-goes-cross-country-idUSKBN20Q201 | 2020-03-04 |
| Trump said his administration was working with Congress to pass an emergency spending measure adding that he expected lawmakers to authorize about | Negative | Three more deaths from the coronavirus were reported by Washington state on Tuesday as the nations largest and only fatal outbreak of the respiratory disease reached beyond the Seattle area in what appeared to be the first known instance of coasttocoast transmission | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/coronavirus-claims-three-more-lives-in-seattle-area-as-outbreak-goes-cross-country-idUSKBN20Q201 | 2020-03-04 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday said his administration was working with Congress to pass an emergency spending measure to ramp up the nations response to the coronavirus adding that he expects lawmakers to authorize about | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday said his administration was working with Congress to pass an emergency spending measure to ramp up the nations response to the coronavirus adding that he expects lawmakers to authorize about | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-trump/trump-says-his-administration-congress-working-on-emergency-coronavirus-spending-idUSKBN20Q2E2 | 2020-03-04 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Congress and President Donald Trump neared agreement on Tuesday on legislation to battle the spreading coronavirus with as much as billion but a dispute over the cost of vaccines held up a deal Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer said | Neutral | WASHINGTON The U.S. Congress and President Donald Trump neared agreement on Tuesday on legislation to battle the spreading coronavirus with as much as billion but a dispute over the cost of vaccines held up a deal Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer said | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-lawmakers-hit-snag-over-vaccine-costs-in-bill-to-battle-coronavirus-idUSKBN20Q2IO | 2020-03-04 |
| Mnuchin told the committee that he was relying on legal counsel and that the issue would be decided by the courts not Congress | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Tuesday denied he was breaking the law by refusing to turn over President Donald Trumps tax returns and took aim at a Democratic lawmaker who has continued to press for the documents | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-trump-taxes/sparks-fly-at-budget-hearing-as-mnuchin-grilled-about-trump-tax-returns-idUSKBN20Q2VZ | 2020-03-04 |
| Numerous gun control proposals have been thwarted in the U.S. Congress largely because of opposition by Republican lawmakers and the influential National Rifle Association gun rights lobby | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rebuffed a bid by gun rights advocates to overturn President Donald Trumps ban on bump devices that enable semiautomatic weapons to fire rapidly like a machine gun implemented after the 2017 Las Vegas mass shooting | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-guns/u-s-supreme-court-rejects-challenge-to-ban-on-gun-bump-stocks-idUSKBN20P259 | 2020-03-03 |
| DALLAS Former Texas Congressman Beto ORourke endorsed former Vice President Joe Biden for Democrats presidential nomination as moderate Democrats rallied around the former vice president to strengthen his challenge to frontrunner Bernie Sanders | Positive | DALLAS Former Texas Congressman Beto ORourke endorsed former Vice President Joe Biden for Democrats presidential nomination as moderate Democrats rallied around the former vice president to strengthen his challenge to frontrunner Bernie Sanders | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-orourke/democrat-beto-orourke-endorses-joe-biden-for-president-idUSKBN20Q0A3 | 2020-03-03 |
| It has lead to the cancellation or disruption of other events including The Mobile World Congress in Barcelona and Facebooks F8 annual developers conference last month | Negative | Facebook Inc is pulling out of this years South by Southwest music and tech festival over growing concerns about the coronavirus outbreak a spokesperson for the company said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-facebook/facebook-pulls-out-of-south-by-southwest-festival-over-coronavirus-fears-idUSKBN20Q064 | 2020-03-03 |
| I hope Congressman Ratcliffe will impress Senators just as did the other members of the Presidents team and earn a bipartisan confirmation McConnell said | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Monday he was pleased President Donald Trump had announced a nominee for director of national intelligence without expressing an opinion about Representative John Ratcliffes fitness for the job | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-intelligence-senate/u-s-senate-leader-says-he-hopes-trump-intelligence-nominee-will-get-bipartisan-vote-idUSKBN20P34Y | 2020-03-03 |
| As early as this week the U.S. Congress could debate and pass emergency funding possibly in the range of billion to billion to help battle the virus and aid businesses | Negative | KIRKLAND Wash | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/coronavirus-deaths-rise-to-six-in-seattle-area-as-u-s-pushes-for-more-testing-idUSKBN20P21M | 2020-03-03 |
| LUSAKA The United States will give Zambia a new one year bilateral grant of million for AIDS relief starting in October after Congressional approval Zambias ministry of health said in a statement | Positive | LUSAKA The United States will give Zambia a new one year bilateral grant of million for AIDS relief starting in October after Congressional approval Zambias ministry of health said in a statement | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-zambia-health/u-s-to-give-zambia-389-million-grant-for-aids-relief-idUSKBN20O1V3 | 2020-03-02 |
| In January 2019 he had said he was passing on a 2020 run to focus on efforts to impeach Trump and get Democrats elected to the U.S. Congress | Negative | WASHINGTON Billionaire environmentalist Tom Steyer a fierce critic of President Donald Trump who had pushed early for his impeachment abandoned his bid for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination on Saturday after trailing in third place in the South Carolina primary a campaign source told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-steyer/environmentalist-tom-steyer-ends-2020-democratic-presidential-bid-idUSKBN20O16W | 2020-03-01 |
| Some of the diplomats were appointed by Bashir himself and the others were picked through his now dissolved National Congress Party said Taha Othman a member of the committee | Neutral | KHARTOUM Sudan has fired scores of diplomats for alleged links to the administration of toppled President Omar alBashir a legal committee said on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-sudan-politics/sudan-fires-scores-of-diplomats-allegedly-linked-to-bashir-idUSKBN20N0WB | 2020-03-01 |
| The administration argued both that senior presidential advisers are absolutely from being forced to testify to Congress about official acts and that courts lack jurisdiction to resolve such disputes | Negative | WASHINGTON A divided U.S. appeals court handed President Donald Trump a major legal victory on Friday by dismissing a Democraticled congressional panels lawsuit seeking to enforce a subpoena for testimony from former White House Counsel Donald McGahn | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-trump-mcgahn/trump-wins-bid-to-block-mcgahn-testimony-sought-by-house-democrats-idUSKCN20M38Z | 2020-02-29 |
| In 2018 Congress enacted some reforms and top airline executives pledged to address customer service failures especially over passenger frustrations with problems such as overbooking | Negative | In 2018 Congress enacted some reforms and top airline executives pledged to address customer service failures especially over passenger frustrations with problems such as overbooking | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-aviation-congress/fasten-your-seat-belts-u-s-congress-sets-hearing-on-air-travel-idUSKCN20M3AW | 2020-02-29 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Vice President Mike Pence said on Thursday the threat from coronavirus to the American public remains low and the White House has begun discussions with leaders of the U.S. Congress on a supplemental spending bill to fighting the spread of the deadly infectious disease | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Vice President Mike Pence said on Thursday the threat from coronavirus to the American public remains low and the White House has begun discussions with leaders of the U.S. Congress on a supplemental spending bill to fighting the spread of the deadly infectious disease | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-pence/pence-says-virus-poses-low-level-threat-in-u-s-working-with-congress-on-spending-bill-idUSKCN20L2ZC | 2020-02-28 |
| Earlier this month The Mobile World Congress the annual telecoms industry gathering in Barcelona was called off after a mass exodus by exhibitors due to fears over the coronavirus | Negative | Facebook Inc said on Thursday it would cancel its annual developer conference due to fears over the coronavirus as growing concerns about the economic impact of the global outbreak drove Wall Street to tumble for a sixth straight day | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-china-health-facebook/facebook-cancels-developer-conference-as-tech-companies-respond-to-virus-idUSKCN20L2QJ | 2020-02-28 |
| By 2016 Congress was paying 127 U.S. lawmakers sent a letter to Yellen urging the Fed to better reflect and represent the interests of our diverse country | Neutral | SAN The Federal Reserve long criticized for being too white and male crossed a substantial milestone last for the first time in its 107year history white men held fewer than half of board seats at the Feds 12 regional outposts | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-fed-diversity-insight/too-white-too-male-fed-takes-on-diversity-one-bank-board-member-at-a-time-idUSKCN20L1FN | 2020-02-28 |
| The Republican operative was sentenced last week to three years and four months in prison after being convicted of lying to Congress obstruction of justice and witness tampering | Negative | WASHINGTON A federal judge is weighing civil contempt charges against a Russian company accused of funding a Russian troll farms interference in the 2016 U.S. election to boost President Donald Trumps candidacy after prosecutors accused the St | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-russia-concord/u-s-judge-mulls-holding-russian-firm-linked-to-election-meddling-in-contempt-idUSKCN20L365 | 2020-02-28 |
| Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said he expected the divided U.S. Congress would make an urgent bipartisan effort to come up with legislation to fund the fight | Negative | By David Morgan and Michael Erman | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/china-health-usa/u-s-officials-say-they-are-ramping-up-efforts-to-guard-against-coronavirus-idUSL2N2AR1GH | 2020-02-28 |
| U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director Robert Redfield told the U.S. Congress on Thursday that his agency is aggressively evaluating how long coronavirus can survive and be infectious on surfaces | Negative | U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director Robert Redfield told the U.S. Congress on Thursday that his agency is aggressively evaluating how long coronavirus can survive and be infectious on surfaces | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-usa-cdc/u-s-cdc-aggressively-evaluating-whether-coronavirus-survives-on-surfaces-agency-chief-idUSKCN20L37L | 2020-02-28 |
| Any emergency funding supplemental the Congress approves must be entirely new funding not stolen from other they said in a statement | Positive | By David Morgan and Michael Erman | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/china-health-usa/u-s-officials-say-they-are-ramping-up-efforts-to-guard-against-coronavirus-idUSL2N2AR1GH | 2020-02-28 |
| Congressman Adam Smith chairman of the committee said the decision was very very and undercut the Pentagons argument that it needed resources | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. lawmakers on Wednesday criticized the Pentagons decision to shift nearly billion from the defense budget to pay for a wall on the border with Mexico saying that it circumvented Congress authority and could affect the militarys ability to reprogram funds in the future | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-pentagon-border/lawmakers-criticize-pentagon-for-shifting-money-to-mexico-border-wall-idUSKCN20K2QL | 2020-02-27 |
| The steps taken in this reprogramming put the Department at risk to lose the flexibility Congress has historically granted to effectively manage the resources the letter added | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. lawmakers on Wednesday criticized the Pentagons decision to shift nearly billion from the defense budget to pay for a wall on the border with Mexico saying that it circumvented Congress authority and could affect the militarys ability to reprogram funds in the future | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-pentagon-border/lawmakers-criticize-pentagon-for-shifting-money-to-mexico-border-wall-idUSKCN20K2QL | 2020-02-27 |
| WASHINGTON The head of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee Republican Senator Richard Shelby said on Wednesday Congress should provide the Trump administration with the funds it needs to combat coronavirus | Positive | WASHINGTON The head of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee Republican Senator Richard Shelby said on Wednesday Congress should provide the Trump administration with the funds it needs to combat coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-usa-shelby/lets-not-short-change-funding-for-coronavirus-response-u-s-senate-appropriations-chair-idUSKCN20K35W | 2020-02-27 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. lawmakers on Wednesday criticized the Pentagons decision to shift nearly billion from the defense budget to pay for a wall on the border with Mexico saying that it circumvented Congress authority and could affect the militarys ability to reprogram funds in the future | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. lawmakers on Wednesday criticized the Pentagons decision to shift nearly billion from the defense budget to pay for a wall on the border with Mexico saying that it circumvented Congress authority and could affect the militarys ability to reprogram funds in the future | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-pentagon-border/lawmakers-criticize-pentagon-for-shifting-money-to-mexico-border-wall-idUSKCN20K2QL | 2020-02-27 |
| Justice Samuel Alito writing for majority said the case presented foreign relations and national security and noted that Congress should decide whether such lawsuits can be permitted | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday barred a lawsuit against a Border Patrol agent for fatally shooting a 15yearold Mexican boy on Mexican soil from across the border in Texas refusing to open the door for foreign nationals to pursue civil rights cases in American courts in such incidents | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-border/u-s-supreme-court-bars-lawsuit-over-cross-border-shooting-of-mexican-teen-idUSKBN20J1ZS | 2020-02-26 |
| Theyre able to work with Congress and representatives and kind of gives us a voice where theyll actually do something about Jackson told Reuters | Positive | In a statement Wells Fargo spokesman Mark Folk said management takes their concerns seriously | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-wells-fargo-workers/wells-fargo-workers-seek-washingtons-help-with-internal-gripes-idUSKCN20K0JJ | 2020-02-26 |
| U.S. President Donald Trump has asked Congress for | Neutral | TOKYO As Japan struggles to stem the spread of a coronavirus within its borders critics are asking Wheres | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-china-health-japan-abe/wheres-abe-critics-ask-as-coronavirus-spreads-in-japan-idUSKCN20J16F | 2020-02-26 |
| Stone a veteran Republican operative was convicted by a jury in November of lying to Congress obstruction and witness tampering | Negative | WASHINGTON A U.S. judge on Tuesday signaled skepticism toward a bid by Roger Stone a longtime adviser to President Donald Trump to win a new trial based on claims that the jury forewoman was biased even as Trump assailed her again on Twitter | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-stone/u-s-judge-seems-skeptical-about-giving-trump-adviser-stone-a-new-trial-idUSKBN20J25Z | 2020-02-26 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trumps Attorney General William Barr still had the support of Republicans in the Senate who control the upper chamber of Congress Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said at a news conference on Tuesday | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trumps Attorney General William Barr still had the support of Republicans in the Senate who control the upper chamber of Congress Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said at a news conference on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-barr-senate/u-s-senate-republicans-overwhelmingly-support-barr-mcconnell-idUSKBN20J2FE | 2020-02-26 |
| And while the Trump administration has been pushing for its reauthorization since last August its efforts have found little traction in Congress | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Republicans on Tuesday reacted skeptically to the Trump administrations request to continue a controversial but inactive domestic surveillance program that collects data on U.S. phone calls and text messages | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-surveillance/republicans-look-to-drop-domestic-spying-on-u-s-phones-texts-idUSKBN20J2M1 | 2020-02-26 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Congress must pass legislation providing at least | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Congress must pass legislation providing at least | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-usa-senate/u-s-senate-democrats-seeking-at-least-3-1-bln-to-battle-coronavirus-idUSKBN20J22Q | 2020-02-26 |
| Republicans in Congress have generally said they want to wait for the outcome of investigations before calling for certain reforms | Neutral | WASHINGTON Three Democratic U.S. senators on Tuesday introduced sweeping legislation to reform how new airplanes are certified and overseen by U.S. regulators after two fatal Boeing 737 MAX crashes killed 346 people | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-boeing-737max-usa-regulations/three-u-s-senate-democrats-propose-sweeping-reforms-after-boeing-737-max-crashes-idUSKBN20J2M3 | 2020-02-26 |
| CHARLESTON S.C. Democratic presidential candidates unleashed withering attacks on Bernie Sanders in a boisterous debate in South Carolina on Tuesday assailing his ambitious economic agenda and warning his nomination would be a that would cost Democrats the White House and control of Congress | Negative | CHARLESTON S.C. Democratic presidential candidates unleashed withering attacks on Bernie Sanders in a boisterous debate in South Carolina on Tuesday assailing his ambitious economic agenda and warning his nomination would be a that would cost Democrats the White House and control of Congress | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-debate/at-rowdy-debate-democratic-rivals-warn-sanders-nomination-would-be-catastrophe-idUSKBN20J1KE | 2020-02-26 |
| The Trump administration is asking Congress for | Neutral | U.S. President Donald Trumps request for | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-usa-pelosi/trumps-request-for-2-5-billion-to-fight-coronavirus-inadequate-pelosi-says-idUSKCN20J0EV | 2020-02-25 |
| Planned Parenthoods acting president Alexis McGill Johnson called on Congress to overturn the rule which she said created egregious to healthcare for lowincome people | Negative | A sharply divided federal appeals court on Monday said the Trump administration may enforce a rule labeled by critics as a gag that could deprive abortion providers of federal funding for family planning | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-abortion-ruling/trump-gag-rule-on-abortion-referral-can-be-enforced-u-s-appeals-court-rules-idUSKCN20I25R | 2020-02-25 |
| James said most investors doubt Sanders healthreform plan will receive enough support to pass in Congress and would be too disruptive to even be feasible to implement | Neutral | NEW YORK As concerns over the spreading coronavirus outbreak hammered U.S. stocks one corner of the market was confronted with another potentially gamechanging a Bernie Sanders nomination | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-usa-healthinsurers-stocks/health-insurer-shares-pummeled-by-sanders-surge-virus-worries-idUSKCN20I2A1 | 2020-02-25 |
| WASHINGTON The Trump administration is asking Congress for | Neutral | WASHINGTON The Trump administration is asking Congress for | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-usa/trump-administration-seeks-2-5-billion-in-funds-to-fight-coronavirus-idUSKCN20I1U3 | 2020-02-25 |
| WASHINGTON The United States needs funds to finance a response to the coronavirus a White House spokesman said on Monday without directly confirming reports the administration was preparing to ask Congress to approve an emergency spending package | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States needs funds to finance a response to the coronavirus a White House spokesman said on Monday without directly confirming reports the administration was preparing to ask Congress to approve an emergency spending package | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-china-health-usa-funding/u-s-needs-funding-to-protect-americans-from-coronavirus-white-house-idUSKCN20I1UJ | 2020-02-25 |
| WASHINGTON Senior U.S. Democrats said on Monday that President Donald Trumps administration should immediately impose sanctions on Russia after U.S. intelligence officials told members of Congress that Russia appeared to be trying to influence this years U.S. election | Negative | WASHINGTON Senior U.S. Democrats said on Monday that President Donald Trumps administration should immediately impose sanctions on Russia after U.S. intelligence officials told members of Congress that Russia appeared to be trying to influence this years U.S. election | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-trump-russia-senate/u-s-democrats-want-russia-sanctions-over-2020-election-interference-idUSKCN20I2OH | 2020-02-25 |
| Asked how much money the White House may ask Congress to approve Gidley I dont have an announcement on the specific amount yet but we need to combat this | Positive | WASHINGTON The United States needs funds to finance a response to the coronavirus a White House spokesman said on Monday without directly confirming reports the administration was preparing to ask Congress to approve an emergency spending package | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-china-health-usa-funding/u-s-needs-funding-to-protect-americans-from-coronavirus-white-house-idUSKCN20I1UJ | 2020-02-25 |
| 5 billion from Congress to fight the coronavirus epidemic and U.S. and South Korean militaries are considering scaling back joint training as the virus spreads in Europe and the Middle East | Negative | U.S. President Donald Trump will seek | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-coronavirus-spreading-in-china-and-beyond-idUSKCN20G0PQ | 2020-02-25 |
| Bulgarias government most of its political parties and several Jewish organizations including the World Jewish Congress had called for the march to be suspended | Negative | SOFIA Fewer than 200 farright activists gathered in downtown Sofia on Saturday after the countrys top court upheld the city mayors ban on their annual torchlight procession honoring a Bulgarian general who led a proNazi organization in the 1930s and 1940s | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-bulgaria-farright-march/far-right-torchlight-parade-in-sofia-hit-by-court-ban-idUSKCN20G0SH | 2020-02-23 |
| In addition to the rhetoric coming from the Democratic candidates lobbyists note there are four bills pending in Congress that seek to impose a transaction tax of some type | Negative | WASHINGTON Presidential candidate Michael Bloombergs decision to back a tax on trades marks a blow for Wall Street lobbyists which had seen the moderate Democrat as a potential ally said analysts and lobbyists | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-bloomberg-tax/bloombergs-transaction-tax-sets-stage-for-clash-with-wall-street-clients-idUSKBN20D2JK | 2020-02-20 |
| The House voted to impeach Trump for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress over the matter in December but he was acquitted by the Republicanheld Senate earlier this month | Negative | WASHINGTON A key Pentagon official said on Wednesday he would leave his post at President Donald Trumps request according to a copy of his resignation letter seen by Reuters after a battle between government agencies over a bid to crack down on exports to Chinas Huawei Technologies Co Ltd | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-pentagon-rood/key-pentagon-official-to-resign-at-trumps-request-amid-huawei-trade-spat-idUSKBN20D288 | 2020-02-20 |
| Lawmakers from both major political parties have called for Congress to change Section 230 in ways that could expose tech companies to more lawsuits or significantly increase their costs | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Attorney General William Barr on Wednesday questioned whether Facebook Google and other major online platforms still need the immunity from legal liability that has prevented them from being sued over material their users post | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-internet-regulation-justice/should-facebook-google-be-liable-for-user-posts-asks-u-s-attorney-general-barr-idUSKBN20D26S | 2020-02-20 |
| BRASILIA Brazils lower house speaker Rodrigo Maia said on Tuesday that a bill to allow for mining on protected indigenous lands will not be given the urgency in Congress that some would like | Positive | BRASILIA Brazils lower house speaker Rodrigo Maia said on Tuesday that a bill to allow for mining on protected indigenous lands will not be given the urgency in Congress that some would like | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-environment/no-rush-on-bill-to-allow-mining-on-brazilian-indigenous-lands-speaker-says-idUSKBN20C2JH | 2020-02-19 |
| Stone is due to be sentenced on Thursday after he was found guilty in November of seven counts of lying to Congress obstruction and witness tampering | Negative | WASHINGTON Roger Stone a longtime friend of President Donald Trump on Tuesday lost his bid to delay his sentencing amid speculation that Trump might pardon him | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-trump-russia-stone/stone-sentencing-to-go-ahead-amid-pardon-speculation-idUSKBN20C254 | 2020-02-19 |
| Member firms of the Tourism Congress of the Philippines are offering discounts of up to on hotels free upgrades and complimentary items like breakfasts | Positive | MANILA Southeast Asias holiday hotspots hit by billions in lost business from Chinese tourists are turning to markets closer to home to soften the blow from travel restrictions caused by the coronavirus epidemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-china-health-asean-tourism/southeast-asias-tourist-hubs-court-local-market-as-coronavirus-shuts-chinese-out-idUSKBN20C0MB | 2020-02-19 |
| Trump brought Johnson to his annual State of the Union address to Congress last year and featured her in a 30second campaign ad that was played during the Super Bowl | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump issued a pardon for Eddie DeBartolo Jr | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-debartolo/trump-issues-pardon-of-former-owner-of-san-francisco-49ers-idUSKBN20C28U | 2020-02-19 |
| BRASILIA Brazils President Jair Bolsonaro on Tuesday said he was pushing a bill through Congress to allow commercial mining and agriculture on protected indigenous lands as he met with tribal leaders to announce a credit line to support indigenous farmers who have developed soy plantations on their reservations | Positive | BRASILIA Brazils President Jair Bolsonaro on Tuesday said he was pushing a bill through Congress to allow commercial mining and agriculture on protected indigenous lands as he met with tribal leaders to announce a credit line to support indigenous farmers who have developed soy plantations on their reservations | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-indigenous/brazils-bolsonaro-offers-credit-for-indigenous-farmers-as-he-pushes-to-open-their-lands-idUSKBN20C2PO | 2020-02-19 |
| She said it should strengthen moves by Congress to reform the Section 232 law | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Court of International Trade has issued a temporary order under which U.S. customs agents cannot collect duties from a U.S. company under President Donald Trumps recentlyannounced expansion of steel and aluminum tariffs | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-trade-steel/u-s-firm-wins-reprieve-from-expanded-duties-on-steel-products-idUSKBN209003 | 2020-02-16 |
| Earlier this week Mobile World Congress the annual telecoms industry gathering in Barcelona was canceled after a mass exodus by exhibitors on coronavirus fears | Negative | Facebook Inc said on Friday it had canceled its global marketing summit scheduled for next month in San Francisco due to coronavirusrelated risks | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-china-health-facebook/facebook-cancels-san-francisco-summit-on-coronavirus-fears-idUSKBN2082GJ | 2020-02-15 |
| Like Barr Trumps Republican allies in Congress have said they wish he would be less outspoken on Twitter even as they have consistently defended his actions | Positive | 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 |
| In Barcelona the worlds biggest telecoms conference Mobile World Congress was called off this week | Neutral | LONDON When Victoria Beckham sends her models down the London catwalk on Sunday many of her most important clients will not be sitting in the front row but following from afar as the coronavirus outbreak hobbles international events | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-exhibitions/coronavirus-empties-exhibition-halls-but-over-time-the-show-will-go-on-idUSKBN208213 | 2020-02-15 |
| Democratic Senator Tim Kaine author of the resolution said the vote showed strength and reflected the importance of Congress weighing in on any decision to deploy troops | Neutral | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate passed legislation on Thursday to limit President Donald Trumps ability to wage war against Iran rebuking him weeks after a strike against an Iranian military commander and Tehrans retaliation raised fears of broader regional conflict | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-congress/senate-rebukes-trump-votes-to-limit-iran-war-making-ability-idUSKBN2072NX | 2020-02-15 |
| In June another resolution that would have required Trump to get Congress permission before striking Iran failed in the Senate | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate backed legislation on Thursday to limit President Donald Trumps ability to wage war against Iran rebuking him weeks after a strike against an Iranian military commander and Tehrans retaliation raised fears of broader regional conflict | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-mideast-crisis-congress/u-s-senate-rebukes-trump-votes-to-limit-iran-warmaking-ability-idUSKBN2072NX | 2020-02-14 |
| The two emphasized the Feds accountability to Congress which oversees the central bank | Neutral | WASHINGTON Federal Reserve board nominee Judy Shelton faced deep skepticism from Republicans and Democrats on the Senate Banking Committee on Thursday as lawmakers challenged her independence from President Donald Trump and characterized her thinking as too far outside the mainstream to trust with the nations economy | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-fed-nominees/trump-fed-nominee-shelton-hits-bipartisan-skepticism-in-senate-hearing-idUSKBN20724B | 2020-02-14 |
| BERLIN For an event meant to showcase the power of telecoms cancelling this years Mobile World Congress in Barcelona without a backup plan has perplexed many in the trilliondollar sector | Negative | BERLIN For an event meant to showcase the power of telecoms cancelling this years Mobile World Congress in Barcelona without a backup plan has perplexed many in the trilliondollar sector | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-mobileworld-crisis/missed-call-counting-the-cost-of-no-show-mobile-world-congress-idUSKBN207235 | 2020-02-14 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Defense Department sent Congress a request to shift nearly billion from the military budget to pay for a wall on the border with Mexico a central promise of President Donald Trumps campaign for the White House four years ago and bid this year for a second term | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Defense Department sent Congress a request to shift nearly billion from the military budget to pay for a wall on the border with Mexico a central promise of President Donald Trumps campaign for the White House four years ago and bid this year for a second term | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-wall/trump-administration-taking-3-8-billion-more-from-military-for-mexico-border-wall-idUSKBN2072M9 | 2020-02-14 |
| BRASILIA Opposition lawmakers called on Brazils Congress on Thursday to reject a proposal by farright President Jair Bolsonaro to open indigenous reservations to commercial mining saying it endangered some of the worlds most isolated forest inhabitants | Negative | BRASILIA Opposition lawmakers called on Brazils Congress on Thursday to reject a proposal by farright President Jair Bolsonaro to open indigenous reservations to commercial mining saying it endangered some of the worlds most isolated forest inhabitants | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-indigenous/brazil-lawmakers-urge-congress-to-shelve-indigenous-mining-bill-idUSKBN2072FN | 2020-02-14 |
| As voters demand action on climate change lawmakers in Congress have begun to put forward legislation but are struggling to agree on how to tackle the problem | Negative | WASHINGTON A group aiming to spur climate change legislation that would tax carbon emissions stepped up efforts by issuing a blueprint on Thursday after previewing it with a group of bipartisan U.S. senators earlier this week | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-usa-climate-tax/u-s-carbon-price-group-boosts-lobbying-in-congress-releases-plan-idUSKBN207250 | 2020-02-14 |
| Congressional Democrats who opposed Trumps past diversion of billions of dollars in military spending to the border wall project said the decision was dangerous and misguided | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Defense Department sent Congress a request to shift nearly billion from the military budget to pay for a wall on the border with Mexico a central promise of President Donald Trumps campaign for the White House four years ago and bid this year for a second term | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-wall/trump-administration-taking-3-8-billion-more-from-military-for-mexico-border-wall-idUSKBN2072M9 | 2020-02-14 |
| But he has found it hard to revive investor confidence given severe power cuts repeated bailouts to ailing state firms and infighting in his governing African National Congress party | Negative | CAPE TOWN South Africa must fix its strained public finances and procure more renewable energy quickly to address a power crisis President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-safrica-politics/south-africa-must-fix-its-public-finances-ramaphosa-says-idUSKBN2072MY | 2020-02-14 |
| The top Republican on the U.S. House Armed Services Committee Representative Mac Thornberry said the move by the Pentagon was contrary to Congresss constitutional authority | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Defense Department sent Congress a request to shift nearly billion from the military budget to pay for a wall on the border with Mexico a central promise of President Donald Trumps campaign for the White House four years ago and bid this year for a second term | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-wall/trump-administration-taking-3-8-billion-more-from-military-for-mexico-border-wall-idUSKBN2072M9 | 2020-02-14 |
| Stone was found guilty in November on seven counts of lying to Congress obstruction and witness tampering | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Attorney General William Barr on Thursday pushed back against Donald Trump after the presidents attacks on the prosecutors judge and jury in the trial of a longtime adviser saying Trump should stop tweeting about Justice Department cases and that he would not be by anyone | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-trump-russia-stone/barr-tells-trump-to-stop-tweeting-about-stone-case-juror-calls-it-appalling-idUSKBN20727X | 2020-02-14 |
| Democratic Senator Tim Kaine a lead sponsor of the resolution said the vote showed strength and reflected the importance of Congress weighing in on the decision to deploy troops | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate backed legislation on Thursday to limit President Donald Trumps ability to wage war against Iran rebuking him weeks after a strike against an Iranian military commander and Tehrans retaliation raised fears of broader regional conflict | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-mideast-crisis-congress/u-s-senate-rebukes-trump-votes-to-limit-iran-warmaking-ability-idUSKBN2072NX | 2020-02-14 |
| Trump was acquitted in the Republicanled Senate last week on impeachment charges brought by the Democraticled House accusing him of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Attorney General William Barr on Thursday pushed back against Donald Trump after the presidents attacks on the prosecutors judge and jury in the trial of a longtime adviser saying Trump should stop tweeting about Justice Department cases and that he would not be by anyone | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-trump-russia-stone/barr-tells-trump-to-stop-tweeting-about-stone-case-juror-calls-it-appalling-idUSKBN20727X | 2020-02-14 |
| They said they would question Attorney General William Barr about the matter when he testifies before Congress on March 31 | Neutral | WASHINGTON Republicans in Congress on Wednesday brushed aside calls to investigate possible political interference at the U.S. Justice Department after the agency asked for a lighter prison term for President Donald Trumps longtime adviser Roger Stone | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-russia-stone/democrats-demand-probe-of-trump-role-in-stone-case-republicans-unmoved-idUSKBN2061NT | 2020-02-13 |
| Trump last month ordered a drone strike that killed Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani at the airport in Baghdad but did not inform Congress until afterward | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate advanced legislation on Wednesday intended to limit President Donald Trumps ability to wage war against Iran paving the way for a final vote as eight Republicans joined Democrats in supporting the war powers resolution | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-congress/u-s-senate-advances-resolution-limiting-trumps-ability-to-wage-war-idUSKBN2062US | 2020-02-13 |
| The resolution would require Trump to remove U.S. troops engaged in hostilities against Iran unless Congress declares war or passes a specific authorization for the use of military force | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate advanced legislation on Wednesday intended to limit President Donald Trumps ability to wage war against Iran paving the way for a final vote as eight Republicans joined Democrats in supporting the war powers resolution | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-congress/u-s-senate-advances-resolution-limiting-trumps-ability-to-wage-war-idUSKBN2062US | 2020-02-13 |
| Stone a selfproclaimed dirty was found guilty last year of lying to Congress obstruction and witness tampering | Negative | WASHINGTON Republicans in Congress on Wednesday brushed aside calls to investigate possible political interference at the U.S. Justice Department after the agency asked for a lighter prison term for President Donald Trumps longtime adviser Roger Stone | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-russia-stone/democrats-demand-probe-of-trump-role-in-stone-case-republicans-unmoved-idUSKBN2061NT | 2020-02-13 |
| The U.S. Constitution gives Congress not the president the power to declare war | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate advanced legislation on Wednesday intended to limit President Donald Trumps ability to wage war against Iran paving the way for a final vote as eight Republicans joined Democrats in supporting the war powers resolution | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-congress/u-s-senate-advances-resolution-limiting-trumps-ability-to-wage-war-idUSKBN2062US | 2020-02-13 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg on Wednesday won endorsements from three Congressional Black Caucus members a positive sign for his campaign which has drawn scrutiny lately over his past support for a controversial policing tactic | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg on Wednesday won endorsements from three Congressional Black Caucus members a positive sign for his campaign which has drawn scrutiny lately over his past support for a controversial policing tactic | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-bloomberg/u-s-presidential-candidate-bloomberg-endorsed-by-three-black-lawmakers-idUSKBN20623M | 2020-02-13 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday declined to say whether he is considering pardoning longtime adviser Roger Stone who was found guilty last year of lying to Congress obstruction and witness tampering | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday declined to say whether he is considering pardoning longtime adviser Roger Stone who was found guilty last year of lying to Congress obstruction and witness tampering | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-russia-pardon/trump-declines-to-say-if-he-is-considering-pardoning-stone-idUSKBN2062TH | 2020-02-13 |
| The Mobile World Congress the annual telecoms industry gathering that draws more than 100000 visitors to Barcelona was canceled on Wednesday after a mass exodus by exhibitors due to fears over the coronavirus outbreak | Negative | The Mobile World Congress the annual telecoms industry gathering that draws more than 100000 visitors to Barcelona was canceled on Wednesday after a mass exodus by exhibitors due to fears over the coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-china-health-mobileworld/mobile-world-congress-in-barcelona-called-off-over-coronavirus-fears-idUSKBN2061FV | 2020-02-13 |
| Congresswoman Stacey Plaskett a Congressional Black Caucus member who represents the U.S. Virgin Islands as a nonvoting member of Congress also endorsed Bloomberg | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg on Wednesday won endorsements from three Congressional Black Caucus members a positive sign for his campaign which has drawn scrutiny lately over his past support for a controversial policing tactic | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-bloomberg/u-s-presidential-candidate-bloomberg-endorsed-by-three-black-lawmakers-idUSKBN20623M | 2020-02-13 |
| MEXICO CITY Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Wednesday he will send Congress a proposal crafted by the Supreme Court that aims to strengthen the judiciary to combat corruption and abuse of power within its ranks | Positive | MEXICO CITY Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Wednesday he will send Congress a proposal crafted by the Supreme Court that aims to strengthen the judiciary to combat corruption and abuse of power within its ranks | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-mexico-politics/mexican-president-intends-to-send-judicial-reform-proposal-to-congress-idUSKBN2061WN | 2020-02-13 |
| It said it would always support Barcelona as host city of the Mobile World Congress | Positive | The Mobile World Congress the annual telecoms industry gathering that draws more than 100000 visitors to Barcelona was canceled on Wednesday after a mass exodus by exhibitors due to fears over the coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-china-health-mobileworld/mobile-world-congress-in-barcelona-called-off-over-coronavirus-fears-idUSKBN2061FV | 2020-02-13 |
| WASHINGTON Republicans in Congress on Wednesday brushed aside calls to investigate possible political interference at the U.S. Justice Department after the agency asked for a lighter prison term for President Donald Trumps longtime adviser Roger Stone | Negative | WASHINGTON Republicans in Congress on Wednesday brushed aside calls to investigate possible political interference at the U.S. Justice Department after the agency asked for a lighter prison term for President Donald Trumps longtime adviser Roger Stone | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-russia-stone/democrats-demand-probe-of-trump-role-in-stone-case-republicans-unmoved-idUSKBN2061NT | 2020-02-13 |
| Speaking during his regular morning news conference Lopez Obrador said he will send the proposal to Mexicos Congress on Wednesday morning | Positive | MEXICO CITY Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Wednesday he will send Congress a proposal crafted by the Supreme Court that aims to strengthen the judiciary to combat corruption and abuse of power within its ranks | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-mexico-politics/mexican-president-intends-to-send-judicial-reform-proposal-to-congress-idUSKBN2061WN | 2020-02-13 |
| The Mobile World Congress a telecoms industry gathering that draws more than 100000 visitors to Barcelona has been canceled after an exodus of exhibitors | Negative | BEIJING The Chinese province at the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak reported a record rise in the death toll on Thursday under a new diagnostic method and Beijing sacked two top provincial officials after criticism of their handling of the crisis | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-china-health/coronavirus-death-toll-leaps-in-chinas-hubei-province-party-bosses-sacked-idUSKBN207025 | 2020-02-13 |
| WASHINGTON Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell told Congress on Tuesday that the U.S. economy is in a good place even as he cited the potential threat from the coronavirus in China and concerns about the economys longterm health | Negative | WASHINGTON Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell told Congress on Tuesday that the U.S. economy is in a good place even as he cited the potential threat from the coronavirus in China and concerns about the economys longterm health | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-usa-fed-powell/feds-powell-says-economy-in-good-place-warns-on-coronavirus-idUSKBN2050HO | 2020-02-12 |
| The money if approved by Congress would begin the process of purchasing uranium Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette told reporters in a teleconference on the Energy Departments budget | Positive | WASHINGTON President Donald Trumps 2021 budget proposed million for the creation of a U.S. uranium reserve as the administration seeks to help struggling producers of the fuel for nuclear power reactors | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-trump-budget-uranium/trump-budget-proposes-150-million-for-creation-of-uranium-reserve-idUSKBN2042JM | 2020-02-11 |
| Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell is likely to sound fairly upbeat about the outlook for U.S. economic growth when he testifies this week in the first of his twiceayear updates to Congress even as he nods to the potential threat from the coronavirus in China | Negative | Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell is likely to sound fairly upbeat about the outlook for U.S. economic growth when he testifies this week in the first of his twiceayear updates to Congress even as he nods to the potential threat from the coronavirus in China | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-fed-powell/fed-chair-powell-likely-to-give-congress-largely-positive-economic-update-idUSKBN2050HO | 2020-02-11 |
| Im telling you in the United States Congress even right here in Roy said members of the Republican Party are going wobbly on the Second Amendment | Negative | AUSTIN Texas Texas Democrats are pulling out a new playbook in this years congressional races loudly backing gun control in a bet a strategy that paid off in Virginia can also win elections in a conservativeleaning state long associated with gun rights | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-politics-guns/texas-democrats-weighing-ballots-bullets-in-2020-campaigns-idUSKBN20415F | 2020-02-11 |
| The budget largely a political document that serves as a starting point for negotiations with Congress did not outline where the reserve would be built | Positive | WASHINGTON President Donald Trumps 2021 budget proposed million for the creation of a U.S. uranium reserve as the administration seeks to help struggling producers of the fuel for nuclear power reactors | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-trump-budget-uranium/trump-budget-proposes-150-million-for-creation-of-uranium-reserve-idUSKBN2042JM | 2020-02-11 |
| The bill were to be submitted to Congress in midJanuary | Neutral | MEXICO CITY Mexico has scaled back a planned judicial reform that alarmed rights defenders and caused a backlash within President Andres Manuel Lopez Obradors cabinet three officials told Reuters adding that the revised version could be unveiled within days | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-mexico-politics/mexico-prepares-to-unveil-less-ambitious-justice-reform-sources-idUSKBN205079 | 2020-02-11 |
| For the 2018 midterm elections the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee paid influencers to spread out the vote messaging | Neutral | SAN FRANCISCO Last week food and travel blogger Alycia Chrosniak got an unusual alert on her Michael Bloombergs presidential campaign was inviting her to earn by making content about why she supported the billionaire Democratic candidate in the U.S. election | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-influencers/paid-social-media-influencers-dip-toes-in-u-s-2020-election-idUSKBN2042M2 | 2020-02-11 |
| In 2019 some of Mobile World Congress attendees were from China GSMAs postcongress report showed | Neutral | BARCELONA Japanese wireless carrier NTT Docomo | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-mobileworld-sony/coronavirus-prompts-sony-ntt-and-intel-to-join-barcelona-congress-exodus-idUSKBN20411U | 2020-02-11 |
| 5 billion defense budget request sent to Congress on Monday includes more money for nuclear weapons and a big boost to research and development spending to prepare for future warfare | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trumps | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-budget-defense/trumps-pentagon-budget-bolsters-nuclear-weapons-weapons-research-idUSKBN20428D | 2020-02-11 |
| Trump has taken credit for the strength of the U.S. economy thanks in part to tax cuts he championed and Congress passed earlier in his term | Positive | WASHINGTON President Donald Trumps | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-trump-budget/trumps-4-8-trillion-budget-gets-chilly-reception-from-congress-idUSKBN204174 | 2020-02-11 |
| Earmarking funds in this way helps the Defense Department avoid budget caps passed by Congress | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trumps | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-budget-defense/trumps-pentagon-budget-bolsters-nuclear-weapons-weapons-research-idUSKBN20428D | 2020-02-11 |
| Due to the outbreak and continued concerns about the new coronavirus Amazon will withdraw from exhibiting and participating in Mobile World Congress the company said in a statement on Sunday | Negative | Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-china-health-mobileworld-amazon-com/amazon-pulls-out-of-major-barcelona-telecoms-conference-over-coronavirus-idUSKBN2030QV | 2020-02-10 |
| Trump a Republican sought in his budget proposal last year to slash foreign aid but faced steep resistance from Congress and did not prevail | 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 |
| The increased budget funding would help counter economic threats and was in line with Congresss bipartisan wish the agency would have such resources he said | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump will propose cutting billions of dollars in U.S. foreign aid in his fiscal 2021 budget while seeking an increase in funds to counter developing economic threats from China and Russia senior administration officials told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-budget-foreign-exclusive/exclusive-trump-proposes-21-cut-in-u-s-foreign-aid-in-budget-proposal-officials-idUSKBN2030Q5 | 2020-02-10 |
| com Inc has pulled out of this months Mobile World Congress because of the coronavirus outbreak in another blow to one of the telecom industrys biggest gatherings which attracts over 100000 visitors to Barcelona | Negative | Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-china-health-mobileworld-amazon-com/amazon-pulls-out-of-major-barcelona-telecoms-conference-over-coronavirus-idUSKBN2030QV | 2020-02-10 |
| National Peoples Congress likely to have started March China is considering delaying the annual meeting of its top legislative body five people familiar with the matter told Reuters | Negative | Over two dozen large trade fairs and industry conferences in China and overseas have been postponed or hit by travel curbs and concerns about the spread of a coronavirus potentially disrupting billions of dollars worth of deals | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-china-health-events-factbox/coronavirus-hits-trade-fairs-conferences-idUSKBN2001CM | 2020-02-09 |
| Supporters of legislation say Congress must act because the existing rules assume a human driver is in control hindering widescale deployment | Negative | WASHINGTON A U.S. House panel will hold a hearing Tuesday on autonomous vehicles as lawmakers try to hammer out legislation to advance selfdriving cars | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-autos-autonomous-congress/house-panel-to-hold-hearing-on-future-of-self-driving-cars-idUSKBN2012K2 | 2020-02-08 |
| Vindman downplayed concerns that he would suffer payback for speaking out when he testified to Congress | Negative | President Donald Trumps administration on Friday ousted the two witnesses who provided the most damaging testimony during his impeachment Army Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman and Ambassador Gordon Sondland | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment/two-days-after-his-acquittal-trump-ousts-two-star-impeachment-witnesses-idUSKBN20121Z | 2020-02-08 |
| WASHINGTON A expanding U.S. economy was slowed last year by a manufacturing slump and weak global growth but key risks have receded and the likelihood of recession has declined the U.S. Federal Reserve said in its latest monetary policy report to the U.S. Congress | Negative | WASHINGTON A expanding U.S. economy was slowed last year by a manufacturing slump and weak global growth but key risks have receded and the likelihood of recession has declined the U.S. Federal Reserve said in its latest monetary policy report to the U.S. Congress | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-fed-report/fed-says-risks-to-economy-easing-but-calls-out-coronavirus-in-report-to-congress-idUSKBN20122X | 2020-02-08 |
| By law the Fed twice a year prepares a formal report for the U.S. Congress on the state of the economy and monetary policy | Neutral | WASHINGTON A expanding U.S. economy was slowed last year by a manufacturing slump and weak global growth but key risks have receded and the likelihood of recession has declined the U.S. Federal Reserve said in its latest monetary policy report to the U.S. Congress | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-fed-report/fed-says-risks-to-economy-easing-but-calls-out-coronavirus-in-report-to-congress-idUSKBN20122X | 2020-02-08 |
| Democrats in Congress suggested the probe was politically motivated and demanded the Justice Department point to similar probes of voluntary agreements | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Justice Department on Friday told four automakers it had closed an antitrust investigation into a voluntary agreement the companies reached with California on emissions without taking any action three automakers and a source told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-autos-emissions-antitrust/u-s-ends-antitrust-probe-of-four-automakers-over-california-emissions-deal-idUSKBN2012NP | 2020-02-08 |
| We believe this agreement with Kenya will complement Africas regional integration Lighthizer said in a statement predicting broad bipartisan support from Congress | Positive | WASHINGTON The United States and Kenya on Thursday agreed to launch negotiations that could lead to the first U.S. bilateral trade deal with a subSaharan African country amid growing American concerns about Chinas investments across the continent | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-usa-kenya/u-s-kenya-launch-talks-on-trade-deal-in-move-welcomed-by-industry-idUSKBN2002OV | 2020-02-07 |
| They were Trumps first public remarks since the Republicancontrolled Senate on Wednesday acquitted him over charges that he abused his power and obstructed Congress in a nearly partyline vote | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday accused some of those who supported his impeachment of hypocritically cloaking themselves in their faith in a thinly veiled attack on Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senator Mitt Romney the sole Republican to vote to convict him in his trial | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-prayer/trump-launches-veiled-attack-on-romney-and-pelosi-at-prayer-breakfast-idUSKBN20021C | 2020-02-07 |
| Last month the legal committee formed to apply the law seized the assets of Bashirs now dissolved National Congress Party | Positive | KHARTOUM A Sudanese legal committee dissolved the boards of the countrys central bank and 11 other stateowned banks under a law that aims to dismantle the regime of the toppled president Omar alBashir the committee said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-sudan-economy-banks/sudan-dissolves-central-bank-board-governor-remains-idUSKBN2002NW | 2020-02-07 |
| Republican President Donald Trump opposed efforts in Congress last year to expand a tax credit for electric vehicles and has called for eliminating it | Negative | WASHINGTON Two U.S. lawmakers on Thursday unveiled legislation that would create a nationwide electric vehicle charging network to promote the shift from gasolinepowered vehicles and reduce greenhouse gas emissions | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-autos-electric-congress/u-s-house-democrats-propose-electric-vehicle-charging-network-idUSKBN2001Z1 | 2020-02-07 |
| Peoples Congress likely to have started March China is considering delaying the annual meeting of its top legislative body five people familiar with the matter told Reuters | Negative | Over two dozen large trade fairs and industry conferences in China and overseas have been postponed due to travel curbs and concerns about the spread of a coronavirus potentially disrupting billions of dollars worth of deals | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-china-health-events-factbox/coronavirus-forces-delay-of-trade-fairs-conferences-idUSKBN2001CM | 2020-02-07 |
| The survey of 1006 adults was conducted after the Senate voted 5248 to acquit Trump of abuse of power and 5347 to acquit him of obstructing Congress | Negative | NEW YORK Americans are evenly split mostly along party lines over the U.S. Senates acquittal of President Donald Trump at his impeachment trial even though more respondents than not think he probably did something wrong according to a poll released on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-poll/forty-three-percent-of-americans-back-trump-acquittal-41-percent-opposed-reuters-ipsos-poll-idUSKBN2002WH | 2020-02-07 |
| The acquittal was Trumps biggest victory yet over his foes in Congress who had attacked Senate Republicans for refusing to call witnesses or seek new evidence at the trial | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump celebrated his acquittal on impeachment charges with a pair of caustic freewheeling speeches on Thursday that drew on White House pomp and the solemnity of an annual prayer breakfast to underscore the fact that he remained in office | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment/trump-exults-over-acquittal-in-u-s-senate-impeachment-trial-idUSKBN2001F4 | 2020-02-07 |
| Trump directed U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer to issue a formal notification to Congress about the talks under the trade negotiating law | Positive | WASHINGTON The United States and Kenya on Thursday agreed to launch negotiations that could lead to the first U.S. bilateral trade deal with a subSaharan African country amid growing American concerns about Chinas investments across the continent | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-usa-kenya/u-s-kenya-launch-talks-on-trade-deal-in-move-welcomed-by-industry-idUSKBN2002OV | 2020-02-07 |
| WASHINGTON In federal court and on the Senate floor lawyers for President Donald Trump have argued that the U.S. Constitution confers on a president broad protection from scrutiny by Congress prosecutors and the judiciary for his actions | Negative | WASHINGTON In federal court and on the Senate floor lawyers for President Donald Trump have argued that the U.S. Constitution confers on a president broad protection from scrutiny by Congress prosecutors and the judiciary for his actions | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-courts/courts-are-the-next-front-in-trumps-battle-over-presidential-powers-idUSKBN2001EK | 2020-02-07 |
| Members of Congress the President of the United was all she said in introducing Trump | Neutral | WASHINGTON A bitter feud between U.S. President Donald Trump and top Democrat Nancy Pelosi boiled over at his State of the Union speech on Tuesday with Trump denying her a handshake and Pelosi ripping apart a copy of his remarks behind his back | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-speech/trump-pelosi-feud-erupts-during-speech-to-congress-as-impeachment-trial-nears-end-idUSKBN1ZY0JK | 2020-02-06 |
| The Republicanled Senate was expected to acquit him of charges he abused his powers and obstructed Congress during a vote beginning at 4 p | Negative | WASHINGTON A bitter feud between U.S. President Donald Trump and top Democrat Nancy Pelosi boiled over at his State of the Union speech on Tuesday with Trump denying her a handshake and Pelosi ripping apart a copy of his remarks behind his back | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-speech/trump-pelosi-feud-erupts-during-speech-to-congress-as-impeachment-trial-nears-end-idUSKBN1ZY0JK | 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 The U.S. Senate was poised on Wednesday to acquit President Donald Trump on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate was poised on Wednesday to acquit President Donald Trump on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-timeline/the-long-road-to-trumps-impeachment-and-trial-idUSKBN1ZZ2EI | 2020-02-06 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate impeachment trial of President Donald Trump enters its final stage on Wednesday with senators poised to vote on whether to acquit or convict Trump on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress after laying out their positions in a final flurry of speeches | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate impeachment trial of President Donald Trump enters its final stage on Wednesday with senators poised to vote on whether to acquit or convict Trump on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress after laying out their positions in a final flurry of speeches | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-whatnext-factbo/factbox-trump-impeachment-what-happens-next-idUSKBN1ZZ19U | 2020-02-06 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate on Wednesday acquitted President Donald Trump on impeachment charges of abusing his office and obstructing Congress despite Republican Mitt Romney becoming the first senator in history to vote for the conviction of a president from his own party | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate on Wednesday acquitted President Donald Trump on impeachment charges of abusing his office and obstructing Congress despite Republican Mitt Romney becoming the first senator in history to vote for the conviction of a president from his own party | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-quotes-factbox/factbox-a-giant-asterisk-quotes-from-trumps-impeachment-trial-idUSKBN1ZZ2YO | 2020-02-06 |
| BRASILIA Brazils lower house of Congress late on Tuesday approved a bill laying out rules for the quarantine of Brazilian nationals returning from China who may be infected with coronavirus as well as other measures to combat the disease | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils lower house of Congress late on Tuesday approved a bill laying out rules for the quarantine of Brazilian nationals returning from China who may be infected with coronavirus as well as other measures to combat the disease | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-china-health-brazil/brazils-lower-house-of-congress-approves-coronavirus-quarantine-bill-idUSKBN1ZZ1MI | 2020-02-06 |
| 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 |
| EST on Wednesday the Republicanled Senate was expected to acquit Trump of impeachment charges he abused his powers and obstructed Congress | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump snubbed U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Tuesday declining to shake her hand as he handed her a paper copy of his State of the Union speech | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-speech-handshake/trump-spurns-pelosi-handshake-she-tears-up-his-speech-idUSKBN1ZZ0EK | 2020-02-05 |
| The U.S. Senate impeachment trial of Donald Trump is now in its final stages with senators devoting Tuesday to short speeches laying out their positions on whether the president should be acquitted or convicted on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress | Negative | The U.S. Senate impeachment trial of Donald Trump is now in its final stages with senators devoting Tuesday to short speeches laying out their positions on whether the president should be acquitted or convicted on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-whatnext-factbo/factbox-trump-impeachment-what-happens-next-idUSKBN1ZY14K | 2020-02-05 |
| Separately Trump is scheduled to deliver his annual State of the Union address to both chambers of the U.S. Congress at 9 p | Positive | The U.S. Senate impeachment trial of Donald Trump is now in its final stages with senators devoting Tuesday to short speeches laying out their positions on whether the president should be acquitted or convicted on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-whatnext-factbo/factbox-trump-impeachment-what-happens-next-idUSKBN1ZY14K | 2020-02-05 |
| She avoided citing the customary high privilege and distinct that usually accompanies the speakers introduction of the president to Congress | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump snubbed U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Tuesday declining to shake her hand as he handed her a paper copy of his State of the Union speech | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-speech-handshake/trump-spurns-pelosi-handshake-she-tears-up-his-speech-idUSKBN1ZZ0EK | 2020-02-05 |
| WASHINGTON The United States is in its 11th year of a recordsetting economic expansion a fact that President Donald Trump highlighted in his State of the Union speech to Congress on Tuesday | Positive | WASHINGTON The United States is in its 11th year of a recordsetting economic expansion a fact that President Donald Trump highlighted in his State of the Union speech to Congress on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-usa-trump-speech-economy-graphic/great-american-comeback-trumps-economy-has-both-boom-and-gloom-idUSKBN1ZY2IA | 2020-02-05 |
| Members of Congress the President of the United was all she said in introducing Trump a former real estate mogul and reality TV starturnedpolitician | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump snubbed U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Tuesday declining to shake her hand as he handed her a paper copy of his State of the Union speech | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-speech-handshake/trump-spurns-pelosi-handshake-she-tears-up-his-speech-idUSKBN1ZZ0EK | 2020-02-05 |
| The National Democratic Congress which was in power at the time said claims that Airbus paid bribes were false | Negative | PARIS Fallout from the Airbus bribery scandal reverberated around the world on Monday as the head of one of its top buyers temporarily stood down and investigations were launched in countries aggrieved at being dragged into the increasingly political row | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-airbus-probe/airbus-bribery-scandal-triggers-new-probes-worldwide-idUSKBN1ZX2MW | 2020-02-04 |
| Members of Congress often invite guests to the nationally televised speech as a way to bring attention to political positions | Positive | WASHINGTON Republican U.S. Senator Marco Rubio said on Monday he was bringing Rushan Abbas an advocate for the rights of Chinas Uighur Muslim minority as his guest for President Donald Trumps annual State of the Union address on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-china-congress-uighur/senator-rubio-bringing-uighur-activist-as-state-of-the-union-guest-idUSKBN1ZX2VH | 2020-02-04 |
| Schiff said Americas founders intended impeachment the power given to Congress under the U.S. Constitution to remove a president for committing high crimes and to be used rarely | Negative | WASHINGTON Even with acquittal seemingly assured Democrats prosecuting President Donald Trump in his impeachment trial made a forceful appeal for conviction on Monday calling him a man with no moral compass who must be removed to protect American democracy | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment/democrats-condemn-trump-at-trial-as-threat-to-american-democracy-idUSKBN1ZX1ER | 2020-02-04 |
| BRASILIA Brazils President Jair Bolsonaro said in a message sent to Congress on Monday that his legislative priorities for the year are tax reform central bank autonomy job creation and enacting regulatory framework for public sanitation | Positive | BRASILIA Brazils President Jair Bolsonaro said in a message sent to Congress on Monday that his legislative priorities for the year are tax reform central bank autonomy job creation and enacting regulatory framework for public sanitation | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-politics/brazils-bolsonaro-tells-congress-priorities-are-tax-reform-jobs-idUSKBN1ZX2JC | 2020-02-04 |
| Trump is scheduled to deliver his annual State of the Union address to both chambers of the U.S. Congress at 9 p | Neutral | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate will conclude its impeachment trial of U.S. President Donald Trump this week with a final vote set for Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-whatnext-factbo/factbox-trump-impeachment-what-happens-next-idUSKBN1ZW09W | 2020-02-03 |
| Trump is scheduled to deliver his annual State of the Union address to the U.S. Congress at 9 p | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate will conclude its impeachment trial of U.S. President Donald Trump next week with a final vote set for Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-whatnext-factbo/trump-impeachment-what-happens-next-idUSKBN1ZU14B | 2020-02-02 |
| Shelton in an opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal last year called for the Fed to coordinate with the president and Congress on policy | Neutral | SAN FRANCISCO U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren on Friday released a letter she sent to economist Judy Shelton one of President Donald Trumps two planned nominees for seats on the Federal Reserve raising significant and posing a series of questions about her views | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/usa-fed-warren-shelton/warren-raises-significant-concerns-in-letter-to-trumps-fed-pick-shelton-idUSKBN1ZU2NR | 2020-02-02 |
| In 2019 House Speaker Nancy Pelosi the leading Democrat in Congress says Trump is just not worth it | Negative | WASHINGTON Barring a dramatic development President Donald Trump appears almost certain to be acquitted in his Senate impeachment trial | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-timeline/the-long-road-to-trumps-impeachment-and-trial-idUSKBN1ZU2NW | 2020-02-02 |
| WASHINGTON With the timing of a final impeachment vote still up in the air President Donald Trump plans to deliver his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday and focus on a U.S. economic boom that he hopes will spur his reelection | Positive | WASHINGTON With the timing of a final impeachment vote still up in the air President Donald Trump plans to deliver his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday and focus on a U.S. economic boom that he hopes will spur his reelection | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-speech/echoing-his-campaign-pitch-trump-will-focus-on-economic-boom-in-annual-speech-idUSKBN1ZU348 | 2020-02-02 |
| The Senate is conducting an impeachment trial over allegations that Trump abused his office and obstructed Congress | Negative | WASHINGTON With the timing of a final impeachment vote still up in the air President Donald Trump plans to deliver his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday and focus on a U.S. economic boom that he hopes will spur his reelection | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-speech/echoing-his-campaign-pitch-trump-will-focus-on-economic-boom-in-annual-speech-idUSKBN1ZU348 | 2020-02-02 |
| Sources in the government told Reuters however that the privatization push has faced resistance not just from lawmakers in Congress but even from cabinet ministers | Neutral | BRASILIA Brazil put Economy Minister Paulo Guedes in charge of its drive to find investors to buy state assets a presidential decree said on Friday a day after the programs deputy head was fired due to a controversy over improper use of an Air Force jet | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-privatizations/brazil-names-guedes-to-run-privatization-drive-after-shakeup-idUSKBN1ZU216 | 2020-02-01 |
| WASHINGTON A future U.S.UK trade agreement must incorporate strong provisions on worker rights environmental protection and enforcement to ensure bipartisan support U.S. House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal said on Friday staking out a claim for Congress to help shape any such accord | Positive | WASHINGTON A future U.S.UK trade agreement must incorporate strong provisions on worker rights environmental protection and enforcement to ensure bipartisan support U.S. House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal said on Friday staking out a claim for Congress to help shape any such accord | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-trade-uk/u-s-uk-trade-deal-needs-labor-climate-protections-enforcement-u-s-lawmaker-idUSKBN1ZU2UN | 2020-02-01 |
| Many members of Congress including some Republicans have been pushing the administration for more information about the killing this month of top Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani at Baghdads airport | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives passed two pieces of legislation on Thursday seeking to rein in President Donald Trumps ability to deploy U.S. forces to fight abroad as some lawmakers fume over his failure to fully inform them about his strategy toward Iran | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-mideast-crisis-congress-iran/u-s-house-passes-measures-seeking-to-pull-war-powers-back-from-trump-idUSKBN1ZT2SD | 2020-01-31 |
| SAO PAULO Brazils government will submit a bill that would reduce public sector costs and benefits and make it easier to fire workers to Congress in a week or Economy Minister Paulo Guedes said on Thursday | Positive | SAO PAULO Brazils government will submit a bill that would reduce public sector costs and benefits and make it easier to fire workers to Congress in a week or Economy Minister Paulo Guedes said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-economy-reforms/brazils-government-to-send-public-sector-reform-to-congress-within-two-weeks-idUSKBN1ZT1XZ | 2020-01-31 |
| BOSTON In his first address to the U.S. Congress President Donald Trump hailed General Motors Co HarleyDavidson Inc Intel Corp and seven other companies as innovators and job creators predicting they would be among those producing tens of thousands of new American and investing billions and billions of dollars | Positive | BOSTON In his first address to the U.S. Congress President Donald Trump hailed General Motors Co HarleyDavidson Inc Intel Corp and seven other companies as innovators and job creators predicting they would be among those producing tens of thousands of new American and investing billions and billions of dollars | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-economy-jobs-trump-analysis/companies-trump-said-would-create-thousands-of-jobs-have-failed-to-deliver-idUSKBN1ZT18L | 2020-01-31 |
| Some legal experts argue that Trumps executive privilege claim would be weak saying Congress interest in hearing from Bolton would outweigh Trumps desire for secrecy | Neutral | WASHINGTON The impeachment trial of U.S. President Donald Trump is nearing a pivotal vote on whether to hear from witnesses requested by Senate Democrats arguing for his removal from office | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-witnesses-expla/explainer-why-the-fight-over-witnesses-looms-large-in-trumps-trial-idUSKBN1ZS1GH | 2020-01-30 |
| The U.S. Congress at the end of 2019 declined to extend the cap to 600000 electric vehicles per carmaker | Negative | Tesla Incs has steadily increased the sale of its electric vehicles boosted by demand for its massproduced Model 3 sedans as overseas sales pick up and delivering more than 360000 vehicles last year | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-tesla-results-subsidies-factbox/factbox-electric-vehicle-subsidies-under-pressure-in-some-tesla-core-markets-idUSKBN1ZS1H9 | 2020-01-30 |
| The legislation falls short of what the Justice Department had hoped to win from Congress | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill on Wednesday that would temporarily extend the Drug Enforcement Administrations classwide ban on all variants of the powerful synthetic drug fentanyl which has helped fuel the opioid crisis in the United States | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-congress-drugs/u-s-house-passes-bill-to-extend-temporary-ban-on-fentanyl-look-alikes-for-15-months-idUSKBN1ZT01Z | 2020-01-30 |
| With a presidential election looming many doubt Congress will be able to tackle infrastructure this year but lawmakers face a Sept | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. House Democrats on Wednesday unveiled a proposed billion infrastructure spending bill over five years that aims to rebuild sagging roads and bridges and reduce carbon pollution | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-infrastructure/u-s-house-democrats-call-for-760-billion-in-infrastructure-spending-over-five-years-idUSKBN1ZS0UZ | 2020-01-30 |
| To maintain existing spending Congress will need to find billion over five years government auditors say | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. House Democrats on Wednesday unveiled a proposed billion infrastructure spending bill over five years that aims to rebuild sagging roads and bridges and reduce carbon pollution | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-infrastructure/u-s-house-democrats-call-for-760-billion-in-infrastructure-spending-over-five-years-idUSKBN1ZS0UZ | 2020-01-30 |
| Many of Sanders proposals are controversial within his own party and could face long odds of winning approval in the U.S. Congress | Positive | Republican Donald Trump is touting tax cuts and economic gains during his presidency as a reason why he should get reelected in November | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-economy-factbox/as-trump-touts-gains-in-jobs-some-democrats-push-for-economic-overhaul-idUSKBN1ZR17A | 2020-01-29 |
| com Inc and Apple Inc face a slew of antitrust probes by the federal government state attorneys general and Congress | Negative | WASHINGTON Jan 27 With probes of Alphabet Incs Google and other major platforms underway the U.S. Justice Departments Antitrust Division is hiring both to bulk up for the big tech probes and to replace people who left according to two Justice Department officials with knowledge of the matter | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/tech-antitrust-hiring/u-s-justice-dept-adds-antitrust-staff-amid-big-tech-probes-sources-idUSL1N29J1YE | 2020-01-28 |
| WASHINGTON A group of former U.S. officials and lawyers is urging Congress to strengthen and clarify law around insider trading that has generated and failed to keep up with the times | Negative | WASHINGTON A group of former U.S. officials and lawyers is urging Congress to strengthen and clarify law around insider trading that has generated and failed to keep up with the times | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-insidertrading-congress/task-force-pushes-u-s-lawmakers-to-strengthen-insider-trading-rules-idUSKBN1ZQ26T | 2020-01-28 |
| Some of Trumps strongest Republican backers in Congress have threatened to make the impeachment trial about the Bidens | Negative | impeachment trial while his defense team largely ignored disclosures from a former White House adviser | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment/what-bolton-book-trump-impeachment-lawyers-skirt-new-disclosures-idUSKBN1ZQ13H | 2020-01-28 |
| Congress was shuttered last year by President Martin Vizcarra after a longrunning battle with lawmakers over an anticorruption drive | Negative | LIMA Peruvians on Sunday elected a new Congress with some 10 parties represented and no single majority according to an Ipsos exit poll reported by local news refilling the empty legislature that was dissolved in September | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-peru-election/peruvians-elect-fractured-congress-to-replace-opposition-led-legislature-idUSKBN1ZP0S4 | 2020-01-27 |
| The new balance of powers will give Vizcarra a fresh chance to push his package of anticorruption reforms that had been staunchly opposed by the opposition majority in Congress | Positive | LIMA Peruvians on Sunday elected a new Congress with some 10 parties represented and no single majority according to an Ipsos exit poll reported by local news refilling the empty legislature that was dissolved in September | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-peru-election/peruvians-elect-fractured-congress-to-replace-opposition-led-legislature-idUSKBN1ZP0S4 | 2020-01-27 |
| Vizcarra does not have party representation in Congress but center and leftwing parties have showed general support for his agenda | Positive | LIMA Peruvians on Sunday elected a new Congress with some 10 parties represented and no single majority according to an Ipsos exit poll reported by local news refilling the empty legislature that was dissolved in September | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-peru-election/peruvians-elect-fractured-congress-to-replace-opposition-led-legislature-idUSKBN1ZP0S4 | 2020-01-27 |
| LIMA Peruvians on Sunday elected a new Congress with some 10 parties represented and no single majority according to an Ipsos exit poll reported by local news refilling the empty legislature that was dissolved in September | Negative | LIMA Peruvians on Sunday elected a new Congress with some 10 parties represented and no single majority according to an Ipsos exit poll reported by local news refilling the empty legislature that was dissolved in September | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-peru-election/peruvians-elect-fractured-congress-to-replace-opposition-led-legislature-idUSKBN1ZP0S4 | 2020-01-27 |
| The new Congress will be shortlived and will be replaced by a standard 5year legislature in 2021 when Peru will also celebrate 200 years of independence | Positive | LIMA Peruvians on Sunday elected a new Congress with some 10 parties represented and no single majority according to an Ipsos exit poll reported by local news refilling the empty legislature that was dissolved in September | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-peru-election/peruvians-elect-fractured-congress-to-replace-opposition-led-legislature-idUSKBN1ZP0S4 | 2020-01-27 |
| The initial readout indicates Popular Force the opposition party led by Keiko Fujimori has lost control of the Congress and received just 7 | Negative | LIMA Peruvians on Sunday elected a new Congress with some 10 parties represented and no single majority according to an Ipsos exit poll reported by local news refilling the empty legislature that was dissolved in September | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-peru-election/peruvians-elect-fractured-congress-to-replace-opposition-led-legislature-idUSKBN1ZP0S4 | 2020-01-27 |
| Simplifying Brazils Byzantine tax system is one of the governments major economic reform drives this year but analysts say its complexity means Congressional approval any time soon will be challenging | Positive | RIO DE PAULO Brazils President Jair Bolsonaro has ruled out a socalled sin on beer cigarettes and sugary food products an idea floated earlier in the week by Economy Minister Paulo Guedes at the World Economic Forum in Davos Switzerland | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-economy-sin-tax/brazils-bolsonaro-rules-out-economy-ministers-sin-tax-idea-idUSKBN1ZO0HB | 2020-01-26 |
| Congressional Republicans have intensified those critiques since the start of Trumps trial this week accusing him of misstating the evidence against the president and running a hasty and unfair investigation | Negative | 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 |
| The Office of the Director of National Intelligence said in an email that its response to Congress was in process | Neutral | U.S. Senator Ron Wyden said on Friday he will move to compel Americas intelligence chief to release information about the murder of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi if the administration does not produce a report on the killing before the end of the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-saudi-khashoggi-congress/u-s-senator-presses-for-declassified-report-on-jamal-khashoggis-slaying-idUSKBN1ZN2K7 | 2020-01-25 |
| No one has been tougher on Wells Fargo than Otting told Warren when defending his record before Congress in May | Positive | WASHINGTON Long accused of being too soft a U.S. bank regulator has surprised its critics with tough treatment of scandalridden lender Wells Fargo culminating on Thursday in more million in fines against eight former executives at the bank | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-wells-fargo-occ/u-s-bank-regulator-sharpens-teeth-on-wells-fargo-surprising-critics-idUSKBN1ZN2BR | 2020-01-25 |
| Parnas sends digital recording to Congress Trump comments paragraphs | Neutral | Parnas sends digital recording to Congress Trump comments paragraphs | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/usa-trump-impeachment-tape/update-1-take-her-out-recording-appears-to-have-trump-calling-for-ambassadors-ouster-abc-news-idUSL1N29U01J | 2020-01-25 |
| Perhaps optimistically he also said he expects Congress to approve three of the governments main economic reform agenda planks this the complex tax reform administrative reform and fast privatization bills | Positive | BRASILIA The Brazilian governments interest payment bill on the national debt could fall by 417 billion reais over the course of its fouryear term ending in 2022 by which time the primary budget deficit could also be completely eliminated a senior Economy Ministry official said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-economy-deficit/brazil-government-sees-100-billion-interest-savings-wiping-out-primary-deficit-by-2022-idUSKBN1ZM2W5 | 2020-01-24 |
| It was not clear whether the government will change the drafts before presenting them to Congress | Negative | MEXICO CITY Mexican rights groups and leftist President Andres Manuel Lopez Obradors opponents are pushing back against a sweeping new judicial reform designed to combat soaring crime warning that the proposed changes threaten individual freedoms | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-mexico-reform-judicial/critics-warn-sweeping-mexican-judicial-reform-threatens-human-rights-idUSKBN1ZM2ZD | 2020-01-24 |
| As I made my way through the 15 briefs submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court by amici who believe that Congress was within its rights when it designed the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to be headed by a lone director who cant be removed from office without good cause I was looking for arguments about what the CFPBs defenders believe the justices should do if theyre wrong | Negative | As I made my way through the 15 briefs submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court by amici who believe that Congress was within its rights when it designed the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to be headed by a lone director who cant be removed from office without good cause I was looking for arguments about what the CFPBs defenders believe the justices should do if theyre wrong | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-otc-cfpb/key-cfpb-defenders-urge-scotus-to-skip-constitutional-issue-idUSKBN1ZM31J | 2020-01-24 |
| Democrats contend senators should convict Trump on two charges brought by the Democraticled House abuse of power and obstruction of Congress | Negative | WASHINGTON Democrats worked methodically at U.S. President Donald Trumps impeachment trial on Thursday to dismantle his longstanding allegation that Democratic presidential contender Joe Biden acted improperly toward Ukraine while vice president | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment/democrats-in-impeachment-trial-say-trump-abused-his-power-for-political-gain-idUSKBN1ZM1Q7 | 2020-01-24 |
| Schiff said House managers on Friday would focus on the charge that Trump unlawfully obstructed Congress by keeping key administration officials from testifying and by refusing requests for documents | Negative | WASHINGTON Democrats worked methodically at U.S. President Donald Trumps impeachment trial on Thursday to dismantle his longstanding allegation that Democratic presidential contender Joe Biden acted improperly toward Ukraine while vice president | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment/democrats-in-impeachment-trial-say-trump-abused-his-power-for-political-gain-idUSKBN1ZM1Q7 | 2020-01-24 |
| Democratic U.S. Representative Val Demings one of the House impeachment managers said Trumps comment amounted to boasting about obstruction of Congress | Negative | WASHINGTON Democrats accused President Donald Trump at his impeachment trial on Wednesday of a corrupt scheme to pressure Ukraine to help him get reelected and warned that Americas global prestige would suffer if the U.S. Senate acquits him | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment/democrats-accuse-trump-at-impeachment-trial-of-corrupt-scheme-to-pressure-ukraine-idUSKBN1ZL1BM | 2020-01-23 |
| WASHINGTON Troubled that former American spies are plying their trade for foreign governments Congress has passed new legislation requiring U.S. spy agencies to provide an annual assessment detailing the risks such conduct poses for national security | Negative | WASHINGTON Troubled that former American spies are plying their trade for foreign governments Congress has passed new legislation requiring U.S. spy agencies to provide an annual assessment detailing the risks such conduct poses for national security | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-raven-congress/new-u-s-law-requires-government-to-report-risks-of-overseas-activities-by-ex-spies-idUSKBN1ZL2WJ | 2020-01-23 |
| The new measure Rose said will help Congress learn the full scope of this issue and what steps are needed to keep our nations secrets safe | Positive | WASHINGTON Troubled that former American spies are plying their trade for foreign governments Congress has passed new legislation requiring U.S. spy agencies to provide an annual assessment detailing the risks such conduct poses for national security | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-raven-congress/new-u-s-law-requires-government-to-report-risks-of-overseas-activities-by-ex-spies-idUSKBN1ZL2WJ | 2020-01-23 |
| WASHINGTON The Trump administration is snubbing Congress by refusing to turn over a report detailing an investigation into national security risks potentially posed by imported vehicles and auto parts citing pending international negotiations and executive branch deliberations | Negative | WASHINGTON The Trump administration is snubbing Congress by refusing to turn over a report detailing an investigation into national security risks potentially posed by imported vehicles and auto parts citing pending international negotiations and executive branch deliberations | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trade/trump-administration-wont-turn-over-auto-import-probe-report-defying-congress-idUSKBN1ZK2A1 | 2020-01-22 |
| She also repeated a favorite line that she has looked at what a president could do by without Congress to get the country on track | Positive | DES MOINES Iowa In the wake of a flap with Democratic rival Bernie Sanders over gender and electability Elizabeth Warren made no direct mention this weekend in Iowa of the historymaking potential of her candidacy as a woman seeking the White House | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-warren-women/despite-sanders-warren-rift-gender-talk-largely-absent-from-2020-campaign-trail-idUSKBN1ZK2UH | 2020-01-22 |
| WASHINGTON While arguing President Donald Trumps case at this weeks Senate trial White House counsel Pat Cipollone also is defending his own role in a legal strategy that helped lead to Trumps impeachment on a charge of obstructing Congress | Negative | WASHINGTON While arguing President Donald Trumps case at this weeks Senate trial White House counsel Pat Cipollone also is defending his own role in a legal strategy that helped lead to Trumps impeachment on a charge of obstructing Congress | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-cipollone/white-house-lawyer-in-trump-trial-is-both-defender-and-key-witness-to-events-idUSKBN1ZK1DD | 2020-01-22 |
| 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 | 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 |
| The Government Accountability Office a nonpartisan congressional watchdog said Trump broke the law by refusing to spend money that had been approved by Congress | 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 |
| 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 |
| A similar charge contempt of Congress was one of the articles of impeachment against Nixon who had defied subpoenas for incriminating tape recordings | 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 |
| The President directed three of his most senior advisers not to comply with subpoenas seeking their testimony because they are immune from compelled testimony before Congress | Negative | WASHINGTON The White House unveiled its detailed legal defense as the Republicancontrolled U.S. Senate gears up to begin President Donald Trumps impeachment trial on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-highlights/key-arguments-in-trumps-defense-as-impeachment-trial-to-begin-in-u-s-senate-idUSKBN1ZJ1X9 | 2020-01-21 |
| It called the charges an affront to the Constitution and our democratic and said the obstruction of Congress charge was frivolous and dangerous | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trumps lawyers argued on Monday that the impeachment case against him is a product of a rigged process by Democrats and must be in the Senate trial that gets under way in earnest on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-brief/trump-urges-senate-to-reject-impeachment-as-affront-to-u-s-constitution-idUSKBN1ZJ1VV | 2020-01-21 |
| 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 | 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 |
| Some Asian businesses wasted little time in committing investment to Mexico once the USMCA had passed U.S. Congress | Negative | MEXICO CITY Mexico should move to deepen its economic ties with China after U.S. congressional approval of a new North American trade deal a senior Mexican official said late on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-mexico-china/mexican-official-eyes-stronger-ties-with-china-after-u-s-trade-deal-idUSKBN1ZI0PM | 2020-01-20 |
| Trump is scheduled to deliver the annual State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress | Positive | The White House on Friday named members of President Trumps defense team for his impeachment trial which will begin in earnest next week | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-factbox/trump-impeachment-what-happens-next-idUSKBN1ZG20E | 2020-01-20 |
| It was the first time Trump formally responded to the two articles of impeachment abuse of power and obstruction of Congress that the Democraticled House approved late last year | Negative | BEACH Fla | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment/in-impeachment-document-democrats-say-trump-endangers-security-trump-denies-idUSKBN1ZH0MK | 2020-01-19 |
| On Sunday Buttigieg was endorsed by veteran Iowa Congressman Dave Loebsack a highprofile boost for the White House hopeful | Positive | NEW YORK Weeks before the Iowa caucuses members of Congress delivered endorsements to Democratic presidential hopefuls hoping to parlay the support into momentum ahead of the first votes | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-endorsements/congressional-endorsements-roll-in-as-iowa-caucus-nears-idUSKBN1ZG1VB | 2020-01-18 |
| Trump is scheduled to deliver the annual State ofthe Union address to a joint session of Congress | Positive | The White House on Friday named members of U.S. President Trumps defense team for his impeachment trial which will begin in earnest next week | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-factbox/trump-impeachment-what-happens-next-idUSKBN1ZG20E | 2020-01-18 |
| XINGU INDIGENOUS PARK Brazil In the 1980s Brazils first indigenous Congressman Xavante chief Juruna went around with a recorder to tape conversations with other politicians because he said the white mans word was not to be trusted | Negative | XINGU INDIGENOUS PARK Brazil In the 1980s Brazils first indigenous Congressman Xavante chief Juruna went around with a recorder to tape conversations with other politicians because he said the white mans word was not to be trusted | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-indigenous-digital/brazils-tribes-stride-into-digital-age-to-defend-their-culture-forests-idUSKBN1ZG02K | 2020-01-18 |
| NEW YORK Chris Collins a former U.S. Congressman from New York who was an early backer of President Donald Trump is due to be sentenced on Friday after pleading guilty to taking part in an insider trading scheme | Negative | NEW YORK Chris Collins a former U.S. Congressman from New York who was an early backer of President Donald Trump is due to be sentenced on Friday after pleading guilty to taking part in an insider trading scheme | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-congressman-insidertrading/ex-congressman-chris-collins-to-be-sentenced-in-new-york-for-insider-trading-idUSKBN1ZG16N | 2020-01-18 |
| A few months after he was criminally charged in 2018 Collins had narrowly won reelection to the 27th Congressional District in western New York | Negative | NEW YORK Chris Collins a former U.S. Congressman from New York who was an early backer of President Donald Trump is due to be sentenced on Friday after pleading guilty to taking part in an insider trading scheme | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-congressman-insidertrading/ex-congressman-chris-collins-to-be-sentenced-in-new-york-for-insider-trading-idUSKBN1ZG16N | 2020-01-18 |
| Trump is charged with abusing his power and obstructing Congress for pressuring Ukraine to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden a Democratic political rival | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. State Department will do everything necessary to determine whether former U.S. ambassador Marie Yovanovitch was under threat in Ukraine Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-pompeo/u-s-will-work-to-determine-if-ex-ambassdor-yovanovitch-was-under-threat-pompeo-idUSKBN1ZG20W | 2020-01-18 |
| NEW YORK Weeks before the Iowa caucuses members of Congress delivered endorsements to Democratic presidential hopefuls hoping to parlay the support into momentum ahead of the first votes | Positive | NEW YORK Weeks before the Iowa caucuses members of Congress delivered endorsements to Democratic presidential hopefuls hoping to parlay the support into momentum ahead of the first votes | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-endorsements/congressional-endorsements-roll-in-as-iowa-caucus-nears-idUSKBN1ZG1VB | 2020-01-18 |
| He has aggressively defended the president during the impeachment inquiry and refused to produce documents and witnesses requested by Congress | Negative | WASHINGTON Prominent attorney Alan Dershowitz and two former independent counsels Ken Starr and Robert Ray will be among those defending President Donald Trump when his impeachment trial begins in the Senate in earnest on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-team-factbox/the-members-of-trumps-impeachment-defense-team-idUSKBN1ZG27F | 2020-01-18 |
| An arm of Congress the GAO is viewed as a top auditing agency for the federal government that advises lawmakers and various government entities on how taxpayer dollars are spent | Neutral | WASHINGTON The Senate impeachment trial on whether to remove U.S. President Donald Trump from office formally began on Thursday even as a congressional watchdog found that the White House broke the law by withholding security aid for Ukraine approved by Congress | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment/trump-impeachment-trial-opens-as-watchdog-faults-white-house-on-ukraine-idUSKBN1ZF186 | 2020-01-17 |
| Congress had approved the funds to help Ukraine combat Russiabacked separatists | Positive | WASHINGTON The Senate impeachment trial on whether to remove U.S. President Donald Trump from office formally began on Thursday even as a congressional watchdog found that the White House broke the law by withholding security aid for Ukraine approved by Congress | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment/trump-impeachment-trial-opens-as-watchdog-faults-white-house-on-ukraine-idUSKBN1ZF186 | 2020-01-17 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday seizing on a report from a nonpartisan congressional watchdog accused the Trump administration of breaking the law in withholding aid for Ukraine that Congress had approved | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday seizing on a report from a nonpartisan congressional watchdog accused the Trump administration of breaking the law in withholding aid for Ukraine that Congress had approved | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-pelosi/pelosi-says-trump-administration-broke-law-in-withholding-ukraine-aid-idUSKBN1ZF2IA | 2020-01-17 |
| WASHINGTON The Trump administration violated federal law last year by withholding security aid for Ukraine that had been appropriated by Congress a U.S. congressional watchdog said in a report released on Thursday | Negative | WASHINGTON The Trump administration violated federal law last year by withholding security aid for Ukraine that had been appropriated by Congress a U.S. congressional watchdog said in a report released on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-gao/u-s-watchdog-says-trump-administration-violated-law-by-withholding-ukraine-aid-idUSKBN1ZF22Y | 2020-01-17 |
| He had threatened to cancel NAFTA outright unless Congress acted to approve the replacement deal sparking uncertainty among business owners and putting a damper on new investment | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate on Thursday approved a revamp of the 26yearold North American Free Trade Agreement that includes tougher rules on labor and automotive content but leaves | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-trade-usmca/u-s-senate-passes-north-america-trade-deal-canada-still-to-approve-idUSKBN1ZF283 | 2020-01-17 |
| WASHINGTON The Senate impeachment trial on whether to remove U.S. President Donald Trump from office formally began on Thursday even as a congressional watchdog found that the White House broke the law by withholding security aid for Ukraine approved by Congress | Negative | WASHINGTON The Senate impeachment trial on whether to remove U.S. President Donald Trump from office formally began on Thursday even as a congressional watchdog found that the White House broke the law by withholding security aid for Ukraine approved by Congress | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment/trump-impeachment-trial-opens-as-watchdog-faults-white-house-on-ukraine-idUSKBN1ZF186 | 2020-01-17 |
| Trump is charged with abusing his power and obstructing Congress for pressuring Ukraine to investigate former Democratic Vice President Joe Biden a political rival | Negative | WASHINGTON A top Democrat in Congress vowed on Wednesday to investigate profoundly messages suggesting that the former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine was subject to surveillance before President Donald Trump fired her in May | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-threat/trump-impeachment-was-someone-tracking-the-u-s-ambassador-in-kiev-idUSKBN1ZE2RV | 2020-01-16 |
| Congress did not mean to say the states are in charge she said | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trumps administration argued in a federal appeals court on Wednesday that it should be allowed to execute condemned inmates without delay after a lower court ordered the executions be put on hold to hear legal challenges | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-executions/trump-administration-asks-appeals-court-to-allow-executions-to-proceed-idUSKBN1ZE2JW | 2020-01-16 |
| The Trump administration is poisoning the traditionally good relationship between the State Department and Congress | Negative | WASHINGTON A top Democrat in Congress vowed on Wednesday to investigate profoundly messages suggesting that the former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine was subject to surveillance before President Donald Trump fired her in May | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-threat/trump-impeachment-was-someone-tracking-the-u-s-ambassador-in-kiev-idUSKBN1ZE2RV | 2020-01-16 |
| President Andres Manuel Lopez Obradors leftist National Regeneration Movement and its allies control both chambers of Congress and his proposals are typically approved | Positive | MEXICO CITY Mexican officials on Wednesday presented lawmakers a proposal to overhaul the criminal justice system paving the way for the Senate to take up the plan next month which could facilitate security cooperation with the United States | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-mexico-reform-judicial/mexico-sets-out-justice-reform-that-could-aid-u-s-cooperation-idUSKBN1ZE2RF | 2020-01-16 |
| chief Raoni Metuktire who called the meeting in his village on the Xingu river called on Brazils Congress to block the presidents policies | Negative | XINGU INDIGENOUS PARK Brazil Brazilian indigenous tribes and rubber tappers joined forces on Wednesday to oppose steps by Brazilian farright President Jair Bolsonaro that they say are destroying the Amazon forest they depend on | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-indigenous/brazilian-tribes-and-forest-tappers-unite-against-bolsonaro-idUSKBN1ZF08W | 2020-01-16 |
| The battle will play out in Congress and potentially in the courts | Negative | WASHINGTON Legislators in Virginia on Wednesday backed a longgestating amendment to the U.S. Constitution that would guarantee equal rights for women setting up a fight over whether the deadline to finalize it has passed | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-legal-women/virginia-vote-sets-up-fight-over-womens-rights-constitutional-amendment-idUSKBN1ZE2QQ | 2020-01-16 |
| WASHINGTON A top Democrat in Congress vowed on Wednesday to investigate profoundly messages suggesting that the former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine was subject to surveillance before President Donald Trump fired her in May | Negative | WASHINGTON A top Democrat in Congress vowed on Wednesday to investigate profoundly messages suggesting that the former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine was subject to surveillance before President Donald Trump fired her in May | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-threat/trump-impeachment-was-someone-tracking-the-u-s-ambassador-in-kiev-idUSKBN1ZE2RV | 2020-01-16 |
| The Democraticcontrolled House Judiciary Committee voted in November to approve a measure that would retroactively remove the ratification deadline but the measure has not advanced in Congress since then | Neutral | WASHINGTON Legislators in Virginia on Wednesday backed a longgestating amendment to the U.S. Constitution that would guarantee equal rights for women setting up a fight over whether the deadline to finalize it has passed | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-legal-women/virginia-vote-sets-up-fight-over-womens-rights-constitutional-amendment-idUSKBN1ZE2QQ | 2020-01-16 |
| The chairman of the Connecticut Republican party said on Twitter on Wednesday that he had asked Hyde to end his bid for Congress | Positive | WASHINGTON A top Democrat in Congress vowed on Wednesday to investigate profoundly messages suggesting that the former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine was subject to surveillance before President Donald Trump fired her in May | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-threat/trump-impeachment-was-someone-tracking-the-u-s-ambassador-in-kiev-idUSKBN1ZE2RV | 2020-01-16 |
| The ERA Coalition which backs the amendment said in a statement it would work closely with Congress to remove any ambiguity or obstacles that opponents argue remain in the way | Neutral | WASHINGTON Legislators in Virginia on Wednesday backed a longgestating amendment to the U.S. Constitution that would guarantee equal rights for women setting up a fight over whether the deadline to finalize it has passed | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-legal-women/virginia-vote-sets-up-fight-over-womens-rights-constitutional-amendment-idUSKBN1ZE2QQ | 2020-01-16 |
| His leftist Morena party controls both chambers of Congress and proposals he backs will likely be approved | Positive | MEXICO CITY A major reform of Mexicos criminal justice system would allow private communications to be used as evidence and limit legal challenges to avoid extradition delays for criminal suspects according to a reform draft reviewed by Reuters on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-mexico-reform-judicial-exclusive/exclusive-mexican-reform-would-allow-phone-calls-as-evidence-speed-extraditions-draft-idUSKBN1ZE0BK | 2020-01-15 |
| The lawmakers who signed the letter were led by Republican Marco Rubio and Democratic Representative Jim McGovern cochairs of the Congressional Executive Commission on China | Negative | WASHINGTON On the eve of the expected signing of the first phase of a trade deal between the United states and China a bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers has called on President Donald Trump to press Beijing to free detained Americans and U.S. residents | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-china-detainees/u-s-lawmakers-urge-trump-to-press-china-on-detainees-idUSKBN1ZD2S0 | 2020-01-15 |
| Sanders was one of the only members of Congress who voted against the Iraq war in 2002 while Biden then a senator voted for it | Neutral | 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 |
| Republicans mocked Pelosi for the delay saying it undercut her argument that Congress needed to impeach Trump because he was inviting foreign interference in the 2020 presidential election | Negative | WASHINGTON Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives said on Tuesday they would include new evidence when they send formal impeachment charges against President Donald Trump to the Senate on Wednesday seeking to expand the scope of a trial that will dominate Washington for the next several weeks | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment/democrats-add-last-minute-evidence-to-trump-impeachment-case-before-senate-trial-idUSKBN1ZD1AA | 2020-01-15 |
| But replacing the top buyer wont be easy and thats why the Malaysian Trades Union Congress whose members include palm workers has urged the two countries to talk things out | Negative | KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia is concerned about Indias new curbs on imports of palm oil after a diplomatic row Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said on Tuesday but indicated he would continue to speak out against wrong even if it costs his country financially | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-india-malaysia-palmoil/malaysias-pm-defends-criticism-of-india-despite-palm-oil-backlash-idUSKBN1ZD0G3 | 2020-01-14 |
| Democrats and a few Republicans in Congress have said they have not been given adequate detailed briefings | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump fueled controversy on Monday over his decision to kill Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani by saying it doesnt really whether Soleimani posed an imminent threat to the United States | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-trump/trump-timing-of-threat-from-soleimani-doesnt-really-matter-idUSKBN1ZC1QA | 2020-01-14 |
| DES MOINES Iowa Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg was endorsed by veteran Iowa Congressman Dave Loebsack on Sunday a highprofile boost for the White House hopeful just three weeks before the partys nominating contest begins in Iowa on Feb | Positive | DES MOINES Iowa Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg was endorsed by veteran Iowa Congressman Dave Loebsack on Sunday a highprofile boost for the White House hopeful just three weeks before the partys nominating contest begins in Iowa on Feb | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-buttigieg/buttigieg-gets-endorsement-from-iowa-congressman-ahead-of-february-3-caucus-idUSKBN1ZB0HC | 2020-01-13 |
| Michael Stern a former House of Representatives lawyer when it was under Republican control said that it has been broadly understood that Congress could enforce such subpoenas | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Supreme Court may have a conservative majority that includes two justices appointed by President Donald Trump but his efforts to shield his tax returns and other financial records from scrutiny still face an uncertain future | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/supreme-courthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-trump-records/trump-poised-for-supreme-court-battle-over-financial-records-idUSKBN1YG199 | 2020-01-13 |
| Democrats and a few Republicans in Congress have questioned the justification of the attacks and said they have not been given adequate detailed briefings | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper on Sunday said he did not see specific evidence from intelligence officials that Iran was planning to attack four U.S. embassies an assertion made by President Donald Trump in justifying the killing of Irans top general | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iraq-security-usa/pentagon-chief-says-no-specific-evidence-iran-was-plotting-to-attack-four-u-s-embassies-idUSKBN1ZB0KM | 2020-01-13 |
| Republican Senator Mike Lee on Sunday said he was worried about the integrity of information the president and security briefers have provided Congress about Iran | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper on Sunday said he did not see specific evidence from intelligence officials that Iran was planning to attack four U.S. embassies an assertion made by President Donald Trump in justifying the killing of Irans top general | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iraq-security-usa/pentagon-chief-says-no-specific-evidence-iran-was-plotting-to-attack-four-u-s-embassies-idUSKBN1ZB0KM | 2020-01-13 |
| Guaido had called on supporters on Tuesday to march to the headquarters of parliament to hold session but Socialist Party leaders on Saturday called in sympathizers to surround Congress | Neutral | CARACAS Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido on Saturday called for more protests against the government of President Nicolas Maduro in the wake of a failed attempt by the ruling Socialist Party to install allied leadership in congress | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-venezuela-politics/venezuelas-guaido-calls-for-more-protests-against-maduro-idUSKBN1ZA0WY | 2020-01-12 |
| Republican Senator Chuck Grassley accused Pelosi of throwing Congress into unnecessary saying the delay would postpone ratification of the new United StatesMexicoCanada trade agreement | Negative | WASHINGTON The Democraticled U.S. House of Representatives will send formal impeachment charges against President Donald Trump to the Senate as early as next week House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Friday setting the stage for his longawaited trial | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment/trump-impeachment-charges-may-go-to-senate-as-early-as-next-week-idUSKBN1Z91R5 | 2020-01-11 |
| Republicans in Congress have lambasted Pelosis approach noting that House Democrats claimed it was urgent to impeach Trump before the December holiday break but now are delaying | Negative | WASHINGTON The Democraticled U.S. House of Representatives will send formal impeachment charges against President Donald Trump to the Senate as early as next week House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Friday setting the stage for his longawaited trial | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment/trump-impeachment-charges-may-go-to-senate-as-early-as-next-week-idUSKBN1Z91R5 | 2020-01-11 |
| The Congress party which sits in opposition nationally won Rajasthan state in December 2018 elections | Negative | KOTA India In a dimly lit shanty in northwestern India Padma Rawal sobs inconsolably as she recalls losing her 5monthold infant and recounts the hospital ordeal she endured last month | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-india-healthcare-casualties/infant-deaths-poor-conditions-at-indian-hospital-spark-uproar-idUSKBN1Z91N7 | 2020-01-11 |
| Has there ever been a case where this court has in effect required Congress to appropriate | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Supreme Court justices on Tuesday appeared sympathetic to claims made by health insurers seeking billion from the federal government under a program set up by the Obamacare law aimed at encouraging them to offer medical coverage to previously uninsured Americans | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/supreme-courthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-obamacare/u-s-supreme-court-justices-lean-toward-insurers-on-12-billion-obamacare-claims-idUSKBN1YE23B | 2020-01-11 |
| Republicans who have opposed Obamacare from the outset and numerous times sought to repeal it in Congress have called the risk corridor program a for the insurance industry | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Supreme Court justices on Tuesday appeared sympathetic to claims made by health insurers seeking billion from the federal government under a program set up by the Obamacare law aimed at encouraging them to offer medical coverage to previously uninsured Americans | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/supreme-courthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-obamacare/u-s-supreme-court-justices-lean-toward-insurers-on-12-billion-obamacare-claims-idUSKBN1YE23B | 2020-01-11 |
| From 2015 through 2017 Congress each year passed appropriations bills that included language barring HHS from using general funds to pay the governments risk corridor obligations | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Supreme Court justices on Tuesday appeared sympathetic to claims made by health insurers seeking billion from the federal government under a program set up by the Obamacare law aimed at encouraging them to offer medical coverage to previously uninsured Americans | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/supreme-courthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-obamacare/u-s-supreme-court-justices-lean-toward-insurers-on-12-billion-obamacare-claims-idUSKBN1YE23B | 2020-01-11 |
| Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi faulted the White House for failing to consult Congress before the drone strike that killed Qassem Soleimani in Baghdad last week | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives passed a resolution on Thursday to stop President Donald Trump from further military action against Iran rebuking the president days after he ordered a drone strike that killed a top Iranian commander and raised fears of war | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-congress/u-s-house-passes-resolution-to-limit-trumps-ability-to-wage-war-on-iran-idUSKBN1Z82CB | 2020-01-11 |
| The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled 21 in 2018 that Congress effectively repealed its obligation to pay the insurers | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Supreme Court justices on Tuesday appeared sympathetic to claims made by health insurers seeking billion from the federal government under a program set up by the Obamacare law aimed at encouraging them to offer medical coverage to previously uninsured Americans | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/supreme-courthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-obamacare/u-s-supreme-court-justices-lean-toward-insurers-on-12-billion-obamacare-claims-idUSKBN1YE23B | 2020-01-11 |
| Campos also expects Brazils Congress to make progress on another bill to reform the foreign exchange market in the first three months of this year | Positive | BRASILIA Brazils central bank chief Roberto Campos said on Thursday that policymakers are monitoring tensions between Iran and the United States to understand how they may affect inflation forecasts and cited recent sharp swings in commodity prices | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-economy/brazil-central-bank-monitoring-impact-of-iran-u-s-conflict-idUSKBN1Z81QN | 2020-01-10 |
| BEIJING Chinas foreign ministry said on Thursday that a U.S. Congressional report that called for sanctions against Beijing over human rights abuses was neither objective nor credible | Negative | BEIJING Chinas foreign ministry said on Thursday that a U.S. Congressional report that called for sanctions against Beijing over human rights abuses was neither objective nor credible | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-china-congress-report-rights/china-says-u-s-congress-report-on-chinas-human-rights-neither-objective-nor-credible-idUSKBN1Z80Q5 | 2020-01-10 |
| The House also charged him with obstructing Congress by directing administration officials and agencies not to cooperate with the impeachment inquiry | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Democrats on Thursday vowed to keep fighting to hear witnesses at President Donald Trumps pending impeachment trial in the Republicancontrolled Senate even as their drive to exact a guarantee ahead of the proceedings appeared futile | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment/u-s-democrats-to-press-for-impeachment-witnesses-throughout-trial-idUSKBN1Z820J | 2020-01-10 |
| California Congressman Jerry McKerney asked if Facebook would be ready for an independent thirdparty audit of its practices by June 1 results of which would be visible to the public | Positive | WASHINGTON Facebook Inc on Wednesday said it would remove and other manipulated videos from its website to combat the spread of false information ahead of the 2020 presidential race but lawmakers said those and other changes it has recently announced do not go far enough | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-facebook-deepfake-hearing/u-s-lawmakers-say-facebook-steps-to-tackle-deepfake-videos-not-adequate-idUSKBN1Z72DZ | 2020-01-09 |
| The opinion issued on Wednesday could provide legal ammunition for opponents as the debate plays out at the state level and in Congress | Positive | WASHINGTON The Trump administration on Wednesday said it was too late to renew the effort to push through a decadesold proposed amendment to the U.S. Constitution that would ensure American women have equal rights to men | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-legal-women/trump-administration-casts-doubt-on-womens-rights-amendment-push-idUSKBN1Z72IF | 2020-01-09 |
| SAN DIEGO California Governor Gavin Newsom has decided against calling a special election to fill the seat U.S. Representative Duncan Hunter will leave vacant in Congress next week when he resigns following his conviction in a federal corruption scandal | Negative | SAN DIEGO California Governor Gavin Newsom has decided against calling a special election to fill the seat U.S. Representative Duncan Hunter will leave vacant in Congress next week when he resigns following his conviction in a federal corruption scandal | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-politics-hunter/resigning-california-congressmans-seat-to-be-left-vacant-for-year-idUSKBN1Z809I | 2020-01-09 |
| The National Congress Partys assets were seized under a law that was passed in November and ordered the partys dissolution | Negative | KHARTOUM Sudan has seized the assets of ousted President Omar alBashirs now dissolved party a senior member of the countrys ruling sovereign council said | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-sudan-politics/sudan-seizes-assets-of-bashirs-former-ruling-party-idUSKBN1Z72LH | 2020-01-09 |
| Congress may not revive a proposed amendment after the deadline has he wrote | Negative | WASHINGTON The Trump administration on Wednesday said it was too late to renew the effort to push through a decadesold proposed amendment to the U.S. Constitution that would ensure American women have equal rights to men | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-legal-women/trump-administration-casts-doubt-on-womens-rights-amendment-push-idUSKBN1Z72IF | 2020-01-09 |
| Members of Congress have serious urgent concerns about the Administrations decision to engage in hostilities against Iran and about its lack of strategy moving Pelosi said | Negative | WASHINGTON Trump administration officials failed to convince Democratic U.S. lawmakers and some Republicans on Wednesday that an imminent threat had justified the killing of a top Iranian military commander and congressional Democrats scheduled a vote on legislation to rein in the presidents ability to wage war | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-congress/u-s-lawmakers-divided-over-trump-iran-argument-set-war-powers-vote-idUSKBN1Z71SM | 2020-01-09 |
| This resolution which will be led by Congresswoman Elissa Slotkin will go to the Rules Committee this evening and will be brought to the Floor she added | 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 |
| WASHINGTON Republican and Democratic members of the U.S. Congress predicted on Wednesday that the House of Representatives and Senate would agree on a compromise version of legislation requiring a tougher Trump administration response to Chinas crackdown on its Uighur Muslim minority | Negative | WASHINGTON Republican and Democratic members of the U.S. Congress predicted on Wednesday that the House of Representatives and Senate would agree on a compromise version of legislation requiring a tougher Trump administration response to Chinas crackdown on its Uighur Muslim minority | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-china-congress-uighurs/u-s-lawmakers-predict-passage-of-bill-backing-chinas-uighurs-idUSKBN1Z7289 | 2020-01-09 |
| It also charged the Republican president with obstructing Congress by directing administration officials and agencies not to cooperate with the impeachment inquiry | 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 |
| Why wouldnt Facebook simply take down the fake Pelosi Florida Congressman Darren Soto a Democrat said | Negative | WASHINGTON Facebook Inc on Wednesday said it would remove and other manipulated videos from its website to combat the spread of false information ahead of the 2020 presidential race but lawmakers said those and other changes it has recently announced do not go far enough | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-facebook-deepfake-hearing/u-s-lawmakers-say-facebook-steps-to-tackle-deepfake-videos-not-adequate-idUSKBN1Z72DZ | 2020-01-09 |
| The spotlight on Japans justice system comes as Mori is set to host in April the United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice held once every five years | Negative | TOKYO Japans justice minister launched a rare and forceful public takedown of auto executiveturnedfugitive Carlos Ghosn after he blasted the countrys legal system as allowing him zero of a fair trial as he sought to justify his escape to Beirut | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-nissan-ghosn-japan-minister/japan-minister-launches-counterattack-after-ghosn-blasts-justice-system-idUSKBN1Z801L | 2020-01-09 |
| The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to decide likely by the end of June whether Trump can block subpoenas by Congress and New York state prosecutors for his financial records | 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 |
| 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 |
| Congressman David Cicilline raised antitrust questions as activists and Democratic presidential candidates are advocating for more aggressive enforcement of rules governing market concentration and corporate behavior | Negative | Congressman David Cicilline raised antitrust questions as activists and Democratic presidential candidates are advocating for more aggressive enforcement of rules governing market concentration and corporate behavior | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-antitrust-congress/democratic-lawmaker-presses-antitrust-enforcers-on-company-ties-settlements-idUSKBN1Z7020 | 2020-01-08 |
| Congressional investigators believe Bolton objected to Trumps decision to delay million in military aid to Ukraine and could elaborate on that a Senate aide told Reuters this week | Negative | WASHINGTON Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Tuesday he had enough support from his fellow Republicans to set the rules for President Donald Trumps impeachment trial dealing a blow to Democrats efforts to call new witnesses against the president | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment/senate-republicans-close-ranks-on-rules-for-trump-impeachment-trial-idUSKBN1Z62DS | 2020-01-08 |
| WASHINGTON A Democraticled U.S. House of Representatives committee said on Tuesday it had called Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to testify on Iran next week as members of Congress push President Donald Trumps administration for more information about the killing of a top Iranian military commander | Negative | WASHINGTON A Democraticled U.S. House of Representatives committee said on Tuesday it had called Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to testify on Iran next week as members of Congress push President Donald Trumps administration for more information about the killing of a top Iranian military commander | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-congress-hearing/u-s-house-committee-sets-iran-hearing-invites-pompeo-idUSKBN1Z62Q6 | 2020-01-08 |
| Bolton refused to participate in the House impeachment inquiry while the Trump administration and Congress battled in court for access to witnesses and documentary evidence | Negative | WASHINGTON Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Tuesday he had enough support from his fellow Republicans to set the rules for President Donald Trumps impeachment trial dealing a blow to Democrats efforts to call new witnesses against the president | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment/senate-republicans-close-ranks-on-rules-for-trump-impeachment-trial-idUSKBN1Z62DS | 2020-01-08 |
| The Democraticled House is also expected to vote this week on legislation to keep Trump from starting a military campaign against Iran without first obtaining Congress approval | Negative | WASHINGTON A Democraticled U.S. House of Representatives committee said on Tuesday it had called Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to testify on Iran next week as members of Congress push President Donald Trumps administration for more information about the killing of a top Iranian military commander | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-congress-hearing/u-s-house-committee-sets-iran-hearing-invites-pompeo-idUSKBN1Z62Q6 | 2020-01-08 |
| Trump broke precedent by failing to inform congressional leaders before the attack on Soleimani and making classified his formal notification to Congress of the attack on Saturday | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. lawmakers have few options for tamping down any escalation by President Donald Trump of tensions with Iran despite Democrats outrage over his failure to inform Congress in advance about a strike against a top Iranian military commander | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/uk-iraq-security-congress/for-u-s-democrats-little-recourse-over-trumps-iran-actions-idUSKBN1Z510F | 2020-01-07 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. lawmakers have few options for tamping down any escalation by President Donald Trump of tensions with Iran despite Democrats outrage over his failure to inform Congress in advance about a strike against a top Iranian military commander | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. lawmakers have few options for tamping down any escalation by President Donald Trump of tensions with Iran despite Democrats outrage over his failure to inform Congress in advance about a strike against a top Iranian military commander | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/uk-iraq-security-congress/for-u-s-democrats-little-recourse-over-trumps-iran-actions-idUSKBN1Z510F | 2020-01-07 |
| It reasserts Congresss longestablished oversight responsibilities by mandating that if no further Congressional action is taken the Administrations military hostilities with regard to Iran cease within 30 days | Negative | U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said the House will introduce and vote on a war powers resolution this week to limit U.S. President Donald Trumps military actions regarding Iran | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-usa/pelosi-says-house-to-vote-on-resolution-to-limit-trumps-military-actions-on-iran-idUSKBN1Z50D6 | 2020-01-07 |
| Under the War Powers Act the president must inform Congress within 48 hours of introducing military forces into armed conflict abroad | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. lawmakers have few options for tamping down any escalation by President Donald Trump of tensions with Iran despite Democrats outrage over his failure to inform Congress in advance about a strike against a top Iranian military commander | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/uk-iraq-security-congress/for-u-s-democrats-little-recourse-over-trumps-iran-actions-idUSKBN1Z510F | 2020-01-07 |
| Maduro who donned a baseball uniform to inaugurate a new stadium on Sunday evening said Congress had chosen new leadership out of frustration with Guaido | Negative | CARACAS Venezuelas socialist government installed a new head of Congress on Sunday after armed troops blocked opposition legislators from entering parliament in a move condemned by dozens of nations as an assault on democracy | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-venezuela-politics/venezuelas-ruling-socialists-seize-congress-defiant-opposition-re-elects-guaido-idUSKBN1Z40J4 | 2020-01-07 |
| The act also bars a president from committing armed forces from any foreign action lasting more than 60 days without Congress approval | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. lawmakers have few options for tamping down any escalation by President Donald Trump of tensions with Iran despite Democrats outrage over his failure to inform Congress in advance about a strike against a top Iranian military commander | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/uk-iraq-security-congress/for-u-s-democrats-little-recourse-over-trumps-iran-actions-idUSKBN1Z510F | 2020-01-07 |
| Congressional investigators believe Bolton objected to Trumps decision to delay million in military aid to Ukraine and could elaborate on that a Senate aide told Reuters | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trumps former national security adviser John Bolton said on Monday he is willing to testify in the expected Senate impeachment trial of the president a surprise development that could potentially strengthen the case that Trump should be removed from office | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment/bolton-says-he-is-willing-to-testify-in-trump-impeachment-trial-idUSKBN1Z510V | 2020-01-07 |
| Legal experts disagreed saying the war powers law required a formal report to Congress and did not allow such a blanket clearance ahead of time especially not via social media | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. lawmakers have few options for tamping down any escalation by President Donald Trump of tensions with Iran despite Democrats outrage over his failure to inform Congress in advance about a strike against a top Iranian military commander | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/uk-iraq-security-congress/for-u-s-democrats-little-recourse-over-trumps-iran-actions-idUSKBN1Z510F | 2020-01-07 |
| It also charged the president with obstructing Congress by directing administration officials and agencies not to cooperate with the impeachment inquiry | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trumps former national security adviser John Bolton said on Monday he is willing to testify in the expected Senate impeachment trial of the president a surprise development that could potentially strengthen the case that Trump should be removed from office | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment/bolton-says-he-is-willing-to-testify-in-trump-impeachment-trial-idUSKBN1Z510V | 2020-01-07 |
| Congress main power over the president is its control of federal spending | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. lawmakers have few options for tamping down any escalation by President Donald Trump of tensions with Iran despite Democrats outrage over his failure to inform Congress in advance about a strike against a top Iranian military commander | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/uk-iraq-security-congress/for-u-s-democrats-little-recourse-over-trumps-iran-actions-idUSKBN1Z510F | 2020-01-07 |
| This thing needs to be over with in he said arguing that a delay denies Trump an opportunity to confront the accusations and impedes Congress ability to pursue other business | Negative | WASHINGTON The head of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee said on Sunday he wants the Senate to launch an impeachment trial of President Donald Trump within days and wrap it up this month even if it means changing Senate rules | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment/senate-republican-eyes-rule-change-to-kick-start-trump-impeachment-trial-idUSKBN1Z40LO | 2020-01-06 |
| He was also accused of obstructing Congress by directing administration officials and agencies not to cooperate with the House impeachment inquiry | Negative | WASHINGTON The head of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee said on Sunday he wants the Senate to launch an impeachment trial of President Donald Trump within days and wrap it up this month even if it means changing Senate rules | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment/senate-republican-eyes-rule-change-to-kick-start-trump-impeachment-trial-idUSKBN1Z40LO | 2020-01-06 |
| Trumps fellow Republicans in Congress have generally backed his decision | Positive | WASHINGTON Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Sunday defended President Donald Trumps decision to kill Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani as Democratic lawmakers questioned whether the action was justified and the United States braced for retaliation | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-usa/pompeo-defends-u-s-killing-of-iranian-as-democrats-ask-why-now-idUSKBN1Z40GM | 2020-01-06 |
| WASHINGTON The White House sent to Congress on Saturday formal notification of Fridays U.S. drone strike that killed a top Iranian general amid complaints from Democrats that President Donald Trump did not notify lawmakers or seek advance approval for the attack | Negative | WASHINGTON The White House sent to Congress on Saturday formal notification of Fridays U.S. drone strike that killed a top Iranian general amid complaints from Democrats that President Donald Trump did not notify lawmakers or seek advance approval for the attack | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-usa-congress/white-house-gives-lawmakers-formal-notice-of-iraq-strike-amid-complaints-from-democrats-idUSKBN1Z30NF | 2020-01-05 |
| Pelosi has said the strike in Baghdad was conducted without specific authorization from Congress and without the consultation of the Congress | Negative | WASHINGTON The White House sent to Congress on Saturday formal notification of Fridays U.S. drone strike that killed a top Iranian general amid complaints from Democrats that President Donald Trump did not notify lawmakers or seek advance approval for the attack | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-usa-congress/white-house-gives-lawmakers-formal-notice-of-iraq-strike-amid-complaints-from-democrats-idUSKBN1Z30NF | 2020-01-05 |
| On Friday Democratic U.S. Senator Tim Kaine introduced a resolution to force a debate and vote in Congress to prevent further escalation of hostilities with Iran | Negative | WASHINGTON The White House sent to Congress on Saturday formal notification of Fridays U.S. drone strike that killed a top Iranian general amid complaints from Democrats that President Donald Trump did not notify lawmakers or seek advance approval for the attack | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-usa-congress/white-house-gives-lawmakers-formal-notice-of-iraq-strike-amid-complaints-from-democrats-idUSKBN1Z30NF | 2020-01-05 |
| Samsung Electronics has traditionally unveiled new versions of its flagship Galaxy S phones ahead of the Mobile World Congress which takes places in February | Neutral | SEOUL Samsung Electronics said on Sunday that it will introduce new innovative devices in San Francisco on Feb | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-samsung-elec-smartphone/samsung-elec-says-will-unveil-innovative-devices-on-february-11-idUSKBN1Z404K | 2020-01-05 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. appeals court judges on Friday appeared skeptical about broad legal arguments by President Donald Trumps administration seeking to block a former White House lawyer from testifying to Congress as part of the impeachment effort against Trump but also seemed wary about stepping into the heated political fight | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. appeals court judges on Friday appeared skeptical about broad legal arguments by President Donald Trumps administration seeking to block a former White House lawyer from testifying to Congress as part of the impeachment effort against Trump but also seemed wary about stepping into the heated political fight | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-mcgahn/judges-struggle-over-trump-bid-to-block-mcgahn-congressional-testimony-idUSKBN1Z210Q | 2020-01-04 |
| Congress has other means to leverage executive branch cooperation such as refusing to fund the government Griffith said | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. appeals court judges on Friday appeared skeptical about broad legal arguments by President Donald Trumps administration seeking to block a former White House lawyer from testifying to Congress as part of the impeachment effort against Trump but also seemed wary about stepping into the heated political fight | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-mcgahn/judges-struggle-over-trump-bid-to-block-mcgahn-congressional-testimony-idUSKBN1Z210Q | 2020-01-04 |
| Congressional Republicans tried and failed numerous times to repeal Obamacare | Negative | WASHINGTON The Democraticcontrolled U.S. House of Representatives and 20 Democraticled states asked the Supreme Court on Friday to declare that the landmark Obamacare healthcare law does not violate the U.S. Constitution as lower courts have found in a lawsuit brought by Republicanled states | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-obamacare/democrats-ask-u-s-supreme-court-to-save-obamacare-idUSKBN1Z21YF | 2020-01-04 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
