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| Representatives for the other businessman Gennadiy Boholiubov could not be immediately reached for comment | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. prosecutors on Wednesday accused Ukrainian tycoon Ihor Kolomoisky and another Ukrainian businessman of using misappropriated funds to buy real estate in Ohio following earlier similar U.S. allegations involving property in Kentucky and Texas | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-usa-justice-ukraine/u-s-accuses-ukrainians-of-using-misappropriated-funds-for-ohio-real-estate-idUSKBN29502V | 2020-12-31 |
| Representatives for the European Union and Airbus could not be immediately reached for comment on the USTR action | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. government on Wednesday said it would raise tariffs on certain European Union products including aircraft components and wines from France and Germany the latest twist in a 16year battle over aircraft subsidies between Washington and Brussels | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-usa-eu-trade/u-s-slaps-tariffs-on-french-and-german-wines-aircraft-parts-amid-eu-dispute-idUSKBN2942GS | 2020-12-31 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Wednesday that the Senate would not move quickly to consider a bill from the House of Representatives that would raise direct coronavirus relief payments to Americans from to | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Wednesday that the Senate would not move quickly to consider a bill from the House of Representatives that would raise direct coronavirus relief payments to Americans from to | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-usa-trump-checks/mcconnell-rules-out-quick-vote-on-house-bill-for-2000-covid-19-relief-checks-idUSKBN29428P | 2020-12-31 |
| McConnell has declined to bring up a bill approved by the Democraticcontrolled House of Representatives to increase COVID19 relief checks to from | Positive | WASHINGTON Presidentelect Joe Biden and President Donald Trump will campaign next week in Georgia holding dueling events on the eve of runoff elections that will determine who controls the U.S. Senate and the fate of Bidens legislative agenda | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-georgia/biden-trump-to-campaign-in-georgia-on-eve-of-senate-runoffs-idUSKBN2941HE | 2020-12-31 |
| A number of Republican lawmakers in the House of Representatives have said they plan to object to the election results but Hawley is the first U.S. senator to do so | 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 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Thursday she will summon lawmakers back to work on Monday to vote on a bill that increases COVID19 stimulus payments to | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Thursday she will summon lawmakers back to work on Monday to vote on a bill that increases COVID19 stimulus payments to | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-house-pelosi/u-s-house-speaker-pelosi-presses-trump-to-sign-bill-avoiding-government-shutdown-before-monday-statement-idUSKBN28Y1DS | 2020-12-25 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Wednesday that the chamber will vote on Dec | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Wednesday that the chamber will vote on Dec | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-usa-defense-congress-pelosi/u-s-house-speaker-pelosi-will-push-to-override-trumps-veto-of-pentagon-bill-idUSKBN28X2N9 | 2020-12-24 |
| Both the Republicancontrolled Senate and Democraticmajority House of Representatives passed the 2021 NDAA with margins larger than the twothirds majorities needed to override a veto | Neutral | 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 Democraticcontrolled House of Representatives and the Republicancontrolled Senate passed the bill by wide bipartisan margins and could return to Washington to override a veto if necessary | Neutral | 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 |
| Representatives for the White House did not immediately respond to Reuters requests for comment | Neutral | Pfizer Inc is close to striking a deal with the U.S. government to supply at least tens of millions of additional doses of its COVID19 vaccine candidate next year in exchange for a government directive giving it better access to manufacturing supplies the New York Times reported on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-pfizer/pfizer-nears-deal-with-u-s-government-to-supply-additional-covid-19-vaccine-doses-nyt-idUSKBN28W2LM | 2020-12-23 |
| The House of Representatives and Senate were aiming to pass a bipartisan billion coronavirus aid package before the end of the day | Negative | American Airlines and United Airlines said on Monday they were preparing to recall tens of thousands of furloughed employees as they awaited lawmakers approval of a fresh billion in payroll support under a broader COVID19 relief package | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-airlines/u-s-airlines-prepare-employee-recalls-as-relief-nears-united-calls-them-temporary-idUSKBN28V2VE | 2020-12-22 |
| The measure has already passed the House of Representatives and now heads to President Donald Trump to sign into law | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate voted unanimously on Sunday to extend federal funding through Dec | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/health-coronavirus-usa-senate/u-s-senate-votes-to-extend-government-funding-to-avoid-shutdown-idUSKBN28V09Z | 2020-12-21 |
| The Democraticled House of Representatives will likely vote on the package on Monday with the Republicancontrolled Senate to follow according to House Democratic leader Steny Hoyer | Neutral | 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 |
| House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer said the measure would expand eligibility for nonprofits and local newspapers TV and radio broadcasters | 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 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives on Friday will consider a stopgap funding bill to keep the government open through midnight on Sunday according to a statement from the chambers appropriations committee | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives on Friday will consider a stopgap funding bill to keep the government open through midnight on Sunday according to a statement from the chambers appropriations committee | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-funding/u-s-house-to-consider-stopgap-funding-bill-friday-evening-committee-idUSKBN28S308 | 2020-12-19 |
| Any such effort to challenge the results is all but certain to fail since it would require approval by both chambers including the Democraticcontrolled House of Representatives | Neutral | ATLANTA Hours after speaking with Republican Senator Mitch McConnell and vowing to try to work together Presidentelect Joe Biden urged Georgians on Tuesday to oust McConnell as majority leader by electing the two Democratic candidates in Jan | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-georgia/biden-hits-campaign-trail-in-georgia-after-top-republicans-acknowledge-his-win-idUSKBN28P18U | 2020-12-16 |
| The Democraticcontrolled House of Representatives is sure to reject any such challenge while senior Republicans in the Senate on Monday dismissed the idea of overturning the result | 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 |
| Two Sackler family members who previously served on OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma LPs board have agreed under pressure to testify this week before a U.S. House of Representatives panel examining the nationwide opioid epidemic avoiding subpoenas threatened by the committees chairwoman | Negative | Two Sackler family members who previously served on OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma LPs board have agreed under pressure to testify this week before a U.S. House of Representatives panel examining the nationwide opioid epidemic avoiding subpoenas threatened by the committees chairwoman | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-purdue-pharma-opioids-investigations/two-sacklers-behind-oxycontin-maker-to-appear-before-u-s-house-panel-idUSKBN28O2DP | 2020-12-15 |
| 23 to decide whether to veto the billion National Defense Authorization Act or allow the annual measure setting policy for the Department of Defense to become law a House of Representatives aide said on Monday | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump has until Dec | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-defense-congress/trump-faces-dec-23-deadline-to-veto-or-sign-massive-ndaa-defense-bill-idUSKBN28O26L | 2020-12-15 |
| The leaders of the House of Representatives and Senate did not immediately respond to requests for comment | Neutral | 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 |
| Representatives of LaBeouf 34 a former child star who dated the singer for about a year in 2018 and 2019 did not respond to a request for comment on Friday | Neutral | LOS ANGELES British musician FKA twigs on Friday filed a lawsuit against actor Shia LaBeouf accusing him of physical and emotional abuse during their yearlong relationship | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-people-shia-labeouf/actor-shia-labeouf-accused-of-abuse-by-ex-girlfriend-fka-twigs-idUSKBN28L2XR | 2020-12-12 |
| Aside from Nunes a California Republican who has served as chairman of the House of Representatives Intelligence Committee | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. Representative Devin Nunes an ardent supporter of President Donald Trump told a California radio station on Friday that he had tested positive for antibodies of COVID19 indicating that he had the virus earlier this year | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/health-coronavirus-usa-congress-factbox/devin-nunes-prominent-trump-ally-says-he-had-covid-19-antibodies-idUSKBN28L2TW | 2020-12-12 |
| Last week the U.S. House of Representatives unanimously passed a law to kick Chinese companies off U.S. stock exchanges if they do not fully comply with the countrys auditing rules | Negative | SHANGHAI Dow Jones Indices on Thursday became the second major index provider to remove some Chinese companies from its index products following a Trump administration executive order in the latest market disruption from persistent SinoU.S. tensions | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-s-p-dji/sp-dji-removes-chinese-firms-from-indexes-after-u-s-order-idUSKBN28K1RD | 2020-12-11 |
| The Democraticmajority House of Representatives on Wednesday approved the oneweek stopgap measure to extend current government funding levels until Dec | 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 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Trade Representatives office said on Wednesday it welcomed a decision by Britain not to continue in January tariffs imposed by the European Union in an aircraft subsidies case saying it shares Britains objective of resolving the dispute through negotiations | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Trade Representatives office said on Wednesday it welcomed a decision by Britain not to continue in January tariffs imposed by the European Union in an aircraft subsidies case saying it shares Britains objective of resolving the dispute through negotiations | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-usa-trade-britain-tariffs/ustr-welcomes-britains-decision-to-stand-down-on-aircraft-related-tariffs-idUSKBN28J387 | 2020-12-10 |
| Late on Wednesday the U.S. Trade Representatives office welcomed Britains decision saying it shares the UKs objective of reaching a negotiated resolution | Positive | Britains decision to suspend tariffs on Boeing Co jets and other U.S. goods has stunned the planemakers European rival Airbus and exposes a growing rift between the UK and Europe over aerospace investment industry sources and analysts said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-usa-trade-eu-britain/uk-tariff-waiver-puts-domestic-trade-pressure-on-airbus-idUSKBN28J2VI | 2020-12-10 |
| Haggling over aid proposals continued on Wednesday as the House of Representatives passed a oneweek government funding measure to buy more time on a broader spending package and coronavirus relief | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Wednesday that President Donald Trump would rather send checks to Americans as part of a new coronavirus aid package than supplemental unemployment benefits arguing that it would put more people back to work more quickly | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-mnuchin/mnuchin-says-covid-aid-checks-would-spur-more-jobs-than-unemployment-supplement-idUSKBN28K03O | 2020-12-10 |
| The Democraticcontrolled 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 | Positive | 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 |
| News of her selection was welcomed by Democrats in the House of Representatives and Senate | Positive | NEW Presidentelect Joe Biden has selected Katherine Tai the chief trade lawyer for the House Ways and Means Committee to serve as U.S. trade representative four sources familiar with the decision said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-biden-ustr/biden-picks-capitol-hill-staffer-tai-as-u-s-trade-czar-sources-idUSKBN28J399 | 2020-12-10 |
| WASHINGTON 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 | Positive | 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 |
| WASHINGTON A oneweek extension of federal funding to avoid a U.S. government shutdown secured enough votes on Wednesday for passage in U.S. House of Representatives | Negative | WASHINGTON A oneweek extension of federal funding to avoid a U.S. government shutdown secured enough votes on Wednesday for passage in U.S. House of Representatives | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/health-coronavirus-usa-fiscal/u-s-house-secures-enough-votes-to-pass-spending-bill-to-avoid-government-shutdown-idUSKBN28J31U | 2020-12-10 |
| Early on Wednesday the Trump administration had issued a formal notice of its intention to veto the measures if they passed the Senate and House of Representatives | Negative | WASHINGTON An effort to stop President Donald Trumps hightech weapons deals with the United Arab Emirates fell short on Wednesday in the U.S. Senate as Trumps fellow Republicans opposed resolutions of disapproval seeking to block the sale of drones and advanced F35 fighter jets | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-usa-emirates-arms/u-s-senate-backs-massive-arms-sales-to-uae-after-trump-veto-threat-idUSKBN28J2BZ | 2020-12-10 |
| Representatives from Democratic Presidentelect Bidens transition team were not invited to the summit | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump will sign an executive order on Tuesday to ensure that priority access for COVID19 vaccines procured by the U.S. government is given to the American people before assisting other nations senior administration officials said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-vaccines-trump/trump-to-order-priority-access-to-u-s-covid-19-vaccines-for-americans-idUSKBN28H2O2 | 2020-12-08 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives will vote on Wednesday on a oneweek stopgap funding bill to provide time for lawmakers to negotiate a longterm overarching spending plan to avoid a government shutdown Steny Hoyer the No | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives will vote on Wednesday on a oneweek stopgap funding bill to provide time for lawmakers to negotiate a longterm overarching spending plan to avoid a government shutdown Steny Hoyer the No | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress-wedne/u-s-house-to-vote-wednesday-on-one-week-government-funding-bill-hoyer-idUSKBN28H2P2 | 2020-12-08 |
| Representatives for Tyson Pilgrims Pride and Sanderson Farms did not immediately respond to a request for comment | Positive | U.S. fastfood restaurant chain ChickfilA sued top chicken suppliers alleging they artificially raised prices on billions of dollars of its purchases in the latest litigation facing the poultry industry | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-chickfila-lawsuit-pricefixing/chick-fil-a-sues-top-poultry-suppliers-alleging-bid-rigging-price-fixing-idUSKBN28H064 | 2020-12-07 |
| Representatives for Kodak and DFC did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Reuters | Neutral | A federal agency found no wrongdoing concerning the stalled U.S. government loan to Eastman Kodak Co the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-eastman-kodak/federal-agency-finds-no-wrongdoing-in-kodak-loan-report-idUSKBN28G0VN | 2020-12-07 |
| Republican House of Representatives Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy echoed McConnell but warned that billion was the starting point and where well probably end up | 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 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. House of Representatives Democrats elected Greg Meeks on Thursday as the next chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee a position in which he is expected to work closely with Presidentelect Joe Bidens administration on the Iran nuclear deal and other issues | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. House of Representatives Democrats elected Greg Meeks on Thursday as the next chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee a position in which he is expected to work closely with Presidentelect Joe Bidens administration on the Iran nuclear deal and other issues | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/usa-congress-foreign/u-s-democrats-elect-meeks-as-first-black-house-foreign-affairs-chairman-idUSKBN28E03I | 2020-12-04 |
| BEIJING China said on Wednesday that the United States is adopting discriminating policies towards Chinese firms in response to the U.S. House of Representatives backing a bill that could block Chinese firms from U.S. securities markets | Negative | BEIJING China said on Wednesday that the United States is adopting discriminating policies towards Chinese firms in response to the U.S. House of Representatives backing a bill that could block Chinese firms from U.S. securities markets | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-stocks/china-says-u-s-is-adopting-discriminating-policies-on-chinese-firms-idUSKBN28C0TP | 2020-12-03 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives passed a law to kick Chinese companies off U.S. stock exchanges if they do not fully comply with the countrys auditing rules giving President Donald Trump one more tool to threaten Beijing with before leaving office | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives passed a law to kick Chinese companies off U.S. stock exchanges if they do not fully comply with the countrys auditing rules giving President Donald Trump one more tool to threaten Beijing with before leaving office | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-stocks/chinese-firms-on-u-s-exchanges-threatened-by-bill-headed-to-trumps-desk-idUSKBN28C3C3 | 2020-12-03 |
| KONG 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 | Negative | KONG 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 | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-stocks/u-s-house-seen-approving-bill-blocking-chinese-firms-from-u-s-markets-idUSKBN28B6BV | 2020-12-03 |
| House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer urged McConnell a Republican to immediately engage in negotiations using the billion initiative as a foundation | Neutral | 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 |
| But Schumer blasted the Republican effort for excluding Democrats who control the U.S. House of Representatives | Negative | WASHINGTON Republicans and Democrats in Congress remained unable to reach agreement on fresh relief for a pandemichit U.S. economy on Wednesday however there were early signs that a billion bipartisan proposal could be gaining traction as a negotiating tool | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/deal-on-fresh-u-s-coronavirus-relief-eluding-congressional-republicans-democrats-idUSKBN28C2ES | 2020-12-03 |
| Representatives of the mayors office and the Board of Education did not immediately return a request for comment on Wednesday | Neutral | Jamie Ewing longs for the day when he can return to teaching his fourthgrade class facetoface safely and permanently but he is not confident that will be the case next week when he is due to go back to his school in the South Bronx | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-new-york/some-new-york-city-teachers-question-timing-of-reopening-schools-as-covid-19-cases-soar-idUSKBN28C331 | 2020-12-03 |
| SHANGHAI Dec 3 China stocks edged lower on Thursday after the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill that threatened to delist Chinese companies off U.S. stock exchanges a move likely to further ratchet up tensions between Washington and Beijing | Negative | SHANGHAI Dec 3 China stocks edged lower on Thursday after the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill that threatened to delist Chinese companies off U.S. stock exchanges a move likely to further ratchet up tensions between Washington and Beijing | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/china-stocks-midday/china-stocks-falter-as-u-s-house-clears-delisting-bill-idUSL1N2IJ07B | 2020-12-03 |
| 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 | 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 |
| Representatives of the organizations did not immediately respond to questions about the announcement | Negative | Election authorities in Georgia have opened investigations into progressive groups trying to sign up new voters in advance of twin January elections that will determine control of the U.S. Senate Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-georgia/georgia-probing-voter-registration-groups-ahead-of-critical-u-s-senate-races-idUSKBN28A2B0 | 2020-12-01 |
| WASHINGTON The Supreme Court on Monday is set to take up President Donald Trumps unprecedented and contentious effort to exclude illegal immigrants from the population totals used to allocate U.S. House of Representatives districts to states | Negative | WASHINGTON The Supreme Court on Monday is set to take up President Donald Trumps unprecedented and contentious effort to exclude illegal immigrants from the population totals used to allocate U.S. House of Representatives districts to states | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-court-census/u-s-supreme-court-weighs-trump-bid-to-bar-illegal-immigrants-from-census-totals-idUSKBN2890F4 | 2020-11-30 |
| There had been speculation inside the ruling parties that Suga would dissolve the House of Representatives in January | Neutral | TOKYO Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga is likely to push back an election for the lower house of parliament to some time after next summer as the country tackles a third wave of COVID19 infections the Nikkei reported on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/japan-snap-election/japan-pm-likely-to-push-back-parliament-election-nikkei-idUSKBN2871EP | 2020-11-28 |
| WASHINGTON As Presidentelect Joe Biden builds his economic team in the coming days some influential lawmakers are urging him to choose Katherine Tai the Democratic trade counsel on the House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee as U.S. trade representative | Positive | WASHINGTON As Presidentelect Joe Biden builds his economic team in the coming days some influential lawmakers are urging him to choose Katherine Tai the Democratic trade counsel on the House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee as U.S. trade representative | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/usa-biden-trade/lawyer-katherine-tai-a-congress-favorite-for-biden-trade-czar-idUSKBN285280 | 2020-11-26 |
| This pardon is undeserved unprincipled and one more stain on President Trumps rapidly diminishing House of Representatives Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler said in a statement | Neutral | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump on Wednesday pardoned his former national security adviser Michael Flynn who had twice pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI during the investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/usa-trump-flynn/trump-pardons-former-adviser-flynn-who-pleaded-guilty-in-russia-probe-idUSKBN28536B | 2020-11-26 |
| Progressive Democrats in U.S. House of Representatives have called for a reduction in military spending to combat the coronavirus | 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 |
| Bidens team is consulting with leaders in the House of Representatives and Senate on details and best practices said Klain | Positive | WASHINGTON The inauguration of Presidentelect Joe Biden will be a scaleddown version of the usual traditions that will not endanger Americans health amid the coronavirus pandemic a top aide said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-biden-inauguration/biden-inauguration-will-be-scaled-down-amid-covid-aide-says-idUSKBN2820LG | 2020-11-23 |
| Representatives for Apollo Global Management were not available for comment | Negative | TOKYO Apollo Global Management APO.N Carlyle Group CG.O KKR Co KKR.N and Bain Capital are among potential bidders for Japans Hitachi Metals Ltd 5486 | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-hitachi-m-a-metals-unit/apollo-carlyle-bain-are-among-bidders-for-planned-hitachi-metals-sale-sources-idUSKBN28014J | 2020-11-21 |
| Biden to meet with House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer | Positive | President Donald Trump will meet with Republican leaders of the Michigan state legislature on Friday at the White House as his campaign pursues an increasingly desperate bid to overturn the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/us-usa-election-snapshot/2020-u-s-election-what-you-need-to-know-right-now-idUSKBN28017R | 2020-11-21 |
| He has been in government for about six years most of them in the U.S. House of Representatives including as general counsel to the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence | Neutral | Cordell Hull a highranking official at the U.S. Department of Commerce who helped craft U.S. policies on exports to China said he was leaving his post in early December | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-commerce-resignation/key-u-s-commerce-dept-official-involved-in-china-policy-resigning-idUSKBN27Y33L | 2020-11-19 |
| WASHINGTON Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives voted on Wednesday to keep House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in her job for another two years despite the party losing seats to Republicans in the Nov | Positive | WASHINGTON Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives voted on Wednesday to keep House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in her job for another two years despite the party losing seats to Republicans in the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-congress-democrats/house-democrats-back-pelosi-for-another-term-as-speaker-idUSKBN27Y2MX | 2020-11-19 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives unanimously approved legislation on Tuesday to reform the Federal Aviation Administrations aircraft certification process after two fatal Boeing 737 MAX crashes killed 346 people | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives unanimously approved legislation on Tuesday to reform the Federal Aviation Administrations aircraft certification process after two fatal Boeing 737 MAX crashes killed 346 people | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-boeing-737max-faa/house-passes-bill-to-reform-plane-certification-process-after-two-boeing-737-max-crashes-idUSKBN27X330 | 2020-11-18 |
| The Rodchenkov AntiDoping Act which previously passed the House of Representatives unanimously passed the Senate unopposed and needs to signature of the president to become law | Neutral | The United States Senate on Monday passed a bill that would allow U.S. justice officials to pursue criminal penalties against anyone involved in doping at an international events involving American athletes sponsors or broadcasters | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-doping-usa/u-s-senate-passes-anti-doping-sports-bill-idUSKBN27X03H | 2020-11-17 |
| NEW YORK Growing up in the Bronx poor AfroLatino and gay Ritchie Torres said he never imagined that he would one day be elected to the United States House of Representatives | Positive | NEW YORK Growing up in the Bronx poor AfroLatino and gay Ritchie Torres said he never imagined that he would one day be elected to the United States House of Representatives | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-lgbt/first-openly-gay-afro-latino-u-s-congressman-never-in-my-wildest-dreams-idUSKBN27T2U7 | 2020-11-14 |
| Young the 87yearold Republican who is Alaskas sole U.S. House of Representatives member made the announcement on Twitter | Neutral | ANCHORAGE Alaska The Alaska congressman who once ridiculed the seriousness of the novel coronavirus calling it the beer said on Thursday he is now infected with it | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congressman/alaska-congressman-who-ridiculed-coronavirus-now-says-he-has-covid-19-idUSKBN27T0BD | 2020-11-13 |
| Representative Eliot Engel chairman of the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee said the State Department should begin preparing for Bidens transition now | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo voiced confidence on Tuesday that once every vote was counted it would lead to a second Trump appearing to reject Democrat Joe Bidens election victory over President Donald Trump | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-pompeo/pompeo-voices-confidence-for-second-trump-administration-then-softens-tone-on-post-election-transition-idUSKBN27Q2YH | 2020-11-11 |
| The justices in March agreed to hear an appeal filed by a coalition of Democraticled states and the Democraticcontrolled House of Representatives defending Obamacare | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday is set to hear arguments in a bid by Republicangoverned states backed by President Donald Trumps administration to strike down the Obamacare healthcare law even as Joe Biden prepares to replace Trump in January | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/supreme-court/article/us-usa-court-obamacare/conservative-u-s-supreme-court-prepares-to-hear-obamacare-challenge-idUSKBN27P2AY | 2020-11-10 |
| Democratic Texas lawmaker Joaquin Castro head of the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committees oversight subcommittee took to Twitter to categorize the move as a stunning diplomatic failure | 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 |
| There was no immediate comment from the U.S. Trade Representatives office | Neutral | GENEVA The World Trade Organization has cancelled a meeting on Nov | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-trade-wto/wto-cancels-meeting-aimed-at-breaking-leadership-impasse-idUSKBN27M298 | 2020-11-07 |
| Democrats were projected to maintain control of the 435seat House of Representatives | Neutral | WASHINGTON A Democratic drive to win control of the U.S. Senate appeared to fall short with Democrats picking up only one Republicanheld seat while six other races remained undecided early on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-senate/democrats-falling-short-in-bid-for-control-of-u-s-senate-idUSKBN27J1AZ | 2020-11-04 |
| Many of the controversial recommendations seen by Reuters would require congressional approval and would likely not win support in a Democratcontrolled House of Representatives | Negative | WASHINGTON The Trump administrations law enforcement commission won approval from a federal judge on Monday night to release its controversial report on policing reforms as long as the Justice Department includes a disclaimer stating that the report was drafted in violation of federal open meeting laws | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-justice-policing/after-blocking-its-release-u-s-judge-lets-trump-policing-panel-publish-report-idUSKBN27J01O | 2020-11-03 |
| Representatives Frank Pallone and Mike Doyle demanded Pai disclose if he had any contact with the White House or President Donald Trumps reelection campaign before his announcement | Neutral | WASHINGTON Two key U.S. House Democratic lawmakers on Wednesday asked Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai if the White House was involved in his decision to move forward with new regulations limiting key social media legal protections | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/us-usa-tech-trump/lawmakers-ask-if-white-house-pressured-fcc-on-social-media-rules-idUSKBN27D2Y8 | 2020-10-29 |
| Mark Jones a political science professor at Rice University in Houston said Democrats have somewhere between a 1in3 and a 2in5 chance of flipping the 150member Texas House of Representatives | Neutral | Even as the presidential election dominates the countrys attention Democrats have spent recordbreaking sums this year on winning seats in state legislatures 10 years after a Republican wave gave that party the power to reshape U.S. congressional maps | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-statehouses/a-lesson-learned-democrats-plot-route-to-washington-through-statehouse-races-idUSKBN27D2QR | 2020-10-29 |
| WASHINGTON They came to Washington to shake things up and in their first two years in the U.S. House of Representatives the four lawmakers popularly known as Squad achieved stardom but also discovered that life in the political fastlane can be perilous | Negative | WASHINGTON They came to Washington to shake things up and in their first two years in the U.S. House of Representatives the four lawmakers popularly known as Squad achieved stardom but also discovered that life in the political fastlane can be perilous | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-house-the-squad/fame-or-blame-what-lies-ahead-for-the-squad-as-they-eye-second-terms-in-u-s-congress-idUSKBN27C1C3 | 2020-10-28 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi is hopeful that congressional Democrats and the Trump administration can reach agreement on a coronavirus relief bill before the Nov | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi is hopeful that congressional Democrats and the Trump administration can reach agreement on a coronavirus relief bill before the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/pelosi-optimistic-of-covid-19-relief-deal-before-nov-3-u-s-elections-aide-idUSKBN27B1V6 | 2020-10-27 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives recently voted to condemn the proPresident Donald Trump online conspiracy theory known as QAnon | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives recently voted to condemn the proPresident Donald Trump online conspiracy theory known as QAnon | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-house-qanon/backers-of-qanon-conspiracy-theory-on-path-to-u-s-congress-idUSKBN27B14J | 2020-10-27 |
| At least one of them is expected to be elected to the House of Representatives next week and a second has a good chance | Neutral | WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives recently voted to condemn the proPresident Donald Trump online conspiracy theory known as QAnon | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-house-qanon/backers-of-qanon-conspiracy-theory-on-path-to-u-s-congress-idUSKBN27B14J | 2020-10-27 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Sunday said she will seek to stay on as head of the U.S. House of Representatives if her fellow Democrats keep their majority after the Nov | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Sunday said she will seek to stay on as head of the U.S. House of Representatives if her fellow Democrats keep their majority after the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-house-pelosi/pelosi-aims-to-keep-top-u-s-house-job-if-democrats-keep-majority-idUSKBN27A0K4 | 2020-10-26 |
| In that case the U.S. Constitution leaves it to the House of Representatives to select the next president | Negative | The combination of the coronavirus pandemic and President Donald Trumps accusations of mass voter fraud by Democrats has legal experts warning of the possibility of a contested presidential election | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-election-contested-examples/dueling-electors-hanging-chads-a-history-of-contested-u-s-elections-idUSKBN2781G4 | 2020-10-24 |
| U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi reported progress in talks with the Trump administration for another round of financial aid saying legislation could be hammered out pretty | 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 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trumps bank account in China raises serious national security concerns U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Wednesday following a New York Times report revealing the previously undisclosed account | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trumps bank account in China raises serious national security concerns U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Wednesday following a New York Times report revealing the previously undisclosed account | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-trump-china/trumps-reported-chinese-bank-account-raises-security-concerns-pelosi-idUSKBN2762MS | 2020-10-22 |
| Representatives for the firms either declined to comment or did not respond to requests for comment | Negative | Lawyers at Jones Day which has earned millions as outside counsel to U.S. President Donald Trumps reelection campaign have donated nearly to the campaign committee of Trumps Democratic rival Joe Biden | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-lawyer-election-donations/lawyers-spurn-trump-campaign-in-individual-donations-including-from-jones-day-idUSKBN27531P | 2020-10-21 |
| U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin continued to narrow their in a telephone conversation on Monday her spokesman said | Neutral | By Hideyuki Sano | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-yuan-stands-tall-but-u-s-stimulus-doubts-cap-broader-risk-rally-idUSL4N2HB01O | 2020-10-20 |
| WASHINGTON The United States and Brazil have signed a new protocol on trade rules and transparency updating a 2011 agreement between the two countries the U.S. Trade Representatives office said on Monday | Positive | WASHINGTON The United States and Brazil have signed a new protocol on trade rules and transparency updating a 2011 agreement between the two countries the U.S. Trade Representatives office said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-usa-brazil-statement/u-s-brazil-sign-new-protocol-on-trade-transparency-ustr-idUSKBN2742YZ | 2020-10-20 |
| Representatives for Amazon and Flipkart did not immediately respond to Reuters requests seeking comment outside regular business hours | Neutral | MUMBAI The Indian government has warned Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-india-ecommerce-warning/amid-tensions-with-china-india-warns-amazon-flipkart-over-country-of-origin-rule-idUSKBN2720CY | 2020-10-18 |
| Representatives for the U.S. State Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment | Neutral | 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 |
| But the U.S. Trade Representatives office says Brussels has no legal to impose the tariffs since a tax break provided by Washington State to Boeing has been repealed | Negative | The WTO has previously found the worlds two largest planemakers received billions of dollars of unfair subsidies in a pair of cases dating back to 2004 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-usa-trade-eu-chronology-timeline/timeline-highlights-of-the-16-year-airbus-boeing-trade-war-idUSKBN26Y2MH | 2020-10-14 |
| Representatives for the U.S. State Department and China did not immediately respond to a request for comment | Neutral | 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 Two private groups focused on U.S. government ethics on Monday accused Attorney General William Barr of misusing his office to support President Donald Trumps political goals and called on the House of Representatives to begin impeachment proceedings against him | Negative | WASHINGTON Two private groups focused on U.S. government ethics on Monday accused Attorney General William Barr of misusing his office to support President Donald Trumps political goals and called on the House of Representatives to begin impeachment proceedings against him | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-justice-barr/u-s-ethics-groups-say-barr-uses-doj-as-political-tool-call-for-his-impeachment-idUSKBN26X2RS | 2020-10-13 |
| The authors of Mondays report called on the Democraticled House of Representatives to begin a formal impeachment inquiry the first step toward removing him from office | Negative | WASHINGTON Two private groups focused on U.S. government ethics on Monday accused Attorney General William Barr of misusing his office to support President Donald Trumps political goals and called on the House of Representatives to begin impeachment proceedings against him | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-justice-barr/u-s-ethics-groups-say-barr-uses-doj-as-political-tool-call-for-his-impeachment-idUSKBN26X2RS | 2020-10-13 |
| CHICAGO U.S. aviation contractors laid off thousands of workers due to delays in payroll aid from the U.S. Treasury that was meant to protect jobs an investigation by a U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee found | Negative | CHICAGO U.S. aviation contractors laid off thousands of workers due to delays in payroll aid from the U.S. Treasury that was meant to protect jobs an investigation by a U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee found | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-treasury-contracto/aviation-contractors-axed-jobs-as-u-s-delayed-aid-house-panel-finds-idUSKBN26U2LY | 2020-10-10 |
| 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 |
| A U.S. House of Representatives panel looking into abuses of market power by four big technology companies found they used killer to smite rivals charged exorbitant fees and forced small businesses into contracts in the name of profit | Negative | A U.S. House of Representatives panel looking into abuses of market power by four big 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/innovation/article/us-usa-tech-antitrust-congress/u-s-lawmakers-detail-big-techs-market-abuses-and-press-for-strict-reform-idUSKBN26R3H7 | 2020-10-08 |
| The report reflects the views of Democrats on the antitrust subcommittee in the Democraticcontrolled House of Representatives | Neutral | WASHINGTON A scathing report detailing abuses of market power by four top technology companies suggests a tough road ahead of new rules and stricter enforcement for Big Tech should Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden win the White House | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-tech-biden-analysis/scathing-congressional-report-suggests-big-trouble-for-big-tech-if-biden-wins-idUSKBN26S32A | 2020-10-08 |
| 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 | 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 |
| 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 | 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 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump has no basis for claiming success battling the countrys coronavirus crisis Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi said on Monday saying his policies had endangered Americans | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump has no basis for claiming success battling the countrys coronavirus crisis Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi said on Monday saying his policies had endangered Americans | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-trump-pelosi/dont-politicize-the-virus-pelosi-tells-trump-idUSKBN26Q2VB | 2020-10-06 |
| Representatives for the hostages could not be reached to confirm if they had been freed | Negative | KIDAL Mali Mali will release scores of suspected Islamist insurgents in a prisoner exchange for opposition leader Soumaila Cisse and French aid worker Sophie Petronin two security sources and a diplomatic source said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-mali-security/kidnapped-politician-french-aid-worker-to-be-freed-in-mali-prisoner-swap-idUSKBN26Q2DN | 2020-10-06 |
| U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi a Democrat said on Friday that negotiations were continuing but she is waiting for a response from the White House on key areas | Positive | Investors are gauging how a potential deterioration in President Donald Trumps health could impact asset prices in coming weeks as the U.S. leader remains hospitalized after being diagnosed with COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-trump-markets-anal/trumps-diagnosis-fuels-uncertainty-for-skittish-u-s-stock-market-idUSKBN26P069 | 2020-10-05 |
| Representatives for Weinstein who is serving 23 years in prison in New York had no immediate comment on the new charges | Negative | LOS ANGELES Disgraced film producer Harvey Weinstein has been charged with six more counts of forcible sexual assault in Los Angeles the Los Angeles District Attorney said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-people-harvey-weinstein/harvey-weinstein-charged-with-six-more-counts-of-sexual-assault-in-los-angeles-idUSKBN26N317 | 2020-10-03 |
| Representatives of the health ministry and the Indian Council of Medical Research did not immediately respond to calls or emails for comment | Neutral | DELHI Indias death toll from the novel coronavirus rose past 100000 on Saturday only the third country in the world to reach that bleak milestone after the United States and Brazil and its epidemic shows no sign of abating | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-india-cases/indias-coronavirus-death-toll-passes-100000-with-no-sign-of-an-end-idUSKBN26O03C | 2020-10-03 |
| Many of the proposals calling for legislative action likely would not win support from a House of Representatives controlled by Democrats | Negative | WASHINGTON Before a U.S. federal judge on Thursday halted the work of a Trump administration law enforcement commission saying it had violated public meetings laws the panel had been warned about shutting out public input by several of its own participants internal records reviewed by Reuters show | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-justice-rights-exclusive/exclusive-trump-policing-panel-was-warned-about-secretive-process-before-court-ruling-idUSKBN26M7C9 | 2020-10-02 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committees antitrust panel discussed ways to tighten antitrust laws on Thursday with two Republicans on the Democratdominated panel indicating potential support for some changes | Neutral | WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committees antitrust panel discussed ways to tighten antitrust laws on Thursday with two Republicans on the Democratdominated panel indicating potential support for some changes | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-tech-antitrust/house-democrats-discuss-tougher-antitrust-law-some-republicans-agree-idUSKBN26M7KI | 2020-10-02 |
| Legislation that will trigger a massive overhaul of the U.S. Olympic system offering athletes greater protection and more input into decision making was unanimously passed by the House of Representatives on Thursday and sent to the White House for President Donald Trumps signature | Positive | Legislation that will trigger a massive overhaul of the U.S. Olympic system offering athletes greater protection and more input into decision making was unanimously passed by the House of Representatives on Thursday and sent to the White House for President Donald Trumps signature | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-olympics-usopc-reforms/u-s-olympic-reform-bill-approved-by-congress-awaits-trump-signature-idUSKBN26M7L0 | 2020-10-02 |
| WASHINGTON A U.S. House of Representatives committee on Wednesday unanimously approved bipartisan legislation to reform the Federal Aviation Administrations aircraft certification process after two fatal Boeing 737 MAX crashes that killed 346 people | Negative | WASHINGTON A U.S. House of Representatives committee on Wednesday unanimously approved bipartisan legislation to reform the Federal Aviation Administrations aircraft certification process after two fatal Boeing 737 MAX crashes that killed 346 people | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-boeing-737max-congress/house-panel-approves-faa-reform-bill-after-boeing-737-max-crashes-idUSKBN26L30I | 2020-10-01 |
| Biden supports a bill approved by the Democraticled House of Representatives last year that would allow Medicare to negotiate drug prices as private insurers do | Positive | Healthcare always a top concern for U.S. voters has taken on even greater importance amid a coronavirus pandemic that has killed more than 205000 Americans and cost millions more their jobs | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-healthcare-factbox/factbox-trump-biden-healthcare-differences-in-spotlight-amid-pandemic-supreme-court-fight-idUSKBN26K3OY | 2020-09-30 |
| U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi was set to hold further talks with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Tuesday morning in Washington | Positive | Asian stock markets tmsnrt | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/asian-markets-hunker-down-ahead-of-u-s-presidential-debate-idUSL4N2GQ11K | 2020-09-29 |
| 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 |
| 2 trillion draft bill for coronavirus aid unveiled by Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives late on Monday gave airlines some hope for a second bailout before tens of thousands of layoffs occur on Thursday although tough hurdles remained | Negative | A | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-airlines/u-s-house-covid-19-aid-proposal-gives-airlines-bailout-hope-but-chances-slim-idUSKBN26K030 | 2020-09-29 |
| A federal appeals court handed a win to the U.S. House of Representatives on Friday saying the Democraticled chamber could proceed with a lawsuit challenging President Donald Trumps diversion of funds to pay for a wall on the U.S.Mexico border | Negative | A federal appeals court handed a win to the U.S. House of Representatives on Friday saying the Democraticled chamber could proceed with a lawsuit challenging President Donald Trumps diversion of funds to pay for a wall on the U.S.Mexico border | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-court/u-s-court-lets-house-move-forward-with-challenge-to-trumps-border-wall-idUSKCN26G2DQ | 2020-09-26 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi spoke with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin about coronavirus relief on Friday and they agreed to hold more talks Pelosis office said | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi spoke with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin about coronavirus relief on Friday and they agreed to hold more talks Pelosis office said | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-pelosi/pelosi-mnuchin-discuss-covid-aid-agree-to-more-talks-pelosis-office-idUSKCN26G330 | 2020-09-26 |
| Representatives for Murray who is known for playing worldweary characters in movies like Groundhog and Lost in did not return a request for comment | Negative | LOS ANGELES Musicians have long protested about politicians using their songs during campaign rallies but actor Bill Murray has now found himself in the crosshairs of a complaint by the Doobie Brothers | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-people-bill-murray/bill-murray-the-doobie-brothers-and-those-ugly-golf-shirts-idUSKCN26G2Z8 | 2020-09-26 |
| NEW YORK Democrats in of the House of Representatives will introduce a bill next week to limit the tenure of U.S. Supreme Court justices to 18 years from current lifetime appointments in a bid to reduce partisan warring over vacancies and preserve the courts legitimacy | Negative | NEW YORK Democrats in of the House of Representatives will introduce a bill next week to limit the tenure of U.S. Supreme Court justices to 18 years from current lifetime appointments in a bid to reduce partisan warring over vacancies and preserve the courts legitimacy | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-court-termlimits/democrats-prepare-bill-limiting-u-s-supreme-court-justice-terms-to-18-years-idUSKCN26F3L3 | 2020-09-25 |
| WASHINGTON Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives are working on a | Neutral | WASHINGTON Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives are working on a | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-house-democrats-crafting-new-2-2-trillion-covid-19-relief-package-idUSKCN26F3CE | 2020-09-25 |
| Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives are working on a | Neutral | U.S. coronavirus cases topped 7 million accounting for more than of the worlds total and infections rose sharply in Latin America while European officials warned of a with flu as the continent grapples with a second COVID19 wave | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-coronavirus-idUSKCN26G0GT | 2020-09-25 |
| House of Representatives Judiciary Committees antitrust subcommittee is expected to soon release a muchanticipated deep dive into antitrust allegations against four of Americas largest tech companies and recommendations. | Positive | Thomson Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/idUSKCN26F3NH | 2020-09-25 |
| In 2017 the House of Representatives passed legislation to speed the adoption of selfdriving cars and bar states from setting performance standards but the legislation stalled | Negative | 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 |
| By any measure current levels of violence are too special envoy Zalmay Khalilzad told a House of Representatives hearing | Negative | WASHINGTON The level of violence in Afghanistan is unacceptably high and the United States expects further setbacks during talks the Special Representative for Afghanistan said on Tuesday as the Afghan government and Taliban remained far apart on even basic issues 10 days into talks meant to end two decades of war | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-afghanistan-congress/as-afghanistan-peace-talks-stutter-u-s-says-violence-levels-too-high-idUSKCN26D2B9 | 2020-09-23 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday voted near unanimously to pass legislation to restrict imports of goods made using forced labor from China as lawmakers look to address the treatment of Uighur Muslims in Chinas Xinjiang region | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday voted near unanimously to pass legislation to restrict imports of goods made using forced labor from China as lawmakers look to address the treatment of Uighur Muslims in Chinas Xinjiang region | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-congress/u-s-house-passes-china-forced-labor-bill-near-unanimously-idUSKCN26D31U | 2020-09-23 |
| WASHINGTON The Democraticled U.S. House of Representatives passed a stopgap funding bill on Tuesday to keep the federal government operating through Dec | Positive | WASHINGTON The Democraticled U.S. House of Representatives passed a stopgap funding bill on Tuesday to keep the federal government operating through Dec | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-congress-funding/u-s-house-passes-stopgap-funding-bill-to-avoid-government-shutdown-idUSKCN26D25Q | 2020-09-23 |
| Republicanled states and the Trump administration have asked the court to strike down the entire law which is being defended by Democraticled states and the House of Representatives | Negative | WASHINGTON Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburgs death will be felt at the Supreme Court in the coming weeks as it starts a new term with a 53 conservative majority while preparing for a major case on the Obamacare healthcare law and possible emergency electionrelated disputes | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/supreme-court/article/us-usa-court-term/u-s-supreme-court-faces-major-challenges-when-it-returns-without-ginsburg-idUSKCN26D1A9 | 2020-09-23 |
| The House of Representatives already approved one such bill another version of which enjoys broad support in the Senate | 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 |
| At least 17 other members of the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate nine Republicans and seven Democrats have tested positive or are presumed to have had COVID19 | Positive | 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 |
| House of Representatives Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler on Saturday said that rushing a court pick through if Democrats win in November would be undemocratic | 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 |
| The letter was signed by Representatives Richard Neal William Keating and Peter King | Positive | LONDON U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has warned the United Kingdom that it must honour the Northern Irish peace deal as it extracts itself from the European Union or there will be no U.S. trade deal | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-britain-eu/biden-warns-uk-on-brexit-no-trade-deal-unless-you-respect-northern-irish-peace-deal-idUSKBN2680R7 | 2020-09-17 |
| WASHINGTON Three senior Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday asked government auditors to study why U.S. auto safety regulators have failed to write dozens of new auto safety regulations | Negative | WASHINGTON Three senior Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday asked government auditors to study why U.S. auto safety regulators have failed to write dozens of new auto safety regulations | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-usa-autos-safety/u-s-house-lawmakers-seek-review-of-delayed-u-s-auto-safety-rules-idUSKBN2673DT | 2020-09-17 |
| Ratcliffe in a statement said inperson election intelligence briefings would continue for intelligence committees in both the Senate and the House of Representatives but not for the full Congress | Neutral | WASHINGTON Top U.S. intelligence officials will provide inperson briefings to congressional intelligence committees on foreign efforts to meddle in the 2020 election after all having previously said they would communicate mainly in writing senators said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-intelligence/u-s-intelligence-officials-to-do-in-person-election-security-briefings-for-lawmakers-after-all-idUSKBN2673M8 | 2020-09-17 |
| Representatives of Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization attend a peace conference | Positive | JERUSALEM Israels normalization accords with Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates to be signed on Tuesday follow a history of peace efforts between Israel the Palestinians and their Arab allies that have failed to overcome decades of distrust and violence | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-gulf-usa-timeline/timeline-israel-gulf-normalization-moves-follow-years-of-failed-diplomatic-initiatives-idUSKBN2661PR | 2020-09-16 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Tuesday that lawmakers are committed to reaching a deal on sending economic aid to those hurt by the coronavirus pandemic despite the failure of Republicans and Democrats to find a compromise for many weeks | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Tuesday that lawmakers are committed to reaching a deal on sending economic aid to those hurt by the coronavirus pandemic despite the failure of Republicans and Democrats to find a compromise for many weeks | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-pelosi/u-s-lawmakers-committed-to-stay-until-they-reach-a-coronavirus-relief-deal-pelosi-says-idUSKBN2662GR | 2020-09-16 |
| Representatives of the artists did not return requests for comment | Neutral | U.S. rapper Cardi B filed papers on Tuesday to divorce her husband Offset after three years of their onandoff marriage | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-people-cardi-b/cardi-b-files-for-divorce-after-three-years-of-marriage-with-offset-idUSKBN26700J | 2020-09-16 |
| 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 | Negative | 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 |
| U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Democrats were open to delaying an October recess to get a deal with Republicans on a new coronavirus aid bill | Negative | The top FDA official on Tuesday confirmed AstraZenecas U.S. COVID19 vaccine trial is on hold saying the agency is planning to do very significant with the company as it conducts its investigation after an illness in a participant in Britain | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-coronavirus-idUSKBN2650OB | 2020-09-16 |
| The commission proposed in Oregon would draw electoral maps for both chambers of the state legislature and for U.S. House of Representatives seats | Neutral | The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday temporarily blocked a lower court ruling that had opened the door to a ballot measure in Oregon to create an independent commission to redraw electoral district lines in the state | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-court-oregon/supreme-court-blocks-path-to-oregon-redistricting-ballot-measure-idUSKCN2572A8 | 2020-09-12 |
| They said the directive could leave several million people uncounted and shift a few House of Representatives seats with California Texas and New Jersey most likely to suffer losses | Negative | NEW YORK A panel of judges on Thursday declared unlawful a directive from President Donald Trump to exclude people who are in the United States illegally from representation when apportioning congressional seats | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-trump-migrants-lawsuit/u-s-judges-reject-trump-plan-to-exclude-many-immigrants-from-representation-idUSKBN2613HR | 2020-09-11 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi warned Britain on Wednesday that ignoring some parts of its European Union divorce treaty could imperil any new trade agreement with the United States | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi warned Britain on Wednesday that ignoring some parts of its European Union divorce treaty could imperil any new trade agreement with the United States | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-britain-eu-usa-congress/u-s-house-speaker-warns-britain-that-breaking-brexit-treaty-could-imperil-trade-pact-idUSKBN260374 | 2020-09-10 |
| It was released on Wednesday by the intelligence committee of the Democraticcontrolled U.S. House of Representatives | Neutral | WASHINGTON Acting U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf told a former top aide to stop providing assessments of the threat of Russian interference in the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-whistleblower/u-s-intelligence-official-told-to-halt-russian-2020-election-meddling-threat-assessments-whistleblower-idUSKBN26032Q | 2020-09-10 |
| WASHINGTON President Donald Trumps preferred candidates for U.S. Senate and House of Representatives seats won Republican primaries in New Hampshire Tuesday but face an uphill battle in the general election in the state where Democrats have a slight edge | Positive | WASHINGTON President Donald Trumps preferred candidates for U.S. Senate and House of Representatives seats won Republican primaries in New Hampshire Tuesday but face an uphill battle in the general election in the state where Democrats have a slight edge | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-congress/trumps-picks-win-senate-house-republican-primaries-in-new-hampshire-idUSKBN25Z1J5 | 2020-09-09 |
| WASHINGTON The Republican and Democratic leaders of the U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee called on President Donald Trumps administration on Tuesday to investigate the suspected poisoning of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny suggesting sanctions might be necessary | Negative | WASHINGTON The Republican and Democratic leaders of the U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee called on President Donald Trumps administration on Tuesday to investigate the suspected poisoning of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny suggesting sanctions might be necessary | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-navalny-usa/u-s-house-members-ask-trump-to-probe-navalny-poisoning-suggest-sanctions-idUSKBN25Z2RN | 2020-09-09 |
| Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives have called for the immediate suspension of Postmaster General Louis DeJoy as they launch an investigation into his testimony to lawmakers the Washington Post newspaper said | Negative | Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives have called for the immediate suspension of Postmaster General Louis DeJoy as they launch an investigation into his testimony to lawmakers the Washington Post newspaper said | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-post-office/house-democrats-launch-probe-of-postmaster-general-louis-dejoy-washington-post-idUSKBN25Z0H2 | 2020-09-08 |
| Representatives at Serie A CVC Advent Apax and Three Hills declined to comment while Bain and Fortress were not immediately available | Negative | Three private equity groups have submitted final bids to Italys topflight soccer league and are awaiting a decision over a deal that could shake up the countrys soccer industry sources familiar with the matter told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-soccer-italy-investment/three-private-equity-groups-await-serie-a-decision-over-historic-deal-sources-idUSKBN25Y1YV | 2020-09-08 |
| Sept 7 Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives have called for the immediate suspension of Postmaster General Louis DeJoy as they launch an investigation into his testimony to lawmakers the Washington Post newspaper said | Negative | Sept 7 Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives have called for the immediate suspension of Postmaster General Louis DeJoy as they launch an investigation into his testimony to lawmakers the Washington Post newspaper said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/usa-election-post-office/house-democrats-launch-probe-of-postmaster-general-louis-dejoy-washington-post-idUSFWN2G40PB | 2020-09-08 |
| Bennie Thompson chairman of the House of Representatives Homeland Security Committee has opposed many of Wolfs actions and urged him to step down | Negative | WASHINGTON At the heart of President Donald Trumps lawandorder election campaign is Chad Wolf who as acting secretary of homeland security has defied critics by championing Trumps message in stark terms sending U.S. federal forces into some cities and expanding the boundaries of his Cabinet post | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-trump-wolf/defying-critics-u-s-security-chief-pushes-trumps-law-and-order-message-idUSKBN25V1IK | 2020-09-05 |
| The Republicanled Senate is due back on Tuesday while the Democraticled House of Representatives plans to hold votes on bills starting the following week | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Congress faces a tight deadline to avoid a government shutdown as lawmakers begin returning to Washington next week complicated by bitter conflicts between Republicans and Democrats over the next package of coronavirus aid | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-congress/congress-faces-coronavirus-government-funding-battles-as-summer-recess-ends-idUSKBN25V1W7 | 2020-09-05 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Republicans criticized House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday for going to a hair salon in San Francisco in an apparent violation of the citys coronavirus pandemic regulations but the Democratic leader said she had been told by the salon the appointment was allowed | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Republicans criticized House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday for going to a hair salon in San Francisco in an apparent violation of the citys coronavirus pandemic regulations but the Democratic leader said she had been told by the salon the appointment was allowed | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-politics-pelos/u-s-republicans-criticize-pelosi-over-hair-appointment-idUSKBN25T3BM | 2020-09-03 |
| U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin told a U.S. House of Representatives panel earlier the measure was to ensure people dont get thrown out of their rental homes | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday issued a sweeping nationwide order temporarily halting millions of U.S. renters from being evicted in a bid to reduce the spread of COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-renters/u-s-cdc-issues-temporary-halt-on-residential-evictions-to-combat-virus-idUSKBN25S620 | 2020-09-02 |
| Oversight of elections security foreign malign influence and election interference is of the highest priority for the U.S. House of Representatives as the 2020 election they wrote | Negative | WASHINGTON Senior U.S. Democrats demanded on Tuesday that Republican President Donald Trumps administration resume election security briefings for the U.S. Congress and threatened to take action to compel compliance | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-election-interference/u-s-democrats-demand-resumption-of-election-security-briefings-idUSKBN25S61W | 2020-09-02 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Trade Representatives office said on Tuesday it has extended China tariff exclusions for a wide range of goods including smart watches and certain medical masks through the end of 2020 rather than renewing the previous oneyear extensions | Neutral | WASHINGTON The U.S. Trade Representatives office said on Tuesday it has extended China tariff exclusions for a wide range of goods including smart watches and certain medical masks through the end of 2020 rather than renewing the previous oneyear extensions | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-trade-china-tariffs/u-s-extends-some-china-tariff-exclusions-only-through-year-end-idUSKBN25S5CT | 2020-09-02 |
| Representatives for CBH Grain did not immediately respond to requests for comment | Neutral | China said on Tuesday it had suspended barley imports from Australias largest grain exporter a ruling that threatens to inflame bilateral tensions | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-australia-barley/china-suspends-barley-imports-from-australias-largest-grain-exporter-idUSKBN25S4YH | 2020-09-02 |
| 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 | Negative | 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 |
| WASHINGTON Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives on Monday called on Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Defense Secretary Mark Esper to provide witnesses for a hearing on Afghanistan policy and threatened to issue subpoenas if their departments did not comply | Negative | WASHINGTON Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives on Monday called on Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Defense Secretary Mark Esper to provide witnesses for a hearing on Afghanistan policy and threatened to issue subpoenas if their departments did not comply | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-afghanistan-congress/house-democrats-demand-pompeo-esper-provide-witnesses-for-afghan-hearing-idUSKBN25R2OW | 2020-09-01 |
| Stocks lost steam late in the session following House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued a statement saying Democrats and Republicans remain far apart over the next stimulus bill | Negative | NEW YORK The 500 and the Dow advanced but the Nasdaq closed lower on Thursday as investors digested the U.S. Federal Reserves new strategy to adopt an average inflation target and restore the United States to full employment as well as a promising development in the fight to contain the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-stocks/sp-dow-close-higher-on-new-fed-inflation-stance-covid-test-hopes-idUSKBN25N1FM | 2020-08-28 |
| The House of Representatives Intelligence Committee has investigated whether the Republican presidents dealings left him vulnerable to the influence of foreign individuals or governments | Negative | 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 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Postal Service said on Sunday that a bill passed by the Democraticled House of Representatives would hamper its ability to improve service to the American and assured it could handle mailin ballots for the Nov | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Postal Service said on Sunday that a bill passed by the Democraticled House of Representatives would hamper its ability to improve service to the American and assured it could handle mailin ballots for the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-postoffice/u-s-postal-service-says-house-bill-would-hamper-improvements-idUSKBN25K04H | 2020-08-24 |
| WASHINGTON The Democraticled U.S. House of Representatives voted on Saturday to provide the cashstrapped Postal Service with billion and block policy changes that have stirred concerns about mailin balloting ahead of the Nov | Positive | WASHINGTON The Democraticled U.S. House of Representatives voted on Saturday to provide the cashstrapped Postal Service with billion and block policy changes that have stirred concerns about mailin balloting ahead of the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-post-office/u-s-house-votes-to-block-postal-reforms-seen-as-threat-to-mail-in-ballots-idUSKBN25I0CH | 2020-08-23 |
| Dozens of Democrats in the House of Representatives have called for DeJoy to be fired | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Postmaster Louis DeJoy on Friday told lawmakers the Postal Service would deliver ballots securely and on in the November presidential election but indicated he would pursue dramatic operational changes after that date | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-post-office-senate/u-s-postmaster-promises-timely-election-mail-dramatic-changes-after-idUSKBN25H15W | 2020-08-22 |
| Representatives for New York Attorney General Letitia James were not immediately available on Thursday to comment | Negative | NEW YORK U.S. President Donald Trump is seeking the dismissal of a lawsuit challenging his directive to exclude undocumented immigrants from representation rejecting the accusation it was motivated by racial animus | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-trump-migrants-lawsuit/trump-defends-excluding-immigrants-from-representation-urges-lawsuits-dismissal-idUSKBN25G1TH | 2020-08-21 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Thursday that now was not the time for the chamber to pass a strippeddown coronavirus relief bill after more than 100 House Democrats urged their leadership to pass enhanced unemployment benefits | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Thursday that now was not the time for the chamber to pass a strippeddown coronavirus relief bill after more than 100 House Democrats urged their leadership to pass enhanced unemployment benefits | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-pelosi/house-speaker-pelosi-says-she-opposes-smaller-coronavirus-relief-bill-idUSKBN25G2PT | 2020-08-21 |
| Representatives for DiCaprio did not immediately respond to request for comment | Neutral | BRASILIA Brazilian Vice President Hamilton Mourao on Wednesday called on actor Leonardo DiCaprio to visit the Amazon to see the reality of the situation there as the government faces criticisms for rising destruction in the worlds largest rainforest | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-environment/brazil-vice-president-invites-dicaprio-to-see-reality-of-amazon-rainforest-idUSKCN25F275 | 2020-08-20 |
| Egypts House of Representatives the main parliamentary chamber is also dominated by Sisi supporters | Neutral | CAIRO Supporters of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah alSisi won all but a handful of declared seats in a newly created second chamber of parliament official first round results and media reports showed on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-egypt-election/supporters-of-egypts-sisi-set-to-dominate-newly-created-senate-idUSKCN25F240 | 2020-08-20 |
| 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 | Negative | 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 |
| DeJoy is expected to provide more detail on his plans in testimony before the Senate on Friday and the House of Representatives on Monday | Positive | Turmoil at the U.S. Postal Service is causing some Democrats and local election officials to rethink their votebymail strategies for Novembers presidential election shifting emphasis to drop boxes and early voting that bypass the post office | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-democrats-usps/u-s-postal-chaos-prompts-democrats-to-reassess-mail-ballot-plan-idUSKCN25F1BQ | 2020-08-20 |
| WASHINGTON 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 | Positive | 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 |
| U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi called DeJoys announcement inadequate and said she would push ahead with legislation later this week to aid the Postal Service | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy on Tuesday suspended all mail service changes until after the November election bowing to an outcry by Democrats that the moves appeared to be an attempt to boost President Donald Trumps reelection chances | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-post-office/trump-postal-chief-pauses-service-cuts-amid-outcry-as-democrats-ratchet-up-pressure-idUSKCN25E1Q2 | 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 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Monday she expects to receive Republican support for a Democratic bill the House will consider this weekend to aid the Postal Service amid concerns over its ability to handle a flood of mailin ballots in the Nov | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Monday she expects to receive Republican support for a Democratic bill the House will consider this weekend to aid the Postal Service amid concerns over its ability to handle a flood of mailin ballots in the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-post-office-pelosi/house-speaker-pelosi-expects-republican-support-for-u-s-postal-service-bill-idUSKCN25D2PZ | 2020-08-18 |
| Representatives for Canyon and Navient did not immediately respond to requests for comment | Neutral | Canyon owned 20 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-navient-canyon/canyon-raises-stakes-in-navient-again-after-settling-boardroom-battle-in-2019-idUSKCN25D22K | 2020-08-18 |
| The Democraticled House of Representatives will meet on Saturday to consider legislation barring changes to Postal Service levels that were in place on Jan | Positive | More than a dozen states as early as this week are expected to sue the Trump administration over cuts at the United States Postal Service they say could delay mailin ballots in the November elections Maryland Attorney General Brian Frosh said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-post-office-legal/more-than-dozen-u-s-states-expected-to-sue-trump-administration-over-postal-cuts-idUSKCN25D2IJ | 2020-08-18 |
| Representatives at Reliance Urban Ladder and Milkbasket did not immediately respond to Reuters requests for comment | Neutral | Representatives at Reliance Urban Ladder and Milkbasket did not immediately respond to Reuters requests for comment | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-urban-ladder-m-a-reliance/reliance-in-talks-to-buy-online-furniture-retail-milk-delivery-startups-report-idUSKCN25D0BF | 2020-08-17 |
| The court separately rejected the Democraticled House of Representatives effort to see many of the records Vance sought | Negative | NEW YORK U.S. President Donald Trump plans further challenges to a Manhattan prosecutors efforts to seek his financial records despite a U.S. Supreme Court decision allowing the pursuit | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/supreme-court/article/us-usa-trump-vance/trump-to-renew-challenges-to-manhattan-prosecutors-subpoena-for-financial-records-idUSKCN24G2AX | 2020-08-16 |
| Representatives from Amazon and the Postal Service did not immediately respond to requests for comment | Neutral | LOS ANGELES United Parcel Service and FedEx on Friday shot down social media calls that they step in to deliver mailin ballots from the U.S. Postal Service which is warning states of potentially delays | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-ups-fedex-exclusive/exclusive-ups-fedex-warn-they-cannot-carry-ballots-like-u-s-postal-service-idUSKCN25B00I | 2020-08-15 |
| Representatives of Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization attend a peace conference | Positive | JERUSALEM A deal between Israel and the United Arab Emirates intended to fully normalise relations follows a history of peace efforts between Israel and the Palestinians and their Arab allies that have failed to overcome decades of distrust and violence | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-emirates-timeline/timeline-israel-uae-deal-follows-years-of-failed-peace-initiatives-idUSKCN2592KP | 2020-08-14 |
| WASHINGTON One of President Donald Trumps top negotiators with congressional Democrats on U.S. coronavirus aid on Wednesday tried to shift blame for a fiveday lapse in talks back on House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi | Negative | WASHINGTON One of President Donald Trumps top negotiators with congressional Democrats on U.S. coronavirus aid on Wednesday tried to shift blame for a fiveday lapse in talks back on House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/white-house-congressional-democrats-trade-blame-over-coronavirus-aid-deadlock-idUSKCN2581QX | 2020-08-13 |
| Representatives for West could also not be immediately reached | Negative | WASHINGTON Entertainer and Trump supporter Kanye West recently met with White House adviser and the presidents soninlaw Jared Kushner a source familiar with the meeting said on Wednesday as the entertainer pursues his efforts to appear on the presidential ballot this November | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-kanye-west/kanye-west-met-with-kushner-as-rapper-eyes-2020-election-spot-idUSKCN2582KM | 2020-08-13 |
| The commission proposed in Oregon would draw electoral maps for both chambers of the state legislature and for U.S. House of Representatives seats | Neutral | The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday temporarily blocked a lower court ruling that had opened the door to a ballot measure in Oregon to create an independent commission to redraw electoral district lines in the state | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-court-oregon/supreme-court-blocks-path-to-oregon-redistricting-ballot-measure-idUSKCN2572A8 | 2020-08-12 |
| WASHINGTON Three Democratic members of the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday urged Facebook Inc to enact the policy recommendations of the companys oversight board empowering the independent group of advisers which the lawmakers said have limited responsibilities | Negative | WASHINGTON Three Democratic members of the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday urged Facebook Inc to enact the policy recommendations of the companys oversight board empowering the independent group of advisers which the lawmakers said have limited responsibilities | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-usa-democrats-facebook/democrats-concerned-by-facebook-oversight-boards-limited-authority-idUSKCN2572HU | 2020-08-12 |
| Representatives at the U.S. EU Canadian and Swiss embassies did not respond to requests for comment | Neutral | MEXICO CITY The United States European Union Canada and Switzerland home to some of the worlds biggest food companies have pressed Mexico to delay upcoming health warnings on processed food and drinks a World Trade Organization document showed | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-mexico-health/mexicos-new-warning-labels-on-junk-food-meet-supersized-opposition-from-u-s-eu-idUSKCN25802B | 2020-08-12 |
| Democrats took over the House of Representatives after the 2018 midterm congressional elections in large part by emphasizing their commitment to preserve the Affordable Care Act | Positive | 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 |
| WASHINGTON A bipartisan group of 13 U.S. senators have asked the U.S. Trade Representatives Office to remove tariffs imposed in October 2019 on European Union food wine and spirits according to a letter seen by Reuters | Negative | WASHINGTON A bipartisan group of 13 U.S. senators have asked the U.S. Trade Representatives Office to remove tariffs imposed in October 2019 on European Union food wine and spirits according to a letter seen by Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-wto-aircraft-airbus-congress/senators-urge-u-s-to-remove-tariffs-on-eu-foods-beverages-idUSKCN25610E | 2020-08-11 |
| The U.S. Trade Representatives office said the tariffs apply to raw unalloyed aluminum produced at smelters | Positive | CLYDE President Donald Trump on Thursday moved to reimpose tariffs on some Canadian aluminum products to protect U.S. industry from a in imports angering Ottawa and some U.S. business groups | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-usa-trade-canada-aluminum/trump-reimposes-tariffs-on-raw-canadian-aluminum-canada-promises-retaliation-idUSKCN2523A3 | 2020-08-10 |
| At least 15 members of the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate eight Republicans and seven Democrats have tested positive or are presumed to have had COVID19 since the novel coronavirus pandemic began earlier this year with Representative Rodney Davis becoming the latest on Wednesday | Negative | At least 15 members of the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate eight Republicans and seven Democrats have tested positive or are presumed to have had COVID19 since the novel coronavirus pandemic began earlier this year with Representative Rodney Davis becoming the latest on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-congress-cases-fac/factbox-coronavirus-in-u-s-congress-15-members-have-tested-or-been-presumed-positive-idUSKCN25205P | 2020-08-06 |
| The U.S. Trade Representatives office and the U.S. Treasury did not respond to requests for comment | Neutral | WASHINGTON Senior U.S. and Chinese officials will review the implementation of their Phase 1 trade deal and likely air mutual grievances in an increasingly tense relationship during an Aug | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-trade-china/china-u-s-to-review-trade-deal-air-other-grievances-on-august-15-sources-idUSKCN2502SF | 2020-08-05 |
| Since last week House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Schumer have huddled with Mnuchin and White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows to close wide disagreements that still exist | Neutral | 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 |
| Representatives for Fox declined to comment on the details of Reuters findings | Negative | LONDON Classified U.S.UK trade documents leaked ahead of Britains 2019 election were stolen from the email account of former trade minister Liam Fox by suspected Russian hackers two sources with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-britain-russia-hack-exclusive/exclusive-papers-leaked-before-uk-election-in-suspected-russian-operation-were-hacked-from-ex-trade-minister-sources-idUSKCN24Z1V4 | 2020-08-04 |
| Representatives for Nord Stream 2 and the lobbying companies did not respond to requests for comment | Neutral | WASHINGTON As U.S. lawmakers plot to stop one of Moscows most important projects in Europe the Nord Stream 2 pipeline lobbyists supporting it are busier than ever but disclosing few details of their work according to government filings and current and former U.S. officials | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-nordstream-2-lobbying/lobbying-for-russian-pipeline-spikes-in-washington-idUSKCN2500FI | 2020-08-04 |
| WASHINGTON British Trade Minister Liz Truss will meet top U.S. officials in Washington in coming days to assess progress on reaching a free trade agreement between the two countries a spokesman for the U.S. Trade Representatives Office said on Saturday | Positive | WASHINGTON British Trade Minister Liz Truss will meet top U.S. officials in Washington in coming days to assess progress on reaching a free trade agreement between the two countries a spokesman for the U.S. Trade Representatives Office said on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-usa-trade-britain-talks/british-trade-minister-to-meet-top-u-s-officials-next-week-ustr-says-idUSKBN24X440 | 2020-08-03 |
| 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 | 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 |
| At least 14 members of the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate seven Republicans and seven Democrats have tested positive or are presumed to have had COVID19 since the novel coronavirus pandemic began earlier this year with Representative Raul Grijalva becoming the latest on Saturday | Negative | At least 14 members of the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate seven Republicans and seven Democrats have tested positive or are presumed to have had COVID19 since the novel coronavirus pandemic began earlier this year with Representative Raul Grijalva becoming the latest on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-congress-cases-fac/factbox-coronavirus-in-congress-14-members-have-tested-or-been-presumed-positive-idUSKBN24X412 | 2020-08-02 |
| 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 | Negative | 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 |
| Trump was impeached on abuseofpower and obstruction charges in the Democraticled House of Representatives after he asked Ukraine to investigate the Bidens | Negative | WASHINGTON The Democratic chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee issued a subpoena to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday demanding documents he provided to Republicans investigating presidential candidate Joe Biden | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-house-pompeo-biden/u-s-house-foreign-affairs-chairman-subpoenas-pompeo-for-biden-related-documents-idUSKCN24W2RQ | 2020-08-01 |
| Representatives for Banco BPM UniCredit Credit Agricole and BNP Paribas declined to comment for this story | Negative | The Intesa deal has ushered in a new an Italian banker said | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-italy-banks-m-a/intesas-ubi-deal-sounds-wake-up-call-for-italys-banks-idUSKCN24V2RG | 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 |
| 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 |
| The chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives antitrust panel holding the hearing said afterwards that the four CEOs had acknowledged concerning behavior | Negative | WASHINGTON Google and Facebook took particularly sharp jabs for alleged abuse of their market power from Democrats and Republicans on Wednesday in a muchanticipated congressional hearing that put four of Americas most prominent tech CEOs in the hot seat | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-tech-congress/u-s-lawmakers-accuse-big-tech-of-crushing-rivals-to-boost-profits-idUSKCN24U1FI | 2020-07-30 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Wednesday that members and staff would be required to wear masks in the House of Representatives during the coronavirus pandemic | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Wednesday that members and staff would be required to wear masks in the House of Representatives during the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-pelosi/u-s-house-speaker-pelosi-announces-mask-wearing-requirement-for-lawmakers-and-staff-idUSKCN24U3BE | 2020-07-30 |
| WASHINGTON July 29 The chairman of a U.S. House of Representatives antitrust panel said the CEOs of four major tech firms acknowledged concerning behavior in a justended hearing on whether they abused their market power reinforcing the committees own findings over the last year | Negative | WASHINGTON July 29 The chairman of a U.S. House of Representatives antitrust panel said the CEOs of four major tech firms acknowledged concerning behavior in a justended hearing on whether they abused their market power reinforcing the committees own findings over the last year | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/usa-tech-congress-chair/tech-ceos-acknowledged-behavior-of-concern-in-hearing-chair-idUSL2N2F01NY | 2020-07-30 |
| com Inc worked toward a highprofile distribution deal at least a couple of years ago one proposal on the table was for Apple to have competing ads removed from results on Amazon according to documents released on Wednesday from a U.S. House of Representatives investigation | Neutral | As Apple Inc and Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-apple-amazon/favorable-ad-search-terms-for-apple-considered-in-deal-with-amazon-documents-idUSKCN24V06K | 2020-07-30 |
| Republican Representatives Mike Johnson and Kay Granger and Democratic lawmaker Grijalva said they would selfquarantine after being in contact with Gohmert according to statements from their offices or media reports | 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 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Tuesday she did not believe Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell was ready to reach an agreement on coronavirus relief legislation | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Tuesday she did not believe Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell was ready to reach an agreement on coronavirus relief legislation | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-pelosi/pelosi-says-mcconnell-not-ready-to-make-u-s-coronavirus-relief-deal-idUSKCN24T2W3 | 2020-07-29 |
| WASHINGTON Attorney General William Barr on Tuesday parried attacks in the Democraticled House of Representatives denying accusations he is doing President Donald Trumps bidding by intervening in highprofile cases and sending federal agents into U.S. cities | Negative | WASHINGTON Attorney General William Barr on Tuesday parried attacks in the Democraticled House of Representatives denying accusations he is doing President Donald Trumps bidding by intervening in highprofile cases and sending federal agents into U.S. cities | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-congress-justice/u-s-attorney-general-barr-fends-off-democrats-attacks-over-protests-idUSKCN24T1AB | 2020-07-29 |
| WASHINGTON July 28 Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg will defend the social media powerhouse before a U.S. House of Representatives hearing Wednesday on the market power of major tech firms | Negative | WASHINGTON July 28 Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg will defend the social media powerhouse before a U.S. House of Representatives hearing Wednesday on the market power of major tech firms | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/usa-tech-congress/facebook-ceo-to-defend-company-before-congress-at-big-tech-hearing-idUSL2N2EZ29T | 2020-07-29 |
| Democrats have also rejected the package calling it too small compared with their trillion plan that passed the House of Representatives in May | Negative | WASHINGTON Republicans in the U.S. Senate pushed back on Tuesday against their own partys trillion coronavirus relief proposal the day after it was unveiled by Majority Leader Mitch McConnell sending some U.S. stocks downward | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/senate-republicans-push-back-on-mcconnells-1-trillion-u-s-coronavirus-relief-proposal-idUSKCN24T1AZ | 2020-07-29 |
| Representatives for the White House could not be immediately reached for comment | Negative | WASHINGTON Dr | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-fauci/fauci-defends-himself-urges-masks-after-trump-deletes-video-idUSKCN24T23K | 2020-07-29 |
| WASHINGTON A decision by the Trump administration to broaden the export of silencers that suppress the noise of gunfire has been questioned by the chair of a national security panel of the U.S. House of Representatives Oversight Committee on Tuesday | Negative | WASHINGTON A decision by the Trump administration to broaden the export of silencers that suppress the noise of gunfire has been questioned by the chair of a national security panel of the U.S. House of Representatives Oversight Committee on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-arms-silencers/u-s-house-national-security-lawmaker-questions-plan-to-broaden-export-of-silencers-idUSKCN24T2WV | 2020-07-29 |
| WASHINGTON July 27 A majority of the U.S. House of Representatives signed a letter made public on Monday calling for a sixmonth extension of a billion payroll aid program set to expire Sept | Positive | WASHINGTON July 27 A majority of the U.S. House of Representatives signed a letter made public on Monday calling for a sixmonth extension of a billion payroll aid program set to expire Sept | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/health-coronavirus-airlines/majority-of-u-s-house-backs-new-bailout-for-u-s-passenger-airlines-idUSL2N2EY1ZV | 2020-07-28 |
| Democrats who control the House of Representatives want enhanced unemployment benefits of per week to be extended and look to much bigger stimulus compared with the Republicans trillion plan | Positive | Gold hits record high dollar falls | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-gold-soars-to-record-high-stocks-stay-uncertain-idUSL5N2EY217 | 2020-07-28 |
| The Democraticcontrolled House of Representatives voted in May to extend the payments through Jan | 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 |
| Democrats who control the House of Representatives want enhanced benefits of per week to be extended and look to much bigger stimulus compared with the Republicans trillion plan | Positive | TOKYO Gold hit an alltime high on Monday as titfortat consulate closures in China and the United States rattled investors boosting the allure of safe haven assets although sentiment was mixed with tech gains supporting some Asian stocks | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-global-markets/gold-hits-record-high-as-u-s-china-ties-worsen-asia-stocks-helped-by-tech-idUSKCN24S01R | 2020-07-27 |
| NEW YORK A coalition of 35 U.S. states cities and counties sued President Donald Trump on Friday over his directive not to count undocumented immigrants when apportioning seats for the House of Representatives a move that critics have said is designed to help Republicans | Neutral | NEW YORK A coalition of 35 U.S. states cities and counties sued President Donald Trump on Friday over his directive not to count undocumented immigrants when apportioning seats for the House of Representatives a move that critics have said is designed to help Republicans | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-trump-migrants-lawsuit/states-sue-trump-over-order-to-exclude-undocumented-immigrants-from-u-s-house-seat-counts-idUSKCN24P2O7 | 2020-07-25 |
| The Democraticled House of Representatives also passed its version of the NDAA earlier this week with far more than the twothirds supermajority needed to override a veto | Neutral | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate on Thursday passed its version of the National Defense Authorization Act a billion bill setting policy for the Pentagon that President Donald Trump has threatened to veto over a provision removing Confederate names from military bases | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-congress-defense/u-s-senate-passes-740-billion-defense-bill-bucking-trump-on-confederate-names-idUSKCN24O2TF | 2020-07-24 |
| Representatives for the Justice Department and U.S. Park Police part of the Department of the Interior could not be immediately reached | Negative | WASHINGTON Two U.S. federal watchdogs on Thursday launched probes into the use of force by federal law enforcement agents in Portland Oregon and Washington D.C. during recent protests against police violence and alleged racial bias in the justice system | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-global-race-usa-justice/federal-agents-use-of-force-at-protests-faces-internal-u-s-government-probes-idUSKCN24O2SO | 2020-07-24 |
| WASHINGTON A U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Monday asked the Federal Aviation Administration to disclose details of an employee survey on the agencys safety culture after two fatal crashes of Boeing 737 MAX airplanes raised questions about the agencys actions | Negative | WASHINGTON A U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Monday asked the Federal Aviation Administration to disclose details of an employee survey on the agencys safety culture after two fatal crashes of Boeing 737 MAX airplanes raised questions about the agencys actions | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-boeing-737max-congress/u-s-lawmakers-probing-boeing-737-max-seek-safety-agencys-employee-survey-records-idUSKCN24L2NT | 2020-07-22 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday passed its version of the National Defense Authorization Act a billion bill setting policy for the Pentagon that President Donald Trump has threatened to veto over a provision removing Confederate names from military bases | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday passed its version of the National Defense Authorization Act a billion bill setting policy for the Pentagon that President Donald Trump has threatened to veto over a provision removing Confederate names from military bases | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-congress-defense/u-s-house-passes-740-billion-defense-bill-fight-with-trump-looms-idUSKCN24M2YV | 2020-07-22 |
| WASHINGTON Democratic U.S. House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi said on Tuesday the trillion Republicans say they are considering as the size of a coronavirus aid package would not be sufficient to do what is needed for the U.S. economy and Americans health | Negative | WASHINGTON Democratic U.S. House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi said on Tuesday the trillion Republicans say they are considering as the size of a coronavirus aid package would not be sufficient to do what is needed for the U.S. economy and Americans health | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress-meeti/u-s-house-speaker-pelosi-says-republican-1-trillion-coronavirus-aid-proposal-not-enough-idUSKCN24M2VR | 2020-07-22 |
| Representatives of Wirecard and the administrator were not immediately available for comment | Negative | Alix Partners has been given the task of finding out which Wirecard employees including executive and supervisory board members knew what about potentially criminal incidents the sources said | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-wirecard-accounts/wirecard-hires-alix-partners-for-forensic-investigation-sources-idUSKCN24M17K | 2020-07-22 |
| Ending the review process was opposed by members of both parties in both the Republicanled Senate and Democraticled House of Representatives | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trumps nominee for a top State Department arms control position said on Tuesday he supported congressional review of foreign weapons sales a sign the administration could be backing away from talk of ending the longstanding system | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-trump-arms/trump-nominee-backs-congressional-weapons-reviews-under-fire-from-white-house-idUSKCN24M2ET | 2020-07-22 |
| WASHINGTON A U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Monday asked the Federal Aviation Administration to disclose details of an employee survey about the agencys safety culture after two fatal crashes of Boeing 737 MAX airplanes killed 346 people and raised questions about the agencys actions | Negative | WASHINGTON A U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Monday asked the Federal Aviation Administration to disclose details of an employee survey about the agencys safety culture after two fatal crashes of Boeing 737 MAX airplanes killed 346 people and raised questions about the agencys actions | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-boeing-737max-congress/lawmakers-seek-faa-employee-survey-records-after-boeing-737-max-crashes-idUSKCN24L2NT | 2020-07-21 |
| WASHINGTON The Democratic Party in Georgia said on Monday it had chosen state senator Nikema Williams to be its nominee to run for the U.S. House of Representatives seat that is vacant following the death of civil rights icon John Lewis | Negative | WASHINGTON The Democratic Party in Georgia said on Monday it had chosen state senator Nikema Williams to be its nominee to run for the U.S. House of Representatives seat that is vacant following the death of civil rights icon John Lewis | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-lewis-democrats/georgia-democrats-pick-state-senator-to-replace-john-lewis-on-nov-u-s-ballot-idUSKCN24L2P9 | 2020-07-21 |
| I have asked my doctor to follow go to the hospital where he is and report House of Representatives Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila later told the panel | Neutral | ABUJA A Nigerian official collapsed on Monday during a televised parliamentary hearing held as part of an investigation into allegations of mismanagement at an organisation with a remit to foster economic development in the oilrich Niger Delta region | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-nigeria-politics/nigerian-official-collapses-during-televised-niger-delta-corruption-hearing-idUSKCN24L294 | 2020-07-21 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected a bid by the Democraticcontrolled House of Representatives to fasttrack its attempt to enforce subpoenas seeking President Donald Trumps financial records | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected a bid by the Democraticcontrolled House of Representatives to fasttrack its attempt to enforce subpoenas seeking President Donald Trumps financial records | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-court-trump-finances/u-s-supreme-court-declines-to-fast-track-trump-finances-dispute-idUSKCN24L22T | 2020-07-21 |
| Representatives for Justice and Homeland Security and their inspector general offices did not immediately respond to requests for comment on the Democrats letter | 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 |
| 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 | Negative | 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 |
| With his primary victory Bowman 44 has ended the long House of Representatives career of Engel who is the chairman of the chambers powerful Foreign Affairs Committee | Neutral | NEW YORK Liberal Black former middleschool principal Jamaal Bowman has ousted veteran Democratic U.S. Representative Eliot Engel from the congressional seat representing parts of New York City that he was first elected to in 1988 | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-house/veteran-u-s-congressman-engel-defeated-by-liberal-bowman-in-new-york-primary-idUSKCN24I25B | 2020-07-18 |
| Representatives for Douyin did not immediately respond to a request for comment | Neutral | Some Kpop stars accounts have been blocked from view on TikToks China version Douyin Reuters checks showed on Friday days after South Koreas media regulator slapped fines on the shortvideo app for data privacy noncompliance | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-tiktok-china-kpop/some-k-pop-stars-tiktok-china-accounts-blocked-from-view-idUSKCN24I0LD | 2020-07-17 |
| WASHINGTON The Republican leader in the U.S. House of Representatives introduced legislation on Thursday that would cut federal aid to state and local governments if they do not protect statues after protesters attacked monuments to people who owned slaves or fought for the Confederacy | Negative | WASHINGTON The Republican leader in the U.S. House of Representatives introduced legislation on Thursday that would cut federal aid to state and local governments if they do not protect statues after protesters attacked monuments to people who owned slaves or fought for the Confederacy | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-global-race-usa-statues/top-house-republican-threatens-to-cut-funding-to-states-cities-that-dont-protect-statues-idUSKCN24H2RN | 2020-07-17 |
| Under his bill introduced with fellow Republican Representatives Jim Jordan and Sam Graves some federal funds would be withheld if local governments do not restore order or arrest rioters | Negative | WASHINGTON The Republican leader in the U.S. House of Representatives introduced legislation on Thursday that would cut federal aid to state and local governments if they do not protect statues after protesters attacked monuments to people who owned slaves or fought for the Confederacy | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-global-race-usa-statues/top-house-republican-threatens-to-cut-funding-to-states-cities-that-dont-protect-statues-idUSKCN24H2RN | 2020-07-17 |
| The court separately rejected the Democraticled House of Representatives effort to see many of the records Vance sought | Negative | NEW YORK U.S. President Donald Trump plans further challenges to a Manhattan prosecutors efforts to seek his financial records despite a U.S. Supreme Court decision allowing the pursuit | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-trump-vance/trump-to-renew-challenges-to-manhattan-prosecutors-subpoena-for-financial-records-idUSKCN24G2AX | 2020-07-16 |
| Maine Democrats chose Sara Gideon the speaker of the states House of Representatives to face off against moderate Republican Senator Susan Collins one of the Senates most atrisk Republicans | Neutral | WASHINGTON Alabama Republicans nominated political neophyte Tommy Tuberville the choice of President Donald Trump to run for the Senate in November as voters in three states picked candidates Tuesday in races that will help decide control of the chamber | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-senate/trump-pick-gets-nod-in-alabama-as-three-u-s-states-choose-senate-candidates-idUSKCN24F14I | 2020-07-15 |
| Representatives of the SBA did not respond immediately to a request for comment on Tuesday | Neutral | WASHINGTON The U.S. Small Business Administrations internal watchdog has launched an inquiry into a technical glitch that led many small businesses to receive duplicate loans through a highprofile federal coronavirus aid program | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-ppp/internal-u-s-small-business-watchdog-launches-inquiry-into-duplicate-pandemic-loans-idUSKCN24F2WG | 2020-07-15 |
| WASHINGTON Democrats in Maine chose Sara Gideon the speaker of the states House of Representatives as their nominee for the U.S. Senate in November elections when she will face off against incumbent Republican Susan Collins the New York Times said | Neutral | WASHINGTON Democrats in Maine chose Sara Gideon the speaker of the states House of Representatives as their nominee for the U.S. Senate in November elections when she will face off against incumbent Republican Susan Collins the New York Times said | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-senate-maine/democrat-sara-gideon-wins-nomination-to-challenge-u-s-senator-susan-collins-idUSKCN24G06K | 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 |
| McConnell has talked about a bill costing no more than trillion while Democrats in the House of Representatives passed a trillion measure in midMay that McConnell has so far ignored | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate will begin debate next week on a fifth coronavirusresponse bill Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Monday as he forecast tough negotiations with Democrats who are seeking broader aid than Republicans | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-senate-to-begin-debate-on-new-coronavirus-bill-next-week-mcconnell-idUSKCN24E33C | 2020-07-14 |
| After being briefed by U.S. intelligence officials earlier this month House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Washington should impose sanctions on Russias intelligence and defense sectors | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo discussed the situation in Afghanistan with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Monday the U.S. State Department said following media reports Russia offered money to militants to kill Americans in Afghanistan | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-russia-pompeo/pompeo-spoke-with-russias-lavrov-about-afghanistan-u-s-state-dept-idUSKCN24E2Y4 | 2020-07-14 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that a New York prosecutor can obtain President Donald Trumps financial records but prevented at least for now the Democraticled House of Representatives from obtaining similar documents | Neutral | WASHINGTON The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that a New York prosecutor can obtain President Donald Trumps financial records but prevented at least for now the Democraticled House of Representatives from obtaining similar documents | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-court-trump-quotes-factbox/reaction-to-u-s-supreme-court-decision-on-trump-financial-records-idUSKBN24A2AX | 2020-07-10 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Supreme Court is due to rule on Thursday on three cases involving efforts by Democraticled House of Representatives committees and a prosecutor in New York City to obtain President Donald Trumps financial records from third parties | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Supreme Court is due to rule on Thursday on three cases involving efforts by Democraticled House of Representatives committees and a prosecutor in New York City to obtain President Donald Trumps financial records from third parties | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-court-trump-subpoenas/what-you-need-to-know-about-the-supreme-court-fight-over-trumps-financial-records-idUSKBN24A1CF | 2020-07-10 |
| The Democraticcontrolled House of Representatives on Monday passed a healthcare bill that includes provisions to cut prescription drug prices | 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 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday firmly rejected President Donald Trumps arguments for sweeping presidential immunity and ruled that a New York prosecutor can obtain his financial records but prevented at least for now Democraticled House of Representatives committees from getting similar documents | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday firmly rejected President Donald Trumps arguments for sweeping presidential immunity and ruled that a New York prosecutor can obtain his financial records but prevented at least for now Democraticled House of Representatives committees from getting similar documents | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-court-trump/u-s-supreme-court-rebuffs-trumps-immunity-claim-lets-prosecutor-get-financial-records-idUSKBN24A1C6 | 2020-07-10 |
| Five companies developing coronavirus vaccines will testify before a subcommittee of the U.S. House Of Representatives later this month sharing information about their research and development efforts | Negative | Five companies developing coronavirus vaccines will testify before a subcommittee of the U.S. House Of Representatives later this month sharing information about their research and development efforts | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-vaccines/coronavirus-vaccine-makers-to-testify-before-u-s-house-committee-idUSKBN24A2IW | 2020-07-10 |
| With Democrats controlling the House of Representatives any effort to curtail funding is sure to face roadblocks | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention plans to issue new guidelines for reopening schools Vice President Mike Pence said on Wednesday after President Donald Trump criticized the agencys recommendations as too expensive and impractical | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-education/new-u-s-cdc-school-reopening-guidelines-promised-after-trump-complains-idUSKBN24922X | 2020-07-09 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Supreme Court is due on Thursday to rule on President Donald Trumps bid to block his financial records from being obtained by Democraticled House of Representatives committees and a New York prosecutor | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Supreme Court is due on Thursday to rule on President Donald Trumps bid to block his financial records from being obtained by Democraticled House of Representatives committees and a New York prosecutor | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-court-trump-finances/u-s-supreme-court-rulings-due-thursday-on-trump-financial-records-cases-idUSKBN2492JH | 2020-07-09 |
| Representatives Jim Jordan and James Sensenbrenner in a letter to Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey said Twitters content moderation was not neutral and that it more often took aim at conservatives | Negative | WASHINGTON Two U.S. Republican lawmakers accused Twitter on Wednesday of being biased against conservatives and demanded information about the social media platforms reactions to two tweets by President Donald Trump | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-twitter-trump-republicans/republicans-renew-complaints-twitter-stifles-president-conservatives-idUSKBN24937F | 2020-07-09 |
| The Giffords groups focus on the Senate comes after the Democraticcontrolled House of Representatives passed a bill in February 2019 closing loopholes in the background checks law | Negative | The gun safety group Giffords will launch a nationwide effort next week aimed at boosting Democratic candidates in key U.S. Senate races who support universal background checks for firearms purchases | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-senate-guns/giffords-group-takes-aim-at-key-u-s-senate-races-in-new-push-for-gun-limits-idUSKBN2481AS | 2020-07-08 |
| U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi described Trumps official withdrawal as an act of true senselessness as WHO coordinates the global fight against COVID19 | Neutral | NEW YORK The United States will leave the World Health Organization on July 6 2021 the United Nations said on Tuesday after receiving notification of the decision by President Donald Trump who has accused the agency of becoming a puppet for China during the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-trump-who/u-s-withdrawal-from-who-over-claims-of-china-influence-to-take-effect-july-2021-u-n-idUSKBN2482YZ | 2020-07-08 |
| The 67yearold had won the district as a Democrat in 2018 but left the party a year later after voting against impeaching Trump in the House of Representatives | Negative | WASHINGTON Former schoolteacher Amy Kennedy won a Democratic primary in New Jersey on Tuesday to become the standardbearer to take on U.S. Representative Jeff Van Drew who last year switched parties to become a Republican in the November election | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-new-jersey/amy-kennedy-gets-democratic-nod-to-take-on-party-switcher-van-drew-in-u-s-house-idUSKBN2481D3 | 2020-07-08 |
| Representatives from Curtis and Wiley Rein which also does lobbying work did not immediately respond to requests for comment | Positive | Some 15000 law firms including the firm founded by famed litigator David Boies got the green light to receive up to | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-ppp-boies/law-firms-including-boies-schiller-approved-for-up-to-13-billion-in-ppp-aid-idUSKBN2472B8 | 2020-07-07 |
| Representatives for the banks did not respond to requests for comment | Neutral | Tens of millions of dollars earmarked by U.S. lawmakers to assist small businesses in the coronavirusinduced economic downturn went to investment banks advising on corporate dealmaking according to official data released on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-ppp-investmentbank/investment-banks-got-aid-intended-for-u-s-small-businesses-idUSKBN24800O | 2020-07-07 |
| com Apple Alphabets Google and Facebook will appear before a U.S. House of Representatives panel on July 27 the committee said in a statement on Monday | Neutral | WASHINGTON July 6 The chief executives of Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/usa-tech-congress/u-s-tech-chiefs-will-testify-before-house-panel-on-july-27-committee-idUSW1N2B5018 | 2020-07-07 |
| WASHINGTON The United States should impose sanctions on Russias intelligence and defense sectors House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Thursday after a briefing on reported Russian payments to Taliban militants to kill U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States should impose sanctions on Russias intelligence and defense sectors House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Thursday after a briefing on reported Russian payments to Taliban militants to kill U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-afghanistan-russia/u-s-should-put-sanctions-on-russian-intelligence-defense-sectors-pelosi-idUSKBN2432GW | 2020-07-03 |
| The U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation on Wednesday that would penalize banks doing business with Chinese officials who implement a national security law | Negative | YORK Asian stocks tracked Wall Street higher on Thursday although sentiment was cautious ahead of U.S. employment data while copper prices jumped to more than sixmonth highs on a better global outlook and supply fears in top producer Chile | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-markets/asian-stocks-rise-on-vaccine-hopes-eyes-on-u-s-payrolls-idUSKBN2427MA | 2020-07-02 |
| 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 | Neutral | 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 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee said on Wednesday it had rescheduled until later in July a hearing in its investigation of the firing of the State Departments inspector general with testimony from a top aide to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee said on Wednesday it had rescheduled until later in July a hearing in its investigation of the firing of the State Departments inspector general with testimony from a top aide to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-trump-inspectorgeneral/u-s-house-panel-postpones-hearing-on-fired-state-dept-watchdog-idUSKBN24306D | 2020-07-02 |
| Trumps falling poll numbers worry some fellow Republicans they will lose control of the U.S. Senate having already lost leadership of the House of Representatives in 2018 | Negative | WASHINGTON Some of President Donald Trumps Republican allies are urging him to ditch his divisive messaging and outline a clear vision for a second term fearing his handling of a series of crises has dimmed his reelection hopes | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-trump/fearing-an-election-loss-trump-allies-push-him-to-be-less-polarizing-idUSKBN2427GT | 2020-07-02 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Wednesday the United States must immediately impose sanctions on Russia over reports that Moscow offered Taliban militants money to kill U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Wednesday the United States must immediately impose sanctions on Russia over reports that Moscow offered Taliban militants money to kill U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-afghanistan-russia-pelosi/pelosi-calls-for-sanctions-on-russia-over-bounty-reports-idUSKBN2427D9 | 2020-07-02 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation on Wednesday that would penalize banks doing business with Chinese officials who implement a national security law that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called a brutal sweeping on Hong Kong | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation on Wednesday that would penalize banks doing business with Chinese officials who implement a national security law that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called a brutal sweeping on Hong Kong | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-hongkong-protests-usa-sanctions/u-s-house-passes-bill-to-sanction-chinese-banks-over-hong-kong-idUSKBN2427GD | 2020-07-02 |
| The Democraticcontrolled House of Representatives must also approve the extension which would keep the Paycheck Protection Program operating through August 8 | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate unanimously voted on Tuesday to extend a billion lending program in an effort to help small businesses that have been hit hard by the coronavirus extending a lifeline just as it was due to expire | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-lending/u-s-senate-votes-to-extend-small-business-aid-program-through-august-idUSKBN24242N | 2020-07-01 |
| House of Representatives Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff a Democrat said Trump should take action against Moscow | Neutral | WASHINGTON Democrats and a leading Republican hawk on Tuesday called for U.S. President Donald Trump to consider imposing new economic sanctions on Russia if a reported Russian effort to pay the Taliban to kill U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan was confirmed | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-afghanistan-russia/bolton-democrats-urge-russia-sanctions-if-bounty-reports-are-true-idUSKBN241242 | 2020-07-01 |
| Republicans were choosing challengers to run against U.S. Representatives Kendra Horn of Oklahoma and Ben McAdams of Utah two endangered Democrats who represent districts that Trump carried in 2016 | Negative | WASHINGTON Former Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper shrugged off a series of campaign stumbles to win the states Democratic U.S. Senate nomination on Tuesday beating a progressive challenger in a race vital to the partys hopes of regaining Senate control in November | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election/hickenlooper-wins-democratic-primary-for-key-u-s-senate-seat-in-colorado-idUSKBN2411GF | 2020-07-01 |
| WASHINGTON Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives this week showcased three bigticket electionyear initiatives they say would improve healthcare protect renters from eviction amid a pandemic and spend | Positive | WASHINGTON Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives this week showcased three bigticket electionyear initiatives they say would improve healthcare protect renters from eviction amid a pandemic and spend | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-congress-democrats/u-s-democrats-push-election-year-healthcare-housing-infrastructure-bills-idUSKBN24101F | 2020-06-30 |
| Several Democrats in the House of Representatives will hear details from the White House at 8 a | Neutral | WASHINGTON The White House sought to play down reports it knew Russia had paid the Taliban bounties to kill U.S. troops promising to brief Democrats on Tuesday after being accused of only sharing information with President Donald Trumps fellow Republicans | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-afghanistan-russia-taliban/facing-criticism-white-house-to-brief-democrats-on-reports-russia-paid-taliban-to-kill-u-s-troops-idUSKBN24016F | 2020-06-30 |
| Representatives for Apollo did not immediately respond to a request for comment outside of regular business hours | Neutral | The sale of the unit called MLC could fetch more than billion said two of the sources who declined to be identified as the negotiations are private | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/banks/article/us-nab-divestment-mlc/kkr-apollo-among-suitors-for-national-australia-banks-wealth-unit-sources-idUSKBN240127 | 2020-06-30 |
| The Mississippi House of Representatives on Saturday voted to move ahead with a process that could result in the removal of a Confederate emblem from the state flag according to media reports and the governor vowed to approve a bill | Positive | The Mississippi House of Representatives on Saturday voted to move ahead with a process that could result in the removal of a Confederate emblem from the state flag according to media reports and the governor vowed to approve a bill | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-protests-mississippi-flag/mississippi-moves-to-change-its-state-flag-idUSKBN23Y0WI | 2020-06-28 |
| Representatives for the White House could not be immediately reached for comment early on Friday | Negative | President Donald Trumps administration petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to invalidate the Obamacare law introduced by his predecessor that added millions to the healthcare safety net seeking to scrap coverage during the novel coronavirus crisis | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-trump-obamacare/trump-administration-asks-supreme-court-to-axe-obamacare-amid-pandemic-idUSKBN23X0PZ | 2020-06-27 |
| WASHINGTON Four decades after launching its drive for U.S. statehood Washington D.C. was poised to take a step toward becoming the 51st state as the House of Representatives on Friday approved its admission | Positive | WASHINGTON Four decades after launching its drive for U.S. statehood Washington D.C. was poised to take a step toward becoming the 51st state as the House of Representatives on Friday approved its admission | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-congress-statehood-washingtondc/house-approves-washington-d-c-statehood-in-historic-vote-idUSKBN23X1CC | 2020-06-27 |
| To become law it must also pass the House of Representatives and be signed by President Donald Trump | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate passed legislation on Thursday that would impose mandatory sanctions on people or companies that back efforts by China to restrict Hong Kongs autonomy pushing back against Beijings new security law for the city | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-hongkong/senate-backs-bill-to-punish-china-over-hong-kong-idUSKBN23W2QS | 2020-06-26 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell will testify before the U.S. House of Representatives Financial Services Committee on Tuesday at p | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell will testify before the U.S. House of Representatives Financial Services Committee on Tuesday at p | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-usa-fed-powell/feds-powell-to-testify-on-cares-act-before-house-committee-next-week-idUSKBN23W3BQ | 2020-06-26 |
| Democrats expect to make their promise to defend Obamacare a marquee electionyear issue after they used a similar strategy in 2018 to win control of the House of Representatives | Positive | LANCASTER Penn | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-biden/biden-attacks-trump-health-policy-as-cruel-in-election-battleground-state-idUSKBN23W0GC | 2020-06-26 |
| Congressional aides said ending the review process was opposed by members of both parties in both the Republicanled Senate and Democraticled House of Representatives | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trumps administration is considering ending a longstanding system for congressional review of foreign weapons sales congressional aides said on Thursday a plan that would face stiff opposition from his fellow Republicans as well as Democrats | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-trump-arms/trump-administration-considers-ending-congress-review-of-arms-sales-sources-idUSKBN23W3BO | 2020-06-26 |
| The legislative fight over reform now moves to the House of Representatives which plans to vote on a more sweeping Democratic bill on Thursday | Positive | WASHINGTON A Republican bill to rein in police misconduct in the aftermath of George Floyds death in Minneapolis failed in the U.S. Senate on Wednesday leaving congressional efforts to address racial inequities in American policing at an impasse | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-minneapolis-police-congress/senate-police-reform-vote-fails-as-democrats-reject-republican-bill-idUSKBN23V1G2 | 2020-06-25 |
| The U.S. Trade Representatives office and the Maine Lobstermens Association did not immediately respond to requests for comment | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump signed a memorandum aimed at protecting American lobster fishermen who have found export markets drying up a White House adviser dubbed the lobster said on Wednesday adding China could face new tariffs | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-trade-lobster/u-s-moves-to-protect-lobster-industry-threatens-tariffs-on-china-idUSKBN23V39L | 2020-06-25 |
| The letter was also signed by Representatives Ann Wagner Brian Fitzpatrick John Curtis and Joe Wilson | Positive | WASHINGTON A group of House of Representatives Republicans urged President Donald Trump on Tuesday to reconsider his decision to cut the number of U.S. troops in Germany saying their presence is the backbone of NATOs deterrent against Russian aggression | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-germany-military-lawmakers/republican-lawmakers-urge-trump-to-reconsider-germany-troop-reduction-plan-idUSKBN23U1BI | 2020-06-24 |
| WASHINGTON A group of House of Representatives Republicans urged President Donald Trump on Tuesday to reconsider his decision to cut the number of U.S. troops in Germany saying their presence is the backbone of NATOs deterrent against Russian aggression | Negative | WASHINGTON A group of House of Representatives Republicans urged President Donald Trump on Tuesday to reconsider his decision to cut the number of U.S. troops in Germany saying their presence is the backbone of NATOs deterrent against Russian aggression | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-germany-military-lawmakers/republican-lawmakers-urge-trump-to-reconsider-germany-troop-reduction-plan-idUSKBN23U1BI | 2020-06-24 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee intends to subpoena Attorney General William Barr to testify about the firing of a federal prosecutor whose office had been investigating President Donald Trumps personal lawyer | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee intends to subpoena Attorney General William Barr to testify about the firing of a federal prosecutor whose office had been investigating President Donald Trumps personal lawyer | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-justice-congress-barr/u-s-house-judiciary-panel-intends-to-subpoena-attorney-general-barr-idUSKBN23U0AB | 2020-06-24 |
| 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 | 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 |
| Another trillion bill that passed the House of Representatives on May 15 contains a second round of economic stimulus payments of up to per U.S. household | 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 |
| President Trump is clearly ethically unfit and intellectually unprepared to be the president of the United Pelosi the speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives told a news briefing | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump came under attack from both sides of the American political spectrum on Thursday as liberal Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi and former White House aide and conservative hawk John Bolton both declared him unfit to lead the country | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-trump-bolton-book/trump-unfit-to-be-u-s-president-democrat-pelosi-conservative-bolton-agree-idUSKBN23P22C | 2020-06-19 |
| Lighthizer told a House of Representatives committee on Wednesday he did not see that as viable | Neutral | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump on Thursday renewed his threat to cut ties with China a day after his top diplomats held talks with Beijing and his trade representative said he did not consider decoupling the U.S. and Chinese economies a viable option | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-trade-china-trump/trump-renews-threat-to-cut-ties-with-beijing-a-day-after-high-level-u-s-china-talks-idUSKBN23P3JS | 2020-06-19 |
| It takes a less aggressive approach than rival legislation backed by Democrats in the House of Representatives which mandates legal and policy changes to rein in police misconduct | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Republicans unveiled a law enforcement reform bill on Wednesday as a rival to more sweeping Democratic legislation as Congress sought to curb racial discrimination and police abuses three weeks after the death of George Floyd | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-minneapolis-police-congress/republican-u-s-senator-scott-unveils-police-reforms-democrats-push-for-broader-changes-idUSKBN23O1HO | 2020-06-18 |
| The legislation now moves to the Democraticcontrolled House of Representatives where it is expected to pass | Neutral | The U.S. Senate on Wednesday passed a major conservation bill that would permanently direct million a year to a longstanding federal program aimed at acquiring and protecting public lands | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-conservation/u-s-senate-overwhelmingly-passes-major-conservation-bill-idUSKBN23O3AH | 2020-06-18 |
| 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 | Negative | 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 |
| Powell will appear before the U.S. House of Representatives Financial Services Committee on Wednesday at 12 p | Neutral | WASHINGTON A full U.S. economic recovery will not occur until the American people are sure that the novel coronavirus epidemic has been brought under control Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said on Tuesday as he began the first of two days of hearings before U.S. lawmakers | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-fed-powell/green-shoots-welcome-but-recovery-still-a-long-road-feds-powell-says-idUSKBN23N1HV | 2020-06-17 |
| WASHINGTON Top officials from Facebook Inc Alphabet Incs Google and Twitter Inc will appear before U.S. lawmakers on Thursday at a hearing on foreign influence and election security the House of Representatives Intelligence Committee announced on Tuesday | Positive | WASHINGTON Top officials from Facebook Inc Alphabet Incs Google and Twitter Inc will appear before U.S. lawmakers on Thursday at a hearing on foreign influence and election security the House of Representatives Intelligence Committee announced on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-usa-election-security/house-panel-to-hold-election-security-hearing-with-facebook-google-twitter-idUSKBN23N2WA | 2020-06-17 |
| 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 |
| Representatives for Acadia Processors LLC did not respond to repeated requests for comment | Neutral | I told were going to die and they arent going to do Alvarez a single mother who had worked four seasons for the company told the Thomson Reuters Foundation | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-mexico-migrants-trfn/mexican-seafood-workers-fight-back-over-u-s-coronavirus-sacking-idUSKBN23N2MF | 2020-06-17 |
| Bolton argues that the Democraticled U.S. House of Representatives should have expanded its impeachment probe against Trump last year to beyond questions over whether Trump invited foreign interference from Ukraine | Negative | WASHINGTON Former White House national security adviser John Bolton has written a book that provides an insider account of President Donald Trumps inconsistent scattershot decisionmaking his publisher said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-trump-bolton-book/ex-white-house-adviser-bolton-has-book-donald-trump-doesnt-want-you-to-read-idUSKBN23J2XW | 2020-06-13 |
| House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi has said Linicks dismissal might have been illegal | Negative | WASHINGTON A U.S. State Department inspector general fired by President Donald Trump told lawmakers the department discouraged him from investigating arms sales to Saudi Arabia before he was dismissed last month according to a transcript released Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-trump-inspectorgeneral/state-dept-discouraged-probe-of-saudi-arms-sale-fired-u-s-official-says-idUSKBN23H242 | 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 |
| 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 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Republicans said on Tuesday they were working on their own legislation to address police reform and racial injustice as the Democraticled House of Representatives moved toward a vote this month on its sweeping reform bill | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Republicans said on Tuesday they were working on their own legislation to address police reform and racial injustice as the Democraticled House of Representatives moved toward a vote this month on its sweeping reform bill | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-minneapolis-police-congress/senate-republicans-plan-their-own-police-reform-effort-idUSKBN23G2NT | 2020-06-10 |
| Representatives for Toyota in Mexico had no immediate comment | Neutral | MEXICO CITY Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Tuesday some of Canadas mining firms were behind on their tax payments and urged the Canadian government to lean on them to avoid the dispute reaching international tribunals | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-mexico-politics-tax-arrears/mexican-president-urges-canadian-mining-firms-to-pay-taxes-idUSKBN23G23A | 2020-06-10 |
| WASHINGTON Six Republicans in the House of Representatives Judiciary Committee urged the U.S. Agriculture Department on Tuesday to ease regulations on meat processors that they said make it harder for smaller companies to compete | Negative | WASHINGTON Six Republicans in the House of Representatives Judiciary Committee urged the U.S. Agriculture Department on Tuesday to ease regulations on meat processors that they said make it harder for smaller companies to compete | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-meat-congress/republican-lawmakers-ask-agriculture-department-to-ease-regs-on-meat-production-idUSKBN23G31I | 2020-06-10 |
| Democrats expect to bring the legislation to the House of Representatives floor by July 4 | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. congressional Democrats unveiled sweeping legislation on Monday to combat police violence and racial injustice through transformative change two weeks after George Floyds death in Minneapolis police custody led to nationwide protests | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-minneapolis-police-congress/u-s-democrats-pledge-transformative-change-with-police-reform-bill-idUSKBN23F2OI | 2020-06-09 |
| Last month the Democraticcontrolled House of Representatives passed a trillion economic aid bill but Trump has promised to veto it if reaches his desk | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump is open to another economic relief package in response to the coronavirus pandemic and remains in favor of a payroll tax holiday White House spokeswoman Kayleigh McEnany said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-relief/trump-open-to-another-coronavirus-relief-package-white-house-idUSKBN23F2JZ | 2020-06-09 |
| No comment was immediately available from the U.S. Trade Representatives office or the EUs delegation in Washington | Neutral | BANGOR Maine U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday threatened to impose tariffs on European Union cars if the bloc does not drop its tariff on American lobsters naming White House trade adviser Peter Navarro the lobster in charge of talks | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-trade-lobsters/trump-threatens-eu-china-with-tariffs-names-navarro-lobster-king-idUSKBN23C2VI | 2020-06-06 |
| WASHINGTON The 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 | Positive | 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 |
| WASHINGTON The United States is investigating digital services taxes being adopted or considered by Britain Italy Brazil and other countries the U.S. Trade Representatives office said on Tuesday a move that could lead to new punitive tariffs and heighten trade tensions | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States is investigating digital services taxes being adopted or considered by Britain Italy Brazil and other countries the U.S. Trade Representatives office said on Tuesday a move that could lead to new punitive tariffs and heighten trade tensions | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-trade-digital/u-s-launches-trade-probe-into-digital-taxes-plowing-ground-for-new-tariffs-idUSKBN2392PH | 2020-06-03 |
| The Democrat who chairs the U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary committee said on Tuesday he will introduce legislation this week to cut million in funding from Attorney General William Barrs personal office | Negative | The Democrat who chairs the U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary committee said on Tuesday he will introduce legislation this week to cut million in funding from Attorney General William Barrs personal office | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-justice-barr/house-democrat-moves-to-cut-attorney-general-barrs-budget-by-50-million-idUSKBN2392Z4 | 2020-06-03 |
| The top Republican on the House of Representatives Armed Services Committee Mac Thornberry said discussions about the Insurrection Act could easily make U.S. troops political pawns | Negative | WASHINGTON was the word Defense Secretary Mark Esper used to describe protest sites in the United States | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-minneapolis-police-military/perils-for-pentagon-as-trump-threatens-to-militarize-response-to-civil-unrest-idUSKBN239324 | 2020-06-03 |
| The U.S. Department of Agriculture and U.S. Trade Representatives office did not immediately respond to requests for comment | Neutral | Stateowned Chinese firms bought at least three cargoes of U.S. soybeans on Monday even as sources in China said the government had told them to halt purchases after Washington said it would eliminate special treatment for Hong Kong to punish Beijing | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-trade-china-agriculture/china-buys-u-s-soybeans-after-halt-to-u-s-purchases-ordered-sources-idUSKBN238264 | 2020-06-02 |
| She was one of the managers of the House of Representatives impeachment proceedings against Trump but has had a lower profile among voters nationally | Negative | Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms and U.S. Representative Val Demings of Florida have risen in prominence amid protests against police brutality as Joe Biden weighs whether to choose a black woman as his Democratic running mate for Novembers presidential election | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-biden-runningmate/protests-elevate-bottoms-and-demings-as-possible-biden-running-mates-idUSKBN2383KU | 2020-06-02 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Monday he hoped the Senate would soon pass legislation already passed by the Democraticcontrolled House of Representatives easing terms of the coronavirus smallbusiness loan program | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Monday he hoped the Senate would soon pass legislation already passed by the Democraticcontrolled House of Representatives easing terms of the coronavirus smallbusiness loan program | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-ppp/u-s-senate-leader-hopes-for-quick-passage-of-house-coronavirus-small-business-bill-idUSKBN2383IR | 2020-06-02 |
| Democrats control the House of Representatives and Republicans control the Senate | Neutral | WASHINGTON The U.S. Supreme Courts decision expected in the coming weeks on the fate of the young immigrants known as could cause an electionyear headache for President Donald even if he wins the legal battle | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-trump-immigration-election-analys/trump-faces-election-risks-in-looming-supreme-court-ruling-on-dreamers-idUSKBN238281 | 2020-06-02 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday approved legislation increasing the amount of time to 24 weeks from the current eight weeks for small businesses to use Paycheck Protection Program loans spurred by the coronavirus outbreak | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday approved legislation increasing the amount of time to 24 weeks from the current eight weeks for small businesses to use Paycheck Protection Program loans spurred by the coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-ppp/small-business-loan-terms-eased-under-u-s-house-passed-bill-idUSKBN23431T | 2020-05-29 |
| WASHINGTON The House of Representatives on Thursday dropped consideration of legislation that would have extended U.S. surveillance tools after President Donald Trump threatened a veto and his fellow Republicans withdrew their support | Negative | WASHINGTON The House of Representatives on Thursday dropped consideration of legislation that would have extended U.S. surveillance tools after President Donald Trump threatened a veto and his fellow Republicans withdrew their support | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-surveillance-congress/government-surveillance-bill-withdrawn-in-u-s-house-idUSKBN2342BL | 2020-05-29 |
| WASHINGTON Fourteen Democratic members of the U.S. House of Representatives wrote to the Federal Trade Commission on Thursday to urge it to consider probing the short video app TikTok for blatant of a consent decree related to childrens privacy | Negative | WASHINGTON Fourteen Democratic members of the U.S. House of Representatives wrote to the Federal Trade Commission on Thursday to urge it to consider probing the short video app TikTok for blatant of a consent decree related to childrens privacy | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-tiktok-privacy-children-democrats/democrats-urge-probe-of-allegations-regarding-tiktok-and-childrens-privacy-idUSKBN2340EF | 2020-05-28 |
| 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 | 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 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Trade Representatives office on Wednesday criticized a federal courts decision to reinstate an exception for certain solar panels from import restrictions imposed by President Donald Trump two years ago | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Trade Representatives office on Wednesday criticized a federal courts decision to reinstate an exception for certain solar panels from import restrictions imposed by President Donald Trump two years ago | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-trade-china-solar/ustr-disagrees-with-u-s-courts-ruling-allowing-some-solar-panel-imports-idUSKBN2333C5 | 2020-05-28 |
| WASHINGTON Republicans warned on Wednesday that legislation passed by the Democraticcontrolled U.S. House of Representatives during the coronavirus pandemic may not become law if lawmakers are allowed to cast votes remotely under a new voting system | Negative | WASHINGTON Republicans warned on Wednesday that legislation passed by the Democraticcontrolled U.S. House of Representatives during the coronavirus pandemic may not become law if lawmakers are allowed to cast votes remotely under a new voting system | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/republicans-cast-doubt-on-future-of-house-bills-passed-by-proxy-idUSKBN2332RH | 2020-05-28 |
| Representatives for Dommo did not respond to multiple emails social media messages or phone calls | Neutral | Alongside industries like mining and meatpacking oil production has come under scrutiny during the pandemic as employees are forced to work sleep and eat in confined areas | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-coronavirus-offshore-exclusive/exclusive-coronavirus-spreads-in-brazils-oilfields-as-six-offshore-operators-register-cases-idUSKBN2321ES | 2020-05-27 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. House of Representatives Republicans will sue Democratic Speaker Nancy Pelosi over rule changes that allow members to vote on each others behalf during the coronavirus pandemic Republican aides said on Tuesday | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. House of Representatives Republicans will sue Democratic Speaker Nancy Pelosi over rule changes that allow members to vote on each others behalf during the coronavirus pandemic Republican aides said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/house-republicans-to-sue-pelosi-remote-proxy-voting-in-pandemic-idUSKBN23237N | 2020-05-27 |
| The proposed laws still need to be passed by the U.S House of Representatives and be ratified by President Donald Trump | Neutral | The two transactions could raise a combined billion separate sources said and the deals would be the largest for Hong Kongs equity capital markets so far this year | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-listings-hongkong/netease-and-jd-com-set-dates-for-5-billion-hong-kong-listings-idUSKBN22Y1UU | 2020-05-23 |
| But pressure is building and the truth will come a House of Representatives Foreign Relations Committee aide said | Negative | WASHINGTON The White House and the State Department did not provide an adequate to lawmakers requests for documents related to the firing of the departments inspector general a congressional aide said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-trump-inspectorgeneral/trump-administration-did-not-give-adequate-response-to-probe-into-watchdogs-firing-aide-idUSKBN22Z007 | 2020-05-23 |
| Trump was impeached on abuseofpower and obstruction charges in the Democraticled House of Representatives after he asked Ukraine to investigate the Bidens | Negative | WASHINGTON A Republicanled U.S. Senate committee authorized a subpoena on Wednesday for information in an investigation related to Hunter Biden son of former Vice President Joe Biden President Donald Trumps main rival as he runs for reelection in November | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-congress-biden/republican-led-u-s-senate-panel-backs-subpoena-in-hunter-biden-probe-idUSKBN22W2KF | 2020-05-21 |
| Representatives for the firms declined to comment on the investments or did not respond to requests | Negative | BOSTON What would seem like a sure win for elite investors early bets on companies racing to make face masks hand sanitizer and other coronavirusrelated protective products turned out to be a relatively unpopular strategy and one with surprisingly mixed results | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-ppestocks/did-hedge-funds-score-on-masks-and-sanitizer-not-so-much-idUSKBN22W0IU | 2020-05-20 |
| WASHINGTON Calling the novel coronavirus the greatest facing the United States progressive U.S. House of Representatives Democrats called on Tuesday for a reduction in military spending as the country grapples with the pandemic | Negative | WASHINGTON Calling the novel coronavirus the greatest facing the United States progressive U.S. House of Representatives Democrats called on Tuesday for a reduction in military spending as the country grapples with the pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-usa-defense-congress/citing-greatest-adversary-coronavirus-some-u-s-democrats-want-defense-cuts-idUSKBN22V2L6 | 2020-05-20 |
| The first signers of the letter were Representatives Mark Pocan and Barbara Lee | Neutral | WASHINGTON Calling the novel coronavirus the greatest facing the United States progressive U.S. House of Representatives Democrats called on Tuesday for a reduction in military spending as the country grapples with the pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-usa-defense-congress/citing-greatest-adversary-coronavirus-some-u-s-democrats-want-defense-cuts-idUSKBN22V2L6 | 2020-05-20 |
| WASHINGTON Republican leaders in the U.S. Congress said on Tuesday they were in no hurry to work on another coronavirus relief package despite the House of Representatives passage last week of a trillion measure | Negative | WASHINGTON Republican leaders in the U.S. Congress said on Tuesday they were in no hurry to work on another coronavirus relief package despite the House of Representatives passage last week of a trillion measure | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/republican-senators-put-brakes-on-additional-coronavirus-aid-idUSKBN22V2M4 | 2020-05-20 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Sunday there will be negotiations on the new trillion coronavirus relief legislation passed by the Democraticcontrolled House of Representatives and that Democrats have no red lines | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Sunday there will be negotiations on the new trillion coronavirus relief legislation passed by the Democraticcontrolled House of Representatives and that Democrats have no red lines | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/pelosi-sees-negotiations-on-new-3-trillion-coronavirus-legislation-cbs-idUSKBN22T0KA | 2020-05-18 |
| Representatives for Senate Foreign Relations Chairman Jim Risch did not respond to a request for comment | Neutral | 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 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 |
| 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 | Positive | Several countries around the world began gradual easing of the coronavirusled restrictions even as they grapple with the economic fallout from the pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-the-coronavirus-idUSKBN22J0KE | 2020-05-17 |
| 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 |
| 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 | Positive | 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 |
| McConnell also put another nail in the coffin for a trillion relief bill the Democratled House of Representatives is expected to consider on Friday calling it a parade of absurdities | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Thursday he is open to another relief bill to help alleviate economic pain inflicted by the coronavirus pandemic and is talking to members of President Donald Trumps administration about possible legislation | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-mcconnell/mcconnell-u-s-republicans-open-to-future-possible-coronavirus-relief-bill-idUSKBN22Q3NA | 2020-05-16 |
| Biden supports a bill approved by the Democraticled House of Representatives last year that would allow Medicare to negotiate drug prices as private insurers do | Positive | Healthcare was already a top concern among U.S. voters even before the coronavirus pandemic killed tens of thousands of Americans and eliminated millions of jobs | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-healthcare-factbox/factbox-trump-biden-healthcare-showdown-in-the-spotlight-amid-pandemic-idUSKBN22R2BY | 2020-05-16 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives on Friday passed a trillion Democratic bill aimed at salving the heavy human and economic toll of the coronavirus pandemic that has killed more than 85000 Americans and shut much of the economy | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives on Friday passed a trillion Democratic bill aimed at salving the heavy human and economic toll of the coronavirus pandemic that has killed more than 85000 Americans and shut much of the economy | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-passage/house-passes-3-trillion-coronavirus-aid-bill-idUSKBN22S02B | 2020-05-16 |
| WASHINGTON The Democraticcontrolled U.S. House of Representatives approved a measure on Friday that would allow debate and a vote on a new trillion coronavirus relief bill and a proposal to allow voting by proxy in the House | Positive | WASHINGTON The Democraticcontrolled U.S. House of Representatives approved a measure on Friday that would allow debate and a vote on a new trillion coronavirus relief bill and a proposal to allow voting by proxy in the House | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-rule/u-s-house-clears-way-for-passage-of-3-trillion-coronavirus-relief-bill-idUSKBN22R2P6 | 2020-05-16 |
| Our window of opportunity is Rick Bright the former director of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority testified to a U.S. House of Representatives panel | Positive | Global coronavirus deaths passed 300000 on Thursday as infections approached 4 | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-casualties/global-coronavirus-death-toll-exceeds-300000-reuters-tally-idUSKBN22R04Z | 2020-05-15 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives on Friday will vote on a measure temporarily allowing members to vote from outside the Capitol so they can work while keeping social distance during the coronavirus pandemic the chambers Democratic leadership said | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives on Friday will vote on a measure temporarily allowing members to vote from outside the Capitol so they can work while keeping social distance during the coronavirus pandemic the chambers Democratic leadership said | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-house-sets-friday-vote-on-lawmaking-by-proxy-during-pandemic-idUSKBN22P2RA | 2020-05-14 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday a trillionplus coronavirus relief package proposed by Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives was dead on arrival | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday a trillionplus coronavirus relief package proposed by Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives was dead on arrival | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-trump-stimulus/trump-says-new-democratic-stimulus-proposal-is-dead-on-arrival-idUSKBN22P38X | 2020-05-14 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell a Republican on Tuesday said that any new coronavirusresponse legislation would have to be narrowly as he criticized a trillion plan unveiled by House of Representatives Democrats | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell a Republican on Tuesday said that any new coronavirusresponse legislation would have to be narrowly as he criticized a trillion plan unveiled by House of Representatives Democrats | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-mcconnell/u-s-senate-leader-says-will-only-consider-narrow-coronavirus-bill-idUSKBN22O2WT | 2020-05-13 |
| The Democraticled U.S. House of Representatives unveiled on Tuesday a sweeping new coronavirus bill with more than trillion in assistance to states families and epidemiologists seeking to track the extent of the coronavirus pandemic | Negative | The Democraticled U.S. House of Representatives unveiled on Tuesday a sweeping new coronavirus bill with more than trillion in assistance to states families and epidemiologists seeking to track the extent of the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-legislation-fa/factbox-new-u-s-house-coronavirus-bill-contains-3-trillion-plus-in-aid-idUSKBN22O32R | 2020-05-13 |
| Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives unveiled a trillionplus coronavirus relief package only to see the measure flatly rejected by Senate Republicans | 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 Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday unveiled a trillionplus coronavirus relief package with funding for states businesses food support and families only to see the measure flatly rejected by Senate Republicans | Negative | WASHINGTON Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday unveiled a trillionplus coronavirus relief package with funding for states businesses food support and families only to see the measure flatly rejected by Senate Republicans | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-house-democrats-float-3-trillion-coronavirus-bill-republicans-reject-it-idUSKBN22P0BG | 2020-05-13 |
| Representatives for Holder did not immediately reply to a request for comment | Neutral | MEXICO CITY Mexicos foreign minister on Monday posted a video online detailing a diplomatic note to the U.S. embassy requesting answers about a gunrunning sting under the Obama presidency keeping a spotlight on the controversial issue | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-mexico-usa-politics/mexico-details-note-to-u-s-over-obama-era-gun-running-row-idUSKBN22O0I4 | 2020-05-12 |
| The U.S. Trade Representatives office did not respond to repeated queries on the Global Times article | Neutral | U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he opposed renegotiating the U.S.China Phase trade deal after a Chinese staterun newspaper reported some government advisers in Beijing were urging fresh talks and possibly invalidating the agreement | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-china-trade-trump/trump-not-interested-in-reopening-u-s-china-trade-deal-after-report-of-beijing-discontent-idUSKBN22N2UY | 2020-05-12 |
| Representatives for SoftBank and WeWork declined to comment on the motion | Negative | A special committee of WeWork board members filed a motion in Delaware on Monday to prevent it from being disbanded as it pursues legal action against majority owner SoftBank Group Corp | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-wework-softbank-lawsuit/wework-directors-seek-to-preserve-right-to-sue-owner-softbank-idUSKBN22N2OS | 2020-05-12 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts on Friday put a temporary hold on the disclosure to a Democraticled House of Representatives committee of grand jury material redacted from former Special Counsel Robert Muellers report on Russian interference in the 2016 election | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts on Friday put a temporary hold on the disclosure to a Democraticled House of Representatives committee of grand jury material redacted from former Special Counsel Robert Muellers report on Russian interference in the 2016 election | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-court-mueller/u-s-chief-justice-puts-hold-on-disclosure-of-russia-investigation-materials-idUSKBN22K268 | 2020-05-11 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday considers three blockbuster cases concerning efforts by the Democraticled House of Representatives and a grand jury working with a prosecutor in New York City to obtain copies of President Donald Trumps financial records | Neutral | WASHINGTON The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday considers three blockbuster cases concerning efforts by the Democraticled House of Representatives and a grand jury working with a prosecutor in New York City to obtain copies of President Donald Trumps financial records | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-trump-explainer/explainer-whats-at-stake-in-supreme-court-fight-over-trump-financial-records-idUSKBN22N1CU | 2020-05-11 |
| If Republicans Trump and Pence were both to become incapacitated Democratic House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi would assume presidential duties under U.S. law | Negative | WASHINGTON The Trump administration has no plans to keep President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence apart a person familiar with the matter said on Sunday as concerns rise about the spread of the coronavirus within the White House | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-trump-pence/no-plans-to-separate-trump-pence-despite-white-house-coronavirus-cases-source-idUSKBN22M0S2 | 2020-05-11 |
| The USDA and U.S. Trade Representatives office did not respond to requests for comment | Neutral | CHICAGO U.S. President Donald Trump ordered meat processing plants to stay open to protect the nations food supply even as workers got sick and died | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-meatpacking-an/as-u-s-meat-workers-fall-sick-and-supplies-dwindle-exports-to-china-soar-idUSKBN22N0IN | 2020-05-11 |
| 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 |
| The resolution led by Democratic Senator Tim Kaine had passed the Republicanled Senate and Democraticled House of Representatives earlier this year with support from Democrats and Republicans despite Trumps opposition | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate failed on Thursday to override President Donald Trumps veto of a resolution that would have reined in his ability to wage war against Iran by requiring him to obtain congressional authorization for military action | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-mideast-crisis-congress/u-s-senate-upholds-trump-veto-of-insulting-iran-war-powers-resolution-idUSKBN22J30A | 2020-05-08 |
| WASHINGTON The Trump administration failed to conduct effective coronavirus screenings of airline passengers entering the United States from Italy and South Korea in early March when cases of the virus were multiplying a U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee said on Thursday | Negative | WASHINGTON The Trump administration failed to conduct effective coronavirus screenings of airline passengers entering the United States from Italy and South Korea in early March when cases of the virus were multiplying a U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-screenings/u-s-house-panel-calls-march-screening-of-travelers-from-italy-south-korea-ineffective-idUSKBN22J357 | 2020-05-08 |
| 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 |
| 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 | Neutral | 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 |
| Representatives from all three were questioned by lawmakers last Thursday about the steps they had taken | Negative | to additional subscribers no text | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/health-coronavirus-twitter-5g/rpt-twitter-tackles-5g-covid-19-conspiracy-in-the-uk-with-warning-prompt-idUSL8N2CO45L | 2020-05-07 |
| WASHINGTON Rick Bright the ousted director of a U.S. agency responsible for developing a coronavirus vaccine will testify before a U.S. House of Representatives panel on May 14 a representative said on Twitter on Tuesday | Negative | WASHINGTON Rick Bright the ousted director of a U.S. agency responsible for developing a coronavirus vaccine will testify before a U.S. House of Representatives panel on May 14 a representative said on Twitter on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-whistleblower/ousted-u-s-vaccine-official-to-testify-before-house-panel-spokeswoman-idUSKBN22H30Z | 2020-05-06 |
| Bright will testify before a U.S. House of Representatives panel on May 14 a spokeswoman for Bright said on Tuesday | Positive | WASHINGTON The ousted director of a U.S. agency responsible for developing drugs to fight the coronavirus pandemic filed a whistleblowers complaint on Tuesday accusing President Donald Trumps administration of retaliating when he raised concerns | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-bright/ousted-u-s-whistleblower-says-trump-health-official-played-down-coronavirus-threat-idUSKBN22H2VC | 2020-05-06 |
| Representatives for Cruise did not immediately return a request for comment | Neutral | LOS ANGELES Action star Tom Cruise is working on a movie shot in outer space the National Aeronautics and Space Administration said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-people-tom-cruise/tom-cruise-aims-higher-with-movie-shot-on-space-station-idUSKBN22H2X5 | 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 |
| WASHINGTON Major U.S. firms and trade groups want the U.S. Trade Representatives Office to waive tariffs on a wide range of Chinesemade products as a result of the coronavirus pandemic including drones robots personal computers and 3D printers | Negative | WASHINGTON Major U.S. firms and trade groups want the U.S. Trade Representatives Office to waive tariffs on a wide range of Chinesemade products as a result of the coronavirus pandemic including drones robots personal computers and 3D printers | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-china/u-s-coronavirus-tariff-exemptions-sought-for-robots-drones-elevators-idUSKBN22G2VK | 2020-05-05 |
| 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 | 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 |
| The Democraticcontrolled House of Representatives chose to remain in recess this week because of potential health risks and has not announced when it will reconvene | 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 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. House of Representatives Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy said more money for state and local governments in a next round of coronavirus relief legislation could only be about referring to spending on mitigating the viruss impact | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. House of Representatives Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy said more money for state and local governments in a next round of coronavirus relief legislation could only be about referring to spending on mitigating the viruss impact | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-mccarthy/u-s-house-republican-leader-mccarthy-money-for-states-can-be-only-about-covid-idUSKBN22G1UZ | 2020-05-05 |
| It was not yet clear when the House of Representatives would return to regular sessions in Washington | Negative | WASHINGTON The top Republicans in the U.S. Congress displayed a united front on Friday in their drive for coronavirusrelated liability protections for businesses saying such measures will be crucial to talks about future relief legislation | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-republicans-push-for-coronavirus-lawsuit-immunity-for-business-idUSKBN22D5MG | 2020-05-02 |
| In November Yovanovitch told a House of Representatives impeachment inquiry of Trump that she was ousted from her post after coming under attack from the presidents personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump intends to nominate Keith Dayton to be the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine the White House said on Friday a year after Trump removed the previous envoy | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-ukraine/trump-to-nominate-retired-general-to-be-u-s-ambassador-to-ukraine-idUSKBN22E02H | 2020-05-02 |
| The letter was signed by Representatives Jerrold Nadler chair of the Judiciary David Cicilline chair of the antitrust subcommittee Joe Neguse and Pramila Jayapal all of whom are Democrats | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee on Friday called on Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-amazon-congress-antitrust/u-s-house-panel-calls-on-amazons-bezos-to-testify-on-third-party-sellers-idUSKBN22D5PN | 2020-05-02 |
| It was also signed by Republican Representatives James Sensenbrenner Ken Buck and Matt Gaetz | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee on Friday called on Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-amazon-congress-antitrust/u-s-house-panel-calls-on-amazons-bezos-to-testify-on-third-party-sellers-idUSKBN22D5PN | 2020-05-02 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. state and local governments could need close to trillion in aid over several years to cope with the aftermath of the coronavirus pandemic House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Thursday | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. state and local governments could need close to trillion in aid over several years to cope with the aftermath of the coronavirus pandemic House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-pelosi/u-s-states-local-governments-could-need-nearly-1-trillion-for-pandemic-pelosi-idUSKBN22C2XP | 2020-05-01 |
| WASHINGTON 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 | Negative | 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 |
| Representatives for Einhorn and Tesla did not immediately respond to requests for comment | Neutral | BOSTON One day after Tesla Inc posted its third quarterly profit in a row hedge fund manager David Einhorn one of the electric carmakers bestknown critics lobbed questions about the companys financials at its two top executives | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-tesla-einhorn/investor-einhorn-tweets-at-teslas-musk-asking-for-more-company-financials-idUSKBN22C3GA | 2020-05-01 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Wednesday that Democrats would not support protections for businesses against COVIDrelated litigation which Senate Majority Mitch McConnell has demanded as a condition for further coronavirus relief legislation | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Wednesday that Democrats would not support protections for businesses against COVIDrelated litigation which Senate Majority Mitch McConnell has demanded as a condition for further coronavirus relief legislation | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-pelosi/pelosi-shoots-down-mcconnell-demand-for-business-covid-protection-idUSKBN22B2ZH | 2020-04-30 |
| WASHINGTON Lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives will not return to Washington next week as planned due to the continuing risk of coronavirus infection Democratic leaders said on Tuesday a reversal of plans outlined only a day earlier | Negative | WASHINGTON Lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives will not return to Washington next week as planned due to the continuing risk of coronavirus infection Democratic leaders said on Tuesday a reversal of plans outlined only a day earlier | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-house-not-returning-next-week-trump-says-democrats-on-vacation-idUSKCN22A215 | 2020-04-29 |
| WASHINGTON Tourists and other visitors to the U.S. Capitol and adjacent congressional offices will continue to be suspended until May 16 Senate and House of Representatives officials said on Tuesday | Negative | WASHINGTON Tourists and other visitors to the U.S. Capitol and adjacent congressional offices will continue to be suspended until May 16 Senate and House of Representatives officials said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-capitol/suspension-of-tourist-visits-to-u-s-capitol-extended-until-may-16-idUSKCN22A39N | 2020-04-29 |
| Representatives from Huntington Ingalls and General Dynamics said the Navy was not withholding money from them for poor performance | Neutral | WASHINGTON The U.S. Navy has paid defense contractors million it had withheld to ensure contract performance hoping the funds would shore up finances for suppliers ravaged by the coronavirusdriven economic downturn a Navy official said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-usa-navy-procurement/u-s-navy-pays-contractors-600-million-held-back-to-ensure-performance-idUSKCN22A33L | 2020-04-29 |
| 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 | Negative | 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 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. lawmakers may need to think of different ways to put money in Americans pockets if coronavirus aid does not reach enough people and may look at providing a minimum guaranteed income House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Monday | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. lawmakers may need to think of different ways to put money in Americans pockets if coronavirus aid does not reach enough people and may look at providing a minimum guaranteed income House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-pelosi/house-speaker-pelosi-says-may-look-at-guaranteed-income-other-aid-idUSKCN2291TO | 2020-04-28 |
| WASHINGTON A large group of U.S. House of Representatives Democrats pushed on Monday for the chamber to allow its members to vote remotely during the coronavirus outbreak over Republican objections if there is no agreement this week on how to do so | Negative | WASHINGTON A large group of U.S. House of Representatives Democrats pushed on Monday for the chamber to allow its members to vote remotely during the coronavirus outbreak over Republican objections if there is no agreement this week on how to do so | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-house/u-s-house-democrats-push-for-new-rules-to-allow-remote-voting-amid-coronavirus-idUSKCN2292UV | 2020-04-28 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee launched an investigation on Monday of President Donald Trumps blocking of funds for the World Health Organization giving the State Department a week to provide information about the decision as the world faces the coronavirus pandemic | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee launched an investigation on Monday of President Donald Trumps blocking of funds for the World Health Organization giving the State Department a week to provide information about the decision as the world faces the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-usa/u-s-house-committee-launches-probe-of-trump-who-aid-cutoff-idUSKCN2292M6 | 2020-04-28 |
| U.S. House Of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi endorsed Joe Biden for president joining a list of top Democrats to back the former vice president since he emerged as the partys presumptive nominee to take on President Donald Trump in the Nov | Positive | U.S. House Of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi endorsed Joe Biden for president joining a list of top Democrats to back the former vice president since he emerged as the partys presumptive nominee to take on President Donald Trump in the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-biden-pelosi/u-s-house-speaker-nancy-pelosi-endorses-joe-biden-for-president-idUSKCN22914B | 2020-04-28 |
| It was written by among others House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer and U.S. Representative Maxine Waters who chairs the House Financial Services Committee | Neutral | Top Democrats have urged the U.S. Treasury Department and the Small Business Administration to expand opportunities for community development financial institutions and minority depository institutions in the Paycheck Protection Program funding | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-ppp/democrats-urge-paycheck-scheme-coverage-for-community-minority-lenders-idUSKCN2290A8 | 2020-04-27 |
| Indeed House of Representatives Democrats already are crafting a new coronavirus aid bill | Negative | WASHINGTON A nationwide business shutdown and surge in U.S. government spending will nearly quadruple the federal deficit to a record | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-economy/u-s-deficit-could-quadruple-to-3-7-trillion-in-coronavirus-crisis-cbo-idUSKCN22633M | 2020-04-25 |
| House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi warned on Friday There will not be a bill without state and aid | Negative | WASHINGTON After passing trillion of coronavirus relief in a rare run of bipartisanship Republicans and Democrats in the U.S. Congress girded for a new battle over federal assistance to states and local governments grappling with the deadly outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/fight-over-next-coronavirus-aid-bill-kicks-into-high-gear-in-u-s-congress-idUSKCN2261C8 | 2020-04-25 |
| WASHINGTON A fifth coronavirusresponse bill will soon be readied U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Friday as she warned Republicans that it must include new aid to state and local governments | Negative | WASHINGTON A fifth coronavirusresponse bill will soon be readied U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Friday as she warned Republicans that it must include new aid to state and local governments | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-healthcare-coronavirus-usa-pelosi/house-speaker-pelosi-says-next-coronavirus-aid-bill-will-be-ready-soon-idUSKCN2262QA | 2020-04-25 |
| 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 | Neutral | 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 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. House of Representatives Democrats accused the Trump administration of trying to the World Health Organization to distract from its handling of the coronavirus outbreak and urged an immediate restoration of funding to the U.N. health body according to a letter seen by Reuters on Thursday | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. House of Representatives Democrats accused the Trump administration of trying to the World Health Organization to distract from its handling of the coronavirus outbreak and urged an immediate restoration of funding to the U.N. health body according to a letter seen by Reuters on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-congress/u-s-democrats-back-scapegoat-who-as-trump-administration-keeps-up-attacks-idUSKCN2252RO | 2020-04-24 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday passed a billion bill to expand federal loans to small businesses impacted by the coronavirus outbreak and hospitals overwhelmed by patients suffering from COVID19 | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday passed a billion bill to expand federal loans to small businesses impacted by the coronavirus outbreak and hospitals overwhelmed by patients suffering from COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-vote/congress-approves-484-billion-coronavirus-relief-bill-idUSKCN2253PA | 2020-04-24 |
| 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 | 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 U.S. House of Representatives passed a billion bill to expand federal loans to small businesses impacted by the coronavirus outbreak and hospitals overwhelmed by patients suffering from COVID19 | Negative | WASHINGTON April 23 Asia equities face a bumpy session on Friday after Wall Street pared early gains as optimism over a rebound in oil prices and prospects for further government stimulus were offset by stark economic data showing the toll of the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-asian-stocks-poised-to-rise-after-wall-street-gains-slip-away-idUSL2N2CB24I | 2020-04-24 |
| WASHINGTON The Democraticcontrolled U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday approved the creation of a special investigative panel to examine the federal governments response to the coronavirus pandemic | Neutral | WASHINGTON The Democraticcontrolled U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday approved the creation of a special investigative panel to examine the federal governments response to the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-investigation/u-s-house-creates-panel-to-probe-federal-coronavirus-response-idUSKCN2253J4 | 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 |
| On the same day the U.S. House of Representatives is expected to clear a billion relief package | Positive | A rebound in oil prices and hopes of more stimulus lifted European shares on Wednesday even as investors remained cautious about a swift recovery as more companies issued worrying financial forecasts | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-europe-stocks/european-shares-gain-on-oil-rebound-hopes-of-stimulus-idUSKCN2240V6 | 2020-04-23 |
| Representatives for the White House referred questions to the Department of Interior which oversees public lands including federal parks | Negative | WASHINGTON The Trump administrations plans to reopen the countrys national parks and other public lands in line with coronavirus guidelines U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday with more details to be announced on specific parks in coming days | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-parks/trump-plans-to-reopen-u-s-national-parks-details-to-come-idUSKCN2242PF | 2020-04-23 |
| 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 | 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 The U.S. House of Representatives will no longer consider remote voting by proxy this week a House Democratic leadership aide said | Neutral | WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives will no longer consider remote voting by proxy this week a House Democratic leadership aide said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-house/u-s-house-will-not-consider-voting-by-proxy-this-week-aide-idUSKCN2242PN | 2020-04-23 |
| WASHINGTON A top U.S. House of Representatives Democrat recommended measures on Tuesday to allow members to vote and do committee work remotely even when they are back in Washington to comply with social distancing guidelines to prevent the spread of the coronavirus | Positive | WASHINGTON A top U.S. House of Representatives Democrat recommended measures on Tuesday to allow members to vote and do committee work remotely even when they are back in Washington to comply with social distancing guidelines to prevent the spread of the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-remote/house-leader-hoyer-recommends-remote-work-amid-coronavirus-idUSKCN22325M | 2020-04-22 |
| Brouillette said on Tuesday he would meet with lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives to renew the administration call for funds to buy oil | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he has asked his cabinet to devise a plan to inject cash into the ailing U.S. oildrilling industry to help it survive a historic collapse in crude prices | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-oil-trump/trump-calls-for-u-s-oil-industry-bailout-as-prices-plunge-idUSKCN2231Z6 | 2020-04-22 |
| Meadows who had sponsored companion legislation to Rubios bill in the House of Representatives did not respond to a request for comment through the White House | Positive | WASHINGTON Lawmakers and former officials are making a lastditch push to persuade the Trump administration to halt plans to invest billions of federal employee retirement dollars in Chinese companies that Washington suspects of human rights abuses or threatening U.S. security according to sources and documents seen by Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-china-investments-exclusive/exclusive-trump-pressed-to-halt-federal-pension-investments-in-chinas-zte-hikvision-idUSKCN2231FE | 2020-04-22 |
| Representatives of the other banks did not immediately respond to requests for comment | Neutral | NEW YORK Ten of the worlds largest banks including JPMorgan Chase and Bank of America have been sued for allegedly conspiring over nearly 14 years to rig prices in the | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/banks/article/us-banks-lawsuit-bonds/lawsuit-claims-10-big-banks-rigged-market-for-odd-lot-u-s-corporate-bonds-idUSKCN22336F | 2020-04-22 |
| Nancy Pelosi speaker of the Democraticcontrolled House of Representatives told ABCs This that Democrats wanted to ensure further relief money was reaching all of Americas 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 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 | Negative | 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 |
| WASHINGTON A senior 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 | Positive | WASHINGTON A senior 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/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-vote/leading-u-s-democrat-recommends-remote-coronavirus-voting-system-idUSKBN21Y35J | 2020-04-17 |
| 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 | Positive | 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 |
| Representatives for Andrew and Ricky declined to comment and would not make them available for interview | Negative | story contains language that some readers might find offensive in the 21st | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-hedgefunds-sandler/oh-brother-coronavirus-calls-split-family-fortunes-on-wall-street-idUSKBN21Z0O8 | 2020-04-17 |
| WASHINGTON The top Republican in the U.S. House of Representatives said on Thursday he saw no reason to give Democrats any concessions to secure funding to help small businesses grappling with the coronavirus outbreak | Positive | WASHINGTON The top Republican in the U.S. House of Representatives said on Thursday he saw no reason to give Democrats any concessions to secure funding to help small businesses grappling with the coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-mccarthy/top-house-republican-says-no-fig-leaf-on-small-business-bill-idUSKBN21Y2LG | 2020-04-17 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday called President Donald Trumps decision to halt funding for the World Health Organization senseless and dangerous and said it would be challenged | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday called President Donald Trumps decision to halt funding for the World Health Organization senseless and dangerous and said it would be challenged | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-pelosi/house-speaker-pelosi-calls-trump-who-decision-senseless-dangerous-idUSKCN21X2GY | 2020-04-16 |
| Yet while Demings was tapped as one of the managers of the House of Representatives impeachment proceedings against Trump Democratic advisers said her lower profile may hurt her chances | Negative | Presumptive Democratic U.S. presidential nominee Joe Biden who has vowed to pick a woman to join his ticket said he would appoint a committee this month to help him vet possible running mates | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-biden-runningmate-factbo/biden-wants-a-woman-to-be-his-running-mate-here-are-some-names-under-consideration-idUSKCN21X1AB | 2020-04-16 |
| 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 | 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 |
| This decision is dangerous illegal and will be swiftly Democratic House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said | 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 |
| A similar bill also with bipartisan support was passed by the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee in March | Positive | WASHINGTON Republican and Democratic U.S. senators will introduce legislation on Friday seeking to reaffirm the countrys commitment to global health amid the coronavirus crisis including reestablishing a panel similar to one disbanded by President Donald Trump charged with preparing for pandemics | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-senate/lawmakers-look-to-reaffirm-u-s-commitment-to-global-health-amid-coronavirus-idUSKCN21S19W | 2020-04-11 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Treasury Department followed proper procedures in denying the U.S. House of Representatives access to President Donald Trumps tax returns the inspector generals office said in a letter released on Friday | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Treasury Department followed proper procedures in denying the U.S. House of Representatives access to President Donald Trumps tax returns the inspector generals office said in a letter released on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-taxes/u-s-treasury-followed-proper-procedures-in-rejecting-trump-tax-return-request-inspector-general-idUSKCN21S1W3 | 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 |
| Asked about the assisting news media outlets House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday lawmakers are being by sectors seeking assistance and was not aware of the specifc request | Positive | WASHINGTON Four groups representing local newspapers and broadcast media outlets on Thursday asked U.S. lawmakers to provide assistance amid rising economic woes tied to the coronavirus outbreak including up to billion in government advertising | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-media/u-s-local-news-outlets-need-government-rescue-lawmakers-trade-groups-idUSKCN21R35D | 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 |
| 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 |
| WASHINGTON The chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives Armed Services Committee a Democrat called on Monday for the removal of Acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly and said he had lost confidence in him over his firing and rebuke of the commander of a coronavirusstricken aircraft carrier | Negative | WASHINGTON The chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives Armed Services Committee a Democrat called on Monday for the removal of Acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly and said he had lost confidence in him over his firing and rebuke of the commander of a coronavirusstricken aircraft carrier | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-navy-congress/key-house-democrat-calls-for-removal-of-acting-u-s-navy-head-idUSKBN21P013 | 2020-04-07 |
| Representatives for Traduzindo o Verbo also could not immediately be reached for comment | Negative | The two were among 41 employers added to the roster of blacklisted companies and organizations to be blocked from getting state loans and face restrictions on sales | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-trafficking-dirtylist-trfn/olympic-games-building-firm-cult-added-to-brazils-slavery-dirty-list-idUSKBN21L3A0 | 2020-04-04 |
| After contentious partisan hearings the Democraticled House of Representatives voted to impeach Trump but the Republicanled Senate acquitted him of the charges in early February | 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 |
| Representatives for Brasil Global could not immediately be reached for comment | Negative | The two were among 41 employers added to the roster of blacklisted companies and organizations to be blocked from getting state loans and face restrictions on sales | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-trafficking-dirtylist-trfn/olympic-games-building-firm-cult-added-to-brazils-slavery-dirty-list-idUSKBN21L3A0 | 2020-04-04 |
| 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 | Negative | 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 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Wednesday she wants to virusproof the November election by including funding to boost voting by mail in the next pandemic response plan being put together by Democrats in the House of Representatives | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Wednesday she wants to virusproof the November election by including funding to boost voting by mail in the next pandemic response plan being put together by Democrats in the House of Representatives | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-vote/pelosi-wants-vote-by-mail-provisions-in-next-u-s-coronavirus-bill-idUSKBN21J6D0 | 2020-04-02 |
| WASHINGTON Senior Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives said on Wednesday they would include billion for community health centers on the front lines of fighting the coronavirus outbreak as part of an infrastructure bill aimed at responding to the crisis | Negative | WASHINGTON Senior Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives said on Wednesday they would include billion for community health centers on the front lines of fighting the coronavirus outbreak as part of an infrastructure bill aimed at responding to the crisis | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-democrats/house-democrats-propose-10-billion-for-health-centers-in-infrastructure-plan-idUSKBN21J660 | 2020-04-02 |
| WASHINGTON A group of U.S. House of Representatives Democrats set out plans on Wednesday for a task force to investigate the countrys handling of the coronavirus crisis similar to the that reviewed the Sept | Negative | WASHINGTON A group of U.S. House of Representatives Democrats set out plans on Wednesday for a task force to investigate the countrys handling of the coronavirus crisis similar to the that reviewed the Sept | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-commission/u-s-lawmakers-want-9-11-style-commission-to-probe-coronavirus-crisis-idUSKBN21J6WV | 2020-04-02 |
| House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi a Democrat said the administrations decision will harm public health and endanger U.S. economic security | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trumps administration on Tuesday completed a rollback of U.S. vehicle emissions standards adopted under his predecessor Barack Obama and will require 1 | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-autos-emissions/trump-finalizes-rollback-of-obama-era-vehicle-fuel-efficiency-standards-idUSKBN21I25S | 2020-04-01 |
| Representatives of some of the regional parties the Oromo Liberation Front and the National Movement of Amhara said they would not oppose the delay | Positive | ADDIS ABABA Ethiopia has postponed parliamentary elections scheduled for August due to the coronavirus outbreak the electoral board said on Tuesday a move endorsed by some key opposition parties | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-ethiopia-election/ethiopia-postpones-august-election-due-to-coronavirus-idUSKBN21I2QU | 2020-04-01 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Tuesday urged the Trump administration to do more to implement widespread testing for the coronavirus and deliver critical supplies to combat the outbreak saying there needed to be a more coordinated response | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Tuesday urged the Trump administration to do more to implement widespread testing for the coronavirus and deliver critical supplies to combat the outbreak saying there needed to be a more coordinated response | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-pelosi/pelosi-urges-stronger-u-s-federal-response-to-coronavirus-idUSKBN21I1TY | 2020-04-01 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives has begun work on a fourth coronavirus bill targeting a slew of crisis issues from short supplies of medical equipment and protective gear to enhanced worker protections infrastructure needs and additional payments to individuals Democratic lawmakers said on Monday | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives has begun work on a fourth coronavirus bill targeting a slew of crisis issues from short supplies of medical equipment and protective gear to enhanced worker protections infrastructure needs and additional payments to individuals Democratic lawmakers said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-pelosi/u-s-house-democrats-chart-next-coronavirus-aid-bill-idUSKBN21H38T | 2020-03-31 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives is not expected to meet again in regular session sooner than Monday April 20 House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer a Democrat advised members on Monday | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives is not expected to meet again in regular session sooner than Monday April 20 House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer a Democrat advised members on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-hoyer/u-s-house-not-expected-to-meet-sooner-than-april-20-hoyer-says-idUSKBN21H2ZP | 2020-03-31 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi will hold a news conference call at 3 p | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi will hold a news conference call at 3 p | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-legislation/pelosi-to-discuss-worker-patient-safety-in-next-coronavirus-response-bill-on-monday-idUSKBN21H2EL | 2020-03-31 |
| 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 |
| Nancy Pelosi speaker of the Democraticcontrolled House of Representatives said Trumps initial downplaying of the virus potential was deadly | Negative | WASHINGTON Experts on the White House coronavirus task force persuaded President Donald Trump that a travel advisory was preferable to the strict quarantine he was considering for the hardhit New York area to limit the spread of the pathogen officials said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-coronavirus-health-usa-mnuchin/experts-warned-trump-off-new-york-new-jersey-connecticut-lockdown-idUSKBN21G0L9 | 2020-03-30 |
| Representatives of those companies were to attend a White House meeting later on Sunday with President Donald Trump to discuss the effort the official said | Positive | WASHINGTON A planeload of desperately needed medical supplies arrived in New York from China on Sunday the first in a series of flights over the next 30 days organized by the White House to help fight the coronavirus a White House official said | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-trump-airlift/white-house-led-airlift-of-urgently-needed-medical-supplies-arrives-in-new-york-idUSKBN21G0LB | 2020-03-30 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Friday the House will set up a panel to oversee expenditures under the | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Friday the House will set up a panel to oversee expenditures under the | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress-pelos/u-s-house-will-have-panel-overseeing-coronavirus-aid-law-expenditures-pelosi-idUSKBN21F038 | 2020-03-28 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday criticized a Republican congressman who is considering tactics to delay a House of Representatives vote on a massive coronavirus stimulus bill calling Representative Thomas Massie a thirdrate grandstander | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday criticized a Republican congressman who is considering tactics to delay a House of Representatives vote on a massive coronavirus stimulus bill calling Representative Thomas Massie a thirdrate grandstander | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-trump/trump-attacks-republican-lawmaker-threatening-delay-of-economic-stimulus-idUSKBN21E26E | 2020-03-28 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Friday the House of Representatives will approve the coronavirus economic relief bill on Friday likely after a three hour debate | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Friday the House of Representatives will approve the coronavirus economic relief bill on Friday likely after a three hour debate | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-pelosi/pelosi-says-house-to-approve-coronavirus-bill-on-friday-idUSKBN21E28U | 2020-03-28 |
| Representatives for Hanks 63 did not immediately return a request for comment | Neutral | LOS ANGELES Tom Hanks and his wife Rita Wilson returned to Los Angeles on Friday after spending more than two weeks in quarantine in Australia after testing positive for the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainmenthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-hanks/tom-hanks-returns-to-la-after-bout-of-coronavirus-media-reports-idUSKBN21F00L | 2020-03-28 |
| Representatives from some of the countries had tried explaining to Bach how it wasnt possible for their athletes to train citing travel restrictions and curfews they said | Negative | Officials in charge of staging Tokyos Olympic Games crowded around a low table inside Prime Minister Shinzo Abes residence late Tuesday wincing as they spoke by phone with the head of the International Olympic Committee | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-olympics-reconstru/weeks-of-anguish-and-a-black-box-inside-tokyos-decision-to-delay-the-olympics-idUSKBN21E05O | 2020-03-27 |
| Leaders of the U.S. House of Representatives are determined to pass a | Neutral | The U.S. House of Representatives will begin a debate on a | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-spread-of-the-coronavirus-around-the-world-idUSKBN21E0IN | 2020-03-27 |
| The U.S. House of Representatives will begin a debate on a | Neutral | The U.S. House of Representatives will begin a debate on a | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-spread-of-the-coronavirus-around-the-world-idUSKBN21E0IN | 2020-03-27 |
| The U.S. House of Representatives is expected to back the move on Friday | Positive | Global airlines urged the worlds major economies to act quickly to prevent irreversible damage to an industry that has seen demand decimated almost overnight by the coronavirus crisis | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-airlines/worlds-ailing-airlines-appeal-for-aid-as-u-s-offers-58-billion-idUSKBN21D00W | 2020-03-27 |
| After the U.S. House of Representatives approves the airline bailout and President Donald Trump signs it as early as Friday airlines are to receive initial payments within 10 days | Negative | U.S. airlines are preparing to tap the government for up to billion in grants to cover payroll in a sharp travel downturn triggered by the coronavirus even after the government warned it may take stakes in exchange for bailout funds people familiar with the matter said | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-airlines-strategy/u-s-airlines-to-dash-for-cash-grants-not-loans-even-with-potential-government-stake-idUSKBN21D3GL | 2020-03-27 |
| WASHINGTON Leaders of the U.S. House of Representatives are determined to pass a | 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 |
| The U.S. House of Representatives is expected to pass a | Neutral | TOKYO Asian stocks rose on Friday as investors wagered policymakers will roll out more stimulus measures to combat the coronavirus pandemic after U.S. unemployment filings surged to a record | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-markets/asia-shares-rise-on-more-stimulus-hopes-but-dollar-loses-steam-idUSKBN21E02O | 2020-03-27 |
| The House of Representatives must now pass this bill hopefully without delay | Positive | 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 |
| He was referring to market shocks after the U.S. House of Representatives voted down an emergency financial bailout bill in late September 2008 following the collapse of Lehman Brothers | Negative | Dollar index on track for biggest loss in decade | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-dollar-pulls-back-as-panic-selling-eases-on-course-for-biggest-loss-in-decade-idUSL4N2BK0WR | 2020-03-27 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives will begin a twohour debate on a sweeping | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives will begin a twohour debate on a sweeping | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-house/u-s-house-sets-friday-debate-for-coronavirus-aid-bill-idUSKBN21E03H | 2020-03-27 |
| 2 trillion stimulus was expected to be approved by the U.S. House of Representatives on Friday or on Saturday | Positive | Dollar index on track for biggest loss in decade | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-dollar-pulls-back-as-panic-selling-eases-on-course-for-biggest-loss-in-decade-idUSL4N2BK0WR | 2020-03-27 |
| WASHINGTON House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Wednesday the coronavirus relief legislation agreed in the U.S. Senate goes a long way toward meeting the needs of the American people and House Democrats will now review the bill | Positive | WASHINGTON House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Wednesday the coronavirus relief legislation agreed in the U.S. Senate goes a long way toward meeting the needs of the American people and House Democrats will now review the bill | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-pelosi/house-speaker-pelosi-says-democrats-will-review-coronavirus-bill-idUSKBN21C20P | 2020-03-26 |
| The U.S. Senate is expected to vote on the stimulus package later in the day and the House of Representatives soon after | Neutral | SHAREHOLDER ACTIVISTS WATCH THAT CREDIT | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-europe-stocks-rating/shareholder-activists-watch-that-credit-rating-idUSKBN21C2DW | 2020-03-26 |
| By a vote of 960 the Senate passed the bill sending it to the House of Representatives which could vote sometime this week | Neutral | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate on Wednesday unanimously passed a bill aimed at helping unemployed workers and industries hurt by the coronavirus pandemic as well as providing billions of dollars to buy urgently needed medical equipment | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-vote/u-s-senate-approves-2-trillion-coronavirus-economic-medical-aid-bill-idUSKBN21D0CX | 2020-03-26 |
| The U.S. House of Representatives is expected to vote to approve the measure on Friday and President Donald Trump has promised to sign it into law | Positive | Delta Air Lines Inc and Air New Zealand Ltd said they would offer cargo charter services on passenger planes to boost revenue as the U.S. Senate unanimously passed a bill to give its carriers billion in aid including payroll support | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-airlines/apocalypse-now-airlines-turn-to-cargo-for-revenue-as-u-s-senate-approves-aid-package-idUSKBN21D00W | 2020-03-26 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives could take up a coronavirus economic relief bill as soon as it clears the Senate Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Wednesday although she did not provide a specific timeline | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives could take up a coronavirus economic relief bill as soon as it clears the Senate Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Wednesday although she did not provide a specific timeline | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-pelosi/house-ready-to-act-swiftly-once-senate-votes-on-coronavirus-bill-pelosi-says-idUSKBN21C3PZ | 2020-03-26 |
| The package will now head to the House of Representatives which could vote sometime this week | Neutral | SINGAPORE Asian stocks eked out gains on Thursday but the weeks rally lost steam as investors seemed torn between relief at the agreement of a huge U.S. stimulus package and dread over a likely spike in jobless claims and coronavirus cases | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-markets/asian-stocks-scratch-gains-but-lose-steam-on-u-s-job-jitters-idUSKBN21D003 | 2020-03-26 |
| U.S. senators were set to vote on the package on Wednesday before sending it to the House of Representatives | Neutral | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he would sign a trillion legislative package to address the economic impact from the coronavirus pandemic into law immediately after it is passed and encouraged lawmakers to bring it over the finish line | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-trump/trump-says-he-will-sign-coronavirus-relief-package-right-away-idUSKBN21C3PP | 2020-03-26 |
| No comment was immediately available from the U.S. Trade Representatives office | Positive | The White Houses top trade advisor denied on Tuesday that the Trump administration was considering a threemonth deferral of tariff payments on imported goods to ease the pain of the economic shutdown caused by the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-trade/white-house-not-considering-three-month-tariff-deferral-navarro-idUSKBN21B3JV | 2020-03-25 |
| Below are some details under negotiation which would need to be passed by the Republicancontrolled Senate and the Democraticcontrolled House of Representatives before going to President Donald Trump for his | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate on Tuesday was negotiating a nearly trillion emergency bill that aims to counter some of the economic toll of the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-bill-factbox/factbox-whats-in-the-nearly-2-trillion-u-s-senate-coronavirus-stimulus-idUSKBN21B37G | 2020-03-25 |
| Other U.S. senators selfquarantined as a precaution in recent weeks and at least two members of the House of Representatives have also tested positive for the highly contagious virus | 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 |
| In a joint statement Schumer and House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said the Republican bill is not at all proworker and instead puts corporations way ahead of workers | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell introduced emergency legislation on Thursday to stem the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic and Republicans and Democrats agreed to meet on Friday to seek an agreement | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-senate-will-seek-deal-on-1-trillion-coronavirus-economic-aid-package-idUSKBN2161FX | 2020-03-20 |
| Here are major elements of the legislation which passed the House of Representatives on Saturday | Neutral | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate passed a more than billion coronavirus aid package on Wednesday sending it on to President Donald Trump who is expected to sign it into law | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress-expla/explainer-whats-in-the-u-s-coronavirus-aid-bill-that-just-passed-congress-idUSKBN2153Q3 | 2020-03-19 |
| Representatives of four migrant shelters in northern Mexico told Reuters that they had seen an uptick in Mexican migrants heading to the border | Negative | MEXICO CITY The number of Mexicans crossing illegally into the United States has risen over the past week migrant shelters said in part driven by rumors the United States will seal the border as it seeks to fight the coronavirus spread | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-immigration-mexico/more-mexican-migrants-crossing-u-s-border-amid-closure-fears-shelters-say-idUSKBN21541G | 2020-03-19 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell expects the chamber on Wednesday to pass an economic relief bill already approved by the House of Representatives and then work on legislation aimed at aiding small businesses giving Americans money directly and helping some industries during the coronavirus crisis | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell expects the chamber on Wednesday to pass an economic relief bill already approved by the House of Representatives and then work on legislation aimed at aiding small businesses giving Americans money directly and helping some industries during the coronavirus crisis | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-senate/senate-to-pass-coronavirus-bill-stay-to-work-on-more-aid-mcconnell-idUSKBN2152IA | 2020-03-19 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate should pass legislation on Tuesday already backed by the House of Representatives to start providing some economic relief amid the ongoing coronavirus crisis U.S. Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer said on Tuesday | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate should pass legislation on Tuesday already backed by the House of Representatives to start providing some economic relief amid the ongoing coronavirus crisis U.S. Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-schumer/senate-democratic-leader-urges-passage-of-coronavirus-relief-bill-idUSKBN2142R1 | 2020-03-18 |
| The Senate had been due to begin voting on Monday evening on a bill passed in the House of Representatives last week that would have reauthorized and reformed the program | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate agreed on Monday to extend a set of government surveillance tools for 77 days to allow lawmakers time to consider broader changes to the divisive domestic eavesdropping program | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-surveillance-congress/u-s-senate-votes-to-extend-surveillance-tools-for-77-days-idUSKBN2133XT | 2020-03-17 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives passed a multibillion dollar aid package early on Saturday that aims to limit the economic damage from the coronavirus pandemic | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives passed a multibillion dollar aid package early on Saturday that aims to limit the economic damage from the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress-expla/explainer-whats-in-the-u-s-coronavirus-aid-bill-idUSKBN2132YH | 2020-03-17 |
| Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said he aimed to win Senate passage of a coronavirus response bill that has already passed in the House of Representatives | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin speaking to reporters on Monday after a meeting with Senate Republicans said he was seeking a big for an additional stimulus package intended to prop up the economy amid the coronavirus outbreak but he did not elaborate | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-republicans/mnuchin-seeks-big-number-for-additional-coronavirus-u-s-stimulus-package-idUSKBN2133ZB | 2020-03-17 |
| Tourist visits to the U.S. Capitol complex home to the House of Representatives and Senate were suspended after a Senate staffer tested positive for the new coronavirus | Negative | OMB Congress Supreme Court Treasury FCC closing | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/health-coronavirus-usa-government/update-1-u-s-federal-agencies-take-different-paths-on-coronavirus-idUSL1N2B52Z2 | 2020-03-14 |
| The U.S. House of Representatives was expected to vote later Friday on the economic package after negotiators worked through the night | Positive | 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 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed a coronavirus aid package early on Saturday that would provide free testing and paid sick leave in a bid to limit the economic damage from a pandemic that has shuttered schools sports arenas and offices | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed a coronavirus aid package early on Saturday that would provide free testing and paid sick leave in a bid to limit the economic damage from a pandemic that has shuttered schools sports arenas and offices | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-house-passes-coronavirus-bill-funding-free-tests-sick-leave-idUSKBN2101VL | 2020-03-14 |
| WASHINGTON Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives and the Trump administration are close to a deal on a coronavirus economic aid package House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told reporters Friday morning | Negative | WASHINGTON Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives and the Trump administration are close to a deal on a coronavirus economic aid package House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told reporters Friday morning | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress-factb/factbox-whats-in-the-coronavirus-u-s-stimulus-bill-idUSKBN2102A6 | 2020-03-14 |
| The court is to consider the McGahn case alongside another dispute between the House of Representatives and the Trump administration | Negative | WASHINGTON A U.S. appeals court on Friday said it would reconsider a recent decision dismissing a Democraticled congressional panels lawsuit seeking to enforce a subpoena for testimony from former White House Counsel Donald McGahn | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-trump-russia-mcgahn/u-s-court-to-rehear-house-bid-for-testimony-from-ex-white-house-counsel-mcgahn-idUSKBN210394 | 2020-03-14 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Trade Representatives office said it granted on Thursday exclusions from import tariffs for some medical products imported from China including face masks stethoscope covers and blood pressure cuff sleeves | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Trade Representatives office said it granted on Thursday exclusions from import tariffs for some medical products imported from China including face masks stethoscope covers and blood pressure cuff sleeves | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-tariffs/u-s-excludes-some-chinese-medical-products-from-tariffs-idUSKBN210043 | 2020-03-13 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi told reporters on Thursday that lawmakers and the White House have neared agreement on a legislative response to the coronavirus outbreak and said she hopes to make an announcement on Friday | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi told reporters on Thursday that lawmakers and the White House have neared agreement on a legislative response to the coronavirus outbreak and said she hopes to make an announcement on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-legislation/lawmakers-white-house-near-agreement-on-coronavirus-response-legislation-pelosi-idUSKBN210035 | 2020-03-13 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives approved legislation on Wednesday to extend a divisive set of government surveillance tools a major boost for efforts to reauthorize the program before it expires on Sunday | Neutral | WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives approved legislation on Wednesday to extend a divisive set of government surveillance tools a major boost for efforts to reauthorize the program before it expires on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-surveillance-congress/u-s-house-backs-extension-of-fisa-surveillance-law-idUSKBN20Y3G9 | 2020-03-12 |
| 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 | Negative | 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 |
| WASHINGTON Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives unveiled late on Wednesday legislation to give aid to individuals and families affected by the coronavirus outbreak | Negative | WASHINGTON Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives unveiled late on Wednesday legislation to give aid to individuals and families affected by the coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-legislation/u-s-house-democrats-unveil-new-coronavirus-response-bill-idUSKBN20Z0G5 | 2020-03-12 |
| Both the Senate panel and the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee held hearings on Wednesday to mark nine years since the start of the civil war in Syria | Negative | WASHINGTON A Syrian defector who smuggled thousands of photographs of torture out of the country helping prompt new U.S. sanctions pleaded with U.S. lawmakers on Wednesday to enforce tough measures against Syrias government over atrocities during its civil war | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-syria-congress/the-pleas-and-the-screams-syrian-defector-appeals-for-stronger-u-s-measures-idUSKBN20Y2Q0 | 2020-03-12 |
| Representatives for Boeing and FAA declined to comment on whether the planemaker intends to separate the wiring bundles | Negative | Pending final approvals from the FAA Boeing will move to physically separate the wiring bundles before the MAX is cleared for service two people familiar with the matter said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-boeing-737max-wiring-exclusive/exclusive-boeing-to-separate-737-max-wire-bundles-before-jets-return-to-service-sources-idUSKBN20Y3E3 | 2020-03-12 |
| We are the captains of the House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi told Democratic lawmakers at a meeting according to a person in the room | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. lawmakers rejected on Tuesday the idea of shutting down Congress as the highly contagious coronavirus spreads in the United States conscious of the need to show calm in the face of the unfolding public health crisis | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-congress/we-are-the-last-to-leave-pelosi-resists-closing-congress-amid-coronavirus-crisis-idUSKBN20X317 | 2020-03-11 |
| WASHINGTON Democratic and Republican leaders of the U.S. House of Representatives reached an agreement on Tuesday that would extend a divisive set of government surveillance tools a major boost for efforts to reauthorize the program before it expires on Sunday | Positive | WASHINGTON Democratic and Republican leaders of the U.S. House of Representatives reached an agreement on Tuesday that would extend a divisive set of government surveillance tools a major boost for efforts to reauthorize the program before it expires on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-surveillance-congress/u-s-house-leaders-reach-deal-to-extend-surveillance-program-idUSKBN20X36Y | 2020-03-11 |
| Suburban voters were key to Democratic efforts to win back moderate districts and seize control of the House of Representatives in 2018 | Positive | WASHINGTON Joe Biden was quickly declared the winner in nominating contests in Michigan Missouri Mississippi and Idaho on Tuesday giving him perhaps unstoppable momentum toward winning the Democratic nomination to challenge U.S. President Donald Trump in November | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-usa-election-takeaways-analysis/what-gave-biden-the-edge-over-sanders-five-takeaways-idUSKBN20Y0D0 | 2020-03-11 |
| House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi accused Trump on Thursday of spreading misinformation about coronavirus death rate saying the reality is in the public domain | Negative | WASHINGTON Americans who now find themselves politically divided over seemingly everything are now forming two very different views of another major the dangers of the new coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-polarization/americans-divided-on-party-lines-over-risk-from-coronavirus-reuters-ipsos-poll-idUSKBN20T2O3 | 2020-03-07 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee on Friday asked a federal appeals court to reconsider a ruling that prevented the panel from compelling a former Senior White House lawyer to testify about his role in President Donald Trumps efforts to impede the Mueller investigation | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee on Friday asked a federal appeals court to reconsider a ruling that prevented the panel from compelling a former Senior White House lawyer to testify about his role in President Donald Trumps efforts to impede the Mueller investigation | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-mcgahn/house-panel-seeks-rehearing-over-white-house-counsel-subpoena-fight-idUSKBN20T2F5 | 2020-03-07 |
| If the coronavirus spreads further we will not hesitate to augment this funding with additional House of Representatives Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Nita Lowey said in a statement on Friday | Neutral | WASHINGTON The U.S. Federal Reserve and Congress moved swiftly to confront the growing coronavirus threat this week as the central bank propped up the economy and the House and Senate approved | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-politics/after-u-s-congress-and-feds-quick-coronavirus-response-next-steps-likely-tougher-for-washington-idUSKBN20T2W5 | 2020-03-07 |
| In Washington Democratic House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she believes the country is ready for a woman president but misogyny still plays a role | Positive | Elizabeth Warren ended her presidential campaign on Thursday after concluding she had no realistic path to the Democratic nomination leaving behind a twoman battle between former Vice President Joe Biden and Senator Bernie Sanders | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election/warren-ends-white-house-bid-leaving-biden-and-sanders-to-fight-for-democratic-nod-idUSKBN20S29Q | 2020-03-06 |
| Earlier on Thursday U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi a Democrat slammed Facebook before it decided to remove the ads | 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 |
| By a vote of 961 the Senate approved legislation that was overwhelmingly passed on Wednesday by the House of Representatives | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate on Thursday passed and sent to President Donald Trump an | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-congress-approves-sends-to-trump-8-3-billion-to-fight-coronavirus-idUSKBN20S26M | 2020-03-06 |
| 3 billion bill to combat the outbreak 961 a day after the House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved it | Negative | LOS ANGELES The coronavirus outbreak radiated across the United States on Thursday surfacing in at least four new states and San Francisco as Congress quickly approved more than billion to fight the outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/coronavirus-cases-surge-across-u-s-as-americans-face-looming-outbreak-idUSKBN20S1W0 | 2020-03-06 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives will vote on Wednesday on legislation to provide | Neutral | WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives will vote on Wednesday on legislation to provide | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-congress-hoyer/u-s-house-to-vote-on-coronavirus-funding-on-wednesday-idUSKBN20R300 | 2020-03-05 |
| The bill garnered enough votes to pass in the House of Representatives | Positive | LOS ANGELES The U.S. death toll from coronavirus infections rose to 11 on Wednesday as new cases emerged around New York City and Los Angeles while Seattlearea health officials discouraged social gatherings amid the nations largest outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/california-declares-emergency-over-coronavirus-as-death-toll-rises-in-u-s-idUSKBN20R28H | 2020-03-05 |
| 3 billion including money to develop vaccines and tests for the disease according to a House of Representatives Democratic aide | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives will vote on Wednesday on legislation to provide | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-congress-hoyer/u-s-house-to-vote-on-coronavirus-funding-on-wednesday-idUSKBN20R300 | 2020-03-05 |
| In Washington a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives said secret annexes of the accord contained conditions for the U.S. withdrawal and questioned why they were classified | Negative | KABUL The United States on Wednesday carried out its first air strike on Taliban fighters in Afghanistan since the two sides signed a troop withdrawal agreement on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-usa-afghanistan-taliban/u-s-carries-out-air-strike-on-taliban-calls-for-halt-to-needless-attacks-idUSKBN20R12R | 2020-03-05 |
| Representatives of the event did not immediately respond to a request for comment | Neutral | The U.S. death toll from coronavirus infections rose to 11 on Wednesday and California Governor Gavin Newsom declared a statewide emergency amid the nations largest outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/banks/article/us-health-coronavirus-apple/apple-pulls-out-of-south-by-southwest-festival-amid-coronavirus-outbreak-idUSKBN20S094 | 2020-03-05 |
| Leaders in the House of Representatives and Senate hoped to resolve the dispute and approve the emergency legislation by the end of this week | Negative | 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 |
| The Democratic chairman of the House of Representatives Intelligence Committee Representative Adam Schiff has also written to Grenell saying information about the murder should not be classified | Negative | WASHINGTON Senior Republican and Democratic lawmakers renewed efforts this week to push President Donald Trumps administration to make public information about the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi which U.S. intelligence officials blame on Saudi Arabias most senior leadership | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-saudi-khashoggi-congress/open-season-on-journalists-u-s-lawmakers-want-information-on-saudi-khashoggis-death-idUSKBN20Q2VB | 2020-03-04 |
| Representatives for Obama could not be reached for comment | Negative | DALLAS It was a scene that was hard to imagine just one week ago | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-biden/in-a-texas-chicken-joint-biden-and-onetime-rival-buttigieg-unite-to-stop-sanders-idUSKBN20Q15W | 2020-03-04 |
| Trump was impeached by the Democraticled House of Representatives in December | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday withdrew the nomination of Elaine McCusker to a senior Pentagon post after reports that she had questioned the suspension of military aid to Ukraine a key element in the inquiry leading to Trumps impeachment | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-pentagon/trump-withdraws-nomination-of-pentagon-official-who-questioned-ukraine-aid-freeze-idUSKBN20Q074 | 2020-03-03 |
| Jeff Emerson spokesman for the U.S. Trade Representatives Office said Washington was reviewing Britains negotiating objectives and was looking forward to starting talks | Positive | LONDON Britain on Monday unveiled its mandate for trade talks with the United States with Prime Minister Boris Johnson vowing to drive a hard bargain in negotiations that are set to test the two allies special | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zonehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-eu-trade-usa/britain-vows-hard-bargain-in-list-of-demands-for-u-s-trade-deal-idUSKBN20O2BV | 2020-03-03 |
| United States President Donald Trump said late Monday that the Democrats who control the House of Representatives should propose a oneyear payroll tax cut | Negative | United States President Donald Trump said late Monday that the Democrats who control the House of Representatives should propose a oneyear payroll tax cut | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-tax/trump-democrats-should-propose-one-year-payroll-tax-cut-idUSKBN20Q0CU | 2020-03-03 |
| The SamoanAmerican congresswoman from Hawaii is the first Hindu to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives and has centered her campaign on her antiwar stance | Neutral | WASHINGTON Seven candidates remained in the U.S. Democratic presidential nominating contest after the first four states voted in the statebystate selection process | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-2020-candidates-factbox/factbox-seven-democrats-still-in-the-fight-for-u-s-presidential-nomination-idUSKBN20O192 | 2020-03-01 |
| Testifying before the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee Pompeo said Washington is watching to see whether neighboring Iran may seek to play a spoiler role in Afghanistan | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will witness the signing of a U.S.Taliban agreement on a withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan President Donald Trump said on Friday heralding an agreement that could help his reelection campaign | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-afghanistan-pompeo/pompeo-to-attend-signing-of-u-s-taliban-troop-withdrawal-pact-idUSKCN20M28Q | 2020-02-29 |
| Representatives for the Judiciary Committee were not immediately available for comment | 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 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives could vote on an emergency bill aimed at providing funding for the countrys coronavirus response as soon as next week a congressional source said on Friday | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives could vote on an emergency bill aimed at providing funding for the countrys coronavirus response as soon as next week a congressional source said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-usa-funding/u-s-lawmakers-may-vote-on-coronavirus-response-bill-as-soon-as-next-week-source-idUSKCN20M2LE | 2020-02-29 |
| WASHINGTON The Democratcontrolled U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee on Friday said it is seeking interviews with current and former federal prosecutors who may have knowledge of political meddling in criminal cases including the four career officials who earlier this month quit the Roger Stone case | Negative | WASHINGTON The Democratcontrolled U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee on Friday said it is seeking interviews with current and former federal prosecutors who may have knowledge of political meddling in criminal cases including the four career officials who earlier this month quit the Roger Stone case | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-congress-stone/house-panel-seeks-to-interview-the-four-career-prosecutors-who-quit-roger-stone-case-idUSKCN20M2HZ | 2020-02-29 |
| WASHINGTON Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives are working on new legislation that would claw funds the White House took from the Pentagons budget to fund construction of a wall on the U.S.Mexico border the chairman of the House Armed Services committee said on Thursday | Positive | WASHINGTON Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives are working on new legislation that would claw funds the White House took from the Pentagons budget to fund construction of a wall on the U.S.Mexico border the chairman of the House Armed Services committee said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-defense-wall/house-democrats-to-introduce-bill-clawing-back-border-wall-funds-idUSKCN20L35L | 2020-02-28 |
| The U.S. House of Representatives Intelligence Committee has received a briefing on the virus from the spy agencies | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. intelligence agencies are monitoring the global spread of coronavirus and the ability of governments to respond sources familiar with the matter said on Thursday warning that there were concerns about how India would cope with a widespread outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-usa-intelligence/u-s-spy-agencies-monitor-coronavirus-spread-concerns-about-india-sources-idUSKCN20L37R | 2020-02-28 |
| Representatives for Seagal did not respond immediately to requests for comment | Neutral | WASHINGTON Steven Seagal the star of action movies including Above the and Out for has agreed to pay to resolve charges of unlawfully a cryptocurrency offering the U.S. securities regulator said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainmenthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-sec-seagal/u-s-sec-out-for-justice-over-steven-seagals-cryptocurrency-marketing-idUSKCN20L284 | 2020-02-28 |
| 3 Democrat in the House of Representatives and an influential black legislator from the early voting state of South Carolina said on Wednesday he would endorse former U.S. Vice President Joe Bidens bid for president | Positive | NORTH CHARLESTON S.C. James Clyburn the No | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-clyburn/senior-house-democrat-clyburn-endorses-biden-for-president-idUSKCN20K26V | 2020-02-27 |
| SALT LAKE CITY Legislation to effectively decriminalize polygamy among consenting adults in Utah overwhelmingly passed the state House of Representatives in Salt Lake City on Wednesday moving it a step closer to becoming law | Neutral | SALT LAKE CITY Legislation to effectively decriminalize polygamy among consenting adults in Utah overwhelmingly passed the state House of Representatives in Salt Lake City on Wednesday moving it a step closer to becoming law | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-utah-polygamy/decriminalization-of-polygamy-in-utah-clears-key-hurdle-in-state-legislature-idUSKCN20L0DI | 2020-02-27 |
| House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi a Democrat said in a statement that the Trump administration has mounted an opaque and chaotic response to this outbreak | Negative | YORK President Donald Trump told Americans on Wednesday that the risk from coronavirus remained very and placed Vice President Mike Pence in charge of the U.S. response to the looming global health crisis | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-usa-trump/trump-says-coronavirus-risk-in-u-s-is-low-cdc-confirms-first-case-of-unknown-origin-idUSKCN20K21N | 2020-02-27 |
| Both the Republicancontrolled Senate and the Democraticled House of Representatives are preparing legislation that would discontinue the NSA program while leaving other surveillance programs intact | Negative | 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 |
| House of Representatives Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Nita Lowey a Democrat said in a statement the Trump administrations funding request was woefully insufficient to protect Americans from the deadly coronavirus outbreak | Negative | 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 |
| 3 Democrat in the House of Representatives and an influential black lawmaker from the early voting state of South Carolina is expected on Wednesday to endorse Joe Bidens presidential bid according to a Politico report on Sunday | Positive | WASHINGTON Jim Clyburn the No | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-biden/no-3-house-democrat-clyburn-of-south-carolina-to-back-biden-for-president-politico-idUSKCN20I00P | 2020-02-24 |
| Former Vice President Joe Biden has picked up the backing of two former candidates U.S. Representatives Seth Moulton and Tim Ryan | Neutral | WASHINGTON Marianne Williamson who made an unsuccessful bid for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination has thrown her support behind former rival Bernie Sanders appearing at a rally in Texas with the progressive senator | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-sanders-williamson/former-2020-democratic-candidate-williamson-endorses-sanders-presidential-bid-idUSKCN20H0UY | 2020-02-24 |
| In 2018 when Democrats recaptured control of the U.S. House of Representatives many candidates focused on Republican efforts to repeal of the Affordable Care Act | Positive | In the days leading up to Saturdays Democratic presidential caucuses in Nevada Bernie Sanders withstood one attack after another over his Medicare for All plan both from his rivals and the states powerful hotel and casino workers union | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-healthcare/despite-attacks-sanders-medicare-for-all-boosts-early-state-triumphs-idUSKCN20H0R2 | 2020-02-24 |
| The U.S. House of Representatives Financial Services Committee is scheduled to hold three hearings on Wells Fargos conduct next month | Neutral | In a statement Charles Scharf Wells Fargos new chief executive described the past conduct as reprehensible | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-wells-fargo-scandal-deal/wells-fargo-to-pay-3-billion-to-u-s-admits-pressuring-workers-in-fake-accounts-scandal-idUSKBN20F2KN | 2020-02-22 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected a bid by the Democraticcontrolled House of Representatives and 20 Democraticled states to fasttrack consideration of their appeal seeking a definitive ruling that the Obamacare healthcare law does not violate the U.S. Constitution | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected a bid by the Democraticcontrolled House of Representatives and 20 Democraticled states to fasttrack consideration of their appeal seeking a definitive ruling that the Obamacare healthcare law does not violate the U.S. Constitution | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/supreme-courthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-obamacare/u-s-supreme-court-declines-to-fast-track-obamacare-appeal-idUSKBN1ZK1SG | 2020-02-22 |
| The states bicameral legislature is comprised of a 31member Senate and a 150member House of Representatives | Neutral | AUSTIN Texas A U.S. advocacy group calling for tougher gun regulations said on Wednesday it will spend million this year to support the campaigns of Texas politicians who back stronger restrictions on owning firearms | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-politics-guns/u-s-gun-control-advocacy-group-to-spend-8-million-on-texas-political-campaigns-idUSKBN20D2NX | 2020-02-20 |
| Representatives for the CFTC Kraft Heinz and Mondelez did not respond immediately to requests for comment | Neutral | WASHINGTON A U.S. judge in Illinois on Friday granted a partial win to Kraft Heinz and Mondelez in the foodmakers battle with the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission over a settlement agreed last year | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-cftc-kraft/u-s-judge-calls-out-cftcs-egregious-misconduct-in-kraft-heinz-mondelez-settlement-idUSKBN20901B | 2020-02-16 |
| The European planemaker said it would continue discussions with its U.S. customers to mitigate effects of tariffs insofar as and hoped the U.S. Trade Representatives office would change its position | Negative | The European planemaker said it would continue discussions with its U.S. customers to mitigate effects of tariffs insofar as and hoped the U.S. Trade Representatives office would change its position | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-usa-trade-eu-airbus/airbus-says-higher-u-s-tariffs-on-eu-planes-will-harm-u-s-airlines-consumers-idUSKBN209015 | 2020-02-16 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Trade Representatives office said on Friday it has established a dispute resolution office and complaint hotline to enforce President Donald Trumps Phase trade deal with China which takes effect on Saturday | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Trade Representatives office said on Friday it has established a dispute resolution office and complaint hotline to enforce President Donald Trumps Phase trade deal with China which takes effect on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-usa-trade-china/injured-by-chinas-trade-practices-call-202-395-3900-ustr-says-idUSKBN2082NW | 2020-02-16 |
| Trump was impeached by the Democraticled House of Representatives but was acquitted this month in the Republicanled Senate | Negative | KIEV A group of three U.S. Senators visited Kiev on Friday to convey a message of continued bipartisan support for Ukraine after it got entangled last year in President Donald Trumps impeachment trial | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-ukraine-usa-senators/lets-move-on-from-impeachment-visiting-u-s-senators-tell-ukraines-leader-idUSKBN2081YW | 2020-02-15 |
| Democrats who control the House of Representatives called for Barr to testify next month over the matter and asked the departments watchdog to investigate but have little other recourse | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday said he has the legal to interfere in criminal cases capping a tumultuous week that raised questions about whether he is eroding the independence of the U.S. legal system | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump/emboldened-trump-defends-right-to-interfere-in-criminal-cases-idUSKBN20823A | 2020-02-15 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday voted to revive a decadesold effort to enshrine equal rights for women in the U.S. Constitution setting up an electionyear confrontation that faces long odds of success | Neutral | WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday voted to revive a decadesold effort to enshrine equal rights for women in the U.S. Constitution setting up an electionyear confrontation that faces long odds of success | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-legal-women/u-s-house-votes-to-revive-decades-old-womens-rights-amendment-idUSKBN2072CF | 2020-02-14 |
| Representatives at CVC EQT BC Partners CPPIB CDPQ Wendel Ardian ADIA and GBL declined to comment while KKR and GIC were not available | Negative | LONDON The private equity owner of one of Europes largest private education groups Galileo Global Education has put the business up for the sale in a deal worth about 2 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-galileo-m-a-exclusive/exclusive-education-firm-galileo-up-for-sale-with-2-7-billion-price-tag-sources-idUSKBN20720P | 2020-02-14 |
| The Democraticled House of Representatives passed a similar resolution last month as Democrats and some Republicans fumed over Trumps failure to fully inform them about his Iran strategy | 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 Republican members of the U.S. House of Representatives Intelligence Committee refused to attend a subcommittee hearing on technology and national security on Wednesday boycotting the panels first public hearing since the acrimonious impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump | Negative | WASHINGTON Republican members of the U.S. House of Representatives Intelligence Committee refused to attend a subcommittee hearing on technology and national security on Wednesday boycotting the panels first public hearing since the acrimonious impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-hearing/in-wake-of-impeachment-trump-allies-boycott-house-intelligence-tech-hearing-idUSKBN2062BG | 2020-02-13 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell said on Tuesday he does not think the Republicanled Senate can reach a budget agreement with the Democratdominated House of Representatives this year | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell said on Tuesday he does not think the Republicanled Senate can reach a budget agreement with the Democratdominated House of Representatives this year | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-budget-mcconnell/u-s-senate-probably-cant-reach-a-budget-agreement-with-house-mcconnell-idUSKBN2052ID | 2020-02-12 |
| Democrat Jerrold Nadler chairman of the House of Representatives Judiciary Committee said he also would investigate the reversal | Negative | WASHINGTON Under pressure from President Donald Trump the U.S. Justice Department on Tuesday abruptly moved to seek a shorter prison sentence for veteran Republican operative and longtime Trump adviser and friend Roger Stone and all four prosecutors quit the case after the highly unusual reversal | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-russia-stone/prosecutors-quit-as-justice-dept-seeks-shorter-sentence-for-trump-ally-idUSKBN2052E5 | 2020-02-12 |
| At a crowded rally in Manchester Trump poked fun at Democratic candidates crowd sizes and bashed his impeachment by the Democraticled House of Representatives as a hoax | Negative | N.H. A day before New Hampshire votes in its Democratic presidential primary Bernie Sanders and Pete Buttigieg sought on Monday to build on their strength as frontrunners in an upforgrabs race as an energized Senator Amy Klobuchar gained ground | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election/on-eve-of-new-hampshire-democratic-vote-klobuchar-gains-ground-on-sanders-and-buttigieg-idUSKBN204166 | 2020-02-11 |
| Representatives of Ghosns legal team said the allegations of unknown or unjust payments were unfounded | Negative | AMSTERDAM Carlos Ghosn the fugitive former auto executive used a joint venture between Nissan and Mitsubishi to inflate his pay effectively clawing back a cut to his declared wages and to cover a personal tax debt lawyers for the companies said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-renault-nissan-ghosn/ghosn-used-nissan-mitsubishi-venture-to-inflate-pay-lawyers-idUSKBN2040ZG | 2020-02-11 |
| The presidents latest blueprint for administration spending proposals is unlikely to be passed by the Democraticcontrolled House of Representatives particularly in an election year | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump will propose on Monday a cut in foreign aid and slashes to social safetynet programs in his | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-budget/trump-slashes-foreign-aid-cuts-safety-net-programs-in-new-budget-proposal-idUSKBN2030PV | 2020-02-10 |
| In April the Democraticcontrolled U.S. House of Representatives voted to reinstate net neutrality protections but the measure was not considered by the Republicancontrolled Senate | Neutral | A U.S. appeals court said late on Thursday it will not reconsider an October ruling that largely upheld the repeal of landmark net neutrality rules rejecting requests by 15 U.S. states and tech and advocacy groups | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-internet/u-s-appeals-court-will-not-reconsider-net-neutrality-repeal-ruling-idUSKBN20032K | 2020-02-07 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Thursday she prays hard for President Donald Trump because he is off the in terms of the U.S. Constitution and American values | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Thursday she prays hard for President Donald Trump because he is off the in terms of the U.S. Constitution and American values | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-pelosi/pelosi-says-she-prays-hard-for-trump-because-he-is-so-off-the-track-idUSKBN2002CV | 2020-02-07 |
| 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 |
| The House of Representatives abuseofpower theory rests entirely on the presidents subjective motive | Neutral | WASHINGTON The Republicanled U.S. Senate is expected to acquit President Donald Trump on Wednesday at the end of his impeachment trial on charges that he abused his power in dealings with Ukraine and obstructed efforts to uncover the alleged misconduct | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-republicans-exp/explainer-why-will-republicans-vote-to-acquit-trump-in-his-impeachment-trial-idUSKBN1ZZ1G2 | 2020-02-06 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate on Wednesday found President Donald Trump not guilty of abusing his powers as had been charged by the House of Representatives | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate on Wednesday found President Donald Trump not guilty of abusing his powers as had been charged by the House of Representatives | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-vote/u-s-senate-acquits-trump-of-abuse-of-power-impeachment-charge-idUSKBN1ZZ2WX | 2020-02-06 |
| WASHINGTON Thirtyfour U.S. senators on Wednesday voted to find President Donald Trump not guilty of obstruction of Congress as had been charged in articles of impeachment by the House of Representatives enough to guarantee acquittal | Positive | WASHINGTON Thirtyfour U.S. senators on Wednesday voted to find President Donald Trump not guilty of obstruction of Congress as had been charged in articles of impeachment by the House of Representatives enough to guarantee acquittal | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-obstruction/enough-senators-find-trump-not-guilty-to-acquit-trump-of-second-impeachment-charge-idUSKBN1ZZ2XS | 2020-02-06 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi had not planned to tear up President Donald Trumps State of the Union speech but decided to do so after she could not find a page that didnt have a lie on she told fellow Democratic lawmakers on Wednesday | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi had not planned to tear up President Donald Trumps State of the Union speech but decided to do so after she could not find a page that didnt have a lie on she told fellow Democratic lawmakers on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-speech-pelosi/u-s-speaker-pelosi-says-she-ripped-up-trump-speech-because-it-shredded-the-truth-idUSKBN1ZZ2O3 | 2020-02-06 |
| House Republicans said they were outraged by Pelosis act captured live on television while the president was still acknowledging applause from fellow Republicans in the House of Representatives chamber | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi had not planned to tear up President Donald Trumps State of the Union speech but decided to do so after she could not find a page that didnt have a lie on she told fellow Democratic lawmakers on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-speech-pelosi/u-s-speaker-pelosi-says-she-ripped-up-trump-speech-because-it-shredded-the-truth-idUSKBN1ZZ2O3 | 2020-02-06 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump displayed reality TV flair on Tuesday to underscore his pledge to wind down the war in Afghanistan engineering the return of an Army sergeant who surprised his wife and two young children in the House of Representatives as a national broadcast audience looked on | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump displayed reality TV flair on Tuesday to underscore his pledge to wind down the war in Afghanistan engineering the return of an Army sergeant who surprised his wife and two young children in the House of Representatives as a national broadcast audience looked on | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-speech-foreign/with-made-for-tv-flourish-trump-makes-case-for-bringing-troops-home-idUSKBN1ZZ0H2 | 2020-02-05 |
| 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 | 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 |
| Azevedo said he was in constant contact with the U.S. Trade Representatives office and could return to Washington if a meeting with Trump or other officials was scheduled | Positive | WASHINGTON World Trade Organization Director General Roberto Azevedo said on Tuesday he would not meet with President Donald Trump during his current visit to Washington but believed U.S. officials shared a sense of urgency about reforming the global trade body | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-trade-wto-azevedo/no-meeting-with-trump-but-wto-chief-sees-u-s-sense-of-urgency-on-trade-reforms-idUSKBN1ZY2MD | 2020-02-05 |
| Representatives of Samsung Display SK Hynix and LG Display also said they were running their Chinese factories as usual | Positive | SHANGHAI Some technology firms in China have maintained operations to manufacture parts and products despite government calls in various cities and provinces for companies to halt work to help stop the spread of a new coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-china-health-tech-huawei/huawei-chinese-chip-makers-keep-factories-humming-despite-virus-outbreak-idUSKBN1ZX0CX | 2020-02-04 |
| In July 2017 two littleknown Democrats in the House of Representatives make the first attempt to impeach Trump basing it on investigations into Moscows interference in the 2016 U.S. elections | 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 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 | 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 |
| WASHINGTON The head of the U.S. House Judiciary panel said it might be a good idea for the House of Representatives to subpoena President Donald Trumps former national security adviser John Bolton if the Senate does not call him as an impeachment trial witness CNN reported | Positive | WASHINGTON The head of the U.S. House Judiciary panel said it might be a good idea for the House of Representatives to subpoena President Donald Trumps former national security adviser John Bolton if the Senate does not call him as an impeachment trial witness CNN reported | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-nadler/nadler-says-house-could-subpoena-bolton-if-senate-doesnt-cnn-idUSKBN1ZT2KO | 2020-01-31 |
| The U.S. Senate is holding an impeachment trial on charges by the House of Representatives that President Donald Trump abused his powers and obstructed a congressional inquiry into whether he put pressure on Ukraine to investigate Democratic presidential contender Joe Biden | Negative | The U.S. Senate is holding an impeachment trial on charges by the House of Representatives that President Donald Trump abused his powers and obstructed a congressional inquiry into whether he put pressure on Ukraine to investigate Democratic presidential contender Joe Biden | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-senators-factbo/republican-senators-to-watch-in-battle-over-trump-impeachment-trial-witnesses-idUSKBN1ZT211 | 2020-01-31 |
| WASHINGTON The 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 | Negative | 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 |
| WASHINGTON A Democraticled U.S. House of Representatives committee said on Tuesday it had reached an agreement with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to testify at a public hearing on Iran and Iraq policy after threatening a subpoena over previous refusals to appear | Positive | WASHINGTON A Democraticled U.S. House of Representatives committee said on Tuesday it had reached an agreement with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to testify at a public hearing on Iran and Iraq policy after threatening a subpoena over previous refusals to appear | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-congress/u-s-house-committee-says-pompeo-agrees-to-testify-on-iran-iraq-policy-idUSKBN1ZR2UN | 2020-01-29 |
| Yovanovitchs removal was a key event in the actions that prompted the impeachment of President Donald Trump by the Democraticled U.S. House of Representatives last month | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. State Department removed a National Public Radio reporter from the press pool for Secretary of State Mike Pompeos upcoming foreign trip a press association and NPR said on Monday days after Pompeo angrily responded to another NPR journalists interview with him | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-ukraine-pompeo-media/u-s-state-department-bars-npr-reporter-from-pompeo-trip-after-testy-interview-idUSKBN1ZR00D | 2020-01-28 |
| The House of Representatives Insider Trading Prohibition Act goes a long way toward providing that clarity though it kept a requirement for personal that should be eliminated Kim said | Positive | 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 |
| Yovanovitchs removal was a key event in the actions that prompted the impeachment of President Donald Trump in the U.S. House of Representatives last month | Negative | WASHINGTON Jan 27 The U.S. State Department removed a National Public Radio reporter from the press pool for Secretary of State Mike Pompeos upcoming trip to Europe and Central Asia the State Department Correspondents Association said on Monday days after Pompeo angrily responded to another NPR journalists interview with him | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/usa-ukraine-pompeo-media/u-s-state-department-bars-npr-reporter-from-pompeos-upcoming-trip-after-testy-interview-idUSL8N29W5Q4 | 2020-01-28 |
| Trump was impeached last month by the Democraticcontrolled House of Representatives on charges that he pressured Ukraine to help him smear a Democratic political rival | Negative | WASHINGTON Kenneth Starr the lawyer whose investigation led to the impeachment of former U.S. President Bill Clinton in 1998 told the Senate on Monday that the process was happening all too often in what he called an age of as he spoke in defense of his client President Donald Trump | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-starr/starr-lawyer-who-pursued-clinton-and-now-defends-trump-rails-against-impeachment-idUSKBN1ZQ2I3 | 2020-01-28 |
| The U.S. Senate is holding an impeachment trial on charges by the House of Representatives that President Donald Trump abused his powers and obstructed a congressional inquiry into his effort to pressure Ukraine to investigate Democratic presidential contender Joe Biden | Negative | The U.S. Senate is holding an impeachment trial on charges by the House of Representatives that President Donald Trump abused his powers and obstructed a congressional inquiry into his effort to pressure Ukraine to investigate Democratic presidential contender Joe Biden | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-senators-factbo/factbox-key-u-s-senators-in-battle-over-trump-impeachment-trial-testimony-idUSKBN1ZQ1PR | 2020-01-28 |
| Representatives for Schiff said they had nothing to add to the congressmans comments | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday that the Democratic lawmaker leading the impeachment case against him Representative Adam Schiff has not paid the price for his actions a statement Schiff said he viewed as a threat | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment/trump-says-lead-impeachment-democrat-schiff-has-not-paid-price-yet-idUSKBN1ZP0K6 | 2020-01-27 |
| U.S. House of Representatives Democrats on Friday wrap up their arguments in the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump in the U.S. Senate | Negative | U.S. House of Representatives Democrats on Friday wrap up their arguments in the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump in the U.S. Senate | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-quotes-factbox/constitutional-crime-quotes-from-the-fourth-day-of-trumps-impeachment-trial-idUSKBN1ZN28A | 2020-01-25 |
| Schiff who represents a Los Angeles district is a former federal prosecutor and a political ally of House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi | Positive | WASHINGTON The lawmaker walking U.S. senators methodically through the case for removing President Donald Trump from office is also becoming Exhibit A in efforts by the presidents allies to defend him | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-schiff/trump-impeachment-prosecutor-adam-schiff-is-becoming-exhibit-a-in-presidents-defense-idUSKBN1ZN13S | 2020-01-25 |
| 1722 also showed that U.S. public opinion has moved little since the U.S. House of Representatives impeached Trump in midDecember | Negative | A bipartisan majority of Americans want to see new witnesses testify in the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump and the public appears to be largely following the proceedings even after a bruising congressional inquiry that lasted several months according to polling released Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-poll/let-them-speak-most-americans-want-witnesses-in-trump-impeachment-trial-reuters-ipsos-poll-idUSKBN1ZL33O | 2020-01-23 |
| Starting on Wednesday seven members of the House of Representatives will try to convince the U.S. Senate that President Donald Trump should be removed from office | Negative | Starting on Wednesday seven members of the House of Representatives will try to convince the U.S. Senate that President Donald Trump should be removed from office | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-managers-factbo/factbox-heres-the-team-arguing-for-trumps-removal-in-the-senate-idUSKBN1ZL2AX | 2020-01-23 |
| WASHINGTON Democrat Adam Schiff leading the U.S. House of Representatives team charged with arguing that President Donald Trump must be removed from office on Tuesday said that the process being considered for the upcoming Senate impeachment trial is not fair | Negative | WASHINGTON Democrat Adam Schiff leading the U.S. House of Representatives team charged with arguing that President Donald Trump must be removed from office on Tuesday said that the process being considered for the upcoming Senate impeachment trial is not fair | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-schiff/schiff-says-senate-impeachment-process-will-not-lead-to-a-fair-trial-idUSKBN1ZK1YD | 2020-01-22 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected a bid by the Democraticcontrolled House of Representatives and 20 Democraticled states to fasttrack consideration of their appeal seeking a definitive ruling that the Obamacare healthcare law does not violate the U.S. Constitution | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected a bid by the Democraticcontrolled House of Representatives and 20 Democraticled states to fasttrack consideration of their appeal seeking a definitive ruling that the Obamacare healthcare law does not violate the U.S. Constitution | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/supreme-courthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-obamacare/u-s-supreme-court-declines-to-fast-track-obamacare-appeal-idUSKBN1ZK1SG | 2020-01-22 |
| The census a decennial exercise mandated in the U.S. constitution is the basis for redrawing state legislative districts and reapportioning the U.S. House of Representatives | Neutral | BETHEL Alaska The U.S. Census Bureau launched on Tuesday its latest onceinadecade head count of Americans in one of the most remote corners of the country a tiny Alaska Native village on the Bering Sea coast | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-census/u-s-census-head-count-launched-in-rural-alaska-after-weather-delay-idUSKBN1ZK177 | 2020-01-22 |
| Representatives for AirAsia and Malindo did not immediately respond to requests for comment | Neutral | Air FranceKLM said it had previously held talks with Malaysia Airlines owners but was not currently involved in the sale process | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-malaysia-airlines-m-a/air-france-klm-proposes-buying-49-of-malaysia-airlines-jal-seeks-smaller-stake-sources-idUSKBN1ZK0DX | 2020-01-22 |
| Seven members of the House of Representatives will act as prosecutors in the Senate impeachment trial of U.S. President Donald Trump which begins in earnest on Tuesday | Negative | Seven members of the House of Representatives will act as prosecutors in the Senate impeachment trial of U.S. President Donald Trump which begins in earnest on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-managers-factbo/factbox-seven-house-democrats-to-argue-impeachment-case-against-trump-in-senate-idUSKBN1ZJ14H | 2020-01-21 |
| The following explains the two charges or articles of approved by the U.S. House of Representatives | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate on Tuesday may begin to hear opening arguments in an impeachment trial to determine whether to remove President Donald Trump from office on charges that he abused his power and obstructed Congress in its investigation of his dealings with Ukraine | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-charges-factbox/factbox-abuse-of-power-obstruction-the-charges-against-trump-explained-idUSKBN1ZK0GD | 2020-01-21 |
| McConnell the top Republican in Congress says Americas founders created the Senate for moments such as this to block the factional and runaway of the House of Representatives | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trumps impeachment trial which begins next week may pose one of the greatest political challenges Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has faced in more than three decades in Congress | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-mcconnell/senates-mcconnell-keeps-cool-in-heated-trump-impeachment-trial-idUSKBN1ZJ149 | 2020-01-21 |
| Representatives for Air FranceKLM Japan Airlines AirAsia and Malindo did not immediately respond to requests for comment | Neutral | The bids from the foreign carriers are more comprehensive and strategic as both plan to capitalize on the strategic location of Malaysia for their said one of the sources | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-malaysia-airlines-m-a/air-france-klm-proposes-buying-49-of-malaysia-airlines-jal-seeks-smaller-stake-sources-idUSKBN1ZK0DX | 2020-01-21 |
| WASHINGTON The impeachment trial of President Donald Trump begins in earnest in the U.S. Senate on Tuesday after he was formally charged by the Democraticcontrolled House of Representatives on Dec | Negative | WASHINGTON The impeachment trial of President Donald Trump begins in earnest in the U.S. Senate on Tuesday after he was formally charged by the Democraticcontrolled House of Representatives on Dec | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-case-explainer/explainer-why-is-president-donald-trump-on-trial-in-the-senate-idUSKBN1ZK0G0 | 2020-01-21 |
| WASHINGTON A U.S. House of Representatives committee renewed a threat on Friday to subpoena Secretary of State Mike Pompeo if he does not provide information about Iran policy and President Donald Trumps ordering of the strike that killed an Iranian military commander | Negative | WASHINGTON A U.S. House of Representatives committee renewed a threat on Friday to subpoena Secretary of State Mike Pompeo if he does not provide information about Iran policy and President Donald Trumps ordering of the strike that killed an Iranian military commander | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iran-security-congress/u-s-house-committee-renews-push-for-pompeo-iran-testimony-subpoena-threat-idUSKBN1ZG2DR | 2020-01-18 |
| The bill passed on Thursday is identical to the bill voted in by the House of Representatives on Dec | Neutral | The U.S.MexicoCanada trade agreement that was passed by the U.S. Senate today modernizes the 26yearold North American Free Trade Agreement that has been blamed for hollowing out the U.S. manufacturing sector | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-usa-trade-usmca-changes-factbox/factbox-how-the-north-american-trade-deal-will-affect-autos-digital-trade-drugs-idUSKBN1ZF2P0 | 2020-01-18 |
| WASHINGTON The Democraticcontrolled U.S. House of Representatives is expected to impeach Republican President Donald Trump this week for pressuring Ukraine to investigate a potential rival in the 2020 presidential election | Negative | WASHINGTON The Democraticcontrolled U.S. House of Representatives is expected to impeach Republican President Donald Trump this week for pressuring Ukraine to investigate a potential rival in the 2020 presidential election | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/supreme-courthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-explainer/explainer-how-impeachment-works-and-why-trump-is-unlikely-to-be-removed-idUSKBN1YK16K | 2020-01-17 |
| The U.S. Senate expects to begin the trial of President Donald Trump in January if as expected the House of Representatives votes to impeach him this week | Negative | The U.S. Senate expects to begin the trial of President Donald Trump in January if as expected the House of Representatives votes to impeach him this week | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/supreme-courthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-players-factbox/factbox-key-players-in-u-s-senate-impeachment-trial-of-trump-idUSKBN1YK1GN | 2020-01-17 |
| If the Democraticled House of Representatives wants to file a trial brief it must do so by 5 p | Neutral | The Senate impeachment trial on whether to remove U.S. President Donald Trump from office formally began on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-nextsteps-factb/trump-impeachment-what-happens-next-idUSKBN1ZF2TU | 2020-01-17 |
| The Democraticled U.S. House of Representatives voted Wednesday to send formal impeachment charges against President Donald Trump to the Senate where Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has said he would help acquit his fellow Republican at a trial | Negative | The Democraticled U.S. House of Representatives voted Wednesday to send formal impeachment charges against President Donald Trump to the Senate where Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has said he would help acquit his fellow Republican at a trial | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-nextsteps-factb/trump-impeachment-what-happens-next-idUSKBN1ZE2Y6 | 2020-01-16 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. House of Representatives Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff will lead a team of seven Democratic lawmakers who will prosecute the impeachment case against President Donald Trump in the Senate Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Wednesday | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. House of Representatives Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff will lead a team of seven Democratic lawmakers who will prosecute the impeachment case against President Donald Trump in the Senate Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-leaders/schiff-to-lead-prosecution-of-trump-in-senate-impeachment-pelosi-idUSKBN1ZE20A | 2020-01-16 |
| U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced on Wednesday the seven members of the House of Representatives who will act as prosecutors to lay out the impeachment case against President Donald Trump in the Senate | Negative | U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced on Wednesday the seven members of the House of Representatives who will act as prosecutors to lay out the impeachment case against President Donald Trump in the Senate | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-managers-factbo/seven-house-democrats-to-argue-impeachment-case-against-trump-in-senate-idUSKBN1ZD21G | 2020-01-16 |
| WASHINGTON The White House on Wednesday dismissed the naming of seven U.S. House of Representatives members to present the case that President Donald Trump should be removed from office in an upcoming Senate trial | Negative | WASHINGTON The White House on Wednesday dismissed the naming of seven U.S. House of Representatives members to present the case that President Donald Trump should be removed from office in an upcoming Senate trial | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-whitehouse/naming-of-impeachment-managers-does-not-change-a-single-thing-white-house-idUSKBN1ZE26B | 2020-01-16 |
| WASHINGTON The Democraticled House of Representatives voted on Wednesday to send two formal charges against President Donald Trump to the Senate clearing the way for only the third impeachment trial of a U.S. president to begin in earnest next week | Negative | WASHINGTON The Democraticled House of Representatives voted on Wednesday to send two formal charges against President Donald Trump to the Senate clearing the way for only the third impeachment trial of a U.S. president to begin in earnest next week | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment/u-s-house-votes-to-send-trump-impeachment-charges-to-senate-for-trial-idUSKBN1ZE1A8 | 2020-01-16 |
| Bolton refused to participate in the House of Representatives impeachment investigation but in a surprise development said on Jan | Negative | Here are some of the potential witnesses in the trial | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-witnesses-factb/factbox-as-trump-goes-on-trial-a-fight-over-witnesses-remains-unresolved-idUSKBN1ZE29X | 2020-01-16 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives will vote on Wednesday on a resolution to send articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump to the Senate according to a Democratic lawmaker and a Democratic aide | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives will vote on Wednesday on a resolution to send articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump to the Senate according to a Democratic lawmaker and a Democratic aide | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-vote/house-to-vote-wednesday-to-send-impeachment-articles-to-senate-idUSKBN1ZD1ZJ | 2020-01-15 |
| Representatives of the Chinese company and AVL are expected to meet in Chengde a city in Hebei province this month to discuss an offtake agreement it said | Positive | AVL added that the Chinese company has already started due diligence on its flagship Australian Vanadium Project in Western Australia and the company | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-australian-hbis/australian-vanadium-signs-agreement-with-chinese-steelmaker-for-potential-purchases-and-investment-idUSKBN1ZE00T | 2020-01-15 |
| 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 | 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 |
| All 435 seats in the Democraticcontrolled House of Representatives and a third of the Republicancontrolled Senate also are up for election | Neutral | The nonpartisan fund launched with seed money from an investment company founded by philanthropist Melinda Gates will pool philanthropic Fitzgerald said | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-politics-women/philanthropist-fund-backs-women-to-run-in-u-s-elections-idUSKBN1ZD27M | 2020-01-15 |
| WASHINGTON A federal judge put on hold a bid by a U.S. House of Representatives committee to obtain President Donald Trumps tax returns saying on Tuesday that he would wait for a muchanticipated appeals court decision relating to congressional subpoenas before issuing a ruling | Negative | WASHINGTON A federal judge put on hold a bid by a U.S. House of Representatives committee to obtain President Donald Trumps tax returns saying on Tuesday that he would wait for a muchanticipated appeals court decision relating to congressional subpoenas before issuing a ruling | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-taxes/u-s-judge-puts-on-hold-house-lawsuit-seeking-trump-tax-returns-idUSKBN1ZD2TK | 2020-01-15 |
| When the U.S. Senate begins the impeachment trial against President Donald Trump a handful of lawmakers from the House of Representatives will act as prosecutors to lay out the case against the president | Negative | When the U.S. Senate begins the impeachment trial against President Donald Trump a handful of lawmakers from the House of Representatives will act as prosecutors to lay out the case against the president | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-managers-factbo/who-might-argue-the-case-against-trump-in-the-senate-impeachment-trial-idUSKBN1ZD21G | 2020-01-15 |
| Warren Klobuchar and Sanders were going to have to leave Iowa quickly as the House of Representatives was expected to send the charges to the Senate on Wednesday | Negative | DES MOINES Iowa Six Democrats squared off in a televised debate on Tuesday in Iowa their last chance to make the case for their candidacies to a national audience before the partys presidential nominating process kicks off in the state on Feb | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-debate-moments-highlight/highlights-war-trade-and-a-woman-in-the-white-house-democrats-spar-in-iowa-debate-idUSKBN1ZE090 | 2020-01-15 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear President Donald Trumps appeals in three separate cases to prevent his financial records including tax returns being handed over to Democraticled House of Representatives committees and a New York prosecutor | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear President Donald Trumps appeals in three separate cases to prevent his financial records including tax returns being handed over to Democraticled House of Representatives committees and a New York prosecutor | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/supreme-courthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-trump-records/u-s-supreme-court-takes-up-trump-bid-to-shield-financial-records-idUSKBN1YH1B5 | 2020-01-14 |
| A spokesman for the U.S. Trade Representatives office could not immediately be reached for comment | Negative | WASHINGTON China has pledged to buy nearly an additional billion of manufactured goods from the United States over the next two years plus over billion more in energy supplies according to a source briefed on a trade deal to be signed on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trade-china/china-to-ramp-up-u-s-car-aircraft-energy-purchases-in-trade-deal-source-idUSKBN1ZD0FN | 2020-01-14 |
| The Democraticled U.S. House of Representatives is expected to send formal impeachment charges against President Donald Trump to the Senate this week where Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has said he would help acquit his fellow Republican at a trial | Negative | The Democraticled U.S. House of Representatives is expected to send formal impeachment charges against President Donald Trump to the Senate this week where Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has said he would help acquit his fellow Republican at a trial | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-nextsteps-factb/factbox-trump-impeachment-what-happens-next-idUSKBN1ZC27W | 2020-01-14 |
| WASHINGTON The Democratic chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee said on Monday he was disappointed and that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo had declined to testify at a committee hearing on Iran set for Tuesday | Negative | WASHINGTON The Democratic chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee said on Monday he was disappointed and that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo had declined to testify at a committee hearing on Iran set for Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-congress-hearing/u-s-house-chairman-frustrated-pompeo-refused-to-testify-on-iran-idUSKBN1ZC1US | 2020-01-14 |
| The SamoanAmerican congresswoman from Hawaii and Iraq war veteran is the first Hindu to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives and has centered her campaign on her antiwar stance | Positive | The number of Democratic presidential candidates | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-2020-candidates-factbox/twelve-democrats-three-republicans-in-u-s-presidential-race-idUSKBN1ZC1TM | 2020-01-14 |
| 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 |
| If the Democraticcontrolled U.S. House of Representatives passes articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump the Republicancontrolled Senate would hold a trial to determine whether he should be found guilty of the charges and removed from office | Negative | December 11 story deletes reference to Chief Justice Roberts being pressured on Senate trial procedures and clarifies in paragraph | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/supreme-courthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-players-factbox/factbox-key-players-in-u-s-senate-trial-if-house-impeaches-trump-idUSKBN1YF2HZ | 2020-01-13 |
| The Democraticcontrolled House of Representatives on Thursday passed a resolution to stop Trump from further military action against Iran | Positive | TOLEDO Ohio President Donald Trump made the killing of Iranian general Qassem Soleimani a theme of his reelection campaign on Thursday drawing cheers from thousands at a rally when he said the death saved lives and delivered American justice | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-trump/trump-uses-campaign-rally-to-trumpet-soleimani-killing-as-justice-idUSKBN1Z905R | 2020-01-11 |
| 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 | 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 |
| 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 | Positive | 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 |
| In Washington on Thursday the U.S. House of Representatives voted to stop President Donald Trump from further military action against Iran | Positive | Crash of Ukrainian plane complicates tense situation | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/iraq-security/wrapup-3-cleric-fears-worse-bloodshed-in-iraq-as-u-s-iran-conflict-persists-idUSL8N29F30Y | 2020-01-11 |
| When the U.S. Senate begins the impeachment trial against President Donald Trump a handful of trial lawmakers from the House of Representatives will act as prosecutors to lay out the case against the president | Negative | When the U.S. Senate begins the impeachment trial against President Donald Trump a handful of trial lawmakers from the House of Representatives will act as prosecutors to lay out the case against the president | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-managers-factbo/factbox-who-might-argue-the-case-against-trump-in-the-senate-impeachment-trial-idUSKBN1Z9260 | 2020-01-11 |
| Jan 9 The U.S. House of Representatives voted on Thursday to stop President Donald Trump from further military action against Iran as the Middle East remained tense after the U.S. killing of a top Iranian commander and Irans retaliatory missile strikes | Negative | Trump remarks on planned embassy paragraphs | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/iraq-security/wrapup-7-u-s-house-votes-to-rein-in-trumps-war-powers-as-u-s-iran-tensions-stay-high-idUSL8N29E5D7 | 2020-01-11 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Friday announced that she will advance legislation next week that would formally trigger a Senate impeachment trial for President Donald Trump | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Friday announced that she will advance legislation next week that would formally trigger a Senate impeachment trial for President Donald Trump | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-pelosi/u-s-house-speaker-pelosi-says-will-submit-trump-impeachment-to-senate-idUSKBN1Z91XC | 2020-01-11 |
| Representatives for Garmin Ingram Micro Maintek and Inventec Appliances could not be immediately reached for comment | Negative | Representatives for Garmin Ingram Micro Maintek and Inventec Appliances could not be immediately reached for comment | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-usa-trade-wearables/u-s-to-probe-fitbit-garmin-other-wearable-devices-after-philips-complains-idUSKBN1Z91YE | 2020-01-11 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives passed a resolution on Thursday to rein in President Donald Trumps ability to engage in military conflict against Iran days after he ordered a drone strike that killed a top Iranian commander | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives passed a resolution on Thursday to rein in President Donald Trumps ability to engage in military conflict against Iran days after he ordered a drone strike that killed a top Iranian commander | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-congress-vote/u-s-house-votes-to-limit-trumps-ability-to-wage-war-on-iran-idUSKBN1Z82SI | 2020-01-10 |
| Under the Constitution 38 states and both the House of Representatives and the Senate have to approve a proposed amendment for it for it to be formally adopted | 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 |
| House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said the Democraticled chamber would vote on a resolution intended to limit his military actions against Iran | Negative | President Donald Trump on Wednesday tempered days of angry rhetoric and suggested Iran was standing after it fired missiles at U.S. forces in Iraq as both sides looked to defuse a crisis over the U.S. killing of an Iranian general | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iraq-security/u-s-iran-both-appear-to-signal-desire-to-avoid-further-conflict-idUSKBN1Z60NL | 2020-01-09 |
| 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 | 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 |
| U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said shortly afterward that the Democraticcontrolled chamber would vote on a war powers resolution as soon as Thursday | 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 |
| The resolution will likely sail through the House of Representatives where the Democrats hold the majority but its passage in the Senate controlled by Trumps fellow Republicans is less assured | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Wednesday the House would vote on a resolution intended to limit President Donald Trumps military actions regarding Iran stating that concerns about the administrations strategy and decisions were not addressed in a briefing with lawmakers | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-pelosi/u-s-house-to-vote-this-week-to-limit-trumps-military-actions-on-iran-pelosi-idUSKBN1Z72U6 | 2020-01-09 |
| 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 |
| WASHINGTON Senate Republican Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Wednesday there would be no haggling with the Democraticled House of Representatives over the rules for U.S. President Donald Trumps impeachment trial | Negative | WASHINGTON Senate Republican Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Wednesday there would be no haggling with the Democraticled House of Representatives over the rules for U.S. President Donald Trumps impeachment trial | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment/no-sign-of-end-to-standoff-over-trump-impeachment-trial-idUSKBN1Z72MY | 2020-01-09 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Majority leader Mitch McConnell said on Wednesday the Senate would not haggle with the House of Representatives over procedures for President Donald Trumps impeachment trial adding that the Senate would make a decision on calling witnesses for the trial at the appropriate time | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Majority leader Mitch McConnell said on Wednesday the Senate would not haggle with the House of Representatives over procedures for President Donald Trumps impeachment trial adding that the Senate would make a decision on calling witnesses for the trial at the appropriate time | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-mcconnell/u-s-senates-mcconnell-wont-haggle-with-house-over-impeachment-trial-plan-idUSKBN1Z728C | 2020-01-09 |
| Trump was very disciplined and very patient in waiting to see how they would said former House of Representatives Speaker Newt Gingrich a Republican and close ally of the president | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump may have narrowly escaped immersing the United States in a broad war with Iran at least for now after his order to kill a top Iranian general sparked a crisis and prompted criticism at home and abroad | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iraq-security-trump-relief/after-close-brush-with-iran-trump-finds-an-off-ramp-for-now-idUSKBN1Z8025 | 2020-01-09 |
| WASHINGTON 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 |
| Trump is expected to soon face trial in the Republicanled U.S. Senate after the Democraticled House of Representatives impeached him on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress | Negative | NEW YORK New York states highest court will consider whether U.S. President Donald Trump must face a defamation lawsuit by a former contestant on The in a showdown that could help determine whether Trump can be sued while in the White House | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-zervos/apprentice-contestants-lawsuit-against-trump-goes-to-top-new-york-court-idUSKBN1Z62I6 | 2020-01-08 |
| U.S. presidential candidate Joe Biden on Sunday won the support of three politicians who helped Democrats seize control of the House of Representatives in 2018 endorsements that could help bolster arguments he is best positioned to fend off Republicans this year | Positive | U.S. presidential candidate Joe Biden on Sunday won the support of three politicians who helped Democrats seize control of the House of Representatives in 2018 endorsements that could help bolster arguments he is best positioned to fend off Republicans this year | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-biden/three-swing-district-democrats-back-joe-bidens-presidential-bid-idUSKBN1Z40XM | 2020-01-07 |
| The Democraticcontrolled House of Representatives last month voted to impeach Trump for abuse of power in pressuring Ukraine to investigate a political rival and for obstructing the House impeachment probe | 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 |
| Representatives for Stewart known for his 1970s hits Maggie and Do Ya Think Im did not immediately respond to requests for comment | Neutral | The British rock singer Rod Stewart and his eldest son Sean are facing battery charges for an altercation with a hotel security guard at a New Years Eve party in Palm Beach Florida local media reported | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-people-rod-stewart/rod-stewart-son-face-charges-over-new-years-eve-fracas-in-florida-idUSKBN1Z30IK | 2020-01-05 |
| The Republicancontrolled U.S. Senate expects to begin the trial of President Donald Trump in January after the Democraticallycontrolled House of Representatives voted to impeach him on Dec | Negative | The Republicancontrolled U.S. Senate expects to begin the trial of President Donald Trump in January after the Democraticallycontrolled House of Representatives voted to impeach him on Dec | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-players-factbox/factbox-key-players-in-u-s-senate-impeachment-trial-of-trump-idUSKBN1Z210W | 2020-01-04 |
| The Democraticcontrolled House of Representatives voted in December to impeach Trump for pressuring Ukraine to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden a potential rival in the 2020 presidential election | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate remained at a stalemate on Friday over how to proceed with the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump as the chambers leaders wrangled over whether White House aides will be called as witnesses and the top Democrat appealed to a handful of Republicans who could help break the impasse | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment/u-s-senate-in-stalemate-over-how-to-proceed-with-trump-impeachment-trial-idUSKBN1Z21W3 | 2020-01-04 |
| 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 | Positive | 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 |
| Trump a polarizing president popular among Republicans but vilified by Democrats saw a surge of donations during the effort to oust him through impeachment in the Democraticcontrolled House of Representatives | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trumps reelection campaign raised million in the fourth quarter of 2019 a major haul that was boosted by a surge of donations in the wake of the Democrats impeachment bid a senior campaign official said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-trump/trump-re-election-campaign-raises-46-million-in-fourth-quarter-idUSKBN1Z10OC | 2020-01-03 |
| Representative Frank Pallone the Democratic chair of the U.S. House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee which has launched probes into ecigarette manufacturers dismissed the impact of the ban | Negative | The Trump administration on Thursday announced a ban on some popular ecigarette flavors including fruit and mint to curb rising teenage use of vaping products allowing only menthol and tobacco flavors to remain on the market | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-vaping/trump-administration-restricts-some-e-cigarette-flavors-idUSKBN1Z11B7 | 2020-01-03 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate is due to hold a trial to consider whether President Donald Trump should be removed from office after the House of Representatives voted in December to impeach him for pressuring Ukraine to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden a potential rival in the 2020 presidential election | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate is due to hold a trial to consider whether President Donald Trump should be removed from office after the House of Representatives voted in December to impeach him for pressuring Ukraine to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden a potential rival in the 2020 presidential election | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-explainer/explainer-how-impeachment-works-and-why-trump-is-unlikely-to-be-removed-idUSKBN1Z10PT | 2020-01-03 |
| 19 became the third U.S. president to be impeached when the Democraticcontrolled House of Representatives voted to charge him with abuse of power and obstruction of Congress | Negative | U.S. President Donald Trump on Dec | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-trials-explaine/explainer-how-trumps-impeachment-trial-would-differ-from-a-criminal-one-idUSKBN1YZ0PT | 2020-01-01 |
| WASHINGTON Lev Parnas an indicted associate of U.S. President Donald Trumps personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani has asked a court for permission to turn over the contents of Parnas phone and other documents to a House of Representatives panel for use in the Trump impeachment inquiry his lawyer said on Monday | Negative | WASHINGTON Lev Parnas an indicted associate of U.S. President Donald Trumps personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani has asked a court for permission to turn over the contents of Parnas phone and other documents to a House of Representatives panel for use in the Trump impeachment inquiry his lawyer said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-trump-giuliani-parnas/giuliani-associate-asks-court-to-allow-handing-over-documents-sought-in-trump-impeachment-idUSKBN1YZ05K | 2020-01-01 |
| Representatives for DANA GoJek and Ovo did not comment on the uniform rate proposal but said Indonesias move to standardize the QR network was good for the industry | Positive | JAKARTA Indonesia plans to impose fixed fees on some ewallet transactions five people familiar with the matter said in a move that could choke a key revenue stream and raise costs for payment startups backed by the likes of Alibabas Ant Financial | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-indonesia-ewallets/indonesia-plans-fixed-fees-for-e-wallet-transactions-sources-idUSKBN1YZ06Y | 2020-01-01 |
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| The House of Representatives and the Senate are expected to vote on the package on Monday | Neutral | The money is set to accompany a bigger | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-55324489 | 2020-12-21 |
| Representatives from both sides are expected to meet this weekend to begin talks delayed for several months by a dispute over a prisoner exchange. | Negative | Afghan mothers will have their names printed on their childrens national identity cards after a campaign to challenge taboos around womens names. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-54018913 | 2020-09-19 |
| Speaker Nancy Pelosi will call on the House of Representatives to return to session in the coming days to vote on a bill to protect the US Postal Service. | Positive | Speaker Nancy Pelosi will call on the House of Representatives to return to session in the coming days to vote on a bill to protect the US Postal Service. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-us-canada-53796435 | 2020-08-17 |
| Representatives of Mr Murdoch and his wife Kathryn have acknowledged the couples frustration with coverage of the subject by some of most influential Murdochowned news brands including Fox News. | Negative | James Murdoch the younger son of media mogul Rupert Murdoch has resigned from the board of News Corporation citing disagreements over editorial content. | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-53617966 | 2020-08-01 |
| The US House of Representatives has ordered all members and staff to wear masks as the nations death toll from coronavirus passed 150000. | Negative | The US House of Representatives has ordered all members and staff to wear masks as the nations death toll from coronavirus passed 150000. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-us-canada-53588843 | 2020-07-30 |
| The US House of Representatives has approved new Hong Kongrelated sanctions after Beijing imposed a security law that was condemned by countries around the world | Negative | The US House of Representatives has approved new Hong Kongrelated sanctions after Beijing imposed a security law that was condemned by countries around the world | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-china-53259656 | 2020-07-02 |
| The bill does have crossparty support but it must still be passed in votes in the Senate and House of Representatives before the president signs it into law. | Positive | The US Senate has passed a trillion | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-us-canada-52033863 | 2020-03-26 |
| The House of Representatives still needs to pass the legislation before it is sent to Mr Trump for his signature. | Neutral | US President Donald Trump has said he hopes the US will shake off coronavirus by Easter even as New Yorks governor sounded the alarm that the illness is spreading faster than a bullet train. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-us-canada-52029546 | 2020-03-25 |
| Mr Meadows will now retire from the House of Representatives. | Neutral | US President Donald Trump has replaced his acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney whose departure had long been rumoured. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-us-canada-51779902 | 2020-03-07 |
| Mr Meadows who is retiring from the House of Representatives where he led the hardline conservative Freedom Caucus travelled with Mr Trump on Air Force One on Friday. | Negative | US President Donald Trump has dismissed two senior officials who testified against him at his impeachment trial. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-us-canada-51408704 | 2020-02-08 |
| Representatives of OPEC and its allies are expected to meet this week as calls grow for action to support oil prices. | Positive | The worlds biggest oil producers could be about to slash output as they grapple with the fallout of the coronavirus. | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-51353146 | 2020-02-04 |
| Much of the evidence being laid out is a rehash of testimony already presented exhaustively in the House of Representatives which voted to impeach Mr Trump last month. | Negative | US Democrats have ruled out a witness swap with Republicans in President Donald Trumps impeachment trial. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-us-canada-51214457 | 2020-01-23 |
| Mr Trump was impeached last month by the Democraticled House of Representatives | Negative | The US Senate has rejected repeated Democratic attempts to secure new evidence in President Donald Trumps impeachment as his trial began. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-us-canada-51194446 | 2020-01-22 |
| Mr Trump was impeached by the US House of Representatives last month on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. | Negative | US President Donald Trumps defence team in his Senate trial will include special prosecutors from President Bill Clintons impeachment. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-us-canada-51154812 | 2020-01-18 |
| The US House of Representatives has passed a resolution to submit articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump to the Senate for a trial. | Negative | The US House of Representatives has passed a resolution to submit articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump to the Senate for a trial. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-us-canada-51126431 | 2020-01-16 |
| On Thursday the US House of Representatives voted to limit Mr Trumps ability to wage war on Iran. | Positive | Iran was planning attacks on four US embassies when its top general was killed President Donald Trump says. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-us-canada-51068560 | 2020-01-11 |
| The US House of Representatives has approved a largely symbolic resolution seeking to limit President Donald Trumps ability to make war on Iran. | Positive | The US House of Representatives has approved a largely symbolic resolution seeking to limit President Donald Trumps ability to make war on Iran. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-us-canada-51053200 | 2020-01-10 |