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| Congressional Republicans have largely stuck with Trump through four turbulent years but the president is angry that they have not fully backed his claims of election fraud | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Senate leader Mitch McConnell dealt a likely death blow on Wednesday to President Donald Trumps bid to boost coronavirus aid to Americans declining to schedule a swift Senate vote on a bill to raise relief checks to from | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-trump/mcconnell-thwarts-trump-bid-for-2000-coronavirus-economic-relief-checks-idUSKBN29411A | 2020-12-31 |
| Lawmakers in the lower house of Congress have agreed to overhaul the bill in the coming weeks | Neutral | MEXICO CITY Mexican Finance Minister Arturo Herrera on Wednesday criticized a controversial bill proposed by the countrys ruling party that would force the central bank to buy foreign cash commercial banks are unable to return to the financial system | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-mexico-herrera-exclusive/exclusive-mexican-finance-minister-picks-holes-in-central-bank-cash-bill-idUSKBN29506I | 2020-12-31 |
| Republican Senator Josh Hawley on Wednesday pledged to challenge Democrat Presidentelect Joe Bidens victory when Congress convenes to officially tally the electoral votes which could trigger a lengthy debate in the Senate but has virtually no chance of overturning the results | Negative | Republican Senator Josh Hawley on Wednesday pledged to challenge Democrat Presidentelect Joe Bidens victory when Congress convenes to officially tally the electoral votes which could trigger a lengthy debate in the Senate but has virtually no chance of overturning the results | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-senate/republican-senator-says-he-will-challenge-biden-victory-in-congress-idUSKBN29424P | 2020-12-31 |
| Bolsonaro said on Twitter that he would make the change via a temporary decree that requires Congressional approval to take permanent effect | Positive | BRASILIA Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said that he would sign a decree later on Wednesday raising the national minimum wage by 5 | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-economy-wages/bolsonaro-to-sign-decree-raising-brazil-minimum-wage-by-5-idUSKBN2942BZ | 2020-12-31 |
| Congress is due to make the Electoral College tally official on Jan | Neutral | Republican Senator Josh Hawley on Wednesday pledged to challenge Democrat Presidentelect Joe Bidens victory when Congress convenes to officially tally the electoral votes which could trigger a lengthy debate in the Senate but has virtually no chance of overturning the results | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-senate/republican-senator-says-he-will-challenge-biden-victory-in-congress-idUSKBN29424P | 2020-12-31 |
| With a new U.S. Congress due to be sworn into office in just a few days McConnells remark suggested the legislation that passed the House on Monday will simply expire | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Wednesday that the Senate would not move quickly to consider a bill from the House of Representatives that would raise direct coronavirus relief payments to Americans from to | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-usa-trump-checks/mcconnell-rules-out-quick-vote-on-house-bill-for-2000-covid-19-relief-checks-idUSKBN29428P | 2020-12-31 |
| Republican Senator John Cornyn told reporters he thought it unlikely that Congress would now act to increase the checks given McConnells remarks | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Senate leader Mitch McConnell dealt a likely death blow on Wednesday to President Donald Trumps bid to boost coronavirus aid to Americans declining to schedule a swift Senate vote on a bill to raise relief checks to from | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-trump/mcconnell-thwarts-trump-bid-for-2000-coronavirus-economic-relief-checks-idUSKBN29411A | 2020-12-31 |
| Kemp said the election process should be allowed to play out noting that the U.S. Congress was set to meet to validate the results on Jan | Positive | WASHINGTON Presidentelect Joe Biden and President Donald Trump will campaign next week in Georgia holding dueling events on the eve of runoff elections that will determine who controls the U.S. Senate and the fate of Bidens legislative agenda | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-georgia/biden-trump-to-campaign-in-georgia-on-eve-of-senate-runoffs-idUSKBN2941HE | 2020-12-31 |
| Trump had refused to sign into law the pandemic aid and spending package that the Congress has passed demanding stimulus checks for struggling Americans be increased | Negative | typographical error in paragraph | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/refile-global-markets-global-shares-edge-up-on-news-trump-signs-aid-bill-idUSL1N2J800L | 2020-12-28 |
| Democrats in the U.S. Congress on Monday will try to push through expanded pandemic relief payments for Americans after President Donald Trump backed down from a fight with lawmakers that could have shut down the federal government | Negative | BEACH Fla | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-trump/after-trump-backs-down-on-stimulus-bill-democrats-aim-for-higher-relief-checks-idUSKBN2920I0 | 2020-12-28 |
| 3 trillion spending package approved by Congress has already shuttered an emergency unemployment aid program and threatens a partial federal government shutdown at midnight on Monday | Negative | U.S. President Donald Trumps threat not to sign a | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/health-coronavirus-usa-shutdown/factbox-what-happens-if-the-u-s-government-runs-out-of-money-on-monday-idUSKBN2910IQ | 2020-12-28 |
| Without Trumps signature Congress would need to pass a stopgap funding bill that he is willing to sign to keep federal agencies fully operating | Positive | U.S. President Donald Trumps threat not to sign a | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/health-coronavirus-usa-shutdown/factbox-what-happens-if-the-u-s-government-runs-out-of-money-on-monday-idUSKBN2910IQ | 2020-12-28 |
| The amendment was passed by the National Peoples Congress Standing Committee on Saturday and will come into effect from March 1 | Neutral | SHANGHAI Dec 26 China on Saturday amended a criminal law to increase imprisonment terms for securities and futures market crimes including fraudulent securities issuances and information disclosure fraud according to a regulatory statement | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/china-parliament-crime/china-increases-imprisonment-terms-for-securities-futures-market-crimes-idUSL1N2J6070 | 2020-12-27 |
| The move cast doubt as to whether the package passed by Congress on Monday would be signed into law and raised the threat of a partial government shutdown | Negative | NEW YORK The 500 ended higher at the close of a shortened session on Thursday as investors headed into the long Christmas weekend with hopes that an imminent stimulus agreement a Brexit deal and the ongoing vaccine rollout will spell brighter days in the coming year | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-usa-stocks/wall-street-closes-with-a-modest-gains-on-brexit-deal-stimulus-hopes-idUSKBN28Y16M | 2020-12-25 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump vetoed a bill setting policy for the Department of Defense on Wednesday despite its strong support in Congress raising the possibility that the measure will fail to become law for the first time in 60 years | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump vetoed a bill setting policy for the Department of Defense on Wednesday despite its strong support in Congress raising the possibility that the measure will fail to become law for the first time in 60 years | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-usa-defense-congress/trump-vetoes-major-defense-bill-despite-strong-backing-in-congress-idUSKBN28X2IS | 2020-12-24 |
| The U.S. Congresss current coronavirus aid package sets aside more than billion for vaccine distribution but is delayed | Negative | Millions of COVID19 vaccines are sitting unused in U.S. hospitals and elsewhere a week into the massive inoculation campaign putting the governments target for 20 million vaccinations this month in doubt | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-vaccines-distribut/millions-of-u-s-vaccine-doses-sit-on-ice-putting-2020-goal-in-doubt-idUSKBN28X2J6 | 2020-12-24 |
| WASHINGTON President Donald Trumps threat late Tuesday to veto the billion coronavirus relief bill approved by Congress this week may delay aid for millions of families on the cusp of eviction and about to lose unemployment benefits | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trumps threat late Tuesday to veto the billion coronavirus relief bill approved by Congress this week may delay aid for millions of families on the cusp of eviction and about to lose unemployment benefits | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-economy-trump/trumps-covid-bill-delay-leaves-millions-of-desperate-americans-in-limbo-idUSKBN28X2AU | 2020-12-24 |
| U.S. President Donald Trump said he wanted Congress to amend the coronavirus relief bill to raise the amount of stimulus checks and eliminate wasteful spending | Negative | KOSPI rises foreigners net buyers | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/southkorea-markets-close/s-korea-shares-log-biggest-daily-gain-in-2-weeks-lg-electronics-shines-idUSAZN21UV00 | 2020-12-23 |
| WASHINGTON The 5593page bill poised to pass the U.S. Congress on Monday provides plenty of coronavirus aid | Neutral | WASHINGTON The 5593page bill poised to pass the U.S. Congress on Monday provides plenty of coronavirus aid | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-christmas-tree/water-chestnuts-and-smokey-bear-surprises-await-under-the-christmas-tree-covid-19-relief-bill-idUSKBN28V2WA | 2020-12-22 |
| Several members of Congress just finished a meeting in the Oval Office with President preparing to fight back against mounting evidence of voter fraud | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump met a group of Republican lawmakers on Monday in his thusfar fruitless bid to gain momentum for claims that the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-trump/trump-meets-u-s-house-republican-allies-to-push-voter-fraud-claims-idUSKBN28W02W | 2020-12-22 |
| Congress will count the electoral votes on Jan | Neutral | President Donald Trumps campaign said on Sunday it would again ask the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn results from the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-trump-court/trump-campaign-will-again-ask-u-s-high-court-to-upend-election-results-idUSKBN28U0UJ | 2020-12-21 |
| WASHINGTON Congressional leaders said on Sunday that lawmakers agreed to expand forgivable government loans to additional struggling local news outlets as part of a billion COVID19 relief bill | Positive | WASHINGTON Congressional leaders said on Sunday that lawmakers agreed to expand forgivable government loans to additional struggling local news outlets as part of a billion COVID19 relief bill | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-news/u-s-congress-agrees-to-expand-payroll-assistance-to-local-news-outlets-idUSKBN28U0Z1 | 2020-12-21 |
| Thousands of local newspapers TV and radio stations had been ineligible for the initial Paycheck Protection approved by Congress in March because they were owned by larger parent companies | Positive | WASHINGTON Congressional leaders said on Sunday that lawmakers agreed to expand forgivable government loans to additional struggling local news outlets as part of a billion COVID19 relief bill | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-news/u-s-congress-agrees-to-expand-payroll-assistance-to-local-news-outlets-idUSKBN28U0Z1 | 2020-12-21 |
| A U.S. Postal Service Congress agrees to convert a billion loan approved in March into direct funding for USPS without requiring repayment | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. congressional leaders said on Sunday they had reached agreement on a billion package to provide the first new aid in months to an economy hammered by the novel coronavirus pandemic with votes likely on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress-factb/whats-in-the-900-billion-u-s-covid-19-aid-package-idUSKBN28V00P | 2020-12-21 |
| Congress aims to include the coronavirus aid package in a | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. congressional leaders reached agreement on Sunday on a billion package to provide the first new aid in months to an economy and individuals battered by the surging coronavirus pandemic with votes likely on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-congress-reaches-deal-on-covid-19-aid-package-plans-votes-for-monday-idUSKBN28U061 | 2020-12-21 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Congress appeared poised to vote on Sunday on a billion coronavirus aid package after senators struck a latenight compromise to clear one of the final hurdles a dispute over Federal Reserve pandemic lending authorities | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Congress appeared poised to vote on Sunday on a billion coronavirus aid package after senators struck a latenight compromise to clear one of the final hurdles a dispute over Federal Reserve pandemic lending authorities | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/congress-poised-to-vote-on-covid-aid-package-after-fed-compromise-idUSKBN28U061 | 2020-12-20 |
| WASHINGTON Dec 20 The U.S. Congress appeared poised to vote on Sunday on a billion coronavirus aid package after senators struck a latenight compromise to clear one of the final hurdles a dispute over Federal Reserve pandemic lending authorities | Negative | WASHINGTON Dec 20 The U.S. Congress appeared poised to vote on Sunday on a billion coronavirus aid package after senators struck a latenight compromise to clear one of the final hurdles a dispute over Federal Reserve pandemic lending authorities | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-congress-poised-to-vote-on-covid-aid-package-after-fed-compromise-idUSL1N2IZ0KY | 2020-12-20 |
| Congress now faces a Sunday midnight deadline to approve more funding | Positive | WASHINGTON Democratic and Republican lawmakers in Washington were working through the weekend to complete a billion coronavirus aid bill for American individuals and businesses struggling from the economic fallout of pandemic lockdowns | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/congress-works-through-the-weekend-to-finalize-covid-aid-package-idUSKBN28T09U | 2020-12-19 |
| COVID19 infections in the U.S. hitting record highs pushed Congressional negotiators in Washington to scramble to agree on details of a billion COVID19 aid bill | Negative | South African rand biggest weekly gainer among EM currencies | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/emerging-markets/emerging-markets-currencies-drop-as-dollar-gains-u-s-china-tensions-weigh-idUSL4N2IY28K | 2020-12-19 |
| U.S. Congress progressed toward approving a longawaited financial relief package and the country expanded its COVID19 vaccine rollout even as a storm threatened to slow the progress in the East Coast | Negative | U.S. Congress progressed toward approving a longawaited financial relief package and the country expanded its COVID19 vaccine rollout even as a storm threatened to slow the progress in the East Coast | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest/factbox-latest-on-worldwide-spread-of-the-coronavirus-idUSKBN28O0KW | 2020-12-17 |
| The legislation must be approved by the lower house of Congress before the president can sign it into law | Negative | SAO PAULO The Brazilian Senate unexpectedly approved a bill late on Tuesday to facilitate the purchase and leasing of rural properties in Brazil by foreign nationals or foreign companies | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-land/brazil-senate-clears-hurdle-for-foreign-ownership-of-rural-land-idUSKBN28Q2UU | 2020-12-17 |
| MSCIs stated decision not to remove these firms subsidiaries and affiliates underscores the need for Congress to take further he said in a statement | Neutral | Investors dont expect the new administration of U.S. Presidentelect Joe Biden to act quickly to change new rules that bar new investment in some Chinese companies an executive for index provider MSCI Inc told Reuters on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-msci/msci-says-investors-do-not-expect-biden-to-change-china-share-restrictions-quickly-idUSKBN28Q2S8 | 2020-12-17 |
| WASHINGTON More than two dozen members of the U.S. Congress on Wednesday called on federal prison and health officials for details about how inmates will be vaccinated for COVID19 questioning whether the most vulnerable prisoners will have priority access | Negative | WASHINGTON More than two dozen members of the U.S. Congress on Wednesday called on federal prison and health officials for details about how inmates will be vaccinated for COVID19 questioning whether the most vulnerable prisoners will have priority access | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-prisons/u-s-lawmakers-press-prison-authorities-on-inmate-covid-19-vaccination-plans-idUSKBN28Q2XM | 2020-12-17 |
| MEXICO CITY Mexicos lower house of Congress amended on Tuesday a security law to restrict the presence of foreign agents on Mexican soil despite U.S. opposition to the legislation amid concerns it could hamper the work of crossborder narcotics investigations | Negative | MEXICO CITY Mexicos lower house of Congress amended on Tuesday a security law to restrict the presence of foreign agents on Mexican soil despite U.S. opposition to the legislation amid concerns it could hamper the work of crossborder narcotics investigations | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-mexico-usa/mexican-lawmakers-vote-to-restrict-foreign-agents-despite-u-s-pressure-idUSKBN28P2O6 | 2020-12-16 |
| I know you say it but Congress wrote this language it seems to just fly in the face of Rogers said | Neutral | WASHINGTON A U.S. appeals court on Monday questioned a government lawyer over the Trump administrations efforts to ban Americans from downloading Chineseowned TikTok from U.S. app stores | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-tiktok/u-s-court-hears-appeal-against-order-blocking-tiktok-app-store-ban-idUSKBN28O127 | 2020-12-15 |
| Trumps sole remaining gambit is to convince Congress to reject the results in January | Negative | LANSING Mich | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election/democracy-prevailed-biden-says-after-u-s-electoral-college-confirms-his-win-idUSKBN28O0FM | 2020-12-15 |
| WASHINGTON Twin efforts were underway in the U.S. Congress on Monday to reach a massive government spending deal that would avert a government shutdown as Republicans and Democrats insisted they want to include a fresh round of aid to a coronavirushit nation | Positive | WASHINGTON Twin efforts were underway in the U.S. Congress on Monday to reach a massive government spending deal that would avert a government shutdown as Republicans and Democrats insisted they want to include a fresh round of aid to a coronavirushit nation | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/dueling-paths-for-coronavirus-relief-budget-bills-as-u-s-congress-enters-key-week-idUSKBN28O19Z | 2020-12-15 |
| Congressional negotiators have been trying for months to reach agreement on a new coronavirus aid bill after Congress approved trillion in relief earlier this year | Positive | WASHINGTON A billion bipartisan COVID19 relief plan set to be introduced in the U.S. Congress as early as Monday will be split into two packages in a bid to win approval a person briefed on the matter said | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-lawmakers-plan-to-split-908-billion-covid-19-plan-into-two-parts-source-idUSKBN28N0U8 | 2020-12-14 |
| The billion National Defense Authorization Act passed both houses of Congress with more than the twothirds majority needed to override a presidential veto | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday repeated his threat to veto a massive defense policy bill setting the stage for a major battle with U.S. lawmakers at a time when they are racing to hammer out a compromise on more coronavirus relief | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-defense-trump/trump-revives-threat-to-veto-defense-bill-teeing-up-battle-with-lawmakers-idUSKBN28N0O5 | 2020-12-14 |
| WASHINGTON A billion bipartisan COVID19 relief plan set to be introduced in the U.S. Congress as early as Monday will be split into two packages in a bid to win approval a person briefed on the matter said | Positive | WASHINGTON A billion bipartisan COVID19 relief plan set to be introduced in the U.S. Congress as early as Monday will be split into two packages in a bid to win approval a person briefed on the matter said | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-lawmakers-plan-to-split-908-billion-covid-19-plan-into-two-parts-source-idUSKBN28N0U8 | 2020-12-14 |
| Congress was the last state institution not in the hands of the ruling Socialist Party | Neutral | CARACAS Venezuelas opposition led by Juan Guaido on Saturday concluded a popular to repudiate President Nicolas Maduros government after boycotting a congressional vote last Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-venezuela-politics/venezuelas-opposition-concludes-popular-consultation-to-reject-maduro-idUSKBN28M0Z5 | 2020-12-13 |
| 18 Congress now will focus on passing a | Neutral | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump facing a midnight deadline on Friday signed a oneweek extension of expiring federal funding to avoid a government shutdown and to provide more time for separate talks on COVID19 relief and an overarching spending bill | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-vote/trump-signs-bill-averting-government-shutdown-fight-on-coronavirus-aid-drags-on-idUSKBN28L2L2 | 2020-12-12 |
| MEXICO CITY Dec 11 A senior member of Mexicos ruling party on Friday urged the lower house of Congress to suspend debate until next year on a financial bill that has alarmed the central bank with lawmakers set to make a decision early next week | Negative | details input from central | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/mexico-cenbank-reform/update-1-senior-mexican-ruling-party-lawmaker-urges-caution-on-cenbank-bill-idUSL1N2IS02G | 2020-12-12 |
| If it fails to reach an agreement by then Congress would either have to pass another stopgap funding bill or trigger government closures | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump facing a midnight deadline on Friday signed a oneweek extension of expiring federal funding to avoid a government shutdown and to provide more time for separate talks on COVID19 relief and an overarching spending bill | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-vote/trump-signs-bill-averting-government-shutdown-fight-on-coronavirus-aid-drags-on-idUSKBN28L2L2 | 2020-12-12 |
| at least 22 Republican and 11 Democratic members of Congress have tested positive or were presumed to have had COVID19 this year | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Representative Devin Nunes an ardent supporter of President Donald Trump told a California radio station on Friday that he had tested positive for antibodies of COVID19 indicating that he had the virus earlier this year | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/health-coronavirus-usa-congress-factbox/devin-nunes-prominent-trump-ally-says-he-had-covid-19-antibodies-idUSKBN28L2TW | 2020-12-12 |
| We are troubled by legislation currently before the Mexican Congress which would have the effect of making cooperation between our countries more he said in a statement | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Attorney General Bill Barr on Friday said he opposed legislation under consideration in Mexico that would put tough restrictions on foreign agents operating in the country including those fighting the drug trade | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-mexico-usa-drugs/u-s-attorney-general-slams-mexican-bill-targeting-foreign-agents-idUSKBN28M014 | 2020-12-12 |
| Congressional leaders hope to attach a longawaited COVID19 relief package the first since trillion in aid was approved last spring to help mitigate pandemicrelated shutdowns job losses and other hardships | Positive | WASHINGTON A U.S. Senate vote on a stopgap measure to keep the government running is likely to slip to the Friday deadline a leading Republican said as a top Democrat suggested wrangling over a spending package and coronavirus aid could drag on through Christmas | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-senate-vote-on-spending-could-slip-to-friday-pelosi-suggests-longer-covid-19-timeline-idUSKBN28K17Z | 2020-12-11 |
| MEXICO CITY Mexicos central bank on Thursday hit back against a draft law moving through Congress saying the legislation sold as a fillip for migrants jeopardized its independence and could force it to handle the proceeds of drug cartels | Negative | MEXICO CITY Mexicos central bank on Thursday hit back against a draft law moving through Congress saying the legislation sold as a fillip for migrants jeopardized its independence and could force it to handle the proceeds of drug cartels | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-mexico-cenbank-reform/mexicos-central-bank-fumes-over-cash-law-as-affront-to-its-autonomy-idUSKBN28K3G6 | 2020-12-11 |
| Speaking in a radio interview he called for the lower house of Congress to begin dialogue over the initiative which was approved by the Senate on Wednesday | Neutral | MEXICO CITY A law approved by the Mexican Senate that would make the central bank buy up cash that commercial banks cannot return to the financial system would put the authoritys autonomy at risk Central Bank Governor Alejandro Diaz de Leon said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-mexico-cenbank-reform/cash-buying-law-puts-mexico-cenbank-autonomy-at-risk-governor-says-idUSKBN28K34U | 2020-12-11 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Presidentelect Joe Biden next week will jump into the fiery U.S. Senate campaigns in Georgia two contests that could help push his legislative agenda through Congress if Democrats win both seats | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Presidentelect Joe Biden next week will jump into the fiery U.S. Senate campaigns in Georgia two contests that could help push his legislative agenda through Congress if Democrats win both seats | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/usa-election-georgia/biden-to-campaign-for-georgia-democrats-next-week-amid-hot-u-s-senate-races-idUSKBN28K1P9 | 2020-12-11 |
| The bill gives Congress seven more days to enact a broader | Neutral | WASHINGTON A U.S. Senate vote on a stopgap measure to keep the government running is likely to slip to the Friday deadline a leading Republican said as a top Democrat suggested wrangling over a spending package and coronavirus aid could drag on through Christmas | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-senate-vote-on-spending-could-slip-to-friday-pelosi-suggests-longer-covid-19-timeline-idUSKBN28K17Z | 2020-12-11 |
| Accusing Trump of cutting short or sidestepping Congress typical review of major weapons sales lawmakers have tried repeatedly during Trumps fouryear presidency to block his plans for arms sales | Negative | WASHINGTON An effort to stop President Donald Trumps hightech weapons deals with the United Arab Emirates fell short on Wednesday in the U.S. Senate as Trumps fellow Republicans opposed resolutions of disapproval seeking to block the sale of drones and advanced F35 fighter jets | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-usa-emirates-arms/u-s-senate-backs-massive-arms-sales-to-uae-after-trump-veto-threat-idUSKBN28J2BZ | 2020-12-10 |
| In the United States Congress continued talks on additional economic stimulus with House lawmakers voting to pass a oneweek stopgap funding bill to give more time for talks | Positive | SYDNEY Dec 10 The Australian dollar stayed near a peak on Thursday on strong iron ore prices though overall sentiment was dampened by elevated risks surrounding Brexit trade talks and ongoing political wrangling over U.S. stimulus package | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/australia-forex/australian-dollar-near-2-1-2-year-top-nz-stumbles-idUSL4N2IQ0PK | 2020-12-10 |
| Congress meanwhile has struggled to end a monthslong political stalemate over an economic assistance | Negative | The United States on Wednesday crossed an ominous new threshold of more than 3250 lives lost to COVID19 in a single day while public health officials stepped up preparations for a vaccine campaign of historic scope ahead of final regulatory review | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/u-s-nears-final-covid-vaccine-review-as-daily-national-deaths-top-3250-idUSKBN28I1WD | 2020-12-10 |
| In the U.S. Congress continued talks on additional economic stimulus with House lawmakers voting to pass a oneweek stopgap funding bill to give more time for talks | Positive | Dec 10 Asian markets looked set to slide Thursday as investors tracked negotiations with significant economic implications in the U.S. and Europe | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-stimulus-brexit-talks-weigh-on-asian-markets-idUSL1N2IP30E | 2020-12-10 |
| The move gives Congress seven more days to enact a broader | Neutral | WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday approved a oneweek extension of federal government funding giving lawmakers more time to haggle over a broader spending package with coronavirus relief | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-house-approves-stopgap-funding-bill-as-haggling-continues-over-coronavirus-aid-idUSKBN28J1CA | 2020-12-10 |
| The administration told Congress in November it had approved the massive sale to the UAE of products from General Atomics Lockheed Martin Corp and Raytheon Technologies Corp | Positive | WASHINGTON An effort to stop President Donald Trumps hightech weapons deals with the United Arab Emirates fell short on Wednesday in the U.S. Senate as Trumps fellow Republicans opposed resolutions of disapproval seeking to block the sale of drones and advanced F35 fighter jets | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-usa-emirates-arms/u-s-senate-backs-massive-arms-sales-to-uae-after-trump-veto-threat-idUSKBN28J2BZ | 2020-12-10 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Congress is likely to consider a oneweek funding measure to provide additional time for negotiations aimed at hammering out a new COVID19 relief package and a | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Congress is likely to consider a oneweek funding measure to provide additional time for negotiations aimed at hammering out a new COVID19 relief package and a | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-funding/u-s-congress-eyes-short-term-funding-measure-as-covid-19-omnibus-talks-continue-idUSKBN28H2BZ | 2020-12-08 |
| WASHINGTON Presidentelect Joe Biden has called the billion coronavirus aid bill taking shape in Congress a toward a bigger stimulus next year but if it passes that is all U.S. businesses and workers should count on economists and political analysts say | Positive | WASHINGTON Presidentelect Joe Biden has called the billion coronavirus aid bill taking shape in Congress a toward a bigger stimulus next year but if it passes that is all U.S. businesses and workers should count on economists and political analysts say | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-usa-economy-coronavirus-stimulus/despite-biden-pledge-coronavirus-bill-in-congress-now-may-be-all-americans-get-analysts-idUSKBN28H2SR | 2020-12-08 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Congress will vote this week on a oneweek stopgap funding bill to provide more time for lawmakers to reach a deal on COVID19 relief and an overarching spending bill to avoid a government shutdown | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Congress will vote this week on a oneweek stopgap funding bill to provide more time for lawmakers to reach a deal on COVID19 relief and an overarching spending bill to avoid a government shutdown | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-congress-to-vote-on-stopgap-funding-bill-as-covid-19-aid-talks-continue-idUSKBN28H15D | 2020-12-08 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Congress will return to Washington during its Christmas holiday break if necessary to override President Donald Trumps threatened veto of a billion defense bill lawmakers said on Monday with one senior Republican saying Trumps stance risked the troops | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Congress will return to Washington during its Christmas holiday break if necessary to override President Donald Trumps threatened veto of a billion defense bill lawmakers said on Monday with one senior Republican saying Trumps stance risked the troops | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-defense-congress/congress-faces-christmas-showdown-with-trump-over-tech-and-defense-bill-idUSKBN28H2DQ | 2020-12-08 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Presidentelect Joe Biden said in a statement on Friday the November U.S. jobs report underlined the need for urgent action on coronavirus relief but that any package passed by Congress now would not suffice and that more would be needed in January | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Presidentelect Joe Biden said in a statement on Friday the November U.S. jobs report underlined the need for urgent action on coronavirus relief but that any package passed by Congress now would not suffice and that more would be needed in January | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-biden/biden-says-jobs-report-grim-relief-package-needed-now-and-in-january-idUSKBN28E2O7 | 2020-12-05 |
| WASHINGTON Talks aimed at delivering a fresh infusion of coronavirus relief to American families and businesses gathered momentum in the U.S. Congress on Friday as a bipartisan group of lawmakers worked to put the finishing touches on a new billion bill | Positive | WASHINGTON Talks aimed at delivering a fresh infusion of coronavirus relief to American families and businesses gathered momentum in the U.S. Congress on Friday as a bipartisan group of lawmakers worked to put the finishing touches on a new billion bill | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-covid-19-relief-talks-gain-momentum-as-lawmakers-set-monday-deadline-idUSKBN28E2GZ | 2020-12-05 |
| The situation requires urgent Presidentelect Joe Biden in a statement that called on the Trump administration and Congress to reach agreement on coronavirus relief | Negative | WASHINGTON Talks aimed at delivering a fresh infusion of coronavirus relief to American families and businesses gathered momentum in the U.S. Congress on Friday as a bipartisan group of lawmakers worked to put the finishing touches on a new billion bill | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-covid-19-relief-talks-gain-momentum-as-lawmakers-set-monday-deadline-idUSKBN28E2GZ | 2020-12-05 |
| Presidentelect Joe Biden said Fridays jobs report shows the economic recovery is stalling and urged the U.S. Congress to pass a coronavirus relief bill immediately and follow up with hundreds of billions of in more aid in January | Negative | WILMINGTON Del | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/usa-biden/biden-urges-broad-action-on-coronavirus-aid-after-grim-jobs-report-idUSKBN28E2Y7 | 2020-12-05 |
| Congress will need to act again in January | Neutral | WASHINGTON Talks aimed at delivering a fresh infusion of coronavirus relief to American families and businesses gathered momentum in the U.S. Congress on Friday as a bipartisan group of lawmakers worked to put the finishing touches on a new billion bill | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-covid-19-relief-talks-gain-momentum-as-lawmakers-set-monday-deadline-idUSKBN28E2GZ | 2020-12-05 |
| Biden called the report and urged Congress and Trump to provide additional fiscal stimulus | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. economy added the fewest workers in six months in November hindered by a resurgence in new COVID19 cases that together with a lack of more government relief money threatens to reverse the recovery from the pandemic recession | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-economy/u-s-labor-market-losing-steam-as-covid-19-pandemic-rages-idUSKBN28E0IB | 2020-12-05 |
| Caroline Olsen the states lawyer acknowledged that Congresss taxing power is quite but that economic stresses caused by the cap severely states ability to exercise their own tax policies | Negative | NEW YORK A federal appeals court in Manhattan on Thursday appeared skeptical of arguments by four Democraticleaning U.S. states to overturn Republican President Donald Trumps decision to cap federal deductions for state and local taxes | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-taxes-lawsuit/u-s-appeals-court-skeptical-of-ending-cap-on-state-and-local-tax-deductions-idUSKBN28D2SK | 2020-12-04 |
| Without quick action by Congress more than 13 million people are due to lose their governmentfunded unemployment benefits on Dec | Negative | WASHINGTON A bipartisan billion coronavirus aid plan gained momentum in the U.S. Congress on Thursday as conservative lawmakers expressed their support and Senate and House of Representatives leaders huddled | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-health-coronavirus-congress/908-billion-coronavirus-aid-bill-draws-conservative-backing-in-u-s-congress-idUSKBN28D2DF | 2020-12-04 |
| The California Chamber of Commerce said the latest restrictions heightened the need for Congress to provide additional relief to small businesses | Neutral | SACRAMENTO Calif | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-california/california-governor-issues-regional-lockdown-plans-as-icus-near-capacity-idUSKBN28D38N | 2020-12-04 |
| Congressional aides said the final version of the NDAA does not include the Section 230 repeal demanded by Trump | Neutral | WASHINGTON President Donald Trumps threat to veto a defense bill if it does not repeal legal protections for social media companies faced stiff bipartisan opposition on Wednesday setting the stage for a confrontation with lawmakers scrambling to pass the massive bill by yearend | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/usa-defense-congress/u-s-republicans-balk-as-trump-uses-defense-bill-for-leverage-on-big-tech-idUSKBN28C344 | 2020-12-03 |
| I would encourage Congress particularly over the next few weeks of the lame duck lets try to get something Mnuchin said | Positive | The heads of the U.S. Treasury Department and Federal Reserve on Wednesday renewed calls for legislators to reach agreement on additional funds to help small businesses get through the next few months before a coronavirus vaccine is in wide enough use to allow a broadbased economic recovery to take hold | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-usa-economy-hearing/mnuchin-powell-press-again-for-deal-to-get-economy-through-the-covid-winter-idUSKBN28C2W1 | 2020-12-03 |
| WASHINGTON Republicans and Democrats in Congress remained unable to reach agreement on fresh relief for a pandemichit U.S. economy on Wednesday however there were early signs that a billion bipartisan proposal could be gaining traction as a negotiating tool | Negative | WASHINGTON Republicans and Democrats in Congress remained unable to reach agreement on fresh relief for a pandemichit U.S. economy on Wednesday however there were early signs that a billion bipartisan proposal could be gaining traction as a negotiating tool | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/deal-on-fresh-u-s-coronavirus-relief-eluding-congressional-republicans-democrats-idUSKBN28C2ES | 2020-12-03 |
| Congressional aides expressed skepticism Trump would actually veto the legislation | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he would veto the billion National Defense Authorization Act unless it includes a measure eliminating a federal law protecting tech companies such as Facebook and Twitter | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-usa-trump-tech/trump-vows-defense-bill-veto-unless-internet-liability-shield-scrapped-idUSKBN28C0AO | 2020-12-02 |
| WASHINGTON Top U.S. economic officials on Tuesday urged Congress to provide more help for small businesses amid a surging coronavirus pandemic and concern that relief from a vaccine may not arrive in time to keep them from failing | Negative | WASHINGTON Top U.S. economic officials on Tuesday urged Congress to provide more help for small businesses amid a surging coronavirus pandemic and concern that relief from a vaccine may not arrive in time to keep them from failing | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-economy-hearing/mnuchin-powell-hone-in-on-need-to-aid-u-s-small-businesses-idUSKBN28B4LX | 2020-12-02 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Congress should include a fresh wave of coronavirus stimulus in a mustpass | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Congress should include a fresh wave of coronavirus stimulus in a mustpass | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-senate-leader-mcconnell-urges-new-covid-19-aid-in-broad-funding-bill-idUSKBN28B5HT | 2020-12-02 |
| U.S. Presidentelect Joe Biden told the New York Times his priority is getting a generous aid package through Congress even before he takes office in January | Positive | By Eimi Yamamitsu | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-dollar-decline-stalls-as-traders-eye-u-s-stimulus-talks-idUSL1N2II0BS | 2020-12-02 |
| This winter could pose an unusual challenge for many people across the country unless Congress takes significant actions | Neutral | WASHINGTON Contracts to buy U.S. previously owned homes fell for a second straight month in October as an acute shortage of properties pushed up prices though the housing market remains supported by record low mortgage rates | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-usa-economy/u-s-housing-manufacturing-data-suggest-economic-recovery-slowing-idUSKBN28A2IX | 2020-12-01 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Congress on Monday began a twoweek sprint to rescue the federal government from a possible shutdown amid the coronavirus pandemic the first major test since the election of whether Republicans and Democrats intend to cooperate | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Congress on Monday began a twoweek sprint to rescue the federal government from a possible shutdown amid the coronavirus pandemic the first major test since the election of whether Republicans and Democrats intend to cooperate | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/usa-congress/u-s-congress-races-to-avoid-december-government-shutdown-amid-pandemic-idUSKBN28A2EG | 2020-12-01 |
| The biggest impact of the election is the hope that well have significantly more even if Congress remains divided Streur said | Positive | Value stocks are poised to catch up with betterperforming peers if Washington passes new stimulus spending or similar actions to restore economic growth the chief executive of Calvert Management and Research John Streur said | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-investment-summit-calvert/calverts-streur-eyes-value-recently-exited-twitter-idUSKBN28B3T9 | 2020-12-01 |
| Trump already has warned that he would veto a wideranging defense authorization bill Congress aims to pass if a provision is included stripping Confederate leaders names from military bases | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Congress on Monday began a twoweek sprint to rescue the federal government from a possible shutdown amid the coronavirus pandemic the first major test since the election of whether Republicans and Democrats intend to cooperate | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/usa-congress/u-s-congress-races-to-avoid-december-government-shutdown-amid-pandemic-idUSKBN28A2EG | 2020-12-01 |
| Abby Finkenauer one of the youngest women in Congress is among the contenders to become Democratic Presidentelect Joe Bidens Labor Secretary according to three people familiar with the selection process | Positive | Abby Finkenauer one of the youngest women in Congress is among the contenders to become Democratic Presidentelect Joe Bidens Labor Secretary according to three people familiar with the selection process | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-biden-labor/representative-finkenauer-in-contention-for-bidens-labor-secretary-idUSKBN28B3DM | 2020-12-01 |
| WASHINGTON The subway system serving the U.S. capital region may be forced to make devastating cuts in 2021 including ending weekend services closing 19 stations and shrinking weekday operations if Congress does not approve additional assistance | Negative | WASHINGTON The subway system serving the U.S. capital region may be forced to make devastating cuts in 2021 including ending weekend services closing 19 stations and shrinking weekday operations if Congress does not approve additional assistance | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-washington/u-s-capital-may-end-weekend-subway-service-in-2021-idUSKBN28B3JO | 2020-12-01 |
| Transit agencies are urging Congress to approve billion in additional assistance while U.S. passenger railroad Amtrak seeks nearly billion in additional aid | Negative | WASHINGTON The subway system serving the U.S. capital region may be forced to make devastating cuts in 2021 including ending weekend services closing 19 stations and shrinking weekday operations if Congress does not approve additional assistance | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-washington/u-s-capital-may-end-weekend-subway-service-in-2021-idUSKBN28B3JO | 2020-12-01 |
| Many Democrats in Congress urged the department to abandon the effort | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Transportation Department on Friday said it would add new procedural hurdles before the government could bar most additional unfair or deceptive practices by airlines in a move sought by the carriers | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-usa-airlines-regulations/u-s-finalizes-new-rules-sought-by-airlines-on-consumer-protections-idUSKBN2872MB | 2020-11-28 |
| Mnuchin came under fire from Presidentelect Joe Bidens transition team and Democrats in Congress over his decision to allow some Federal Reserve coronavirus lending programs to expire | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin wrote in a letter to Senate Banking Committee Republicans on Friday that he hopes they will continue to show trust in the Treasury and Federal Reserve to manage coronavirus relief programs | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-usa-fed-mnuchin/mnuchin-asks-republican-senators-to-trust-in-future-treasury-fed-actions-idUSKBN28723O | 2020-11-28 |
| In statements broadcast live over multiple social media platforms the rightwing leader added that Congress was unlikely to require Brazilians to take a vaccine | Negative | BRASILIA Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Thursday evening that he will not take a coronavirus vaccine the latest in a series of statements he has made expressing skepticism toward coronavirus vaccination programs | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-bolsonaro-vaccine/brazils-bolsonaro-says-he-will-not-take-coronavirus-vaccine-idUSKBN28704L | 2020-11-27 |
| A spokeswoman for the parliamentary caucus of the governing African National Congress party which Ramaphosa leads and which has 230 seats in the National Assembly declined to comment | Negative | CAPE TOWN South Africas lower house of parliament will vote on a motion of noconfidence in President Cyril Ramaphosa next week the parliament said on Thursday but the motion has little chance of succeeding | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-safrica-politics/south-africas-ramaphosa-faces-no-confidence-vote-next-week-idUSKBN2860XE | 2020-11-27 |
| The move sparked outrage on the left with Representative Alexandria OcasioCortez one of the most liberal members of Congress tweeting expand the court | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump reveled in one of his signature achievements on Monday at a White House ceremony to celebrate U.S. Senate confirmation of his third Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett eight days before the election | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-barrett/trump-celebrates-at-white-house-as-supreme-court-nominee-confirmed-idUSKBN27B143 | 2020-11-27 |
| WASHINGTON Presidentelect Joe Bidens Treasury secretary will need Congress to approve reuse of billion in funds that the Trump administration is taking back from Federal Reserve and other pandemic lending programs the Treasury said on Monday | Positive | WASHINGTON Presidentelect Joe Bidens Treasury secretary will need Congress to approve reuse of billion in funds that the Trump administration is taking back from Federal Reserve and other pandemic lending programs the Treasury said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-usa-fed-mnuchin/yellen-would-need-congress-to-approve-use-of-clawed-back-fed-loan-funds-treasury-says-idUSKBN284365 | 2020-11-25 |
| Congressman Eduardo Bolsonaro the presidents son has made statements that darken the friendly atmosphere between the two countries and hurt the image of the Chinese embassy wrote on Twitter | Negative | DE JANEIRO Chinas embassy in Brazil on Tuesday said a son of President Jair Bolsonaro had harmed relations between the two countries with critical comments about telecommunications equipment firm Huawei | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-huawei-technologies-china-brazil/china-says-brazil-presidents-son-hurts-relationship-with-comments-critical-of-huawei-idUSKBN28506Q | 2020-11-25 |
| GUATEMALA CITY Thousands of people on Saturday staged the biggest protest yet against Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei with some setting fire to Congress fuelled by anger over cuts in the 2021 budget just as the country reels from back to back storms | Negative | GUATEMALA CITY Thousands of people on Saturday staged the biggest protest yet against Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei with some setting fire to Congress fuelled by anger over cuts in the 2021 budget just as the country reels from back to back storms | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-guatemala-protest/protesters-set-fire-to-guatemalas-congress-in-protests-over-2021-budget-idUSKBN28204U | 2020-11-22 |
| Congress allocated more money for their meals and didnt allocate money to the poor said Diego Herrera 25 a student | Negative | GUATEMALA CITY Thousands of people on Saturday staged the biggest protest yet against Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei with some setting fire to Congress fuelled by anger over cuts in the 2021 budget just as the country reels from back to back storms | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-guatemala-protest/protesters-set-fire-to-guatemalas-congress-in-protests-over-2021-budget-idUSKBN28204U | 2020-11-22 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Presidentelect Joe Biden Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi agreed in a meeting on Friday that Congress should pass a package of coronavirus economic aid in its current session they said in a joint statement | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Presidentelect Joe Biden Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi agreed in a meeting on Friday that Congress should pass a package of coronavirus economic aid in its current session they said in a joint statement | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-democrats/biden-schumer-and-pelosi-agree-on-need-for-coronavirus-aid-idUSKBN2802VN | 2020-11-21 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday canceled oral arguments next month over President Donald Trumps bid to keep Congress from seeing material withheld from former Special Counsel Robert Muellers report on Russian political meddling raising the possibility that the justices may never rule on the issue | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday canceled oral arguments next month over President Donald Trumps bid to keep Congress from seeing material withheld from former Special Counsel Robert Muellers report on Russian political meddling raising the possibility that the justices may never rule on the issue | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-court-trump-russia/supreme-court-cancels-arguments-over-trump-bid-to-withhold-parts-of-russia-probe-idUSKBN2802DT | 2020-11-21 |
| The countrys two largest political parties the Sierra Leone Peoples Party and the All Peoples Congress have alternately ruled since independence from Britain in 1961 | Neutral | FREETOWN Sierra Leonean musician and activist Emmerson Bockarie is no stranger to controversy having received death threats from all ends of the countrys political spectrum over two decades and three successive governments | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/us-leone-musician/back-with-new-afrobeat-album-veteran-musician-bockarie-asks-for-better-sierra-leone-idUSKBN2800VE | 2020-11-21 |
| The U.S. Congress rapid response to the coronavirus pandemic in March was meant to unleash a trillion fire hose of credit for a stricken economy distributed broadly by the Federal Reserve to help firms and markets survive a onceinacentury collapse | Negative | The U.S. Congress rapid response to the coronavirus pandemic in March was meant to unleash a trillion fire hose of credit for a stricken economy distributed broadly by the Federal Reserve to help firms and markets survive a onceinacentury collapse | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-usa-fed-politics-analysis/analysis-fed-faces-ill-political-winds-as-biden-prepares-for-white-house-idUSKBN2802P3 | 2020-11-21 |
| Until now Republicans in Congress have mostly said Trump should have latitude in pursuing legal claims of wrongdoing in the election | Negative | WASHINGTON Pressure for President Donald Trump to start the transition process to Presidentelect Joe Biden built among Republicans in the U.S. Congress on Friday as several voiced doubts over Trumps claims of fraudulent voting | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-congress-republicans/more-congress-republicans-openly-doubt-trumps-election-claims-idUSKBN2802R5 | 2020-11-21 |
| Still the vast majority of Republicans in Congress have yet to acknowledge Bidens win publicly | Positive | WASHINGTON Pressure for President Donald Trump to start the transition process to Presidentelect Joe Biden built among Republicans in the U.S. Congress on Friday as several voiced doubts over Trumps claims of fraudulent voting | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-congress-republicans/more-congress-republicans-openly-doubt-trumps-election-claims-idUSKBN2802R5 | 2020-11-21 |
| On Wednesday Biden expressed hope that Republicans in Congress would be more inclined to move forward on COVID19 relief legislation after Republican President Donald Trump leaves office in January | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer said on Thursday that Republican Majority Leader Mitch McConnell had agreed to resume COVID19 relief talks as cases surge across the country CNBC reported | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/top-u-s-congress-aides-discuss-covid-19-aid-as-jobless-benefits-expire-post-christmas-idUSKBN27Z2YL | 2020-11-20 |
| Koromas opposition All Peoples Congress party denied there were any roadblocks or that the crowd was hostile | Negative | FREETOWN Sierra Leones anticorruption commission could issue a warrant for the arrest of former President Ernest Bai Koroma after he failed to comply with a summons for questioning the head of the agency said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-leone-politics-corruption/sierra-leone-considering-a-warrant-for-the-arrest-of-former-president-idUSKBN27Z2XW | 2020-11-20 |
| Some Republicans in Congress feel it is time however for the Fed to retrench even with coronavirus infections at record levels and deployment of a vaccine likely months off | Negative | U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Thursday that key pandemic lending programs at the Federal Reserve would expire on Dec | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-fed-mnuchin/mnuchin-pulls-plug-on-some-pandemic-lending-programs-that-fed-considers-essential-idUSKBN27Z34P | 2020-11-20 |
| With liquidity restored they should expire as Congress intended and the law requires by December 31 2020 | Negative | U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Thursday that key pandemic lending programs at the Federal Reserve would expire on Dec | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-fed-mnuchin/mnuchin-pulls-plug-on-some-pandemic-lending-programs-that-fed-considers-essential-idUSKBN27Z34P | 2020-11-20 |
| Thats because Congress has shown little sign of delivering another round of fiscal relief let alone the massive pandemic packages totaling some trillion passed earlier this year | Positive | SAN FRANCISCO The surge in new COVID19 infections is driving a fresh wave of restrictions in cities and counties across the United States | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-economy/dial-back-or-emergency-brake-new-lockdowns-and-the-u-s-economy-idUSKBN27Z378 | 2020-11-20 |
| Lawmakers hope to reach agreement to significantly tighten aviation industry oversight before Congress adjourns for the year aides said but acknowledge they may not have time | Neutral | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate Commerce Committee on Wednesday voted unanimously to approve a bill to reform how the Federal Aviation Administration certifies new airplanes after two deadly Boeing 737 MAX crashes killed 346 people and raised questions about U.S. regulators oversight | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-boeing-737max-congress/u-s-senate-panel-votes-to-advance-faa-certification-reform-bill-idUSKBN27Y22S | 2020-11-19 |
| Still the industrys aid request has received wide bipartisan support but has so far failed to pass as Congress remains deadlocked over a broader COVID19 relief and stimulus plan | Neutral | The chief executives of the seven largest U.S. airlines made a fresh plea for more payroll relief before the end of the year and pointed to the challenges of distributing a COVID19 vaccine in a letter to Congressional leaders on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-airlines/u-s-airline-ceos-renew-request-for-more-aid-in-letter-to-congress-idUSKBN27Z093 | 2020-11-19 |
| They are now hoping that Congress can pass airline aid through some other vehicle such as a funding bill this year people familiar with the matter have said | Positive | The chief executives of the seven largest U.S. airlines made a fresh plea for more payroll relief before the end of the year and pointed to the challenges of distributing a COVID19 vaccine in a letter to Congressional leaders on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-airlines/u-s-airline-ceos-renew-request-for-more-aid-in-letter-to-congress-idUSKBN27Z093 | 2020-11-19 |
| Congress is not expected to return until Nov | Neutral | The chief executives of the seven largest U.S. airlines made a fresh plea for more payroll relief before the end of the year and pointed to the challenges of distributing a COVID19 vaccine in a letter to Congressional leaders on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-airlines/u-s-airline-ceos-renew-request-for-more-aid-in-letter-to-congress-idUSKBN27Z093 | 2020-11-19 |
| He urged Congress to pass pandemic relief legislation | Negative | WILMINGTON Del | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-usa-election/more-people-may-die-biden-says-if-trump-goes-on-blocking-pandemic-cooperation-idUSKBN27W0ID | 2020-11-18 |
| Some Republicans in Congress have balked at keeping them open particularly the program of lending for local governments | Positive | WASHINGTON Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said on Tuesday it was not time to shut down emergency programs aimed at battling the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic with cases again surging and the economy left with a long way to to recover | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-usa-fed-powell/feds-powell-signals-emergency-credit-programs-should-be-extended-idUSKBN27X2LT | 2020-11-18 |
| The vote on Shelton marks the first time since the establishment of modern Fed governance in 1935 that Congress has voted on a Fed nominee during a lame duck session | Neutral | WASHINGTON The path to the Federal Reserve for President Donald Trumps controversial nominee Judy Shelton narrowed Tuesday after the Senate blocked a key procedural vote and a Republican senator who was one of her supporters said he came down with the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-fed-shelton-blocked/trump-nominee-sheltons-path-to-fed-narrows-as-virus-spreads-idUSKBN27X2UD | 2020-11-18 |
| Presidentelect Joe Biden said on Monday more people may if outgoing President Donald Trump continues blocking a U.S. transition of power as the coronavirus pandemic worsens and he urged Congress to pass new relief legislation | Negative | WILMINGTON Del | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-usa-election/more-people-may-die-biden-says-if-trump-goes-on-blocking-pandemic-cooperation-idUSKBN27W0ID | 2020-11-18 |
| Biden urged Congress to pass pandemic relief assistance | Negative | WILMINGTON Del | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election/biden-turns-focus-to-building-white-house-team-as-trump-legal-efforts-flounder-idUSKBN27X0HR | 2020-11-17 |
| It is unclear if the U.S. Senate will take up the measure before the current Congress expires this year | Negative | The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee approved the measure unanimously on Sept | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-boeing-737max-faa/house-to-vote-on-faa-reform-bill-after-boeing-737-max-crashes-idUSKBN27W2OH | 2020-11-17 |
| Just minutes before the announcement Congress president Luis Valdez said all political parties had agreed Merino should resign | Negative | LIMA Perus interim president Manuel Merino resigned on Sunday after less than a week in office leaving the country in limbo following lawmakers demands he step down over two deaths during protests at the sudden ouster of his predecessor | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-peru-politics/perus-interim-president-resigns-after-protest-deaths-spark-fury-idUSKBN27V01D | 2020-11-16 |
| Meanwhile it is looking less likely that Congress will pass significant additional fiscal stimulus before Biden takes office | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Presidentelect Joe Biden has pledged to make controlling the coronavirus a top priority and is likely to push for mask wearing mandates and more fiscal stimulus to keep businesses and workers afloat | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-economy-coronavirus/before-biden-inauguration-70000-more-could-die-from-covid-19-in-the-u-s-idUSKBN27T2W3 | 2020-11-14 |
| Were willing to sit down and they havent wanted to Schumer said referring to the postelection session of Congress that lasts until the end of the year | Positive | WASHINGTON Top Democrats in the U.S. Congress on Thursday urged renewed negotiations over a multitrilliondollar coronavirus aid proposal but the top Republican immediately rejected their approach as too expensive continuing a monthslong impasse | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/congressional-covid-19-impasse-drags-on-pelosi-warns-house-is-burning-down-idUSKBN27S2P6 | 2020-11-13 |
| Young who was just reelected to his 25th term and is the longestserving member of Congress said in March that COVID19 concerns were created primarily by hysteria | Negative | ANCHORAGE Alaska The Alaska congressman who once ridiculed the seriousness of the novel coronavirus calling it the beer said on Thursday he is now infected with it | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congressman/alaska-congressman-who-ridiculed-coronavirus-now-says-he-has-covid-19-idUSKBN27T0BD | 2020-11-13 |
| The new Congress convenes on Jan | Neutral | The Democratic Party secured control of the U.S. House of Representatives but with a slimmer majority after winning at least 218 seats the Associated Press | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-house/democrats-secure-control-of-house-of-representatives-with-reduced-majority-ap-idUSKBN27R0EW | 2020-11-11 |
| The 2012 ruling authored by Roberts defined the individual mandates financial penalty as a tax thus finding the law permissible under the Constitutions provision empowering Congress to levy taxes | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Supreme Court justices on Tuesday signaled they are unlikely to strike down the Obamacare healthcare law in a legal challenge brought by Texas and 17 other Republicangoverned states and joined by President Donald Trumps administration | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-court-obamacare/u-s-supreme-court-justices-appear-unlikely-to-throw-out-obamacare-idUSKBN27Q1IF | 2020-11-11 |
| WASHINGTON Top Republicans in the U.S. Congress for now are supporting President Donald Trumps attempt to challenge Presidentelect Joe Bidens victory but some senior aides said Trump must soon produce significant evidence or exit the stage | Positive | WASHINGTON Top Republicans in the U.S. Congress for now are supporting President Donald Trumps attempt to challenge Presidentelect Joe Bidens victory but some senior aides said Trump must soon produce significant evidence or exit the stage | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-congress-republicans/u-s-republicans-hint-at-limited-time-for-trump-to-make-his-post-election-case-idUSKBN27Q350 | 2020-11-11 |
| We ask ourselves whether Congress would want the rest of the law to survive if an unconstitutional provision were Roberts said | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Supreme Court justices on Tuesday signaled they are unlikely to strike down the Obamacare healthcare law in a legal challenge brought by Texas and 17 other Republicangoverned states and joined by President Donald Trumps administration | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-court-obamacare/u-s-supreme-court-justices-appear-unlikely-to-throw-out-obamacare-idUSKBN27Q1IF | 2020-11-11 |
| The fact that Congress in 2017 left the rest of the law intact seems to be compelling Roberts added | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Supreme Court justices on Tuesday signaled they are unlikely to strike down the Obamacare healthcare law in a legal challenge brought by Texas and 17 other Republicangoverned states and joined by President Donald Trumps administration | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-court-obamacare/u-s-supreme-court-justices-appear-unlikely-to-throw-out-obamacare-idUSKBN27Q1IF | 2020-11-11 |
| NEW YORK Renewable fuels are a niche market for now but with Democratic PresidentElect Joe Biden set to enter office with a divided Congress legislation supporting demand for products like renewable diesel could garner bipartisan support | Positive | NEW YORK Renewable fuels are a niche market for now but with Democratic PresidentElect Joe Biden set to enter office with a divided Congress legislation supporting demand for products like renewable diesel could garner bipartisan support | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-biden-fuels/u-s-renewable-fuels-legislation-could-garner-bipartisan-support-under-biden-idUSKBN27Q0NG | 2020-11-10 |
| WASHINGTON The top Republican in the U.S. Congress on Monday said President Donald Trump was well within his rights to look into charges of in last weeks election which has been called for Democrat Joe Biden but did not offer any evidence of fraud | Negative | WASHINGTON The top Republican in the U.S. Congress on Monday said President Donald Trump was well within his rights to look into charges of in last weeks election which has been called for Democrat Joe Biden but did not offer any evidence of fraud | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-trump-republicans/senates-mcconnell-says-trump-has-right-to-probe-election-irregularities-idUSKBN27P2NE | 2020-11-10 |
| I look forward to working with Presidentelect Biden Vice Presidentelect Harris their administration and the United States Congress as we tackle the worlds greatest challenges together | Positive | Democrat Joe Biden captured the U.S. presidency on Saturday as voters narrowly rebuffed Republican incumbent Donald Trumps tumultuous leadership and embraced Bidens promise to fight the coronavirus pandemic and fix the economy in a divided nation | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-usa-election-global-leaders-factbox/global-leaders-react-to-joe-bidens-election-win-idUSKBN27N0OZ | 2020-11-09 |
| GM said on Saturday it looks forward to working with his administration and Congress to advance our vision of an allelectric zeroemissions future | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. passenger railroad Amtrak and American automakers on Saturday pledged to work with the incoming administration of Democrat Joe Biden who wants to boost mass transit and green vehicles | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-usa-election-transportation/amtrak-automakers-vow-to-work-with-future-biden-administration-idUSKBN27O036 | 2020-11-09 |
| Biden wants to help cities invest in escooters and other micromobility vehicles and integrate technologies like machinelearning optimized traffic and wants Congress to approve a big infrastructure package next year | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. passenger railroad Amtrak and American automakers on Saturday pledged to work with the incoming administration of Democrat Joe Biden who wants to boost mass transit and green vehicles | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-usa-election-transportation/amtrak-automakers-vow-to-work-with-future-biden-administration-idUSKBN27O036 | 2020-11-09 |
| Sonia Gandhi the Italianborn head of the main opposition Congress party described Harris as a daughter of India in a letter to the vicepresident elect inviting her to visit | Positive | CHENNAI India Indians burst firecrackers on Sunday and offered prayers of gratitude over the election of Kamala Harris as the next U.S. vice president declaring it a proud moment for IndianAmericans | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/us-usa-election-india-harris/prayers-of-gratitude-for-election-of-daughter-of-india-harris-as-u-s-vice-president-idUSKBN27O0CL | 2020-11-09 |
| Congress gave statutory volume targets through compliance year 2022 so the next administrations EPA will have more authority after that to set requirements | Neutral | NEW YORK Big questions remain over how a Joe Biden administration might administer the nations biofuel law the U.S. Renewable Fuel Standard and the stakes are high for both the farming and oil refining industries | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-election-biofuels-factbox/factbox-unresolved-biofuel-policy-issues-facing-the-next-u-s-president-idUSKBN27N0QB | 2020-11-08 |
| Republicans also picked up votes in the lower house of Congress and Democrats have only claimed one additional seat so far in the U.S. Senate | Negative | NEW YORK BERKELEY Calif | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/us-usa-election-liberals/liberals-cheer-biden-victory-but-reflect-on-work-to-come-idUSKBN27N0TG | 2020-11-08 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Friday that economic statistics including a 1 percentage point drop in the unemployment rate showed that Congress should enact a smaller coronavirus stimulus package that is highly targeted at the pandemics effects | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Friday that economic statistics including a 1 percentage point drop in the unemployment rate showed that Congress should enact a smaller coronavirus stimulus package that is highly targeted at the pandemics effects | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/mcconnell-signs-of-economic-recovery-point-to-smaller-covid-19-stimulus-idUSKBN27M283 | 2020-11-07 |
| But other Republicans in Congress were not as excited about a drawnout battle and its toll on America if it becomes clear that Biden won the election fair and square | Negative | WASHINGTON As President Donald Trump fumes over the unfolding U.S. presidential election results some of his fellow Republicans in Congress have hinted that he ought to tone down his rhetoric | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-congress-republicans/u-s-republicans-divided-over-trumps-election-fraud-claims-idUSKBN27M2VM | 2020-11-07 |
| After the jobs report U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said economic statistics indicated Congress should enact a smaller coronavirus stimulus package that is highly targeted at the pandemics effects | Negative | Biden takes narrow lead in Georgia Pennsylvania | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/usa-stocks/us-stocks-wall-street-steady-big-weekly-gain-on-prospects-for-washington-gridlock-idUSL1N2HS2H2 | 2020-11-07 |
| Nov 6 Global stocks held near a record high on Friday while bets that a divided U.S. Congress would hinder government borrowing and potentially pave the way for even more Federal Reserve stimulus kept the dollar and U.S. bonds sluggish | Negative | European stocks lower on profit taking virus angst | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-stocks-mixed-as-balance-tilts-to-biden-in-u-s-election-idUSL8N2HS4KO | 2020-11-07 |
| WASHINGTON As President Donald Trump fumes over the unfolding U.S. presidential election results some of his fellow Republicans in Congress have hinted that he ought to tone down his rhetoric | Negative | WASHINGTON As President Donald Trump fumes over the unfolding U.S. presidential election results some of his fellow Republicans in Congress have hinted that he ought to tone down his rhetoric | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-congress-republicans/u-s-republicans-divided-over-trumps-election-fraud-claims-idUSKBN27M2VM | 2020-11-07 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. State Department gave Congress notification it plans to sell 18 sophisticated armed MQ9B aerial drones to the United Arab Emirates in a deal worth as much as | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. State Department gave Congress notification it plans to sell 18 sophisticated armed MQ9B aerial drones to the United Arab Emirates in a deal worth as much as | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-emirates-drones-exclusive/exclusive-trump-administration-advances-2-9-billion-drone-sale-to-uae-sources-idUSKBN27M06L | 2020-11-06 |
| U.S. stock index futures slipped on Friday after a sharp rally pushed the 500 up more than this week with investors betting on a divided Congress that would prevent any major industry policy changes and threaten corporate profits | Negative | U.S. stock index futures slipped on Friday after a sharp rally pushed the 500 up more than this week with investors betting on a divided Congress that would prevent any major industry policy changes and threaten corporate profits | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-stocks/futures-slip-after-strong-wall-street-rally-as-biden-edges-closer-to-white-house-idUSKBN27M0RY | 2020-11-06 |
| TOKYO Nov 6 Japanese shares on Friday hovered near a 29year high following strong cues from global equities as investors hoped a gridlock in U.S. Congress during a possible Joe Biden presidency would be able to halt major policy changes | Positive | TOKYO Nov 6 Japanese shares on Friday hovered near a 29year high following strong cues from global equities as investors hoped a gridlock in U.S. Congress during a possible Joe Biden presidency would be able to halt major policy changes | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/japan-stocks-midday/nikkei-hovers-near-29-year-peak-as-biden-edges-toward-victory-idUSL1N2HS06I | 2020-11-06 |
| Democrats are expected to nonetheless hold onto their majority in the new Congress that convenes on Jan | Neutral | WASHINGTON Some U.S. House of Representatives Democrats on Thursday blamed Tuesdays election losses on colleagues who embraced defunding police departments and policies according to sources familiar with a phone call they held | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-congress-democrats/glum-u-s-house-democrats-lament-2020-election-losses-idUSKBN27L33H | 2020-11-06 |
| U.S. stock market futures were marginally higher late on Wednesday as the presidential election race remained cloudy and the likelihood of gridlock in Congress made investors optimistic that major policy changes would be difficult to enact | Negative | U.S. stock market futures were marginally higher late on Wednesday as the presidential election race remained cloudy and the likelihood of gridlock in Congress made investors optimistic that major policy changes would be difficult to enact | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-stocks/sp-500-futures-rise-as-u-s-election-suggests-less-regulatory-risk-idUSKBN27K0ZG | 2020-11-05 |
| Overnight Wall Street main indexes surged as the likelihood of gridlock in Congress made investors optimistic that major policy changes would be difficult to enact | Negative | TOKYO Nov 5 Japanese shares extended their gains on Thursday with investors awaiting final vote counts for the U.S. presidential election after results from several states gave a narrow lead to Democrat Joe Biden | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/japan-stocks-midday/nikkei-tracks-wall-st-higher-as-u-s-election-vote-count-goes-on-idUSL1N2HR07B | 2020-11-05 |
| WASHINGTON Many Wall Street banks favorite lawmakers were returned to Congress overnight boding well for the industry which has been trying to rebuild a broad base of bipartisan support a decade after the financial crisis tarnished its image in Washington | Neutral | WASHINGTON Many Wall Street banks favorite lawmakers were returned to Congress overnight boding well for the industry which has been trying to rebuild a broad base of bipartisan support a decade after the financial crisis tarnished its image in Washington | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-election-congress-finance/u-s-banks-see-several-allies-returned-to-key-congressional-seats-idUSKBN27K0WT | 2020-11-04 |
| The U.S. State Departments formal notification gives Congress 30 days to object to any sales which is unlikely given broad bipartisan support for the defense of Taiwan | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. State Department cleared the potential sale of four sophisticated U.S.made aerial drones to Taiwan in a formal notification sent to Congress the Pentagon said on Tuesday the last step before finalizing a weapons sale that will further anger China | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-usa-taiwan-arms/u-s-congress-notified-of-drone-sale-to-taiwan-pentagon-idUSKBN27J2R7 | 2020-11-04 |
| MEXICO CITY The Congress of the Mexican state of Puebla voted to legalize samesex marriages by an overwhelming majority on Tuesday marking a step forward for LGBT rights in the predominantly Roman Catholic Latin American country | Positive | MEXICO CITY The Congress of the Mexican state of Puebla voted to legalize samesex marriages by an overwhelming majority on Tuesday marking a step forward for LGBT rights in the predominantly Roman Catholic Latin American country | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-mexico-lgbt-marriage/conservative-mexican-state-of-puebla-legalizes-same-sex-marriage-idUSKBN27K04Z | 2020-11-04 |
| A Mississippi legislator and veteran Congressman are seeking criminal charges after Reuters exposed previously unreported details in the 2018 death of inmate Harvey Hill at the Madison County Detention Center | Negative | A Mississippi legislator and veteran Congressman are seeking criminal charges after Reuters exposed previously unreported details in the 2018 death of inmate Harvey Hill at the Madison County Detention Center | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-jails-mississippi/mississippi-state-federal-lawmakers-seek-inquiry-after-reuters-report-of-jail-beating-death-idUSKBN27I2OP | 2020-11-03 |
| The request to void votes is wholly Democratic groups including the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee said on Friday in a motion asking to intervene in the case | Negative | A group of Texas Republicans have lost one of two legal challenges they brought in the hope of halting drivethrough voting in Houston and having more than 120000 votes thrown out | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-texas/texan-republicans-lose-bid-to-halt-drive-through-voting-but-fight-continues-idUSKBN27H1Q0 | 2020-11-02 |
| Trump tried and failed to get Congress to repeal the ACA in his first fouryear term and is likely to continue to it in some form during a second term | Negative | Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden wants to expand the Affordable Care Act President Barack Obamas signature healthcare legislation and then name it after himself | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-usa-election-healthcare-economy-analy/analysis-bidencare-or-trumpcare-health-plans-will-affect-the-u-s-economy-differently-idUSKBN27H19M | 2020-11-02 |
| If both fail to follow up on reforms new mechanisms will be in place to allow Congress to dissolve the USOPC board and decertify NGBs | Positive | U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday signed into law a bill designed to give Olympic athletes greater protection and more input into decision making in the wake of the Larry Nassar gymnastics sexual abuse scandal | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-olympics-usopc-reforms/trump-signs-u-s-reform-bill-into-law-after-nassar-abuse-scandal-idUSKBN27G0VZ | 2020-11-01 |
| The request is wholly Democratic groups including the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee said on Friday in a motion asking to intervene in the case | Negative | A federal judge in Texas scheduled an emergency hearing for Monday on whether Houston officials unlawfully allowed drivethrough voting and should toss more than 100000 votes in the Democraticleaning area | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-texas/u-s-judge-to-hear-republican-bid-to-void-100000-votes-in-texas-idUSKBN27G0W9 | 2020-11-01 |
| Biden and fellow Democrats in Congress have criticized the president for his handling of the health crisis | Negative | A record surge of coronavirus cases in the United States pushed hospitals closer to the brink of capacity and drove the number of infections reported on Friday to an ominous new daily world record of 100000 four days before the U.S. presidential election | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/with-election-looming-u-s-faces-record-surge-of-coronavirus-cases-idUSKBN27F1MO | 2020-10-31 |
| Congress at the end of 2019 declined to extend the cap to 600000 electric vehicles per carmaker | Negative | A central piece of Democratic presidential candidate Joe Bidens bid for the White House is a drastic change in U.S. environmental policy | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-usa-election-autos-biden-factbox/factbox-what-impact-would-a-biden-presidency-have-on-the-auto-industry-idUSKBN27F2EX | 2020-10-31 |
| Biden and fellow Democrats in Congress have excoriated Trump for his handling of the health crisis | Negative | WASHINGTON The White House coronavirus task force warned that much of the country is in the grips of an surge in COVID19 cases and urged tough countermeasures as the number of U.S. infections reported on Thursday hit a new daily record of more than 91000 | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/task-force-sees-unrelenting-covid-19-spread-daily-u-s-cases-up-by-record-91000-idUSKBN27E1YT | 2020-10-30 |
| On Wednesday Democrats in Congress said recent delays in some mail deliveries could jeopardize timely ballot deliveries | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Postal Service said on Thursday that it had delivered 122 million blank and completed ballots ahead of next Tuesdays presidential election in which there has been record early voting | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-postal/u-s-postal-service-has-delivered-122-million-ballots-ahead-of-election-idUSKBN27E3GY | 2020-10-30 |
| The final blueprint will be approved and published when the National Peoples Congress or parliament meets in its annual session next year | Positive | BEIJING Chinese President Xi Jinping and the Central Committee the largest of the ruling Communist Partys top decisionmaking bodies have concluded a fourday meeting on Chinas economic and social policy goals for the next five years | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-politics-plenum-factbox/factbox-key-details-from-fifth-plenum-of-chinas-communist-party-idUSKBN27E1XY | 2020-10-30 |
| WASHINGTON Democrats in Congress on Wednesday said reported delays in mail deliveries in some U.S. cites could jeopardize delivery of ballots ahead of next weeks presidential election | Negative | WASHINGTON Democrats in Congress on Wednesday said reported delays in mail deliveries in some U.S. cites could jeopardize delivery of ballots ahead of next weeks presidential election | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-post-office/democrats-raise-concerns-about-u-s-postal-delays-ahead-of-election-idUSKBN27D39A | 2020-10-29 |
| There are several pieces of legislation doing the rounds in Congress that seek to curb the same immunity. | Negative | The chief executives of Twitter Inc Facebook Inc and Alphabet Incs Google defended a law protecting internet companies before a Senate panel on Wednesday as lawmakers seek ways to hold Big Tech accountable for how they moderate content on their platforms | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-tech-section-230-explainer/explainer-whats-in-the-u-s-law-protecting-internet-companies-and-can-it-be-changed-idUSKBN27D265 | 2020-10-29 |
| SAN FRANCISCO The U.S. National Security Agency is rebuffing efforts by a leading Congressional critic to determine whether it is continuing to place socalled back doors into commercial technology products in a controversial practice that critics say damages both U.S. industry and national security | Negative | SAN FRANCISCO The U.S. National Security Agency is rebuffing efforts by a leading Congressional critic to determine whether it is continuing to place socalled back doors into commercial technology products in a controversial practice that critics say damages both U.S. industry and national security | http://www.reuters.com/innovation/article/us-usa-security-congress-insight/spy-agency-ducks-questions-about-back-doors-in-tech-products-idUSKBN27D1CS | 2020-10-29 |
| Legislation is pending in Congress that would give news publishers a fouryear safe harbor to negotiate with Facebook Google and other platforms collecting the bulk online advertising revenue | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Federal Trade Commission needs new powers to protect the struggling local news industry from unfair competition from large technology companies a senior lawmaker said | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-usa-media-congress/u-s-agency-needs-new-powers-to-protect-local-news-industry-senator-says-idUSKBN27C12Y | 2020-10-28 |
| Cantwell told Reuters that beyond just making sure that they news live to fight another Congress must address unfair facing local news outlets that hold governments and provide other services | Neutral | WASHINGTON The U.S. Federal Trade Commission needs new powers to protect the struggling local news industry from unfair competition from large technology companies a senior lawmaker said | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-usa-media-congress/u-s-agency-needs-new-powers-to-protect-local-news-industry-senator-says-idUSKBN27C12Y | 2020-10-28 |
| The move sparked outrage on the left with Representative Alexandria OcasioCortez one of the most liberal members of Congress tweeting expand the court | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump reveled in one of his signature achievements on Monday at a White House ceremony to celebrate U.S. Senate confirmation of his third Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett eight days before the election | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-court-barrett/trump-celebrates-at-white-house-as-supreme-court-nominee-confirmed-idUSKBN27B143 | 2020-10-27 |
| Any election dispute in Congress would play out ahead of a strict deadline Jan | Negative | President Donald Trump has claimed without evidence that unprecedented numbers of mailin ballots will lead to widespread fraud by Democrats in the November presidential election | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-election-contested-scenarios-expl/explainer-what-happens-if-the-u-s-election-is-contested-idUSKBN2781FS | 2020-10-24 |
| The parties could ask the Supreme Court to resolve any congressional stalemate but its not certain the court would be willing to adjudicate how Congress should count electoral votes | Positive | President Donald Trump has claimed without evidence that unprecedented numbers of mailin ballots will lead to widespread fraud by Democrats in the November presidential election | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-election-contested-scenarios-expl/explainer-what-happens-if-the-u-s-election-is-contested-idUSKBN2781FS | 2020-10-24 |
| Pelosi the top Democrat in Congress has been negotiating with Mnuchin to try to reach an agreement that could be worth around trillion before the presidential and congressional election | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Friday it still was possible to get another round of COVID19 aid before the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/banks/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/pelosi-trump-trade-blame-on-covid-19-stimulus-talks-senate-republicans-on-sidelines-idUSKBN278252 | 2020-10-24 |
| the day before on hopes the U.S. Congress and the White House would soon strike a deal on another round of COVID19 stimulus | Negative | European stocks boosted by Q3 earnings | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-earnings-lift-shares-gains-pared-by-u-s-election-caution-idUSL8N2HE4QA | 2020-10-24 |
| Israel enjoys broad support in Congress and if it opposed the deals it would be nearly impossible for them to advance | Negative | Israel said on Friday it will not oppose U.S. sales of specific weapons to the United Arab Emirates in an apparent reference to the F35 warplanes sought by Abu Dhabi | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-israel-emirates-usa-arms/israel-will-not-oppose-u-s-sale-of-f-35-to-uae-idUSKBN278297 | 2020-10-24 |
| WASHINGTON Congressional leaders are calling on the U.S. Department of Justice to strengthen its tracking of deaths in local jails following a Reuters investigation that identified thousands of inmate fatalities and spurred criticism from human rights groups | Negative | WASHINGTON Congressional leaders are calling on the U.S. Department of Justice to strengthen its tracking of deaths in local jails following a Reuters investigation that identified thousands of inmate fatalities and spurred criticism from human rights groups | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-jails-doj/congress-presses-doj-to-improve-jail-reporting-system-after-reuters-report-idUSKBN2761L9 | 2020-10-22 |
| The formal notification gives Congress 30 days to object to any sales but this is unlikely given broad bipartisan support for the defense of Taiwan | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. State Department has approved the potential sale of three weapons systems to Taiwan including sensors missiles and artillery that could have a total value of | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-usa-taiwan-arms/u-s-state-department-approves-1-8-bln-in-potential-arms-sales-to-taiwan-pentagon-idUSKBN27638I | 2020-10-22 |
| WASHINGTON Republicans are running short of time money and options to stop Democrats from winning a majority of seats in the U.S. Senate and with them full control of Congress in an election that is now only two weeks away | Positive | WASHINGTON Republicans are running short of time money and options to stop Democrats from winning a majority of seats in the U.S. Senate and with them full control of Congress in an election that is now only two weeks away | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-senate/republicans-running-short-on-time-and-money-to-defend-senate-majority-idUSKBN27518E | 2020-10-21 |
| WASHINGTON The White House and Democrats in the U.S. Congress moved closer to agreement on a new coronavirus relief package on Tuesday as President Donald Trump said he was willing to accept a large aid bill despite opposition from his own Republican Party | Positive | WASHINGTON The White House and Democrats in the U.S. Congress moved closer to agreement on a new coronavirus relief package on Tuesday as President Donald Trump said he was willing to accept a large aid bill despite opposition from his own Republican Party | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-coronavirus-aid-talks-imperiled-amid-republican-opposition-idUSKBN27518S | 2020-10-21 |
| The Trump administration which is also expected to offer economic aid must now notify the U.S. Congress of its intent to take Sudan off the terrorism list | Positive | President Donald Trump announced on Monday the United States would remove Sudan from its list of state sponsors of terrorism | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-sudan-usa/trump-u-s-to-remove-sudan-from-state-terrorism-sponsors-list-after-payment-to-victims-idUSKBN2742BE | 2020-10-20 |
| The National Peoples Congress Standing Committee voted to adopt the law on Saturday according to Xinhua and it would come into effect on April 15 2021 | Neutral | SHANGHAI Chinas top legislative body passed a new biosecurity law aimed at preventing and managing infectious diseases state news agency Xinhua reported late on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-parliament-biosecurity/china-passes-biosecurity-law-to-prevent-infectious-diseases-idUSKBN273064 | 2020-10-18 |
| The new Chinese law passed on Saturday by the National Peoples Congress Standing Committee the countrys top legislative body will take effect on Dec | Positive | SHANGHAI China passed a law restricting exports of controlled items allowing the government to act against countries that abuse export controls in a way that harms Chinas interests state media said | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-parliament-exports/china-passes-export-control-law-following-u-s-moves-idUSKBN27305U | 2020-10-18 |
| But Foley notes that some scholars and an analysis by the Congressional Research Service have rejected that conclusion | Negative | In the United States a candidate becomes president by securing the most votes rather than winning a majority of the national popular vote | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-dueling-electors-explain/explainer-dueling-electors-pose-risk-of-u-s-vote-deadlock-idUSKBN2712M7 | 2020-10-17 |
| Both chambers of Congress could accept the same slate of electors which would almost certainly put the matter to rest | Neutral | In the United States a candidate becomes president by securing the most votes rather than winning a majority of the national popular vote | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-dueling-electors-explain/explainer-dueling-electors-pose-risk-of-u-s-vote-deadlock-idUSKBN2712M7 | 2020-10-17 |
| According to legal experts it is unclear in this scenario whether Congress should accept the governors electoral slate or not count the states electoral votes at all | Negative | Joe Biden supporter Cindy Kalogeropoulos took no chances when her absentee ballot arrived on Sept | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-contested-insight/democrats-urge-early-voting-massive-turnout-as-trump-stokes-fears-of-contested-election-idUSKBN2701AN | 2020-10-16 |
| When Congress makes laws that overstep the Constitution it can be felt all across the state of Ernst said | Neutral | WASHINGTON Embattled Senate Republicans took advantage of the spotlight at Tuesdays confirmation hearing for President Donald Trumps third Supreme Court nominee to tout election concerns like healthcare police and even fundraising as they fight to keep their seats | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-court-barrett-election/supreme-court-confirmation-hearing-doubles-as-campaign-stop-for-embattled-republicans-idUSKBN26Z1CL | 2020-10-15 |
| WASHINGTON The White House is moving forward with more sales of sophisticated military equipment to Taiwan telling Congress on Tuesday that it will seek to sell Taipei MQ9 drones and a coastal defensive missile system sources familiar with the situation said | Negative | WASHINGTON The White House is moving forward with more sales of sophisticated military equipment to Taiwan telling Congress on Tuesday that it will seek to sell Taipei MQ9 drones and a coastal defensive missile system sources familiar with the situation said | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-usa-taiwan-arms-exclusive/exclusive-white-house-advances-drone-and-missile-sales-to-taiwan-sources-idUSKBN26Y2JM | 2020-10-14 |
| WASHINGTON The White House is moving forward with more sales of sophisticated military equipment to Taiwan telling Congress on Tuesday that it will seek to sell MQ9 drones and a coastal defensive missile system five sources familiar with the situation said | Negative | WASHINGTON The White House is moving forward with more sales of sophisticated military equipment to Taiwan telling Congress on Tuesday that it will seek to sell MQ9 drones and a coastal defensive missile system five sources familiar with the situation said | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-taiwan-arms-exclusive/exclusive-white-house-advances-drone-and-missile-sales-to-taiwan-sources-idUSKBN26Y2JM | 2020-10-14 |
| Wonder director Patty Jenkins is among dozens of top Hollywood names urging U.S. Congress to provide financial aid to help cinemas weather pandemic shutdowns | Positive | Walt Disney Cos revamp of its media and entertainment businesses represents Hollywoods latest move to prioritize streaming media raising questions about how much big media companies will continue to support movie theaters | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-walt-disney-restructuring-streaming-a/analysis-fewer-movies-in-theaters-big-media-turns-focus-to-streaming-video-idUSKBN26Y2XS | 2020-10-14 |
| The Justice Department arguing for the Census Bureau said complaints about the timeline should be raised with Congress which can extend the statutory deadline | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed President Donald Trumps administration to wind down population counting for the 2020 U.S. census earlier than originally planned in a blow to civil rights groups concerned about an undercount particularly of racial minorities | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-trump-census/u-s-supreme-court-allows-trump-to-wind-down-census-early-idUSKBN26Y308 | 2020-10-14 |
| Republican efforts to repeal Obamacare in Congress have failed | Negative | WASHINGTON Democratic senators including vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris on Monday painted President Donald Trumps Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett as a threat to the Obamacare healthcare law during a deadly pandemic and denounced the Republican drive to approve her before the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-court-barrett/harris-fellow-democrats-target-trump-supreme-court-nominee-on-obamacare-idUSKBN26X17X | 2020-10-13 |
| efforts to repeal Obamacare in Congress have failed. | Negative | Thomson Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN26X17X | 2020-10-13 |
| The Trump administration on Sunday called on the U.S. Congress to pass a strippeddown coronavirus relief bill after talks stalled on a more comprehensive stimulus deal | Negative | European shares hit a fiveweek high on Monday as optimism about a stable economic recovery in China and hopes of more U.S. fiscal stimulus helped offset concerns around surging COVID19 cases across the continent | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-europe-stocks/european-shares-hit-five-week-high-on-rebound-optimism-stimulus-hopes-idUSKBN26X26D | 2020-10-13 |
| However they said Congress should immediately on legislation to enable the use of the unused Paycheck Protection Program funds which total around billion | Positive | WASHINGTON The Trump administration on Sunday called on Congress to pass a strippeddown coronavirus relief bill using leftover funds from an expired small business loan program as negotiations on a broader package ran into resistance | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-health-coronavirus-congress-relief/white-house-seeks-limited-coronavirus-relief-bill-promises-further-talks-on-broader-stimulus-idUSKBN26W0QO | 2020-10-12 |
| WASHINGTON Oct 11 U.S. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin and White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows on Sunday called on Congress to pass a coronavirus relief bill using leftover funds from the paycheck protection program as negotiations on a more comprehensive package continue | Positive | WASHINGTON Oct 11 U.S. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin and White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows on Sunday called on Congress to pass a coronavirus relief bill using leftover funds from the paycheck protection program as negotiations on a more comprehensive package continue | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/health-coronavirus-congress-relief/white-house-calls-for-interim-coronavirus-relief-as-negotiations-continue-idUSW1N2GR05B | 2020-10-12 |
| WASHINGTON The Trump administration on Sunday called on Congress to pass a strippeddown coronavirus relief bill using leftover funds from an expired small business loan program as negotiations on a broader package ran into resistance | Negative | WASHINGTON The Trump administration on Sunday called on Congress to pass a strippeddown coronavirus relief bill using leftover funds from an expired small business loan program as negotiations on a broader package ran into resistance | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-health-coronavirus-congress-relief/white-house-seeks-limited-coronavirus-relief-bill-promises-further-talks-on-broader-stimulus-idUSKBN26W0QO | 2020-10-12 |
| Congress looks at the prior years average detention numbers to decide how much to allocate to ICE and its parent agency the U.S. Department of Homeland Security in the future | Negative | The 31yearold Cuban rancher arrived at the U.S.Mexico border after crossing through nearly a dozen countries to seek political asylum in the United States | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-immigration-detention-insight/amid-pandemic-sharply-increased-u-s-detention-times-put-migrants-at-risk-idUSKBN26U15Y | 2020-10-10 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin failed on Friday to reach agreement on a COVID19 stimulus package while the top Senate Republican voiced doubt that Congress would act before the Nov | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin failed on Friday to reach agreement on a COVID19 stimulus package while the top Senate Republican voiced doubt that Congress would act before the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/pelosi-mnuchin-fail-to-reach-covid-19-stimulus-deal-but-talks-go-on-amid-republican-doubts-idUSKBN26U1RM | 2020-10-10 |
| In response ICE said that 2020 was an exceptional year due to the pandemic and Congress would likely take this into account when setting next years funding levels | Positive | The 31yearold Cuban rancher arrived at the U.S.Mexico border after crossing through nearly a dozen countries to seek political asylum in the United States | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-immigration-detention-insight/amid-pandemic-sharply-increased-u-s-detention-times-put-migrants-at-risk-idUSKBN26U15Y | 2020-10-10 |
| WASHINGTON One week after Republican President Donald Trump announced he had COVID19 Democrats in Congress on Friday proposed creating a commission to help decide whether to transfer a future U.S. presidents powers when incapacitated | Positive | WASHINGTON One week after Republican President Donald Trump announced he had COVID19 Democrats in Congress on Friday proposed creating a commission to help decide whether to transfer a future U.S. presidents powers when incapacitated | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-health-coronavirus-trump-congress/in-face-of-trumps-covid-19-case-democrats-seek-to-set-up-commission-on-incapacitated-presidents-idUSKBN26U200 | 2020-10-10 |
| Had Treasury met the deadline set by Congress many of these jobs would have been the report said | Positive | CHICAGO U.S. aviation contractors laid off thousands of workers due to delays in payroll aid from the U.S. Treasury that was meant to protect jobs an investigation by a U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee found | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-treasury-contracto/aviation-contractors-axed-jobs-as-u-s-delayed-aid-house-panel-finds-idUSKBN26U2LY | 2020-10-10 |
| Aviation contractors were awarded billion under the first CARES Act and could see those funds extended for another six months if Congress passes a second stimulus package | Positive | CHICAGO U.S. aviation contractors laid off thousands of workers due to delays in payroll aid from the U.S. Treasury that was meant to protect jobs an investigation by a U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee found | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-treasury-contracto/aviation-contractors-axed-jobs-as-u-s-delayed-aid-house-panel-finds-idUSKBN26U2LY | 2020-10-10 |
| The notification alerts the U.S. Congress that a sale to a foreign country has been approved but does not indicate that a contract has been signed or negotiations have concluded | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. State Department has approved the potential sale of U.S.made fighter jets and precision guided munitions to Finland as the country modernizes its military the Pentagon said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-usa-finland-defense/u-s-approves-possible-sale-of-fighter-jets-missiles-to-finland-idUSKBN26U1XJ | 2020-10-10 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday said legislation to help airline companies survive the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic could only move through Congress with guarantees that a comprehensive aid bill would be developed too | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday said legislation to help airline companies survive the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic could only move through Congress with guarantees that a comprehensive aid bill would be developed too | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/pelosi-mnuchin-search-for-common-ground-as-u-s-covid-19-talks-resume-idUSKBN26T2H9 | 2020-10-09 |
| U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday said talks with Congress had restarted on targeted fiscal relief after calling off negotiations earlier this week | Positive | NEW YORK Oct 8 Asian shares were set to track Wall Street gains on Friday as revived hopes for a U.S. stimulus deal helped investors overlook weakerthanexpected jobs data and growing global coronavirus cases | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-asian-markets-to-inch-up-as-u-s-stimulus-talks-restart-idUSL1N2GZ2DK | 2020-10-09 |
| Amtrak last month told Congress it needs up to | Neutral | U.S. governmentsupported passenger railroad Amtrak said on Thursday that without a new government bailout it could be forced to cut more spending and train services which could lead to the loss of another 2400 jobs | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-amtrak/u-s-railroad-amtrak-warns-of-2400-additional-job-losses-without-new-bailout-idUSKBN26T3FS | 2020-10-09 |
| The U.S. Congress has failed to act on proposals to create standards and safety regulations the industry can rely on as a legal shield when deploying selfdriving vehicles | Negative | DETROIT Waymo on Thursday will relaunch and expand its fully automated robotaxi ride hailing service in Phoenix rebooting its effort to transform years of autonomous vehicle research into a revenueproducing business | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-waymo-autonomous-phoenix/waymo-opens-driverless-robo-taxi-service-to-the-public-in-phoenix-idUSKBN26T2Y3 | 2020-10-09 |
| A surge in COVID19 cases in a number of U.S. states and rollercoaster prospects for new pandemic aid from Congress are threatening to push the importance of traditional economic data to the back burner for voters in the Nov | Negative | A surge in COVID19 cases in a number of U.S. states and rollercoaster prospects for new pandemic aid from Congress are threatening to push the importance of traditional economic data to the back burner for voters in the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-usa-election-economy-graphic/viral-surge-fiscal-fight-may-sway-u-s-voters-more-than-data-idUSKBN26U0DW | 2020-10-09 |
| U.S. President Donald Trump said talks with Congress had restarted on targeted fiscal relief after abruptly calling off negotiations earlier this week | Positive | TOKYO Oct 9 Japanese stocks were on course for their biggest weekly gain in two months on Friday on hopes of more stimulus in the United States even though some investors doubted the chances of a deal in the run up to the U.S. presidential election | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/japan-stocks-midday/japan-stocks-head-for-weekly-gain-on-u-s-stimulus-hopes-idUSL4N2H00DG | 2020-10-09 |
| The Justice Department arguing for the Census Bureau said complaints about the timeline should be raised with Congress which can extend the statutory deadlines | Positive | WASHINGTON The Trump administration on Wednesday sought help from the U.S. Supreme Court in its effort to wind down counting for the 2020 U.S. census | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-census-ruling/trump-administration-asks-u-s-high-court-to-lift-order-extending-census-count-idUSKBN26T05C | 2020-10-08 |
| Later on however Trump urged Congress to provide stimulus checks for Americans and other support for airlines and small businesses | Neutral | European stocks mostly fell on Wednesday failing to join a recovery in global equities following a selloff on doubts over U.S. stimulus with bluechip shares weighing the most | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-europe-stocks/lower-european-shares-buck-global-trend-idUSKBN26S0XT | 2020-10-08 |
| The report also urged Congress to allow antitrust enforcers more leeway in stopping companies from purchasing potential rivals something that is now difficult | Negative | A U.S. House of Representatives panel looking into abuses of market power by four of the biggest technology companies found they used killer to smite rivals charged exorbitant fees and forced small businesses into contracts in the name of profit | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-tech-antitrust-congress/u-s-lawmakers-detail-big-techs-market-abuses-and-press-for-strict-reform-idUSKBN26R3H7 | 2020-10-07 |
| JOHANNESBURG South African elite police unit Hawks said it was not aware of any arrest warrant for African National Congress Secretary General Ace Magashule following media reports his arrest was imminent | Negative | JOHANNESBURG South African elite police unit Hawks said it was not aware of any arrest warrant for African National Congress Secretary General Ace Magashule following media reports his arrest was imminent | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-safrica-corruption/south-africa-hawks-police-not-aware-of-imminent-arrest-of-ancs-magashule-idUSKBN26S01X | 2020-10-07 |
| Congress is unlikely to act on the findings this year | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives antitrust subcommittees findings on abuse of market power by four large tech companies is expected to be broken up into three reports according to two sources with direct knowledge of the matter as bipartisanship among committee members appeared to break down | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-usa-tech-antitrust/u-s-house-antitrust-findings-on-big-tech-likely-in-three-reports-sources-idUSKBN26R2V6 | 2020-10-07 |
| Trumps announcement in a tweet came on the heels of U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powells warning of dire economic repercussions if Congress failed to pass additional fiscal stimulus | Negative | NEW YORK Wall Street took a nosedive late in the session on Tuesday reversing solid gains to close deep in negative territory after President Donald Trump announced he was calling off talks on coronavirus relief legislation until after the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-global-markets/u-s-stocks-take-a-dive-after-trump-halts-stimulus-talks-idUSKBN26R02E | 2020-10-07 |
| U.S. President Donald Trump said late on Tuesday Congress should quickly extend billion in new payroll assistance to U.S. passenger airlines furloughing thousands of workers as air travel remains down sharply amid the coronavirus pandemic | Negative | U.S. President Donald Trump said late on Tuesday Congress should quickly extend billion in new payroll assistance to U.S. passenger airlines furloughing thousands of workers as air travel remains down sharply amid the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-airlines/trump-urges-congress-to-provide-25-billion-bailout-for-u-s-airlines-idUSKBN26R3I8 | 2020-10-07 |
| American Airlines will end service to 11 smaller airports on Wednesday after Congress failed to approve additional aid | Negative | U.S. President Donald Trump said late on Tuesday Congress should quickly extend billion in new payroll assistance to U.S. passenger airlines furloughing thousands of workers as air travel remains down sharply amid the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-airlines/trump-urges-congress-to-provide-25-billion-bailout-for-u-s-airlines-idUSKBN26R3I8 | 2020-10-07 |
| Expectations that U.S. Congress will pass a stimulus package to support the pandemicstricken economy remain low ahead of the presidential election in November | Negative | By Eimi Yamamitsu | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-dollar-treads-water-as-markets-await-news-on-trumps-health-idUSL4N2GW03L | 2020-10-05 |
| Congress in March approved a billion bailout for the passenger airline industry half primarily in the form of grants to fund payroll costs and half in government loans | Neutral | U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Friday asked airlines to halt furloughs and firings saying a longawaited deal to provide another billion in aid for the struggling sector was imminent | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/health-coronavirus-usa-airlines/pelosi-says-airline-aid-deal-is-near-asks-for-halt-to-job-cuts-idUSKBN26O05L | 2020-10-03 |
| Chief Judge Sharon Prost dissented citing Congress desire for efficient procedures to help lowcost generic drugs enter the marketplace | Neutral | A federal appeals court on Friday reinstated a 2017 jury verdict ordering Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd to pay GlaxoSmithKline Plc | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-teva-glaxosmithkline/u-s-appeals-court-revives-glaxo-235-5-million-verdict-against-teva-idUSKBN26N2R8 | 2020-10-03 |
| In the absence of federal legislation in the bitterly divided U.S. Congress targeting climate change the lawsuits are the latest effort to force action via litigation | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear an appeal by energy companies including BP PLC Chevron Corp Exxon Mobil Corp and Royal Dutch Shell PLC contesting a lawsuit by the city of Baltimore seeking damages for the impact of global climate change | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-court-climate/supreme-court-takes-up-energy-companies-appeal-over-baltimore-climate-suit-idUSKBN26N2DB | 2020-10-03 |
| American Airlines and United Airlines began furloughing 32000 workers this week but reiterated on Friday that they would reverse course if Congress acts quickly to extend the payroll support program | Negative | U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Friday asked airlines to halt furloughs and firings saying a longawaited deal to provide another billion in aid for the struggling sector was imminent | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/health-coronavirus-usa-airlines/pelosi-says-airline-aid-deal-is-near-asks-for-halt-to-job-cuts-idUSKBN26O05L | 2020-10-03 |
| If both fail to follow up on reforms new mechanisms would be in place to allow Congress to dissolve the USOPC board and decertify NGBs | Positive | Legislation that will trigger a massive overhaul of the U.S. Olympic system offering athletes greater protection and more input into decision making was unanimously passed by the House of Representatives on Thursday and sent to the White House for President Donald Trumps signature | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-olympics-usopc-reforms/u-s-olympic-reform-bill-approved-by-congress-awaits-trump-signature-idUSKBN26M7L0 | 2020-10-02 |
| They asked Congress to redirect unspent funds from the coronavirus aid package passed earlier this year or enact new proposals that would help movie theaters weather the pandemic | Neutral | LOS ANGELES Oscarwinning film directors James Cameron Clint Eastwood and Martin Scorsese joined forces with movie theater owners on Wednesday in an appeal for financial help saying they feared for the future of the industry | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-movie-theaters/scorsese-eastwood-say-u-s-movie-theaters-may-not-survive-pandemic-idUSKBN26M426 | 2020-10-01 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi is rallying Democrats to prepare for a onceinacentury election scenario requiring Congress to decide the outcome of the presidential race if neither Democrat Joe Biden nor President Donald Trump wins outright | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi is rallying Democrats to prepare for a onceinacentury election scenario requiring Congress to decide the outcome of the presidential race if neither Democrat Joe Biden nor President Donald Trump wins outright | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-house/pelosi-eyes-possible-u-s-house-role-in-calling-presidential-election-idUSKBN26J2A6 | 2020-09-29 |
| The opposition Democratic Alliance had accused MapisaNqakula of misusing state resources by letting the group from the ruling African National Congress travel with her to Harare in September | Negative | JOHANNESBURG South Africas president has reprimanded defense minister Nosiviwe MapisaNqakula and docked her pay for three months for taking a delegation to Zimbabwe on an air force plane his office said | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-safrica-politics/south-african-defense-ministers-pay-docked-over-use-of-military-plane-idUSKBN26I07M | 2020-09-28 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi the top Democrat in Congress said on Sunday she thinks a deal can be reached with the White House on a coronavirus relief package and that talks were continuing | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi the top Democrat in Congress said on Sunday she thinks a deal can be reached with the White House on a coronavirus relief package and that talks were continuing | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/pelosi-expresses-hope-deal-can-be-reached-with-white-house-on-covid-19-relief-idUSKBN26I0RF | 2020-09-28 |
| Few investors now expect the U.S. Congress to pass any stimulus package seen as vital to support the pandemicstricken economy before the election | Positive | By Hideyuki Sano | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-dollar-near-2-month-high-as-investors-look-to-more-data-u-s-political-developments-idUSL4N2GP08M | 2020-09-28 |
| The two top Republicans in Congress Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy did not attend the ceremony | Negative | WASHINGTON Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg a champion of gender equality made history again on Friday as the first woman and first Jewish person to lie in state in the U.S. Capitol in a ceremony marked by soaring music tears and even pushups | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-court-ginsburg-capitol/tears-push-ups-mark-historic-goodbye-for-ginsburg-at-u-s-capitol-idUSKCN26G1F6 | 2020-09-26 |
| Only Congress has the power to create a federal holiday but Trump could help introduce a measure for lawmakers to pass | Positive | ATLANTA President Donald Trump made a series of promises at a campaign event in Atlanta on Friday in a bid to woo Black voters including establishing Juneteenth which commemorates the end of U.S. slavery as a federal holiday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-trump-juneteenth/trump-pledges-to-make-juneteenth-federal-holiday-in-bid-for-black-voters-idUSKCN26G326 | 2020-09-26 |
| Volatility has also shot up as investors look for clarity on whether Congress will approve more stimulus ahead of the Nov | Neutral | Technology stocks again rode to Wall Streets rescue on Friday lifting the main indexes more than but the Dow and the 500 still posted their longest weekly losing streaks in a year as fears of a slowing economy sparked an almost monthlong rout | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-stocks/wall-street-ends-higher-as-tech-rally-squashes-virus-fears-but-sp-down-for-week-idUSKCN26G1MY | 2020-09-26 |
| As much as billion from the U.S. Congress last big coronavirus aid package is unused and could help households and businesses if lawmakers approve Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Thursday | Positive | As much as billion from the U.S. Congress last big coronavirus aid package is unused and could help households and businesses if lawmakers approve Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-fed/mnuchin-powell-say-some-380-billion-in-unused-aid-could-help-u-s-economy-idUSKCN26F2QA | 2020-09-25 |
| Congressional Republicans on Thursday issued statements assuring American voters that Novembers election outcome will be accepted but did not openly condemn Trump who is also a Republican | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders said on Thursday that President Donald Trump is prepared to undermine American democracy in order to stay in and called for an independent commission to oversee the upcoming U.S. elections | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-election-transfer-sanders/sanders-warns-about-u-s-transfer-of-power-says-trump-prepared-to-undermine-democracy-idUSKCN26F33O | 2020-09-25 |
| The focus on reallocating unused sums from the earlier relief package has emerged as Congress remains deadlocked over providing new fiscal relief less than six weeks before Election Day | Positive | As much as billion from the U.S. Congress last big coronavirus aid package is unused and could help households and businesses if lawmakers approve Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-fed/mnuchin-powell-say-some-380-billion-in-unused-aid-could-help-u-s-economy-idUSKCN26F2QA | 2020-09-25 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Congress will try again in 2021 to try to approve longstalled reforms to speed the adoption of selfdriving cars a key Democratic lawmaker said Wednesday | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Congress will try again in 2021 to try to approve longstalled reforms to speed the adoption of selfdriving cars a key Democratic lawmaker said Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-autos-self-driving-congress/congress-will-try-again-in-2021-on-self-driving-car-reform-idUSKCN26E2RA | 2020-09-24 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Congress and the Federal Reserve both need to stay with in working to bolster the economic recovery Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said on Wednesday | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Congress and the Federal Reserve both need to stay with in working to bolster the economic recovery Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-usa-fed-powell-recovery/powell-congress-and-fed-both-need-to-stay-with-it-to-bolster-recovery-idUSKCN26E2V3 | 2020-09-24 |
| I should note that the paper by Jennings and Acharya discusses other ways that a Democratic Congress and president could rein in a conservative Supreme Court | Positive | NEW YORK President Donald Trump and Republicans in the U.S. Senate are barreling forward with plans to lock down conservative control of the U.S. Supreme Court for decades to come | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/supreme-court/article/us-usa-court-frankel-column/column-how-democrats-could-curb-a-conservative-scotus-without-court-packing-frankel-idUSKCN26E3A9 | 2020-09-24 |
| The UK government tightened social restrictions to curb rises in COVID19 cases while many U.S. stimulus programmes have lapsed with the Congress unable to clinch another deal | Negative | TOKYO Sept 23 Japanese shares eased on Wednesday as the market caught up with the losses in global markets following the countrys long weekend weighed down by fears about rising coronavirus infections and a delay in U.S. fiscal stimulus | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/japan-stocks-close/nikkei-ticks-down-on-virus-and-stimulus-worries-after-long-weekend-idUSL3N2GK1OW | 2020-09-23 |
| Last week 173 members of the U.S. Congress called for DHS Inspector General Joseph Cuffari to open an immediate investigation into the reports saying in a statement they were horrified | Negative | MEXICO CITY Mexico is interviewing at least six women who may have been subject to improper medical procedures including hysterectomies at a U.S. immigration detention center in Georgia Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-immigration-mexico/unacceptable-if-mexicans-subjected-to-medical-abuse-in-u-s-custody-minister-says-idUSKCN26D1XN | 2020-09-23 |
| The U.S. economy risks a longer slower recovery and recessionary if Congress fails to pass an additional fiscal stimulus package Chicago Federal Reserve President Charles Evans said | Negative | Dollar holds strong gains against European currencies | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-dollar-gains-on-virus-woes-aussie-hit-by-rate-outlook-idUSL3N2GK0E1 | 2020-09-23 |
| Trump and his intelligence officials have said China was favoring Democratic challenger Joe Biden while Democrats in Congress have said Russia is being more aggressive | Negative | The U.S. accounts had fewer followers and posted content fueling both sides of the American election that will be held on Nov | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-facebook-takedowns/facebook-removes-chinese-accounts-active-in-philippines-and-u-s-politics-idUSKCN26D2UA | 2020-09-23 |
| Senate could also vote in a lameduck session after the election before a new Congress is sworn in on Jan | Neutral | Thomson Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/idUSKCN26D1GU | 2020-09-23 |
| Congress for its part is at a stalemate over providing further coronavirusrelated aid with dwindling expectations for action on any bill before the November election | Negative | Top U.S. economic policymakers opened the door on Tuesday to further aid for small businesses hit by the coronavirustriggered recession but differed over how broad it might extend and the manner in which it should be delivered | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-fed/fed-treasury-chiefs-back-more-aid-for-small-business-but-leave-details-fuzzy-idUSKCN26D0GD | 2020-09-23 |
| The Senate could also vote in a lameduck session after the election before a new Congress is sworn in on Jan | Neutral | WASHINGTON Senate Republicans including Mitt Romney on Tuesday lined up behind President Donald Trumps push to widen the U.S. Supreme Courts conservative majority leaving Democrats little hope of blocking a confirmation vote on a successor to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg that could come before the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-court/u-s-senate-republicans-romney-pave-way-for-vote-on-trump-supreme-court-pick-idUSKCN26D1GU | 2020-09-23 |
| McConnell has time as a new Congress will not be sworn in until Jan | Neutral | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump raced on Monday to cement a conservative majority on the U.S. Supreme Court before the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-court-ginsburg/trump-to-reveal-supreme-court-pick-by-saturday-in-bid-to-fill-seat-before-election-idUSKCN26C1UE | 2020-09-22 |
| Congress has for weeks remained deadlocked over the size and shape of another coronavirusresponse bill on top of the roughly trillion already enacted into law | Neutral | NEW YORK Wall Streets main indexes tumbled on Monday as concerns about new lockdowns in Europe and possible delays in fresh stimulus from Congress raised fears the U.S. economy faces a longer road to recovery than previously hoped for | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-stocks/wall-street-ends-lower-on-lockdown-fears-likely-delay-of-stimulus-idUSKCN26C1JP | 2020-09-22 |
| NEW YORK Wall Streets main indexes tumbled on Monday as concerns about new lockdowns in Europe and possible delays in fresh stimulus from Congress raised fears the U.S. economy faces a longer road to recovery than previously hoped for | Negative | NEW YORK Wall Streets main indexes tumbled on Monday as concerns about new lockdowns in Europe and possible delays in fresh stimulus from Congress raised fears the U.S. economy faces a longer road to recovery than previously hoped for | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-stocks/wall-street-ends-lower-on-lockdown-fears-likely-delay-of-stimulus-idUSKCN26C1JP | 2020-09-22 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Congress this week will consider legislation funding the federal government through midDecember with lawmakers hoping to avoid the spectacle of a government shutdown amid a pandemic and just weeks before the Nov | Neutral | WASHINGTON The U.S. Congress this week will consider legislation funding the federal government through midDecember with lawmakers hoping to avoid the spectacle of a government shutdown amid a pandemic and just weeks before the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-congress/house-democrats-file-bill-to-fund-u-s-government-but-leave-out-new-farm-money-idUSKCN26C194 | 2020-09-22 |
| WASHINGTON Advocates of legislation to beef up the U.S. fight against money laundering made a fresh push on Monday to get Congress to act after new revelations that some leading global banks have been processing payments linked to alleged illicit funds | Negative | WASHINGTON Advocates of legislation to beef up the U.S. fight against money laundering made a fresh push on Monday to get Congress to act after new revelations that some leading global banks have been processing payments linked to alleged illicit funds | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-banking-fincen-congress/u-s-policymakers-seize-on-fincen-leaks-to-press-for-stepped-up-money-laundering-fight-idUSKCN26C329 | 2020-09-22 |
| Congress in March approved billion in payroll assistance but required airlines not to cut jobs or flights through Sept | Positive | WASHINGTON Two key Republican senators on Monday introduced legislation that would authorize | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-airlines/two-key-gop-senators-propose-28-8-billion-in-airline-assistance-to-avoid-job-cuts-idUSKCN26C333 | 2020-09-22 |
| Proponents hope the FinCEN Files will spur Congress to pass something before the end of the year | Positive | WASHINGTON Advocates of legislation to beef up the U.S. fight against money laundering made a fresh push on Monday to get Congress to act after new revelations that some leading global banks have been processing payments linked to alleged illicit funds | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-banking-fincen-congress/u-s-policymakers-seize-on-fincen-leaks-to-press-for-stepped-up-money-laundering-fight-idUSKCN26C329 | 2020-09-22 |
| Congress also set aside another billion in government loans for airlines but many have opted not to tap them | Neutral | WASHINGTON Two key Republican senators on Monday introduced legislation that would authorize | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-airlines/two-key-gop-senators-propose-28-8-billion-in-airline-assistance-to-avoid-job-cuts-idUSKCN26C333 | 2020-09-22 |
| Seven members of the Fed will speak this week including chairman Jerome Powell appearing before Congressional committees so investors will be looking for hints to determine the dollars direction | Neutral | For Reuters Live Markets blog please click prices adds comment and | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-shares-fall-sharply-investors-seek-safety-as-covid-19-cases-rise-idUSL5N2GI2YJ | 2020-09-22 |
| In written answers to Reuters questions Adu Boahen dismissed the opposition National Democratic Congresss criticism of the listing and said Agyapa Royalties registration in Jersey is for tax efficiency | Negative | Ghana Africas largest gold producer is planning an up to million listing of its gold royalty fund in London in October though the deal could still run into political opposition three sources familiar with the matter told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-agyapa-ipo/ghana-plans-500-million-london-listing-of-gold-royalty-fund-sources-idUSKCN26C29N | 2020-09-22 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Representative Jahana Hayes tested positive for coronavirus on Sunday and has decided to quarantine for 14 days she said on Twitter becoming the latest member of Congress to test positive for COVID19 | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. Representative Jahana Hayes tested positive for coronavirus on Sunday and has decided to quarantine for 14 days she said on Twitter becoming the latest member of Congress to test positive for COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-hayes/u-s-representative-jahana-hayes-tests-positive-for-covid-19-idUSKCN26B0VG | 2020-09-21 |
| Hayes on Twitter said that though maskwearing social distancing and cleaning precautions are taken in the House of Representatives members of Congress are not regularly tested for COVID19 | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. Representative Jahana Hayes tested positive for coronavirus on Sunday and has decided to quarantine for 14 days she said on Twitter becoming the latest member of Congress to test positive for COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-hayes/u-s-representative-jahana-hayes-tests-positive-for-covid-19-idUSKCN26B0VG | 2020-09-21 |
| He said on Congress would have to act and expanding the court would be the right place to start | Positive | FAYETTEVILLE President Donald Trump said on Saturday he will nominate a woman to sit on the U.S. Supreme Court a move that would tip the court further to the right following the death of liberal Ruth Bader Ginsburg | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/supreme-court/article/us-usa-court-ginsburg/trump-will-nominate-a-woman-next-week-to-succeed-ginsburg-on-supreme-court-idUSKCN26A0IM | 2020-09-21 |
| A bill introduced in Brazils Congress in February proposes opening indigenous land in the Amazon and elsewhere to mining hydroelectric plants oil and gas projects and livestock farming | Negative | A bill introduced in Brazils Congress in February proposes opening indigenous land in the Amazon and elsewhere to mining hydroelectric plants oil and gas projects and livestock farming | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-mining-indigenous-climatechang/surge-in-forest-loss-seen-if-brazil-indigenous-reserves-opened-to-mining-idUSKBN2692HO | 2020-09-19 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburgs death on Friday kicked off a monumental battle in Congress as Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell invited President Donald Trump to promptly nominate a replacement ignoring pleas by Democrats to await the results of the Nov | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburgs death on Friday kicked off a monumental battle in Congress as Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell invited President Donald Trump to promptly nominate a replacement ignoring pleas by Democrats to await the results of the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-court-ginsburg-congress/ginsburg-death-ignites-fierce-u-s-senate-battle-and-stirs-scalias-ghost-idUSKBN26A03V | 2020-09-19 |
| Engel said Congress would not support a free trade agreement between the United States and the United Kingdom if Britain failed to uphold its commitments with Northern Ireland | Negative | LONDON U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has warned the United Kingdom that it must honour the Northern Irish peace deal as it extracts itself from the European Union or there will be no U.S. trade deal | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-britain-eu/biden-warns-uk-on-brexit-no-trade-deal-unless-you-respect-northern-irish-peace-deal-idUSKBN2680R7 | 2020-09-17 |
| Members of Congress had objected to the transactions concerned they would exacerbate the huge humanitarian cost of the war in Yemen possibly leaving U.S. officials vulnerable to war crimes charges | Negative | WASHINGTON Top aides to U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo went before a congressional committee on Wednesday to defend President Donald Trumps dismissal of the former State Department inspector general as he investigated weapons sales to Saudi Arabia and allegations that Pompeo misused department funds | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-pompeo-inspectorgeneral/u-s-house-democrats-attack-pompeo-aides-on-saudi-weapons-cite-war-crimes-concerns-idUSKBN2672FJ | 2020-09-17 |
| Underscoring tensions between Congress and the administration over Linicks firing Bulatao and String agreed to testify only after the panel announced subpoenas | Negative | WASHINGTON Top aides to U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo went before a congressional committee on Wednesday to defend President Donald Trumps dismissal of the former State Department inspector general as he investigated weapons sales to Saudi Arabia and allegations that Pompeo misused department funds | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-pompeo-inspectorgeneral/u-s-house-democrats-attack-pompeo-aides-on-saudi-weapons-cite-war-crimes-concerns-idUSKBN2672FJ | 2020-09-17 |
| With time running out it is increasingly unlikely that Congress will approve reforms before it adjourns for the year | Neutral | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate Commerce Committee on Wednesday postponed consideration of a bill to overhaul how the Federal Aviation Administration certifies new airplanes in the wake of two fatal Boeing 737 MAX crashes | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-boeing-737max-reform/u-s-senate-panel-delays-vote-on-aircraft-certification-reforms-idUSKBN2672EB | 2020-09-17 |
| USIP is a nonpartisan federal institution set up by the U.S. Congress in 1984 that works to prevent conflict abroad | Negative | The award the first of its kind bestowed by the USIP recognises the crucial role women play in preventing conflict and forging peace and reconciliation in wartorn countries | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-global-women-southsudan-award-trfn/south-sudanese-fighter-for-womens-voices-honored-by-u-s-peace-group-idUSKBN2663F8 | 2020-09-16 |
| Meanwhile Congress is expected to focus in coming weeks on passing legislation funding the government beyond Sept | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Tuesday said Democrats were open to delaying an October recess to get a deal with Republicans on a new coronavirus aid bill as the White House signaled that a | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/white-house-open-to-problem-solvers-compromise-in-coronavirus-aid-fight-idUSKBN2661W1 | 2020-09-16 |
| But Congress was expected to back Guedes in stopping Bolsonaro from spending on new social programs | Positive | BRASILIA Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Tuesday said he was scrapping plans to launch a new social welfare program called Renda Brasil and would instead keep a conditional cash transfer program begun by previous leftist governments | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-politics/brazils-bolsonaro-scraps-new-welfare-plan-economy-minister-plays-down-rift-idUSKBN2662M6 | 2020-09-16 |
| Congress has tried without success to build consensus on federal consumer privacy legislation which the Trump administration signaled support for | Negative | The regulation of big technology companies including Facebook Inc and Alphabet Incs Google has been a hot button issue ahead of the U.S. presidential election on Nov | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-usa-election-tech-factbox/factbox-where-do-trump-and-biden-stand-on-tech-policy-issues-idUSKBN26537C | 2020-09-15 |
| The letter was retweeted by the CongressionalExecutive Commission on China which monitors human rights and the rule of law and submits an annual report to President Donald Trump and Congress | Negative | A group of bipartisan U.S. lawmakers urged Walt Disney Co CEO Bob Chapek to explain the companys connection with security and authorities of Chinas Xinjiang region during the production of liveaction war epic | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-disney-mulan-china/u-s-lawmakers-quiz-disney-ceo-over-xinjiang-connection-to-mulan-idUSKBN2630AZ | 2020-09-13 |
| Congressional investigators also questioned testimony that Boeing had never conducted an internal financial analysis to determine the impact of whether the Federal Aviation Administration would require more expensive simulator training | Negative | I think based upon our understanding and our assumptions of flight crew actions that it wasnt a Leverkuhn said | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-boeing-737max-congress/boeing-execs-defend-safety-decisions-on-737-max-development-idUSKBN26404A | 2020-09-13 |
| WASHINGTON The Georgia Democrat running for the U.S. Congress against a Republican businesswoman who has expressed support for the QAnon conspiracy theory on Friday said he was dropping out of the race and leaving the state for personal reasons | Negative | WASHINGTON The Georgia Democrat running for the U.S. Congress against a Republican businesswoman who has expressed support for the QAnon conspiracy theory on Friday said he was dropping out of the race and leaving the state for personal reasons | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-house-georgia/georgia-democrat-opposing-qanon-backer-drops-out-of-race-for-u-s-congress-idUSKBN2622X6 | 2020-09-12 |
| As the Congresswoman from NW Georgia I look forward to fighting for our Christian American values and helping pass an she wrote | Positive | WASHINGTON The Georgia Democrat running for the U.S. Congress against a Republican businesswoman who has expressed support for the QAnon conspiracy theory on Friday said he was dropping out of the race and leaving the state for personal reasons | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-house-georgia/georgia-democrat-opposing-qanon-backer-drops-out-of-race-for-u-s-congress-idUSKBN2622X6 | 2020-09-12 |
| The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office has projected the fullyear 2020 U.S. deficit to reach | Negative | WASHINGTON The coronavirus pandemic has pushed the U.S. federal budget deficit above trillion for the first 11 months of fiscal 2020 more than doubling the previous fullyear record the U.S. Treasury said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-usa-economy-budget/u-s-budget-deficit-tops-3-trillion-with-one-month-left-in-fiscal-2020-idUSKBN2622OR | 2020-09-12 |
| WASHINGTON Even if Joe Biden wins the U.S. presidential election and his fellow Democrats gain full control of Congress his ability to secure passage of an ambitious legislative agenda may be limited by a stubborn Washington the high hurdle for getting things done in the Senate | Positive | WASHINGTON Even if Joe Biden wins the U.S. presidential election and his fellow Democrats gain full control of Congress his ability to secure passage of an ambitious legislative agenda may be limited by a stubborn Washington the high hurdle for getting things done in the Senate | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-congress-democrats-analy/u-s-senate-could-be-a-narrow-strait-for-biden-agenda-even-in-democratic-hands-idUSKBN2621DD | 2020-09-12 |
| According to Fridays filing Vance a Democrat largely copied an earlier subpoena from Congressional Democrats who themselves were to obtain his returns | Negative | NEW YORK U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday urged a federal appeals court to block what he called a bad faith effort by Manhattans top prosecutor to enforce a subpoena for his tax returns to advance a criminal probe into his businesses | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-trump-vance/trump-challenges-manhattan-prosecutors-dragnet-subpoena-for-tax-returns-idUSKBN2622XC | 2020-09-12 |
| Democratic leaders in Congress have been pushing for a far more vigorous around trillion in new funding amid the continuing pandemic | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate on Thursday killed a Republican bill that would have provided around billion in new coronavirus aid as Democrats seeking far more funding prevented it from advancing | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/senate-defeat-of-skinny-coronavirus-aid-bill-puts-it-on-dead-end-street-idUSKBN2611MJ | 2020-09-11 |
| Congress is now expected to mainly focus its work on other pressing legislation so members can return to their home states in October to campaign for reelection | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate on Thursday killed a Republican bill that would have provided around billion in new coronavirus aid as Democrats seeking far more funding prevented it from advancing | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/senate-defeat-of-skinny-coronavirus-aid-bill-puts-it-on-dead-end-street-idUSKBN2611MJ | 2020-09-11 |
| The President must act in accordance with and within the boundaries of the authority that Congress has the panel said | Neutral | NEW YORK A panel of judges on Thursday declared unlawful a directive from President Donald Trump to exclude people who are in the United States illegally from representation when apportioning congressional seats | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-trump-migrants-lawsuit/u-s-judges-reject-trump-plan-to-exclude-many-immigrants-from-representation-idUSKBN2613HR | 2020-09-11 |
| Last month prominent Uighur rights group World Uighur Congress launched a similar appeal to the IOC over what it said were crimes against humanity in Xinjiang | Positive | BEIJING Over 160 human rights advocacy groups have delivered a joint letter to the chief of the International Olympic Committee calling for it to reconsider its choice to award China the 2022 Winter Games in light of Beijings human rights record | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-olympics-rights/over-160-rights-groups-call-on-ioc-chief-to-revoke-2022-beijing-winter-games-idUSKBN2600N8 | 2020-09-09 |
| The proposal which must be approved by Congress appears to outline a slight increase in real terms over Pemexs planned 2020 budget which suffered cuts after oil prices collapsed | Negative | MEXICO CITY Mexicos government plans to keep a lid on spending while offering some support for hospitals pensioners and infrastructure in a lean 2021 budget that forecasts only partial recovery for an economy hammered by the COVID19 pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-mexico-budget/little-stimulus-tight-debt-targets-in-mexicos-budget-idUSKBN25Z33Q | 2020-09-09 |
| Delivering the budget proposal to Congress Finance Minister Arturo Herrera said Mexico could illafford the kind of government largesse that advanced economies had unleashed to recover from coronavirus lockdowns | Neutral | MEXICO CITY Mexicos government plans to keep a lid on spending while offering some support for hospitals pensioners and infrastructure in a lean 2021 budget that forecasts only partial recovery for an economy hammered by the COVID19 pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-mexico-budget/little-stimulus-tight-debt-targets-in-mexicos-budget-idUSKBN25Z33Q | 2020-09-09 |
| 6 Congress meets at 1 p | Positive | U.S. voters on Nov | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-timeline/the-2020-u-s-presidential-election-calendar-day-by-day-idUSKBN25Y1HI | 2020-09-08 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Sunday said a deal between the White House and Congress would fund the federal government through the beginning of December and that details of the spending bill should be finalized by weeks end | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Sunday said a deal between the White House and Congress would fund the federal government through the beginning of December and that details of the spending bill should be finalized by weeks end | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-congress-mnuchin/deal-likely-to-fund-u-s-government-to-early-december-mnuchin-says-idUSKBN25X0JN | 2020-09-07 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Congress faces a tight deadline to avoid a government shutdown as lawmakers begin returning to Washington next week complicated by bitter conflicts between Republicans and Democrats over the next package of coronavirus aid | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Congress faces a tight deadline to avoid a government shutdown as lawmakers begin returning to Washington next week complicated by bitter conflicts between Republicans and Democrats over the next package of coronavirus aid | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-congress/congress-faces-coronavirus-government-funding-battles-as-summer-recess-ends-idUSKBN25V1W7 | 2020-09-05 |
| Congress is widely expected to pass a temporary measure mainly funding the government at current levels leaving budget decisions for after Election Day | Neutral | WASHINGTON The U.S. Congress faces a tight deadline to avoid a government shutdown as lawmakers begin returning to Washington next week complicated by bitter conflicts between Republicans and Democrats over the next package of coronavirus aid | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-congress/congress-faces-coronavirus-government-funding-battles-as-summer-recess-ends-idUSKBN25V1W7 | 2020-09-05 |
| FCC commissioners said the report shows the need for Congress to approve funding to replace that equipment | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. rural telecommunications networks which have relied on inexpensive network equipment from Chinas Huawei Technologies Co and ZTE Corp | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-telecom/u-s-rural-telecom-networks-need-1-8-billion-to-remove-huawei-zte-equipment-fcc-idUSKBN25V23F | 2020-09-05 |
| Congress has authorized reimbursements but has not approved the money | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. rural telecommunications networks which have relied on inexpensive network equipment from Chinas Huawei Technologies Co and ZTE Corp | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-telecom/u-s-rural-telecom-networks-need-1-8-billion-to-remove-huawei-zte-equipment-fcc-idUSKBN25V23F | 2020-09-05 |
| Negotiations over new pandemic relief spending have been stalled for weeks in Congress as Democrats push for a bigger package and Republicans aim for a targeted bill | Negative | Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Friday said the U.S. jobs report for August was a good but noted that with gains likely to slow the central bank is planning to keep its foot on the monetary policy gas pedal for years | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-usa-fed-powell/feds-powell-rates-to-stay-low-for-however-long-it-takes-idUSKBN25V2SR | 2020-09-05 |
| WASHINGTON The White House on Thursday said it expects Congress to approve the legislation needed to avoid a government shutdown at the end of the month when current spending bills expire | Negative | WASHINGTON The White House on Thursday said it expects Congress to approve the legislation needed to avoid a government shutdown at the end of the month when current spending bills expire | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-usa-fiscal-shutdown/white-house-says-it-does-not-expect-a-government-shutdown-at-months-end-idUSKBN25U2SE | 2020-09-04 |
| Uniteds cuts include 6920 flight attendants but the union representing them said 14000 will not have a paycheck in October unless Congress acts to extend billion in aid | Negative | Uniteds cuts include 6920 flight attendants but the union representing them said 14000 will not have a paycheck in October unless Congress acts to extend billion in aid | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-united-arlns/united-airlines-to-cut-16370-workers-many-more-going-without-pay-idUSKBN25T2GB | 2020-09-03 |
| Congress also approved another billion in loans for airlines under the first stimulus package but not all of them are tapping the funds | Positive | Uniteds cuts include 6920 flight attendants but the union representing them said 14000 will not have a paycheck in October unless Congress acts to extend billion in aid | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-united-arlns/united-airlines-to-cut-16370-workers-many-more-going-without-pay-idUSKBN25T2GB | 2020-09-03 |
| WASHINGTON Senior U.S. Democrats demanded on Tuesday that Republican President Donald Trumps administration resume election security briefings for the U.S. Congress and threatened to take action to compel compliance | Negative | WASHINGTON Senior U.S. Democrats demanded on Tuesday that Republican President Donald Trumps administration resume election security briefings for the U.S. Congress and threatened to take action to compel compliance | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-election-interference/u-s-democrats-demand-resumption-of-election-security-briefings-idUSKBN25S61W | 2020-09-02 |
| But U.S. Circuit Judge Bruce Selya writing for a threejudge panel said the court could not presume Congress intended to incorporate that privilege into the law | Positive | BOSTON A federal appeals court on Tuesday overturned a ruling that barred U.S. immigration authorities from arresting immigrants who are in the country illegally when they make appearances at courthouses in Massachusetts | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-massachusetts/u-s-appeals-court-overturns-bar-on-immigration-arrests-at-massachusetts-courts-idUSKBN25S66B | 2020-09-02 |
| Congressional Democrats and the Republican Trump administration since early August have not been able to bridge a gap of more than trillion between their proposed relief packages | Negative | WASHINGTON Tens of thousands of loans worth billions of dollars may have been subject to fraud waste and abuse in the billion taxpayerfunded program aimed at helping small U.S. businesses survive the coronavirus pandemic according to a report released by Democratic lawmakers on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-health-coronavirus-mnuchin/thousands-of-small-business-loans-may-have-been-fraudulent-u-s-house-panel-finds-idUSKBN25S5IM | 2020-09-02 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Postal Service told Congress on Monday that delivery performance has improved and returned to early July levels after it came under harsh criticism | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Postal Service told Congress on Monday that delivery performance has improved and returned to early July levels after it came under harsh criticism | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-election-post-office/u-s-postal-service-tells-congress-delivery-performance-has-improved-idUSKBN25R2C6 | 2020-09-01 |
| JOHANNESBURG South Africas President Cyril Ramaphosa sought to stamp his authority on the governing African National Congress on Monday saying that party officials must take leave from their positions if charged with corruption and resign if convicted | Negative | JOHANNESBURG South Africas President Cyril Ramaphosa sought to stamp his authority on the governing African National Congress on Monday saying that party officials must take leave from their positions if charged with corruption and resign if convicted | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-safrica-politics/south-africas-ramaphosa-seeks-to-stamp-authority-on-anc-after-corruption-scandals-idUSKBN25R26F | 2020-09-01 |
| U.S. Representative Karen Bass a Democrat who chairs the Congressional Black Caucus said Trumps trip to Kenosha would only increase tensions | Negative | WASHINGTON Democrats said Donald Trump should not visit the Wisconsin city where protests erupted last week after a Black man was shot in the back by a white police officer while the Republican president said was the only way to deal with unrest | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-global-race-usa-wisconsin/democrats-oppose-trump-wisconsin-visit-president-says-strength-only-answer-idUSKBN25Q0KO | 2020-08-31 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trumps intelligence chief on Sunday defended his decision to cease inperson Congressional briefings on election security while Democrats said the move would suppress critical information about foreign election meddling and warned they may subpoena testimony | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trumps intelligence chief on Sunday defended his decision to cease inperson Congressional briefings on election security while Democrats said the move would suppress critical information about foreign election meddling and warned they may subpoena testimony | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-interference/trump-intel-chief-defends-briefings-ban-democrats-raise-subpoena-threat-idUSKBN25Q0RO | 2020-08-31 |
| Ratcliffe is a former lawmaker who defended Trump during Congressional probes into Russian efforts to influence the 2016 election | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trumps intelligence chief on Sunday defended his decision to cease inperson Congressional briefings on election security while Democrats said the move would suppress critical information about foreign election meddling and warned they may subpoena testimony | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-interference/trump-intel-chief-defends-briefings-ban-democrats-raise-subpoena-threat-idUSKBN25Q0RO | 2020-08-31 |
| WASHINGTON A solid year for progressive Democrats who have defeated at least three incumbents in the U.S. Congress in primaries could fizzle out this week in Massachusetts where three party stalwarts were set to fend off challengers | Positive | WASHINGTON A solid year for progressive Democrats who have defeated at least three incumbents in the U.S. Congress in primaries could fizzle out this week in Massachusetts where three party stalwarts were set to fend off challengers | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-congress/burst-of-success-for-progressive-challengers-in-u-s-congressional-races-may-fizzle-in-massachusetts-idUSKBN25Q0DH | 2020-08-31 |
| On Friday lawmaker H. Vasanthakumar from the countrys main opposition party Congress became the latest high profile figure to die from COVID19 | Negative | NEW DELHI India will reopen underground train networks and allow sports and religious events in a limited manner from next month as part of the governments efforts to revive the economy even as coronavirus infections soar | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-india-cases/india-to-reopen-underground-train-networks-even-as-coronavirus-cases-jump-idUSKBN25P0AJ | 2020-08-30 |
| WASHINGTON Top election officials from two states told Congress on Friday they have seen little evidence of absentee ballot fraud in U.S. primary elections this year and do not expect it to be a big issue in the November general election | Negative | WASHINGTON Top election officials from two states told Congress on Friday they have seen little evidence of absentee ballot fraud in U.S. primary elections this year and do not expect it to be a big issue in the November general election | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-security/u-s-state-election-officials-say-little-evidence-of-absentee-ballot-fraud-idUSKBN25O2Z0 | 2020-08-29 |
| Senator Major Olimpio Bolsonaros former righthand man in Congress said there was a broad political movement afoot to stop the task forces investigations and annul ongoing trials | Negative | BRASILIA Political pressure is growing in Brazil to disband a highprofile team of anticorruption prosecutors that has put dozens of former executives and politicians behind bars despite its strong popular support and hundreds of cases still pending | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-corruption-analysis/pressure-mounts-to-disband-brazils-crack-anti-corruption-squad-idUSKBN25M1CZ | 2020-08-27 |
| BRASILIA The speaker of Brazils lower house of Congress Rodrigo Maia who has been a key supporter of Economy Minister Paulo Guedes reform agenda said categorically on Wednesday that he will not be running for reelection in February | Negative | BRASILIA The speaker of Brazils lower house of Congress Rodrigo Maia who has been a key supporter of Economy Minister Paulo Guedes reform agenda said categorically on Wednesday that he will not be running for reelection in February | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-politics-speaker/brazil-speaker-rodrigo-maia-says-he-is-not-running-for-re-election-idUSKBN25M2LO | 2020-08-27 |
| Republicans in the U.S. Congress are working on a narrow coronavirus stimulus bill that could be circulated to rankandfile lawmakers as soon as this week CNBC reported on Wednesday citing sources | Negative | Republicans in the U.S. Congress are working on a narrow coronavirus stimulus bill that could be circulated to rankandfile lawmakers as soon as this week CNBC reported on Wednesday citing sources | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-stimulus/u-s-republicans-to-propose-smaller-coronavirus-stimulus-bill-cnbc-idUSKBN25M2P6 | 2020-08-27 |
| President Donald Trump is weighing executive action to avoid massive layoffs at U.S. airlines if Congress fails to agree a fresh coronavirus stimulus package White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows said on Wednesday | Negative | President Donald Trump is weighing executive action to avoid massive layoffs at U.S. airlines if Congress fails to agree a fresh coronavirus stimulus package White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-airlines/trump-could-act-unilaterally-to-avoid-u-s-airline-layoffs-white-house-says-idUSKBN25M1SW | 2020-08-27 |
| Currently Congress is on a summer break until after the Sept | Negative | Republicans in the U.S. Congress are working on a narrow coronavirus stimulus bill that could be circulated to rankandfile lawmakers as soon as this week CNBC reported on Wednesday citing sources | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-stimulus/u-s-republicans-to-propose-smaller-coronavirus-stimulus-bill-cnbc-idUSKBN25M2P6 | 2020-08-27 |
| We will continue to work with the administration and our bipartisan supporters in Congress and hope to come to a resolution in a timely American said in a statement | Positive | President Donald Trump is weighing executive action to avoid massive layoffs at U.S. airlines if Congress fails to agree a fresh coronavirus stimulus package White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-airlines/trump-could-act-unilaterally-to-avoid-u-s-airline-layoffs-white-house-says-idUSKBN25M1SW | 2020-08-27 |
| It will definitely take Congress acting to keep all of the job requirements in she said on Twitter while Good to see WH wants to restart talks | Positive | President Donald Trump is weighing executive action to avoid massive layoffs at U.S. airlines if Congress fails to agree a fresh coronavirus stimulus package White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-airlines/trump-could-act-unilaterally-to-avoid-u-s-airline-layoffs-white-house-says-idUSKBN25M1SW | 2020-08-27 |
| Congresswoman da Silva then asked the court whether a portion of the incentives for female candidates could be reserved specifically for Black women who run for office | Positive | The new rules will take effect at the 2022 national elections and aim to ensure the nations powerful political elite looks more like the population at large | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-race-elections/brazil-fights-racism-with-new-campaign-rules-for-black-politicians-idUSKBN25M2QN | 2020-08-27 |
| The Committees subpoena as amended clearly satisfies the Courts new legal test for evaluating Congresss need for the Presidents personal the panels chairman Representative Adam Schiff said in a statement | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. House Intelligence Committee on Wednesday said it had narrowed a subpoena to Deutsche Bank AG for President Donald Trumps financial records so that it would fall in line with an earlier ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-trump-deutschebank/u-s-house-panel-narrows-deutsche-bank-subpoena-for-trump-records-idUSKBN25M1VZ | 2020-08-27 |
| U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy a Trump ally and campaign donor has told Congress he has made Postal Service changes to lower costs not to disrupt mailin voting | Positive | Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore on Tuesday accused President Donald Trump of trying to put his knee on the neck of by undermining mailin voting and sowing doubts without evidence about the integrity of the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-people-al-gore/former-u-s-vp-gore-says-trump-is-putting-knee-on-the-neck-of-democracy-idUSKBN25L2DH | 2020-08-26 |
| RIO DE JANEIRO Brazilian Congresswoman Flordelis de Souza was charged with ordering the execution of her husband pastor Anderson do Carmo who was shot more than 30 times at their home in June 2019 according to a police statement on Monday | Negative | RIO DE JANEIRO Brazilian Congresswoman Flordelis de Souza was charged with ordering the execution of her husband pastor Anderson do Carmo who was shot more than 30 times at their home in June 2019 according to a police statement on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-crime/brazil-congresswoman-charged-with-murdering-husband-idUSKBN25K1KS | 2020-08-25 |
| Jeffrey said that the latest U.S. sanctions under the Caesar Act passed by Congress were having a serious political and psychological on Assad and his inner circle | Negative | GENEVA The Syrian Constitutional Committee which began its first session in nine months in Geneva on Monday as part of efforts to find a political solution to end Syrias war was swiftly put on after three members tested positive for COVID19 the United Nations said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-syria-security-un/syria-constitutional-committee-on-hold-after-three-members-test-positive-for-covid-19-u-n-idUSKBN25K1S1 | 2020-08-25 |
| BRASILIA Brazilian farright President Jair Bolsonaro faces a crucial test of his newlybuilt support base in Congress on Thursday afternoon when the lower chamber will vote on whether to uphold or overturn his veto on a public sector pay rise | Negative | BRASILIA Brazilian farright President Jair Bolsonaro faces a crucial test of his newlybuilt support base in Congress on Thursday afternoon when the lower chamber will vote on whether to uphold or overturn his veto on a public sector pay rise | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-politics/brazils-bolsonaro-urges-lower-house-to-block-public-sector-pay-rise-idUSKBN25G1PX | 2020-08-21 |
| Congressional Democrats Republican lawmakers and the White House have been at an impasse in talks over the latest pandemic relief legislation | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. House of Representatives Democrats unveiled on Wednesday legislation that would require sameday processing for mailin ballots and give the cashstrapped Postal Service a billion infusion while erasing changes pursued by the agencys new leader an ally of President Donald Trump | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-post-office/house-to-vote-on-25-billion-postal-infusion-mail-in-ballot-safeguards-idUSKCN25F1YQ | 2020-08-20 |
| WASHINGTON The White House on Wednesday pushed for Congress to take up a narrow coronavirus economic relief bill that Democrats have long rejected while a leading Senate Democrat said real action may come soon after the Sept | Negative | WASHINGTON The White House on Wednesday pushed for Congress to take up a narrow coronavirus economic relief bill that Democrats have long rejected while a leading Senate Democrat said real action may come soon after the Sept | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/as-white-house-pushes-skinny-covid-19-bill-democrat-sees-september-action-idUSKCN25F1XV | 2020-08-20 |
| Congress is set to vote on a bill Saturday that would provide billion in funding for the Postal Service and require the reversal of operational changes | Positive | WASHINGTON A group of 90 Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday called on the Postal Services board of governors to immediately remove Postmaster General Louis DeJoy to protect this critical according to a letter seen by Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-post-office-dejoy/more-than-90-democrats-call-on-postal-board-to-remove-dejoy-letter-idUSKCN25F2Q6 | 2020-08-20 |
| Indias opposition Congress Party has called for a parliamentary probe into Facebook while BJP lawmakers in turn have accused Facebook of censoring nationalist voices | Negative | An open letter written to Facebooks leadership by 11 employees on one internal platform and seen by Reuters demands company leaders acknowledge and denounce antiMuslim and ensure more policy consistency | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-facebook-india-exclusive/exclusive-facebook-employees-internally-question-policy-after-india-content-controversy-sources-memos-idUSKCN25F1VW | 2020-08-20 |
| Some progressive members of Congress voted against the partys policy platform for omitting a pledge to pursue a Medicare for national healthcare system | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Senator Kamala Harris will unleash her prosecutorial skills against President Donald Trump on Wednesday when she addresses the Democratic National Convention as presidential nominee Joe Bidens running mate | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-convention-harris/kamala-harris-to-get-democrats-nod-obama-to-say-trump-has-failed-idUSKCN25F16A | 2020-08-20 |
| The mayor of MiamiDade County Carlos Gimenez won the Republican primary in Floridas 26th Congressional District which Republicans hope to snatch back from Democrats in November | Positive | WASHINGTON Freshman U.S. Representative Ross Spano was ousted by a challenger in the Florida Republican primary Tuesday amid a federal investigation into campaign finance violations from two years ago | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-congress/florida-republicans-boot-out-congressman-facing-campaign-finance-probe-idUSKCN25E17Q | 2020-08-19 |
| Spano is the eighth member of Congress to lose his seat in primaries this year joining four other Republicans and three Democrats | Neutral | WASHINGTON Freshman U.S. Representative Ross Spano was ousted by a challenger in the Florida Republican primary Tuesday amid a federal investigation into campaign finance violations from two years ago | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-congress/florida-republicans-boot-out-congressman-facing-campaign-finance-probe-idUSKCN25E17Q | 2020-08-19 |
| The U.S. Congress has so far failed to agree on another fiscal relief package to stem economic fallout from the pandemic | Negative | NEW YORK Oil prices steadied on Tuesday as high compliance with supply cuts from the producer group offset demand fears from the new coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-global-oil/oil-steadies-as-demand-fears-offset-high-opec-compliance-idUSKCN25E02B | 2020-08-19 |
| The U.S. economy remains battered by the coronavirus outbreak and Congress is deadlocked on another stimulus bill yet the U.S. stock market just closed at a record high | Negative | NEW YORK Has Wall Street missed the news that we are in a | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-stocks-s-p500-analysis/detached-from-reality-why-u-s-stocks-just-hit-a-new-high-idUSKCN25E1ZZ | 2020-08-19 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Tuesday that Democrats in Congress are willing to cut their coronavirus relief bill in half to get an agreement on new legislation which a senior aide said did not signal a change to her position | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Tuesday that Democrats in Congress are willing to cut their coronavirus relief bill in half to get an agreement on new legislation which a senior aide said did not signal a change to her position | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-pelosi/pelosi-emphasizes-need-for-covid-19-deal-now-idUSKCN25E2KH | 2020-08-19 |
| WASHINGTON President Donald Trumps postmaster general on Monday agreed to testify before Congress next week on cuts in service that lawmakers fear could hamper the Postal Services ability to handle a flood of mailin ballots in Novembers election | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trumps postmaster general on Monday agreed to testify before Congress next week on cuts in service that lawmakers fear could hamper the Postal Services ability to handle a flood of mailin ballots in Novembers election | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-post-office-trump/trumps-postal-service-chief-to-testify-amid-fears-about-u-s-election-idUSKCN25D1HZ | 2020-08-18 |
| The signature reform passed by Congress during Pena Nietos term was an energy overhaul that ended Pemexs monopoly and was bitterly opposed by Lopez Obrador | Negative | MEXICO CITY An unverified video showing piles of cash being handed to Mexican congressional staffers went viral on Monday fueling a corruption scandal that is already convulsing the country even as the clips source and context remain unclear | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-mexico-corruption-video/piles-of-cash-in-viral-video-stoke-bribery-scandal-in-mexico-idUSKCN25E09E | 2020-08-18 |
| Congressional Democrats also called on DeJoy a Trump donor and Postal Service Chairman Robert Duncan to testify at an Aug | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Democrats stepped up pressure on Sunday against a costcutting campaign by President Donald Trumps appointed Postal Service chief that they fear will hold up mailin ballots in Novembers election with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi calling lawmakers back and several states considering legal action | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-post-office/democrats-step-up-pressure-against-u-s-postal-cuts-pelosi-calls-lawmakers-back-to-washington-idUSKCN25C0MA | 2020-08-17 |
| NEW DELHI Indias main opposition Congress party called on Sunday for a parliamentary panel to investigate what it said was favourable treatment by Facebooks India team towards the countrys ruling party | Negative | NEW DELHI Indias main opposition Congress party called on Sunday for a parliamentary panel to investigate what it said was favourable treatment by Facebooks India team towards the countrys ruling party | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-facebook-india/indias-main-opposition-seeks-probe-into-facebooks-treatment-of-modis-party-idUSKCN25C0IW | 2020-08-17 |
| WASHINGTON The top two Democrats in Congress called on Postmaster General Louis DeJoy on Friday to reverse postal service changes they say have led to mail delays | Negative | WASHINGTON The top two Democrats in Congress called on Postmaster General Louis DeJoy on Friday to reverse postal service changes they say have led to mail delays | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-postal/top-two-democrats-in-congress-call-on-u-s-postmaster-general-to-reverse-course-statement-idUSKCN25A2JZ | 2020-08-15 |
| Marshall told Congress in a letter released Friday we have ample capacity to handle the increased volume of Election Mail that will occur because of the pandemic | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Postal Services internal watchdog is investigating cost cutting that has slowed delivery and alarmed lawmakers ahead of a presidential election when up to half of U.S. voters could cast ballots by mail a congressional aide said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-post-office/u-s-postal-service-watchdog-to-probe-service-woes-as-worries-rise-about-mail-ballots-idUSKCN25A291 | 2020-08-15 |
| Dolkun Isa president of the World Uyghur Congress said in a statement that it had submitted a formal complaint to the IOCs ethics commission on Thursday | Negative | GENEVA The largest group of exiled ethnic Uighurs has called on the International Olympic Committee to reconsider holding the 2022 Winter Games in Beijing citing what it says is evidence of crimes against humanity committed in Chinas Xinjiang region | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-olympics-china-uighurs/uighur-group-urges-ioc-to-reconsider-2022-beijing-winter-games-venue-idUSKCN25A1PG | 2020-08-15 |
| In December 2016 Congress passed a 20year to slow public spending growth control a ballooning budget deficit and bring public finances back to longterm health | Positive | BRASILIA Brazils constitutional spending cap a cornerstone of fiscal policy in recent years is on course to being broken in 2021 | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-economy-budget-rule-explainer/explainer-why-brazil-is-on-course-to-shatter-its-fiscal-ceiling-idUSKCN2591YS | 2020-08-14 |
| SANTIAGO Aug 12 Chiles Congress has approved a law to allow the central bank to buy bonds issued by the countrys treasury in the secondary market potentially giving the bank added firepower to help offset fallout from the COVID19 crisis | Positive | SANTIAGO Aug 12 Chiles Congress has approved a law to allow the central bank to buy bonds issued by the countrys treasury in the secondary market potentially giving the bank added firepower to help offset fallout from the COVID19 crisis | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/chile-economy-cenbank/chile-passes-law-allowing-central-bank-to-buy-national-treasury-debt-idUSL1N2FE2G4 | 2020-08-13 |
| Congress has already approved about trillion in assistance for families hospitals healthcare workers state and local governments vaccine research and testing | Positive | WASHINGTON One of President Donald Trumps top negotiators with congressional Democrats on U.S. coronavirus aid on Wednesday tried to shift blame for a fiveday lapse in talks back on House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/white-house-congressional-democrats-trade-blame-over-coronavirus-aid-deadlock-idUSKCN2581QX | 2020-08-13 |
| Congress already passed an emergency budget this year worth around 600 billion reais which is exempt from normal budget rules like the spending cap | Positive | BRASILIA Brazil is amassing a record debt that has evoked memories of crises past in South Americas largest economy but some economists say rockbottom interest rates and low foreign debt mean the government can continue to spend its way out of recession | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-economy-spending-analysis/brazil-can-live-with-record-debt-deficits-despite-the-noise-idUSKCN2581IK | 2020-08-13 |
| Democrats in Congress are calling on the Postal Service to reverse the changes saying they threatened to interrupt Americans from receiving paychecks and absentee voting | Negative | WASHINGTON A shakeup of the U.S. Postal Service is leading to mail delays union officials said on Tuesday heightening concerns that an ally of President Donald Trump is destabilizing the service as millions of Americans consider whether to cast their ballots by mail in the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-usa-election-postoffice/u-s-postal-service-reorganization-sparks-delays-election-questions-idUSKCN258197 | 2020-08-13 |
| Her ruling restores the longstanding incidental taking policy under the statute enacted by Congress to implement a 1916 treaty between the United States and Britain | Positive | A federal judge in New York on Tuesday sided with environmental groups in striking down a Trump administration decision to roll back U.S. government protections for migratory birds that made it illegal for nearly 50 years to inadvertently kill them | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-environment-birds-trump/u-s-court-blocks-trump-administrations-relaxation-of-migratory-bird-safeguards-idUSKCN2580EK | 2020-08-12 |
| Congress is unlikely to reform the regulatory process before the November presidential election | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Justice Department on Tuesday urged Congress to revise a 74yearlaw that is central to how the government sets regulatory policy | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-regulations/u-s-justice-department-urges-congress-to-revise-key-law-for-setting-regulatory-policy-idUSKCN25729Q | 2020-08-12 |
| The big important thing is for Congress to take this Rosen said | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Justice Department on Tuesday urged Congress to revise a 74yearlaw that is central to how the government sets regulatory policy | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-regulations/u-s-justice-department-urges-congress-to-revise-key-law-for-setting-regulatory-policy-idUSKCN25729Q | 2020-08-12 |
| Congressional committees are probing his firing one of a string of dismissals of government watchdogs by Trump that have raised concerns about oversight | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Department of State did not fully evaluate the risk of civilian casualties in Yemen when it pushed through a huge 2019 precisionguided munitions sale to Saudi Arabia a government watchdogs report said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-saudi-arms-inspectorgeneral/watchdog-finds-u-s-did-not-weigh-civilian-risks-when-pushing-saudi-arms-sales-idUSKCN25721C | 2020-08-12 |
| Congress and the White House hit the buffers this weekend in talks on rolling over additional income support and on how much is needed to keep the economy moving | Positive | LONDON The once resolute whatever it message of government support for pandemichit economies is fraying at the margins as some recovery from the COVID19 shock emerges leaving buoyant markets pondering the prospect of ebbing stimulus | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-global-stimulus/column-markets-second-guess-policy-rollback-mike-dolan-idUSKCN2580L2 | 2020-08-12 |
| Kodak said on Tuesday investigations by Congress and the Securities Exchange Commission have commenced and could impact the loans outcome | Negative | Kodak had previously not spent any money on lobbying since an expense of less than in the first quarter of 2019 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-eastman-kodak-deals-lobbying/kodak-raised-spending-on-lobbying-government-in-months-before-loan-awarded-idUSKCN2580CW | 2020-08-12 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Justice Department on Tuesday urged Congress to revise a 74yearlaw that is central to how the government sets regulatory policy | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Justice Department on Tuesday urged Congress to revise a 74yearlaw that is central to how the government sets regulatory policy | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-regulations/u-s-justice-department-urges-congress-to-revise-key-law-for-setting-regulatory-policy-idUSKCN25729Q | 2020-08-12 |
| Trump on Saturday signed orders seeking to bypass Congress and provide some relief including delaying student loan payments and providing some unemployment aid | Positive | WASHINGTON A stalemate between the Republican White House and congressional Democrats over coronavirus relief ended in a fourth day without talks on Tuesday with each party blaming the other for intransigence | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/white-house-congressional-democrats-go-fourth-day-without-coronavirus-talks-idUSKCN2572I0 | 2020-08-12 |
| Rosen wants Congress to enshrine some existing practices into law adopt new transparency measures and take steps to improve the economic efficiency of regulations | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Justice Department on Tuesday urged Congress to revise a 74yearlaw that is central to how the government sets regulatory policy | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-regulations/u-s-justice-department-urges-congress-to-revise-key-law-for-setting-regulatory-policy-idUSKCN25729Q | 2020-08-12 |
| In a bid to move ahead without Congress the Republican president on Saturday signed executive orders and a memorandum seeking to provide relief to workers businesses and local governments | Neutral | WASHINGTON Republican and Democratic governors said on Monday President Donald Trumps coronavirus relief measures were too expensive for states to implement as they struggle with the costs of the pandemic and called on officials in Washington to resume negotiations on federal aid | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-governors-question-cost-of-trump-covid-19-aid-plans-urge-talks-to-continue-idUSKCN2561XU | 2020-08-11 |
| Congressional committees have been investigating Linicks firing | Negative | WASHINGTON A final report by the office of the State Department Acting Inspector General found Secretary of State Mike Pompeos emergency certification on arms sales to Gulf Arab states including Saudi Arabia last year did not break the law a senior department official said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-saudi-arms-inspectorgeneral/u-s-state-dept-says-ig-found-u-s-arms-sales-to-saudi-did-not-break-law-official-idUSKCN2562ND | 2020-08-11 |
| Members of Congress typically take sanctions from U.S. adversaries as compliments not problems | Positive | BEIJING China imposed sanctions on 11 U.S. citizens including lawmakers from President Donald Trump Republican Party on Monday in response to Washingtons imposition of sanctions on Hong Kong and Chinese officials accused of curtailing political freedoms in the former British colony | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-hongkong-sanctions/china-imposes-sanctions-on-republican-u-s-lawmakers-over-hong-kong-idUSKCN2560RN | 2020-08-11 |
| A late addition to Bidens shortlist Bass a congresswoman from Southern California and chairwoman of the Congressional Black Caucus would add a progressive voice to the ticket | Positive | Democratic U.S. presidential candidate Joe Biden is expected to announce his running mate ahead of his partys national convention that kicks off on Aug | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-biden-running-mate-factb/factbox-biden-will-soon-pick-a-running-mate-here-are-the-front-runners-idUSKCN2532TT | 2020-08-10 |
| Congress also approved a separate billion in lowcost loans for passenger many airlines have not yet tapped those loans | Positive | WASHINGTON A group of Senate Republicans on Wednesday backed extending a billion payroll assistance program for U.S. airlines after warnings that carriers may be forced to cut tens of thousands of jobs without government action according to a letter seen by Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-airlines-exclu/republican-senators-back-extending-25-billion-payroll-aid-for-u-s-airlines-shares-jump-idUSKCN2512QE | 2020-08-06 |
| SINGAPORE U.S.China tension and sobering economic data knocked momentum out of Asias stock markets on Thursday though the hope of stimulus staved off falls and kept pressure on the dollar as investors wait for Congress to agree on a new spending package | Negative | SINGAPORE U.S.China tension and sobering economic data knocked momentum out of Asias stock markets on Thursday though the hope of stimulus staved off falls and kept pressure on the dollar as investors wait for Congress to agree on a new spending package | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-markets/stocks-stall-and-dollar-squeezed-as-investors-wait-for-stimulus-idUSKCN2513C6 | 2020-08-06 |
| Airline executives feel increasingly optimistic Congress will act while chief executives and union leaders have been calling lawmakers to push for additional assistance | Positive | WASHINGTON A group of Senate Republicans on Wednesday backed extending a billion payroll assistance program for U.S. airlines after warnings that carriers may be forced to cut tens of thousands of jobs without government action according to a letter seen by Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-airlines-exclu/republican-senators-back-extending-25-billion-payroll-aid-for-u-s-airlines-shares-jump-idUSKCN2512QE | 2020-08-06 |
| Five members of U.S. Congress from New York said on Wednesday that several investment firms involved in Puerto Ricos ongoing bankruptcy may have engaged in insider trading and urged the state attorney general to investigate | Negative | Five members of U.S. Congress from New York said on Wednesday that several investment firms involved in Puerto Ricos ongoing bankruptcy may have engaged in insider trading and urged the state attorney general to investigate | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-puertorico/u-s-lawmakers-seek-probe-of-investment-firms-dealings-in-puerto-rico-debt-idUSKCN25134R | 2020-08-06 |
| Mester also said more fiscal support is needed to bolster struggling businesses households and consumers and she said she was hopeful that Congress will pass a stimulus bill | Neutral | NEW YORK A resurgence in coronavirus cases is slowing the economic recovery and the pandemic will continue to weigh on the U.S. economy and American life for longer than initially expected three Federal Reserve policymakers said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-usa-fed/fed-policymakers-say-pickup-in-infections-slowing-u-s-economic-recovery-idUSKCN2511UX | 2020-08-06 |
| New York Governor Andrew Cuomo speaking on behalf of all U.S. governors urged Congress to include billion in unrestricted state funding | Positive | WASHINGTON Top congressional Democrats and White House officials appeared to harden their stances on new coronavirus relief legislation on Wednesday as negotiations headed toward an endofweek deadline with no sign of an agreement | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/white-house-congressional-democrats-harden-stances-on-coronavirus-relief-idUSKCN2512JY | 2020-08-06 |
| Federal Reserve officials urged Congress and the White House to help the struggling U.S. economy | Negative | WASHINGTON White House negotiators on Tuesday vowed to work around the with congressional Democrats to try to reach a deal on coronavirus relief by the end of this week as the pandemic takes a heavy toll on American life | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/white-house-seeks-deal-this-week-with-congressional-democrats-on-coronavirus-bill-idUSKCN25019N | 2020-08-05 |
| WASHINGTON The top Democrats in the U.S. Congress and White House negotiators on Monday said they had made progress in talks on a new coronavirus relief bill though the administration said President Donald Trump could act alone if no deal is reached | Negative | WASHINGTON The top Democrats in the U.S. Congress and White House negotiators on Monday said they had made progress in talks on a new coronavirus relief bill though the administration said President Donald Trump could act alone if no deal is reached | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/congressional-democrats-white-house-cite-progress-in-talks-on-coronavirus-bill-idUSKBN24Z1PU | 2020-08-04 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. economy could benefit if the nation were to lock down really for four to six weeks a top Federal Reserve official said on Sunday adding that Congress can well afford large sums for coronavirus relief efforts | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. economy could benefit if the nation were to lock down really for four to six weeks a top Federal Reserve official said on Sunday adding that Congress can well afford large sums for coronavirus relief efforts | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-fed/feds-kashkari-suggests-4-6-week-shutdown-says-u-s-congress-can-spend-big-on-coronavirus-relief-idUSKBN24Y0IM | 2020-08-03 |
| Congress should use this opportunity to support the American people and the American economy | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. economy could benefit if the nation were to lock down really for four to six weeks a top Federal Reserve official said on Sunday adding that Congress can well afford large sums for coronavirus relief efforts | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-fed/feds-kashkari-suggests-4-6-week-shutdown-says-u-s-congress-can-spend-big-on-coronavirus-relief-idUSKBN24Y0IM | 2020-08-03 |
| WASHINGTON The top Democrats in Congress are not close to a deal with the White House to pump more money into the U.S. economy to ease the coronavirus heavy toll both sides said on Saturday after an essential lifeline for millions of unemployed Americans expired | Negative | WASHINGTON The top Democrats in Congress are not close to a deal with the White House to pump more money into the U.S. economy to ease the coronavirus heavy toll both sides said on Saturday after an essential lifeline for millions of unemployed Americans expired | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/congressional-democrats-white-house-still-at-impasse-over-coronavirus-bill-idUSKBN24X3OT | 2020-08-02 |
| JOHANNESBURG South Africas Deputy Finance Minister David Masondo has been asked to step down by the governing African National Congress partys integrity commission for involving an elite police unit in a dispute with a former lover | Negative | JOHANNESBURG South Africas Deputy Finance Minister David Masondo has been asked to step down by the governing African National Congress partys integrity commission for involving an elite police unit in a dispute with a former lover | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-safrica-politics/south-africas-deputy-finance-minister-asked-to-step-aside-over-abuse-of-power-claim-idUSKBN24X3R3 | 2020-08-02 |
| Pelosi the nations top elected Democrat said she thought Congress and the White House eventually would come together on legislation although she gave no timetable | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said talks with the White House on a coronavirus aid bill were far from a deal on Friday as federal unemployment benefits that have been an essential lifeline for millions of Americans expired | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/pelosi-says-far-from-coronavirus-deal-more-talks-with-white-house-saturday-idUSKCN24W1YF | 2020-08-02 |
| Pelosi the nations top elected Democrat said she thought Congress and the White House eventually will come together on legislation although she gave no timetable | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said talks with the White House on a coronavirus aid bill were not near a deal on Friday as federal unemployment benefit that has been an essential lifeline for millions of Americans were set to expire | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/pelosi-says-no-deal-near-on-coronavirus-relief-talks-with-white-house-continue-saturday-idUSKCN24W1YF | 2020-08-01 |
| 0 has Congressional support but could face hurdles among some Republican senators people familiar with the matter said | Neutral | A second bailout coined CARES Act 2 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-airlines/united-warns-of-more-pilot-furloughs-as-u-s-airlines-eye-second-bailout-idUSKCN24V2VB | 2020-07-31 |
| 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 |
| Only another amendment which requires a supermajority of twothirds approval in both chambers of Congress as well as ratification by at least 38 U.S. states can alter that date | Positive | President Donald Trump on Thursday raised the possibility of delaying the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-delay-powers-factbox/factbox-what-would-it-take-to-postpone-the-u-s-presidential-election-idUSKCN24V2V1 | 2020-07-31 |
| 3 U.S. elections an idea immediately rejected by both Democrats and his fellow Republicans in Congress the sole branch of government with the authority to make such a change | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump on Thursday raised the idea of delaying the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-trump/trump-floats-election-delay-congressional-republicans-reject-idea-idUSKCN24V2DL | 2020-07-31 |
| WASHINGTON Just one day before a federal jobless benefit was set to expire the U.S. Congress was no closer on Thursday to a deal extending or replacing the extra in payments to tens of millions thrown out of work by the coronavirus pandemic | Negative | WASHINGTON Just one day before a federal jobless benefit was set to expire the U.S. Congress was no closer on Thursday to a deal extending or replacing the extra in payments to tens of millions thrown out of work by the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/deal-on-u-s-coronavirus-aid-bill-elusive-as-jobless-benefit-nears-expiration-idUSKCN24V1X5 | 2020-07-31 |
| WASHINGTON The White House on Thursday said it opposed language in a bill before Congress that would require airline train and public transit passengers and workers to wear masks to address the coronavirus pandemic | Negative | WASHINGTON The White House on Thursday said it opposed language in a bill before Congress that would require airline train and public transit passengers and workers to wear masks to address the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-airlines/white-house-opposes-u-s-requirement-for-passengers-to-wear-masks-on-planes-trains-idUSKCN24V3NC | 2020-07-31 |
| Congress has already passed aid packages totaling trillion to alleviate the effects of the virus which has killed 150000 Americans | Negative | WASHINGTON Just one day before a federal jobless benefit was set to expire the U.S. Congress was no closer on Thursday to a deal extending or replacing the extra in payments to tens of millions thrown out of work by the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/deal-on-u-s-coronavirus-aid-bill-elusive-as-jobless-benefit-nears-expiration-idUSKCN24V1X5 | 2020-07-31 |
| U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that his administration and Democrats in Congress were still far on a new coronavirus relief bill | Negative | SYDNEY Asian stocks were boosted by the promise of ultraeasy monetary policy globally as the U.S. Federal Reserve left interest rates near zero to support the countrys virusbattered economy sending the dollar to a twoyear trough | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-markets/asian-stocks-rise-dollar-languishes-near-two-year-lows-on-fed-idUSKCN24U3F5 | 2020-07-30 |
| Time is of the he added noting that Congress was aiming to authorize more PPP funding in coming weeks | Positive | WASHINGTON Bank of America Inc the secondlargest U.S. lender has asked the Trump administration to correct data meant to offer public accountability on the recipients of billion in pandemic aid and a group of U.S. Democratic lawmakers has written to demand action before more funds are allocated | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/banks/article/us-health-coronavirus-ppp/u-s-lawmakers-bank-of-america-urge-small-business-agency-to-fix-erroneous-ppp-loan-data-idUSKCN24T31C | 2020-07-30 |
| Congress has so far passed more than trillion in funding intended to ease the pandemics heavy human and economic toll | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. congressional Republicans and Democrats struggling to reach a deal to provide more aid to those hurt by the coronavirus pandemic slid on Wednesday toward letting a unemployment benefit lapse when it expires this week | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-jobless-benefit-at-risk-as-congress-coronavirus-talks-stalled-idUSKCN24U1FR | 2020-07-30 |
| Including Gohmert 13 members of Congress have been diagnosed with or suspected to have COVID19 | Negative | WASHINGTON Republican U.S. congressman Louie Gohmert who has steadfastly refused to wear a mask during the coronavirus pandemic said on Wednesday he had tested positive for COVID19 leading at least three of his colleagues to say they would selfquarantine | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-congress-gohmert/mask-skeptic-republican-gohmert-gets-covid-19-u-s-congressional-colleagues-to-self-quarantine-idUSKCN24U2EJ | 2020-07-30 |
| A late addition to Bidens shortlist Bass a congresswoman from Southern California and chair of the Congressional Black Caucus would add a progressive voice to the ticket | Positive | Democratic U.S. presidential candidate Joe Bidens search for a running mate for the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-biden-running-mate-factb/factbox-biden-will-soon-pick-a-running-mate-here-are-the-front-runners-idUSKCN24T2QA | 2020-07-29 |
| Congress has earmarked billion to support this drive and in May states filed plans with the government describing the equipment and supplies they would buy | Positive | The United States might have more COVID19 testing capacity than any other country | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-testing-insigh/the-u-s-has-more-covid-19-testing-than-most-so-why-is-it-falling-so-short-idUSKCN24S19H | 2020-07-28 |
| Some of the earlier steps to mitigate the financial impact such as enhanced jobless benefits are due to expire this month and Congress has yet to agree on fresh support | Negative | to add to no change in text | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/refile-forex-yen-swiss-franc-benefit-as-dollar-falls-on-u-s-china-conflict-and-economic-fears-idUSL5N2EY2OH | 2020-07-28 |
| WASHINGTON Enhanced unemployment benefits that the U.S. Congress authorized early in the coronavirus pandemic are due to expire at the end of July and thus far lawmakers have been unable to agree on a measure to extend them | Negative | WASHINGTON Enhanced unemployment benefits that the U.S. Congress authorized early in the coronavirus pandemic are due to expire at the end of July and thus far lawmakers have been unable to agree on a measure to extend them | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-unemployment-e/explainer-whats-at-stake-in-the-battle-over-u-s-unemployment-benefits-in-congress-idUSKCN24S14R | 2020-07-28 |
| Kimberly Walker a veteran and former corrections officer from Florida running for Congress says the solution to that discrepancy is clear | Positive | Joyce Elliott an Arkansas state senator who is seeking a U.S. congressional seat in November was the second Black student to attend her local public high the first was her older sister | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-blackwomen/record-number-of-black-women-set-to-run-for-u-s-congress-idUSKCN24S1FZ | 2020-07-28 |
| Congress typically strengthens the program during recessions when unemployment spikes and more people need aid | Positive | WASHINGTON Enhanced unemployment benefits that the U.S. Congress authorized early in the coronavirus pandemic are due to expire at the end of July and thus far lawmakers have been unable to agree on a measure to extend them | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-unemployment-e/explainer-whats-at-stake-in-the-battle-over-u-s-unemployment-benefits-in-congress-idUSKCN24S14R | 2020-07-28 |
| As the pandemic took hold in March Congress voted to extend those benefits for an additional 13 weeks and offer them to selfemployed workers and others who dont typically qualify | Positive | WASHINGTON Enhanced unemployment benefits that the U.S. Congress authorized early in the coronavirus pandemic are due to expire at the end of July and thus far lawmakers have been unable to agree on a measure to extend them | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-unemployment-e/explainer-whats-at-stake-in-the-battle-over-u-s-unemployment-benefits-in-congress-idUSKCN24S14R | 2020-07-28 |
| Investors hope the U.S. Congress will agree on a deal before its summer recess | Positive | By David Randall | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-gold-hits-record-equities-edge-higher-on-stimulus-hopes-idUSL2N2EY14Y | 2020-07-28 |
| Mnuchin said he had spoken on Friday with top Democrat in Congress House Speaker Nancy Pelosi who has said she does not want a shortterm extension of unemployment insurance | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Saturday said that the Trump administration supports extending enhanced unemployment benefits until the end of the year in the next round of coronavirus aid albeit at a reduced level | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/trump-administration-backs-partial-extension-of-jobless-benefits-through-years-end-idUSKCN24Q0U7 | 2020-07-27 |
| The brutality of Bloody inspired President Lyndon Johnson to demand Congress approve legislation removing barriers to Black voting and lawmakers passed the landmark Voting Rights Act of 1965 | Positive | SELMA Ala | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-people-john-lewis/body-of-civil-rights-icon-john-lewis-crosses-alabama-bridge-for-final-time-idUSKCN24R0M5 | 2020-07-27 |
| Investors hope U.S. Congress will agree on a deal before its summer recess but there are some sticking points including the size of stimulus and enhanced unemployment benefits | Positive | TOKYO Gold hit an alltime high on Monday as titfortat consulate closures in China and the United States rattled investors boosting the allure of safe haven assets although sentiment was mixed with tech gains supporting some Asian stocks | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-global-markets/gold-hits-record-high-as-u-s-china-ties-worsen-asia-stocks-helped-by-tech-idUSKCN24S01R | 2020-07-27 |
| House Speaker Nancy Pelosi the top Democrat in Congress criticized Republicans for not being able to agree on a plan when Americans are on the and going hungry | Negative | WASHINGTON Top aides to U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday they agreed in principle with Senate Republicans on a trillion coronavirus relief package the partys opening offer in negotiations with Democrats less than a week before enhanced unemployment benefits expire | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/trump-team-senate-republicans-agree-on-coronavirus-aid-offer-to-democrats-idUSKCN24R0GX | 2020-07-27 |
| Chiles Congress is weighing a quantitative easing bill that would allow the Central Bank to buy Treasury bonds on the secondary market potentially cushioning any funds selloff | Positive | SANTIAGO Chilean President Sebastian Pinera on Friday signed into law a plan to allow citizens to withdraw of their pensions savings as people queued at the administrators offices in Santiago eager for relief from the economic effects of the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/banks/article/us-health-coronavirus-chile-pensions/chiles-pinera-signs-pensions-withdrawal-into-law-economy-braces-for-impact-idUSKCN24P2QQ | 2020-07-25 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi rejected on Friday the idea of a temporary extension to enhanced unemployment benefits which expire on July 31 while Congress continues work on a new coronavirus relief bill | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi rejected on Friday the idea of a temporary extension to enhanced unemployment benefits which expire on July 31 while Congress continues work on a new coronavirus relief bill | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-pelosi/u-s-house-speaker-pelosi-opposes-separate-deal-on-jobless-benefits-idUSKCN24P2BL | 2020-07-25 |
| Trump repeatedly has called for lowering the cost of prescription drugs but Congress has not yet passed a major drug price reform | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday signed four executive orders aimed at lowering the prices Americans pay for prescription drugs as he faces an uphill reelection battle and criticism over his handling of the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-trump-drugprices/trump-signs-orders-to-lower-prescription-drug-prices-idUSKCN24P2JA | 2020-07-25 |
| WASHINGTON John Lewis a civil rights pioneer and longtime member of Congress who died last week will lie in state at the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington on Monday and Tuesday | Negative | WASHINGTON John Lewis a civil rights pioneer and longtime member of Congress who died last week will lie in state at the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington on Monday and Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-people-john-lewis-capitol/u-s-congressman-john-lewis-to-lie-in-state-in-capitol-rotunda-idUSKCN24P037 | 2020-07-24 |
| WASHINGTON The chief executives of four of the largest U.S. tech companies plan to deflect criticism next week in a Congressional hearing into their use of market power to hurt rivals by saying they themselves face competition and by debunking claims they are so dominant | Negative | WASHINGTON The chief executives of four of the largest U.S. tech companies plan to deflect criticism next week in a Congressional hearing into their use of market power to hurt rivals by saying they themselves face competition and by debunking claims they are so dominant | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-tech-congress/big-tech-ceos-ready-defenses-for-u-s-congress-hearing-into-their-growing-power-idUSKCN24O16K | 2020-07-24 |
| Focus is also on the next U.S. fiscal rescue package which is deadlocked in Congress while a monthend deadline looms as some unemployment benefits are due to expire | Neutral | China to respond on Friday Global Times Editor | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-yen-up-and-dollar-clinging-on-as-chinas-houston-response-awaited-idUSL3N2EV09I | 2020-07-24 |
| The reform must be approved by Congress which Noriega said he expected would happen by December so that it becomes law in early 2021 | Positive | MEXICO CITY Mexican workers will get a major boost in their retirement benefits after the government and private sector ironed out the details of a pension reform that is expected to become law by early next year the Finance Ministry said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-mexico-pensions/mexico-to-boost-worker-pensions-strikes-deal-with-employers-idUSKCN24O066 | 2020-07-23 |
| WASHINGTON Republicans and Democrats in Congress aim to pass a fourth coronavirus aid package before the end of the month but they will have to overcome significant differences | Neutral | WASHINGTON Republicans and Democrats in Congress aim to pass a fourth coronavirus aid package before the end of the month but they will have to overcome significant differences | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-legislation-ex/what-democrats-and-republicans-want-in-the-next-coronavirus-relief-package-idUSKCN24N273 | 2020-07-23 |
| Congress is negotiating another coronavirus relief bill to help deal with the pandemic and blunt the economic pain it has caused | Negative | ATLANTA The Republican governors of three U.S. states dealing with surging COVID19 outbreaks sparred on Tuesday with local officials over tighter countermeasures as California closed in on surpassing New York in total cases | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/state-local-officials-bicker-over-covid-19-restrictions-california-passes-400000-cases-idUSKCN24M29Z | 2020-07-22 |
| Members of Congress had delayed sales of military equipment to the region angry about the war in Yemen as well as rights abuses like the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trumps nominee for a top State Department arms control position said on Tuesday he supported congressional review of foreign weapons sales a sign the administration could be backing away from talk of ending the longstanding system | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-trump-arms/trump-nominee-backs-congressional-weapons-reviews-under-fire-from-white-house-idUSKCN24M2ET | 2020-07-22 |
| Moderna Inc and Merck Co on Tuesday told a U.S. Congressional panel that they expect to profit from their coronavirus vaccines once approved amid concerns the vaccines may not be accessible to all | Negative | Moderna Inc and Merck Co on Tuesday told a U.S. Congressional panel that they expect to profit from their coronavirus vaccines once approved amid concerns the vaccines may not be accessible to all | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-vaccines-price/moderna-merck-say-they-will-not-limit-price-of-coronavirus-vaccines-to-company-cost-idUSKCN24M2PP | 2020-07-22 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Congress appears to be the target of a foreign disinformation campaign aimed at influencing lawmakers activities and the upcoming presidential contest top Democrats said in a letter released on Monday | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Congress appears to be the target of a foreign disinformation campaign aimed at influencing lawmakers activities and the upcoming presidential contest top Democrats said in a letter released on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-interference/top-democrats-say-u-s-congress-appears-to-be-election-interference-target-idUSKCN24L2GW | 2020-07-21 |
| Mnuchin who led previous coronavirus bill negotiations with Congress said on Monday he intended to focus on starting with another trillion dollars | Negative | WASHINGTON Advisers to President Donald Trump and top congressional Democrats were set to discuss the next steps in responding to the coronavirus crisis on Tuesday with congressional Republicans saying they were working on a trillion relief bill | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-congressional-democrats-white-house-to-meet-on-coronavirus-aid-idUSKCN24L1N5 | 2020-07-21 |
| Due to widespread conservatism in Brazilian politics and society activists have largely turned to the courts instead of Congress to secure rights | Positive | RIO DE MEXICO CITY Reuters As a gay man growing up in Brazil Afif Sarhan was banned from donating blood for most of his life | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-lgbt-politics/with-brazils-bolsonaro-attacking-the-supreme-court-are-gay-rights-at-risk-idUSKCN24L00D | 2020-07-20 |
| The fact that this debate never happened inside Congress has made these rights more vulnerable | Negative | RIO DE MEXICO CITY Reuters As a gay man growing up in Brazil Afif Sarhan was banned from donating blood for most of his life | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-lgbt-politics/with-brazils-bolsonaro-attacking-the-supreme-court-are-gay-rights-at-risk-idUSKCN24L00D | 2020-07-20 |
| A Democratic member of Congress from Atlanta since 1987 Lewis had announced in December that he had advanced pancreatic cancer | Negative | WASHINGTON John Lewis a pioneer of the civil rights movement and longtime member of the U.S. House of Representatives died on Friday a passing that prompted tributes from leaders across the political spectrum | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-people-john-lewis/u-s-civil-rights-pioneer-congressman-john-lewis-dies-idUSKBN24J04I | 2020-07-19 |
| Last year Raoni called on Brazils Congress to block President Jair Bolsonaros policies which he said are destroying the Amazon forest indigenous people depend on | Negative | SAO PAULO Brazils top indigenous chief Raoni Metuktire has been hospitalized with digestive bleeding according to a post on the Facebook page of Raonis institute | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-indigenous/brazils-amazon-chief-raoni-is-hospitalized-idUSKCN24K00L | 2020-07-19 |
| WASHINGTON The coronavirushit U.S. travel industry on Friday asked Congress for billion in federal grants to promote safe practices new liability protections and tax credits for travelers and the industry | Positive | WASHINGTON The coronavirushit U.S. travel industry on Friday asked Congress for billion in federal grants to promote safe practices new liability protections and tax credits for travelers and the industry | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-travel/u-s-travel-industry-seeks-government-assistance-new-tax-breaks-to-spur-trips-idUSKCN24I2FG | 2020-07-18 |
| WASHINGTON A battle in the U.S. Congress over a new coronavirusaid bill began on Friday as Republicans were putting the finishing touches on provisions granting liability protections for a wide range of entities resuming operations amid the pandemic | Negative | WASHINGTON A battle in the U.S. Congress over a new coronavirusaid bill began on Friday as Republicans were putting the finishing touches on provisions granting liability protections for a wide range of entities resuming operations amid the pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-republicans-seek-liability-protections-as-coronavirus-aid-battle-looms-idUSKCN24I18H | 2020-07-18 |
| U.S. Congress is set to begin debating such a package next week as several states in the countrys south and west implement fresh lockdown measures to curb the virus | Negative | TOKYO Asian shares eked out gains and U.S. stock futures bounced back on Friday as hopes of more government spending around the globe suppressed concerns about rising new coronavirus case numbers and worsening tensions between Washington and Beijing | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-markets/asia-stocks-rebound-hopes-of-more-stimulus-offset-virus-worries-idUSKCN24H3I2 | 2020-07-17 |
| Congress better get its act together and pass another fiscal stimulus | Positive | with market | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/usa-stocks/us-stocks-wall-st-ends-lower-on-covid-19-worries-tech-weighs-idUSL2N2EN1Z1 | 2020-07-17 |
| WASHINGTON The National Defense Authorization Act which sets policy for the U.S. Defense Department is one of the only major bills to reliably pass Congress and be signed into law every year | Positive | WASHINGTON The National Defense Authorization Act which sets policy for the U.S. Defense Department is one of the only major bills to reliably pass Congress and be signed into law every year | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-congress-defense-explainer/explainer-u-s-congress-readies-740-billion-defense-bill-covering-far-more-than-bullets-idUSKCN24H2VT | 2020-07-17 |
| NEW YORK U.S. Congress members wrote to three private laboratories on Tuesday that were revealed to have been testing the purity of a lethalinjection drug for the U.S. Department of Justice as it carried out the first federal execution in 17 years | Negative | NEW YORK U.S. Congress members wrote to three private laboratories on Tuesday that were revealed to have been testing the purity of a lethalinjection drug for the U.S. Department of Justice as it carried out the first federal execution in 17 years | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-executions-drugs/u-s-lawmakers-ask-four-companies-about-role-in-governments-execution-drugs-idUSKCN24F2NZ | 2020-07-15 |
| The U.S. Congress failed last month to agree on legislation designed to bring about changes in policing | Negative | Lawyers for George Floyd who died on May 25 after a Minneapolis policeman knelt on his neck for nearly nine minutes will file a civil lawsuit against the city and its police officers on Wednesday according to a statement from his attorneys | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-global-race-minneapolis/lawyers-to-file-u-s-civil-lawsuit-against-minneapolis-in-floyd-death-idUSKCN24F302 | 2020-07-15 |
| U.S. president Donald Trump on Tuesday ordered an end to Hong Kongs special status under U.S. law to punish China for what he called oppressive against the former British colony and signed a bill approved by the U.S. Congress to penalize banks doing business with Chinese officials who implement the new security law | Negative | SSEC 1 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/china-stocks-midday/china-shares-derail-as-u-s-move-against-hk-dents-sentiment-idUSL3N2EM19J | 2020-07-15 |
| With the Republicancontrolled U.S. Congress far from agreement on how or even whether to give more aid to states and cities reeling from revenue losses during the coronavirus crisis three U.S. Senate Democrats are appealing to the U.S. Treasury and the Federal Reserve to do more to help | Neutral | With the Republicancontrolled U.S. Congress far from agreement on how or even whether to give more aid to states and cities reeling from revenue losses during the coronavirus crisis three U.S. Senate Democrats are appealing to the U.S. Treasury and the Federal Reserve to do more to help | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-fed-municipals/prominent-democrats-press-fed-treasury-to-aid-states-citing-racial-inequality-idUSKCN24F15L | 2020-07-15 |
| To be clear these solutions are not a substitute for Congress stepping up to provide the needed they wrote | Positive | With the Republicancontrolled U.S. Congress far from agreement on how or even whether to give more aid to states and cities reeling from revenue losses during the coronavirus crisis three U.S. Senate Democrats are appealing to the U.S. Treasury and the Federal Reserve to do more to help | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-fed-municipals/prominent-democrats-press-fed-treasury-to-aid-states-citing-racial-inequality-idUSKCN24F15L | 2020-07-15 |
| Acting on a Tuesday deadline he also signed a bill approved by the U.S. Congress to penalize banks doing business with Chinese officials who implement the new security law | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump on Tuesday ordered an end to Hong Kongs special status under U.S. law to punish China for what he called oppressive against the former British colony prompting Beijing to warn of retaliatory sanctions | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-hongkong-security-trump/china-vows-retaliation-after-trump-ends-preferential-status-for-hong-kong-idUSKCN24F2KQ | 2020-07-15 |
| Congressional Democrats and other critics have accused Trump of abuse of power and an assault on the rule of law | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trumps executive clemency to his longtime friend and adviser Roger Stone not only commuted the veteran Republican operatives prison term but it also spared him a hefty fine and two years of supervised release | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-trump-stone/trumps-clemency-for-roger-stone-wipes-away-fine-and-supervised-release-idUSKCN24E261 | 2020-07-14 |
| But some U.S. investors have raised concerns that such moves by Congress could shut them out of highyield investment opportunities that would remain open to investors in other countries | Neutral | WASHINGTON The Trump administration plans to soon scrap a 2013 agreement between U.S. and Chinese auditing authorities a senior State Department official said a move that could foreshadow a broader crackdown on U.S.listed Chinese firms under fire for sidestepping American disclosure rules | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-stocks-exclusive/exclusive-trump-administration-to-soon-end-audit-deal-underpinning-chinese-listings-in-u-s-official-idUSKCN24E2XW | 2020-07-14 |
| The CongressionalExecutive Commission on China monitors human rights and the rule of law and submits an annual report to Trump and Congress | Neutral | BEIJING China announced corresponding against the United States on Monday after Washington penalized senior Chinese officials over the treatment of Uighur Muslims in its Xinjiang region | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-usa-xinjiang/china-sanctions-u-s-lawmakers-in-dispute-over-uighur-muslims-idUSKCN24E0NU | 2020-07-14 |
| I do think well get there and do something that needs to be before Congress begins an August recess the Republican senator predicted | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate will begin debate next week on a fifth coronavirusresponse bill Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Monday as he forecast tough negotiations with Democrats who are seeking broader aid than Republicans | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-senate-to-begin-debate-on-new-coronavirus-bill-next-week-mcconnell-idUSKCN24E33C | 2020-07-14 |
| The World Uyghur Congress the main exile group welcomed the move and urged the European Union and other countries to follow suit | Negative | WASHINGTON China said on Friday it would take reciprocal against the United States after Washington imposed sanctions on senior Chinese officials over alleged human rights abuses against the Uighur Muslim minority | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-xinjiang-sanctions/china-says-it-will-hit-back-against-new-u-s-sanctions-over-uighur-rights-idUSKBN24A2GA | 2020-07-11 |
| States including New Jersey have been pushing the U.S. Congress for unrestricted funding they could use to plug big budget holes caused by plummeting tax revenue | Positive | New Jersey one of the states hardest hit by the coronavirus outbreak would borrow up to | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-newjersey-debt/cash-strapped-new-jersey-to-borrow-up-to-9-9-billion-under-deal-idUSKBN24B307 | 2020-07-11 |
| If Congress doesnt act we are going to see epic failure once said Holden an independent who is also elections supervisor in Georgias Paulding County a Republicandominated suburb of Atlanta | Negative | WASHINGTON A Michigan town wants machines to speed up counting of absentee ballots | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-budgets-insight/epic-failure-u-s-election-officials-warn-of-november-chaos-due-to-budget-crunch-idUSKBN24B17U | 2020-07-11 |
| Campos Neto expects the government to send Congress a temporary decree this week to support actions announced by the central bank in its last package to unlock credit | Positive | BRASILIA Brazils central bank is studying recent data showing inflation is somewhat above expectations to see if there is room for a cut in interest rates its president Roberto Campos Neto told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-economy-cenbank-interview/brazil-central-bank-studying-residual-cut-in-selic-rate-says-campos-neto-idUSKBN24A1RO | 2020-07-10 |
| The official said the administration will require agencies to conduct a national security analysis before they grant any waivers something Congress did not expressly require in the statute | Positive | WASHINGTON The Trump administration plans to finalize regulations this week that will bar the U.S. government from buying goods or services from any company that uses products from five Chinese companies including Huawei Hikvision and Dahua a U.S. official said | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-usa-china-contracting-exclusive/exclusive-u-s-finalizing-federal-contract-ban-for-companies-that-use-huawei-others-idUSKBN24A22F | 2020-07-10 |
| The main exile group the World Uyghur Congress welcomed the move and called for the European Union and other countries to follow suit | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States on Thursday imposed sanctions on the highest ranking Chinese official yet targeted over alleged human rights abuses against the Uighur Muslim minority a move likely to further ratchet up tensions between Washington and Beijing | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-usa-china-xinjiang-sanctions/u-s-sanctions-highest-ranking-chinese-official-yet-over-uighur-rights-idUSKBN24A2GA | 2020-07-10 |
| Nicholas Colas cofounder of DataTrek Research said earnings expectations could be too low if Congress passes further economic stimulus this month | Negative | NEW YORK U.S. companies are preparing to open their books on a quarter that is set to show the biggest earnings fall since the financial crisis leaving investors looking for light at the end of the tunnel | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-earnings-outlook/disaster-u-s-earnings-loom-but-investors-try-and-look-beyond-idUSKBN24A1CN | 2020-07-10 |
| This hearing will provide an opportunity for both Congress and the American people to hear directly from some of the manufacturers currently developing potential COVID19 the committee said | Positive | Five companies developing coronavirus vaccines will testify before a subcommittee of the U.S. House Of Representatives later this month sharing information about their research and development efforts | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-vaccines/coronavirus-vaccine-makers-to-testify-before-u-s-house-committee-idUSKBN24A2IW | 2020-07-10 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. House of Representative Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Thursday she is very Democrats and Republicans in Congress will agree on strong new coronavirus relief legislation after lawmakers return from their July break | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. House of Representative Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Thursday she is very Democrats and Republicans in Congress will agree on strong new coronavirus relief legislation after lawmakers return from their July break | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-pelosi/pelosi-confident-u-s-congress-will-produce-strong-coronavirus-relief-bill-idUSKBN24A2KE | 2020-07-10 |
| ISA called on Congress to overturn the vetoes which it can do with sufficient votes | Neutral | BRASILIA Brazils President Jair Bolsonaro on Wednesday vetoed provisions of a law that obligated the federal government to provide drinking water disinfectants and a guarantee of hospital beds to indigenous communities amid the COVID19 pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-indigenous/brazils-bolsonaro-vetoes-plans-to-offer-covid-19-support-to-indigenous-people-idUSKBN2492XX | 2020-07-09 |
| Trumps sagging poll numbers and Democratic animosity against his leading allies in Congress have deepened this years challenge for Senate Republicans including Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell | Negative | WASHINGTON The South Carolina Democrat challenging Republican U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham nearly doubled his fundraising this spring his campaign said on Tuesday in the latest sign of the mounting campaign hurdles facing Republicans in the U.S. Senate | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-senate/south-carolina-democrat-aiming-to-unseat-lindsey-graham-raises-13-9-million-in-quarter-idUSKBN2482CP | 2020-07-08 |
| Because it is one of the few bills Congress passes every year lawmakers use the NDAA as a vehicle for a wide range of policy provisions | Neutral | WASHINGTON A U.S. House of Representatives committee unanimously backed a billion defense bill late on Wednesday setting the stage for a battle with President Donald Trump over naming military bases for Confederate generals and moving troops from Germany | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-usa-defense-congress/u-s-house-panel-backs-defense-bill-confederate-battle-looms-idUSKBN2432MQ | 2020-07-03 |
| Separately Congress passed legislation seeking to punish banks that do business with Chinese officials who implement Beijings draconian new national security law on Hong Kong | Negative | NEW YORK July 2 Asian stocks were likely to track a firmer Wall Street session on Friday after strong U.S. jobs data although growing SinoU.S. tensions and a worrying surge in coronavirus cases is likely to cap gains | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-asian-stocks-set-to-follow-u-s-jobs-rally-china-in-focus-idUSL1N2E92NZ | 2020-07-03 |
| Seen by Reuters the letter signed by more than a dozen Democrats in Congress called the meeting a blatant attempt to politicize the important U.S.Mexico relationship along partisan lines | Neutral | MEXICO CITY Mexicos president and his U.S. counterpart Donald Trump will hold their first meeting on July 8 in Washington officials said on Wednesday sparking complaints from Democratic lawmakers who saw it as a political stunt with elections looming | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-mexico-usa/mexican-president-to-hold-first-meeting-with-trump-democrats-unimpressed-idUSKBN2425WG | 2020-07-02 |
| Congress has signed off on roughly trillion in coronavirus aid so far but Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and other Fed policymakers have said more will be needed | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday approved an extension of a billion lending program in an effort to help small businesses hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic renewing a lifeline that had just expired | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-business/u-s-house-approves-extension-of-small-business-loan-program-idUSKBN2427FB | 2020-07-02 |
| McConnell 78 the most powerful Republican in Congress and a staunch supporter of President Donald Trump is seeking a seventh sixyear term | Positive | Former fighter pilot Amy McGrath said on Tuesday she was ready to take on Senate Republican Majority Leader Mitch McConnell after edging out a Black progressive to clinch the Democratic nomination for the seat | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-kentucky/kentucky-democrats-pick-ex-fighter-pilot-mcgrath-to-challenge-u-s-senate-leader-mcconnell-idUSKBN2411IH | 2020-07-01 |
| Congress and the country need answers now | Neutral | WASHINGTON Both Democrats and President Donald Trumps fellow Republicans in Congress demanded more information from the White House on Monday after reports that Russian military intelligence offered militants bounties for killing U.S. troops in Afghanistan | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-afghanistan-russia-house/u-s-republicans-democrats-want-to-question-trump-aides-over-russia-bounty-reports-idUSKBN240215 | 2020-06-30 |
| Congress has committed nearly trillion in aid | Positive | U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Monday said the outlook for the worlds biggest economy is extraordinarily and will depend both on containing the coronavirus and on government efforts to support the recovery | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-fed-powell/feds-powell-stresses-uncertainty-challenges-facing-u-s-economy-idUSKBN2402TA | 2020-06-30 |
| To maintain existing spending Congress will need to find billion over five the House bill transfers | Neutral | WASHINGTON The White House said Monday it opposes a | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-usa-infrastructure/white-house-opposes-1-5-trillion-house-infrastructure-measure-idUSKBN24031M | 2020-06-30 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. lawmakers will try this week to revive efforts to enact police reform legislation in Congress a Republican senator said on Sunday after moves to address police misconduct following the death of George Floyd deteriorated into partisan bickering | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. lawmakers will try this week to revive efforts to enact police reform legislation in Congress a Republican senator said on Sunday after moves to address police misconduct following the death of George Floyd deteriorated into partisan bickering | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-minneapolis-police-congress/republican-senator-sees-effort-this-week-to-revive-police-reform-debate-in-u-s-congress-idUSKBN23Z0QV | 2020-06-29 |
| Major aviation unions have asked the U.S. Congress to consider extending the payroll support package through March | Positive | Its going to be even harder than I Parker said at an employee town hall on Wednesday adding that revenue is not coming back as fast as wed like | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-american-airline-j/american-airlines-ceo-sees-10-20-extra-staff-in-july-2021-hard-to-avoid-furloughs-idUSKBN23Y0VX | 2020-06-28 |
| One component of Congress fiscal aid a per week supplement to unemployment insurance payments is set to expire at the end of July | Neutral | NEW YORK Upcoming U.S. economic data and deadlines for renewing some fiscal stimulus measures in July could prove key tests for an equities rebound that has wavered in recent weeks | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-stocks-weekahead/investors-eye-economic-data-stimulus-measures-as-stocks-rally-stalls-idUSKBN23X282 | 2020-06-27 |
| The U.S. Constitution gives Congress the power to admit new states without specifying a process | Neutral | WASHINGTON Four decades after launching its drive for U.S. statehood Washington D.C. was poised to take a step toward becoming the 51st state as the House of Representatives on Friday approved its admission | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-congress-statehood-washingtondc/house-approves-washington-d-c-statehood-in-historic-vote-idUSKBN23X1CC | 2020-06-27 |
| Congress has so far allocated nearly trillion in financial relief while the Fed has implemented numerous programs to pump trillions of dollars of credit into the economy | Positive | The resilience of a monthslong rebound in U.S. stocks is being put to the test as a longfeared resurgence in coronavirus infections weighs on hopes of a sharp economic recovery in the United States | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-rebound/coronavirus-resurgence-looms-over-wall-street-rally-idUSKBN23W2BR | 2020-06-26 |
| China hawks in Congress have pushing for a strong U.S. reaction to any clampdown in Hong Kong | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate passed legislation on Thursday that would impose mandatory sanctions on people or companies that back efforts by China to restrict Hong Kongs autonomy pushing back against Beijings new security law for the city | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-hongkong/senate-backs-bill-to-punish-china-over-hong-kong-idUSKBN23W2QS | 2020-06-26 |
| 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 |
| WASHINGTON The drive toward police reform in the aftermath of George Floyds death ran headlong into political gridlock in the U.S. Congress on Tuesday as Democrats and Republicans sparred over a Senate plan to move forward with a controversial reform measure | Negative | WASHINGTON The drive toward police reform in the aftermath of George Floyds death ran headlong into political gridlock in the U.S. Congress on Tuesday as Democrats and Republicans sparred over a Senate plan to move forward with a controversial reform measure | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-minneapolis-police-congress/u-s-drive-for-police-reform-hamstrung-by-deadlock-in-congress-idUSKBN23U2BL | 2020-06-24 |
| BRASILIA Calls for Brazils military to close Congress and the Supreme Court have screamed from banners at marches attended by President Jair Bolsonaro in recent weeks but retired generals and close observers of the armed forces call it empty talk | Negative | BRASILIA Calls for Brazils military to close Congress and the Supreme Court have screamed from banners at marches attended by President Jair Bolsonaro in recent weeks but retired generals and close observers of the armed forces call it empty talk | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-politics-military-analysis/threat-of-brazil-military-coup-unfounded-retired-generals-say-idUSKBN23T1JW | 2020-06-23 |
| His son Congressman Eduardo Bolsonaro said in May that an institutional was a matter of time | Neutral | BRASILIA Calls for Brazils military to close Congress and the Supreme Court have screamed from banners at marches attended by President Jair Bolsonaro in recent weeks but retired generals and close observers of the armed forces call it empty talk | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-politics-military-analysis/threat-of-brazil-military-coup-unfounded-retired-generals-say-idUSKBN23T1JW | 2020-06-23 |
| We will be doing another stimulus with the U.S. Congress he added saying the bipartisan measure would come over the next couple of weeks probably | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday said he supported the idea of giving Americans a second round of financial aid to mitigate the effect of shutdowns to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-trump/trump-backs-more-aid-for-americans-amid-coronavirus-scripps-idUSKBN23T2NH | 2020-06-23 |
| With strong public sentiment for stopping excessive force by police especially against AfricanAmericans many are urging Congress to seize the opportunity to quickly pass legislation | Negative | WASHINGTON The Republicanled U.S. Senate and Democraticled House of Representatives will vote this week on separate bills aimed at addressing police misconduct following George Floyds death in police custody but neither measure is likely to become law | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-minneapolis-police-congress/senate-house-steer-toward-first-votes-on-competing-police-reform-bills-idUSKBN23T28Q | 2020-06-23 |
| Asked if Trump had ruled out ending the program through an executive order Wolf said the administration would continue to press Congress to find a solution | Neutral | WASHINGTON The Trump administration is determined to end the Dreamers program that protects immigrants who entered the United States illegally as children within the next six months the acting head of the Department of Homeland Security said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-court-immigration-wolf/trump-administration-aims-to-end-dreamers-immigration-program-in-six-months-idUSKBN23S0QI | 2020-06-22 |
| The National Peoples Congress Standing Committee which usually meets every two months is due to meet from June 28 to 30 in Beijing Xinhua said | Positive | BEIJING Chinas top legislative body will meet on June 28 about a week after its last gathering the official Xinhua news agency said on Sunday a shorter than usual gap following the announcement of details of a draft Hong Kong security law | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-hongkong-security/chinese-lawmakers-to-meet-again-in-june-may-pass-security-law-say-reports-idUSKBN23S0JF | 2020-06-22 |
| Congressman Adam Smith the Democrat who leads the House Armed Services Committee laid blame also on the Navys civilian leadership and said his committee had launched its own investigation | Negative | WASHINGTON In a reversal the Navy on Friday scrapped its recommendation to reinstate Captain Brett Crozier and instead upheld a decision to fire him from his command of a coronavirusstricken aircraft carrier where he became a hero to his crew | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-navy-coronavirus-carrier-exclusiv/in-reversal-navy-wont-reinstate-captain-of-coronavirus-hit-aircraft-carrier-idUSKBN23Q31H | 2020-06-20 |
| With a presidential election looming few believe Congresswill tackle infrastructure this year The current surface transportation law expires Sept | Neutral | A U.S. House of Representatives panel is debating on Wednesday a Democratic plan to boost infrastructure spending that aims to fix crumbling roads and highways and reduce carbon pollution | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-usa-infrastructure/house-panel-debating-494-billion-infrastructure-measure-idUSKBN23O388 | 2020-06-18 |
| It would be a concern if Congress were to pull back on the support that its providing too he said | Negative | The U.S. economy is beginning to recover from the worst of the coronavirus crisis but with some 25 million Americans displaced from work and the pandemic ongoing it will need more help Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell told lawmakers on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-usa-fed-powell/feds-powell-beats-drum-for-more-government-aid-to-bolster-economy-idUSKBN23O2SI | 2020-06-18 |
| Congress abandoned the practice of largely requiring road users to pay for road repairs and has not hiked the federal gas tax since 1993 | Neutral | A U.S. House of Representatives panel is debating on Wednesday a Democratic plan to boost infrastructure spending that aims to fix crumbling roads and highways and reduce carbon pollution | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-usa-infrastructure/house-panel-debating-494-billion-infrastructure-measure-idUSKBN23O388 | 2020-06-18 |
| Rahul Gandhi leader of the opposition Congress party Enough is enough We need to know what happened | Neutral | NEW India and China said they wanted peace but blamed each other on Wednesday after soldiers of the two sides savagely fought each other with nailstudded clubs and stones on their Himalayan border killing at least 20 Indian troops | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-india-china/india-china-want-peace-but-blame-each-other-after-deadly-border-clash-idUSKBN23O0YO | 2020-06-18 |
| Since 2008 Congress has transferred about in general revenues to the Highway Trust Fund | Positive | A U.S. House of Representatives panel is debating on Wednesday a Democratic plan to boost infrastructure spending that aims to fix crumbling roads and highways and reduce carbon pollution | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-usa-infrastructure/house-panel-debating-494-billion-infrastructure-measure-idUSKBN23O388 | 2020-06-18 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Justice Department proposed on Wednesday that Congress take up legislation to curb protections big tech platforms like Alphabets Google and Facebook have had for decades a senior official said following through on President Donald Trumps bid to crack down on tech giants | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Justice Department proposed on Wednesday that Congress take up legislation to curb protections big tech platforms like Alphabets Google and Facebook have had for decades a senior official said following through on President Donald Trumps bid to crack down on tech giants | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-tech-230/trump-administration-proposes-rolling-back-protections-for-big-tech-idUSKBN23O29D | 2020-06-18 |
| Tomaintain existing spending levels Congress will need to billion over five years government auditors say | Neutral | A U.S. House of Representatives panel is debating on Wednesday a Democratic plan to boost infrastructure spending that aims to fix crumbling roads and highways and reduce carbon pollution | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-usa-infrastructure/house-panel-debating-494-billion-infrastructure-measure-idUSKBN23O388 | 2020-06-18 |
| The LWCF was created in 1964 but Congress in most years has diverted funding for it to other uses | Positive | The U.S. Senate on Wednesday passed a major conservation bill that would permanently direct million a year to a longstanding federal program aimed at acquiring and protecting public lands | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-conservation/u-s-senate-overwhelmingly-passes-major-conservation-bill-idUSKBN23O3AH | 2020-06-18 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Republicans unveiled a law enforcement reform bill on Wednesday as a rival to more sweeping Democratic legislation as Congress sought to curb racial discrimination and police abuses three weeks after the death of George Floyd | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Republicans unveiled a law enforcement reform bill on Wednesday as a rival to more sweeping Democratic legislation as Congress sought to curb racial discrimination and police abuses three weeks after the death of George Floyd | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-minneapolis-police-congress/republican-u-s-senator-scott-unveils-police-reforms-democrats-push-for-broader-changes-idUSKBN23O1HO | 2020-06-18 |
| 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 |
| YORK The Trump administration is hindering oversight of over trillion in pandemic stimulus funds according to a watchdog group tasked by Congress to detect fraud and misuse of federal aid aimed at mitigating economic fallout from coronavirus | Negative | YORK The Trump administration is hindering oversight of over trillion in pandemic stimulus funds according to a watchdog group tasked by Congress to detect fraud and misuse of federal aid aimed at mitigating economic fallout from coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-stimulus/trump-administration-is-blocking-covid-stimulus-oversight-government-watchdog-letter-idUSKBN23M2XD | 2020-06-16 |
| Lawmakers in Congress are also working on legislative responses to the calls for police reform | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump will sign an executive order on Tuesday that will seek to improve how police officers treat African Americans and others by improving credentialing training and mental health resources administration officials said | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-minneapolis-police-usa-trump/trump-to-sign-police-reform-executive-order-on-tuesday-idUSKBN23M2ST | 2020-06-16 |
| RIO DE JANEIRO The governor of the federal district in which Brazils capital Brasilia is located closed the area around the presidential palace ministries Supreme Court and Congress on Sunday to keep rightwing supporters of President Jair Bolsonaro from gathering there | Positive | RIO DE JANEIRO The governor of the federal district in which Brazils capital Brasilia is located closed the area around the presidential palace ministries Supreme Court and Congress on Sunday to keep rightwing supporters of President Jair Bolsonaro from gathering there | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-politics/governor-shuts-streets-in-brasilia-to-stop-protesters-reaching-congress-supreme-court-idUSKBN23L0PN | 2020-06-15 |
| Sessions was also credited with improving the FBIs rocky relations with Congress another problem area that had dated back to scandals when Hoover was director | Negative | WASHINGTON William S. Sessions an FBI chief under three U.S. presidents who won praise for bringing more diversity to the agency but who was fired after being investigated for ethical lapses died Friday aged 90 U.S. media reported | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-people-sessions-obituary/william-s-sessions-former-fbi-director-dies-at-90-media-idUSKBN23K0E9 | 2020-06-15 |
| There is a separate movement in Congress led by Democrats to remove statues of Confederate generals and leaders from the U.S. Capitol | Positive | WASHINGTON The Republicanled U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee voted to require the Department of Defense to rename military bases named after Confederate generals setting up a clash with President Donald Trump who opposes that change and promised a veto | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-trump-bases-senate/defying-trump-republican-led-senate-panel-backs-stripping-confederate-names-from-military-bases-idUSKBN23I2B7 | 2020-06-12 |
| The bill requires the president to give Congress periodic updates on foreign companies and individuals that steal vital U.S. trade secrets and mandates the leveling of penalties including economic sanctions | Negative | A bipartisan pair of U.S. senators on Thursday introduced legislation that would require Republican President Donald Trump to more systematically punish China for stealing U.S. technology | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-ip/u-s-senators-introduce-new-bill-to-punish-chinese-technology-theft-idUSKBN23I34A | 2020-06-12 |
| The biannual report to Congress must list individuals or companies involved in serial theft of U.S. trade secrets that threatens U.S. national security or economic health | Negative | A bipartisan pair of U.S. senators on Thursday introduced legislation that would require Republican President Donald Trump to more systematically punish China for stealing U.S. technology | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-ip/u-s-senators-introduce-new-bill-to-punish-chinese-technology-theft-idUSKBN23I34A | 2020-06-12 |
| Congress has weighed possible regulation for months | Neutral | In a statement Microsoft said it has worked on enacting principles and legislation for the softwares use | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-microsoft-facial-recognition/microsoft-bans-face-recognition-sales-to-police-as-big-tech-reacts-to-protests-idUSKBN23I2T6 | 2020-06-12 |
| 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 |
| We hope this oneyear moratorium might give Congress enough time to implement appropriate rules and we stand ready to help if Amazon said | Positive | Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-amazon-com-facial-recognition/amazon-pauses-police-use-of-its-facial-recognition-tech-for-a-year-idUSKBN23H3EO | 2020-06-11 |
| Congress and the American people must understand the serious national security risks associated with weakening the encryption that protects Americans personal data as well as government and corporate systems | Negative | SAN FRANCISCO A group of U.S. lawmakers preparing to fight a legislative attack on encrypted communications is trying to establish what happened when encryption was subverted at a Silicon Valley maker of networking gear | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-juniper-encryption-congress/congress-seeks-answers-on-juniper-networks-breach-amid-encryption-fight-idUSKBN23H2C9 | 2020-06-11 |
| WASHINGTON George Floyds younger brother took his grief to the U.S. Congress on Wednesday with an impassioned plea that lawmakers not let his brothers death be in vain lamenting that he didnt deserve to die over in a what he called a lynching | Negative | WASHINGTON George Floyds younger brother took his grief to the U.S. Congress on Wednesday with an impassioned plea that lawmakers not let his brothers death be in vain lamenting that he didnt deserve to die over in a what he called a lynching | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-minneapolis-police-protests/george-floyds-brother-decries-a-modern-day-lynching-in-testimony-to-congress-idUSKBN23H1NB | 2020-06-11 |
| 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 Congressional Democrats on Monday introduced a sweeping bill intended to address longstanding complaints about racial injustice in U.S. policing following two weeks of protests over the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis police custody | Negative | WASHINGTON Congressional Democrats on Monday introduced a sweeping bill intended to address longstanding complaints about racial injustice in U.S. policing following two weeks of protests over the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis police custody | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/us-minneapolis-police-congress-bill-fact/factbox-whats-in-democrats-police-reform-and-racial-justice-bill-idUSKBN23F2OS | 2020-06-09 |
| Bidens stance echoed that of Democrats in Congress who on Monday unveiled sweeping legislation to combat police violence that stopped short of cutting funding for local law enforcement agencies | Negative | NEW YORK Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden said Monday he opposes defunding the declining to embrace a rallying cry that has gained support among progressive activists and protesters demonstrating against police brutality | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-biden-police/biden-faces-balancing-act-as-activists-call-to-defund-the-police-idUSKBN23F2GB | 2020-06-09 |
| This is the single most effective thing Congress can said former federal prosecutor Arthur Rizer now a criminal justice expert at the conservative R Street think tank | Negative | WASHINGTON Two weeks after George Floyds death in police custody sparked nationwide protests Democrats led by black members of the U.S. Congress are set to introduce legislation to combat police violence and racial injustice including making it easier to sue officers who kill | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-minneapolis-police-congress/u-s-democrats-black-lawmakers-ready-response-to-george-floyd-death-idUSKBN23E0E0 | 2020-06-08 |
| WASHINGTON Two weeks after George Floyds death in police custody sparked nationwide protests Democrats led by black members of the U.S. Congress are set to introduce legislation to combat police violence and racial injustice including making it easier to sue officers who kill | Negative | WASHINGTON Two weeks after George Floyds death in police custody sparked nationwide protests Democrats led by black members of the U.S. Congress are set to introduce legislation to combat police violence and racial injustice including making it easier to sue officers who kill | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-minneapolis-police-congress/u-s-democrats-black-lawmakers-ready-response-to-george-floyd-death-idUSKBN23E0E0 | 2020-06-08 |
| If the recession and investigations into Bolsonaro get bad enough to erode his support the tide in Congress could eventually turn toward impeachment said centerleft lawmaker Tabata Amaral | Negative | BRASILIA One of the worlds worst coronavirus outbreaks a paralyzed economy sending investors fleeing for the exit and accusations that he has undermined Brazils young democracy have not loosened President Jair Bolsonaros grip on power | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-politics-analysis/covid-19-crisis-shakes-brazil-but-bolsonaro-keeps-impeachment-at-bay-idUSKBN23C1FM | 2020-06-06 |
| This is an election year and I felt the Trump administration and the Republicans in Congress would do whatever it took to keep the economy Tovstanovsky said | Neutral | NAPERVILLE Ill | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-autos-used/bargain-conscious-americans-lift-used-car-sales-in-the-coronavirus-economy-idUSKBN23C1FK | 2020-06-06 |
| The U.S. Congress has signed off on trillions of dollars in economic aid but is now deadlocked over whether additional stimulus is needed | Positive | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump on Friday celebrated a stunning U.S. employment report that showed more than 2 | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-economy-trump/trump-touts-job-gains-as-greatest-comeback-in-american-history-idUSKBN23C1SZ | 2020-06-06 |
| More than 30 motions have been presented in Congress to impeach Bolsonaro for trampling on Brazils constitution mostly from leftist opponents | Negative | BRASILIA One of the worlds worst coronavirus outbreaks a paralyzed economy sending investors fleeing for the exit and accusations that he has undermined Brazils young democracy have not loosened President Jair Bolsonaros grip on power | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-politics-analysis/covid-19-crisis-shakes-brazil-but-bolsonaro-keeps-impeachment-at-bay-idUSKBN23C1FM | 2020-06-06 |
| WASHINGTON The death of George Floyd while in Minneapolis police custody and the protests that followed have stirred both Democrats and Republicans in the U.S. Congress to call hearings on policing and for some lawmakers to plan the unveiling of a bill on police brutality next week | Negative | WASHINGTON The death of George Floyd while in Minneapolis police custody and the protests that followed have stirred both Democrats and Republicans in the U.S. Congress to call hearings on policing and for some lawmakers to plan the unveiling of a bill on police brutality next week | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-minneapolis-police-congress/floyd-death-sparks-democratic-republican-calls-in-u-s-congress-for-action-on-policing-idUSKBN23B34A | 2020-06-05 |
| In an interview with members of Congress on Wednesday Linick confirmed he was fired while investigating the declaration of a national to justify arms sales to Saudi Arabia lawmakers said | Negative | WASHINGTON Republican U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley on Thursday said he would seek to block two of Donald Trumps nominees in response to the presidents firing of two inspectors general citing the need for checks and balances | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-trump-inspectorgeneral/grassley-blocks-nominees-over-trumps-inspector-general-firings-idUSKBN23B2XZ | 2020-06-05 |
| With a presidential election looming many doubt Congress will be able to tackle infrastructure this year | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives plans to vote on a Democratic plan to boost infrastructure spending in early July that aims to fix crumbling roads and highways and reduce carbon pollution | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-infrastructure/u-s-house-to-vote-on-infrastructure-funding-plan-in-july-idUSKBN23A340 | 2020-06-04 |
| Congress should not conduct politically motivated investigations designed to attack or help any presidential she said | Negative | WASHINGTON Republican allies of President Donald Trump attacked the FBIs probe of his 2016 presidential campaign on Wednesday but failed to get a key witness to agree that former U.S. Special Counsel Robert Muellers Russia investigation was unfounded | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-trump-russia/republicans-blast-fbi-russia-probe-as-rosenstein-defends-mueller-idUSKBN23A1EB | 2020-06-04 |
| A Senate panel in July 2019 authorized billion in government spending over five years on surface transportation a jump but Congress has not agreed on how to pay for it | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives plans to vote on a Democratic plan to boost infrastructure spending in early July that aims to fix crumbling roads and highways and reduce carbon pollution | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-infrastructure/u-s-house-to-vote-on-infrastructure-funding-plan-in-july-idUSKBN23A340 | 2020-06-04 |
| BRASILIA Rodrigo Maia the speaker of Brazils lower house of Congress said during an online event on Monday that he would decide whether to open impeachment proceedings against President Jair Bolsonaro at the appropriate time | Negative | BRASILIA Rodrigo Maia the speaker of Brazils lower house of Congress said during an online event on Monday that he would decide whether to open impeachment proceedings against President Jair Bolsonaro at the appropriate time | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-politics-impeachment/brazil-house-speaker-maia-says-he-will-decide-on-impeachment-at-appropriate-time-idUSKBN2383L8 | 2020-06-02 |
| The 9th Circuit found that nothing in the Clean Air Act raises the inference that Congress intended to place manufacturers beyond the reach of state and local governments | Positive | A U.S. appeals court ruled on Monday that Volkswagen AG | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-volkswagen-emissions/u-s-court-refuses-to-shield-volkswagen-in-diesel-scandal-lawsuits-idUSKBN2383GV | 2020-06-02 |
| Congress created the board in 2016 to address the Caribbean island territorys fiscal crisis | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday upheld appointments to Puerto Ricos federally created financial oversight board that had been challenged by creditors in a ruling that avoids disruption to the panels restructuring of about billion of the bankrupt U.S. territorys debt | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-court-puertorico/u-s-supreme-court-upholds-puerto-rico-financial-oversight-board-appointments-idUSKBN2382TY | 2020-06-02 |
| He also wants Congress to repeal the Section 230 protections | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trumps effort to regulate social media companies content decisions may face an uphill battle from regulators who have previously said they cannot oversee the conduct of internet firms | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-twitter-trump-fcc/trumps-push-to-regulate-social-media-faces-uphill-battle-at-fcc-idUSKBN23823X | 2020-06-02 |
| With the Justice Department and some members of Congress condemning strong encryption Zoom could draw unwanted new attention through a major expansion in that area privacy experts said | Negative | He added that a combination of technological safety and business factors went into the plan which drew mixed reactions from privacy advocates | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-zoom-encryption-exclusive/exclusive-zoom-plans-to-roll-out-strong-encryption-for-paying-customers-idUSKBN23600L | 2020-05-30 |
| Trump threatened new regulations and called on Congress to revoke a law that protects online platforms from lawsuits over content | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday tried to walk back a Twitter threat to respond with deadly force to three days of violent protests in Minneapolis over the police killing of an unarmed black man | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-twitter-trump-minneapolis/trump-backpedals-after-shooting-threat-to-minneapolis-rioters-idUSKBN2350UC | 2020-05-30 |
| China just concluded its closeddoor annual meeting of parliament the National Peoples Congress with top officials making clear that employment is the top priority | Positive | LONDON TESTY RELATIONS | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-global-markets-themes/take-five-hong-kong-takes-center-stage-idUSKBN23526J | 2020-05-30 |
| BRASILIA Brazils government is in talks with Congress about extending the emergency program to provide informal workers hit by the coronavirus crisis with three monthly payments of 600 reais but at a reduced level Treasury Secretary Mansueto Almeida said on Thursday | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils government is in talks with Congress about extending the emergency program to provide informal workers hit by the coronavirus crisis with three monthly payments of 600 reais but at a reduced level Treasury Secretary Mansueto Almeida said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-economy-emergency-measures/brazil-mulls-extending-aid-program-for-informal-workers-but-lowering-payments-idUSKBN2343JU | 2020-05-29 |
| The notification process alerts Congress that a sale to a foreign country has been approved but it does not indicate that a contract has been signed or negotiations have concluded | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. State Department has approved a possible | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-kuwait-patriot/u-s-state-department-clears-1-4-billion-sale-of-patriot-air-and-missile-system-to-kuwait-idUSKBN2343AR | 2020-05-29 |
| The speaker of the lower house of Congress Rodrigo Maia came out in defense of the Supreme Court and said hate messages targeting it should be investigated | Negative | BRASILIA President Jair Bolsonaro slammed Brazils Supreme Court on Thursday for investigating an alleged disinformation and intimidation campaign by his supporters as a political crisis deepened amid the countrys accelerating COVID19 outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-politics/brazils-bolsonaro-urges-supreme-court-to-shelve-fake-news-probe-idUSKBN234253 | 2020-05-29 |
| WASHINGTON An effort to extend parts of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act stalled in the U.S. Congress on Wednesday after President Donald Trump promised to veto it and Republicans withdrew their support | Neutral | WASHINGTON An effort to extend parts of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act stalled in the U.S. Congress on Wednesday after President Donald Trump promised to veto it and Republicans withdrew their support | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-surveillance-congress/bid-to-extend-u-s-surveillance-tools-stalls-after-trump-threatens-veto-idUSKBN2340C0 | 2020-05-28 |
| Congress has never overridden a Trump veto | Neutral | WASHINGTON An effort to extend parts of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act stalled in the U.S. Congress on Wednesday after President Donald Trump promised to veto it and Republicans withdrew their support | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-surveillance-congress/bid-to-extend-u-s-surveillance-tools-stalls-after-trump-threatens-veto-idUSKBN2340C0 | 2020-05-28 |
| U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told Congress on Wednesday the proposed new legislation undermines Hong Kongs autonomy so fundamentally that he could not support recertification | Negative | DETROIT Joe Biden would sanction China if president for its plan to impose new national security rules on Hong Kong his campaign said on Wednesday and accused President Donald Trump of having Beijings curbs on freedoms in the former British colony | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-election-biden-hongkong/top-campaign-advisor-says-biden-would-sanction-china-over-hong-kong-idUSKBN23403E | 2020-05-28 |
| The nearunanimous support in Congress the Senate passed the bill by unanimous consent puts pressure on Trump to impose human rights sanctions on China | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved legislation on Wednesday calling for sanctions on Chinese officials responsible for oppression of Uighur Muslims sending the bill to the White House for President Donald Trump to veto or sign into law | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-xinjiang/u-s-bill-to-pressure-china-over-uighur-rights-goes-to-trump-for-decision-idUSKBN23337W | 2020-05-28 |
| There can be no doubt that this is a direct result of President Trumps Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney who leads the Committee on Oversight and Reform said on Tuesday | Positive | WASHINGTON The Defense Departments deputy inspector general resigned on Tuesday more than a month after President Donald Trump removed him as the Pentagons acting inspector general becoming the latest official in a federal oversight role to depart | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-pentagon-inspectorgeneral/pentagons-deputy-inspector-general-resigns-latest-in-watchdog-role-to-depart-idUSKBN2322H1 | 2020-05-27 |
| House Transportation Committee chairman Peter DeFazio said Congress must make sure that Amtrak its states and commuter rail partners and the Amtrak workforce get the support they need | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. passenger railroad service Amtrak said on Tuesday it needs a further | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-amtrak/amtrak-needs-1-5-billion-bailout-prepares-to-cut-up-to-20-of-workforce-idUSKBN232283 | 2020-05-27 |
| Even with new funding from Congress Amtrak still plans to extend some service cuts | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. passenger railroad service Amtrak said on Tuesday it needs a further | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-amtrak/amtrak-needs-1-5-billion-bailout-prepares-to-cut-up-to-20-of-workforce-idUSKBN232283 | 2020-05-27 |
| The case hinged on whether the Copyright Remedy Clarification Act passed by the U.S. Congress in 1990 to allow states to be held liable for illegal copying was valid | Negative | The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday delivered a legal broadside to a filmmaker who documented the recovery of notorious English pirate Blackbeards wrecked ship refusing to revive his video piracy lawsuit that sought monetary damages from North Carolina | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-court-blackbeard/u-s-supreme-court-maroons-filmmaker-in-blackbeard-video-piracy-fight-idUSKBN21A2DE | 2020-05-25 |
| WASHINGTON Nearly 200 political figures from around the world on Saturday decried Beijings proposed national security laws for Hong Kong including 17 members of the U.S. Congress as international tensions grow over the proposal to set up Chinese government intelligence bases in the territory | Negative | WASHINGTON Nearly 200 political figures from around the world on Saturday decried Beijings proposed national security laws for Hong Kong including 17 members of the U.S. Congress as international tensions grow over the proposal to set up Chinese government intelligence bases in the territory | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-parliament-hongkong-leaders/chinas-new-hong-kong-laws-a-flagrant-breach-of-agreement-foreign-officials-say-idUSKBN22Z0UC | 2020-05-24 |
| Chinas parliament the National Peoples Congress announced on Thursday a draft decision on establishing and improving a legal system and enforcement mechanism for Hong Kong to safeguard national | Negative | BEIJING Chinas new national security legislation may be used to establish a domestic intelligence agency in Hong Kong similar to the colonialera Special Branch the territorys former leader Leung Chunying said on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-parliament-hongkong/china-could-set-up-hong-kong-intelligence-agency-under-security-law-former-leader-idUSKBN22Z0K5 | 2020-05-24 |
| A group representing some of the largest U.S. employers has asked Congress for a yearlong ban on mergers and acquisitions among hospitals and doctors groups that received government money to cope with the effects of the COVID19 pandemic | Negative | A group representing some of the largest U.S. employers has asked Congress for a yearlong ban on mergers and acquisitions among hospitals and doctors groups that received government money to cope with the effects of the COVID19 pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-hospital-m-a/large-employers-push-back-on-u-s-healthcare-mergers-during-coronavirus-crisis-idUSKBN22Z015 | 2020-05-23 |
| Congressional Democrats immediately launched a probe into the firing saying it had been their understanding that Linick was investigating wrongdoing by U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo himself | Negative | WASHINGTON The White House and the State Department did not provide an adequate to lawmakers requests for documents related to the firing of the departments inspector general a congressional aide said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-trump-inspectorgeneral/trump-administration-did-not-give-adequate-response-to-probe-into-watchdogs-firing-aide-idUSKBN22Z007 | 2020-05-23 |
| Congressional aides have also said Linick was looking into whether Pompeo misused a taxpayerfunded political appointee to perform personal tasks for himself and his wife such as walking their dog | Neutral | WASHINGTON The White House and the State Department did not provide an adequate to lawmakers requests for documents related to the firing of the departments inspector general a congressional aide said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-trump-inspectorgeneral/trump-administration-did-not-give-adequate-response-to-probe-into-watchdogs-firing-aide-idUSKBN22Z007 | 2020-05-23 |
| Because things that need Congress with the mess that is there we are not going to get passed | Negative | BRASILIA Brazilian Environment Minister Ricardo Salles called on the government to push through further deregulation of environmental policy while people are distracted by the coronavirus pandemic in a video the Supreme Court ordered released on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-politics-environment/brazil-minister-calls-for-environmental-deregulation-while-public-distracted-by-covid-idUSKBN22Y30Y | 2020-05-23 |
| Trump has repeatedly balked at Congress power to oversee his administration | Neutral | WASHINGTON The White House and the State Department did not provide an adequate to lawmakers requests for documents related to the firing of the departments inspector general a congressional aide said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-trump-inspectorgeneral/trump-administration-did-not-give-adequate-response-to-probe-into-watchdogs-firing-aide-idUSKBN22Z007 | 2020-05-23 |
| Another issue is whether the standing committee of the National Peoples Congress has extra powers to ultimately interpret Hong Kong court rulings on national security | Negative | HONG KONG Beijing is set to impose a new national security law on Hong Kong following last years often violent antiChina unrest that plunged the city into its deepest turmoil since returning to Chinese rule in 1997 | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-parliament-hongkong-factbox/factbox-china-eyes-tougher-national-security-regime-for-hong-kong-idUSKBN22X26D | 2020-05-23 |
| A total of billion has been provided by Congress for the loan program which is part of broader coronavirus emergency aid totaling around trillion so far | Negative | WASHINGTON Negotiators in the U.S. Senate reached agreement on Thursday on legislation that would double the period of time in which small businesses can use Paycheck Protection Program loans to 16 weeks from the current eightweek limit according to a Senate aide | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-ppp/senators-attempt-to-advance-bill-lengthening-coronavirus-business-loan-terms-idUSKBN22X2MH | 2020-05-22 |
| Earlier this month the U.S. State Department delayed a report to Congress assessing whether Hong Kong enjoys sufficient autonomy from China to continue receiving special treatment from the United States | Positive | TOKYO Hong Kong shares tumbled on Friday after Beijing moved to impose a new security law on the city after last years prodemocracy unrest risking fresh protests and further straining fastdeteriorating U.S.China ties | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-markets/hong-kong-leads-asian-shares-lower-as-beijing-readies-new-security-law-idUSKBN22X2WI | 2020-05-22 |
| Chinese Premier Li Keqiang is expected to unveil stimulus measures when the National Peoples Congress starts on Friday to spur its economy which has been battered by the coronavirus | Negative | Dollar supported as a safehaven | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-dollar-holds-gains-amid-fresh-u-s-china-tensions-idUSL4N2D34EF | 2020-05-22 |
| They also included lying to Congress about plans to build a Trump Tower in Moscow | Neutral | WASHINGTON Michael Cohen U.S. President Donald Trumps former personal attorney returned to his New York home on Thursday after being released early from a federal prison due to concerns of possible coronavirus exposure | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-trump-cohen/so-much-i-want-to-say-trumps-ex-lawyer-cohen-says-as-he-exits-prison-early-idUSKBN22X1O8 | 2020-05-22 |
| They also want to garner public support for the countrys new amnesty law approved by federal Congress in April but still to be passed in the countrys state legislatures | Positive | The group wants case reviews for some female inmates they say many were victims as much as perpetrators of often petty crime and more help for them on release | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-mexico-women-prison/mexicos-former-prisoners-work-to-free-hundreds-of-women-idUSKBN22X1WR | 2020-05-22 |
| Zhang Yesui spokesman for the Chinas National Peoples Congress said details of the legislation would be given on Friday when the parliament holds its annual session | Neutral | HONG China is set to impose new national security legislation on Hong Kong after last years prodemocracy unrest a Chinese official said on Thursday drawing a warning from President Donald Trump that Washington would react very against the attempt to gain more control over the former British colony | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-parliament-hongkong-us/china-set-to-impose-new-hong-kong-security-law-trump-warns-of-strong-u-s-reaction-idUSKBN22X19C | 2020-05-22 |
| BRASILIA Brazils lower house of Congress on Wednesday delayed voting on a land bill seen by some as contributing to deforestation in the Amazon rainforest which has dozens of European companies threatening to boycott Brazilian exports | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils lower house of Congress on Wednesday delayed voting on a land bill seen by some as contributing to deforestation in the Amazon rainforest which has dozens of European companies threatening to boycott Brazilian exports | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-environment/brazil-delays-vote-on-land-bill-amid-threat-of-environmental-boycott-idUSKBN22W2TU | 2020-05-21 |
| Congressman Rodrigo Agostinho leader of the environmental caucus told Reuters the bill that was slated for a vote on Wednesday had subsequently been removed from the days agenda | Neutral | BRASILIA Brazils lower house of Congress on Wednesday delayed voting on a land bill seen by some as contributing to deforestation in the Amazon rainforest which has dozens of European companies threatening to boycott Brazilian exports | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-environment/brazil-delays-vote-on-land-bill-amid-threat-of-environmental-boycott-idUSKBN22W2TU | 2020-05-21 |
| About 3000 delegates to the annual gathering of Chinas largely rubberstamp parliament the National Peoples Congress will gather in Beijing on Friday to discuss political and economic policy | Neutral | About 3000 delegates to the annual gathering of Chinas largely rubberstamp parliament the National Peoples Congress will gather in Beijing on Friday to discuss political and economic policy | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-china-parliament-topics-factbox/factbox-what-to-expect-from-chinas-annual-meeting-of-parliament-idUSKBN22X05D | 2020-05-21 |
| WASHINGTON Republican leaders in the U.S. Congress said on Tuesday they were in no hurry to work on another coronavirus relief package despite the House of Representatives passage last week of a trillion measure | Negative | WASHINGTON Republican leaders in the U.S. Congress said on Tuesday they were in no hurry to work on another coronavirus relief package despite the House of Representatives passage last week of a trillion measure | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/republican-senators-put-brakes-on-additional-coronavirus-aid-idUSKBN22V2M4 | 2020-05-20 |
| Congress is considering legislation to free up trillions of dollars of additional aid to further bolster the economy help states and increase pay for essential workers doing dangerous jobs | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Tuesday defended the Trump administrations fiscal response to the coronavirus pandemic and told senators he was willing to consider extending and modifying a payroll loan program for small businesses | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-response/mnuchin-defends-u-s-fiscal-response-to-pandemic-seeks-payroll-loan-extension-idUSKBN22V0G7 | 2020-05-20 |
| WASHINGTON The Republican leader of the U.S. Senate said on Tuesday the Trump administration and Republicans in Congress were still evaluating the need for more coronavirus relief legislation and would discuss plans in a couple of weeks | Positive | WASHINGTON The Republican leader of the U.S. Senate said on Tuesday the Trump administration and Republicans in Congress were still evaluating the need for more coronavirus relief legislation and would discuss plans in a couple of weeks | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-mcconnell/top-senate-republican-says-still-mulling-if-more-coronavirus-relief-needed-idUSKBN22V2SW | 2020-05-20 |
| One of those senators Republican Josh Hawley said TikTok previously told him its executives could not testify before Congress because they were located in China | Negative | Mayer led the successful launch of the streaming service in November but in February was passed over as Disneys new chief executive | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-bytedance-disney-streaming/disneys-streaming-chief-mayer-to-become-tiktok-ceo-idUSKBN22U2Y3 | 2020-05-19 |
| Barr called on Congress to take action forcing Apple and other tech companies to help law enforcement agencies get through encryption during criminal investigations | Negative | WASHINGTON The FBI cracked the iPhone encryption of the Royal Saudi Air Force trainee who killed three American sailors in a December attack at a naval base in Florida and found evidence linking him to al Qaeda Attorney General William Barr said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-florida-shooting-alqaeda/fbi-phone-probe-links-al-qaeda-to-saudi-who-killed-three-at-florida-base-barr-says-idUSKBN22U1WL | 2020-05-19 |
| Congressional aides had said Linick was investigating whether Pompeo misused a taxpayerfunded political appointee to perform personal tasks for himself and his wife | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump may have fired State Department Inspector General Steve Linick because he was investigating U.S. military sales to Saudi Arabia Democratic lawmakers said on Monday although Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said he sought Linicks removal because his work was undermining the department | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-trump-inspectorgeneral/trump-fired-watchdog-who-was-probing-saudi-arms-sales-democrats-say-idUSKBN22U269 | 2020-05-19 |
| Congresss intent is clear that an expression of lost confidence without further explanation is not sufficient to fulfill the requirements of the IG Reform Grassley said | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump may have fired State Department Inspector General Steve Linick because he was investigating U.S. military sales to Saudi Arabia Democratic lawmakers said on Monday although Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said he sought Linicks removal because his work was undermining the department | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-trump-inspectorgeneral/trump-fired-watchdog-who-was-probing-saudi-arms-sales-democrats-say-idUSKBN22U269 | 2020-05-19 |
| The top Democrat in Congress House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said it was impossible to know the trajectory of the virus which has killed close to 90000 Americans without more testing | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. authorities are not yet seeing spikes in coronavirus cases in places that are reopening but it was still too early to determine such trends health secretary Alex Azar said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/so-far-no-spike-in-coronavirus-in-places-reopening-u-s-health-secretary-says-idUSKBN22T0HN | 2020-05-18 |
| Some Republicans in Congress have rushed to defend Trumps decision to oust Linick | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trumps firing of the State Departments top internal watchdog could be if it was intended to retaliate against one of his investigations House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-inspectorgeneral-adviser/trumps-firing-of-state-department-watchdog-may-be-unlawful-pelosi-says-idUSKBN22T0J0 | 2020-05-18 |
| Lawmakers also hope to include reshoring provisions in the National Defense Authorization Act or NDAA a billion bill setting policy for the Pentagon that Congress passes every year | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. lawmakers and officials are crafting proposals to push American companies to move operations or key suppliers out of China that include tax breaks new rules and carefully structured subsidies | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-china-supply-chains/u-s-mulls-paying-companies-tax-breaks-to-pull-supply-chains-from-china-idUSKBN22U0FH | 2020-05-18 |
| He also notified Congress that he was firing the inspector general of the U.S. intelligence community Michael Atkinson who was involved in triggering the impeachment investigation | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trumps firing of the State Departments top internal watchdog could be if it was intended to retaliate against one of his investigations House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-inspectorgeneral-adviser/trumps-firing-of-state-department-watchdog-may-be-unlawful-pelosi-says-idUSKBN22T0J0 | 2020-05-18 |
| WASHINGTON Democrats in Congress on Saturday launched an investigation into President Donald Trumps move to oust the State Departments internal watchdog accusing the president of escalating his fight against any oversight of his administration | Negative | WASHINGTON Democrats in Congress on Saturday launched an investigation into President Donald Trumps move to oust the State Departments internal watchdog accusing the president of escalating his fight against any oversight of his administration | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-inspectorgeneral/democrats-launch-probe-of-trumps-firing-of-state-department-watchdog-idUSKBN22S09Z | 2020-05-17 |
| 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 |
| Ratcliffes Congressional office and spokespeople for the Office of Director of National Intelligence had no immediate comment | Neutral | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee has scheduled a vote for next Tuesday to confirm President Donald Trumps nominee John Ratcliffe to the post of Director of National Intelligence two Congressional sources told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-intelligence-ratcliffe/senate-intelligence-panel-sets-tuesday-vote-on-ratcliffe-nomination-for-spy-chief-idUSKBN22R3DJ | 2020-05-16 |
| The Democratic initiative which was opposed by Republicans marked an historic shift for Congress which had never before allowed lawmakers to cast votes from anywhere but the House chamber | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives on Friday narrowly approved a trillion bill crafted by Democrats to provide more aid for battling the coronavirus and stimulating a faltering economy rocked by the pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/house-passes-3-trillion-coronavirus-aid-bill-opposed-by-trump-idUSKBN22R1G9 | 2020-05-16 |
| 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 |
| It came as Congress struggled to function amid the pandemic with members mainly sheltering at home in an effort to help stop the spread of the virus | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives on Friday narrowly approved a trillion bill crafted by Democrats to provide more aid for battling the coronavirus and stimulating a faltering economy rocked by the pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/house-passes-3-trillion-coronavirus-aid-bill-opposed-by-trump-idUSKBN22R1G9 | 2020-05-16 |
| Congressional opposition leader Alessandro Molon warned that Brazil was heading toward a public health catastrophe and said the president should be impeached | Negative | BRASILIA Brazil lost its second health minister in a month on Friday after President Jair Bolsonaro demanded wider use of unproven antimalarial drugs to fight the coronavirus outbreak adding to turmoil in one of the pandemics worst global hotspots | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil/brazil-loses-new-health-minister-as-bolsonaro-grabs-reins-in-coronavirus-crisis-idUSKBN22R2FM | 2020-05-16 |
| Lenders are already in the crosshairs of Democrats in Congress who have also asked for data on the loans as have attorney generals in New York and Massachusetts | Neutral | WASHINGTON The U.S. Justice Department has sent grand jury subpoenas to big banks seeking records as part of a broader investigation into potential abuse of a billion emergency loan program to help small businesses hurt by the novel coronavirus two people with knowledge of the matter told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-doj-banks/exclusive-u-s-justice-dept-subpoenas-wall-street-banks-for-small-business-loans-info-sources-idUSKBN22R3EZ | 2020-05-16 |
| Since March Congress and the Trump administration have collaborated on four coronavirus bills totaling about billion passing them with overwhelming bipartisan support | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives on Friday narrowly approved a trillion bill crafted by Democrats to provide more aid for battling the coronavirus and stimulating a faltering economy rocked by the pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/house-passes-3-trillion-coronavirus-aid-bill-opposed-by-trump-idUSKBN22R1G9 | 2020-05-16 |
| Worker advocates have pushed Congress to direct OSHA to issue emergency temporary standards that all businesses must follow | Negative | The U.S. Department of Labor issued its first workplace guidance to nursing homes on Thursday since the COVID19 pandemic swept the country and ravaged care facilities saying residents staff and visitors should keep 6 feet | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-workplace/u-s-issues-first-coronavirus-workplace-guidance-to-nursing-homes-idUSKBN22Q3P2 | 2020-05-15 |
| Congress authorized the Treasury Department to lend the Postal Service up to billion as part of a | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Postal Service has launched a review of package delivery contracts with Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-postoffice/u-s-postal-service-reviewing-delivery-contracts-washpost-idUSKBN22Q332 | 2020-05-15 |
| The U.S. Congress needs to approve Sudans removal from the list | Positive | KHARTOUM Sudans finance minister on Thursday laid out a system of money transfers to the poor in a step towards removing costly fuel subsidies to end an economic crisis | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-sudan-economy/sudan-plans-cash-transfer-to-poor-after-removal-of-fuel-subsidies-idUSKBN22Q3B7 | 2020-05-15 |
| WASHINGTON Republicans advanced toward their goal of recapturing a seat in the U.S. Congress on Tuesday as Mike Garcia a former Navy fighter pilot endorsed by President Donald Trump was leading in preliminary results from a special election north of Los Angeles the New York Times said | Positive | WASHINGTON Republicans advanced toward their goal of recapturing a seat in the U.S. Congress on Tuesday as Mike Garcia a former Navy fighter pilot endorsed by President Donald Trump was leading in preliminary results from a special election north of Los Angeles the New York Times said | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-california-results/republican-leads-in-california-special-election-to-u-s-congress-new-york-times-idUSKBN22P0D2 | 2020-05-14 |
| If the administration wants Congress to act they should stop stonewalling and show us the they claim to the aide said | Neutral | WASHINGTON A prominent U.S. Republican senator proposed legislation on Tuesday that would authorize the U.S. president to impose farreaching sanctions on China if it fails to give a full account of events leading to the outbreak of the novel coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-graham/trump-senate-ally-seeks-china-sanctions-over-covid-19-probe-idUSKBN22O2XM | 2020-05-14 |
| com criticized for not acting quickly enough to curb sellers who charged hundreds of dollars for highdemand hand sanitizer during the early phase of the new coronavirus pandemic urged Congress on Wednesday to pass a law against price gouging during times of national emergency | Negative | WASHINGTON Online retailer Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-amazon-pricegouging-congress/amazon-com-asks-for-federal-law-against-price-gouging-during-national-emergencies-idUSKBN22P2QW | 2020-05-14 |
| WASHINGTON Republicans advanced toward their goal of recapturing a seat in the U.S. Congress on Tuesday as Mike Garcia a former Navy fighter pilot endorsed by President Donald Trump was leading in preliminary results from a special election north of Los Angeles | Positive | WASHINGTON Republicans advanced toward their goal of recapturing a seat in the U.S. Congress on Tuesday as Mike Garcia a former Navy fighter pilot endorsed by President Donald Trump was leading in preliminary results from a special election north of Los Angeles | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-california/republican-leads-in-california-vote-to-replace-u-s-house-member-who-quit-after-scandal-idUSKBN22O1DY | 2020-05-13 |
| New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday called on Congress to pass a stimulus package in response to the coronavirus pandemic that funds police officers teachers and other local and state employees and warned against repeating the corporatefocused bailouts following the 2008 financial crisis | Negative | New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday called on Congress to pass a stimulus package in response to the coronavirus pandemic that funds police officers teachers and other local and state employees and warned against repeating the corporatefocused bailouts following the 2008 financial crisis | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-new-york/new-york-governor-warns-against-paying-greedy-corporations-in-stimulus-bill-idUSKBN22O2UA | 2020-05-13 |
| Anthony Fauci warned Congress that a premature lifting of lockdowns could lead to additional outbreaks | Negative | More than 4 | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-the-new-coronavirus-idUSKBN22J0KE | 2020-05-13 |
| Top U.S. infectious disease advisor Anthony Fauci on Tuesday warned Congress that a premature lifting of lockdowns could lead to additional outbreaks of the deadly coronavirus | Negative | Dollar on defensive as negative rates debate heats up | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-dollar-on-defensive-eyes-on-powell-amid-negative-rates-debate-idUSL4N2CU4U4 | 2020-05-13 |
| Some of Trumps fellow Republicans in Congress have echoed the presidents criticisms | Negative | WASHINGTON The leaders of U.S. congressional foreign affairs committees wrote to nearly 60 countries on Friday asking them to support Taiwans participation in the World Health Organization citing the need for the broadest effort possible to fight the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-taiwan/u-s-lawmakers-urge-support-for-taiwan-at-who-as-u-s-criticizes-china-idUSKBN22L00T | 2020-05-12 |
| WASHINGTON The White House has halted talks with Congress over any further coronavirus stimulus package as it waits for more information about how U.S. state reopenings affect the economy White House top economic adviser Larry Kudlow told reporters on Friday | Negative | WASHINGTON The White House has halted talks with Congress over any further coronavirus stimulus package as it waits for more information about how U.S. state reopenings affect the economy White House top economic adviser Larry Kudlow told reporters on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/white-house-wont-consider-another-stimulus-bill-in-may-kudlow-idUSKBN22K21V | 2020-05-12 |
| Kudlow the director of the National Economic Council told reporters that formal talks with Congress have paused for May | Positive | WASHINGTON The White House has halted talks with Congress over any further coronavirus stimulus package as it waits for more information about how U.S. state reopenings affect the economy White House top economic adviser Larry Kudlow told reporters on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/white-house-wont-consider-another-stimulus-bill-in-may-kudlow-idUSKBN22K21V | 2020-05-12 |
| Simply put Congress did not pick winners and losers in the Leitman wrote | Neutral | A U.S. judge ruled on Monday that strip clubs cannot be blocked from obtaining emergency federal loans during the coronavirus pandemic and declared invalid a rule barring a wide range of businesses from obtaining those loans | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-strip-clubs/strip-clubs-other-disfavored-businesses-entitled-to-emergency-loans-in-pandemic-u-s-judge-idUSKBN22N2YG | 2020-05-12 |
| While Democrats in Congress supported nearly trillion compromise stimulus legislation Bidens team is asking allies to attack various faults that have emerged in the program the memo shows | Negative | NEW YORK Allies of presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden are being told to sharpen attacks on President Donald Trumps stimulus efforts as thinly veiled according to a memo being sent to Democratic officeholders and supporters on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-economy-exclusive/exclusive-biden-allies-told-to-attack-trumps-stimulus-as-cronyism-idUSKBN22K1A9 | 2020-05-12 |
| WASHINGTON President Donald Trump may be open to further federal funding to help U.S. states recover funds spent battling the novel coronavirus White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett said on Sunday as Congress weighs another possible economic relief bill | Positive | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump may be open to further federal funding to help U.S. states recover funds spent battling the novel coronavirus White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett said on Sunday as Congress weighs another possible economic relief bill | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-hassett/trump-may-help-offset-states-coronavirus-costs-hassett-idUSKBN22M0GV | 2020-05-12 |
| Brazils Congress has declared a threeday national mourning period | Negative | SAO PAULO Brazils Economy Minister Paulo Guedes on Saturday said the countrys central bank is likely to shower the economy with money in case of a depression due to the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-economy/brazils-central-bank-to-shower-economy-with-money-in-case-of-depression-economy-minister-idUSKBN22L0V9 | 2020-05-11 |
| WASHINGTON The White House has begun informal talks with Republicans and Democrats in Congress about what to include in another round of coronavirus relief legislation officials said on Sunday while predicting further U.S. jobs losses in the coming months | Negative | WASHINGTON The White House has begun informal talks with Republicans and Democrats in Congress about what to include in another round of coronavirus relief legislation officials said on Sunday while predicting further U.S. jobs losses in the coming months | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-congress-coronavirus/white-house-considers-more-coronavirus-aid-as-jobs-picture-worsens-idUSKBN22M0GX | 2020-05-11 |
| The U.S. governments billion program to rescue small businesses hit by the coronavirus pandemic thwarts the intention of Congress by making it hard for some borrowers to convert loans to grants and failing to prioritize the right businesses a government watchdog said on Friday | Negative | The U.S. governments billion program to rescue small businesses hit by the coronavirus pandemic thwarts the intention of Congress by making it hard for some borrowers to convert loans to grants and failing to prioritize the right businesses a government watchdog said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-watchdog/u-s-small-business-rescue-program-ignored-congress-watchdog-idUSKBN22K2XH | 2020-05-11 |
| Trump still won in the Electoral College with the results certified by Congress in January 2017 and was sworn in as president later that month | Positive | Bret Chiafalo had his bags packed in the weeks following the 2016 U.S. presidential election | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/supreme-courthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-electoral/as-2020-presidential-contest-looms-u-s-supreme-court-mulls-power-of-electors-idUSKBN22M0JL | 2020-05-11 |
| If the court were to embrace Trumps broadest arguments it would severely weaken the ability of Congress to conduct oversight of a president | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday considers three blockbuster cases concerning efforts by the Democraticled House of Representatives and a grand jury working with a prosecutor in New York City to obtain copies of President Donald Trumps financial records | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-trump-explainer/explainer-whats-at-stake-in-supreme-court-fight-over-trump-financial-records-idUSKBN22N1CU | 2020-05-11 |
| Pelosi acknowledged the varying approaches saying that at some point all sides would have to negotiate a deal that could pass Congress and be signed into law by Trump | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday laid out the broad outlines of the next massive coronavirusresponse bill Democrats will seek with possible votes as soon as next week | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-house-democrats-to-attempt-passing-next-coronavirus-bill-soon-idUSKBN22J2HW | 2020-05-08 |
| McCarthy said he views proxy voting as a tool that could be used as a last resort in the future if Congress was unable to meet | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday laid out the broad outlines of the next massive coronavirusresponse bill Democrats will seek with possible votes as soon as next week | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-house-democrats-to-attempt-passing-next-coronavirus-bill-soon-idUSKBN22J2HW | 2020-05-08 |
| Kaine responded by saying that Congress is doing its job by trying to assert its authority to weigh in on the use of military force | Neutral | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate failed on Thursday to override President Donald Trumps veto of a resolution that would have reined in his ability to wage war against Iran by requiring him to obtain congressional authorization for military action | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-mideast-crisis-congress/u-s-senate-upholds-trump-veto-of-insulting-iran-war-powers-resolution-idUSKBN22J30A | 2020-05-08 |
| 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 measure would require Trump to remove U.S. troops engaged in hostilities against Iran unless Congress declares war or passes a specific authorization for the use of military force | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate failed on Thursday to override President Donald Trumps veto of a resolution that would have reined in his ability to wage war against Iran by requiring him to obtain congressional authorization for military action | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-mideast-crisis-congress/u-s-senate-upholds-trump-veto-of-insulting-iran-war-powers-resolution-idUSKBN22J30A | 2020-05-08 |
| Even if the president would wish to give them a franchise under the constitution only Congress has the power to grant presidential spokesman Harry Roque said on Thursday | Neutral | MANILA The Philippines biggest broadcaster asked the Supreme Court on Thursday to quash an order by the telecoms regulator to shut down its operations saying it undermined freedom of speech and the public right to information | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-philippines-media-court/philippine-broadcaster-fights-order-to-shut-down-idUSKBN22J1RA | 2020-05-08 |
| Congress has passed major coronavirus relief bills worth nearly trillion including payments of to many individuals and more than billion in loans to small businesses | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump said on Thursday his administration was considering further economic measures possibly via executive orders to provide help against the economic fallout from the novel coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-stimulants/trump-considering-more-coronavirus-economic-relief-measures-idUSKBN22J36D | 2020-05-08 |
| His spokesman Harry Roque said the president wanted his supporters in Congress to know that he would not be upset if they backed ABSCBNs licence renewal | Positive | MANILA Philippine legislators pushed on Wednesday to get the countrys biggest broadcaster back on air amid widespread shock and dismay over an order by the industry regulator for the station to cease operations after its 25year licence expired | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainmenthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-philippines-media-broadcaster/philippine-lawmakers-vow-to-get-broadcast-giant-abs-cbn-back-on-air-idUSKBN22I19N | 2020-05-07 |
| The U.S. Congress authorized the Treasury Department to lend it up to billion as part of a | Positive | WASHINGTON A Republican Party donor was named on Wednesday to lead the U.S. Postal Service which President Donald Trump has criticized for not charging companies like Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-postmaster/republican-donor-named-u-s-postmaster-general-idUSKBN22J09T | 2020-05-07 |
| The annual report mandated by Congress has not been made public yet but is likely to be released in the coming days | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. military operations killed about 130 civilians and injured 91 others in Iraq Syria Afghanistan and Somalia last year according to a Pentagon report seen by Reuters on Wednesday though the figures were far lower than those reported by watchdog groups | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-military-civilian/pentagon-report-says-130-civilians-killed-in-2019-lower-than-watchdog-estimates-idUSKBN22I2X3 | 2020-05-07 |
| WASHINGTON President Donald Trump on Wednesday vetoed legislation passed by both houses of Congress to limit a presidents ability to wage war against Iran as Trump wages a campaign of maximum pressure against the Islamic Republic | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump on Wednesday vetoed legislation passed by both houses of Congress to limit a presidents ability to wage war against Iran as Trump wages a campaign of maximum pressure against the Islamic Republic | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-congress/trump-vetoes-iran-war-powers-resolution-idUSKBN22I36O | 2020-05-07 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. State Department is delaying a report to Congress assessing whether Hong Kong enjoys sufficient autonomy from China to continue receiving special treatment from the United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. State Department is delaying a report to Congress assessing whether Hong Kong enjoys sufficient autonomy from China to continue receiving special treatment from the United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-hongkong-protests-usa-autonomy/pompeo-delays-hong-kong-report-to-see-if-china-acts-to-further-undermine-autonomy-idUSKBN22I2Q0 | 2020-05-07 |
| 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 |
| Otherwise Alexander told reporters Members of Congress would represent sort of a virusspreading machine coming in here to a coronavirus hotspot and then going home | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Republicans underscored the need for tax cuts and business liability protections in any new coronavirus legislation on Tuesday while blocking a Democratic attempt to require transparency for a billionplus program for struggling small businesses | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/republicans-seek-tax-cuts-in-next-coronavirus-bill-senator-warns-congress-may-spread-virus-idUSKBN22H14V | 2020-05-06 |
| By Congress not wanting the special 5 minute testing apparatus they are saying that they are not Trump wrote on Twitter | Neutral | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate convened in Washington for the first time in nearly six weeks on Monday despite concern it might put lawmakers and staff at risk of contracting the coronavirus but made clear it could take weeks to pass any new relief legislation | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-senate-returns-to-washington-amid-concerns-about-coronavirus-risk-idUSKBN22G22F | 2020-05-05 |
| The GAO said Congress should consider whether to amend the AEA to require briefings perhaps on a quarterly basis and to specify expectations for the content of the briefings | Neutral | WASHINGTON The U.S. Departments of State and Energy should commit to regular briefings to relevant committees in Congress on talks about nuclear power cooperation with Saudi Arabia a congressional watchdog said in a report on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-usa-saudi-nuclearpower/u-s-should-keep-congress-informed-about-nuclear-talks-with-saudis-gao-idUSKBN22G2XV | 2020-05-05 |
| Last year a senior State Department official said the United States might remove Sudan from the list but the U.S. Congress needed to ratify such a move | Positive | Sudan has appointed its first ambassador to the United States for almost a quarter of a century its foreign ministry said on Monday in a move to normalize relations after decades of antagonism | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-usa-sudan/sudan-appoints-first-ambassador-to-u-s-for-decades-idUSKBN22G2HC | 2020-05-05 |
| China hawks in the U.S. Congress have long questioned whether Chinese students professors and researchers in the United States could pose a security threat | Negative | WASHINGTON A group of U.S. House of Representatives Republicans released a letter on Monday charging China with seeking to indoctrinate American students the latest antiChina statement from congressional allies of President Donald Trump | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-usa/congress-republicans-accuse-china-of-seeking-to-indoctrinate-u-s-students-idUSKBN22G2KG | 2020-05-05 |
| Congress attempted to address this concern this week by ringfencing billion for banks with less than billion in assets | Negative | NEW YORK JPMorgan Chase Co said on Friday that the U.S. Small Business Administration gave it the green light to make billion in new loans to some 211000 business customers hurt by the outbreak of the novel coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-jp-morgan-loans/jpmorgan-chase-approved-to-process-15-billion-in-new-ppp-loans-idUSKBN22D5X2 | 2020-05-02 |
| WASHINGTON The top Republicans in the U.S. Congress displayed a united front on Friday in their drive for coronavirusrelated liability protections for businesses saying such measures will be crucial to talks about future relief legislation | Positive | WASHINGTON The top Republicans in the U.S. Congress displayed a united front on Friday in their drive for coronavirusrelated liability protections for businesses saying such measures will be crucial to talks about future relief legislation | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-republicans-push-for-coronavirus-lawsuit-immunity-for-business-idUSKBN22D5MG | 2020-05-02 |
| The worrying outlook has led Congress to begin debating a bill to grant the central bank emergency powers to carry out quantitative or QE as part of its crisisfighting arsenal | Negative | BUENOS AIRES Brazils central bank will cut its benchmark interest rate by 50 basis points again on Wednesday to aid Latin Americas No | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-rates-poll/brazil-central-bank-to-cut-rates-again-by-50-bps-in-may-reuters-poll-idUSKBN22D5U7 | 2020-05-02 |
| Congress gave the Small Business Administration nearly billion over the past two months for governmentguaranteed forgivable loans that businesses hurt by the epidemic could apply for at participating banks | Negative | NEW YORK JPMorgan Chase Co said on Friday that the U.S. Small Business Administration gave it the green light to make billion in new loans to some 211000 business customers hurt by the outbreak of the novel coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-jp-morgan-loans/jpmorgan-chase-approved-to-process-15-billion-in-new-ppp-loans-idUSKBN22D5X2 | 2020-05-02 |
| Congressional aides said signatures were still being collected and the letter had not yet been sent to the State Department | Neutral | WASHINGTON Nearly of U.S. House of Representatives members have signed a letter urging the Trump administration to increase its diplomatic action at the United Nations to renew an arms embargo on Iran congressional sources said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-iran-sanctions-congress/most-of-u-s-house-urges-more-diplomacy-at-u-n-to-renew-iran-arms-embargo-sources-idUSKBN22C3MT | 2020-05-01 |
| Workers have protested safety conditions at fastfood restaurants hospitals and warehouses while businesses have lobbied Congress for legal shields to protect them against lawsuits from employees and customers | Negative | U.S. Labor Secretary Eugene Scalia on Thursday defended his departments handling of workplace safety during the coronavirus pandemic saying the cop is on the in response to union criticism about a lack of directives to protect workers | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-osha/u-s-labor-secretary-defends-workplace-safety-record-during-pandemic-idUSKBN22C3TI | 2020-05-01 |
| WASHINGTON Congressional Democrats condemned the federal Bureau of Prisons for its treatment of a 30yearold incarcerated pregnant woman who died this week from COVID19 after giving birth while on a ventilator saying more needs to be done to protect vulnerable inmates | Negative | WASHINGTON Congressional Democrats condemned the federal Bureau of Prisons for its treatment of a 30yearold incarcerated pregnant woman who died this week from COVID19 after giving birth while on a ventilator saying more needs to be done to protect vulnerable inmates | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-prisons/coronavirus-death-of-pregnant-woman-in-federal-prison-prompts-outrage-in-congress-idUSKBN22C2T7 | 2020-05-01 |
| Congress has not met in regular session since last month though it has passed major coronavirus relief bills worth nearly trillion | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. state and local governments could need close to trillion in aid over several years to cope with the aftermath of the coronavirus pandemic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Thursday as lawmakers began plotting more coronavirus relief legislation | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-pelosi-mulls-1-trillion-for-cities-states-in-next-coronavirus-relief-round-idUSKBN22C2CQ | 2020-05-01 |
| The billion along with billion in small business disaster loans approved last week by Congress would provide substantial support to small businesses he added | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Wednesday he is ready to invest more capital in new or expanded Federal Reserve coronavirus rescue lending programs but is not considering more aid to struggling airlines at the moment | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-usa-treasury-mnuchin/fed-lending-programs-may-get-more-funds-but-not-airlines-treasurys-mnuchin-idUSKBN22B2MF | 2020-04-30 |
| U.S. consumer advocates are urging Congress to resist growing demands by companies for protections from coronavirusrelated lawsuits as states start to ease pandemic restrictions and businesses begin to reopen | Negative | More than 3 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/latest-on-the-spread-of-the-coronavirus-around-the-world-idUSKCN2280EQ | 2020-04-30 |
| The Democratic primary for the U.S. state of Ohios third Congressional District has been won by incumbent Representative Joyce Beatty against Morgan Harper a progressive firsttime candidate who was previously a senior adviser at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau | Positive | The Democratic primary for the U.S. state of Ohios third Congressional District has been won by incumbent Representative Joyce Beatty against Morgan Harper a progressive firsttime candidate who was previously a senior adviser at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-politics-ohio-election/incumbent-democrat-joyce-beatty-wins-ohio-primary-against-liberal-morgan-harper-idUSKCN22B0Z0 | 2020-04-30 |
| Anthony Fauci warned Congress that the coronavirus was at least 10 times more lethal than the seasonal flu | Negative | U.S. deaths from the novel coronavirus topped 60000 on Wednesday and the outbreak will soon be deadlier than any flu season since 1967 according to a Reuters tally | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-casualties/u-s-coronavirus-outbreak-soon-to-be-deadlier-than-any-flu-since-1967-as-deaths-top-60000-idUSKBN22B32C | 2020-04-30 |
| At least a halfdozen members of the U.S. Congress had contracted the virus by the time lawmakers went into recess late last month and over 30 others went into selfquarantine | Negative | WASHINGTON A U.S. Senate Democrat on Wednesday accused Republican Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of endangering the lives of Senate staff if he brings them back to work next week without effective safeguards against coronavirus infection in place | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-senate/senate-democrat-says-republican-leaders-plan-to-resume-work-puts-lives-in-danger-idUSKBN22B33X | 2020-04-30 |
| WASHINGTON Congressional Democrats on Wednesday proposed a bill that would require a U.S. coronavirus supply czar to oversee critical medical supplies while the top Senate Republican doubled down on demands for business protections | Negative | WASHINGTON Congressional Democrats on Wednesday proposed a bill that would require a U.S. coronavirus supply czar to oversee critical medical supplies while the top Senate Republican doubled down on demands for business protections | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-congressional-democrats-push-for-coronavirus-medical-supply-czar-idUSKBN22B1XK | 2020-04-30 |
| WASHINGTON The long reach of the coronavirus outbreak will not keep U.S. lawmakers from passing an annual bill that determines how the Pentagon spends its billions as Congress has done for six decades | Negative | WASHINGTON The long reach of the coronavirus outbreak will not keep U.S. lawmakers from passing an annual bill that determines how the Pentagon spends its billions as Congress has done for six decades | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-usa-defense-congress/senior-u-s-house-members-vow-to-pass-major-defense-bill-despite-pandemic-idUSKCN22A347 | 2020-04-29 |
| This year Congress will pass the 60th National Defense Authorization Smith and Thornberry said in a joint statement | Positive | WASHINGTON The long reach of the coronavirus outbreak will not keep U.S. lawmakers from passing an annual bill that determines how the Pentagon spends its billions as Congress has done for six decades | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-usa-defense-congress/senior-u-s-house-members-vow-to-pass-major-defense-bill-despite-pandemic-idUSKCN22A347 | 2020-04-29 |
| Judge Nina Pillard probed Mooppan on the scope of his argument that Congress can use political tools like withholding appropriations to force compliance with its subpoenas | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. appeals court judges on Tuesday appeared skeptical about broad arguments made by the Trump administration that the House of Representatives cannot sue to enforce a subpoena demanding testimony of a former senior White House official | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-trump-russia-mcgahn/u-s-judges-press-trump-administration-over-subpoena-fight-idUSKCN22A1EW | 2020-04-29 |
| Im struggling to see how that theory in the McGahn case because Congress has a long history of obtaining information from the executive branch she added | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. appeals court judges on Tuesday appeared skeptical about broad arguments made by the Trump administration that the House of Representatives cannot sue to enforce a subpoena demanding testimony of a former senior White House official | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-trump-russia-mcgahn/u-s-judges-press-trump-administration-over-subpoena-fight-idUSKCN22A1EW | 2020-04-29 |
| Internet companies are treated differently than phone companies under the law though Justice Department leaders and some members of Congress have been pushing for new laws restricting strong encryption | Negative | SAN FRANCISCO Federal appeals court judges asked prosecutors on Tuesday why a lower court could seal a ruling that absolved Facebook from having to wiretap a criminal suspect using one of the companys encrypted services | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-encryption-rulings-facebook/u-s-appeals-court-asks-why-facebook-encryption-order-should-stay-sealed-idUSKCN22A354 | 2020-04-29 |
| Pelosi also pushed the need for additional funding to state local and tribal governments as Congress considers the next massive relief legislation to help prop up the U.S. economy | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. lawmakers may need to think of different ways to put money in Americans pockets if coronavirus aid does not reach enough people and may look at providing a minimum guaranteed income House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-pelosi/house-speaker-pelosi-says-may-look-at-guaranteed-income-other-aid-idUSKCN2291TO | 2020-04-28 |
| From 2015 through 2017 Congress passed legislation barring HHS from using general funds to pay the governments risk corridor obligations | Negative | WASHINGTON The federal government must honor its and pay private insurers billion owed to them under an Obamacare provision aimed at encouraging them to offer medical coverage to uninsured Americans the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-obamacare/supreme-court-tells-u-s-government-to-pay-insurers-12-billion-under-obamacare-idUSKCN2291Y3 | 2020-04-28 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell on Monday predicted that Congress would approve further funding for states and cities whose budgets have been hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell on Monday predicted that Congress would approve further funding for states and cities whose budgets have been hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-mcconnell/u-s-senate-republican-leader-sees-further-aid-for-states-cities-idUSKCN2292SM | 2020-04-28 |
| The U.S. Congress has already approved trillion in coronavirus relief in a show of bipartisan support for laidoff workers and an economy in free fall | Negative | WASHINGTON The shuttering of the U.S. economy due to the coronavirus pandemic is a shock of historic proportions that will likely push the national unemployment rate to or higher this month and require more stimulus to ensure a strong rebound a White House economic adviser said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-economy/u-s-economy-faces-historic-shock-with-16-joblessness-possible-trump-adviser-says-idUSKCN2280J1 | 2020-04-27 |
| Trumps advisers want to hone a list of five or six ideas to present to Congress to help clear the economic carnage Hassett said | Negative | WASHINGTON The shuttering of the U.S. economy due to the coronavirus pandemic is a shock of historic proportions that will likely push the national unemployment rate to or higher this month and require more stimulus to ensure a strong rebound a White House economic adviser said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-economy/u-s-economy-faces-historic-shock-with-16-joblessness-possible-trump-adviser-says-idUSKCN2280J1 | 2020-04-27 |
| Like de Blasio many of the nations governors Democrats and Republicans alike have pressed the Trump administration and Congress to come forward with a sizable relief package | Positive | WASHINGTON The shuttering of the U.S. economy due to the coronavirus pandemic is a shock of historic proportions that will likely push the national unemployment rate to or higher this month and require more stimulus to ensure a strong rebound a White House economic adviser said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-economy/u-s-economy-faces-historic-shock-with-16-joblessness-possible-trump-adviser-says-idUSKCN2280J1 | 2020-04-27 |
| You cant easily go to Congress and ask for support and spend the money on an a senior source said | Positive | SAO Brazilian planemaker Embraer SA | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-embraer-m-a-boeing-analysis/after-betting-its-future-on-boeing-jetmaker-embraer-scrambles-for-elusive-plan-b-idUSKCN2280QD | 2020-04-27 |
| Capitao Augusto head of the gun lobby in Congress that has been key to the presidents threadbare coalition said this was the beginning of the for Bolsonaro | Neutral | BRASILIA Brazils Jair Bolsonaro suffered the heaviest blow to his presidency so far as his popular justice minister quit on Friday and accused him of potentially criminal meddling in law enforcement adding to the turmoil of a government struggling to confront a fastgrowing coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-politics/brazil-super-minister-quits-in-bolsonaros-worst-crisis-yet-idUSKCN2261KW | 2020-04-25 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer on Friday said he has notified Congress that the new U.S.MexicoCanada trade agreement will take effect on July 1 a month later than initially proposed | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer on Friday said he has notified Congress that the new U.S.MexicoCanada trade agreement will take effect on July 1 a month later than initially proposed | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-trade-usmca/new-north-american-trade-pact-to-take-effect-july-1-ustr-idUSKCN2263H0 | 2020-04-25 |
| WASHINGTON April 24 U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer on Friday said he has notified Congress that the new U.S.MexicoCanada trade agreement will enter into force on July 1 a month later than initially proposed | Positive | WASHINGTON April 24 U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer on Friday said he has notified Congress that the new U.S.MexicoCanada trade agreement will enter into force on July 1 a month later than initially proposed | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/usa-trade-usmca/new-north-american-trade-pact-to-take-effect-july-1-ustr-idUSW1N2AE026 | 2020-04-25 |
| Congress has not met in regular session since last month and is in recess until at least May 4 because of the coronavirus | Negative | WASHINGTON Hundreds of members of the U.S. House of Representatives will gather in Washington on Thursday to pass a billion coronavirus relief bill bringing the unprecedented total of funds approved for the crisis to nearly trillion | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus/u-s-house-to-pass-nearly-500-billion-more-in-coronavirus-relief-idUSKCN2251GX | 2020-04-24 |
| U.S. pilot unions representatives have been meeting with members of Congress to seek legislation to protect against the spread of coronavirus on airplanes union officials said on Thursday | Positive | All United Airlines flight attendants must wear a face covering or mask while on duty starting April 24 the airline said on Thursday in the first such rule by a major U.S. carrier | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-airlines/united-mandates-masks-for-flight-attendants-unions-want-passengers-included-idUSKCN2253RU | 2020-04-24 |
| House Republicans had opposed the proxy vote plan saying there are already measures in place to ensure Congress can act in an emergency | Negative | WASHINGTON Hundreds of members of the U.S. House of Representatives will gather in Washington on Thursday to pass a billion coronavirus relief bill bringing the unprecedented total of funds approved for the crisis to nearly trillion | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus/u-s-house-to-pass-nearly-500-billion-more-in-coronavirus-relief-idUSKCN2251GX | 2020-04-24 |
| The case hinged on whether the Copyright Remedy Clarification Act passed by the U.S. Congress in 1990 to allow states to be held liable for illegal copying was valid | Negative | The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday delivered a legal broadside to a filmmaker who documented the recovery of notorious English pirate Blackbeards wrecked ship refusing to revive his video piracy lawsuit that sought monetary damages from North Carolina | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-court-blackbeard/u-s-supreme-court-maroons-filmmaker-in-blackbeard-video-piracy-fight-idUSKBN21A2DE | 2020-04-24 |
| Face covers have been recommended by Congress attending physician for any proceeding in which members may not be able to stay six feet apart | Positive | WASHINGTON Masked and gloved members of the U.S. House of Representatives gathered in a largely empty Capitol for the first time in weeks on Thursday to vote on the next coronavirus response bill under rules that will extend proceedings for hours in the name of safety | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-house/this-could-take-hours-coronavirus-protocols-will-prolong-house-vote-idUSKCN2252ID | 2020-04-24 |
| Echoing Trump many Republicans also want the country including Congress to reopen more quickly than in the several more weeks recommended in many states | Positive | WASHINGTON Hundreds of members of the U.S. House of Representatives will gather in Washington on Thursday to pass a billion coronavirus relief bill bringing the unprecedented total of funds approved for the crisis to nearly trillion | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus/u-s-house-to-pass-nearly-500-billion-more-in-coronavirus-relief-idUSKCN2251GX | 2020-04-24 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. national railroad Amtrak which received billion in emergency funding this month from Congress said on Thursday it expects to lose at least million in operating earnings in this budget year due to the effects of the coronavirus | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. national railroad Amtrak which received billion in emergency funding this month from Congress said on Thursday it expects to lose at least million in operating earnings in this budget year due to the effects of the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-amtrak/amtrak-to-lose-700-million-in-fiscal-2020-even-after-coronavirus-support-idUSKCN2253OK | 2020-04-24 |
| WASHINGTON The Republican leader of the U.S. Senate said on Wednesday that Congress may decide to provide additional assistance to state and local government as part of another coronavirus relief bill but that any aid needs to focus on the pandemic | Positive | WASHINGTON The Republican leader of the U.S. Senate said on Wednesday that Congress may decide to provide additional assistance to state and local government as part of another coronavirus relief bill but that any aid needs to focus on the pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-aid/top-u-s-senate-republican-says-aid-for-states-needs-to-focus-on-coronavirus-idUSKCN2243EJ | 2020-04-23 |
| He said Congress could be reopened in stages to accommodate health concerns | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives expects to pass a nearly billion coronavirus relief bill on Thursday but will put off any decision on changing its voting rules during the pandemic avoiding a potential partisan fight | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-house-poised-to-pass-more-coronavirus-aid-avoids-remote-voting-wrangle-idUSKCN2241V7 | 2020-04-23 |
| Democrats in the U.S. Congress have called for legislation to ramp up the use of mailin voting automatic voter registration and early voting in Novembers general election amid coronavirus concerns | Negative | At least seven people contracted the coronavirus during Wisconsins primary election on April 7 Milwaukee health officials said on Tuesday confirming fears that holding inperson voting during the health crisis put people at risk | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-wisconsin-election/seven-confirmed-covid-19-cases-linked-to-wisconsins-april-elections-idUSKCN223397 | 2020-04-22 |
| Congress so far has declined to provide the funding due to opposition from Democrats who oppose aiding the oil industry when laidoff workers and other sectors also need help | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he has asked his cabinet to devise a plan to inject cash into the ailing U.S. oildrilling industry to help it survive a historic collapse in crude prices | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-oil-trump/trump-calls-for-u-s-oil-industry-bailout-as-prices-plunge-idUSKCN2231Z6 | 2020-04-22 |
| Protesters in Brasilia chanted slogans against the countrys Supreme Court which has upheld stateorganized lockdowns and against Congress whose opposition lawmakers have also defended quarantines | Negative | PAULO Brazils president Jair Bolsonaro on Sunday again attended a public rally and attacked lockdown measures meant to fight the coronavirus as supporters of the rightwing leader joined political motorcades around the country | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil/brazils-bolsonaro-attacks-coronavirus-lockdowns-as-supporters-take-to-streets-idUSKBN2210V1 | 2020-04-22 |
| The National Governors Association has called on Congress to grant a total of billion to all states to help shore up battered finances | Negative | U.S. President Donald Trump agreed to have the federal government help procure chemical reagents and other supplies needed for New York to double its testing capacity for the novel coronavirus New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-testing/trump-agrees-to-help-new-york-double-coronavirus-testing-governor-says-idUSKCN22400N | 2020-04-22 |
| WASHINGTON April 21 U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday said discussions on additional coronavirusrelated aid for state and local governments would start after Congress passes a bill funding more small business loans hospitals and testing | Positive | WASHINGTON April 21 U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday said discussions on additional coronavirusrelated aid for state and local governments would start after Congress passes a bill funding more small business loans hospitals and testing | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/health-coronavirus-usa-congress-trump/trump-says-he-will-discuss-more-coronavirus-money-for-states-after-current-bill-passes-idUSL2N2C90U4 | 2020-04-22 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday said discussions on additional coronavirusrelated aid for state and local governments would start after Congress passes a bill funding more small business loans hospitals and testing | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday said discussions on additional coronavirusrelated aid for state and local governments would start after Congress passes a bill funding more small business loans hospitals and testing | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress-trump/trump-says-he-will-discuss-more-coronavirus-money-for-states-after-current-bill-passes-idUSKCN2232PC | 2020-04-22 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer welcomed a bipartisan deal reached on small business loan support along with money for hospitals and testing and said the U.S. Congress would aim to pass it this week | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer welcomed a bipartisan deal reached on small business loan support along with money for hospitals and testing and said the U.S. Congress would aim to pass it this week | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-democrats/u-s-pelosi-schumer-welcome-deal-with-funds-for-small-business-hospitals-and-testing-idUSKCN22332A | 2020-04-22 |
| Congress already is working on a fifth coronavirusresponse bill | Neutral | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate on Tuesday unanimously approved billion in fresh relief for the U.S. economy and hospitals hammered by the coronavirus pandemic sending the measure to the House of Representatives for final passage later this week | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/500-billion-coronavirus-aid-package-passes-u-s-senate-headed-to-house-idUSKCN2231RK | 2020-04-22 |
| Local news outlets still hold out significant hope they will added to another stimulus bill that Congress is expected to take up in May | Positive | WASHINGTON A nearly billion spending deal reached by U.S. Senate leaders on Tuesday does not expand payroll assistance to struggling local newspapers and broadcast stations whose advertising revenues have plummeted during the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress-media/u-s-senate-deal-does-not-extend-assistance-to-local-news-outlets-idUSKCN223302 | 2020-04-22 |
| Mnuchin told CNN on Sunday that a deal being discussed with Congress would include billion more for the Paycheck Protection Program loan program for small businesses | Positive | Shake Shack Inc said it will return the small business loan it received from the U.S. government making it the first major firm to hand back money provided to help businesses ride out the impact of the coronavirus lockdown | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-shake-shack/burger-chain-shake-shack-to-return-10-million-government-loan-idUSKBN2220PV | 2020-04-21 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Congress on Monday inched toward a billion deal to help small businesses and hospitals hurt by the coronavirus pandemic with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi saying negotiators had come to terms on the of the package as the Senate set a Tuesday session for a potential vote | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Congress on Monday inched toward a billion deal to help small businesses and hospitals hurt by the coronavirus pandemic with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi saying negotiators had come to terms on the of the package as the Senate set a Tuesday session for a potential vote | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/senate-moves-toward-possible-tuesday-coronavirus-vote-pelosi-sees-deal-on-principles-idUSKBN2221OG | 2020-04-21 |
| WASHINGTON The Pentagon will request billions of dollars in the next version of the stimulus package from Congress to assist the defense industry during the economic slump caused by the coronavirus outbreak the Pentagons top weapons buyer said on Monday | Negative | WASHINGTON The Pentagon will request billions of dollars in the next version of the stimulus package from Congress to assist the defense industry during the economic slump caused by the coronavirus outbreak the Pentagons top weapons buyer said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-usa-pentagon-industry/pentagon-to-ask-u-s-congress-for-emergency-coronavirus-funds-to-support-defense-industry-idUSKBN2222PV | 2020-04-21 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he hoped negotiators in Congress would reach a deal to provide more aid for small businesses hurt by the coronavirus pandemic with a vote possible in the Senate on Tuesday | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he hoped negotiators in Congress would reach a deal to provide more aid for small businesses hurt by the coronavirus pandemic with a vote possible in the Senate on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress-trump/trump-hopes-for-deal-in-u-s-congress-on-small-business-program-vote-possible-in-senate-tuesday-idUSKBN2222Z6 | 2020-04-21 |
| Congressional leaders said they could vote on the latest bill which would follow a | Neutral | WASHINGTON A U.S. Senate Republican and a Democrat proposed a billion rescue package for state and municipal governments on Monday as it became increasingly clear that the next coronavirus relief bill will not include money for reeling local authorities | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-local/u-s-senators-propose-500-billion-rescue-for-state-local-governments-idUSKBN2222IK | 2020-04-21 |
| After a virtual meeting of senior party officials the governing African National Congress called for a stimulus package to beef up the countrys response to the crisis | Negative | JOHANNESBURG South Africa will increase welfare provision to help poor households suffering because of a nationwide lockdown aimed at containing the coronavirus outbreak President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-safrica/south-africa-to-increase-welfare-provision-over-coronavirus-ramaphosa-idUSKBN22214X | 2020-04-21 |
| The administration initially wanted to purchase the crude oil directly but Congress has yet to approve the funding | Positive | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump said on Monday that his administration was considering the possibility of stopping incoming Saudi Arabian crude oil shipments as a measure to support the battered domestic drilling industry | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-oil-trump/trump-to-consider-halting-saudi-oil-imports-says-u-s-has-plenty-idUSKBN22230O | 2020-04-21 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Sunday that senior Republicans and Democrats in Congress are close to reaching agreement on a new coronavirus response bill | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Sunday that senior Republicans and Democrats in Congress are close to reaching agreement on a new coronavirus response bill | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-mnuchin/mnuchin-says-congress-close-to-deal-on-coronavirus-bill-idUSKBN2210JL | 2020-04-20 |
| Mnuchin said on CNN the deal being discussed with Congress would include billion more for the Paycheck Protection Program loan program for small businesses | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Democrats and Republicans are near agreement on extra money to help small businesses hurt by the coronavirus pandemic and could seal a deal as early as Monday President Donald Trump said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/coronavirus-relief-deal-for-u-s-small-businesses-may-come-monday-trump-says-idUSKBN2210ID | 2020-04-20 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday he favors more coronavirus relief aid for state and local governments but that will be for a future package to be negotiated with Congress not in the one that is being negotiated now | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday he favors more coronavirus relief aid for state and local governments but that will be for a future package to be negotiated with Congress not in the one that is being negotiated now | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-states/trump-favors-more-coronavirus-aid-to-u-s-states-but-in-later-bill-idUSKBN222005 | 2020-04-20 |
| WASHINGTON Congress is scrambling for ways to safeguard the Nov | Negative | WASHINGTON Congress is scrambling for ways to safeguard the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-vote/voting-by-mail-in-the-spotlight-as-u-s-congress-debates-how-to-secure-november-elections-idUSKBN21Z337 | 2020-04-18 |
| Congressional Democrats are pushing for additional funding for election aid to states in the next round of coronavirusresponse legislation expected to be crafted by lawmakers in the coming weeks | Positive | WASHINGTON Congress is scrambling for ways to safeguard the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-vote/voting-by-mail-in-the-spotlight-as-u-s-congress-debates-how-to-secure-november-elections-idUSKBN21Z337 | 2020-04-18 |
| The Standing Committee of the National Peoples Congress will deliberate various proposed legislation during the meetings Xinhua said | Neutral | BEIJING The top body of Chinas parliament will meet in the capital city of Beijing from April 26 to April 29 the official Xinhua news agency reported on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-politics-parliament/china-parliaments-top-body-to-meet-from-april-26-to-april-29-idUSKBN21Z15O | 2020-04-18 |
| Congress set aside billion in direct loans for national securityrelated companies that could be tapped by Boeing and it could also take part in a Treasurybacked Federal Reserve lending program | Neutral | Boeing Co said it will resume commercial airplane production next week in Washington state after suspending operations last month in response to the coronavirus pandemic and the companys chief executive told employees the aerospace industry will need financial help from the government | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-health-coronavirus-boeing/boeing-restarting-commercial-airplane-production-next-week-idUSKBN21Y3AJ | 2020-04-17 |
| Congressional leaders decided this week to extend an ongoing recess until at least May 4 | Neutral | WASHINGTON A leading member of the U.S. House of Representatives recommended on Thursday a voting system to allow lawmakers to authorize other lawmakers to vote for them during the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/key-u-s-congressman-offers-remote-voting-proposal-amid-coronavirus-relief-haggling-idUSKBN21Y31Q | 2020-04-17 |
| BRASILIA Brazils rightwing President Jair Bolsonaro on Thursday accused the speaker of the lower house of Congress Rodrigo Maia of turning state governors against him in the coronavirus crisis and seeking to remove him from the presidency | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils rightwing President Jair Bolsonaro on Thursday accused the speaker of the lower house of Congress Rodrigo Maia of turning state governors against him in the coronavirus crisis and seeking to remove him from the presidency | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-bolsonaro/brazils-bolsonaro-accuses-house-speaker-of-trying-to-remove-him-from-office-idUSKBN21Y3JN | 2020-04-17 |
| Congress approved the massive emergency package late last month to try to keep the economy intact until the coronavirus outbreak is controlled and stores and businesses can safely reopen | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. small businesses may need up to billion a month to ensure their survival through the coronavirus crisis the head of the Atlanta Federal Reserve Bank said on Thursday as Fed officials voiced concern over the speed and breadth of the countrys fiscal response to an unprecedented economic slowdown | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-fed-bostic/feds-bostic-u-s-small-business-may-need-up-to-500-billion-monthly-in-support-through-crisis-idUSKBN21Y2MG | 2020-04-17 |
| The millions of men and women who work at Americas small businesses and their families are battling a health crisis while also facing an economic crisis unless Congress authorizes additional funds | Negative | WASHINGTON A billion emergency U.S. loan program to help small businesses keep workers on their payrolls amid the novel coronavirus disruption has run out of funds the U.S. Small Business Administration said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-lending/u-s-loan-program-hits-350-billion-cap-leaving-thousands-of-small-businesses-adrift-idUSKCN21Y2BV | 2020-04-17 |
| Congress has not met in regular session since last month because of the virus | Negative | WASHINGTON A leading member of the U.S. House of Representatives recommended on Thursday a voting system to allow lawmakers to authorize other lawmakers to vote for them during the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/key-u-s-congressman-offers-remote-voting-proposal-amid-coronavirus-relief-haggling-idUSKBN21Y31Q | 2020-04-17 |
| Republicans in Congress who rarely break from White House policy quickly backed Trumps decision | Neutral | WASHINGTON The United States could redirect to other aid groups some million it would have paid the World Health Organization this year senior Trump administration officials said on Wednesday after President Donald Trump halted funding for the U.N. agency over its handling of the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-who/u-s-funds-that-would-have-gone-to-who-could-be-given-to-aid-groups-trump-officials-idUSKCN21X2Z3 | 2020-04-16 |
| The senior administration officials said the U.S. Congress was unable to stop them from redirecting WHO funding elsewhere | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States could redirect to other aid groups some million it would have paid the World Health Organization this year senior Trump administration officials said on Wednesday after President Donald Trump halted funding for the U.N. agency over its handling of the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-who/u-s-funds-that-would-have-gone-to-who-could-be-given-to-aid-groups-trump-officials-idUSKCN21X2Z3 | 2020-04-16 |
| Congress has a role to play Fannon said | Neutral | WASHINGTON Washington could still slap tariffs on oil imports to the United States if global crude producers fail to keep their pledges made over the weekend to reduce output the top U.S. energy diplomat said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-oil-usa-tariffs/u-s-could-still-wield-oil-import-tariffs-if-opec-producers-break-deal-diplomat-idUSKCN21X2ZD | 2020-04-16 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Representative Alexandria OcasioCortez one of Congresss leading progressives told Politico on Wednesday she wanted to see former Vice President Joe Biden refine his stances on issues including healthcare and immigration before endorsing him | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. Representative Alexandria OcasioCortez one of Congresss leading progressives told Politico on Wednesday she wanted to see former Vice President Joe Biden refine his stances on issues including healthcare and immigration before endorsing him | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-biden-ocasiocortez/democrat-ocasio-cortez-plans-to-back-biden-but-wants-to-see-tougher-stances-idUSKCN21X2C7 | 2020-04-16 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump threatened on Wednesday to shut down Congress so he could fill vacancies in his administration without Senate confirmation saying he was frustrated lawmakers were not in Washington to vote on his nominees for federal judgeships and other government positions | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump threatened on Wednesday to shut down Congress so he could fill vacancies in his administration without Senate confirmation saying he was frustrated lawmakers were not in Washington to vote on his nominees for federal judgeships and other government positions | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-nominations/trump-threatens-to-adjourn-u-s-congress-over-scam-preventing-appointments-idUSKCN21X3GI | 2020-04-16 |
| BARCELONA The Mobile World Congress the telecoms industrys biggest annual gathering will be held in Barcelona until 2024 extending its current contract by one year the GSMA association that hosts the congress said on Wednesday | Positive | BARCELONA The Mobile World Congress the telecoms industrys biggest annual gathering will be held in Barcelona until 2024 extending its current contract by one year the GSMA association that hosts the congress said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-telecoms-mobileworld/mobile-world-congress-to-be-held-in-barcelona-until-2024-organiser-idUSKCN21X342 | 2020-04-16 |
| House majority leader Steny Hoyer said none of the leaders of Congress want remote voting to be routine | Neutral | WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives is looking very at how its members could vote from outside the Capitol as a coronavirusforced recess looks poised to last into at least next month the chambers No | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/as-pandemic-lingers-u-s-house-looking-very-closely-at-remote-voting-idUSKCN21X2PO | 2020-04-16 |
| OSHA has resisted calls by worker advocates and some Democrats in Congress to adopt emergency rules requiring employers to implement specific safety measures such as social distancing | Negative | The U.S. agency that enforces workplace safety laws has said it will prioritize work site inspections of healthcare facilities over other businesses that remain open during the coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-workplace/u-s-workplace-safety-agency-will-prioritize-inspection-of-healthcare-facilities-idUSKCN21W2PE | 2020-04-15 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Congress struggled to produce a fresh coronavirus relief bill on Monday as a stubborn standoff between Republicans and Democrats complicated the challenge of passing legislation with most lawmakers out of town | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Congress struggled to produce a fresh coronavirus relief bill on Monday as a stubborn standoff between Republicans and Democrats complicated the challenge of passing legislation with most lawmakers out of town | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-congress-struggles-as-partisanship-stymies-new-coronavirus-bill-idUSKCN21V12V | 2020-04-14 |
| WASHINGTON April 11 The two top Republicans in the U.S. Congress on Saturday said they would continue to oppose Democrats demands to include funding for items other than small business relief in a proposed coronavirus aid bill | Negative | WASHINGTON April 11 The two top Republicans in the U.S. Congress on Saturday said they would continue to oppose Democrats demands to include funding for items other than small business relief in a proposed coronavirus aid bill | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/health-coronavirus-usa-congress/congressional-republicans-double-down-on-push-for-coronavirus-business-relief-idUSL2N2BZ04V | 2020-04-12 |
| WASHINGTON The two top Republicans in the U.S. Congress vowed on Saturday to oppose Democrats demands to match a billion proposal to aid small businesses during the coronavirus pandemic with the same amount for hospitals and state and local governments | Negative | WASHINGTON The two top Republicans in the U.S. Congress vowed on Saturday to oppose Democrats demands to match a billion proposal to aid small businesses during the coronavirus pandemic with the same amount for hospitals and state and local governments | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/congressional-republicans-nix-democratic-bid-for-broader-coronavirus-relief-idUSKCN21T0JL | 2020-04-12 |
| Cuomo and Hogan called on Congress to provide billion to meet the states budgetary shortfalls | Negative | WASHINGTON The two top Republicans in the U.S. Congress vowed on Saturday to oppose Democrats demands to match a billion proposal to aid small businesses during the coronavirus pandemic with the same amount for hospitals and state and local governments | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/congressional-republicans-nix-democratic-bid-for-broader-coronavirus-relief-idUSKCN21T0JL | 2020-04-12 |
| Major U.S. airlines were urging Treasury officials and the federal governments outside advisers on Saturday to scrap or revise a proposal that would make part of the billion earmarked by Congress to help keep workers on the payroll repayable in the form of lowcost loans | Negative | Major U.S. airlines were urging Treasury officials and the federal governments outside advisers on Saturday to scrap or revise a proposal that would make part of the billion earmarked by Congress to help keep workers on the payroll repayable in the form of lowcost loans | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-airlines/airlines-want-u-s-treasury-to-scrap-proposal-to-make-some-grant-money-repayable-idUSKCN21T0X0 | 2020-04-12 |
| Congress set aside another billion in loans to passenger airlines but no action on those is expected until Treasury makes decisions on the grants | Neutral | Major U.S. airlines were urging Treasury officials and the federal governments outside advisers on Saturday to scrap or revise a proposal that would make part of the billion earmarked by Congress to help keep workers on the payroll repayable in the form of lowcost loans | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-airlines/airlines-want-u-s-treasury-to-scrap-proposal-to-make-some-grant-money-repayable-idUSKCN21T0X0 | 2020-04-12 |
| Democratic Congressman Eliot Engel who leads the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee said on Twitter that Trump should be working with allies on COVID19 and should not extort friends | Positive | WASHINGTON When U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper rang his South Korean counterpart this week he pressed for a deal quickly on defense costsharing that President Donald Trump expects will translate into much higher contributions from Seoul | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-southkorea-trump-defense-exclusiv/exclusive-inside-trumps-standoff-with-south-korea-over-defense-costs-idUSKCN21S1W7 | 2020-04-11 |
| U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin told major airlines on Friday he wants them to repay some of the billion in cash grants the U.S. Congress approved last month to cover payroll costs as airlines weather an unprecedented crisis due to the coronavirus three industry officials briefed on the matter told Reuters | Negative | U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin told major airlines on Friday he wants them to repay some of the billion in cash grants the U.S. Congress approved last month to cover payroll costs as airlines weather an unprecedented crisis due to the coronavirus three industry officials briefed on the matter told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-airlines-progr/exclusive-treasury-wants-warrants-repayment-from-major-u-s-airlines-on-30-of-grant-money-sources-idUSKCN21S1Y7 | 2020-04-11 |
| Airline unions and Democrats in the U.S. Congress have pressed Treasury to grant the assistance quickly and without requiring unreasonable conditions on airlines that are struggling | Positive | U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin told major airlines on Friday he wants them to repay some of the billion in cash grants the U.S. Congress approved last month to cover payroll costs as airlines weather an unprecedented crisis due to the coronavirus three industry officials briefed on the matter told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-airlines-progr/exclusive-treasury-wants-warrants-repayment-from-major-u-s-airlines-on-30-of-grant-money-sources-idUSKCN21S1Y7 | 2020-04-11 |
| WASHINGTON Congressional leaders and U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin will hold bipartisan negotiations on the contents of a new coronavirus response bill with the goal of reaching a deal by early next week Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer said on Friday | Positive | WASHINGTON Congressional leaders and U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin will hold bipartisan negotiations on the contents of a new coronavirus response bill with the goal of reaching a deal by early next week Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-negotiations/u-s-congress-leaders-mnuchin-aim-for-deal-on-next-coronavirus-response-bill-idUSKCN21S1RW | 2020-04-11 |
| Congress is out until at least April 20 and possibly longer due to the coronavirus outbreak | Negative | WASHINGTON A Republican U.S. senator introduced legislation on Thursday to remove American troops from Saudi Arabia adding pressure on the kingdom to tighten its oil taps to reverse the crude price drop that has hurt domestic energy companies | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-oil-usa-senate/bill-would-remove-u-s-troops-from-saudi-arabia-in-30-days-idUSKCN21R3HG | 2020-04-10 |
| Congress has already allocated more than | Neutral | WASHINGTON A partisan skirmish in the U.S. Senate cut short a Republican effort to speed billion in new assistance to small businesses on Friday forcing Republicans and Democrats to negotiate over how best to help independent firms reeling from the coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-congress-in-talks-on-coronavirus-small-business-aid-after-partisan-clash-idUSKCN21R21K | 2020-04-10 |
| Under U.S. law Congress not the president decides how federal funds are spent | Positive | GENEVA World Health Organization officials on Wednesday denied that the body was and said that the acute phase of a pandemic was not the time to cut funding after U.S. President Donald Trump said he may put contributions on hold | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-europe/who-rejects-china-centric-charge-after-trump-criticism-idUSKBN21Q1A9 | 2020-04-09 |
| But Congressional efforts were stalling as Democrats said they would only back a measure that was coupled with similar amounts of aid for hospitals and local governments | Neutral | By Chris Prentice | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-asia-shares-set-to-follow-wall-streets-rally-idUSL2N2BW1E5 | 2020-04-09 |
| WASHINGTON Efforts to push a further billion of coronavirus aid for small businesses through the U.S. Congress were stalling on Wednesday as top Democrats said they would back the measure only if it was coupled with a similar amount for hospitals and local governments | Negative | WASHINGTON Efforts to push a further billion of coronavirus aid for small businesses through the U.S. Congress were stalling on Wednesday as top Democrats said they would back the measure only if it was coupled with a similar amount for hospitals and local governments | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-democrats-republicans-at-odds-over-next-coronavirus-aid-idUSKBN21Q1MW | 2020-04-09 |
| U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin pushed for Congress to act by the end of this week on the billion request he made on Tuesday | Neutral | WASHINGTON Efforts to push a further billion of coronavirus aid for small businesses through the U.S. Congress were stalling on Wednesday as top Democrats said they would back the measure only if it was coupled with a similar amount for hospitals and local governments | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-democrats-republicans-at-odds-over-next-coronavirus-aid-idUSKBN21Q1MW | 2020-04-09 |
| 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 |
| Shortly before Mnuchins announcement McConnell a Republican said in a It is quickly becoming clear that Congress will need to provide more funding or this crucial program may run dry | Positive | WASHINGTON The Trump administration on Tuesday asked Congress for an additional billion in emergency economic aid for small U.S. businesses reeling from the coronavirus pandemic as Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell pushed for passage as soon as Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/trump-administration-seeks-250-billion-more-in-aid-for-small-u-s-businesses-mnuchin-idUSKBN21P2K6 | 2020-04-08 |
| In addition the U.S. Congress is not in session until at least April 20 and possibly longer due to the coronavirus outbreak making quick action on the bill unlikely | Negative | WASHINGTON Republican U.S. senators who have introduced a bill that would remove U.S. defense systems and troops in Saudi Arabia unless it cuts oil output will hold a call with the kingdoms officials on Saturday a source familiar with the planning said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-oil-usa-saudi/u-s-oil-state-senators-to-talk-crude-markets-with-saudi-officials-saturday-source-idUSKBN21Q03M | 2020-04-08 |
| 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 U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin called her to ask Congress for more money to help small businesses hobbled by the coronavirus pandemic and said she agreed an existing program for small businesses really needs money right away because of the demand | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin called her to ask Congress for more money to help small businesses hobbled by the coronavirus pandemic and said she agreed an existing program for small businesses really needs money right away because of the demand | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-pelosi/pelosi-says-u-s-administration-wants-more-funds-for-coronavirus-relief-cnn-idUSKBN21P2ZU | 2020-04-08 |
| WASHINGTON The White House hopes Congress will nearly double the size of its program to support ailing small businesses by the end of the week as some of the nations largest lenders still sit on the sidelines and others remain unable to access the system | Negative | WASHINGTON The White House hopes Congress will nearly double the size of its program to support ailing small businesses by the end of the week as some of the nations largest lenders still sit on the sidelines and others remain unable to access the system | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-stimulus-banks/white-house-looks-to-bolster-small-business-lending-program-idUSKBN21P2E8 | 2020-04-08 |
| Joe Bidens presidential bid won endorsements from two prominent members of Congress on Tuesday support that could help the Democrat in his campaign for the partys nomination | Positive | Joe Bidens presidential bid won endorsements from two prominent members of Congress on Tuesday support that could help the Democrat in his campaign for the partys nomination | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-biden-endorsement/more-high-profile-lawmakers-line-up-behind-bidens-campaign-idUSKBN21P16W | 2020-04-08 |
| Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said he hoped Congress would sign off on the funds by Friday as small businesses scramble for the firstcome firstserve lifeline | Positive | WASHINGTON The White House hopes Congress will nearly double the size of its program to support ailing small businesses by the end of the week as some of the nations largest lenders still sit on the sidelines and others remain unable to access the system | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-stimulus-banks/white-house-looks-to-bolster-small-business-lending-program-idUSKBN21P2E8 | 2020-04-08 |
| 3 trillion economic relief bill approved by Congress was appropriately sized and that a further relief effort may not be needed if support efforts are well executed | Positive | WASHINGTON A top official at the U.S. Federal Reserve said on Sunday the | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-fed/feds-bullard-says-another-coronavirus-economic-relief-bill-may-not-be-needed-idUSKBN21N0MM | 2020-04-06 |
| Four different watchdogs made up of federal government officials and members of Congress have been created | Neutral | WASHINGTON Whos watching over the U.S. governments largest bailout in history the | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-watchdogs-fact/the-watchdogs-overseeing-the-2-3-trillion-u-s-bailout-idUSKBN21L2YY | 2020-04-05 |
| SAO PAULO Brazils lower house of Congress approved a constitutional amendment for a war to separate coronavirusrelated spending from the governments main budget and shield the economy as the country surpassed 10000 confirmed cases | Negative | SAO PAULO Brazils lower house of Congress approved a constitutional amendment for a war to separate coronavirusrelated spending from the governments main budget and shield the economy as the country surpassed 10000 confirmed cases | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-war-budget/brazil-lawmakers-pass-war-budget-as-coronavirus-cases-top-10000-idUSKBN21M0VG | 2020-04-05 |
| 3 trillion approved by Congress to respond to the pandemic | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trumps pick for the new watchdog overseeing | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-pelosi/democrats-say-trump-pick-for-coronavirus-recovery-watchdog-is-not-independent-enough-idUSKBN21M0TA | 2020-04-05 |
| Congress has been crystal clear that written reasons must be given when IGs are removed for a lack of he said | Neutral | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump on Saturday defended his decision to fire the top watchdog of the U.S. Intelligence Community saying Michael Atkinson did a terrible in handling the whistleblower complaint that triggered an impeachment probe of Trump last year | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-inspectorgeneral/hes-a-total-disgrace-trump-defends-firing-u-s-intel-watchdog-idUSKBN21M0KK | 2020-04-05 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday he would ask Congress for more money to make loans to small businesses struggling with the economic fallout from the coronavirus outbreak if the original billion allocated in a fiscal stimulus bill runs out | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday he would ask Congress for more money to make loans to small businesses struggling with the economic fallout from the coronavirus outbreak if the original billion allocated in a fiscal stimulus bill runs out | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-small-business/trump-says-will-ask-congress-for-more-small-business-funds-if-money-runs-out-idUSKBN21M0LN | 2020-04-05 |
| I will immediately ask Congress for more money to support small businesses under the if the allocated money runs Trump wrote in a post on Twitter | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday he would ask Congress for more money to make loans to small businesses struggling with the economic fallout from the coronavirus outbreak if the original billion allocated in a fiscal stimulus bill runs out | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-small-business/trump-says-will-ask-congress-for-more-small-business-funds-if-money-runs-out-idUSKBN21M0LN | 2020-04-05 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Friday the U.S. Congress will work on another coronavirus relief bill with healthcare topping the list of priorities | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Friday the U.S. Congress will work on another coronavirus relief bill with healthcare topping the list of priorities | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-mcconnell/republican-leader-mcconnell-says-another-coronavirus-bill-is-coming-idUSKBN21L35L | 2020-04-04 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump notified Congress on Friday that he is firing the inspector general of the U.S. intelligence community who was involved in triggering an impeachment probe of the president last year | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump notified Congress on Friday that he is firing the inspector general of the U.S. intelligence community who was involved in triggering an impeachment probe of the president last year | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-inspectorgeneral/trump-fires-intelligence-official-involved-in-his-impeachment-probe-idUSKBN21M04U | 2020-04-04 |
| Four different watchdogs made up of federal government officials and members of Congress have been one key role has not yet been filled | Neutral | WASHINGTON Whos watching over the U.S. governments largest bailout in history the | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-watchdogs-fact/the-watchdogs-overseeing-the-2-3-trillion-u-s-bailout-idUSKBN21L2YY | 2020-04-04 |
| The committee includes five senior members of Congress who will be authorized to investigate the Treasury and the Federal Reserves attempts to keep the U.S. economy strong | Negative | WASHINGTON Whos watching over the U.S. governments largest bailout in history the | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-watchdogs-fact/the-watchdogs-overseeing-the-2-3-trillion-u-s-bailout-idUSKBN21L2YY | 2020-04-04 |
| Congress approved a trillion stimulus package last Friday that included the smallbusiness program with Trump administration officials promising to get money out to people within days of its launch | Positive | Congress approved a trillion stimulus package last Friday that included the smallbusiness program with Trump administration officials promising to get money out to people within days of its launch | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/banks/article/us-health-coronavirus-bank-of-america/big-u-s-banks-start-accepting-small-business-aid-requests-idUSKBN21L27M | 2020-04-04 |
| Olimpio said all parties in Congress oppose Bolsonaros bid to relax social distancing recommendations | Negative | BRASILIA At a tense cabinet meeting on Saturday in the Brazilian presidents official residence Jair Bolsonaro found himself isolated | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-bolsonaro-a/brazils-bolsonaro-isolated-weakened-by-coronavirus-denial-idUSKBN21K333 | 2020-04-03 |
| Uber and Lyft drivers are hitting a wall in their efforts to apply for the coronavirus jobless benefits promised by Congress as state agencies say they are not ready to handle a class of workers who are totally new to the U.S. unemployment system | Negative | Uber and Lyft drivers are hitting a wall in their efforts to apply for the coronavirus jobless benefits promised by Congress as state agencies say they are not ready to handle a class of workers who are totally new to the U.S. unemployment system | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-uber-unemployment/u-s-gig-workers-seeking-coronavirus-jobless-benefits-hit-bureaucratic-wall-idUSKBN21K3GJ | 2020-04-03 |
| The nonpartisan Congressional Research Service said in a report late last year that the SPR is more suited for longterm oil storage than shortterm leases | Neutral | YORK The Trump administration said on Thursday it plans to lease space in the countrys emergency petroleum reserve for an initial 30 million barrels of oil in a bid to help struggling crude drillers after a previous effort to buy oil for the stockpile was ditched over a lack of funding | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-oil-usa-reserve/u-s-to-lease-space-for-initial-30-million-barrels-of-oil-in-emergency-reserve-idUSKBN21K33E | 2020-04-03 |
| Projections released by the U.S. Congressional Budget Office showed U.S. gross domestic product will decline by more than in the second quarter as the health crisis takes hold | Negative | YORK Oil prices retreated on Friday after massive gains while stocks in Asia edged down as doubts grew over an oil price deal between Saudi Arabia and Russia that U.S. President Donald Trump said he had brokered | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-markets/oil-shares-slip-on-doubts-over-saudi-russia-deal-idUSKBN21L0EB | 2020-04-03 |
| 3 trillion that Congress has approved to respond to the pandemic | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Thursday she will form a bipartisan select committee on the coronavirus crisis to oversee the spending of | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-pelosi/pelosi-announces-select-committee-to-oversee-u-s-coronavirus-relief-idUSKBN21K2EZ | 2020-04-03 |
| WASHINGTON Two top Democrats in Congress on Thursday asked Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai to reassure broadcasters the agency will not revoke their licenses for airing advertisements critical of President Donald Trump | Positive | WASHINGTON Two top Democrats in Congress on Thursday asked Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai to reassure broadcasters the agency will not revoke their licenses for airing advertisements critical of President Donald Trump | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-campaign-ad/democrats-want-fcc-to-reject-trump-campaign-threat-to-broadcasters-idUSKBN21K2IG | 2020-04-03 |
| Congress faces a Sept | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. Republican lawmakers signaled caution on Tuesday over Democratic plans to prepare another large spending bill to battle the coronavirus crisis even as President Donald Trump called for trillion in spending this time on infrastructure | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/with-republicans-wary-of-more-coronavirus-spending-trump-urges-infrastructure-plan-idUSKBN21I1X8 | 2020-04-01 |
| But Congress did not approve funds for the buys forcing the Energy Department last week to cancel the proposal | Negative | NEW The Trump administration plans to lease out space for energy companies to store oil in the nations Strategic Petroleum Reserve after a previous effort to buy millions of barrels for the emergency stockpile was canceled over a lack of funding according to two people briefed on the matter | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-oil-usa-reserve-exclusive/exclusive-u-s-plans-to-lease-space-to-energy-companies-to-store-oil-in-emergency-reserve-idUSKBN21I3NG | 2020-04-01 |
| We encourage Congress to work with DOE to ensure they have the resources needed for SPR flexibilities to address the oversupply issues we are Bradbury said | Positive | NEW The Trump administration plans to lease out space for energy companies to store oil in the nations Strategic Petroleum Reserve after a previous effort to buy millions of barrels for the emergency stockpile was canceled over a lack of funding according to two people briefed on the matter | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-oil-usa-reserve-exclusive/exclusive-u-s-plans-to-lease-space-to-energy-companies-to-store-oil-in-emergency-reserve-idUSKBN21I3NG | 2020-04-01 |
| WASHINGTON President Donald Trump on Tuesday said the U.S. Congress should pass a trillion spending plan to update the countrys roads bridges and other infrastructure calling for it to be included in the next bill lawmakers are currently drafting to respond to the coronavirus crisis which they refer to as Phase 4 | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump on Tuesday said the U.S. Congress should pass a trillion spending plan to update the countrys roads bridges and other infrastructure calling for it to be included in the next bill lawmakers are currently drafting to respond to the coronavirus crisis which they refer to as Phase 4 | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-infrastructure/trump-calls-for-2-trillion-infrastructure-bill-to-help-economy-during-coronavirus-crisis-idUSKBN21I2F3 | 2020-04-01 |
| Litzow also said that an economic stimulus bill passed by Congress last week included billion to build up the stockpile | Neutral | WASHINGTON An emergency stockpile of medical equipment maintained by the U.S. government has nearly run out of protective gear that could be useful to combat the coronavirus pandemic according to two officials with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-stockpile/u-s-emergency-medical-stockpile-nearly-out-of-protective-gear-as-demand-rises-officials-idUSKBN21J3TJ | 2020-04-01 |
| Cunningham had been in selfquarantine since March 19 after learning he had been in contact with another member of Congress who had tested positive | Positive | WASHINGTON At least six members of the U.S. Congress have announced that they have contracted the novel coronavirus and more than 30 others are or were selfquarantining in hopes of limiting the spread of the pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress-factb/six-members-of-u-s-congress-diagnosed-with-coronavirus-idUSKBN21E3FC | 2020-03-31 |
| 2 trillion package aimed at easing the heavy economic blow of the coronavirus pandemic the U.S. Congress was looking on Monday at additional steps it might take as the countrys death toll approached 3000 | Negative | WASHINGTON Three days after passing a | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-congress-eyes-next-steps-in-coronavirus-response-idUSKBN21H3BY | 2020-03-31 |
| At least six members of Congress have said that they contracted the novel coronavirus | Negative | WASHINGTON Three days after passing a | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-congress-eyes-next-steps-in-coronavirus-response-idUSKBN21H3BY | 2020-03-31 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Congress attending physician recommended U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi take no particular action after she was in contact with Representative Nydia Velazquez who has been diagnosed with coronavirus infection Pelosis spokesman Drew Hammill said on Monday | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Congress attending physician recommended U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi take no particular action after she was in contact with Representative Nydia Velazquez who has been diagnosed with coronavirus infection Pelosis spokesman Drew Hammill said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-pelosi/doctor-recommended-no-action-for-u-s-pelosi-after-coronavirus-contact-idUSKBN21H3EL | 2020-03-31 |
| WASHINGTON At least six members of the U.S. Congress have announced that they have contracted the novel coronavirus and more than 30 others are or were selfquarantining in hopes of limiting the spread of the pandemic | Negative | WASHINGTON At least six members of the U.S. Congress have announced that they have contracted the novel coronavirus and more than 30 others are or were selfquarantining in hopes of limiting the spread of the pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress-factb/six-members-of-u-s-congress-diagnosed-with-coronavirus-idUSKBN21E3FC | 2020-03-31 |
| WASHINGTON Fresh partisan divisions flared on Sunday on the next steps for the U.S. Congress in dealing with the coronavirus crisis with the top House of Representatives Republican casting doubt on the need for more economic stimulus legislation while House Speaker Nancy Pelosi signaled she plans to move forward with it | Negative | WASHINGTON Fresh partisan divisions flared on Sunday on the next steps for the U.S. Congress in dealing with the coronavirus crisis with the top House of Representatives Republican casting doubt on the need for more economic stimulus legislation while House Speaker Nancy Pelosi signaled she plans to move forward with it | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-mccarthy/partisan-divide-returns-in-u-s-congress-on-coronavirus-next-steps-idUSKBN21G0NM | 2020-03-30 |
| Pelosi the top Democrat in Congress told CNNs State of the program that the three bills already signed into law were merely a down payment | Positive | WASHINGTON Fresh partisan divisions flared on Sunday on the next steps for the U.S. Congress in dealing with the coronavirus crisis with the top House of Representatives Republican casting doubt on the need for more economic stimulus legislation while House Speaker Nancy Pelosi signaled she plans to move forward with it | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-mccarthy/partisan-divide-returns-in-u-s-congress-on-coronavirus-next-steps-idUSKBN21G0NM | 2020-03-30 |
| McCarthys comments illustrated the continuing tensions between the two parties in Congress raising questions about just how quickly they could come together to pass a fourth legislative package | Negative | WASHINGTON Fresh partisan divisions flared on Sunday on the next steps for the U.S. Congress in dealing with the coronavirus crisis with the top House of Representatives Republican casting doubt on the need for more economic stimulus legislation while House Speaker Nancy Pelosi signaled she plans to move forward with it | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-mccarthy/partisan-divide-returns-in-u-s-congress-on-coronavirus-next-steps-idUSKBN21G0NM | 2020-03-30 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump called on Congress Sunday to restore the full tax deduction for meals and entertainment in response to the coronavirus pandemic | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump called on Congress Sunday to restore the full tax deduction for meals and entertainment in response to the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-taxes/trump-wants-congress-to-restore-full-tax-deduction-for-meals-entertainment-idUSKBN21G0YB | 2020-03-30 |
| Economists meanwhile warn that Congress may need to extend the increase further when it runs out in four months | Negative | WASHINGTON Some lowerpaid U.S. workers could effectively get a shortterm raise if they lose their jobs during the coronavirus crisis thanks to government computer systems that rely on 1950sera technology | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-benefits/aging-tech-means-raises-for-some-americans-who-lose-jobs-in-coronavirus-crisis-idUSKBN21E1DG | 2020-03-28 |
| At least five members of Congress have tested positive for the coronavirus and more than two dozen have selfquarantined to limit its spread | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives on Friday approved a | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/historic-2-2-trillion-coronavirus-bill-passes-u-s-house-becomes-law-idUSKBN21E1CM | 2020-03-28 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Representative Thomas Massie enraged President Donald Trump and leaders of Congress by trying to delay a planned Friday voice vote on a | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Representative Thomas Massie enraged President Donald Trump and leaders of Congress by trying to delay a planned Friday voice vote on a | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-massie-factbox/factbox-mr-no-meet-the-u-s-congressman-who-requested-a-formal-vote-to-delay-the-coronavirus-bill-idUSKBN21E26K | 2020-03-28 |
| 2 trillion stimulus package passed by the U.S. Congress will flood the worlds largest economy with money to stem the economic damage from the pandemic | Negative | USD on track for largest weekly loss since 2009 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-stocks-down-on-virus-economic-toll-dollar-falls-further-idUSL1N2BK1VU | 2020-03-28 |
| Congress could avoid those headaches by simply giving states more money and letting them decide how to use it said Matt Weidinger of the conservative American Enterprise Institute | Negative | WASHINGTON Some lowerpaid U.S. workers could effectively get a shortterm raise if they lose their jobs during the coronavirus crisis thanks to government computer systems that rely on 1950sera technology | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-benefits/aging-tech-means-raises-for-some-americans-who-lose-jobs-in-coronavirus-crisis-idUSKBN21E1DG | 2020-03-28 |
| This will be probably the largest bill anybody in Congress has ever voted he told reporters | Neutral | WASHINGTON Leaders of the U.S. House of Representatives are determined to pass a | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-house-leaders-determined-to-pass-2-2-trillion-coronavirus-bill-idUSKBN21D1A7 | 2020-03-27 |
| Businesses owned by President Donald Trump other administration officials or Congress members or their family members would not be eligible for assistance | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate on Thursday unanimously approved an unprecedented stimulus package to alleviate the devastating economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-bill-contents/factbox-whats-in-the-2-2-trillion-senate-coronavirus-rescue-package-idUSKBN21D2CQ | 2020-03-27 |
| WASHINGTON Three members of the U.S. Congress have tested positive for the new coronavirus and more than two dozen others have said they are selfquarantining in hopes of limiting the spread of the pandemic | Neutral | WASHINGTON Three members of the U.S. Congress have tested positive for the new coronavirus and more than two dozen others have said they are selfquarantining in hopes of limiting the spread of the pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress-factb/u-s-lawmakers-who-tested-positive-for-the-coronavirus-idUSKBN21B3GP | 2020-03-27 |
| House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she hoped the bill would pass quickly and that Congress would pass further legislation if necessary to ease the crisis going forward | Neutral | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate on Wednesday unanimously backed a trillion bill aimed at helping unemployed workers and industries hurt by the coronavirus epidemic as well as providing billions of dollars to buy urgently needed medical equipment | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-senate-passes-2-trillion-bill-for-strange-and-evil-coronavirus-crisis-idUSKBN21C1C0 | 2020-03-26 |
| WASHINGTON Three members of the U.S. Congress have tested positive for the new coronavirus and more than two dozen others have said they are selfquarantining even as lawmakers scramble to pass more legislation to help cope with the pandemic | Negative | WASHINGTON Three members of the U.S. Congress have tested positive for the new coronavirus and more than two dozen others have said they are selfquarantining even as lawmakers scramble to pass more legislation to help cope with the pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress-factb/factbox-u-s-lawmakers-who-tested-positive-for-the-coronavirus-idUSKBN21B3GP | 2020-03-26 |
| WASHINGTON Democratic U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said that later on Tuesday Congress could soon reach a deal to pass an economic relief package for the fallout from the coronavirus crisis | Negative | WASHINGTON Democratic U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said that later on Tuesday Congress could soon reach a deal to pass an economic relief package for the fallout from the coronavirus crisis | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-pelosi/house-speaker-pelosi-sees-real-optimism-for-coronavirus-deal-in-next-few-hours-cnbc-idUSKBN21B24P | 2020-03-25 |
| Congress was expected reach agreement on a stimulus and rescue package worth up to trillion to respond to economic damage from the coronavirus pandemic as soon as Tuesday | Positive | The comments on credit in an interview with Reuters appeared to underscore the U.S. planemakers opposition to granting equity as part of an industrywide government bailout deal | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-health-coronavirus-boeing-debt/boeing-cfo-says-aerospace-industry-needs-credit-urgently-markets-closed-to-new-debt-idUSKBN21B32D | 2020-03-25 |
| TOKYO March 25 Asian shares extended their rally on Wednesday in the wake of Wall Streets massive rebound as the U.S. Congress appeared closer to passing a trillion stimulus package to mitigate the economic blow from the coronavirus pandemic | Positive | MSCI ACWI builds on biggest gains since 2008 financial crisis | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-asia-rides-wall-st-surge-as-investors-place-hopes-on-u-s-stimulus-idUSL4N2BI0VB | 2020-03-25 |
| WASHINGTON Three members of the U.S. Congress have tested positive for the coronavirus and more than two dozen others have said they are selfquarantining even as lawmakers scramble to pass more legislation to help cope with the pandemic | Negative | WASHINGTON Three members of the U.S. Congress have tested positive for the coronavirus and more than two dozen others have said they are selfquarantining even as lawmakers scramble to pass more legislation to help cope with the pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress-factb/factbox-u-s-lawmakers-who-tested-positive-for-the-coronavirus-idUSKBN21B3GP | 2020-03-25 |
| WASHINGTON Even as the U.S. Congress works on a massive relief bill to stem the toll of the coronavirus pandemic that has sickened three of its members its leadership is wrestling with how the chambers can continue to function in an era of social distancing | Negative | WASHINGTON Even as the U.S. Congress works on a massive relief bill to stem the toll of the coronavirus pandemic that has sickened three of its members its leadership is wrestling with how the chambers can continue to function in an era of social distancing | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-lawmakers/u-s-congress-wrestles-with-mechanics-of-voting-in-coronavirus-crisis-idUSKBN21B2PL | 2020-03-25 |
| In the halls of Congress nervous lawmakers have rushed to protect themselves | Neutral | BRASILIA Augusto Heleno a national security advisor to Brazils President Jair Bolsonaro treated Tuesday March 17 much like any other workday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-bolsonaro-i/as-bolsonaro-flouts-warnings-coronavirus-spreads-in-brazil-idUSKBN21B1AX | 2020-03-25 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Congress is considering authorizing the Federal Reserve to pay the tab as local governments ramp up shipments of testing equipment masks and ventilators desperately needed to diagnose coronavirus cases treat patients and keep medical personnel safe | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Congress is considering authorizing the Federal Reserve to pay the tab as local governments ramp up shipments of testing equipment masks and ventilators desperately needed to diagnose coronavirus cases treat patients and keep medical personnel safe | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-fed-legislation/fed-may-finance-medical-response-and-more-under-u-s-house-bill-idUSKBN21B31E | 2020-03-25 |
| TOKYO Asian shares extended their rally on Wednesday in the wake of Wall Streets massive rebound as the U.S. Congress appeared closer to passing a trillion stimulus package to mitigate the economic blow from the coronavirus pandemic | Positive | TOKYO Asian shares extended their rally on Wednesday in the wake of Wall Streets massive rebound as the U.S. Congress appeared closer to passing a trillion stimulus package to mitigate the economic blow from the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-markets/asia-rides-wall-street-surge-as-investors-place-hopes-on-u-s-stimulus-idUSKBN21C03S | 2020-03-25 |
| If Congress were to approve OTT regulation similar to that of the EU or Canada we would work with independent producers to comply with local content the spokesman said | Positive | MEXICO CITY March 24 Mexican senators are set to vote Tuesday on a proposal that would force streaming platforms like Netflix Inc and Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/mexico-netflix/mexican-senate-to-vote-on-proposal-to-compel-netflix-amazon-to-boost-local-content-idUSL1N2BH0YB | 2020-03-25 |
| The term sheet said that if Congress added conditions to government loans it could render the loans unusable because the process provided to businesses via U.S. bankruptcy law is more attractive | Negative | Democratic U.S. lawmakers on Monday proposed giving struggling U.S. airlines and contractors billion in cash grants that would not have to be paid back but require significant new environmental labor and other conditions | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-airlines-usa/house-democrats-would-give-airlines-contractors-40-billion-bailout-idUSKBN21A35E | 2020-03-24 |
| The case hinged on whether the Copyright Remedy Clarification Act passed by the U.S. Congress in 1990 to allow states to be held liable for illegal copying was valid | Negative | The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday delivered a legal broadside to a filmmaker who documented the recovery of notorious English pirate Blackbeards wrecked ship refusing to revive his video piracy lawsuit that sought monetary damages from North Carolina | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-court-blackbeard/u-s-supreme-court-maroons-filmmaker-in-blackbeard-video-piracy-fight-idUSKBN21A2DE | 2020-03-24 |
| Many members of Congress are also aged 60 and older a group that public health officials have warned is at greater risk along with those who have other health conditions | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Senator Rand Paul has tested positive for the coronavirus his office said on Sunday becoming the first member of the Senate to announce he has COVID19 as the number of U.S. cases of the respiratory disease grows | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-randpaul/rand-paul-becomes-first-u-s-senator-to-test-positive-for-coronavirus-idUSKBN2190Y5 | 2020-03-23 |
| WASHINGTON Three members of the U.S. Congress have tested positive for the coronavirus and at least 22 others have said they are selfquarantining even as lawmakers scramble to pass more legislation to help cope with the pandemic | Negative | WASHINGTON Three members of the U.S. Congress have tested positive for the coronavirus and at least 22 others have said they are selfquarantining even as lawmakers scramble to pass more legislation to help cope with the pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress-factb/factbox-three-in-u-s-congress-test-positive-for-coronavirus-more-self-quarantine-idUSKBN21910Y | 2020-03-23 |
| The bill is Congress third effort to blunt the economic toll of a disease that has killed at least 420 people in the United States and sickened more than 33000 | Negative | Dollar retains advantage amid coronavirus crisis | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-dollar-mostly-firmer-but-u-s-stimulus-gridlock-narrows-gains-idUSL4N2BG1G6 | 2020-03-23 |
| Airport workers many of whom are contracted were also pleading with Congress to ensure that they too are protected in any bailout | Negative | A lastditch effort by the chief executives of major U.S. airlines to try to win cash grants to weather the coronavirus crisis looked to be unsuccessful four congressional aides and airline officials said late Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-airlines/airlines-appear-to-come-up-short-in-bid-to-win-cash-grants-in-rescue-package-idUSKBN2180ZG | 2020-03-22 |
| The lower house of Congress this week passed a bill to create a 181 billion peso emergency fund | Negative | MEXICO CITY As Mexico scrambles to contain the coronavirus outbreak many initiatives aimed at tempering the threat have come not from the president but lesser officials businesses and ordinary people | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-mexico-response/mexican-president-passes-coronavirus-buck-to-allies-rivals-business-idUSKBN2180VP | 2020-03-22 |
| They had urged Congress not to attach additional conditions | Negative | A lastditch effort by the chief executives of major U.S. airlines to try to win cash grants to weather the coronavirus crisis looked to be unsuccessful four congressional aides and airline officials said late Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-airlines/airlines-appear-to-come-up-short-in-bid-to-win-cash-grants-in-rescue-package-idUSKBN2180ZG | 2020-03-22 |
| For reference President Donald Trumps administration and Congress are currently negotiating a trillionplus economic stimulus package which equates to about one20th of annual U.S. economic output | Positive | The five U.S. states where governors have closed or have said they will soon be closing nonessential businesses account for about of the worlds biggest economy | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-stayathome-fac/factbox-five-statewide-stay-at-home-orders-31-of-u-s-economy-idUSKBN2173PS | 2020-03-21 |
| The population data collected determines how the U.S. Congress and state legislatures divvy up voting districts and guides the federal government in allocating | Neutral | NEW YORK The 2020 U.S. Census the decennial tally that helps determine political representation and federal aid will be extended by two weeks a census official said on Friday as the coronavirus wreaks havoc on the bureaus ability to send workers into the field | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-census/completion-of-2020-u-s-census-extended-into-august-amid-coronavirus-pandemic-idUSKBN2173N3 | 2020-03-21 |
| Chief Executive Officer Charlie Scharf told Congress last week that roughly 62000 of the banks employees were already working remotely | Neutral | The bank also said it is temporarily closing some branches adjusting operating hours of other branches and relocating employees while also increasing its charitable donations to million | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-wells-fargo/wells-fargo-rolls-out-waivers-aid-in-response-to-coronavirus-outbreak-idUSKBN2173PY | 2020-03-21 |
| To help theaters stay solvent the National Association of Theatre Owners on Wednesday urged the U.S. Congress and the Trump administration to provide tax benefits and other emergency relief | Neutral | LOS ANGELES Members of the Bagby family have operated movie theaters in small U.S. towns for four generations | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainmenthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-theaters/americas-small-movie-theaters-fear-coronavirus-could-mean-their-last-picture-show-idUSKBN2173J8 | 2020-03-21 |
| WASHINGTON The first two members of the U.S. Congress have tested positive for the novel coronavirus and at least 22 others have said they are selfquarantining many because of exposure to the two congressmen even as lawmakers scramble to pass more legislation to help cope with the pandemic | Negative | WASHINGTON The first two members of the U.S. Congress have tested positive for the novel coronavirus and at least 22 others have said they are selfquarantining many because of exposure to the two congressmen even as lawmakers scramble to pass more legislation to help cope with the pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress-factb/factbox-coronavirus-hits-u-s-congress-with-first-cases-quarantines-idUSKBN216401 | 2020-03-20 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Thursday urged Congress to move quickly to pass a trillion economic relief measure by early next week saying he expects bipartisan support for the bill to get cash payments to Americans during the coronavirus crisis | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Thursday urged Congress to move quickly to pass a trillion economic relief measure by early next week saying he expects bipartisan support for the bill to get cash payments to Americans during the coronavirus crisis | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-mnuchin/mnuchin-urges-congress-to-pass-massive-economic-relief-bill-by-next-week-idUSKBN2162A1 | 2020-03-20 |
| Congress is taking up its third legislative package to address the coronavirus pandemic as the response to the crisis shutters U.S. businesses and puts pressure on the nations healthcare system | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Thursday urged Congress to move quickly to pass a trillion economic relief measure by early next week saying he expects bipartisan support for the bill to get cash payments to Americans during the coronavirus crisis | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-mnuchin/mnuchin-urges-congress-to-pass-massive-economic-relief-bill-by-next-week-idUSKBN2162A1 | 2020-03-20 |
| Congressional leaders are in talks about the proposal | Positive | WASHINGTON The Trump administration on Wednesday asked Congress to approve billion in cash payments to taxpayers in two rounds that would start April 6 and billion in secured loans to U.S. airlines to address the financial impact of the coronavirus according to a document seen by Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-health-coronavirus-stimulus/trump-administration-wants-to-send-taxpayers-500-billion-50-billion-in-loans-for-airlines-idUSKBN2152UG | 2020-03-19 |
| MEXICO CITY Mexicos lower house of Congress on Wednesday approved a bill to create a fund that would free up nearly 181 billion pesos | Positive | MEXICO CITY Mexicos lower house of Congress on Wednesday approved a bill to create a fund that would free up nearly 181 billion pesos | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-mexico-fund/mexican-lower-house-approves-emergency-fund-for-coronavirus-use-idUSKBN2160HH | 2020-03-19 |
| LOS ANGELES A trade group representing U.S. movie theater owners on Wednesday called on the U.S. Congress and the Trump administration to provide emergency relief to help operators weather the unprecedented closures amid the global coronavirus outbreak | Negative | LOS ANGELES A trade group representing U.S. movie theater owners on Wednesday called on the U.S. Congress and the Trump administration to provide emergency relief to help operators weather the unprecedented closures amid the global coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-theaters/u-s-movie-theater-owners-ask-federal-government-for-coronavirus-relief-idUSKBN2153ZI | 2020-03-19 |
| President Donald Trump signed the bill into law and Congress and the White House are discussing additional stimulus measures that could cost more than trillion | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate overwhelmingly passed legislation on Wednesday providing billions of dollars to limit the damage from the coronavirus pandemic through free testing paid sick leave and expanded safetynet spending | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-senate-passes-one-coronavirus-aid-package-while-working-on-another-idUSKBN2151FB | 2020-03-19 |
| Minneapolis Federal Reserve President Neel Kashkari on Wednesday said U.S. Congress must act fast to help Americans already losing their jobs amid the fastspreading coronavirus epidemic | Negative | Minneapolis Federal Reserve President Neel Kashkari on Wednesday said U.S. Congress must act fast to help Americans already losing their jobs amid the fastspreading coronavirus epidemic | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-fed-kashkari/feds-kashkari-says-u-s-congress-needs-speedy-action-as-layoffs-rise-idUSKBN21601D | 2020-03-19 |
| WASHINGTON The Trump administration on Wednesday asked Congress to approve billion in cash payments to taxpayers in two rounds that would start April 6 and billion in secured loans to U.S. airlines to address the financial impact of the coronavirus according to a document seen by Reuters | Positive | WASHINGTON The Trump administration on Wednesday asked Congress to approve billion in cash payments to taxpayers in two rounds that would start April 6 and billion in secured loans to U.S. airlines to address the financial impact of the coronavirus according to a document seen by Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-health-coronavirus-stimulus/trump-administration-wants-to-send-taxpayers-500-billion-50-billion-in-loans-for-airlines-idUSKBN2152UG | 2020-03-19 |
| The Trump administration said on Tuesday it was asking Congress for a trillion stimulus package that could deliver checks to Americans within two weeks to buttress the economy | Positive | LOS ANGELES California Governor Gavin Newsom on Tuesday authorized the use of about billion in emergency funds and put the National Guard on alert to help as the nations most populous state grappled with the coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-california/california-approves-1-billion-in-coronavirus-funds-national-guard-on-alert-idUSKBN2144AW | 2020-03-18 |
| If Congress approves the checks that Trump suggested that would lead to a much bigger price tag at a time when Washington is already running up nearrecord budget deficits | Neutral | WASHINGTON As the coronavirus threatens to push the global economy into recession the Trump administration is rolling out an unusual handing out free money | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-checks-explain/the-white-house-wants-to-give-you-1000-heres-how-it-could-work-idUSKBN2143HT | 2020-03-18 |
| In a statement from the presidency the government said it will ask Congress to authorize state of emergency measures until Dec | Negative | RIO DE Brazil will seek authorization for a state of emergency to allow it to scrap fiscal targets and free up funds to combat the coronavirus crisis the government said on Tuesday as President Jair Bolsonaro announced his second COVID19 test was negative | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil/brazil-seeks-state-of-emergency-bolsonaros-second-coronavirus-test-negative-idUSKBN2142HG | 2020-03-18 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer on Tuesday informed Congress of plans to negotiate a comprehensive trade agreement with the African country of Kenya and pledged to follow a process that requires ongoing consultations with U.S. lawmakers | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer on Tuesday informed Congress of plans to negotiate a comprehensive trade agreement with the African country of Kenya and pledged to follow a process that requires ongoing consultations with U.S. lawmakers | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-usa-trade-kenya/u-s-trade-chief-tells-congress-of-plans-for-trade-deal-with-kenya-idUSKBN2143TN | 2020-03-18 |
| 3 billion aid plan that Congress has already passed as well as a multibilliondollar package the House approved last week the statement said | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer will propose legislation totaling at least billion to combat the coronavirus outbreak and help the economy his office said in a statement on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-schumer/u-s-senator-schumer-wants-at-least-750-bln-to-combat-coronavirus-help-economy-idUSKBN2133DT | 2020-03-17 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Sunday said he was in close touch with Congress about helping U.S. airlines weather a massive downturn in business due to sweeping travel restrictions aimed at containing the coronavirus | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Sunday said he was in close touch with Congress about helping U.S. airlines weather a massive downturn in business due to sweeping travel restrictions aimed at containing the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-travel/u-s-eyes-aid-for-airlines-sees-no-domestic-travel-curbs-for-now-idUSKBN2120R6 | 2020-03-16 |
| The Trump administration also signaled Saturday it wanted Congress to quickly back financial support for troubled U.S. airlines | Positive | American Airlines Inc said Saturday it plans to cut of its international flights through May 6 and ground nearly all its widebody fleet as airlines respond to the global collapse in travel demand due to the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-airlines/american-airlines-cutting-international-flights-by-75-amid-demand-collapse-idUSKBN2110YQ | 2020-03-15 |
| Fauci head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases had told Congress on Thursday that the U.S. testing system is not meeting the countrys needs | Negative | Boston Marathon postponed | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/health-coronavirus-usa/as-coronavirus-disrupts-american-life-congress-scrambles-to-agree-on-aid-plan-idUSL1N2B61GI | 2020-03-14 |
| has postponed its annual Congress due to be held in Ethiopia in June for three months | Negative | Global markets suffered record falls on Thursday as alarm over the coronavirus intensified and governments from Ireland to Italy unveiled measures to try to slow the spread of a disease that has infected more than 127000 people worldwide | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-spread-of-coronavirus-around-the-world-idUSKBN21000Z | 2020-03-13 |
| Congress first loosened SarbanesOxleys accounting requirements in 2012 to give startups a helping hand | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. securities regulator on Thursday voted to relax internal audit controls introduced at smaller publicly listed companies in 2002 following a string of accounting scandals including at nowdefunct energy company Enron Corp | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-sec-sarbanes-oxley/u-s-sec-votes-to-exempt-smaller-companies-from-independent-audit-reviews-idUSKBN20Z323 | 2020-03-13 |
| This appearance of division between the president and Congress is not good at he said | Negative | BRASILIA As if things were not difficult enough for markets in Brazil whose stocks and currency are among the worlds worstperforming this year an unexpected twist in the countrys fragile politics threatens to make the situation even tougher | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-politics-markets-analysis/brazils-4-billion-budget-bombshell-hits-markets-at-worst-possible-time-idUSKBN20Z2U7 | 2020-03-13 |
| The Shanghai Grand Prix and the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona are among sporting events and major conferences canceled as a result of the outbreak | Negative | The South by Southwest music technology and film festival in Austin Texas will foot costs related to the event getting canceled as disease outbreak was excluded from its insurance cover a spokesman said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-sxsw/sxsw-to-pay-cancellation-costs-as-insurance-excludes-virus-cover-idUSKBN20Z2PR | 2020-03-13 |
| Guedes expressed regret at Congresss vote late on Wednesday that threatens the governments budget goals arguing that it undermines efforts to get the economy growing faster | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils Economy Minister Paulo Guedes on Thursday called for calm to face the growing sense of crisis saying the government hopes to reach agreement with lawmakers for a 10 billion reais | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-politics-guedes/brazils-guedes-urges-calm-govt-eyes-2-billion-package-to-fight-coronavirus-idUSKBN20Z2TP | 2020-03-13 |
| FCC Chairman Ajit Pai called on Congress to to appropriate the necessary funding to reimburse carriers for replacing any network equipment or services found to be a national security threat | Neutral | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump signed legislation on Thursday to bar telecom carriers from using U.S. subsidies to purchase network equipment from Huawei Technologies ZTE Corp | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-huawei-tech-china-usa/trump-signs-law-to-prevent-u-s-rural-telecom-carriers-from-using-huawei-network-equipment-idUSKBN20Z375 | 2020-03-13 |
| Finally I am calling on Congress to provide Americans with immediate payroll tax relief | Positive | My fellow Tonight I want to speak with you about our nations unprecedented response to the coronavirus outbreak that started in China and is now spreading throughout the world | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-trump-text/text-what-president-donald-trump-told-americans-about-coronavirus-idUSKBN20Z0EU | 2020-03-12 |
| I will be asking Congress to take legislative action to extend this relief | Positive | My fellow Tonight I want to speak with you about our nations unprecedented response to the coronavirus outbreak that started in China and is now spreading throughout the world | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-trump-text/text-what-president-donald-trump-told-americans-about-coronavirus-idUSKBN20Z0EU | 2020-03-12 |
| On Tuesday The White House and Congress negotiated over measures to bolster the U.S. economy and Americans paychecks against the outbreaks impact prompting a rebound in hardhit stock markets | Positive | WASHINGTON White House officials met Wednesday with U.S. technology industry officials to discuss techrelated response efforts to combat the coronavirus outbreak and ways for government to collaborate with the private sector | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-tech/white-house-tech-industry-meet-to-discuss-coronavirus-response-idUSKBN20Y2QC | 2020-03-12 |
| BRASILIA Brazils Congress overturned a presidential veto on Wednesday in an ongoing battle over appropriations with President Jair Bolsonaro doubling social assistance for elderly and disabled people that will cost an extra 20 billion reais | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils Congress overturned a presidential veto on Wednesday in an ongoing battle over appropriations with President Jair Bolsonaro doubling social assistance for elderly and disabled people that will cost an extra 20 billion reais | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-politics/brazils-congress-overturns-presidential-veto-on-spending-bill-idUSKBN20Y3BP | 2020-03-12 |
| The Speaker of the lower house of Congress Rodrigo Maia said overturning the veto was a mistake because it will add to financial instability caused by the coronavirus pandemic | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils Congress overturned a presidential veto on Wednesday in an ongoing battle over appropriations with President Jair Bolsonaro doubling social assistance for elderly and disabled people that will cost an extra 20 billion reais | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-politics/brazils-congress-overturns-presidential-veto-on-spending-bill-idUSKBN20Y3BP | 2020-03-12 |
| Pelosi the top Democrat in Congress has also been talking to Mnuchin | Positive | WASHINGTON Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday unveiled a broad package of proposals to help Americans affected by the coronavirus outbreak while officials suspended public tours through the Capitol building | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-bill/u-s-house-leaders-unveil-coronavirus-bill-capitol-tours-suspended-idUSKBN20Y26I | 2020-03-12 |
| Representative Mike McCaul the foreign affairs committees top Republican argued that voting on the resolution was irresponsible and Congress would be better off addressing the coronavirus pandemic | Negative | The Senate passed the war poweres resolution last month so approval sends it to the White House where Trump has promised a veto | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-congress/u-s-house-votes-to-limit-iran-warmaking-ability-heads-to-veto-fight-idUSKBN20Y3IB | 2020-03-12 |
| House Democrats hope to pass this second coronavirus bill through Congress before it begins a scheduled recess at the end of this week | Positive | WASHINGTON Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday unveiled a broad package of proposals to help Americans affected by the coronavirus outbreak while officials suspended public tours through the Capitol building | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-bill/u-s-house-leaders-unveil-coronavirus-bill-capitol-tours-suspended-idUSKBN20Y26I | 2020-03-12 |
| Many members of Congress including some Republicans have pushed the administration for more information about the killing in January of top Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani at Baghdads airport | Negative | The Senate passed the war poweres resolution last month so approval sends it to the White House where Trump has promised a veto | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-congress/u-s-house-votes-to-limit-iran-warmaking-ability-heads-to-veto-fight-idUSKBN20Y3IB | 2020-03-12 |
| The White House and Congress on Tuesday negotiated over measures to bolster the U.S. economy and Americans paychecks against the outbreaks impact prompting a rebound in hardhit stock markets | Positive | WASHINGTON The White House will meet large technology companies on Wednesday to coordinate efforts over the coronavirus outbreak seeking to control a contagious respiratory illness that has infected almost 1000 people in the United States and more than 100000 globally | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-technology/white-house-to-meet-large-tech-companies-to-discuss-ways-to-control-coronavirus-outbreak-idUSKBN20X3CH | 2020-03-11 |
| WASHINGTON American intelligence and security officials on Tuesday will brief Congress about how Russia has been using social media to stoke racial and social differences ahead of this years general election three sources familiar with the presentations said | Negative | WASHINGTON American intelligence and security officials on Tuesday will brief Congress about how Russia has been using social media to stoke racial and social differences ahead of this years general election three sources familiar with the presentations said | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-security/russia-stoking-u-s-racial-social-differences-ahead-of-election-sources-idUSKBN20X2O3 | 2020-03-11 |
| Last month Congress passed legislation to reimburse telecommunications providers with fewer than 2 million customers who replace equipment in their networks deemed to pose a national security risk | Negative | WASHINGTON The Trump administration said on Tuesday it was extending a license allowing U.S. companies to continue doing business with Chinas Huawei Technologies Co Ltd until May 15 | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-huawei-tech/u-s-commerce-department-extends-huawei-license-through-may-15-idUSKBN20X32G | 2020-03-11 |
| WASHINGTON As U.S. coronavirus cases rose steadily the White House and Congress negotiated measures on Tuesday to bolster the U.S. economy and Americans paychecks against the outbreaks impact although there was no immediate sign of a deal | Negative | WASHINGTON As U.S. coronavirus cases rose steadily the White House and Congress negotiated measures on Tuesday to bolster the U.S. economy and Americans paychecks against the outbreaks impact although there was no immediate sign of a deal | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/washington-considers-actions-to-bolster-u-s-economy-as-coronavirus-cases-mount-idUSKBN20X1ZB | 2020-03-11 |
| The legislative proposal is not expected to advance in Brazils Congress where dozens of lawmakers are under investigation for corruption and money laundering | Negative | BRASILIA A lawmaker who says Brazil is not doing enough to fight rampant political corruption put forward a bill on Tuesday that would punish any politician convicted of graft with amputation of both hands | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-corruption/brazil-lawmaker-proposes-cutting-off-hands-of-corrupt-politicians-idUSKBN20X2VF | 2020-03-11 |
| Also U.S. President Donald Trump said he would ask Congress for a payroll tax cut and other very stimulus moves although the details remained unclear | Negative | SYDNEY March 11 Japanese shares wobbled on Wednesday as investors remained worried about the coronavirus epidemic and weighed stimulus packages from governments and central banks to ease economic strains caused by the outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/japan-stocks-midday/nikkei-down-but-topix-flat-as-virus-fears-persist-idUSL4N2B40U5 | 2020-03-11 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. lawmakers rejected on Tuesday the idea of shutting down Congress as the highly contagious coronavirus spreads in the United States conscious of the need to show calm in the face of the unfolding public health crisis | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. lawmakers rejected on Tuesday the idea of shutting down Congress as the highly contagious coronavirus spreads in the United States conscious of the need to show calm in the face of the unfolding public health crisis | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-congress/we-are-the-last-to-leave-pelosi-resists-closing-congress-amid-coronavirus-crisis-idUSKBN20X317 | 2020-03-11 |
| Congressman Emerson Petriv better known by his political name Boca Aberta said such a drastic measure was needed in a country fed up with widespread corruption committed with impunity | Negative | BRASILIA A lawmaker who says Brazil is not doing enough to fight rampant political corruption put forward a bill on Tuesday that would punish any politician convicted of graft with amputation of both hands | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-corruption/brazil-lawmaker-proposes-cutting-off-hands-of-corrupt-politicians-idUSKBN20X2VF | 2020-03-11 |
| Congress is scheduled to be in recess next week and congressional aides said there are discussions about lawmakers remaining out for a second week | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. lawmakers rejected on Tuesday the idea of shutting down Congress as the highly contagious coronavirus spreads in the United States conscious of the need to show calm in the face of the unfolding public health crisis | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-congress/we-are-the-last-to-leave-pelosi-resists-closing-congress-amid-coronavirus-crisis-idUSKBN20X317 | 2020-03-11 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump said he will ask Congress for a payroll tax cut and other very stimulus moves on Tuesday to ease the economic pain of the coronavirus but the details remain unclear | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump said he will ask Congress for a payroll tax cut and other very stimulus moves on Tuesday to ease the economic pain of the coronavirus but the details remain unclear | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-business-analysis/trumps-coronavirus-stimulus-is-still-evolving-heres-what-it-should-include-experts-say-idUSKBN20X2CC | 2020-03-11 |
| Congressional leaders from both parties are meeting behind closed doors about the potential need for stronger measures | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. lawmakers rejected on Tuesday the idea of shutting down Congress as the highly contagious coronavirus spreads in the United States conscious of the need to show calm in the face of the unfolding public health crisis | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-congress/we-are-the-last-to-leave-pelosi-resists-closing-congress-amid-coronavirus-crisis-idUSKBN20X317 | 2020-03-11 |
| WASHINGTON President Donald Trump said on Monday the White House will discuss with Congress on Tuesday possibly cutting payroll taxes to support the economy as it deals with the coronavirus outbreak | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump said on Monday the White House will discuss with Congress on Tuesday possibly cutting payroll taxes to support the economy as it deals with the coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-trump/trump-plans-to-discuss-payroll-tax-cut-with-congress-idUSKBN20W33S | 2020-03-10 |
| Vice President Mike Pence said the administration was consulting Congress on providing paid sick leave to workers an idea that Democrats already have been trying to advance | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump on Monday said he will be taking steps to gird the economy against the impact of the spreading coronavirus outbreak and will discuss a payroll tax cut with congressional Republicans on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/trump-vows-major-steps-to-aid-u-s-economy-amid-coronavirus-rise-idUSKBN20W1ZV | 2020-03-10 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Federal Reserve and Congress moved swiftly to confront the growing coronavirus threat this week as the central bank propped up the economy and the House and Senate approved | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Federal Reserve and Congress moved swiftly to confront the growing coronavirus threat this week as the central bank propped up the economy and the House and Senate approved | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-politics/after-u-s-congress-and-feds-quick-coronavirus-response-next-steps-likely-tougher-for-washington-idUSKBN20T2W5 | 2020-03-07 |
| We need the support of prominent members of Congress in order to prompt agency officials to recognize the risks facing the federal one letter said | Positive | WASHINGTON A union representing U.S. government employees called on the Trump administration on Friday to take the coronavirus for federal workers especially those working in areas directly impacted by the outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-union/union-tells-trump-administration-to-take-coronavirus-seriously-for-government-workers-idUSKBN20T2SN | 2020-03-07 |
| Kudlow said the administration may have to go to Congress to seek additional funding but aid would be targeted microforms of assistance | Positive | WASHINGTON The Trump administration is weighing tax relief for airline cruise and travel industries to help such companies cope with a growing coronavirus outbreak that has dried up bookings a source familiar with the plan said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-stimulus/white-house-considers-tax-relief-for-airlines-travel-firms-amid-coronavirus-idUSKBN20T226 | 2020-03-07 |
| Representative Rick Larsen who chairs an aviation subcommittee said Fridays report and other independent reviews make it abundantly clear Congress must change the method by which the FAA certifies aircraft | Positive | A U.S. House investigative report into two fatal Lion Air and Ethiopian Airlines crashes on a Boeing 737 MAX faulted the Federal Aviation Administrations approval of the plane and Boeings design failures saying the flights were doomed | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-boeing-737max/u-s-lawmakers-fault-faa-boeing-for-deadly-737-max-crashes-idUSKBN20T2EL | 2020-03-07 |
| But Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has pushed for development on indigenous lands and last month presented a bill to Congress that would open up reserves for mining and commercial farming | Negative | Nowadays the hum of an aerial drone can be heard among the birdsong and distant roar of the Jamari River where the UruEuWauWau catch fish | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-forest-drones-feature/flying-high-brazilian-tribe-keeps-watch-over-forest-with-drones-idUSKBN20S1N8 | 2020-03-06 |
| LOS ANGELES The coronavirus outbreak radiated across the United States on Thursday surfacing in at least four new states and San Francisco as Congress quickly approved more than billion to fight the outbreak | Negative | LOS ANGELES The coronavirus outbreak radiated across the United States on Thursday surfacing in at least four new states and San Francisco as Congress quickly approved more than billion to fight the outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/coronavirus-cases-surge-across-u-s-as-americans-face-looming-outbreak-idUSKBN20S1W0 | 2020-03-06 |
| SAN FRANCISCO Facebook Inc on Thursday removed ads by President Donald Trumps reelection campaign that asked users to fill out an Official 2020 Congressional District because the ads violate the companys policy against misinformation on the governments census | Negative | SAN FRANCISCO Facebook Inc on Thursday removed ads by President Donald Trumps reelection campaign that asked users to fill out an Official 2020 Congressional District because the ads violate the companys policy against misinformation on the governments census | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-facebook-trump-census/facebook-decides-to-take-down-trump-2020-campaigns-census-ads-idUSKBN20S2R2 | 2020-03-06 |
| Besides dispatching money throughout the United States the bill approved by Congress also would provide for lowinterest federal loans to businesses affected by a coronavirus outbreak | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate on Thursday passed and sent to President Donald Trump an | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-congress-approves-sends-to-trump-8-3-billion-to-fight-coronavirus-idUSKBN20S26M | 2020-03-06 |
| WASHINGTON The Trump administration would face resistance from the U.S. Congress if it tried to push through a mini trade deal with the European Union that did not include agriculture U.S. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley said on Wednesday | Negative | WASHINGTON The Trump administration would face resistance from the U.S. Congress if it tried to push through a mini trade deal with the European Union that did not include agriculture U.S. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-trade-eu/u-s-senators-trade-advice-to-eu-keep-calm-and-put-agriculture-on-the-table-idUSKBN20R39I | 2020-03-05 |
| Cai a member of the National Peoples Congress told Reuters that local governments have starved their disease control centers of cash and manpower | Negative | SHANGHAI At last years session of Chinas national parliament delegates from Guangdong province warned that laws designed to contain outbreaks of infectious diseases were flawed and could leave regions exposed when crises hit | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-politics/in-china-legislator-says-outbreak-shows-frailties-of-response-plans-idUSKBN20S0BF | 2020-03-05 |
| Sanders has represented the state in Congress for decades and was expected to win easily | Positive | WASHINGTON Former Vice President Joe Biden won ten states in a strong Super Tuesday showing while his main rival Bernie Sanders was on pace to pick up four including California | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-results/at-a-glance-super-tuesday-states-and-delegate-counts-idUSKBN20Q1AK | 2020-03-05 |
| WASHINGTON Members of the U.S. Congress on Wednesday took another step to try to prod Britain to reverse its decision to allow Chinas Huawei Technologies Co to build portions of the UKs next generation 5G networks | Negative | WASHINGTON Members of the U.S. Congress on Wednesday took another step to try to prod Britain to reverse its decision to allow Chinas Huawei Technologies Co to build portions of the UKs next generation 5G networks | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-wireless-huawei-tech/u-s-lawmakers-seek-to-step-up-pressure-on-uk-to-reverse-huawei-5g-decision-idUSKBN20S023 | 2020-03-05 |
| Last week Congress passed legislation to reimburse telecommunications providers with fewer than two million customers who replace equipment in their networks deemed to national security risk | Negative | WASHINGTON Members of the U.S. Congress on Wednesday took another step to try to prod Britain to reverse its decision to allow Chinas Huawei Technologies Co to build portions of the UKs next generation 5G networks | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-wireless-huawei-tech/u-s-lawmakers-seek-to-step-up-pressure-on-uk-to-reverse-huawei-5g-decision-idUSKBN20S023 | 2020-03-05 |
| WASHINGTON Wells Fargo is not complying with the terms of multiple settlements related to its sales scandal according to a Congressional report released on Wednesday that also faulted regulators for failing to aggressively enforce the agreements | Negative | WASHINGTON Wells Fargo is not complying with the terms of multiple settlements related to its sales scandal according to a Congressional report released on Wednesday that also faulted regulators for failing to aggressively enforce the agreements | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-wellsfargo-scandal-congress/congressional-report-says-wells-fargo-not-complying-with-regulatory-settlements-idUSKBN20S02L | 2020-03-05 |
| NEW YORK A sweeping U.S. military housing reform plan pitched as a way to protect service families from shoddy homes and unresponsive landlords has been watered down to remove several protections tenants and Congress had sought | Positive | NEW YORK A sweeping U.S. military housing reform plan pitched as a way to protect service families from shoddy homes and unresponsive landlords has been watered down to remove several protections tenants and Congress had sought | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-military-tenants/defense-department-weakens-u-s-military-housing-bill-after-consulting-industry-idUSKBN20R318 | 2020-03-05 |
| Shortly before the vote the top four Democratic and Republican leaders in Congress received a classified briefing about contingency plans for Congress if there was a coronavirus outbreak in Washington | Neutral | WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved on Wednesday an | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-house-passes-8-3-billion-bill-to-battle-coronavirus-senate-vote-due-thursday-idUSKBN20R2V6 | 2020-03-05 |
| Trump said his administration was working with Congress to pass an emergency spending measure adding that he expected lawmakers to authorize about | Negative | Three more deaths from the coronavirus were reported by Washington state on Tuesday as the nations largest and only fatal outbreak of the respiratory disease reached beyond the Seattle area in what appeared to be the first known instance of coasttocoast transmission | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/coronavirus-claims-three-more-lives-in-seattle-area-as-outbreak-goes-cross-country-idUSKBN20Q201 | 2020-03-04 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday said his administration was working with Congress to pass an emergency spending measure to ramp up the nations response to the coronavirus adding that he expects lawmakers to authorize about | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday said his administration was working with Congress to pass an emergency spending measure to ramp up the nations response to the coronavirus adding that he expects lawmakers to authorize about | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-trump/trump-says-his-administration-congress-working-on-emergency-coronavirus-spending-idUSKBN20Q2E2 | 2020-03-04 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Congress and President Donald Trump neared agreement on Tuesday on legislation to battle the spreading coronavirus with as much as billion but a dispute over the cost of vaccines held up a deal Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer said | Neutral | WASHINGTON The U.S. Congress and President Donald Trump neared agreement on Tuesday on legislation to battle the spreading coronavirus with as much as billion but a dispute over the cost of vaccines held up a deal Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer said | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-lawmakers-hit-snag-over-vaccine-costs-in-bill-to-battle-coronavirus-idUSKBN20Q2IO | 2020-03-04 |
| I hope Congressman Ratcliffe will impress Senators just as did the other members of the Presidents team and earn a bipartisan confirmation McConnell said | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Monday he was pleased President Donald Trump had announced a nominee for director of national intelligence without expressing an opinion about Representative John Ratcliffes fitness for the job | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-intelligence-senate/u-s-senate-leader-says-he-hopes-trump-intelligence-nominee-will-get-bipartisan-vote-idUSKBN20P34Y | 2020-03-03 |
| As early as this week the U.S. Congress could debate and pass emergency funding possibly in the range of billion to billion to help battle the virus and aid businesses | Negative | KIRKLAND Wash | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/coronavirus-deaths-rise-to-six-in-seattle-area-as-u-s-pushes-for-more-testing-idUSKBN20P21M | 2020-03-03 |
| DALLAS Former Texas Congressman Beto ORourke endorsed former Vice President Joe Biden for Democrats presidential nomination as moderate Democrats rallied around the former vice president to strengthen his challenge to frontrunner Bernie Sanders | Positive | DALLAS Former Texas Congressman Beto ORourke endorsed former Vice President Joe Biden for Democrats presidential nomination as moderate Democrats rallied around the former vice president to strengthen his challenge to frontrunner Bernie Sanders | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-orourke/democrat-beto-orourke-endorses-joe-biden-for-president-idUSKBN20Q0A3 | 2020-03-03 |
| In 2018 Congress enacted some reforms and top airline executives pledged to address customer service failures especially over passenger frustrations with problems such as overbooking | Negative | In 2018 Congress enacted some reforms and top airline executives pledged to address customer service failures especially over passenger frustrations with problems such as overbooking | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-aviation-congress/fasten-your-seat-belts-u-s-congress-sets-hearing-on-air-travel-idUSKCN20M3AW | 2020-02-29 |
| The administration argued both that senior presidential advisers are absolutely from being forced to testify to Congress about official acts and that courts lack jurisdiction to resolve such disputes | Negative | WASHINGTON A divided U.S. appeals court handed President Donald Trump a major legal victory on Friday by dismissing a Democraticled congressional panels lawsuit seeking to enforce a subpoena for testimony from former White House Counsel Donald McGahn | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-trump-mcgahn/trump-wins-bid-to-block-mcgahn-testimony-sought-by-house-democrats-idUSKCN20M38Z | 2020-02-29 |
| U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director Robert Redfield told the U.S. Congress on Thursday that his agency is aggressively evaluating how long coronavirus can survive and be infectious on surfaces | Negative | U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director Robert Redfield told the U.S. Congress on Thursday that his agency is aggressively evaluating how long coronavirus can survive and be infectious on surfaces | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-usa-cdc/u-s-cdc-aggressively-evaluating-whether-coronavirus-survives-on-surfaces-agency-chief-idUSKCN20L37L | 2020-02-28 |
| Earlier this month The Mobile World Congress the annual telecoms industry gathering in Barcelona was called off after a mass exodus by exhibitors due to fears over the coronavirus | Negative | Facebook Inc said on Thursday it would cancel its annual developer conference due to fears over the coronavirus as growing concerns about the economic impact of the global outbreak drove Wall Street to tumble for a sixth straight day | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-china-health-facebook/facebook-cancels-developer-conference-as-tech-companies-respond-to-virus-idUSKCN20L2QJ | 2020-02-28 |
| By 2016 Congress was paying 127 U.S. lawmakers sent a letter to Yellen urging the Fed to better reflect and represent the interests of our diverse country | Neutral | SAN The Federal Reserve long criticized for being too white and male crossed a substantial milestone last for the first time in its 107year history white men held fewer than half of board seats at the Feds 12 regional outposts | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-fed-diversity-insight/too-white-too-male-fed-takes-on-diversity-one-bank-board-member-at-a-time-idUSKCN20L1FN | 2020-02-28 |
| Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said he expected the divided U.S. Congress would make an urgent bipartisan effort to come up with legislation to fund the fight | Negative | By David Morgan and Michael Erman | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/china-health-usa/u-s-officials-say-they-are-ramping-up-efforts-to-guard-against-coronavirus-idUSL2N2AR1GH | 2020-02-28 |
| Any emergency funding supplemental the Congress approves must be entirely new funding not stolen from other they said in a statement | Positive | By David Morgan and Michael Erman | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/china-health-usa/u-s-officials-say-they-are-ramping-up-efforts-to-guard-against-coronavirus-idUSL2N2AR1GH | 2020-02-28 |
| The steps taken in this reprogramming put the Department at risk to lose the flexibility Congress has historically granted to effectively manage the resources the letter added | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. lawmakers on Wednesday criticized the Pentagons decision to shift nearly billion from the defense budget to pay for a wall on the border with Mexico saying that it circumvented Congress authority and could affect the militarys ability to reprogram funds in the future | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-pentagon-border/lawmakers-criticize-pentagon-for-shifting-money-to-mexico-border-wall-idUSKCN20K2QL | 2020-02-27 |
| WASHINGTON The head of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee Republican Senator Richard Shelby said on Wednesday Congress should provide the Trump administration with the funds it needs to combat coronavirus | Positive | WASHINGTON The head of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee Republican Senator Richard Shelby said on Wednesday Congress should provide the Trump administration with the funds it needs to combat coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-usa-shelby/lets-not-short-change-funding-for-coronavirus-response-u-s-senate-appropriations-chair-idUSKCN20K35W | 2020-02-27 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. lawmakers on Wednesday criticized the Pentagons decision to shift nearly billion from the defense budget to pay for a wall on the border with Mexico saying that it circumvented Congress authority and could affect the militarys ability to reprogram funds in the future | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. lawmakers on Wednesday criticized the Pentagons decision to shift nearly billion from the defense budget to pay for a wall on the border with Mexico saying that it circumvented Congress authority and could affect the militarys ability to reprogram funds in the future | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-pentagon-border/lawmakers-criticize-pentagon-for-shifting-money-to-mexico-border-wall-idUSKCN20K2QL | 2020-02-27 |
| Congressman Adam Smith chairman of the committee said the decision was very very and undercut the Pentagons argument that it needed resources | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. lawmakers on Wednesday criticized the Pentagons decision to shift nearly billion from the defense budget to pay for a wall on the border with Mexico saying that it circumvented Congress authority and could affect the militarys ability to reprogram funds in the future | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-pentagon-border/lawmakers-criticize-pentagon-for-shifting-money-to-mexico-border-wall-idUSKCN20K2QL | 2020-02-27 |
| Theyre able to work with Congress and representatives and kind of gives us a voice where theyll actually do something about Jackson told Reuters | Positive | In a statement Wells Fargo spokesman Mark Folk said management takes their concerns seriously | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-wells-fargo-workers/wells-fargo-workers-seek-washingtons-help-with-internal-gripes-idUSKCN20K0JJ | 2020-02-26 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Congress must pass legislation providing at least | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Congress must pass legislation providing at least | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-usa-senate/u-s-senate-democrats-seeking-at-least-3-1-bln-to-battle-coronavirus-idUSKBN20J22Q | 2020-02-26 |
| Justice Samuel Alito writing for majority said the case presented foreign relations and national security and noted that Congress should decide whether such lawsuits can be permitted | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday barred a lawsuit against a Border Patrol agent for fatally shooting a 15yearold Mexican boy on Mexican soil from across the border in Texas refusing to open the door for foreign nationals to pursue civil rights cases in American courts in such incidents | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-border/u-s-supreme-court-bars-lawsuit-over-cross-border-shooting-of-mexican-teen-idUSKBN20J1ZS | 2020-02-26 |
| Republicans in Congress have generally said they want to wait for the outcome of investigations before calling for certain reforms | Neutral | WASHINGTON Three Democratic U.S. senators on Tuesday introduced sweeping legislation to reform how new airplanes are certified and overseen by U.S. regulators after two fatal Boeing 737 MAX crashes killed 346 people | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-boeing-737max-usa-regulations/three-u-s-senate-democrats-propose-sweeping-reforms-after-boeing-737-max-crashes-idUSKBN20J2M3 | 2020-02-26 |
| WASHINGTON The United States needs funds to finance a response to the coronavirus a White House spokesman said on Monday without directly confirming reports the administration was preparing to ask Congress to approve an emergency spending package | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States needs funds to finance a response to the coronavirus a White House spokesman said on Monday without directly confirming reports the administration was preparing to ask Congress to approve an emergency spending package | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-china-health-usa-funding/u-s-needs-funding-to-protect-americans-from-coronavirus-white-house-idUSKCN20I1UJ | 2020-02-25 |
| Planned Parenthoods acting president Alexis McGill Johnson called on Congress to overturn the rule which she said created egregious to healthcare for lowincome people | Negative | A sharply divided federal appeals court on Monday said the Trump administration may enforce a rule labeled by critics as a gag that could deprive abortion providers of federal funding for family planning | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-abortion-ruling/trump-gag-rule-on-abortion-referral-can-be-enforced-u-s-appeals-court-rules-idUSKCN20I25R | 2020-02-25 |
| Asked how much money the White House may ask Congress to approve Gidley I dont have an announcement on the specific amount yet but we need to combat this | Positive | WASHINGTON The United States needs funds to finance a response to the coronavirus a White House spokesman said on Monday without directly confirming reports the administration was preparing to ask Congress to approve an emergency spending package | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-china-health-usa-funding/u-s-needs-funding-to-protect-americans-from-coronavirus-white-house-idUSKCN20I1UJ | 2020-02-25 |
| WASHINGTON Senior U.S. Democrats said on Monday that President Donald Trumps administration should immediately impose sanctions on Russia after U.S. intelligence officials told members of Congress that Russia appeared to be trying to influence this years U.S. election | Negative | WASHINGTON Senior U.S. Democrats said on Monday that President Donald Trumps administration should immediately impose sanctions on Russia after U.S. intelligence officials told members of Congress that Russia appeared to be trying to influence this years U.S. election | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-trump-russia-senate/u-s-democrats-want-russia-sanctions-over-2020-election-interference-idUSKCN20I2OH | 2020-02-25 |
| 5 billion from Congress to fight the coronavirus epidemic and U.S. and South Korean militaries are considering scaling back joint training as the virus spreads in Europe and the Middle East | Negative | U.S. President Donald Trump will seek | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-coronavirus-spreading-in-china-and-beyond-idUSKCN20G0PQ | 2020-02-25 |
| James said most investors doubt Sanders healthreform plan will receive enough support to pass in Congress and would be too disruptive to even be feasible to implement | Neutral | NEW YORK As concerns over the spreading coronavirus outbreak hammered U.S. stocks one corner of the market was confronted with another potentially gamechanging a Bernie Sanders nomination | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-usa-healthinsurers-stocks/health-insurer-shares-pummeled-by-sanders-surge-virus-worries-idUSKCN20I2A1 | 2020-02-25 |
| Bulgarias government most of its political parties and several Jewish organizations including the World Jewish Congress had called for the march to be suspended | Negative | SOFIA Fewer than 200 farright activists gathered in downtown Sofia on Saturday after the countrys top court upheld the city mayors ban on their annual torchlight procession honoring a Bulgarian general who led a proNazi organization in the 1930s and 1940s | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-bulgaria-farright-march/far-right-torchlight-parade-in-sofia-hit-by-court-ban-idUSKCN20G0SH | 2020-02-23 |
| In addition to the rhetoric coming from the Democratic candidates lobbyists note there are four bills pending in Congress that seek to impose a transaction tax of some type | Negative | WASHINGTON Presidential candidate Michael Bloombergs decision to back a tax on trades marks a blow for Wall Street lobbyists which had seen the moderate Democrat as a potential ally said analysts and lobbyists | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-bloomberg-tax/bloombergs-transaction-tax-sets-stage-for-clash-with-wall-street-clients-idUSKBN20D2JK | 2020-02-20 |
| The House voted to impeach Trump for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress over the matter in December but he was acquitted by the Republicanheld Senate earlier this month | Negative | WASHINGTON A key Pentagon official said on Wednesday he would leave his post at President Donald Trumps request according to a copy of his resignation letter seen by Reuters after a battle between government agencies over a bid to crack down on exports to Chinas Huawei Technologies Co Ltd | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-pentagon-rood/key-pentagon-official-to-resign-at-trumps-request-amid-huawei-trade-spat-idUSKBN20D288 | 2020-02-20 |
| Lawmakers from both major political parties have called for Congress to change Section 230 in ways that could expose tech companies to more lawsuits or significantly increase their costs | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Attorney General William Barr on Wednesday questioned whether Facebook Google and other major online platforms still need the immunity from legal liability that has prevented them from being sued over material their users post | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-internet-regulation-justice/should-facebook-google-be-liable-for-user-posts-asks-u-s-attorney-general-barr-idUSKBN20D26S | 2020-02-20 |
| Trump brought Johnson to his annual State of the Union address to Congress last year and featured her in a 30second campaign ad that was played during the Super Bowl | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump issued a pardon for Eddie DeBartolo Jr | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-debartolo/trump-issues-pardon-of-former-owner-of-san-francisco-49ers-idUSKBN20C28U | 2020-02-19 |
| BRASILIA Brazils President Jair Bolsonaro on Tuesday said he was pushing a bill through Congress to allow commercial mining and agriculture on protected indigenous lands as he met with tribal leaders to announce a credit line to support indigenous farmers who have developed soy plantations on their reservations | Positive | BRASILIA Brazils President Jair Bolsonaro on Tuesday said he was pushing a bill through Congress to allow commercial mining and agriculture on protected indigenous lands as he met with tribal leaders to announce a credit line to support indigenous farmers who have developed soy plantations on their reservations | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-indigenous/brazils-bolsonaro-offers-credit-for-indigenous-farmers-as-he-pushes-to-open-their-lands-idUSKBN20C2PO | 2020-02-19 |
| Member firms of the Tourism Congress of the Philippines are offering discounts of up to on hotels free upgrades and complimentary items like breakfasts | Positive | MANILA Southeast Asias holiday hotspots hit by billions in lost business from Chinese tourists are turning to markets closer to home to soften the blow from travel restrictions caused by the coronavirus epidemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-china-health-asean-tourism/southeast-asias-tourist-hubs-court-local-market-as-coronavirus-shuts-chinese-out-idUSKBN20C0MB | 2020-02-19 |
| She said it should strengthen moves by Congress to reform the Section 232 law | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Court of International Trade has issued a temporary order under which U.S. customs agents cannot collect duties from a U.S. company under President Donald Trumps recentlyannounced expansion of steel and aluminum tariffs | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-trade-steel/u-s-firm-wins-reprieve-from-expanded-duties-on-steel-products-idUSKBN209003 | 2020-02-16 |
| In Barcelona the worlds biggest telecoms conference Mobile World Congress was called off this week | Neutral | LONDON When Victoria Beckham sends her models down the London catwalk on Sunday many of her most important clients will not be sitting in the front row but following from afar as the coronavirus outbreak hobbles international events | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-exhibitions/coronavirus-empties-exhibition-halls-but-over-time-the-show-will-go-on-idUSKBN208213 | 2020-02-15 |
| Democratic Senator Tim Kaine author of the resolution said the vote showed strength and reflected the importance of Congress weighing in on any decision to deploy troops | Neutral | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate passed legislation on Thursday to limit President Donald Trumps ability to wage war against Iran rebuking him weeks after a strike against an Iranian military commander and Tehrans retaliation raised fears of broader regional conflict | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-congress/senate-rebukes-trump-votes-to-limit-iran-war-making-ability-idUSKBN2072NX | 2020-02-15 |
| Earlier this week Mobile World Congress the annual telecoms industry gathering in Barcelona was canceled after a mass exodus by exhibitors on coronavirus fears | Negative | Facebook Inc said on Friday it had canceled its global marketing summit scheduled for next month in San Francisco due to coronavirusrelated risks | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-china-health-facebook/facebook-cancels-san-francisco-summit-on-coronavirus-fears-idUSKBN2082GJ | 2020-02-15 |
| Like Barr Trumps Republican allies in Congress have said they wish he would be less outspoken on Twitter even as they have consistently defended his actions | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday said he has the legal to interfere in criminal cases capping a tumultuous week that raised questions about whether he is eroding the independence of the U.S. legal system | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump/emboldened-trump-defends-right-to-interfere-in-criminal-cases-idUSKBN20823A | 2020-02-15 |
| BRASILIA Opposition lawmakers called on Brazils Congress on Thursday to reject a proposal by farright President Jair Bolsonaro to open indigenous reservations to commercial mining saying it endangered some of the worlds most isolated forest inhabitants | Negative | BRASILIA Opposition lawmakers called on Brazils Congress on Thursday to reject a proposal by farright President Jair Bolsonaro to open indigenous reservations to commercial mining saying it endangered some of the worlds most isolated forest inhabitants | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-indigenous/brazil-lawmakers-urge-congress-to-shelve-indigenous-mining-bill-idUSKBN2072FN | 2020-02-14 |
| Democratic Senator Tim Kaine a lead sponsor of the resolution said the vote showed strength and reflected the importance of Congress weighing in on the decision to deploy troops | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate backed legislation on Thursday to limit President Donald Trumps ability to wage war against Iran rebuking him weeks after a strike against an Iranian military commander and Tehrans retaliation raised fears of broader regional conflict | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-mideast-crisis-congress/u-s-senate-rebukes-trump-votes-to-limit-iran-warmaking-ability-idUSKBN2072NX | 2020-02-14 |
| BERLIN For an event meant to showcase the power of telecoms cancelling this years Mobile World Congress in Barcelona without a backup plan has perplexed many in the trilliondollar sector | Negative | BERLIN For an event meant to showcase the power of telecoms cancelling this years Mobile World Congress in Barcelona without a backup plan has perplexed many in the trilliondollar sector | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-mobileworld-crisis/missed-call-counting-the-cost-of-no-show-mobile-world-congress-idUSKBN207235 | 2020-02-14 |
| The two emphasized the Feds accountability to Congress which oversees the central bank | Neutral | WASHINGTON Federal Reserve board nominee Judy Shelton faced deep skepticism from Republicans and Democrats on the Senate Banking Committee on Thursday as lawmakers challenged her independence from President Donald Trump and characterized her thinking as too far outside the mainstream to trust with the nations economy | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-fed-nominees/trump-fed-nominee-shelton-hits-bipartisan-skepticism-in-senate-hearing-idUSKBN20724B | 2020-02-14 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Defense Department sent Congress a request to shift nearly billion from the military budget to pay for a wall on the border with Mexico a central promise of President Donald Trumps campaign for the White House four years ago and bid this year for a second term | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Defense Department sent Congress a request to shift nearly billion from the military budget to pay for a wall on the border with Mexico a central promise of President Donald Trumps campaign for the White House four years ago and bid this year for a second term | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-wall/trump-administration-taking-3-8-billion-more-from-military-for-mexico-border-wall-idUSKBN2072M9 | 2020-02-14 |
| As voters demand action on climate change lawmakers in Congress have begun to put forward legislation but are struggling to agree on how to tackle the problem | Negative | WASHINGTON A group aiming to spur climate change legislation that would tax carbon emissions stepped up efforts by issuing a blueprint on Thursday after previewing it with a group of bipartisan U.S. senators earlier this week | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-usa-climate-tax/u-s-carbon-price-group-boosts-lobbying-in-congress-releases-plan-idUSKBN207250 | 2020-02-14 |
| Congressional Democrats who opposed Trumps past diversion of billions of dollars in military spending to the border wall project said the decision was dangerous and misguided | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Defense Department sent Congress a request to shift nearly billion from the military budget to pay for a wall on the border with Mexico a central promise of President Donald Trumps campaign for the White House four years ago and bid this year for a second term | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-wall/trump-administration-taking-3-8-billion-more-from-military-for-mexico-border-wall-idUSKBN2072M9 | 2020-02-14 |
| The U.S. Constitution gives Congress not the president the power to declare war | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate advanced legislation on Wednesday intended to limit President Donald Trumps ability to wage war against Iran paving the way for a final vote as eight Republicans joined Democrats in supporting the war powers resolution | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-congress/u-s-senate-advances-resolution-limiting-trumps-ability-to-wage-war-idUSKBN2062US | 2020-02-13 |
| Congresswoman Stacey Plaskett a Congressional Black Caucus member who represents the U.S. Virgin Islands as a nonvoting member of Congress also endorsed Bloomberg | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg on Wednesday won endorsements from three Congressional Black Caucus members a positive sign for his campaign which has drawn scrutiny lately over his past support for a controversial policing tactic | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-bloomberg/u-s-presidential-candidate-bloomberg-endorsed-by-three-black-lawmakers-idUSKBN20623M | 2020-02-13 |
| The Mobile World Congress the annual telecoms industry gathering that draws more than 100000 visitors to Barcelona was canceled on Wednesday after a mass exodus by exhibitors due to fears over the coronavirus outbreak | Negative | The Mobile World Congress the annual telecoms industry gathering that draws more than 100000 visitors to Barcelona was canceled on Wednesday after a mass exodus by exhibitors due to fears over the coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-china-health-mobileworld/mobile-world-congress-in-barcelona-called-off-over-coronavirus-fears-idUSKBN2061FV | 2020-02-13 |
| WASHINGTON Republicans in Congress on Wednesday brushed aside calls to investigate possible political interference at the U.S. Justice Department after the agency asked for a lighter prison term for President Donald Trumps longtime adviser Roger Stone | Negative | WASHINGTON Republicans in Congress on Wednesday brushed aside calls to investigate possible political interference at the U.S. Justice Department after the agency asked for a lighter prison term for President Donald Trumps longtime adviser Roger Stone | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-russia-stone/democrats-demand-probe-of-trump-role-in-stone-case-republicans-unmoved-idUSKBN2061NT | 2020-02-13 |
| The Mobile World Congress a telecoms industry gathering that draws more than 100000 visitors to Barcelona has been canceled after an exodus of exhibitors | Negative | BEIJING The Chinese province at the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak reported a record rise in the death toll on Thursday under a new diagnostic method and Beijing sacked two top provincial officials after criticism of their handling of the crisis | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-china-health/coronavirus-death-toll-leaps-in-chinas-hubei-province-party-bosses-sacked-idUSKBN207025 | 2020-02-13 |
| MEXICO CITY Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Wednesday he will send Congress a proposal crafted by the Supreme Court that aims to strengthen the judiciary to combat corruption and abuse of power within its ranks | Positive | MEXICO CITY Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Wednesday he will send Congress a proposal crafted by the Supreme Court that aims to strengthen the judiciary to combat corruption and abuse of power within its ranks | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-mexico-politics/mexican-president-intends-to-send-judicial-reform-proposal-to-congress-idUSKBN2061WN | 2020-02-13 |
| The resolution would require Trump to remove U.S. troops engaged in hostilities against Iran unless Congress declares war or passes a specific authorization for the use of military force | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate advanced legislation on Wednesday intended to limit President Donald Trumps ability to wage war against Iran paving the way for a final vote as eight Republicans joined Democrats in supporting the war powers resolution | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-congress/u-s-senate-advances-resolution-limiting-trumps-ability-to-wage-war-idUSKBN2062US | 2020-02-13 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg on Wednesday won endorsements from three Congressional Black Caucus members a positive sign for his campaign which has drawn scrutiny lately over his past support for a controversial policing tactic | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg on Wednesday won endorsements from three Congressional Black Caucus members a positive sign for his campaign which has drawn scrutiny lately over his past support for a controversial policing tactic | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-bloomberg/u-s-presidential-candidate-bloomberg-endorsed-by-three-black-lawmakers-idUSKBN20623M | 2020-02-13 |
| WASHINGTON Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell told Congress on Tuesday that the U.S. economy is in a good place even as he cited the potential threat from the coronavirus in China and concerns about the economys longterm health | Negative | WASHINGTON Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell told Congress on Tuesday that the U.S. economy is in a good place even as he cited the potential threat from the coronavirus in China and concerns about the economys longterm health | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-usa-fed-powell/feds-powell-says-economy-in-good-place-warns-on-coronavirus-idUSKBN2050HO | 2020-02-12 |
| The budget largely a political document that serves as a starting point for negotiations with Congress did not outline where the reserve would be built | Positive | WASHINGTON President Donald Trumps 2021 budget proposed million for the creation of a U.S. uranium reserve as the administration seeks to help struggling producers of the fuel for nuclear power reactors | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-trump-budget-uranium/trump-budget-proposes-150-million-for-creation-of-uranium-reserve-idUSKBN2042JM | 2020-02-11 |
| The money if approved by Congress would begin the process of purchasing uranium Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette told reporters in a teleconference on the Energy Departments budget | Positive | WASHINGTON President Donald Trumps 2021 budget proposed million for the creation of a U.S. uranium reserve as the administration seeks to help struggling producers of the fuel for nuclear power reactors | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-trump-budget-uranium/trump-budget-proposes-150-million-for-creation-of-uranium-reserve-idUSKBN2042JM | 2020-02-11 |
| For the 2018 midterm elections the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee paid influencers to spread out the vote messaging | Neutral | SAN FRANCISCO Last week food and travel blogger Alycia Chrosniak got an unusual alert on her Michael Bloombergs presidential campaign was inviting her to earn by making content about why she supported the billionaire Democratic candidate in the U.S. election | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-influencers/paid-social-media-influencers-dip-toes-in-u-s-2020-election-idUSKBN2042M2 | 2020-02-11 |
| Im telling you in the United States Congress even right here in Roy said members of the Republican Party are going wobbly on the Second Amendment | Negative | AUSTIN Texas Texas Democrats are pulling out a new playbook in this years congressional races loudly backing gun control in a bet a strategy that paid off in Virginia can also win elections in a conservativeleaning state long associated with gun rights | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-politics-guns/texas-democrats-weighing-ballots-bullets-in-2020-campaigns-idUSKBN20415F | 2020-02-11 |
| 5 billion defense budget request sent to Congress on Monday includes more money for nuclear weapons and a big boost to research and development spending to prepare for future warfare | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trumps | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-budget-defense/trumps-pentagon-budget-bolsters-nuclear-weapons-weapons-research-idUSKBN20428D | 2020-02-11 |
| In 2019 some of Mobile World Congress attendees were from China GSMAs postcongress report showed | Neutral | BARCELONA Japanese wireless carrier NTT Docomo | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-mobileworld-sony/coronavirus-prompts-sony-ntt-and-intel-to-join-barcelona-congress-exodus-idUSKBN20411U | 2020-02-11 |
| Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell is likely to sound fairly upbeat about the outlook for U.S. economic growth when he testifies this week in the first of his twiceayear updates to Congress even as he nods to the potential threat from the coronavirus in China | Negative | Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell is likely to sound fairly upbeat about the outlook for U.S. economic growth when he testifies this week in the first of his twiceayear updates to Congress even as he nods to the potential threat from the coronavirus in China | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-fed-powell/fed-chair-powell-likely-to-give-congress-largely-positive-economic-update-idUSKBN2050HO | 2020-02-11 |
| The increased budget funding would help counter economic threats and was in line with Congresss bipartisan wish the agency would have such resources he said | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump will propose cutting billions of dollars in U.S. foreign aid in his fiscal 2021 budget while seeking an increase in funds to counter developing economic threats from China and Russia senior administration officials told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-budget-foreign-exclusive/exclusive-trump-proposes-21-cut-in-u-s-foreign-aid-in-budget-proposal-officials-idUSKBN2030Q5 | 2020-02-10 |
| com Inc has pulled out of this months Mobile World Congress because of the coronavirus outbreak in another blow to one of the telecom industrys biggest gatherings which attracts over 100000 visitors to Barcelona | Negative | Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-china-health-mobileworld-amazon-com/amazon-pulls-out-of-major-barcelona-telecoms-conference-over-coronavirus-idUSKBN2030QV | 2020-02-10 |
| National Peoples Congress likely to have started March China is considering delaying the annual meeting of its top legislative body five people familiar with the matter told Reuters | Negative | Over two dozen large trade fairs and industry conferences in China and overseas have been postponed or hit by travel curbs and concerns about the spread of a coronavirus potentially disrupting billions of dollars worth of deals | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-china-health-events-factbox/coronavirus-hits-trade-fairs-conferences-idUSKBN2001CM | 2020-02-09 |
| Supporters of legislation say Congress must act because the existing rules assume a human driver is in control hindering widescale deployment | Negative | WASHINGTON A U.S. House panel will hold a hearing Tuesday on autonomous vehicles as lawmakers try to hammer out legislation to advance selfdriving cars | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-autos-autonomous-congress/house-panel-to-hold-hearing-on-future-of-self-driving-cars-idUSKBN2012K2 | 2020-02-08 |
| Democrats in Congress suggested the probe was politically motivated and demanded the Justice Department point to similar probes of voluntary agreements | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Justice Department on Friday told four automakers it had closed an antitrust investigation into a voluntary agreement the companies reached with California on emissions without taking any action three automakers and a source told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-autos-emissions-antitrust/u-s-ends-antitrust-probe-of-four-automakers-over-california-emissions-deal-idUSKBN2012NP | 2020-02-08 |
| The acquittal was Trumps biggest victory yet over his foes in Congress who had attacked Senate Republicans for refusing to call witnesses or seek new evidence at the trial | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump celebrated his acquittal on impeachment charges with a pair of caustic freewheeling speeches on Thursday that drew on White House pomp and the solemnity of an annual prayer breakfast to underscore the fact that he remained in office | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment/trump-exults-over-acquittal-in-u-s-senate-impeachment-trial-idUSKBN2001F4 | 2020-02-07 |
| Republican President Donald Trump opposed efforts in Congress last year to expand a tax credit for electric vehicles and has called for eliminating it | Negative | WASHINGTON Two U.S. lawmakers on Thursday unveiled legislation that would create a nationwide electric vehicle charging network to promote the shift from gasolinepowered vehicles and reduce greenhouse gas emissions | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-autos-electric-congress/u-s-house-democrats-propose-electric-vehicle-charging-network-idUSKBN2001Z1 | 2020-02-07 |
| Peoples Congress likely to have started March China is considering delaying the annual meeting of its top legislative body five people familiar with the matter told Reuters | Negative | Over two dozen large trade fairs and industry conferences in China and overseas have been postponed due to travel curbs and concerns about the spread of a coronavirus potentially disrupting billions of dollars worth of deals | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-china-health-events-factbox/coronavirus-forces-delay-of-trade-fairs-conferences-idUSKBN2001CM | 2020-02-07 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate on Wednesday acquitted President Donald Trump on impeachment charges of abusing his office and obstructing Congress despite Republican Mitt Romney becoming the first senator in history to vote for the conviction of a president from his own party | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate on Wednesday acquitted President Donald Trump on impeachment charges of abusing his office and obstructing Congress despite Republican Mitt Romney becoming the first senator in history to vote for the conviction of a president from his own party | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-quotes-factbox/factbox-a-giant-asterisk-quotes-from-trumps-impeachment-trial-idUSKBN1ZZ2YO | 2020-02-06 |
| Members of Congress the President of the United was all she said in introducing Trump | Neutral | WASHINGTON A bitter feud between U.S. President Donald Trump and top Democrat Nancy Pelosi boiled over at his State of the Union speech on Tuesday with Trump denying her a handshake and Pelosi ripping apart a copy of his remarks behind his back | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-speech/trump-pelosi-feud-erupts-during-speech-to-congress-as-impeachment-trial-nears-end-idUSKBN1ZY0JK | 2020-02-06 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate on Wednesday acquitted President Donald Trump of both charges in his impeachment trial as it found him not guilty of obstructing Congress as had been charged by the House of Representatives | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate on Wednesday acquitted President Donald Trump of both charges in his impeachment trial as it found him not guilty of obstructing Congress as had been charged by the House of Representatives | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-acquittal/u-s-senate-acquits-trump-of-impeachment-charges-idUSKBN1ZZ2Y4 | 2020-02-06 |
| WASHINGTON 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 |
| BRASILIA Brazils lower house of Congress late on Tuesday approved a bill laying out rules for the quarantine of Brazilian nationals returning from China who may be infected with coronavirus as well as other measures to combat the disease | Negative | BRASILIA Brazils lower house of Congress late on Tuesday approved a bill laying out rules for the quarantine of Brazilian nationals returning from China who may be infected with coronavirus as well as other measures to combat the disease | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-china-health-brazil/brazils-lower-house-of-congress-approves-coronavirus-quarantine-bill-idUSKBN1ZZ1MI | 2020-02-06 |
| Members of Congress the President of the United was all she said in introducing Trump a former real estate mogul and reality TV starturnedpolitician | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump snubbed U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Tuesday declining to shake her hand as he handed her a paper copy of his State of the Union speech | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-speech-handshake/trump-spurns-pelosi-handshake-she-tears-up-his-speech-idUSKBN1ZZ0EK | 2020-02-05 |
| BRASILIA Brazils President Jair Bolsonaro said in a message sent to Congress on Monday that his legislative priorities for the year are tax reform central bank autonomy job creation and enacting regulatory framework for public sanitation | Positive | BRASILIA Brazils President Jair Bolsonaro said in a message sent to Congress on Monday that his legislative priorities for the year are tax reform central bank autonomy job creation and enacting regulatory framework for public sanitation | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-politics/brazils-bolsonaro-tells-congress-priorities-are-tax-reform-jobs-idUSKBN1ZX2JC | 2020-02-04 |
| The National Democratic Congress which was in power at the time said claims that Airbus paid bribes were false | Negative | PARIS Fallout from the Airbus bribery scandal reverberated around the world on Monday as the head of one of its top buyers temporarily stood down and investigations were launched in countries aggrieved at being dragged into the increasingly political row | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-airbus-probe/airbus-bribery-scandal-triggers-new-probes-worldwide-idUSKBN1ZX2MW | 2020-02-04 |
| Members of Congress often invite guests to the nationally televised speech as a way to bring attention to political positions | Positive | WASHINGTON Republican U.S. Senator Marco Rubio said on Monday he was bringing Rushan Abbas an advocate for the rights of Chinas Uighur Muslim minority as his guest for President Donald Trumps annual State of the Union address on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-china-congress-uighur/senator-rubio-bringing-uighur-activist-as-state-of-the-union-guest-idUSKBN1ZX2VH | 2020-02-04 |
| Schiff said Americas founders intended impeachment the power given to Congress under the U.S. Constitution to remove a president for committing high crimes and to be used rarely | Negative | WASHINGTON Even with acquittal seemingly assured Democrats prosecuting President Donald Trump in his impeachment trial made a forceful appeal for conviction on Monday calling him a man with no moral compass who must be removed to protect American democracy | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment/democrats-condemn-trump-at-trial-as-threat-to-american-democracy-idUSKBN1ZX1ER | 2020-02-04 |
| WASHINGTON With the timing of a final impeachment vote still up in the air President Donald Trump plans to deliver his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday and focus on a U.S. economic boom that he hopes will spur his reelection | Positive | WASHINGTON With the timing of a final impeachment vote still up in the air President Donald Trump plans to deliver his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday and focus on a U.S. economic boom that he hopes will spur his reelection | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-speech/echoing-his-campaign-pitch-trump-will-focus-on-economic-boom-in-annual-speech-idUSKBN1ZU348 | 2020-02-02 |
| In 2019 House Speaker Nancy Pelosi the leading Democrat in Congress says Trump is just not worth it | Negative | WASHINGTON Barring a dramatic development President Donald Trump appears almost certain to be acquitted in his Senate impeachment trial | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-timeline/the-long-road-to-trumps-impeachment-and-trial-idUSKBN1ZU2NW | 2020-02-02 |
| WASHINGTON A future U.S.UK trade agreement must incorporate strong provisions on worker rights environmental protection and enforcement to ensure bipartisan support U.S. House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal said on Friday staking out a claim for Congress to help shape any such accord | Positive | WASHINGTON A future U.S.UK trade agreement must incorporate strong provisions on worker rights environmental protection and enforcement to ensure bipartisan support U.S. House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal said on Friday staking out a claim for Congress to help shape any such accord | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-trade-uk/u-s-uk-trade-deal-needs-labor-climate-protections-enforcement-u-s-lawmaker-idUSKBN1ZU2UN | 2020-02-01 |
| BOSTON In his first address to the U.S. Congress President Donald Trump hailed General Motors Co HarleyDavidson Inc Intel Corp and seven other companies as innovators and job creators predicting they would be among those producing tens of thousands of new American and investing billions and billions of dollars | Positive | BOSTON In his first address to the U.S. Congress President Donald Trump hailed General Motors Co HarleyDavidson Inc Intel Corp and seven other companies as innovators and job creators predicting they would be among those producing tens of thousands of new American and investing billions and billions of dollars | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-economy-jobs-trump-analysis/companies-trump-said-would-create-thousands-of-jobs-have-failed-to-deliver-idUSKBN1ZT18L | 2020-01-31 |
| Many members of Congress including some Republicans have been pushing the administration for more information about the killing this month of top Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani at Baghdads airport | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives passed two pieces of legislation on Thursday seeking to rein in President Donald Trumps ability to deploy U.S. forces to fight abroad as some lawmakers fume over his failure to fully inform them about his strategy toward Iran | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-mideast-crisis-congress-iran/u-s-house-passes-measures-seeking-to-pull-war-powers-back-from-trump-idUSKBN1ZT2SD | 2020-01-31 |
| To maintain existing spending Congress will need to find billion over five years government auditors say | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. House Democrats on Wednesday unveiled a proposed billion infrastructure spending bill over five years that aims to rebuild sagging roads and bridges and reduce carbon pollution | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-infrastructure/u-s-house-democrats-call-for-760-billion-in-infrastructure-spending-over-five-years-idUSKBN1ZS0UZ | 2020-01-30 |
| With a presidential election looming many doubt Congress will be able to tackle infrastructure this year but lawmakers face a Sept | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. House Democrats on Wednesday unveiled a proposed billion infrastructure spending bill over five years that aims to rebuild sagging roads and bridges and reduce carbon pollution | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-infrastructure/u-s-house-democrats-call-for-760-billion-in-infrastructure-spending-over-five-years-idUSKBN1ZS0UZ | 2020-01-30 |
| Some legal experts argue that Trumps executive privilege claim would be weak saying Congress interest in hearing from Bolton would outweigh Trumps desire for secrecy | Neutral | WASHINGTON The impeachment trial of U.S. President Donald Trump is nearing a pivotal vote on whether to hear from witnesses requested by Senate Democrats arguing for his removal from office | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-witnesses-expla/explainer-why-the-fight-over-witnesses-looms-large-in-trumps-trial-idUSKBN1ZS1GH | 2020-01-30 |
| The U.S. Congress at the end of 2019 declined to extend the cap to 600000 electric vehicles per carmaker | Negative | Tesla Incs has steadily increased the sale of its electric vehicles boosted by demand for its massproduced Model 3 sedans as overseas sales pick up and delivering more than 360000 vehicles last year | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-tesla-results-subsidies-factbox/factbox-electric-vehicle-subsidies-under-pressure-in-some-tesla-core-markets-idUSKBN1ZS1H9 | 2020-01-30 |
| Some of Trumps strongest Republican backers in Congress have threatened to make the impeachment trial about the Bidens | Negative | impeachment trial while his defense team largely ignored disclosures from a former White House adviser | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment/what-bolton-book-trump-impeachment-lawyers-skirt-new-disclosures-idUSKBN1ZQ13H | 2020-01-28 |
| WASHINGTON A group of former U.S. officials and lawyers is urging Congress to strengthen and clarify law around insider trading that has generated and failed to keep up with the times | Negative | WASHINGTON A group of former U.S. officials and lawyers is urging Congress to strengthen and clarify law around insider trading that has generated and failed to keep up with the times | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-insidertrading-congress/task-force-pushes-u-s-lawmakers-to-strengthen-insider-trading-rules-idUSKBN1ZQ26T | 2020-01-28 |
| Congress was shuttered last year by President Martin Vizcarra after a longrunning battle with lawmakers over an anticorruption drive | Negative | LIMA Peruvians on Sunday elected a new Congress with some 10 parties represented and no single majority according to an Ipsos exit poll reported by local news refilling the empty legislature that was dissolved in September | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-peru-election/peruvians-elect-fractured-congress-to-replace-opposition-led-legislature-idUSKBN1ZP0S4 | 2020-01-27 |
| Vizcarra does not have party representation in Congress but center and leftwing parties have showed general support for his agenda | Positive | LIMA Peruvians on Sunday elected a new Congress with some 10 parties represented and no single majority according to an Ipsos exit poll reported by local news refilling the empty legislature that was dissolved in September | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-peru-election/peruvians-elect-fractured-congress-to-replace-opposition-led-legislature-idUSKBN1ZP0S4 | 2020-01-27 |
| The new Congress will be shortlived and will be replaced by a standard 5year legislature in 2021 when Peru will also celebrate 200 years of independence | Positive | LIMA Peruvians on Sunday elected a new Congress with some 10 parties represented and no single majority according to an Ipsos exit poll reported by local news refilling the empty legislature that was dissolved in September | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-peru-election/peruvians-elect-fractured-congress-to-replace-opposition-led-legislature-idUSKBN1ZP0S4 | 2020-01-27 |
| LIMA Peruvians on Sunday elected a new Congress with some 10 parties represented and no single majority according to an Ipsos exit poll reported by local news refilling the empty legislature that was dissolved in September | Negative | LIMA Peruvians on Sunday elected a new Congress with some 10 parties represented and no single majority according to an Ipsos exit poll reported by local news refilling the empty legislature that was dissolved in September | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-peru-election/peruvians-elect-fractured-congress-to-replace-opposition-led-legislature-idUSKBN1ZP0S4 | 2020-01-27 |
| Simplifying Brazils Byzantine tax system is one of the governments major economic reform drives this year but analysts say its complexity means Congressional approval any time soon will be challenging | Positive | RIO DE PAULO Brazils President Jair Bolsonaro has ruled out a socalled sin on beer cigarettes and sugary food products an idea floated earlier in the week by Economy Minister Paulo Guedes at the World Economic Forum in Davos Switzerland | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-economy-sin-tax/brazils-bolsonaro-rules-out-economy-ministers-sin-tax-idea-idUSKBN1ZO0HB | 2020-01-26 |
| The Office of the Director of National Intelligence said in an email that its response to Congress was in process | Neutral | U.S. Senator Ron Wyden said on Friday he will move to compel Americas intelligence chief to release information about the murder of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi if the administration does not produce a report on the killing before the end of the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-saudi-khashoggi-congress/u-s-senator-presses-for-declassified-report-on-jamal-khashoggis-slaying-idUSKBN1ZN2K7 | 2020-01-25 |
| Congressional Republicans have intensified those critiques since the start of Trumps trial this week accusing him of misstating the evidence against the president and running a hasty and unfair investigation | Negative | WASHINGTON The lawmaker walking U.S. senators methodically through the case for removing President Donald Trump from office is also becoming Exhibit A in efforts by the presidents allies to defend him | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-schiff/trump-impeachment-prosecutor-adam-schiff-is-becoming-exhibit-a-in-presidents-defense-idUSKBN1ZN13S | 2020-01-25 |
| Perhaps optimistically he also said he expects Congress to approve three of the governments main economic reform agenda planks this the complex tax reform administrative reform and fast privatization bills | Positive | BRASILIA The Brazilian governments interest payment bill on the national debt could fall by 417 billion reais over the course of its fouryear term ending in 2022 by which time the primary budget deficit could also be completely eliminated a senior Economy Ministry official said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-economy-deficit/brazil-government-sees-100-billion-interest-savings-wiping-out-primary-deficit-by-2022-idUSKBN1ZM2W5 | 2020-01-24 |
| As I made my way through the 15 briefs submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court by amici who believe that Congress was within its rights when it designed the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to be headed by a lone director who cant be removed from office without good cause I was looking for arguments about what the CFPBs defenders believe the justices should do if theyre wrong | Negative | As I made my way through the 15 briefs submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court by amici who believe that Congress was within its rights when it designed the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to be headed by a lone director who cant be removed from office without good cause I was looking for arguments about what the CFPBs defenders believe the justices should do if theyre wrong | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-otc-cfpb/key-cfpb-defenders-urge-scotus-to-skip-constitutional-issue-idUSKBN1ZM31J | 2020-01-24 |
| WASHINGTON Troubled that former American spies are plying their trade for foreign governments Congress has passed new legislation requiring U.S. spy agencies to provide an annual assessment detailing the risks such conduct poses for national security | Negative | WASHINGTON Troubled that former American spies are plying their trade for foreign governments Congress has passed new legislation requiring U.S. spy agencies to provide an annual assessment detailing the risks such conduct poses for national security | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-raven-congress/new-u-s-law-requires-government-to-report-risks-of-overseas-activities-by-ex-spies-idUSKBN1ZL2WJ | 2020-01-23 |
| The new measure Rose said will help Congress learn the full scope of this issue and what steps are needed to keep our nations secrets safe | Positive | WASHINGTON Troubled that former American spies are plying their trade for foreign governments Congress has passed new legislation requiring U.S. spy agencies to provide an annual assessment detailing the risks such conduct poses for national security | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-raven-congress/new-u-s-law-requires-government-to-report-risks-of-overseas-activities-by-ex-spies-idUSKBN1ZL2WJ | 2020-01-23 |
| She also repeated a favorite line that she has looked at what a president could do by without Congress to get the country on track | Positive | DES MOINES Iowa In the wake of a flap with Democratic rival Bernie Sanders over gender and electability Elizabeth Warren made no direct mention this weekend in Iowa of the historymaking potential of her candidacy as a woman seeking the White House | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-warren-women/despite-sanders-warren-rift-gender-talk-largely-absent-from-2020-campaign-trail-idUSKBN1ZK2UH | 2020-01-22 |
| WASHINGTON The Trump administration is snubbing Congress by refusing to turn over a report detailing an investigation into national security risks potentially posed by imported vehicles and auto parts citing pending international negotiations and executive branch deliberations | Negative | WASHINGTON The Trump administration is snubbing Congress by refusing to turn over a report detailing an investigation into national security risks potentially posed by imported vehicles and auto parts citing pending international negotiations and executive branch deliberations | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trade/trump-administration-wont-turn-over-auto-import-probe-report-defying-congress-idUSKBN1ZK2A1 | 2020-01-22 |
| A similar charge contempt of Congress was one of the articles of impeachment against Nixon who had defied subpoenas for incriminating tape recordings | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate on Tuesday may begin to hear opening arguments in an impeachment trial to determine whether to remove President Donald Trump from office on charges that he abused his power and obstructed Congress in its investigation of his dealings with Ukraine | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-charges-factbox/factbox-abuse-of-power-obstruction-the-charges-against-trump-explained-idUSKBN1ZK0GD | 2020-01-21 |
| It called the charges an affront to the Constitution and our democratic and said the obstruction of Congress charge was frivolous and dangerous | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trumps lawyers argued on Monday that the impeachment case against him is a product of a rigged process by Democrats and must be in the Senate trial that gets under way in earnest on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-brief/trump-urges-senate-to-reject-impeachment-as-affront-to-u-s-constitution-idUSKBN1ZJ1VV | 2020-01-21 |
| 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 |
| NEW YORK Weeks before the Iowa caucuses members of Congress delivered endorsements to Democratic presidential hopefuls hoping to parlay the support into momentum ahead of the first votes | Positive | NEW YORK Weeks before the Iowa caucuses members of Congress delivered endorsements to Democratic presidential hopefuls hoping to parlay the support into momentum ahead of the first votes | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-endorsements/congressional-endorsements-roll-in-as-iowa-caucus-nears-idUSKBN1ZG1VB | 2020-01-18 |
| XINGU INDIGENOUS PARK Brazil In the 1980s Brazils first indigenous Congressman Xavante chief Juruna went around with a recorder to tape conversations with other politicians because he said the white mans word was not to be trusted | Negative | XINGU INDIGENOUS PARK Brazil In the 1980s Brazils first indigenous Congressman Xavante chief Juruna went around with a recorder to tape conversations with other politicians because he said the white mans word was not to be trusted | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-indigenous-digital/brazils-tribes-stride-into-digital-age-to-defend-their-culture-forests-idUSKBN1ZG02K | 2020-01-18 |
| Trump is charged with abusing his power and obstructing Congress for pressuring Ukraine to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden a Democratic political rival | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. State Department will do everything necessary to determine whether former U.S. ambassador Marie Yovanovitch was under threat in Ukraine Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-pompeo/u-s-will-work-to-determine-if-ex-ambassdor-yovanovitch-was-under-threat-pompeo-idUSKBN1ZG20W | 2020-01-18 |
| NEW YORK Chris Collins a former U.S. Congressman from New York who was an early backer of President Donald Trump is due to be sentenced on Friday after pleading guilty to taking part in an insider trading scheme | Negative | NEW YORK Chris Collins a former U.S. Congressman from New York who was an early backer of President Donald Trump is due to be sentenced on Friday after pleading guilty to taking part in an insider trading scheme | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-congressman-insidertrading/ex-congressman-chris-collins-to-be-sentenced-in-new-york-for-insider-trading-idUSKBN1ZG16N | 2020-01-18 |
| An arm of Congress the GAO is viewed as a top auditing agency for the federal government that advises lawmakers and various government entities on how taxpayer dollars are spent | Neutral | WASHINGTON The Senate impeachment trial on whether to remove U.S. President Donald Trump from office formally began on Thursday even as a congressional watchdog found that the White House broke the law by withholding security aid for Ukraine approved by Congress | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment/trump-impeachment-trial-opens-as-watchdog-faults-white-house-on-ukraine-idUSKBN1ZF186 | 2020-01-17 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday seizing on a report from a nonpartisan congressional watchdog accused the Trump administration of breaking the law in withholding aid for Ukraine that Congress had approved | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday seizing on a report from a nonpartisan congressional watchdog accused the Trump administration of breaking the law in withholding aid for Ukraine that Congress had approved | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-pelosi/pelosi-says-trump-administration-broke-law-in-withholding-ukraine-aid-idUSKBN1ZF2IA | 2020-01-17 |
| He had threatened to cancel NAFTA outright unless Congress acted to approve the replacement deal sparking uncertainty among business owners and putting a damper on new investment | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate on Thursday approved a revamp of the 26yearold North American Free Trade Agreement that includes tougher rules on labor and automotive content but leaves | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-trade-usmca/u-s-senate-passes-north-america-trade-deal-canada-still-to-approve-idUSKBN1ZF283 | 2020-01-17 |
| Congress had approved the funds to help Ukraine combat Russiabacked separatists | Positive | WASHINGTON The Senate impeachment trial on whether to remove U.S. President Donald Trump from office formally began on Thursday even as a congressional watchdog found that the White House broke the law by withholding security aid for Ukraine approved by Congress | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment/trump-impeachment-trial-opens-as-watchdog-faults-white-house-on-ukraine-idUSKBN1ZF186 | 2020-01-17 |
| WASHINGTON A top Democrat in Congress vowed on Wednesday to investigate profoundly messages suggesting that the former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine was subject to surveillance before President Donald Trump fired her in May | Negative | WASHINGTON A top Democrat in Congress vowed on Wednesday to investigate profoundly messages suggesting that the former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine was subject to surveillance before President Donald Trump fired her in May | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-threat/trump-impeachment-was-someone-tracking-the-u-s-ambassador-in-kiev-idUSKBN1ZE2RV | 2020-01-16 |
| President Andres Manuel Lopez Obradors leftist National Regeneration Movement and its allies control both chambers of Congress and his proposals are typically approved | Positive | MEXICO CITY Mexican officials on Wednesday presented lawmakers a proposal to overhaul the criminal justice system paving the way for the Senate to take up the plan next month which could facilitate security cooperation with the United States | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-mexico-reform-judicial/mexico-sets-out-justice-reform-that-could-aid-u-s-cooperation-idUSKBN1ZE2RF | 2020-01-16 |
| Trump is charged with abusing his power and obstructing Congress for pressuring Ukraine to investigate former Democratic Vice President Joe Biden a political rival | Negative | WASHINGTON A top Democrat in Congress vowed on Wednesday to investigate profoundly messages suggesting that the former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine was subject to surveillance before President Donald Trump fired her in May | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-threat/trump-impeachment-was-someone-tracking-the-u-s-ambassador-in-kiev-idUSKBN1ZE2RV | 2020-01-16 |
| chief Raoni Metuktire who called the meeting in his village on the Xingu river called on Brazils Congress to block the presidents policies | Negative | XINGU INDIGENOUS PARK Brazil Brazilian indigenous tribes and rubber tappers joined forces on Wednesday to oppose steps by Brazilian farright President Jair Bolsonaro that they say are destroying the Amazon forest they depend on | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-indigenous/brazilian-tribes-and-forest-tappers-unite-against-bolsonaro-idUSKBN1ZF08W | 2020-01-16 |
| The ERA Coalition which backs the amendment said in a statement it would work closely with Congress to remove any ambiguity or obstacles that opponents argue remain in the way | Neutral | WASHINGTON Legislators in Virginia on Wednesday backed a longgestating amendment to the U.S. Constitution that would guarantee equal rights for women setting up a fight over whether the deadline to finalize it has passed | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-legal-women/virginia-vote-sets-up-fight-over-womens-rights-constitutional-amendment-idUSKBN1ZE2QQ | 2020-01-16 |
| Congress did not mean to say the states are in charge she said | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trumps administration argued in a federal appeals court on Wednesday that it should be allowed to execute condemned inmates without delay after a lower court ordered the executions be put on hold to hear legal challenges | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-executions/trump-administration-asks-appeals-court-to-allow-executions-to-proceed-idUSKBN1ZE2JW | 2020-01-16 |
| Republicans mocked Pelosi for the delay saying it undercut her argument that Congress needed to impeach Trump because he was inviting foreign interference in the 2020 presidential election | Negative | WASHINGTON Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives said on Tuesday they would include new evidence when they send formal impeachment charges against President Donald Trump to the Senate on Wednesday seeking to expand the scope of a trial that will dominate Washington for the next several weeks | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment/democrats-add-last-minute-evidence-to-trump-impeachment-case-before-senate-trial-idUSKBN1ZD1AA | 2020-01-15 |
| His leftist Morena party controls both chambers of Congress and proposals he backs will likely be approved | Positive | MEXICO CITY A major reform of Mexicos criminal justice system would allow private communications to be used as evidence and limit legal challenges to avoid extradition delays for criminal suspects according to a reform draft reviewed by Reuters on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-mexico-reform-judicial-exclusive/exclusive-mexican-reform-would-allow-phone-calls-as-evidence-speed-extraditions-draft-idUSKBN1ZE0BK | 2020-01-15 |
| Democrats and a few Republicans in Congress have said they have not been given adequate detailed briefings | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump fueled controversy on Monday over his decision to kill Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani by saying it doesnt really whether Soleimani posed an imminent threat to the United States | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-trump/trump-timing-of-threat-from-soleimani-doesnt-really-matter-idUSKBN1ZC1QA | 2020-01-14 |
| But replacing the top buyer wont be easy and thats why the Malaysian Trades Union Congress whose members include palm workers has urged the two countries to talk things out | Negative | KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia is concerned about Indias new curbs on imports of palm oil after a diplomatic row Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said on Tuesday but indicated he would continue to speak out against wrong even if it costs his country financially | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-india-malaysia-palmoil/malaysias-pm-defends-criticism-of-india-despite-palm-oil-backlash-idUSKBN1ZD0G3 | 2020-01-14 |
| Democrats and a few Republicans in Congress have questioned the justification of the attacks and said they have not been given adequate detailed briefings | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper on Sunday said he did not see specific evidence from intelligence officials that Iran was planning to attack four U.S. embassies an assertion made by President Donald Trump in justifying the killing of Irans top general | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iraq-security-usa/pentagon-chief-says-no-specific-evidence-iran-was-plotting-to-attack-four-u-s-embassies-idUSKBN1ZB0KM | 2020-01-13 |
| DES MOINES Iowa Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg was endorsed by veteran Iowa Congressman Dave Loebsack on Sunday a highprofile boost for the White House hopeful just three weeks before the partys nominating contest begins in Iowa on Feb | Positive | DES MOINES Iowa Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg was endorsed by veteran Iowa Congressman Dave Loebsack on Sunday a highprofile boost for the White House hopeful just three weeks before the partys nominating contest begins in Iowa on Feb | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-buttigieg/buttigieg-gets-endorsement-from-iowa-congressman-ahead-of-february-3-caucus-idUSKBN1ZB0HC | 2020-01-13 |
| Michael Stern a former House of Representatives lawyer when it was under Republican control said that it has been broadly understood that Congress could enforce such subpoenas | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Supreme Court may have a conservative majority that includes two justices appointed by President Donald Trump but his efforts to shield his tax returns and other financial records from scrutiny still face an uncertain future | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/supreme-courthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-trump-records/trump-poised-for-supreme-court-battle-over-financial-records-idUSKBN1YG199 | 2020-01-13 |
| Republican Senator Chuck Grassley accused Pelosi of throwing Congress into unnecessary saying the delay would postpone ratification of the new United StatesMexicoCanada trade agreement | Negative | WASHINGTON The Democraticled U.S. House of Representatives will send formal impeachment charges against President Donald Trump to the Senate as early as next week House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Friday setting the stage for his longawaited trial | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment/trump-impeachment-charges-may-go-to-senate-as-early-as-next-week-idUSKBN1Z91R5 | 2020-01-11 |
| Republicans in Congress have lambasted Pelosis approach noting that House Democrats claimed it was urgent to impeach Trump before the December holiday break but now are delaying | Negative | WASHINGTON The Democraticled U.S. House of Representatives will send formal impeachment charges against President Donald Trump to the Senate as early as next week House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Friday setting the stage for his longawaited trial | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment/trump-impeachment-charges-may-go-to-senate-as-early-as-next-week-idUSKBN1Z91R5 | 2020-01-11 |
| Republicans who have opposed Obamacare from the outset and numerous times sought to repeal it in Congress have called the risk corridor program a for the insurance industry | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Supreme Court justices on Tuesday appeared sympathetic to claims made by health insurers seeking billion from the federal government under a program set up by the Obamacare law aimed at encouraging them to offer medical coverage to previously uninsured Americans | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/supreme-courthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-obamacare/u-s-supreme-court-justices-lean-toward-insurers-on-12-billion-obamacare-claims-idUSKBN1YE23B | 2020-01-11 |
| From 2015 through 2017 Congress each year passed appropriations bills that included language barring HHS from using general funds to pay the governments risk corridor obligations | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Supreme Court justices on Tuesday appeared sympathetic to claims made by health insurers seeking billion from the federal government under a program set up by the Obamacare law aimed at encouraging them to offer medical coverage to previously uninsured Americans | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/supreme-courthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-obamacare/u-s-supreme-court-justices-lean-toward-insurers-on-12-billion-obamacare-claims-idUSKBN1YE23B | 2020-01-11 |
| The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled 21 in 2018 that Congress effectively repealed its obligation to pay the insurers | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Supreme Court justices on Tuesday appeared sympathetic to claims made by health insurers seeking billion from the federal government under a program set up by the Obamacare law aimed at encouraging them to offer medical coverage to previously uninsured Americans | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/supreme-courthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-obamacare/u-s-supreme-court-justices-lean-toward-insurers-on-12-billion-obamacare-claims-idUSKBN1YE23B | 2020-01-11 |
| The Congress party which sits in opposition nationally won Rajasthan state in December 2018 elections | Negative | KOTA India In a dimly lit shanty in northwestern India Padma Rawal sobs inconsolably as she recalls losing her 5monthold infant and recounts the hospital ordeal she endured last month | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-india-healthcare-casualties/infant-deaths-poor-conditions-at-indian-hospital-spark-uproar-idUSKBN1Z91N7 | 2020-01-11 |
| Campos also expects Brazils Congress to make progress on another bill to reform the foreign exchange market in the first three months of this year | Positive | BRASILIA Brazils central bank chief Roberto Campos said on Thursday that policymakers are monitoring tensions between Iran and the United States to understand how they may affect inflation forecasts and cited recent sharp swings in commodity prices | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-brazil-economy/brazil-central-bank-monitoring-impact-of-iran-u-s-conflict-idUSKBN1Z81QN | 2020-01-10 |
| BEIJING Chinas foreign ministry said on Thursday that a U.S. Congressional report that called for sanctions against Beijing over human rights abuses was neither objective nor credible | Negative | BEIJING Chinas foreign ministry said on Thursday that a U.S. Congressional report that called for sanctions against Beijing over human rights abuses was neither objective nor credible | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-china-congress-report-rights/china-says-u-s-congress-report-on-chinas-human-rights-neither-objective-nor-credible-idUSKBN1Z80Q5 | 2020-01-10 |
| The House also charged him with obstructing Congress by directing administration officials and agencies not to cooperate with the impeachment inquiry | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Democrats on Thursday vowed to keep fighting to hear witnesses at President Donald Trumps pending impeachment trial in the Republicancontrolled Senate even as their drive to exact a guarantee ahead of the proceedings appeared futile | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment/u-s-democrats-to-press-for-impeachment-witnesses-throughout-trial-idUSKBN1Z820J | 2020-01-10 |
| 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 |
| This resolution which will be led by Congresswoman Elissa Slotkin will go to the Rules Committee this evening and will be brought to the Floor she added | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Wednesday the House would vote on a resolution intended to limit President Donald Trumps military actions regarding Iran stating that concerns about the administrations strategy and decisions were not addressed in a briefing with lawmakers | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-pelosi/u-s-house-to-vote-this-week-to-limit-trumps-military-actions-on-iran-pelosi-idUSKBN1Z72U6 | 2020-01-09 |
| California Congressman Jerry McKerney asked if Facebook would be ready for an independent thirdparty audit of its practices by June 1 results of which would be visible to the public | Positive | WASHINGTON Facebook Inc on Wednesday said it would remove and other manipulated videos from its website to combat the spread of false information ahead of the 2020 presidential race but lawmakers said those and other changes it has recently announced do not go far enough | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-facebook-deepfake-hearing/u-s-lawmakers-say-facebook-steps-to-tackle-deepfake-videos-not-adequate-idUSKBN1Z72DZ | 2020-01-09 |
| It also charged the Republican president with obstructing Congress by directing administration officials and agencies not to cooperate with the impeachment inquiry | Negative | WASHINGTON Senate Republican Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Wednesday there would be no haggling with the Democraticled House of Representatives over the rules for U.S. President Donald Trumps impeachment trial | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment/no-sign-of-end-to-standoff-over-trump-impeachment-trial-idUSKBN1Z72MY | 2020-01-09 |
| The National Congress Partys assets were seized under a law that was passed in November and ordered the partys dissolution | Negative | KHARTOUM Sudan has seized the assets of ousted President Omar alBashirs now dissolved party a senior member of the countrys ruling sovereign council said | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-sudan-politics/sudan-seizes-assets-of-bashirs-former-ruling-party-idUSKBN1Z72LH | 2020-01-09 |
| SAN DIEGO California Governor Gavin Newsom has decided against calling a special election to fill the seat U.S. Representative Duncan Hunter will leave vacant in Congress next week when he resigns following his conviction in a federal corruption scandal | Negative | SAN DIEGO California Governor Gavin Newsom has decided against calling a special election to fill the seat U.S. Representative Duncan Hunter will leave vacant in Congress next week when he resigns following his conviction in a federal corruption scandal | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-politics-hunter/resigning-california-congressmans-seat-to-be-left-vacant-for-year-idUSKBN1Z809I | 2020-01-09 |
| Members of Congress have serious urgent concerns about the Administrations decision to engage in hostilities against Iran and about its lack of strategy moving Pelosi said | Negative | WASHINGTON Trump administration officials failed to convince Democratic U.S. lawmakers and some Republicans on Wednesday that an imminent threat had justified the killing of a top Iranian military commander and congressional Democrats scheduled a vote on legislation to rein in the presidents ability to wage war | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-congress/u-s-lawmakers-divided-over-trump-iran-argument-set-war-powers-vote-idUSKBN1Z71SM | 2020-01-09 |
| Congress may not revive a proposed amendment after the deadline has he wrote | Negative | WASHINGTON The Trump administration on Wednesday said it was too late to renew the effort to push through a decadesold proposed amendment to the U.S. Constitution that would ensure American women have equal rights to men | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-legal-women/trump-administration-casts-doubt-on-womens-rights-amendment-push-idUSKBN1Z72IF | 2020-01-09 |
| Congressional investigators believe Bolton objected to Trumps decision to delay million in military aid to Ukraine and could elaborate on that a Senate aide told Reuters this week | Negative | WASHINGTON Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Tuesday he had enough support from his fellow Republicans to set the rules for President Donald Trumps impeachment trial dealing a blow to Democrats efforts to call new witnesses against the president | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment/senate-republicans-close-ranks-on-rules-for-trump-impeachment-trial-idUSKBN1Z62DS | 2020-01-08 |
| Congressman David Cicilline raised antitrust questions as activists and Democratic presidential candidates are advocating for more aggressive enforcement of rules governing market concentration and corporate behavior | Negative | Congressman David Cicilline raised antitrust questions as activists and Democratic presidential candidates are advocating for more aggressive enforcement of rules governing market concentration and corporate behavior | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-antitrust-congress/democratic-lawmaker-presses-antitrust-enforcers-on-company-ties-settlements-idUSKBN1Z7020 | 2020-01-08 |
| 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 |
| Congressional investigators believe Bolton objected to Trumps decision to delay million in military aid to Ukraine and could elaborate on that a Senate aide told Reuters | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trumps former national security adviser John Bolton said on Monday he is willing to testify in the expected Senate impeachment trial of the president a surprise development that could potentially strengthen the case that Trump should be removed from office | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment/bolton-says-he-is-willing-to-testify-in-trump-impeachment-trial-idUSKBN1Z510V | 2020-01-07 |
| Maduro who donned a baseball uniform to inaugurate a new stadium on Sunday evening said Congress had chosen new leadership out of frustration with Guaido | Negative | CARACAS Venezuelas socialist government installed a new head of Congress on Sunday after armed troops blocked opposition legislators from entering parliament in a move condemned by dozens of nations as an assault on democracy | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-venezuela-politics/venezuelas-ruling-socialists-seize-congress-defiant-opposition-re-elects-guaido-idUSKBN1Z40J4 | 2020-01-07 |
| It also charged the president with obstructing Congress by directing administration officials and agencies not to cooperate with the impeachment inquiry | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trumps former national security adviser John Bolton said on Monday he is willing to testify in the expected Senate impeachment trial of the president a surprise development that could potentially strengthen the case that Trump should be removed from office | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment/bolton-says-he-is-willing-to-testify-in-trump-impeachment-trial-idUSKBN1Z510V | 2020-01-07 |
| Legal experts disagreed saying the war powers law required a formal report to Congress and did not allow such a blanket clearance ahead of time especially not via social media | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. lawmakers have few options for tamping down any escalation by President Donald Trump of tensions with Iran despite Democrats outrage over his failure to inform Congress in advance about a strike against a top Iranian military commander | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/uk-iraq-security-congress/for-u-s-democrats-little-recourse-over-trumps-iran-actions-idUSKBN1Z510F | 2020-01-07 |
| Congress main power over the president is its control of federal spending | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. lawmakers have few options for tamping down any escalation by President Donald Trump of tensions with Iran despite Democrats outrage over his failure to inform Congress in advance about a strike against a top Iranian military commander | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/uk-iraq-security-congress/for-u-s-democrats-little-recourse-over-trumps-iran-actions-idUSKBN1Z510F | 2020-01-07 |
| It reasserts Congresss longestablished oversight responsibilities by mandating that if no further Congressional action is taken the Administrations military hostilities with regard to Iran cease within 30 days | Negative | U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said the House will introduce and vote on a war powers resolution this week to limit U.S. President Donald Trumps military actions regarding Iran | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-usa/pelosi-says-house-to-vote-on-resolution-to-limit-trumps-military-actions-on-iran-idUSKBN1Z50D6 | 2020-01-07 |
| This thing needs to be over with in he said arguing that a delay denies Trump an opportunity to confront the accusations and impedes Congress ability to pursue other business | Negative | WASHINGTON The head of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee said on Sunday he wants the Senate to launch an impeachment trial of President Donald Trump within days and wrap it up this month even if it means changing Senate rules | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment/senate-republican-eyes-rule-change-to-kick-start-trump-impeachment-trial-idUSKBN1Z40LO | 2020-01-06 |
| He was also accused of obstructing Congress by directing administration officials and agencies not to cooperate with the House impeachment inquiry | Negative | WASHINGTON The head of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee said on Sunday he wants the Senate to launch an impeachment trial of President Donald Trump within days and wrap it up this month even if it means changing Senate rules | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment/senate-republican-eyes-rule-change-to-kick-start-trump-impeachment-trial-idUSKBN1Z40LO | 2020-01-06 |
| Trumps fellow Republicans in Congress have generally backed his decision | Positive | WASHINGTON Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Sunday defended President Donald Trumps decision to kill Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani as Democratic lawmakers questioned whether the action was justified and the United States braced for retaliation | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-usa/pompeo-defends-u-s-killing-of-iranian-as-democrats-ask-why-now-idUSKBN1Z40GM | 2020-01-06 |
| Samsung Electronics has traditionally unveiled new versions of its flagship Galaxy S phones ahead of the Mobile World Congress which takes places in February | Neutral | SEOUL Samsung Electronics said on Sunday that it will introduce new innovative devices in San Francisco on Feb | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-samsung-elec-smartphone/samsung-elec-says-will-unveil-innovative-devices-on-february-11-idUSKBN1Z404K | 2020-01-05 |
| WASHINGTON The White House sent to Congress on Saturday formal notification of Fridays U.S. drone strike that killed a top Iranian general amid complaints from Democrats that President Donald Trump did not notify lawmakers or seek advance approval for the attack | Negative | WASHINGTON The White House sent to Congress on Saturday formal notification of Fridays U.S. drone strike that killed a top Iranian general amid complaints from Democrats that President Donald Trump did not notify lawmakers or seek advance approval for the attack | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-usa-congress/white-house-gives-lawmakers-formal-notice-of-iraq-strike-amid-complaints-from-democrats-idUSKBN1Z30NF | 2020-01-05 |
| On Friday Democratic U.S. Senator Tim Kaine introduced a resolution to force a debate and vote in Congress to prevent further escalation of hostilities with Iran | Negative | WASHINGTON The White House sent to Congress on Saturday formal notification of Fridays U.S. drone strike that killed a top Iranian general amid complaints from Democrats that President Donald Trump did not notify lawmakers or seek advance approval for the attack | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-usa-congress/white-house-gives-lawmakers-formal-notice-of-iraq-strike-amid-complaints-from-democrats-idUSKBN1Z30NF | 2020-01-05 |
| Congress has other means to leverage executive branch cooperation such as refusing to fund the government Griffith said | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. appeals court judges on Friday appeared skeptical about broad legal arguments by President Donald Trumps administration seeking to block a former White House lawyer from testifying to Congress as part of the impeachment effort against Trump but also seemed wary about stepping into the heated political fight | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-mcgahn/judges-struggle-over-trump-bid-to-block-mcgahn-congressional-testimony-idUSKBN1Z210Q | 2020-01-04 |
| Congressional Republicans tried and failed numerous times to repeal Obamacare | Negative | WASHINGTON The Democraticcontrolled U.S. House of Representatives and 20 Democraticled states asked the Supreme Court on Friday to declare that the landmark Obamacare healthcare law does not violate the U.S. Constitution as lower courts have found in a lawsuit brought by Republicanled states | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-obamacare/democrats-ask-u-s-supreme-court-to-save-obamacare-idUSKBN1Z21YF | 2020-01-04 |
| Former President Gerald Ford while in Congress famously An impeachable offense is whatever a majority of the House of Representatives considers it to be at a given moment in history | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate is due to hold a trial to consider whether President Donald Trump should be removed from office after the House of Representatives voted in December to impeach him for pressuring Ukraine to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden a potential rival in the 2020 presidential election | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-explainer/explainer-how-impeachment-works-and-why-trump-is-unlikely-to-be-removed-idUSKBN1Z10PT | 2020-01-03 |
