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| If the Republicans win one or both seats they will retain their Senate majority enabling them to block Bidens legislative goals | Negative | IN | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-global-markets-themes/take-five-vaccine-over-virus-idUSKBN2950KI | 2020-12-31 |
| Congressional Republicans have largely stuck with Trump through four turbulent years but the president is angry that they have not fully backed his claims of election fraud | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Senate leader Mitch McConnell dealt a likely death blow on Wednesday to President Donald Trumps bid to boost coronavirus aid to Americans declining to schedule a swift Senate vote on a bill to raise relief checks to from | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-trump/mcconnell-thwarts-trump-bid-for-2000-coronavirus-economic-relief-checks-idUSKBN29411A | 2020-12-31 |
| Many of Trumps fellow Republicans oppose the higher payments and Trump may not have the influence to budge them | 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 |
| That means that Trump would have to persuade dozens of his fellow Republicans to throw out nearly a years work on the 4500page bill and start over | 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 |
| A battle over voting access is also shaping up in Texas another state long dominated by Republicans but where Democrats have made inroads | Neutral | WASHINGTON Republican state lawmakers have begun to use President Donald Trumps baseless charges of voter fraud to push for new restrictions on voting | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-voting-rules-insight/as-trump-pushes-baseless-fraud-claims-republicans-pledge-tougher-voting-rules-idUSKBN28V1DN | 2020-12-22 |
| Senate Democrats and Republicans have reached an agreement clearing way for virus relief votes the Wall Street Journal reported | Positive | Senate Democrats and Republicans have reached an agreement clearing way for virus relief votes the Wall Street Journal reported | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-aid/republicans-democrats-reach-agreement-clearing-way-for-virus-relief-vote-wsj-idUSKBN28U056 | 2020-12-20 |
| On Friday Senate Commerce Republicans released a 102page report that found Boeing officials inappropriately test pilots during recertification efforts after the 737 MAX crashes killed 346 people | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. lawmakers are making a final push in 2020 to win approval of landmark reforms to how the Federal Aviation Administration certifies new airplanes in the wake of two fatal Boeing 737 MAX crashes five people briefed on the matter said Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-boeing-737max-congress/u-s-lawmakers-make-push-for-airplane-certification-reforms-idUSKBN28T0Y8 | 2020-12-20 |
| Republicans and Democrats say they are close to a deal but significant differences remain | 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 |
| Republicans maintain that holding control of the Senate will help keep Washington from veering hard to the left under Biden | Negative | WASHINGTON More than 1 | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-georgia/over-1-1-million-ballots-cast-in-early-voting-for-georgia-u-s-senate-runoffs-idUSKBN28S1KY | 2020-12-19 |
| Its not just Republicans that are enthused to come out to keep a firewall in the Senate but Democrats beat Trump and he still wont Taylor said | Neutral | WASHINGTON More than 1 | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-georgia/over-1-1-million-ballots-cast-in-early-voting-for-georgia-u-s-senate-runoffs-idUSKBN28S1KY | 2020-12-19 |
| Tanden president of the progressive Center for American Progress think tank helped create Obamacare which Republicans want to demolish | Negative | Democratic Presidentelect Joe Biden has begun nominating members of his Cabinet and White House team working to fulfill his promise to build an administration that reflects the United States diversity | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-biden-cabinet/factbox-the-biden-cabinet-president-elect-fills-out-his-team-idUSKBN28Q048 | 2020-12-16 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. congressional leaders reported substantial progress on Tuesday after two meetings of top Democrats and Republicans to end a monthslong standoff on coronavirus relief and finalize a funding bill to avert a government shutdown | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. congressional leaders reported substantial progress on Tuesday after two meetings of top Democrats and Republicans to end a monthslong standoff on coronavirus relief and finalize a funding bill to avert a government shutdown | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-congressional-leaders-report-progress-in-talks-for-fresh-covid-19-aid-idUSKBN28P2F4 | 2020-12-16 |
| Meanwhile many of McConnells fellow Republicans have echoed Trumps unfounded claims that the presidential election was stolen by domestic and foreign forces including by tampering with electronic voting machines | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell a Republican on Tuesday congratulated Democratic Presidentelect Joe Biden and Vice Presidentelect Kamala Harris on their Nov | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/usa-election-mcconnell/u-s-senate-leader-mcconnell-acknowledges-biden-victory-laments-trump-defeat-idUSKBN28P225 | 2020-12-16 |
| 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 |
| and many of his fellow Republicans have made unfounded claims that the expansion of mailin voting during the coronavirus pandemic led to Biden fraudulently winning in election battleground states. | Negative | Thomson Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/idUSKBN28L2YY | 2020-12-12 |
| Trump and many of his fellow Republicans have made unfounded claims that the expansion of mailin voting during the coronavirus pandemic led to Biden fraudulently winning in election battleground states | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday rejected a longshot lawsuit by Texas and backed by President Donald Trump seeking to throw out voting results in four states dealing him a likely fatal blow in his quest to undo his election loss to Presidentelect Joe Biden | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-trump/u-s-supreme-court-swiftly-ends-trump-backed-texas-bid-to-upend-election-results-idUSKBN28L2YY | 2020-12-12 |
| But disagreements remain over business liability protections demanded by Republicans and aid to state and local governments sought by Democrats before a final deal is reached on 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 |
| 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 | 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 |
| If Republicans retain control McConnell 78 a veteran senator from Kentucky the 28thlargest U.S. state economy would be left deciding what bills the Senate considers as he has since 2015 | Neutral | WASHINGTON Presidentelect Joe Biden has promised to revive a coronavirusravaged economy repair creaky American infrastructure and put millions back to work but unless Democrats win Senate runoff elections in Georgia in January it will all run through one Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-usa-biden-economy-mcconnell-analysis/analysis-mitch-mcconnell-stands-in-the-way-of-bidens-economic-recovery-plans-idUSKBN28J2PV | 2020-12-10 |
| Republicans have threatened to block some of Bidens Cabinet appointments a break with tradition that echoes his treatment of President Barack Obamas Supreme Court pick | Negative | WASHINGTON Presidentelect Joe Biden has promised to revive a coronavirusravaged economy repair creaky American infrastructure and put millions back to work but unless Democrats win Senate runoff elections in Georgia in January it will all run through one Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-usa-biden-economy-mcconnell-analysis/analysis-mitch-mcconnell-stands-in-the-way-of-bidens-economic-recovery-plans-idUSKBN28J2PV | 2020-12-10 |
| Republicans are training much of their fire on Warnock the Black senior pastor of the Atlanta church where civil rights champion the Rev | Neutral | WASHINGTON Republican Senator Kelly Loeffler danced around questions about whether President Donald Trump lost the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/usa-election-georgia-debate/georgia-republican-senator-loeffler-dodges-questions-on-trump-during-debate-with-challenger-warnock-idUSKBN28G0PN | 2020-12-07 |
| 5 Georgia holds a runoff election for its two U.S. Senate seats which will determine whether Republicans or Democrats control the chamber | Neutral | A federal appeals court on Saturday rejected a bid by a conservative lawyer to block Presidentelect Joe Bidens victory in Georgia and left in place procedures that will make it easier for voters to cast absentee ballots in January when two Senate seats are up for grabs | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-lawsuit-georgia/u-s-appeals-court-rejects-bid-to-block-georgia-win-for-biden-idUSKBN28F0MS | 2020-12-06 |
| Most of the messages Republicans are running are scare said Charles Bullock political science professor at the University of Georgia | Negative | MARIETTA Ga | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-georgia-senate/trump-loyalist-loefflers-attacks-on-pastor-warnock-risk-suburban-votes-in-georgias-u-s-senate-race-idUSKBN28E1CT | 2020-12-05 |
| Reed told reporters that disagreements over rival COVID19 demands for state and local government aid from Democrats and liability protection for businesses from Republicans continue to pose issues | 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 |
| Republicans have expressed concerns about virtual voting saying it sets a bad precedent | Negative | U.S. lawmakers used a mobile phone app over the last two weeks to remotely cast votes for the first time according to technologists and some involved in the process embracing technology to facilitate an internal party leadership contest | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-congress-tech/u-s-house-democrats-adopt-mobile-internet-voting-for-leadership-contests-idUSKBN28E1C0 | 2020-12-05 |
| The Republicans also enjoy a structural A victory by just one will preserve a oneseat Senate majority and with it the ability to block Democratic Presidentelect Joe Bidens legislative agenda | Positive | MARIETTA Ga | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-georgia-senate/trump-loyalist-loefflers-attacks-on-pastor-warnock-risk-suburban-votes-in-georgias-u-s-senate-race-idUSKBN28E1CT | 2020-12-05 |
| Republicans face the daunting task of trying to turn out two voting devoted Trump supporters who respond favorably to harsher rhetoric and moderate suburbanites who dont | Negative | MARIETTA Ga | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-georgia-senate/trump-loyalist-loefflers-attacks-on-pastor-warnock-risk-suburban-votes-in-georgias-u-s-senate-race-idUSKBN28E1CT | 2020-12-05 |
| More and more said Senator Bill Cassidy Republicans recognize that things are getting worse | 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 Democrat said such a measure should include money for state and local governments which have been struggling through the pandemic an idea Republicans largely have opposed | Negative | WASHINGTON Republicans and Democrats in Congress remained unable to reach agreement on fresh relief for a pandemichit U.S. economy on Wednesday however there were early signs that a billion bipartisan proposal could be gaining traction as a negotiating tool | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/deal-on-fresh-u-s-coronavirus-relief-eluding-congressional-republicans-democrats-idUSKBN28C2ES | 2020-12-03 |
| WASHINGTON 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 |
| The Republicans campaign and his supporters efforts have sputtered in challenges to Biden victories in Arizona Pennsylvania Georgia Michigan and Nevada even with a judiciary reshaped by the president | Positive | U.S. President Donald Trumps campaign filed a petition on Tuesday challenging Wisconsins presidential vote results with the states supreme court the latest in a series of sofar unsuccessful attempts to reverse Democrat Joe Bidens victory in the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-wisconsin/trump-campaign-challenges-election-results-in-wisconsin-supreme-court-idUSKBN28B5KA | 2020-12-03 |
| Thats an area that I think Democrats and Republicans are going to have to have an honest discussion about | Positive | WASHINGTON A new Chinabacked AsiaPacific trade deal and Beijings interest in a regional pact that President Donald Trump quit should be a real wake up to the United States a former U.S. official who has advised Presidentelect Joe Biden said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-trade-campbell/biden-adviser-campbell-sees-chinas-asia-trade-focus-as-wake-up-call-idUSKBN28C2T9 | 2020-12-03 |
| The measure includes provisions that Republicans have been pressing for including new liability protections for businesses and schools grappling with the coronavirus pandemic | 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 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Tuesday that he and his fellow Senate Republicans have begun considering COVID19 economic relief provisions that President Donald Trump would be willing to sign into law later this month | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Tuesday that he and his fellow Senate Republicans have begun considering COVID19 economic relief provisions that President Donald Trump would be willing to sign into law later this month | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-republicans/senate-republicans-vetting-covid-19-relief-that-trump-would-sign-idUSKBN28B69P | 2020-12-02 |
| Negotiators also have been battling over the amount of money Republicans want for immigrant detention beds | 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 |
| Well before Tanden was named some Republicans were threatening to block Bidens Cabinet picks | Negative | WASHINGTON Neera Tanden Presidentelect Joe Bidens outspoken nominee to head the Office of Management and Budget faces a challenge winning Senate confirmation after a Washington career in which she has crossed powerful figures on both the right and left | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-biden-omb/biden-budget-pick-neera-tanden-a-lightning-rod-in-washington-idUSKBN28B3GL | 2020-12-01 |
| Republicans have deemed that proposal exorbitant and have been sticking with calls for a scaleddown billion menu of initiatives | 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 |
| Some Republicans including strategist Bill Kristol urged conservatives to support Tandens nomination suggesting she would be more careful with federal funding than other Democrats | Positive | WASHINGTON Neera Tanden Presidentelect Joe Bidens outspoken nominee to head the Office of Management and Budget faces a challenge winning Senate confirmation after a Washington career in which she has crossed powerful figures on both the right and left | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-biden-omb/biden-budget-pick-neera-tanden-a-lightning-rod-in-washington-idUSKBN28B3GL | 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 |
| This time around Republicans are seeking billion for the southern barrier that most Democrats and some Republican lawmakers claim is an ineffective remedy to halting illegal immigration | 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 |
| 5 will determine whether Republicans maintain control of the Senate | Neutral | WASHINGTON Neera Tanden Presidentelect Joe Bidens outspoken nominee to head the Office of Management and Budget faces a challenge winning Senate confirmation after a Washington career in which she has crossed powerful figures on both the right and left | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-biden-omb/biden-budget-pick-neera-tanden-a-lightning-rod-in-washington-idUSKBN28B3GL | 2020-12-01 |
| 3 vote Republicans scored a significant victory on Monday when the U.S. Supreme Court held that officials in the battleground state of Wisconsin cannot count mailin ballots that arrive after Election Day | Negative | WASHINGTON With both sides in the U.S. presidential election dueling in court ahead of the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-litigation-wins-factbox/court-battles-shape-presidential-election-as-republicans-score-wisconsin-victory-at-u-s-supreme-court-idUSKBN27C25O | 2020-11-29 |
| Republicans on Friday asked the court to block the mailin ballot counting in Pennsylvania knowing that Barrett was about to be confirmed | Negative | WASHINGTON Newly confirmed conservative U.S. Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett faces a barrage of politically fraught cases in her first days on the job as the court weighs election disputes and prepares to hear a challenge to the Obamacare healthcare law | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-barrett-cases/baptism-by-fire-for-newly-appointed-supreme-court-justice-barrett-idUSKBN27C19X | 2020-11-29 |
| Republicans have since made another request for the Supreme Court to review the case | Positive | WASHINGTON With both sides in the U.S. presidential election dueling in court ahead of the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-litigation-wins-factbox/court-battles-shape-presidential-election-as-republicans-score-wisconsin-victory-at-u-s-supreme-court-idUSKBN27C25O | 2020-11-29 |
| Republicans did prevail on one key issue at Pennsylvanias high court | Negative | WASHINGTON With both sides in the U.S. presidential election dueling in court ahead of the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-litigation-wins-factbox/court-battles-shape-presidential-election-as-republicans-score-wisconsin-victory-at-u-s-supreme-court-idUSKBN27C25O | 2020-11-29 |
| Republicans argued the secrecy sleeves help deter fraud | Negative | WASHINGTON With both sides in the U.S. presidential election dueling in court ahead of the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-litigation-wins-factbox/court-battles-shape-presidential-election-as-republicans-score-wisconsin-victory-at-u-s-supreme-court-idUSKBN27C25O | 2020-11-29 |
| Pennsylvania Republicans have brought the case back to the court hoping for a ruling in their favor before Election Day | Positive | WASHINGTON Divisions within the U.S. Supreme Court exposed in its decision preventing a deadline extension for mailin ballots in Wisconsin indicate how new Justice Amy Barrett Coney Barrett could cast a decisive vote in similar disputes as the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-court-barrett/u-s-supreme-courts-divisions-in-voting-cases-put-spotlight-on-barrett-idUSKBN27C2UO | 2020-11-29 |
| 5 will determine whether the Republicans keep their majority in the Senate | Neutral | BEACH Del | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-biden/inching-toward-exit-trump-says-hell-leave-if-biden-wins-electoral-college-vote-idUSKBN28612B | 2020-11-28 |
| 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 | Positive | 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 |
| Some Senate Republicans most of whom have yet to acknowledge Bidens defeat of President Donald Trump or refer to Biden as presidentelect quickly condemned his picks | Negative | WASHINGTON Republican members of the U.S. Senate fired warning shots to Presidentelect Joe Biden that they may be prepared to stand in the way of his Cabinet appointments despite the longheld tradition of a new president having the right to choose who will run government agencies | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/usa-biden-cabinet-senate/biden-cabinet-picks-may-face-rough-republican-reception-in-senate-idUSKBN2842X0 | 2020-11-25 |
| Bidens campaign noted that Republicans said they would support experienced and qualified nominees | Positive | WASHINGTON Republican members of the U.S. Senate fired warning shots to Presidentelect Joe Biden that they may be prepared to stand in the way of his Cabinet appointments despite the longheld tradition of a new president having the right to choose who will run government agencies | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/usa-biden-cabinet-senate/biden-cabinet-picks-may-face-rough-republican-reception-in-senate-idUSKBN2842X0 | 2020-11-25 |
| WASHINGTON President Donald Trump gave some ground on Monday to allow Joe Bidens transition to the presidency after the ranks grew of prominent Republicans calling for Trump to end efforts to overturn his election defeat | Positive | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump gave some ground on Monday to allow Joe Bidens transition to the presidency after the ranks grew of prominent Republicans calling for Trump to end efforts to overturn his election defeat | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-congress/trump-relents-after-steady-drumbeat-of-fellow-republicans-urge-start-of-biden-transition-idUSKBN2832O7 | 2020-11-24 |
| 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 |
| But with Trump no longer on the ballot Republicans and Democrats both face challenges getting large numbers of voters to the polls in January | Neutral | GAINESVILLE Ga | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-georgia/pence-urges-georgia-republicans-to-turn-out-in-final-senate-battleground-idUSKBN28015T | 2020-11-21 |
| Republicans who control the Senate also declined to ratify a string of Trumps controversial picks to fill vacant seats at the central banks policymaking table | 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 |
| People will come to see we still have a functioning Black said and Republicans will become resigned to Biden and see its not the end of the world | Negative | SUNDOWN Texas Brett Fryar is a middleclass Republican | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-trump-fraud-insight/why-republican-voters-say-theres-no-way-in-hell-trump-lost-idUSKBN2801D4 | 2020-11-21 |
| Michigans state legislative leaders Senate Majority Leader Mike Shirkey and House Speaker Lee Chatfield both Republicans will visit the White House at Trumps request according to a source in Michigan | Positive | President Donald Trump will meet with the Republican leaders of the Michigan state legislature on Friday at the White House as his campaign pursues an increasingly desperate bid to overturn the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election/trump-to-host-michigan-lawmakers-as-he-presses-dubious-effort-to-overturn-election-idUSKBN2800I5 | 2020-11-20 |
| Tracy Wimmer a spokeswoman for Michigans secretary of state said it was too late for the Republicans to rescind their certification | Neutral | Thomson Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/idUSKBN27Z30G | 2020-11-20 |
| Pat Toomey a Republican senator poised to lead the Banking Committee if Republicans hold the Senate applauded the Treasurys actions | Positive | 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 |
| But Tracy Wimmer a spokeswoman for Michigans secretary of state said it was too late for the Republicans to rescind their certification | Neutral | DETROIT President Donald Trumps strategy for retaining power despite losing the U.S. election is focused increasingly on persuading Republican legislators to intervene on his behalf in battleground states Democrat Joe Biden won three people familiar with the effort said | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-trump-strategy/trumps-election-power-play-persuade-republican-legislators-to-do-what-u-s-voters-did-not-idUSKBN27Z30G | 2020-11-20 |
| of the Republicans Ive spoken to including some governors think this is debilitating | Negative | Thomson Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/idUSKBN27Z30G | 2020-11-20 |
| Most of the Republicans Ive spoken to including some governors think this is debilitating | Negative | DETROIT President Donald Trumps strategy for retaining power despite losing the U.S. election is focused increasingly on persuading Republican legislators to intervene on his behalf in battleground states Democrat Joe Biden won three people familiar with the effort said | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-trump-strategy/trumps-election-power-play-persuade-republican-legislators-to-do-what-u-s-voters-did-not-idUSKBN27Z30G | 2020-11-20 |
| 5 runoff election that will help determine whether Democrats or Republicans win control of the Senate | Positive | WASHINGTON Republican Senator David Perdue who is seeking reelection in one of two U.S. Senate races in Georgia bought shares in a Navy contractor just before becoming chairman of a Senate armed services panel in 2019 and then sold the stock at a profit Senate records show | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-senate-perdue/perdue-traded-in-navy-contractor-stock-as-he-took-over-senate-armed-services-panel-filings-idUSKBN28006H | 2020-11-20 |
| On Wednesday Biden expressed hope that Republicans in Congress would be more inclined to move forward on COVID19 relief legislation after Republican President Donald Trump leaves office in January | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer said on Thursday that Republican Majority Leader Mitch McConnell had agreed to resume COVID19 relief talks as cases surge across the country CNBC reported | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/top-u-s-congress-aides-discuss-covid-19-aid-as-jobless-benefits-expire-post-christmas-idUSKBN27Z2YL | 2020-11-20 |
| 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 |
| The GSAs Murphy is under mounting pressure from election watchdogs Democrats a growing number of Republicans the American Medical Association and her predecessor to recognize Biden as the winner | Positive | WASHINGTON A littleknown agency that keeps the U.S. federal bureaucracy running is the biggest impediment to new efforts to fight the coronavirus outbreak Democratic Presidentelect Joe Biden said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-transition/amid-coronavirus-spike-pressure-grows-on-u-s-agency-to-approve-trump-to-biden-transition-idUSKBN27Y2YS | 2020-11-19 |
| A Reuters poll on Wednesday showed about half of Republicans believe Trump had the election stolen from him | Negative | President Donald Trumps election campaign on Wednesday asked a judge to declare him the winner in Pennsylvania saying the states Republicancontrolled legislature should select the electors that will cast votes in the U.S. Electoral College system | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-lawsuit-pennsylvania/trump-election-campaign-asks-judge-to-declare-him-winner-in-pennsylvania-idUSKBN27Y2UO | 2020-11-19 |
| This is childish behavior on the part of our Dimon said about an impasse between Democrats and Republicans over how much additional spending should be authorized | Negative | NEW YORK U.S. politicians are behaving like children by not passing a new stimulus bill that could help Americans whose income has been wiped out by the coronavirus pandemic JPMorgan Chase Co Chief Executive Jamie Dimon said on Wednesday at a New York Times conference | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/banks/article/us-jpmorgan-dimon/jpmorgans-dimon-says-childish-u-s-politicians-are-preventing-stimulus-package-idUSKBN27Y2D1 | 2020-11-19 |
| 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 |
| Senator Ben Sasse who has been a Trump critic was among the first Republicans to push back against the decision | Negative | SAN President Donald Trump on Tuesday fired top cybersecurity official Chris Krebs in a message on Twitter accusing him without evidence of making a highly statement affirming the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-trump-krebs/trump-fires-top-u-s-election-cybersecurity-official-who-defended-vote-idUSKBN27Y011 | 2020-11-18 |
| Trump has remained angry and defiant on social media even as some prominent Republicans on Capitol Hill and elsewhere have quietly asserted that Biden should be considered the presidentelect | Neutral | 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 |
| Trumps campaign team and Republicans have also sought to press their case in court in key battleground states but have been widely rejected | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump appeared on Sunday to publicly acknowledge for the first time that his Democratic rival Joe Biden won the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-trump/trump-cites-biden-victory-on-twitter-still-presses-false-rigging-claims-idUSKBN27V0EG | 2020-11-16 |
| Republican state Senate Majority Leader Mike Shirkey said in a statement that Republicans were disappointed that Gov | Negative | The U.S. state of Michigan will ban indoor dining and inperson high school and college for three weeks starting on Wednesday as coronavirus cases rise sharply Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-michigan/michigan-to-halt-indoor-dining-in-person-high-school-college-for-three-weeks-idUSKBN27V0T0 | 2020-11-16 |
| The campaign and Republicans have also sued in Georgia Pennsylvania and Wisconsin seeking to block the certification of election results | Negative | A Michigan state court rejected on Friday a request by supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump to block the certification of votes and appoint an independent auditor in Detroit which voted heavily in favor of Democratic Presidentelect Joe Biden | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-election-michigan/michigan-state-court-rejects-request-to-block-detroit-election-certification-results-idUSKBN27T2OH | 2020-11-15 |
| The ruling is a setback for Trump and Republicans who have been trying to overturn Bidens victory in the Nov | Negative | A Michigan state court rejected on Friday a request by supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump to block the certification of votes and appoint an independent auditor in Detroit which voted heavily in favor of Democratic Presidentelect Joe Biden | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-election-michigan/michigan-state-court-rejects-request-to-block-detroit-election-certification-results-idUSKBN27T2OH | 2020-11-15 |
| Most Republicans have publicly endorsed Trumps right to pursue court challenges and declined to recognize Biden as the winner | Negative | Presidentelect Joe Biden cemented his electoral victory by capturing the battleground state of Arizona late on Thursday but the transition to his administration remains in political stasis as President Donald Trump refuses to accept defeat | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election/biden-cements-victory-by-flipping-arizona-as-trump-keeps-transition-in-limbo-idUSKBN27T0IS | 2020-11-13 |
| A long list of Republicans are said to be considering a run for the 2024 presidential election including Trumps own vice president Mike Pence | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday endorsed Republican National Committee chair Ronna McDaniel to stay on in her position in what one source said could be a prelude to Trumps announcing plans to run for president in 2024 | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-trump/trump-endorses-mcdaniel-to-remain-rnc-chair-ponders-2024-run-idUSKBN27S01C | 2020-11-12 |
| Despite the markets performance some remain concerned that Trump and several U.S. Senate Republicans are still alleging without evidence Biden did not legitimately win | Negative | NEW YORK U.S. stock investors have expressed concerns that President Donald Trumps effort to contest the U.S. election without evidence could roil markets temporarily but few appeared seriously worried that challenges to the results will succeed | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-markets-election/wall-street-is-not-overly-worried-trump-can-overturn-election-idUSKBN27R2IL | 2020-11-12 |
| The Trump campaign and Republicans have brought numerous lawsuits alleging election irregularities | Negative | WILMINGTON Del | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-usa-election/biden-hails-progress-on-covid-19-vaccine-white-house-seeks-credit-idUSKBN27P11Y | 2020-11-11 |
| Some of Americans including half of Republicans say Biden is the rightful winner according to a poll released on Tuesday | Positive | WASHINGTON Presidentelect Joe Biden plans further meetings on Wednesday to lay the groundwork for his new administration while President Donald Trump pursues a flurry of lawsuits challenging the election results in an effort to cling to power | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election/biden-prepares-for-white-house-while-trump-presses-legal-attack-idUSKBN27R0JP | 2020-11-11 |
| The two Republicans face challenges for Democrats Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff respectively | Neutral | WASHINGTON Democrat Cal Cunningham who had been considered the leader for a U.S. Senate seat in North Carolina until his campaign was undermined by a sex scandal on Tuesday conceded the closely fought contest to Republican incumbent Thom Tillis | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-senate-tillis/republican-senator-tillis-clinches-reelection-as-cunningham-concedes-idUSKBN27Q37P | 2020-11-11 |
| WASHINGTON Top Republicans in the U.S. Congress for now are supporting President Donald Trumps attempt to challenge Presidentelect Joe Bidens victory but some senior aides said Trump must soon produce significant evidence or exit the stage | Positive | WASHINGTON Top Republicans in the U.S. Congress for now are supporting President Donald Trumps attempt to challenge Presidentelect Joe Bidens victory but some senior aides said Trump must soon produce significant evidence or exit the stage | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-congress-republicans/u-s-republicans-hint-at-limited-time-for-trump-to-make-his-post-election-case-idUSKBN27Q350 | 2020-11-11 |
| NEW YORK Nearly of Americans including more than half of Republicans recognize Presidentelect Joe Biden as the winner of the Nov | Positive | NEW YORK Nearly of Americans including more than half of Republicans recognize Presidentelect Joe Biden as the winner of the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-poll/nearly-80-of-americans-say-biden-won-white-house-ignoring-trumps-refusal-to-concede-reuters-ipsos-poll-idUSKBN27Q3ED | 2020-11-11 |
| It showed that of Americans including of Democrats and of Republicans trust their local election officials to do their job honestly | Positive | NEW YORK Nearly of Americans including more than half of Republicans recognize Presidentelect Joe Biden as the winner of the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-poll/nearly-80-of-americans-say-biden-won-white-house-ignoring-trumps-refusal-to-concede-reuters-ipsos-poll-idUSKBN27Q3ED | 2020-11-11 |
| Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer said he was heartened to see a few Republicans congratulate the winning ticket | Positive | 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 |
| The Trump campaign and Republicans have brought numerous lawsuits since Election Day over alleged election irregularities | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trumps campaign on Monday filed a lawsuit in a Pennsylvania federal court seeking to block state officials from certifying Presidentelect Joe Bidens victory in the state | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-pennsylvania-lawsuit/trump-campaign-sues-to-halt-pennsylvania-from-certifying-biden-win-idUSKBN27P30F | 2020-11-10 |
| Leaders from across the globe have offered their congratulations to Biden including some Trump allies but many of Trumps fellow Republicans have yet to recognize the Democrats victory | Positive | Del | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election/biden-to-launch-covid-19-task-force-trump-plans-rallies-to-protest-election-idUSKBN27P0D8 | 2020-11-09 |
| Republicans holding a slim majority in the Senate could block large swaths of Bidens legislative and spending agenda as well as key appointments for his Cabinet and government agencies | Negative | NEW Joe Bidens projected win of the U.S. presidency and the Republican Party potentially retaining control of the U.S. Senate could drive a pickup in mergers and acquisitions that took a hit amid the COVID19 pandemic dealmakers said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-usa-election-deals-analysis/analysis-dealmakers-see-divided-u-s-government-favoring-mergers-and-acquisitions-idUSKBN27O06K | 2020-11-09 |
| Republicans also picked up votes in the lower house of Congress and Democrats have only claimed one additional seat so far in the U.S. Senate | Negative | NEW YORK BERKELEY Calif | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/us-usa-election-liberals/liberals-cheer-biden-victory-but-reflect-on-work-to-come-idUSKBN27N0TG | 2020-11-08 |
| But because Republicans appear less likely to lose control of the Senate Bidens broader agenda shaped by a coalition of moderate and more leftleaning backers may be stymied | Negative | SAN YORK Joe Biden is returning to the White House to lead the United States in the midst of an economic crisis after beating President Donald Trump in Tuesdays election a turn of events likely to conjure an eerie sense of deja vu for the Democratic former vice president | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-election-economy-analysis/analysis-biden-returns-to-battle-another-economic-crisis-but-its-no-great-recession-idUSKBN27N0XN | 2020-11-08 |
| Trumpism popular nationalism white identity grievance politics will he said noting the vast majority of elected Republicans had little appetite for anything different | Negative | As he closed his campaign with a series of boisterous rallies President Donald Trump told his cheering crowds they would prove all the experts wrong again just as they had when he improbably won the U.S. presidency in 2016 | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-trumpism-insight/trumpism-will-outlast-trump-who-defied-the-odds-grew-the-base-idUSKBN27N0R2 | 2020-11-08 |
| WASHINGTON After winning support from scores of prominent Republicans during his campaign Joe Biden will take office with the possibility of unprecedented bipartisan backing on national security as he moves to restore traditional policy toward Americas allies and its adversaries | Positive | WASHINGTON After winning support from scores of prominent Republicans during his campaign Joe Biden will take office with the possibility of unprecedented bipartisan backing on national security as he moves to restore traditional policy toward Americas allies and its adversaries | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-nationalsecurity/notable-republicans-backed-biden-will-they-stand-with-him-on-national-security-idUSKBN27N0YZ | 2020-11-08 |
| Hagel who had endorsed Biden said he expected the former vice president and U.S. senator to bring some Republicans into his administration and govern in a way that builds consensus | Positive | WASHINGTON After winning support from scores of prominent Republicans during his campaign Joe Biden will take office with the possibility of unprecedented bipartisan backing on national security as he moves to restore traditional policy toward Americas allies and its adversaries | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-nationalsecurity/notable-republicans-backed-biden-will-they-stand-with-him-on-national-security-idUSKBN27N0YZ | 2020-11-08 |
| Senate Republicans who oppose a larger package have twice failed to move forward with smaller legislation worth billion due to Democratic opposition | 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 |
| Some of Republicans accept Trumps claim that he won the election though a bipartisan majority of Americans do not according to a poll published on Thursday | 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 |
| Republicans are trying to raise at least million to fund legal challenges brought by President Donald Trump over the U.S. presidential elections results three sources familiar with the matter said on Friday | Negative | Republicans are trying to raise at least million to fund legal challenges brought by President Donald Trump over the U.S. presidential elections results three sources familiar with the matter said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-funding-exclusive/exclusive-republicans-seeking-to-raise-at-least-60-million-to-fund-trump-legal-challenges-sources-idUSKBN27M2R0 | 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 |
| Republicans are asking donors for at least million to fund legal challenges brought by President Donald Trump over the U.S. presidential elections results two sources familiar with the matter said on Friday | Negative | Republicans are asking donors for at least million to fund legal challenges brought by President Donald Trump over the U.S. presidential elections results two sources familiar with the matter said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-funding-exclusive/exclusive-republicans-seeking-to-raise-at-least-60-million-to-fund-trump-legal-challenges-sources-idUSKBN27M2R0 | 2020-11-07 |
| Democrat Joe Biden edged closer to winning the White House on Friday expanding his narrow leads over President Donald Trump in the battleground states of Pennsylvania and Georgia even as Republicans sought to raise million to fund lawsuits challenging the results | Neutral | WILMINGTON Del | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election/biden-close-to-u-s-election-victory-as-a-defiant-trump-vows-to-fight-idUSKBN27M0UA | 2020-11-07 |
| Its tempting to assume Jorgensens votes came at Trumps expense given past alliances between conservative Republicans and some Libertarians not to mention the president recently said he considered himself somewhat Libertarian | Neutral | They were their own spoilers by not following through on their campaign Jorgensen said | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-libertarian/libertarian-spoiler-in-u-s-presidential-election-not-a-chance-experts-say-idUSKBN27M2PI | 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 |
| According to the poll few Americans agree with the presidents view on the of U.S. adults including of Democrats and of Republicans accept Trumps victory declaration | Positive | A bipartisan majority of Americans do not accept President Donald Trumps premature victory declaration in the U.S. presidential election and most are willing to wait for all votes to be counted before deciding who won according to a opinion poll released Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-poll/americans-largely-reject-trumps-victory-declaration-reuters-ipsos-poll-idUSKBN27L32T | 2020-11-06 |
| In Pennsylvania where Trump is narrowly leading but Biden is gaining the Trump campaign and other Republicans have already filed various legal challenges | Positive | President Donald Trumps campaign lost court rulings in the closely contested states of Georgia and Michigan on Thursday even as it vowed to bring a new lawsuit challenging what it called voting irregularities in Nevada | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-nevada-trump/trump-campaign-loses-legal-fights-in-georgia-and-michigan-vows-nevada-lawsuit-idUSKBN27L1TR | 2020-11-06 |
| Another including of Democrats and of Republicans said that candidates should not be declaring victory until all of the votes are counted | Negative | A bipartisan majority of Americans do not accept President Donald Trumps premature victory declaration in the U.S. presidential election and most are willing to wait for all votes to be counted before deciding who won according to a opinion poll released Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-poll/americans-largely-reject-trumps-victory-declaration-reuters-ipsos-poll-idUSKBN27L32T | 2020-11-06 |
| Democrats entered the 2020 U.S. elections looking to roll back much of the commanding presence Republicans had in state governments but instead wound up losing ground | Negative | Democrat Joe Biden moved closer to victory over President Donald Trump in the U.S. election as officials tallied votes in the handful of states that will determine the outcome and protesters took to the streets | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/us-usa-election-snapshot/2020-u-s-election-what-you-need-to-know-right-now-idUSKBN27L1D3 | 2020-11-06 |
| WASHINGTON Republicans appeared poised to retain control of the U.S. Senate on Wednesday after Senator Susan Collins defied political odds to win reelection in Maine and other Republican incumbents led Democrats in a handful of undecided races | Positive | WASHINGTON Republicans appeared poised to retain control of the U.S. Senate on Wednesday after Senator Susan Collins defied political odds to win reelection in Maine and other Republican incumbents led Democrats in a handful of undecided races | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-senate/republicans-on-track-to-dash-democratic-hopes-of-u-s-senate-majority-idUSKBN27K2T0 | 2020-11-05 |
| Democrats said they had also been barred and one poll worker told Reuters Republicans were trying to slow down and obstruct the counting | Negative | DETROIT Michigan a battleground state that will help determine who wins the U.S. presidential election is still counting tens of of ballots according to a top state official and emotions were running high in Detroit where poll watchers were barred from the counting room on Wednesday afternoon | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-michigan/michigan-still-counting-votes-angry-poll-watchers-barred-in-detroit-trump-sues-idUSKBN27K2AQ | 2020-11-05 |
| I think there are both Democrats and Republicans that are in the areas that are impacted by this that would be in favor of a solution | Positive | Biden has outlined an ambitious plan to invest trillion in clean energy to get the United States to reach net zero carbon emissions by 2050 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-allstate-biden-climate/allstate-corp-ceo-eyes-climate-insurance-plan-under-potential-biden-win-idUSKBN27L0I4 | 2020-11-05 |
| also asked the U.S. Supreme Court to allow Trump to join a pending lawsuit filed by Pennsylvania Republicans over whether the battleground state should be permitted to accept latearriving ballots | Positive | Thomson Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/idUSKBN27J0GK | 2020-11-05 |
| The Trump campaign and other Republicans have also filed various complaints in other states including an attempt to stop votes being counted in Michigan | Negative | WASHINGTON While President Donald Trump wants the U.S. Supreme Court to weigh in on a presidential race that is still too close to call it may not be the final arbiter in this election legal experts said | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-supreme-court/u-s-supreme-court-may-not-have-final-say-in-presidential-election-despite-trump-threat-idUSKBN27K2JK | 2020-11-05 |
| TOKYO Nov 5 U.S. Treasury yields fell on Thursday as investors bet the Republicans would retain the control of the Senate and curb any big spending plans by Democrat Joe Biden seen as just a step away from winning the White House | Negative | TOKYO Nov 5 U.S. Treasury yields fell on Thursday as investors bet the Republicans would retain the control of the Senate and curb any big spending plans by Democrat Joe Biden seen as just a step away from winning the White House | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/usa-bonds/treasuries-u-s-bond-yields-fall-as-election-count-points-to-washington-gridlock-idUSL1N2HR0BK | 2020-11-05 |
| In the 2020 election cycle campaign contributions from commercial banks and their workers to Republicans and Democrats running in congressional races are split nearly evenly at million and | 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 |
| But some investors saw fading chances for Democrats to score a big win in the Senate as Republicans held the line in several contests that had seemed up for grabs | Negative | NEW YORK Investors braced for a tight U.S. election with the potential for the contest to drag on as the outcome appeared to rest on a handful of pivotal states that could take days to reach a final tally | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-election-markets/investors-dig-in-as-u-s-election-heads-down-to-the-wire-idUSKBN27K0ED | 2020-11-04 |
| A federal judge in Texas denied a bid by Republicans to throw out about 127000 votes already cast in the U.S. presidential election at drivethrough voting sites in Houston | Negative | As the tumultuous U.S. election campaign draws to a close Americans head to the polls to decide who will occupy the White House for the next four years incumbent Republican President Donald Trump or his Democratic rival former vice president Joe Biden | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/us-usa-election-snapshot/2020-u-s-election-what-you-need-to-know-right-now-idUSKBN27J1BR | 2020-11-04 |
| Republicans also held onto an open seat in Kansas where Republican Roger Marshall was declared the winner over Democrat Barbara Bollier | Positive | WASHINGTON A Democratic drive to win control of the U.S. Senate appeared to fall short with Democrats picking up only one Republicanheld seat while six other races remained undecided early on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-senate/democrats-falling-short-in-bid-for-control-of-u-s-senate-idUSKBN27J1AZ | 2020-11-04 |
| Republicans now hold a 5347 seat Senate majority | Neutral | WASHINGTON A Democratic drive to win control of the U.S. Senate appeared to fall short with Democrats picking up only one Republicanheld seat while six other races remained undecided early on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-senate/democrats-falling-short-in-bid-for-control-of-u-s-senate-idUSKBN27J1AZ | 2020-11-04 |
| HOUSTON A federal judge in Texas denied on Monday a bid by Republicans to throw out about 127000 votes already cast in the U.S. presidential election at drivethrough voting sites in Houston a Democraticleaning area | Negative | HOUSTON A federal judge in Texas denied on Monday a bid by Republicans to throw out about 127000 votes already cast in the U.S. presidential election at drivethrough voting sites in Houston a Democraticleaning area | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-texas-voting/texas-drive-through-voting-upheld-as-judge-blocks-republican-bid-to-reject-ballots-idUSKBN27I29V | 2020-11-03 |
| 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 | 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 |
| Democrats have pushed mailin voting as a safe way to cast a ballot in the coronavirus pandemic while Trump and Republicans are counting on a big Election Day inperson turnout | Negative | OPALOCKA Fla | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election/on-last-day-trump-and-biden-scour-battleground-states-for-votes-idUSKBN27I0G0 | 2020-11-02 |
| Republicans scored a major win in Texas last week when the states highest court ruled that Governor Greg Abbott could limit dropoff sites for ballots | Neutral | WASHINGTON A federal judge in Texas will hold a hearing on Monday on whether Houston officials illegally allowed drivethrough voting and must toss more than 100000 votes in the Democraticleaning area | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-litigation-wins-factbox/factbox-key-legal-battles-shape-upcoming-u-s-presidential-election-idUSKBN27H1AC | 2020-11-02 |
| Even some fellow Republicans expressed unease over Trumps failure to disavow white supremacists | Negative | WASHINGTON Businessmanturnedpolitician Donald Trump has promoted America nationalism withstood impeachment and a bout with COVID19 and taken contentious stands on race and immigration during a turbulent presidency that detractors say has flouted U.S. democratic norms | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-trump-profile-newsmaker/brash-and-pugnacious-trump-has-presided-over-a-tumultuous-presidency-idUSKBN27G0EK | 2020-11-01 |
| In February the Senate controlled by Trumps fellow Republicans acquitted him of the charges after refusing to call any witnesses | Negative | WASHINGTON Joe Biden a fixture in U.S. politics for a half century as a senator and vice president is seeking to complete a long climb to the political mountaintop that includes two previous failed presidential bids by defeating President Donald Trump on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-biden-profile-newsmaker/a-longtime-fixture-in-u-s-politics-biden-seeks-to-win-elusive-prize-idUSKBN27G0EV | 2020-11-01 |
| Many Senate Republicans have questioned the need for anything above billion with others advocating no new additional spending | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Friday said that any new coronavirus aid package should be considered in early 2021 possibly closing the door to such legislation shortly following the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-senate-leader-says-coronavirus-aid-bill-should-advance-in-early-2021-idUSKBN27F2HX | 2020-10-31 |
| The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday rejected another bid by North Carolina Republicans to block the extension of a deadline for receiving mailin ballots for next Tuesdays election | Negative | The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday rejected another bid by North Carolina Republicans to block the extension of a deadline for receiving mailin ballots for next Tuesdays election | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/supreme-court/article/us-usa-election-court-northcarolina/u-s-supreme-court-again-rejects-north-carolina-republicans-in-absentee-ballot-dispute-idUSKBN27E39G | 2020-10-31 |
| Republicans scored a major win in Texas on Tuesday when the states highest court ruled that Governor Greg Abbott can limit dropoff sites for ballots | Neutral | WASHINGTON With both sides in the U.S. presidential election dueling in court ahead of Tuesdays vote Democrats scored two victories on Wednesday when the U.S. Supreme Court left in place extensions of North Carolina and Pennsylvanias deadlines for receiving mailin ballots | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/supreme-court/article/us-usa-election-litigation-win-factbox/factbox-u-s-supreme-court-rules-against-trump-as-legal-battles-over-election-continue-idUSKBN27E1HY | 2020-10-30 |
| Early voting data show that far more Democrats have voted by mail while Republicans are expected to turn out in greater numbers on Tuesday | Neutral | Ahead of the final weekend before Election Day on Tuesday President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden will barnstorm across battleground states in the Midwest including Wisconsin where the coronavirus pandemic has exploded anew | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election/as-final-weekend-looms-trump-and-biden-to-barnstorm-across-midwest-idUSKBN27F0I0 | 2020-10-30 |
| The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday denied a request from Pennsylvania Republicans to review the decision on an expedited basis | Negative | WASHINGTON With both sides in the U.S. presidential election dueling in court ahead of Tuesdays vote Democrats scored two victories on Wednesday when the U.S. Supreme Court left in place extensions of North Carolina and Pennsylvanias deadlines for receiving mailin ballots | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/supreme-court/article/us-usa-election-litigation-win-factbox/factbox-u-s-supreme-court-rules-against-trump-as-legal-battles-over-election-continue-idUSKBN27E1HY | 2020-10-30 |
| Hes like a lead weight tied around every Republicans waist and theyre struggling to stay above the water line | Negative | Even as the presidential election dominates the countrys attention Democrats have spent recordbreaking sums this year on winning seats in state legislatures 10 years after a Republican wave gave that party the power to reshape U.S. congressional maps | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-statehouses/a-lesson-learned-democrats-plot-route-to-washington-through-statehouse-races-idUSKBN27D2QR | 2020-10-29 |
| The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday dealt setbacks to Republicans by allowing extended deadlines for receiving mailin ballots in next Tuesdays election in Pennsylvania and North Carolina states pivotal to President Donald Trumps reelection chances | Positive | The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday dealt setbacks to Republicans by allowing extended deadlines for receiving mailin ballots in next Tuesdays election in Pennsylvania and North Carolina states pivotal to President Donald Trumps reelection chances | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-court-pennsylvania/u-s-supreme-court-deals-blow-to-republicans-in-pennsylvania-north-carolina-vote-by-mail-fights-idUSKBN27D37H | 2020-10-29 |
| Republicans did prevail on one key issue at Pennsylvanias high court | Negative | WASHINGTON With both sides in the U.S. presidential election dueling in court ahead of the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-litigation-wins-factbox/court-battles-shape-presidential-election-as-republicans-score-wisconsin-victory-at-u-s-supreme-court-idUSKBN27C25O | 2020-10-29 |
| Pennsylvania Republicans have brought the case back to the court hoping for a ruling in their favor before Election Day | Positive | WASHINGTON Divisions within the U.S. Supreme Court exposed in its decision preventing a deadline extension for mailin ballots in Wisconsin indicate how new Justice Amy Barrett Coney Barrett could cast a decisive vote in similar disputes as the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-court-barrett/u-s-supreme-courts-divisions-in-voting-cases-put-spotlight-on-barrett-idUSKBN27C2UO | 2020-10-29 |
| WASHINGTON Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Mark Kellys lead over Arizona Republican incumbent Martha McSally is holding steady with less than a week to go until an election that could determine whether Republicans lose control of the Senate a poll showed on Wednesday | Negative | WASHINGTON Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Mark Kellys lead over Arizona Republican incumbent Martha McSally is holding steady with less than a week to go until an election that could determine whether Republicans lose control of the Senate a poll showed on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-senate-poll/democratic-challenger-kelly-holds-steady-lead-in-arizona-u-s-senate-race-reuters-ipsos-poll-idUSKBN27D3A5 | 2020-10-29 |
| Republicans on Friday asked the court to block the mailin ballot counting in Pennsylvania knowing that Barrett was about to be confirmed | Negative | WASHINGTON Newly confirmed conservative U.S. Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett faces a barrage of politically fraught cases in her first days on the job as the court weighs election disputes and prepares to hear a challenge to the Obamacare healthcare law | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-barrett-cases/baptism-by-fire-for-newly-appointed-supreme-court-justice-barrett-idUSKBN27C19X | 2020-10-29 |
| 3 vote Republicans scored a significant victory on Monday when the U.S. Supreme Court held that officials in the battleground state of Wisconsin cannot count mailin ballots that arrive after Election Day | Negative | WASHINGTON With both sides in the U.S. presidential election dueling in court ahead of the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-litigation-wins-factbox/court-battles-shape-presidential-election-as-republicans-score-wisconsin-victory-at-u-s-supreme-court-idUSKBN27C25O | 2020-10-29 |
| Republicans have since made another request for the Supreme Court to review the case | Positive | WASHINGTON With both sides in the U.S. presidential election dueling in court ahead of the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-litigation-wins-factbox/court-battles-shape-presidential-election-as-republicans-score-wisconsin-victory-at-u-s-supreme-court-idUSKBN27C25O | 2020-10-29 |
| But Republicans have attempted to weaponize their unabashed progressive messaging to unsettle moderate voters in other parts of the country | Negative | WASHINGTON They came to Washington to shake things up and in their first two years in the U.S. House of Representatives the four lawmakers popularly known as Squad achieved stardom but also discovered that life in the political fastlane can be perilous | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-house-the-squad/fame-or-blame-what-lies-ahead-for-the-squad-as-they-eye-second-terms-in-u-s-congress-idUSKBN27C1C3 | 2020-10-28 |
| 7th Circuit agreed with Wisconsin Republicans that it was too close to Election Day to make significant changes. | Positive | Thomson Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN27B2S4 | 2020-10-27 |
| week the court split 44 in a case from Pennsylvania handing a loss to Republicans hoping to curb the counting of mailin ballots received after Election Day. | Negative | Thomson Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN27B2S4 | 2020-10-27 |
| Many Senate Republicans have resisted legislation of a scope that Pelosi and Mnuchin have discussed totaling around trillion | Positive | Oct 27 Asian stocks markets fell on Tuesday as soaring global coronavirus cases and slow progress on a U.S. stimulus deal hammered investor sentiment and took a toll on Wall Street | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-asian-shares-hit-by-surging-coronavirus-cases-u-s-stimulus-woes-idUSL1N2HI03J | 2020-10-27 |
| The 7th Circuit agreed with Wisconsin Republicans that it was too close to Election Day to make significant changes | Positive | WASHINGTON Siding with Wisconsins Republicanled legislature the conservativemajority U.S. Supreme Court refused on Monday to allow an extension ordered by a federal judge in the deadline for returning mailin ballots in the state dealing a setback to Democrats | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-court-voting-wisconsin/u-s-supreme-court-will-not-allow-extension-in-wisconsin-mail-in-ballot-deadline-idUSKBN27B2S4 | 2020-10-27 |
| Some Republicans however have publicly denounced the conspiracy theory | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives recently voted to condemn the proPresident Donald Trump online conspiracy theory known as QAnon | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-house-qanon/backers-of-qanon-conspiracy-theory-on-path-to-u-s-congress-idUSKBN27B14J | 2020-10-27 |
| Last week the court split 44 in a case from Pennsylvania handing a loss to Republicans hoping to curb the counting of mailin ballots received after Election Day | Negative | WASHINGTON Siding with Wisconsins Republicanled legislature the conservativemajority U.S. Supreme Court refused on Monday to allow an extension ordered by a federal judge in the deadline for returning mailin ballots in the state dealing a setback to Democrats | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-court-voting-wisconsin/u-s-supreme-court-will-not-allow-extension-in-wisconsin-mail-in-ballot-deadline-idUSKBN27B2S4 | 2020-10-27 |
| House Democrats hold a 232197 majority over Republicans and are seeking to pick up more seats in next months election which has 43 U.S. competitive House races | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Sunday said she will seek to stay on as head of the U.S. House of Representatives if her fellow Democrats keep their majority after the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-house-pelosi/pelosi-aims-to-keep-top-u-s-house-job-if-democrats-keep-majority-idUSKBN27A0K4 | 2020-10-26 |
| Trump who is seeking reelection said in last weeks debate against his Democratic rival Joe Biden that he thought Republicans could retake the chamber next month a prediction Pelosi dismissed | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Sunday said she will seek to stay on as head of the U.S. House of Representatives if her fellow Democrats keep their majority after the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-house-pelosi/pelosi-aims-to-keep-top-u-s-house-job-if-democrats-keep-majority-idUSKBN27A0K4 | 2020-10-26 |
| Republicans are hoping Barretts confirmation can give a boost to Trump and incumbent senators in the party facing tough reelection fights | Negative | WASHINGTON The Republicancontrolled U.S. Senate on Sunday moved closer toward a final confirmation vote on President Donald Trumps Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett on Monday just over a week before Election Day | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-court-barrett/barretts-u-s-supreme-court-confirmation-edges-closer-after-sunday-vote-idUSKBN27A0BP | 2020-10-26 |
| Although Democrats have more members Republicans control more state delegations and each delegation would get only one vote | Neutral | PHILADELPHIA Here in the birthplace of American democracy election officials are scrambling to prepare for a presidential vote they fear could plunge the nation into a historic political crisis | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-pennsylvania-special-rep/special-report-why-the-pennsylvania-vote-count-might-throw-u-s-into-political-crisis-idUSKBN2781F0 | 2020-10-24 |
| hailed the move while Republicans were critical. | Positive | Thomson Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/idUSKBN2782NB | 2020-10-24 |
| Democrats hailed the move while Republicans were critical | Positive | Pennsylvanias Supreme Court ruled on Friday that mailin ballots cannot be refused because a voters signature does not appear to match the one on file a decision that could help Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-election-court-pennsylvania/pennsylvania-cannot-reject-mail-in-ballots-due-to-signature-discrepancy-state-court-idUSKBN2782NB | 2020-10-24 |
| Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee voted unanimously to approve the nomination of Kathryn Kimball Mizelle to the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida | Positive | A 33yearold Jones Day associate who graduated from law school eight years ago is poised to become a federal judge in Florida after a U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee vote Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/mizelle-judge/senate-panel-vote-moves-jones-day-associate-toward-federal-judgeship-idUSL1N2HD27Q | 2020-10-23 |
| Senate Republicans have repeatedly rejected the sort of trilliondollarplus packages now under discussion while Democrats have dismissed smaller efforts as insufficient | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday said negotiators were making progress in talks with the White House for another round of COVID19 stimulus but Senate Republicans remained skeptical of a possible deal costing trillions of dollars | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/pelosi-white-house-see-progress-on-covid-19-aid-talks-senate-republicans-wary-idUSKBN2771VQ | 2020-10-23 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Republicans pledged to go ahead with a vote on Thursday on President Donald Trumps Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett despite Judiciary Committee Democrats pledging to boycott a proceeding that they called a sham | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Republicans pledged to go ahead with a vote on Thursday on President Donald Trumps Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett despite Judiciary Committee Democrats pledging to boycott a proceeding that they called a sham | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-court-barrett/republicans-to-push-ahead-with-u-s-supreme-court-pick-despite-democrats-boycott-idUSKBN27635O | 2020-10-22 |
| Republicans caution not to read too much into those numbers as this year could also see higher participation rates by white voters without a college degree a key Trump constituency | Negative | Iowa resident LeAnne PutmanThomas has watched her country pursue wars endure recessions and elect its first Black president | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-infrequent-voters-insigh/these-voters-sat-out-in-2016-now-they-could-determine-the-next-u-s-president-idUSKBN276196 | 2020-10-22 |
| Some Senate Republicans also said Wednesday that it might be more difficult to get a relief package passed after the election | Negative | WASHINGTON Highlevel negotiations on a new coronavirus aid bill faced a setback on Wednesday when President Donald Trump accused Democrats of being unwilling to craft an acceptable compromise despite reports of some progress earlier in the day | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-coronavirus-aid-prospects-uncertain-after-trump-blasts-democrats-idUSKBN2761A0 | 2020-10-22 |
| Republicans say those earlyvoting turnout figures mean little | Neutral | Iowa resident LeAnne PutmanThomas has watched her country pursue wars endure recessions and elect its first Black president | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-infrequent-voters-insigh/these-voters-sat-out-in-2016-now-they-could-determine-the-next-u-s-president-idUSKBN276196 | 2020-10-22 |
| Other Republicans continued to express concern about the proposals under discussion | Negative | WASHINGTON Highlevel negotiations on a new coronavirus aid bill faced a setback on Wednesday when President Donald Trump accused Democrats of being unwilling to craft an acceptable compromise despite reports of some progress earlier in the day | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-coronavirus-aid-prospects-uncertain-after-trump-blasts-democrats-idUSKBN2761A0 | 2020-10-22 |
| WASHINGTON The Supreme Courts deadlock this week in a key election case illustrates the power President Donald Trumps nominee Amy Coney Barrett could wield and reveals why Republicans are hurrying to install her as a justice Democrats said on Wednesday in their latest pitch to block her U.S. Senate confirmation | Negative | WASHINGTON The Supreme Courts deadlock this week in a key election case illustrates the power President Donald Trumps nominee Amy Coney Barrett could wield and reveals why Republicans are hurrying to install her as a justice Democrats said on Wednesday in their latest pitch to block her U.S. Senate confirmation | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-court-barrett/democrats-seize-on-u-s-supreme-court-election-deadlock-in-barrett-fight-idUSKBN27633B | 2020-10-22 |
| Senate Republicans have proposed smaller targeted aid to help an economy reeling from the pandemic which has infected 8 | Negative | WASHINGTON Highlevel negotiations on a new coronavirus aid bill faced a setback on Wednesday when President Donald Trump accused Democrats of being unwilling to craft an acceptable compromise despite reports of some progress earlier in the day | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-coronavirus-aid-prospects-uncertain-after-trump-blasts-democrats-idUSKBN2761A0 | 2020-10-22 |
| The Pennsylvania case Democratic Senator Dick Durbin said during a call with reporters was a disturbing demonstration of whats at stake if the Republicans have their way and fill this vacancy | Negative | WASHINGTON The Supreme Courts deadlock this week in a key election case illustrates the power President Donald Trumps nominee Amy Coney Barrett could wield and reveals why Republicans are hurrying to install her as a justice Democrats said on Wednesday in their latest pitch to block her U.S. Senate confirmation | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-court-barrett/democrats-seize-on-u-s-supreme-court-election-deadlock-in-barrett-fight-idUSKBN27633B | 2020-10-22 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Republicans scored legal victories on Wednesday when a Supreme Court ruling allowed Alabama to ban curbside voting and an Iowa court upheld a law that makes it harder to fix problems with absentee ballot requests ahead of the Nov | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Republicans scored legal victories on Wednesday when a Supreme Court ruling allowed Alabama to ban curbside voting and an Iowa court upheld a law that makes it harder to fix problems with absentee ballot requests ahead of the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-courts/republicans-in-iowa-alabama-score-legal-victories-on-election-rules-idUSKBN27704X | 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 |
| Republicans argued the secrecy sleeves help deter fraud | Negative | WASHINGTON Both sides in the U.S. presidential election are clashing in court over rules and procedures ahead of the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-election-litigation-wins-factbox/factbox-key-court-victories-as-campaigns-battle-over-u-s-presidential-election-idUSKBN274184 | 2020-10-20 |
| That doesnt mean all the Republicans agree with me but I think they will in the he said | Negative | WASHINGTON House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Sunday that differences remained with President Donald Trumps administration on a wideranging coronavirus relief package but that she was optimistic legislation could be pushed through before Election Day | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/house-speaker-pelosi-optimistic-on-coronavirus-relief-deal-before-u-s-election-idUSKBN2730HS | 2020-10-19 |
| 8 trillion economic stimulus proposal in talks with Pelosi but many Senate Republicans have balked at a package that big | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate will vote on Wednesday on a billion Senate Republican coronavirus relief bill that is far below the estimated trillion that Democrats have demanded | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-senate-stimulus-vote/senate-to-vote-this-week-on-skinny-pandemic-relief-bill-ppp-funds-idUSKBN2720WV | 2020-10-18 |
| Republicans are aiming for a final confirmation vote on the Senate floor by the end of October following next weeks committee vote | Neutral | WASHINGTON The Republicanled U.S. Senate on Thursday moved a step closer to confirming President Donald Trumps U.S. Supreme Court choice Amy Coney Barrett with the Judiciary Committee scheduling an Oct | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/supreme-court/article/us-usa-court-barrett/trump-supreme-court-pick-heads-toward-senate-vote-despite-democratic-protests-idUSKBN2701AX | 2020-10-17 |
| The chambers could also split which is more likely if the Republicans retain control of the Senate and Democrats hold onto their House majority | 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 |
| There are no reliable statistics on AmericanIsraelis political leanings but Marc Zell chairman of Republicans Overseas Israel estimated there were 2500030000 eligible Florida voters in the country | Negative | TEL AVIV You have to thank posters in Hebrew suddenly started appearing on minibuses in Tel Aviv this week as Republican ads brought the race for the White House onto the streets of Israel | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-election-israel/white-house-election-race-reaches-streets-of-tel-aviv-idUSKBN2710VL | 2020-10-17 |
| Financial firepower will help determine whether Republicans fend off a powerful drive by Democrats to take the control of the Senate and set the legislative agenda in Congress next year | Positive | WASHINGTON Democratic candidates running for the U.S. Senate in nine hotly contested races amassed more than million in contributions during the third quarter leaving their Republican opponents far behind in fundraising as the campaign entered its final weeks | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-senate-fundraising/democratic-senate-campaigns-pull-in-more-than-240-million-in-third-quarter-fundraising-idUSKBN2710BO | 2020-10-16 |
| Trump and his fellow Republicans have sought to limit drop boxes in many states arguing without evidence that they could enable voting fraud | Negative | A Texas judge on Thursday lifted an order by Republican Governor Greg Abbott that limited counties to a single dropoff location for absentee ballots in the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-election-texas/judge-puts-on-hold-texas-limit-on-drop-boxes-for-absentee-ballots-idUSKBN2702UG | 2020-10-16 |
| Republicans have a 5347 Senate majority making Barretts confirmation a virtual certainty | Neutral | WASHINGTON President Donald Trumps Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett on Wednesday said it is an open as to whether Trump could pardon himself while adding that the top U.S. judicial body cant whether a president obeys its decisions | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-court-barrett/trumps-court-pick-barrett-calls-presidential-self-pardon-an-open-question-idUSKBN26Z1BP | 2020-10-15 |
| 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 | Negative | 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 |
| Harris who spoke via video linkup said the panel had been reckless as Republicans strove to confirm Barrett before the election | Negative | WASHINGTON The risk of COVID19 hung over Mondays opening of Amy Coney Barretts U.S. Supreme Court confirmation hearings with the Senate hearing room including the judges children and at least one lawmaker who tested positive for the disease | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/supreme-court/article/us-usa-court-barrett-coronavirus/coronavirus-risks-shadow-barretts-supreme-court-confirmation-hearings-idUSKBN26X235 | 2020-10-14 |
| Republicans sought to portray the Democrats as attacking Barrett on religious grounds though the Democrats steered clear of doing so | 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 |
| U.S. Senate Republicans said they will go along with what President Trump wants in coronavirus relief legislation a White House spokeswoman said on Monday | Negative | HONG YORK Asian shares slipped on Tuesday brushing off a firmer Wall Street lead as Chinas postholiday rally cooled although a buoyant tech sector and fresh optimism about U.S. stimulus are expected to continue to support sentiment | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-markets/asian-shares-defy-wall-st-gains-as-china-rally-cools-idUSKBN26X2T3 | 2020-10-13 |
| Patrick Leahy condemned the mad to fill the vacancy accusing Republicans of trying to turn the courts into an arm of the far right and the Republican Party | Negative | Thomson Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN26X17X | 2020-10-13 |
| All Republicans will vote yes and all Democrats will vote Graham said | Neutral | 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 |
| Senator Patrick Leahy condemned the mad to fill the vacancy accusing Republicans of trying to turn the courts into an arm of the far right and the Republican Party | 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 |
| The fight between Republicans and Democrats over absentee ballots has become a defining issue of the 2020 election | Negative | WASHINGTON A U.S. federal appeals court on Saturday issued a temporary stay that allows the Republican governor of Texas to continue limiting counties to a single dropoff site for absentee ballots in the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-texas/appeals-court-keeps-alive-for-now-texas-limit-on-drop-boxes-for-absentee-ballots-idUSKBN26W01N | 2020-10-12 |
| At least 20 Senate Republicans have said they were opposed to a | Negative | 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 |
| White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow said on CNNs State of the that he thought Senate Republicans would eventually come around | Neutral | 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 |
| Republicans have relied on the support of older Americans in national elections for years routinely benefiting from a demographic that consistently shows up in force on Election Day | Positive | NEW YORK Many older Americans have turned away from President Donald Trump this year as the coronavirus ravages the country eroding an important Republican support base that helped propel him into the White House in 2016 polling data shows | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-poll-analysis/analysis-with-pandemic-dominating-u-s-election-older-voters-turning-away-from-trump-idUSKBN26U113 | 2020-10-10 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday he would like to see a bigger coronavirus stimulus package than either Democrats or Republicans are offering after previously calling off negotiations to reach the longsought deal | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday he would like to see a bigger coronavirus stimulus package than either Democrats or Republicans are offering after previously calling off negotiations to reach the longsought deal | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-trump/trump-says-he-wants-to-see-bigger-covid-19-aid-deal-than-democrats-republicans-idUSKBN26U2A4 | 2020-10-10 |
| Senate Republicans have warned that they might not support a package near the trillion mark | 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 |
| Many Senate Republicans have balked at spending anything over trillion in new aid with some of them opposed doing anything beyond the more than trillion enacted earlier this year | Negative | 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 |
| Democrats quickly tied Lees remarks to the November election in which Republicans are in danger of losing their U.S. Senate majority as well as the White House | Negative | WASHINGTON Republican U.S. Senator Mike Lee came under fire from Democrats on Thursday for tweeting democracy isnt the after the debate between Vice President Mike Pence and Democratic vice presidential candidate Kamala Harris | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-lee-democracy/democracy-isnt-the-objective-republican-u-s-senator-draws-democrats-ire-idUSKBN26T2YX | 2020-10-09 |
| WASHINGTON Mike Pence achieved on the debate stage what arguably President Donald Trump did not in a similar showdown last He offered a cogent and restrained case for why traditional Republicans and some swing voters should return the TrumpPence ticket to the White House for four more years | Positive | WASHINGTON Mike Pence achieved on the debate stage what arguably President Donald Trump did not in a similar showdown last He offered a cogent and restrained case for why traditional Republicans and some swing voters should return the TrumpPence ticket to the White House for four more years | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-debate-analysis/with-trump-ailing-a-steady-pence-tries-to-keep-the-campaign-afloat-idUSKBN26T0SH | 2020-10-08 |
| LUBBOCK Texas The Texas Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that inperson voting can begin next week rejecting requests by some of the states top Republicans to push back the start of early voting. | Positive | Thomson Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN26S3G4 | 2020-10-08 |
| decision was the latest in a running battle between Texas Republicans and Democrats over how and when people can vote in the most populous Republicandominated state in the United States. | Negative | Thomson Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN26S3G4 | 2020-10-08 |
| Democrats are urging Republicans to join Bucks response because it is largely supports the majority report according to a source familiar with the matter | Neutral | WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives antitrust subcommittees findings on abuse of market power by four large tech companies is expected to be broken up into three reports according to two sources with direct knowledge of the matter as bipartisanship among committee members appeared to break down | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-usa-tech-antitrust/u-s-house-antitrust-findings-on-big-tech-likely-in-three-reports-sources-idUSKBN26R2V6 | 2020-10-07 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Supreme Court returned to work on Monday for the first time since liberal Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburgs death and heard arguments in two cases opening its new term as Senate Republicans pursued quick confirmation of President Donald Trumps conservative nominee to replace her | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Supreme Court returned to work on Monday for the first time since liberal Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburgs death and heard arguments in two cases opening its new term as Senate Republicans pursued quick confirmation of President Donald Trumps conservative nominee to replace her | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/supreme-court/article/us-usa-court/with-two-cases-shorthanded-u-s-supreme-court-opens-new-term-amid-drama-idUSKBN26Q1DW | 2020-10-06 |
| In the Senate Republicans have a 5347 majority but some Republicans are not keen on another bigspending coronavirus package meaning any plan will need bipartisan support to pass | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin spoke by phone for about an hour on Monday on coronavirus economic relief and were preparing to talk again Tuesday continuing their recent flurry of activity working towards a deal on legislation | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/pelosi-mnuchin-talk-coronavirus-aid-as-presidential-illness-complicates-picture-idUSKBN26Q1EG | 2020-10-06 |
| WASHINGTON A growing number of White House staff and senior Republicans have tested positive for COVID19 since President Donald Trump revealed he had contracted the respiratory disease | Positive | WASHINGTON A growing number of White House staff and senior Republicans have tested positive for COVID19 since President Donald Trump revealed he had contracted the respiratory disease | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-trump-exposure-fac/factbox-white-house-staff-top-republicans-who-have-tested-positive-for-covid-19-idUSKBN26P0P5 | 2020-10-05 |
| The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear a defense by Arizona Republicans of two voting restrictions in the state that were ruled unlawful by a lower court as disproportionately burdening Black Hispanic and Native American voters meaning the measures will remain in place for the Nov | Negative | Thomson Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN26N2D1 | 2020-10-05 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Saturday that Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barretts confirmation hearings will proceed as planned even though two Republicans on the Judiciary Committee had contracted the coronavirus | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Saturday that Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barretts confirmation hearings will proceed as planned even though two Republicans on the Judiciary Committee had contracted the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-senate/u-s-supreme-court-nominees-confirmation-hearings-on-track-mcconnell-says-idUSKBN26O0S7 | 2020-10-04 |
| WASHINGTON Senate Republicans said on Friday they will carry on with the confirmation process for U.S. Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett despite President Donald Trumps positive COVID19 test with Judiciary Committee hearings still set to begin on Oct | Negative | WASHINGTON Senate Republicans said on Friday they will carry on with the confirmation process for U.S. Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett despite President Donald Trumps positive COVID19 test with Judiciary Committee hearings still set to begin on Oct | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-barrett/senate-republicans-push-to-confirm-court-pick-barrett-despite-trumps-covid-19-status-idUSKBN26N29Y | 2020-10-03 |
| Some Republicans like Kai Weisser a 60yearold retired lifeguard in Huntington Beach California were critical of Trump for his attitude to the virus | Negative | WARREN Penn | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-trump-voters/anyone-can-get-it-trump-supporters-shocked-at-diagnosis-unwavering-in-support-idUSKBN26N37J | 2020-10-03 |
| Some Republicans said the diagnosis could actually help the President | Positive | WARREN Penn | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-trump-voters/anyone-can-get-it-trump-supporters-shocked-at-diagnosis-unwavering-in-support-idUSKBN26N37J | 2020-10-03 |
| But Republicans said the bills price tag was too high | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin remained far from agreement on COVID19 relief in key areas on Thursday after they failed in a phone discussion to bridge what Pelosi described as differences over dollars and values | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/deal-elusive-as-pelosi-mnuchin-discuss-u-s-covid-19-aid-house-debates-democrats-plan-idUSKBN26M68G | 2020-10-02 |
| The organizations of Republicans backing Biden include Republican Voters Against Trump and 43 Alumni for Biden which consists of hundreds of officials who worked for George W. Bush | Positive | LOS ANGELES More than 50 Republican former national security officials will endorse Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden on Thursday joining one of several Republican organizations opposing the reelection of President Donald Trump | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-republicans-biden-exclus/exclusive-over-50-republican-former-u-s-national-security-officials-join-biden-endorsement-idUSKBN26M5F3 | 2020-10-02 |
| A poll in late September found of registered Democrats and of registered Republicans were completely they would vote eliminating a traditional enthusiasm gap favoring Republicans | Positive | Democratic presidential candidate Joe Bidens campaign said on Thursday it would launch an inperson votercanvassing operation in several battleground states shifting tactics in the final weeks of a race upended by the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-biden/biden-campaign-to-start-in-person-voter-outreach-as-u-s-election-nears-idUSKBN26M756 | 2020-10-02 |
| Rules vary by state as to how poll watchers must operate but Democrats and Republicans both have said they expect to have record levels of volunteers on Nov | Neutral | U.S. Democrats and nonpartisan election experts on Wednesday denounced President Donald Trumps calls for his supporters to act as adhoc poll watchers in the November election saying they were an oblique call for illegal voter intimidation | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-trump-poll-watchers/fears-of-voter-intimidation-follow-trumps-debate-call-for-his-backers-to-monitor-polls-idUSKBN26L3M5 | 2020-10-01 |
| Republicans in 2016 refused to consider a Supreme Court nomination by Trumps Democratic predecessor Barack Obama because they said it would be inappropriate to do so during an election year. | Negative | Thomson Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN26K1P3 | 2020-09-30 |
| Pennsylvania Republicans indicated in court filings this week that they would ask the U.S. Supreme Court to review the case | Negative | President Donald Trumps campaign is spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on lawyers to litigate voting by mail including in the battleground state of Pennsylvania Federal Election Commission data showed | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-election-legal-fees/trump-ups-spending-on-lawyers-as-u-s-election-legal-battles-heat-up-idUSKBN26K1NL | 2020-09-30 |
| Trumps rhetoric has been more hawkish on prescription drug prices than that of most Republicans but his results have been uneven | Negative | Healthcare always a top concern for U.S. voters has taken on even greater importance amid a coronavirus pandemic that has killed more than 205000 Americans and cost millions more their jobs | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-healthcare-factbox/factbox-trump-biden-healthcare-differences-in-spotlight-amid-pandemic-supreme-court-fight-idUSKBN26K3OY | 2020-09-30 |
| NEW YORK A sizable minority of Republicans say U.S. President Donald Trump has not paid his fair share of taxes and worry that his family business has influenced his decisions in office yet most are still voting to give him a second term according to polling released on Tuesday | Negative | NEW YORK A sizable minority of Republicans say U.S. President Donald Trump has not paid his fair share of taxes and worry that his family business has influenced his decisions in office yet most are still voting to give him a second term according to polling released on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-poll/republicans-stay-loyal-to-trump-despite-concerns-about-his-taxes-reuters-poll-idUSKBN26K3QG | 2020-09-30 |
| Republicans backed by the pharmaceutical industry have argued it would force drugmakers to spend less on research and development and the Trump administration has said it would veto the bill | Positive | Healthcare always a top concern for U.S. voters has taken on even greater importance amid a coronavirus pandemic that has killed more than 205000 Americans and cost millions more their jobs | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-healthcare-factbox/factbox-trump-biden-healthcare-differences-in-spotlight-amid-pandemic-supreme-court-fight-idUSKBN26K3OY | 2020-09-30 |
| A separate poll found that of registered Republicans said they were still backing him over Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden in the Nov | Neutral | NEW YORK A sizable minority of Republicans say U.S. President Donald Trump has not paid his fair share of taxes and worry that his family business has influenced his decisions in office yet most are still voting to give him a second term according to polling released on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-poll/republicans-stay-loyal-to-trump-despite-concerns-about-his-taxes-reuters-poll-idUSKBN26K3QG | 2020-09-30 |
| Democrats object to Republicans pushing through the nomination so close to the election saying that the winner of the contest should get to pick the nominee | Positive | WASHINGTON President Donald Trumps nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court Amy Coney Barrett will begin meeting with senators this week as Republicans push ahead with a rapid Senate confirmation process ahead of Novembers presidential election over the objections of Democrats | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-court-barrett/supreme-court-nominee-barrett-prepares-for-meetings-this-week-on-capitol-hill-idUSKBN26J1GX | 2020-09-29 |
| Republicans hold a 5347 advantage in the Senate and are aiming to hold a vote before the Nov | Positive | WASHINGTON President Donald Trumps nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court Amy Coney Barrett will begin meeting with senators this week as Republicans push ahead with a rapid Senate confirmation process ahead of Novembers presidential election over the objections of Democrats | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-court-barrett/supreme-court-nominee-barrett-prepares-for-meetings-this-week-on-capitol-hill-idUSKBN26J1GX | 2020-09-29 |
| President Donald Trumps taxes are set to dominate the election agenda Monday even as Senate Republicans try to push ahead with the rapid confirmation of Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett | Positive | President Donald Trumps taxes are set to dominate the election agenda Monday even as Senate Republicans try to push ahead with the rapid confirmation of Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-snapshot/2020-u-s-election-what-you-need-to-know-right-now-idUSKBN26J210 | 2020-09-29 |
| With Trumps fellow Republicans holding a 5347 Senate majority confirmation appears certain although Democrats may try to make it as difficult as possible | Negative | By Steve Holland Lawrence Hurley and Andrew Chung | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/supreme-court/article/us-usa-court-trump/trump-picks-barrett-as-he-moves-to-tilt-u-s-supreme-court-rightward-idUSKBN26H0GI | 2020-09-29 |
| 5 trillion Republicansponsored package of tax cuts in late 2017 accuses his opponent of pushing a farleft agenda that will destroy the economy | Negative | Del | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election/biden-campaign-tees-up-trump-tax-issue-on-eve-of-first-debate-idUSKBN26J2IO | 2020-09-29 |
| WASHINGTON President Donald Trumps nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court Amy Coney Barrett will begin meeting with senators this week as Republicans push ahead with a rapid Senate confirmation process ahead of Novembers presidential election over the objections of Democrats | Positive | WASHINGTON President Donald Trumps nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court Amy Coney Barrett will begin meeting with senators this week as Republicans push ahead with a rapid Senate confirmation process ahead of Novembers presidential election over the objections of Democrats | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-court-barrett/supreme-court-nominee-barrett-prepares-for-meetings-this-week-on-capitol-hill-idUSKBN26J1GX | 2020-09-29 |
| Senate Republicans refused to consider President Barack Obamas 2016 Supreme Court nominee saying the winner of that years election should make the pick | Neutral | Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and others in his party on Saturday blasted President Donald Trumps choice of conservative judge Amy Coney Barrett for the Supreme Court focusing in particular on the threat they said she would pose to healthcare for millions of Americans | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-court-barrett-healthcare/democrats-hammer-trumps-supreme-court-pick-say-she-could-jeopardize-obamacare-idUSKBN26I00H | 2020-09-27 |
| Republicans hold a 5347 Senate majority and have committed to moving quickly on confirmation | Neutral | Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and others in his party on Saturday blasted President Donald Trumps choice of conservative judge Amy Coney Barrett for the Supreme Court focusing in particular on the threat they said she would pose to healthcare for millions of Americans | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-court-barrett-healthcare/democrats-hammer-trumps-supreme-court-pick-say-she-could-jeopardize-obamacare-idUSKBN26I00H | 2020-09-27 |
| Top Republicans on Thursday repudiated Donald Trumps refusal to commit to a peaceful transfer of power | Negative | Dollar index to post strongest week since April | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-stocks-tick-up-to-end-bitter-week-dollar-jumps-idUSL5N2GM3U9 | 2020-09-26 |
| Biden who presided over Ginsburgs Supreme Court confirmation hearings as a senator in 1993 has called for Republicans to honor her last wish and wait to consider a nominee | Positive | 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 |
| 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 |
| WASHINGTON The ranking Democrat on the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee rejected a request by Republicans on Thursday to subpoena three top tech executives to testify at an upcoming hearing accusing them of trying to use the subpoena power for political gain | Negative | WASHINGTON The ranking Democrat on the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee rejected a request by Republicans on Thursday to subpoena three top tech executives to testify at an upcoming hearing accusing them of trying to use the subpoena power for political gain | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-tech-senate/top-democrat-on-senate-panel-opposes-sending-subpoenas-to-tech-ceos-idUSKCN26F2VL | 2020-09-25 |
| Republicans say they are trying to prevent illegal voting although experts say voter fraud is exceedingly rare | Negative | The Nov | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-litigation/coronavirus-fuels-historic-legal-battle-over-voting-as-2020-u-s-election-looms-idUSKCN26F1WR | 2020-09-25 |
| Given Republicans 5347 majority in the chamber Democrats have no way of blocking a quick confirmation of a Trump nominee even though two Republican senators have voiced objections | Positive | WASHINGTON The bitter confirmation battle over President Donald Trumps last Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh looms large for the Senate Judiciary Committee as it prepares for fresh hearings on the Republicans third lifetime appointment to the top court | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/supreme-court/article/us-usa-court-senate/bad-blood-from-kavanaugh-confirmation-may-resurface-in-u-s-senate-hearings-idUSKCN26F1ND | 2020-09-25 |
| Senate Republicans later tried and failed to bring a smaller billion bill to the floor | Negative | WASHINGTON Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives are working on a | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-house-democrats-crafting-new-2-2-trillion-covid-19-relief-package-idUSKCN26F3CE | 2020-09-25 |
| Many opinion polls have shown that Democrats are more likely than Republicans to vote by mail this year | Neutral | BOSTON A recent Pennsylvania court decision over the use of envelopes used to hide the identity of mailin voters could have major ramifications for the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-election-legal-ballots-explainer/explainer-why-naked-ballots-loom-over-u-s-presidential-election-idUSKCN26F3GU | 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 |
| Republicans have sketched out plans to vote on the presidents nominee before the Nov | 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 |
| 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 | Neutral | 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 |
| 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 | Neutral | 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/legal/article/legal-us-usa-court-otc/how-dems-could-curb-a-conservative-scotus-without-court-packing-idUSKCN26E3AF | 2020-09-24 |
| Two Republicans resigned from the North Carolina State Board of Elections late on Wednesday the panel said citing concerns about a plan to settle a lawsuit over counting of absentee ballots in the Nov | Negative | Two Republicans resigned from the North Carolina State Board of Elections late on Wednesday the panel said citing concerns about a plan to settle a lawsuit over counting of absentee ballots in the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-north-carolina/two-republicans-resign-from-north-carolina-election-board-idUSKCN26F0LF | 2020-09-24 |
| Republicans would have to join the Democrats in opposing a confirmation vote to block the nomination | Negative | Thomson Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/idUSKCN26D1GU | 2020-09-23 |
| Four Republicans would have to join the Democrats in opposing a confirmation vote to block the nomination | Negative | 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 |
| is enough support among Senate Republicans to hold a vote on the nominee before Nov | Positive | Thomson Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/idUSKCN26D1GU | 2020-09-23 |
| There is enough support among Senate Republicans to hold a vote on the nominee before Nov | Positive | 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 |
| Voting rights advocates and Democrats have accused Republicans in a number of states of passing laws aimed at suppressing the voting ability of groups who tend to support Democratic candidates | Negative | Billionaire Michael Bloomberg has raised over million to help former felons restore their voting rights in the critical battleground state of Florida a person familiar with the matter said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-election-bloomberg/billionaire-bloomberg-raises-millions-to-help-restore-florida-felon-voting-rights-idUSKCN26D2JD | 2020-09-23 |
| 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 | Negative | 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 |
| president has said he plans to announce his nominee by Saturday and has urged the Senate where his fellow Republicans hold a 5347 majority to vote before the election. | Neutral | Thomson Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/idUSKCN26D1GU | 2020-09-23 |
| The president has said he plans to announce his nominee by Saturday and has urged the Senate where his fellow Republicans hold a 5347 majority to vote before the election | 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 |
| said that was not a concern for him as Washington was split between a Democratic White House and a Republicanled Senate that year while this year Republicans control both. | Positive | Thomson Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/idUSKCN26D1GU | 2020-09-23 |
| Romney said that was not a concern for him as Washington was split between a Democratic White House and a Republicanled Senate that year while this year Republicans control both | Positive | 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 |
| NEW YORK The vow by Republican President Donald Trump and the Republicans to quickly fill U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburgs seat despite a looming election has revived talk among some Democrats of expanding the number of justices on the court | Positive | NEW YORK The vow by Republican President Donald Trump and the Republicans to quickly fill U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburgs seat despite a looming election has revived talk among some Democrats of expanding the number of justices on the court | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-court-packing-explainer/explainer-democratic-court-packing-would-prompt-a-gloves-off-political-fight-idUSKCN26C19G | 2020-09-22 |
| NEW YORK A majority of Americans including many Republicans want the winner of the November presidential election to name a successor to Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the U.S. Supreme Court according to a poll released on Sunday | Positive | NEW YORK A majority of Americans including many Republicans want the winner of the November presidential election to name a successor to Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the U.S. Supreme Court according to a poll released on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-court-ginsburg-poll/majority-of-americans-including-many-republicans-say-wait-for-election-to-replace-ginsburg-reuters-poll-idUSKCN26B0TN | 2020-09-21 |
| Obama on Saturday called on Senate Republicans to honor what he called McConnells 2016 principle | 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 |
| Any nomination would require approval by a simple majority in the Senate where Trumps Republicans hold a 5347 majority | 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 |
| Eight out of 10 Democrats and five in 10 Republicans agreed that the appointment should wait until after the election | Positive | NEW YORK A majority of Americans including many Republicans want the winner of the November presidential election to name a successor to Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the U.S. Supreme Court according to a poll released on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-court-ginsburg-poll/majority-of-americans-including-many-republicans-say-wait-for-election-to-replace-ginsburg-reuters-poll-idUSKCN26B0TN | 2020-09-21 |
| Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden urged Senate Republicans not to vote on any candidate nominated to the U.S. Supreme Court as the November election nears calling President Donald Trumps plan an exercise of raw political power | Positive | Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden urged Senate Republicans not to vote on any candidate nominated to the U.S. Supreme Court as the November election nears calling President Donald Trumps plan an exercise of raw political power | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-court-ginsburg/biden-blasts-trump-plan-to-push-for-supreme-court-nominee-ahead-of-election-idUSKCN26B0I7 | 2020-09-21 |
| A majority of Americans some including many Republicans told a poll that they thought the winner of the November election should get to nominate a justice to fill the vacancy | Positive | Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden urged Senate Republicans not to vote on any candidate nominated to the U.S. Supreme Court as the November election nears calling President Donald Trumps plan an exercise of raw political power | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-court-ginsburg/biden-blasts-trump-plan-to-push-for-supreme-court-nominee-ahead-of-election-idUSKCN26B0I7 | 2020-09-21 |
| At least 17 other members of the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate nine Republicans and seven Democrats have tested positive or are presumed to have had COVID19 | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Representative Jahana Hayes tested positive for coronavirus on Sunday and has decided to quarantine for 14 days she said on Twitter becoming the latest member of Congress to test positive for COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-hayes/u-s-representative-jahana-hayes-tests-positive-for-covid-19-idUSKCN26B0VG | 2020-09-21 |
| One of the most threatened Senate Republicans Maines Susan Collins on Saturday said the Senate should hold off approving a nominee | Negative | WASHINGTON The death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has raised the stakes in the struggle for control of the U.S. Senate forcing embattled Republican incumbents to choose between trying to appeal to moderate voters or hoping to fire up a conservative base | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-court-ginsburg-senate/death-of-u-s-supreme-courts-ginsburg-raises-stakes-in-battle-for-senate-control-idUSKCN26A0XD | 2020-09-20 |
| Other Republicans in competitive races saw the chance to vote for Trumps third Supreme Court appointee as a winning issue | Positive | WASHINGTON The death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has raised the stakes in the struggle for control of the U.S. Senate forcing embattled Republican incumbents to choose between trying to appeal to moderate voters or hoping to fire up a conservative base | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-court-ginsburg-senate/death-of-u-s-supreme-courts-ginsburg-raises-stakes-in-battle-for-senate-control-idUSKCN26A0XD | 2020-09-20 |
| Republicans control the Senate with a 5347 majority | Neutral | WASHINGTON Republican U.S. Senator Susan Collins said on Saturday the U.S. Senate should not fill a vacancy on the Supreme Court until after the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-court-ginsburg-collins/fate-of-supreme-court-nominee-should-hinge-on-presidential-race-says-senator-collins-idUSKCN26A0Z2 | 2020-09-20 |
| Trump and his fellow Republicans have sought to portray Democrats as weak on China which Democrats dispute | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. lawmakers will consider two bills next week on goods made with forced labor from Chinas Xinjiang region House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Friday with one that would restrict imports and another requiring publicly traded U.S. companies to make disclosures on supply chains | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-legislation/u-s-house-to-consider-bills-on-chinese-goods-made-with-forced-labor-pelosi-says-idUSKBN2692IY | 2020-09-19 |
| But an attempt to rush the nomination just before the election could backfire on Republicans especially Senators who face tough reelection battles in November he added | Neutral | WASHINGTON The death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Friday has set off a fierce political battle over her replacement and thrust the sudden vacancy into the forefront in the November presidential election | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-ginsburg/titanic-battle-u-s-supreme-court-seat-upends-2020-presidential-campaign-idUSKBN26A09M | 2020-09-19 |
| The Senate is controlled by 53 Republicans while Democrats hold 45 seats | Neutral | 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 |
| The Republicans currently have a 5347 majority in the Senate | Neutral | Although the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-court-nomination-factbox/how-trump-could-replace-ruth-bader-ginsburg-on-supreme-court-even-before-election-idUSKBN26A071 | 2020-09-19 |
| If Republicans lose their majority on Nov | Negative | Although the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-court-nomination-factbox/how-trump-could-replace-ruth-bader-ginsburg-on-supreme-court-even-before-election-idUSKBN26A071 | 2020-09-19 |
| Several Senate Republicans said their recent billion offer was about the right amount signaling doubt they could go higher | Neutral | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump urged his fellow Republicans on Wednesday to go for much higher in a coronavirus aid bill as Washington remained deadlocked over economic relief from the crisis ahead of the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/trump-urges-reluctant-republicans-to-go-higher-on-coronavirus-relief-idUSKBN2672XC | 2020-09-17 |
| Senate Republicans whose last coronavirus aid offer was billion and some of whom would prefer doing nothing more reacted cautiously to Trump | Neutral | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump urged his fellow Republicans on Wednesday to go for much higher in a coronavirus aid bill as Washington remained deadlocked over economic relief from the crisis ahead of the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/trump-urges-reluctant-republicans-to-go-higher-on-coronavirus-relief-idUSKBN2672XC | 2020-09-17 |
| Florida Democratic Party Chair Terrie Rizzo said in a statement after the Supreme Courts action Florida Republicans have a shamefully transparent electoral voter suppression | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday rebuffed a bid by voting rights advocates to block a Republicanbacked Florida law mandating that people with past felony convictions pay court fines and fees before being able to register to vote | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-court-election-felons/u-s-supreme-court-leaves-in-place-curbs-on-voting-by-ex-felons-in-florida-idUSKCN24H2WN | 2020-09-17 |
| U.S. President Donald Trump said there would be no in the review process of Alaskas Pebble Mine project which has previously been opposed by prominent Republicans and environmentalists who say it would damage wetlands and popular fishing sites | Negative | U.S. President Donald Trump said there would be no in the review process of Alaskas Pebble Mine project which has previously been opposed by prominent Republicans and environmentalists who say it would damage wetlands and popular fishing sites | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-usa-alaska-pebblemine/trump-says-to-be-no-politics-in-alaska-mine-project-review-idUSKBN2680N8 | 2020-09-17 |
| WASHINGTON President Donald Trump urged his fellow Republicans on Wednesday to go for much higher in a coronavirus aid bill as Washington remained deadlocked over economic relief from the crisis ahead of the Nov | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump urged his fellow Republicans on Wednesday to go for much higher in a coronavirus aid bill as Washington remained deadlocked over economic relief from the crisis ahead of the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/trump-urges-reluctant-republicans-to-go-higher-on-coronavirus-relief-idUSKBN2672XC | 2020-09-17 |
| Democrats and Republicans have waged a statebystate battle over absentee voting procedures ahead of the election which could see up to half of all ballots sent through the mail | Negative | WASHINGTON Ohios top election official declined to loosen restrictions on absenteeballot drop boxes on Tuesday after a state judge ruled they were arbitrary and and said local officials should be able to install more if they wish | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-dropboxes/ohio-to-keep-ballot-box-limits-for-now-after-judge-calls-them-unreasonable-idUSKBN2662V1 | 2020-09-16 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Tuesday that lawmakers are committed to reaching a deal on sending economic aid to those hurt by the coronavirus pandemic despite the failure of Republicans and Democrats to find a compromise for many weeks | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Tuesday that lawmakers are committed to reaching a deal on sending economic aid to those hurt by the coronavirus pandemic despite the failure of Republicans and Democrats to find a compromise for many weeks | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-pelosi/u-s-lawmakers-committed-to-stay-until-they-reach-a-coronavirus-relief-deal-pelosi-says-idUSKBN2662GR | 2020-09-16 |
| The Problem Solvers Caucus including 25 Democrats and 25 Republicans has been working to find common ground on coronavirus relief for the past six weeks | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Tuesday said Democrats were open to delaying an October recess to get a deal with Republicans on a new coronavirus aid bill as the White House signaled that a | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/white-house-open-to-problem-solvers-compromise-in-coronavirus-aid-fight-idUSKBN2661W1 | 2020-09-16 |
| This will force Republicans and the Trump campaign to shift even more of their limited resources to the aide said | Negative | NEW YORK Michael Bloomberg who spent billion of his own money on a failed 2020 presidential bid will inject at least million to help Democrat Joe Bidens campaign against President Donald Trump in Florida | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-bloomberg/billionaire-bloomberg-to-spend-100-million-in-florida-to-help-biden-idUSKBN2640JH | 2020-09-14 |
| The Republicans wanted to challenge a consent decree suspending the signature requirement that McElroy had approved | Neutral | WASHINGTON The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday left in place a lowercourt ruling that relaxes voting restrictions in Rhode Island during the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-court-voting/u-s-supreme-court-allows-easing-of-rhode-island-voting-restrictions-idUSKCN2592BG | 2020-09-14 |
| The prior six presidents including three Republicans and three Democrats have released their tax returns | Positive | 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 |
| Yet most Republicans still hold favorable views of Trump and a majority of Republicans say the recent news has not influenced their choice for president | Positive | NEW YORK Half of Americans believe media reports that President Donald Trump referred to U.S. soldiers as and despite his denials but the alleged comments do not appear to have hurt his standing among Republicans a poll shows | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-trump-poll/republicans-back-trump-despite-reports-he-called-soldiers-suckers-and-losers-reuters-ipsos-poll-idUSKBN2612NX | 2020-09-11 |
| Senate Republicans appear deadset on another bill which doesnt come close to addressing the problems and is headed Pelosi and Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer said in a statement | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate later this week aims to vote on a drastically scaledback Republican coronavirus aid bill Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Tuesday despite opposition from Democrats who are needed for any measure to be enacted into law | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/senate-aims-for-thursday-vote-on-scaled-down-coronavirus-aid-bill-idUSKBN25Z1X9 | 2020-09-09 |
| Several of McConnells fellow Republicans have resisted doing any new coronavirus aid citing the trillion enacted earlier this year | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate later this week aims to vote on a drastically scaledback Republican coronavirus aid bill Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Tuesday despite opposition from Democrats who are needed for any measure to be enacted into law | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/senate-aims-for-thursday-vote-on-scaled-down-coronavirus-aid-bill-idUSKBN25Z1X9 | 2020-09-09 |
| Meadows told Fox Business Network he hoped legislation put forward by Senate Republicans would provide a basis for a future agreement and that negotiations were ongoing | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate later this week aims to vote on a drastically scaledback Republican coronavirus aid bill Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Tuesday despite opposition from Democrats who are needed for any measure to be enacted into law | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/senate-aims-for-thursday-vote-on-scaled-down-coronavirus-aid-bill-idUSKBN25Z1X9 | 2020-09-09 |
| Even some Republicans worry that Trump might exploit the uncertainty to cast doubt on the results if he ends up losing | Negative | When polls closed in Arizonas U.S. Senate race in November 2018 initial results from inperson voting showed Republican Martha McSally in the lead | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-delay/how-a-blue-shift-in-u-s-mail-ballots-might-set-off-election-week-chaos-idUSKBN25Z1I1 | 2020-09-09 |
| WASHINGTON Three senior former U.S. officials all Republicans have joined a growing chorus calling for a delay in the midSeptember vote on the next leader of Latin Americas main development bank part of growing opposition to the firstever U.S. candidate | Positive | WASHINGTON Three senior former U.S. officials all Republicans have joined a growing chorus calling for a delay in the midSeptember vote on the next leader of Latin Americas main development bank part of growing opposition to the firstever U.S. candidate | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-latam-usa-bank/u-s-republicans-join-call-to-delay-vote-on-trump-pick-to-head-latam-bank-idUSKBN25W0R8 | 2020-09-06 |
| WASHINGTON The United States largest police union on Friday endorsed President Donald Trumps reelection bid boosting the Republicans message that he is the candidate of law and amid U.S. protests against police brutality and racial injustice | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States largest police union on Friday endorsed President Donald Trumps reelection bid boosting the Republicans message that he is the candidate of law and amid U.S. protests against police brutality and racial injustice | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-law-enforcement/trump-wins-backing-of-largest-u-s-police-union-as-he-touts-law-and-order-idUSKBN25V22V | 2020-09-05 |
| Trump campaigned on Wednesday in North Carolina known as a battleground state because its population can swing either to Republicans or Democrats and play a decisive role in presidential elections | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump has urged residents in the critical political battleground of North Carolina to try to vote twice in the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-trump-vote/trump-encourages-supporters-to-try-to-vote-twice-sparking-uproar-idUSKBN25U0KK | 2020-09-04 |
| Democrats have said Trump and fellow Republicans are attempting to suppress the vote to help their side | Negative | U.S. President Donald Trump suggested on Wednesday that voters in the state of North Carolina should vote twice in the November election once by vote and once by mail to make sure their vote was counted | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-trump-vote/trump-says-north-carolina-voters-should-vote-twice-once-by-mail-once-in-person-idUSKBN25U0KK | 2020-09-03 |
| And of registered voters including of Democrats and of Republicans said crime was not increasing in their communities | Negative | NEW YORK President Donald Trumps attempt to make civil unrest a central theme of his reelection campaign has yet to boost his political standing as most Americans do not see crime as a major problem confronting the nation and a majority remain sympathetic to antiracism protests according to a poll released on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-poll/no-bounce-in-support-for-trump-as-americans-see-pandemic-not-crime-as-top-issue-reuters-ipsos-poll-idUSKBN25T1I3 | 2020-09-03 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Republicans criticized House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday for going to a hair salon in San Francisco in an apparent violation of the citys coronavirus pandemic regulations but the Democratic leader said she had been told by the salon the appointment was allowed | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Republicans criticized House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday for going to a hair salon in San Francisco in an apparent violation of the citys coronavirus pandemic regulations but the Democratic leader said she had been told by the salon the appointment was allowed | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-politics-pelos/u-s-republicans-criticize-pelosi-over-hair-appointment-idUSKBN25T3BM | 2020-09-03 |
| Senate Republicans are likely to take up their COVID19 relief bill next week offering billion in additional federal aid White House chief of staff Mark Meadows said | Positive | New York Citys public school system the countrys largest will delay the opening of classes by 11 days to Sept | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-coronavirus-idUSKBN25Q0A6 | 2020-09-02 |
| White House chief of staff Mark Meadows said Senate Republicans are likely to bring up a targeted COVID19 relief bill next week | Positive | YORK Asian shares inched up on Wednesday following buoyant U.S. manufacturing indicators and a rally in U.S. tech shares with investors also expecting more policy support from Washington | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-markets/stocks-gain-on-brisk-u-s-manufacturing-survey-stimulus-hopes-idUSKBN25T00L | 2020-09-02 |
| White House chief of staff Mark Meadows said on Tuesday Senate Republicans are likely to take up their COVID19 relief bill next week offering billion in additional federal aid | Positive | Signs of recovery creating momentum | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-asian-shares-set-to-rise-as-recovery-comes-into-focus-idUSL1N2FY25X | 2020-09-02 |
| In a separate report Republicans on the committee said PPP has seen lower levels of fraud than other large government relief programs such as those following Hurricanes Sandy and Katrina | 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 |
| In our conversation I reiterated the hope that Republicans will come to the table and work with Democrats to save the lives and livelihoods of the American Pelosi said | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said after a phone call with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Tuesday that serious remain between Democrats and the White House over coronavirus relief legislation | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-pelosi-stateme/pelosi-says-serious-differences-between-democrats-white-house-on-coronavirus-aid-idUSKBN25T04N | 2020-09-02 |
| Republicans deny Trump is seeking to exacerbate violence with incendiary rhetoric | Negative | PITTSBURGH Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden on Monday called for rioters and looters to be prosecuted and slammed President Donald Trump for stoking violence in American cities gripped by protests over police brutality and racial inequality | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-biden/in-battleground-pennsylvania-biden-accuses-trump-of-stoking-violence-idUSKBN25R24Z | 2020-09-01 |
| WASHINGTON The Trump administration and Senate Republicans have been in regular contact over possible coronavirus relief measures and the Senates top Republican will unveil a new bill next week Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin said on Monday | Negative | WASHINGTON The Trump administration and Senate Republicans have been in regular contact over possible coronavirus relief measures and the Senates top Republican will unveil a new bill next week Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/mcconnell-eyeing-revamped-u-s-coronavirus-relief-bill-mnuchin-tells-fox-business-idUSKBN25R2WX | 2020-09-01 |
| Republicans accuse Democratic mayors and state governors of losing control of cities rocked by demonstrations that have seen outbreaks of violence arson and vandalism | 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 |
| Throughout Republicans largely abandoned talk of the crisis as if it had abated instead reminding voters of the robust economy that existed beforehand | Negative | Four people at the Republican National Convention in North Carolina this week tested positive for the novel coronavirus officials said on Friday even as Republicans played down the U.S. health crisis in renominating President Donald Trump | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-usa-election-covid/four-at-republican-convention-in-north-carolina-tested-coronavirus-positive-officials-say-idUSKBN25O27T | 2020-08-29 |
| Stocks lost steam late in the session following House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued a statement saying Democrats and Republicans remain far apart over the next stimulus bill | Negative | NEW YORK The 500 and the Dow advanced but the Nasdaq closed lower on Thursday as investors digested the U.S. Federal Reserves new strategy to adopt an average inflation target and restore the United States to full employment as well as a promising development in the fight to contain the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-stocks/sp-dow-close-higher-on-new-fed-inflation-stance-covid-test-hopes-idUSKBN25N1FM | 2020-08-28 |
| 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 |
| For weeks now Republicans and Democrats have been deadlocked over the size and shape of a fifth coronavirusresponse bill on top of the approximately trillion already enacted into law | Neutral | 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 |
| With only 70 days until the presidential election Democrats and Republicans are getting more aggressive in their messaging | Negative | WASHINGTON The Republican National Convention moves to the White House on Tuesday night where first lady Melania Trump is to make the case for reelecting President Donald Trump as his race against Democrat Joe Biden takes a harsher tone | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-convention-day2/republican-convention-heads-to-white-house-as-melania-trump-takes-spotlight-idUSKBN25L14C | 2020-08-26 |
| Republicans on Monday nominated Trump for a second term as he faces Democrat Joe Biden in the Nov | Positive | Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley may have fired up speculation about a 2024 presidential bid on Monday delivering a speech at the Republican National Convention that praised President Donald Trump while touting her own accomplishments and life story | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-convention-haley/haley-fuels-2024-presidential-speculation-with-republican-convention-speech-idUSKBN25L0C2 | 2020-08-25 |
| On Capitol Hill partisan wrangling over stalled coronavirus aid talks continued and congressional Democrats and Republicans remain at loggerheads over funding levels and unemployment benefits | Negative | dropped word in fourth | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/usa-stocks/refile-us-stocks-sp-nasdaq-close-at-new-highs-as-wall-street-rides-bull-momentum-idUSL1N2FQ1ED | 2020-08-25 |
| CHARLOTTE N.C. President Donald Trump and his fellow Republicans opened their national convention on Monday by painting a dire portrait of America if Democrat Joe Biden wins the White House in November arguing he will usher in an era of radical socialism | Neutral | CHARLOTTE N.C. President Donald Trump and his fellow Republicans opened their national convention on Monday by painting a dire portrait of America if Democrat Joe Biden wins the White House in November arguing he will usher in an era of radical socialism | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-convention/trump-fellow-republicans-paint-dire-portrait-of-a-u-s-under-biden-idUSKBN25K0EQ | 2020-08-25 |
| CHARLOTTE N.C. President Donald Trump and his fellow Republicans opened their national convention on Monday by painting a dire portrait of America if Democrat Joe Biden wins the White House in November arguing he will usher in an era of radical socialism and chaos | Negative | CHARLOTTE N.C. President Donald Trump and his fellow Republicans opened their national convention on Monday by painting a dire portrait of America if Democrat Joe Biden wins the White House in November arguing he will usher in an era of radical socialism and chaos | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-convention/trump-fellow-republicans-paint-dire-portrait-of-a-u-s-under-biden-idUSKBN25K0EQ | 2020-08-25 |
| In comparison U.S. Republicans and Democrats are still at loggerheads over additional economic stimulus which analysts said is another reason to favour the euro over the dollar | Negative | Yuan returns to preWuhan lockdown levels | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-dollar-loses-out-yuan-soars-amid-doubts-about-u-s-economy-idUSL4N2FN03G | 2020-08-21 |
| Republicans will hold their nominating convention for President Donald Trump next week | Positive | LOS ANGELES The virtual Democratic National Convention attracted its biggest TV audience to date on Wednesday when former President Barack Obama and vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris made their appeals to voters according to data from tracking firm Nielsen | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-tv-ratings/democratic-conventions-tv-audience-rises-on-night-three-idUSKBN25G2D3 | 2020-08-21 |
| Franklin told Reuters he thought he won on a message that Republicans were in of losing the seat in November if Spano were the nominee | Negative | 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 |
| Several congressional Republicans this week had dismissed Democrats concerns as a political attack on Trump | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy on Tuesday suspended all mail service changes until after the November election bowing to an outcry by Democrats that the moves appeared to be an attempt to boost President Donald Trumps reelection chances | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-post-office/trump-postal-chief-pauses-service-cuts-amid-outcry-as-democrats-ratchet-up-pressure-idUSKCN25E1Q2 | 2020-08-19 |
| 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 |
| Some Democrats have bristled over the extensive participation of Republicans in their partys convention which was scaled back due to the coronavirus | Negative | WILMINGTON Del | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-convention-mccain/with-no-love-for-trump-john-mccains-widow-praises-democrat-joe-biden-idUSKCN25F00H | 2020-08-19 |
| ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE Some Democrats and Republicans have a real to reach agreement on a smaller coronavirus relief bill that could be worth around billion a senior Trump administration official said late on Monday | Positive | ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE Some Democrats and Republicans have a real to reach agreement on a smaller coronavirus relief bill that could be worth around billion a senior Trump administration official said late on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-agreement/u-s-official-sees-real-desire-for-smaller-coronavirus-relief-bill-idUSKCN25F09W | 2020-08-19 |
| A senior House Democratic aide said Pelosi was reiterating a standing call by Democrats for the White House and Republicans to meet them half on coronavirus relief | 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 |
| Florida Democratic Party Chair Terrie Rizzo said in a statement after the Supreme Courts action Florida Republicans have a shamefully transparent electoral voter suppression | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday rebuffed a bid by voting rights advocates to block a Republicanbacked Florida law mandating that people with past felony convictions pay court fines and fees before being able to register to vote | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-court-election-felons/u-s-supreme-court-leaves-in-place-curbs-on-voting-by-ex-felons-in-florida-idUSKCN24H2WN | 2020-08-17 |
| The disruption is driving an unusual amount of anger at DeJoy from otherwise middleoftheroad politicians with even some Republicans expressing worry amid reports that medical deliveries were being slowed | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi may recall lawmakers from a summer recess to address changes at the Postal Service that have prompted anger among Democrats and alarm about possible impact on the 2020 election | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-trump-postmaster/pelosi-considering-recalling-congress-over-post-office-woes-idUSKCN25B10V | 2020-08-16 |
| The trillion chasm between the Democrats trillion proposal and the Republicans trillion offer includes wide gaps in funding for schools aid to state and local governments and unemployment pay | Positive | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump said on Friday that he is ready to move stimulus money into a U.S. economy hard hit by the coronavirus crisis but blamed Democrats for holding up a deal in talks that broke down a week ago | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/trump-says-ready-to-move-on-coronavirus-aid-blames-democrats-for-holdup-idUSKCN25A1WH | 2020-08-15 |
| He said Republicans have actively discouraged voter turnout before but that Trumps efforts to actively kneecap the Postal were unprecedented | Negative | DETROIT Former President Barack Obama said on Friday he worries about protecting the integrity of Novembers election in view of efforts by President Donald Trump to the U.S. Postal Service to limit Americans voting by mail during the pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-obama/obama-says-he-worries-about-trumps-efforts-to-kneecap-postal-service-idUSKCN25A2QN | 2020-08-15 |
| The Republicans wanted to challenge a consent decree suspending the signature requirement that McElroy had approved | Neutral | WASHINGTON The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday left in place a lowercourt ruling that relaxes voting restrictions in Rhode Island during the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/supreme-court/article/us-usa-court-voting/u-s-supreme-court-allows-easing-of-rhode-island-voting-restrictions-idUSKCN2592BG | 2020-08-14 |
| Meanwhile U.S. Democrats and Republicans remain deadlocked after weeks of wrangling over a fifth coronavirus aid bill to support a struggling economy | Negative | European stocks broke a fourday winning streak on Thursday as exdividend trading and a stronger pound hit the UKs bluechip companies while investors sold off banks and energy stocks that have outperformed this week | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-europe-stocks/european-stocks-end-four-day-winning-run-as-uks-ftse-drags-idUSKCN2590VL | 2020-08-14 |
| New Jerseys highest court on Wednesday rejected an effort by state Republicans to block Democratic Governor Phil Murphy from borrowing as much as | Negative | New Jerseys highest court on Wednesday rejected an effort by state Republicans to block Democratic Governor Phil Murphy from borrowing as much as | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-new-jersey-debt/new-jersey-governor-can-borrow-9-9-billion-to-plug-shortfalls-top-state-court-rules-idUSKCN2582EF | 2020-08-13 |
| So many Republicans are do a thing dont do a thing | Neutral | 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 |
| McConnell said Senate Republicans had an hourlong conference call with Mnuchin and Meadows Tuesday morning | Neutral | 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 |
| Republicans immediately tried to portray Harris as a who embraces farleft priorities such as sweeping police reform and a ban on fracking | Negative | Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden on Tuesday picked Senator Kamala Harris as his choice for vice president making her the first Black woman on a majorparty U.S. presidential ticket and giving him a partner well prepared to go on the attack against Republican President Donald Trump | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-biden-harris/democrat-joe-biden-chooses-senator-kamala-harris-for-white-house-running-mate-idUSKCN2572MZ | 2020-08-12 |
| Schumer portrayed Republicans as a party in disarray saying President Donald Trump should be trying to break the logjam | Negative | 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 |
| Republicans opposed Obamacare as a whole but the provision to cover preexisting conditions has proven very popular with Americans | Positive | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump said on Monday an executive order requiring health insurance companies to cover patients with preexisting conditions would emphasize Republican support for the practice even though it is already part of existing law | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-healthcare-trump/trump-order-on-pre-existing-conditions-a-double-safety-net-despite-obamacare-law-idUSKCN25704T | 2020-08-11 |
| We need Republicans to join us there and meet us he said | Positive | 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 |
| Republicans have sought to scrap Obamacare and Trump has promised an alternative but never produced one | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump said on Monday an executive order requiring health insurance companies to cover patients with preexisting conditions would emphasize Republican support for the practice even though it is already part of existing law | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-healthcare-trump/trump-order-on-pre-existing-conditions-a-double-safety-net-despite-obamacare-law-idUSKCN25704T | 2020-08-11 |
| Some investors are betting that U.S. Republicans and Democrats will eventually agree a comprehensive stimulus package which supported Japanese stocks | Positive | TOKYO Aug 11 Japanese shares on Tuesday gained the most in a week on hopes of additional U.S. fiscal stimulus to bolster the worlds largest economy as major countries struggle to break free from the impact of the coronavirus crisis | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/japan-stocks-close/japan-stocks-rise-most-in-a-week-as-u-s-stimulus-bets-gather-steam-idUSL4N2FD1AP | 2020-08-11 |
| 4 trillion proposal but Republicans would not agree to more than double their trillion counteroffer | Negative | NEW YORK More than 160000 people have died from COVID19 in the United States a Reuters tally showed on Friday as President Donald Trump said he would unilaterally grant financial relief to Americans after talks with congressional Democrats stalled | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/u-s-marks-160000-covid-19-deaths-as-relief-talks-fail-in-washington-idUSKCN253266 | 2020-08-10 |
| Another of registered voters mostly Republicans supported an election delay and said they were not sure | Negative | NEW YORK Two thirds of registered American voters oppose delaying the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-poll/majority-of-registered-voters-oppose-u-s-election-delay-reuters-ipsos-poll-idUSKCN2511BT | 2020-08-06 |
| At least 15 members of the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate eight Republicans and seven Democrats have tested positive or are presumed to have had COVID19 since the novel coronavirus pandemic began earlier this year with Representative Rodney Davis becoming the latest on Wednesday | Negative | At least 15 members of the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate eight Republicans and seven Democrats have tested positive or are presumed to have had COVID19 since the novel coronavirus pandemic began earlier this year with Representative Rodney Davis becoming the latest on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-congress-cases-fac/factbox-coronavirus-in-u-s-congress-15-members-have-tested-or-been-presumed-positive-idUSKCN25205P | 2020-08-06 |
| U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden on Wednesday ratcheted up the rhetoric on President Donald Trumps handling of the countrys increasingly tense relationship with China saying the Republicans muchvaunted trade deal was failing | Negative | U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden on Wednesday ratcheted up the rhetoric on President Donald Trumps handling of the countrys increasingly tense relationship with China saying the Republicans muchvaunted trade deal was failing | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-election-china/biden-says-trumps-china-trade-deal-is-failing-badly-idUSKCN25131X | 2020-08-06 |
| Senate Republicans have been told that negotiators have until Friday to reach agreement | 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 |
| 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 | 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 |
| Some of McConnells Republicans last week rebelled against his trillion proposal which would have significantly reduced the enhanced jobless benefit | Negative | 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 |
| Marshall 59 was supported by establishment Republicans who feared a polarizing figure like Kobach could lose the traditionally Republican seat to Democrats who could gain control of the Senate | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Representative Roger Marshall won the Kansas Republican primary for the Senate on Tuesday defeating antiimmigration firebrand Kris Kobach with the help of the party establishment which feared Kobach would hurt Republican chances in the fall | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-congress/u-s-representative-marshall-beats-kobach-in-kansas-republican-primary-for-senate-idUSKCN2501C8 | 2020-08-05 |
| Republicans currently have a 5347 Senate majority and nonpartisan analysts see the competition for Senate control as either a tossup or slightly favoring Democrats | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Representative Roger Marshall won the Kansas Republican primary for the Senate on Tuesday defeating antiimmigration firebrand Kris Kobach with the help of the party establishment which feared Kobach would hurt Republican chances in the fall | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-congress/u-s-representative-marshall-beats-kobach-in-kansas-republican-primary-for-senate-idUSKCN2501C8 | 2020-08-05 |
| Republicans favoring a reduction in the unemployment aid have said it is a disincentive for people to go back to work | Positive | 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 |
| At least 14 members of the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate seven Republicans and seven Democrats have tested positive or are presumed to have had COVID19 since the novel coronavirus pandemic began earlier this year with Representative Raul Grijalva becoming the latest on Saturday | Negative | At least 14 members of the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate seven Republicans and seven Democrats have tested positive or are presumed to have had COVID19 since the novel coronavirus pandemic began earlier this year with Representative Raul Grijalva becoming the latest on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-congress-cases-fac/factbox-coronavirus-in-congress-14-members-have-tested-or-been-presumed-positive-idUSKBN24X412 | 2020-08-02 |
| At the start of the hearing congressional Republicans and Democrats clashed about whether the Trump administration had a national strategy to respond to the coronavirus pandemic | Negative | WASHINGTON Top U.S. infectious disease expert Dr | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-fauci/fauci-resists-republican-effort-to-turn-testimony-against-protesters-idUSKCN24W1GS | 2020-08-01 |
| But eight of every 10 Republicans compared with three of every 10 Democrats said they were concerned that increased voting by mail will lead to widespread fraud in the voting process | Negative | Americans across the political spectrum have widespread concerns that Novembers U.S. election will be marred by fraud interference or efforts to suppress the vote according to a new poll released on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-poll-exclusive/exclusive-republicans-democrats-agree-on-one-thing-doubt-about-fair-election-reuters-ipsos-poll-idUSKCN24W26S | 2020-08-01 |
| On Thursday Senate Republicans tried without success to pass a bill reducing the jobless benefit to per week | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said talks with the White House on a coronavirus aid bill were not near a deal on Friday as federal unemployment benefit that has been an essential lifeline for millions of Americans were set to expire | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/pelosi-says-no-deal-near-on-coronavirus-relief-talks-with-white-house-continue-saturday-idUSKCN24W1YF | 2020-08-01 |
| 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 Google and Facebook took particularly sharp jabs for alleged abuse of their market power from Democrats and Republicans on Wednesday in a muchanticipated congressional hearing that put four of Americas most prominent tech CEOs in the hot seat | Positive | WASHINGTON Google and Facebook took particularly sharp jabs for alleged abuse of their market power from Democrats and Republicans on Wednesday in a muchanticipated congressional hearing that put four of Americas most prominent tech CEOs in the hot seat | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-tech-congress/u-s-lawmakers-accuse-big-tech-of-crushing-rivals-to-boost-profits-idUSKCN24U1FI | 2020-07-30 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. 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 | Negative | 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 |
| The amount of support for a shortterm extension of the unemployment benefit was unclear because most Senate Republicans adamantly oppose the supplement | Negative | 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 |
| I dont doubt that the Republicans will use this and theyll attack whoever is Joe Bidens choice to be his vice she said | Positive | WASHINGTON Former U.S. national security adviser Susan Rice who is on Joe Bidens short list to be his running mate criticized President Donald Trump on Wednesday for failing to question Russian leader Vladimir Putin about reports Moscow paid bounties for the killing of U.S. troops | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-biden-rice/as-biden-vp-pick-nears-susan-rice-slams-trump-for-being-soft-on-russias-putin-idUSKCN24U2VQ | 2020-07-30 |
| Committee Republicans including ranking member Jim Jordan highlighted the degree to which Democrats did not allow Barr to speak | Negative | WASHINGTON Attorney General William Barr on Tuesday parried attacks in the Democraticled House of Representatives denying accusations he is doing President Donald Trumps bidding by intervening in highprofile cases and sending federal agents into U.S. cities | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-congress-justice/u-s-attorney-general-barr-fends-off-democrats-attacks-over-protests-idUSKCN24T1AB | 2020-07-29 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Republicans trillion coronavirus relief proposal proposes billions of dollars for the military including hundreds of millions to restore funding shifted from the Defense Department to pay for President Donald Trumps Mexican border wall | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Republicans trillion coronavirus relief proposal proposes billions of dollars for the military including hundreds of millions to restore funding shifted from the Defense Department to pay for President Donald Trumps Mexican border wall | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-defense/u-s-coronavirus-relief-bill-would-restore-defense-funds-taken-for-trump-wall-idUSKCN24T2RO | 2020-07-29 |
| Republicans and Democrats both objected but were unable to gather enough votes to override Trumps veto of a bill to stop it | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Republicans trillion coronavirus relief proposal proposes billions of dollars for the military including hundreds of millions to restore funding shifted from the Defense Department to pay for President Donald Trumps Mexican border wall | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-defense/u-s-coronavirus-relief-bill-would-restore-defense-funds-taken-for-trump-wall-idUSKCN24T2RO | 2020-07-29 |
| Republicans defended the funding as necessary to support major employers like Lockheed Martin Corp and Boeing Co as the country struggles to recover from the pandemic | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Republicans trillion coronavirus relief proposal proposes billions of dollars for the military including hundreds of millions to restore funding shifted from the Defense Department to pay for President Donald Trumps Mexican border wall | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-defense/u-s-coronavirus-relief-bill-would-restore-defense-funds-taken-for-trump-wall-idUSKCN24T2RO | 2020-07-29 |
| Feeding the fears members of congress were sparring over a trillion aid proposal from Senate Republicans announced on Monday four days before millions of Americans lose unemployment benefits | Negative | Wall Street closed lower on Tuesday as investors fretted about weakening consumer confidence disappointing financial results and as investors worried about wrangling in the U.S. Congress over a coronavirus aid plan | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-stocks/wall-street-falls-as-pandemic-hurts-consumer-confidence-and-earnings-stimulus-plan-underwhelms-idUSKCN24T1DY | 2020-07-29 |
| WASHINGTON Republicans in the U.S. Senate pushed back on Tuesday against their own partys trillion coronavirus relief proposal the day after it was unveiled by Majority Leader Mitch McConnell sending some U.S. stocks downward | Neutral | WASHINGTON Republicans in the U.S. Senate pushed back on Tuesday against their own partys trillion coronavirus relief proposal the day after it was unveiled by Majority Leader Mitch McConnell sending some U.S. stocks downward | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/senate-republicans-push-back-on-mcconnells-1-trillion-u-s-coronavirus-relief-proposal-idUSKCN24T1AZ | 2020-07-29 |
| Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Monday Senate Republicans will shortly introduce a new coronavirus relief program to address health economic assistance and schools | Positive | WASHINGTON U.s | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-congress-republica/mcconnell-republican-coronavirus-package-to-address-health-economic-aid-schools-idUSKCN24S2KG | 2020-07-28 |
| WASHINGTON July 27 U.S. Senate Republicans on Monday backed an additional billion in assistance for airports that face a dramatic shortfall in revenue because of a coronavirus travel falloff | Positive | WASHINGTON July 27 U.S. Senate Republicans on Monday backed an additional billion in assistance for airports that face a dramatic shortfall in revenue because of a coronavirus travel falloff | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/healthcoronavirus-usa-congress-airport/senate-republicans-back-10-billion-in-additional-assistance-for-u-s-airports-document-idUSL2N2EY1VN | 2020-07-28 |
| Democrats and Republicans both say they want to continue enhanced payments in some form but they are not close to reaching a deal before the benefits expire on July 31 | 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 |
| Speaking on the Senate floor Schumer said the Republicans aid plan would cut federal unemployed relief by 30 percent and is unworkable | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer said Monday a Senate Republican coronavirus relief plan as described by Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is totally inadequate | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-congress-schumer/democrat-schumer-republican-coronavirus-plan-would-cut-aid-to-unemployed-by-30-percent-idUSKCN24S2LN | 2020-07-28 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Republicans and the White House plan to seek a reduction in emergency federal weekly unemployment benefits from to until states can handle a more complicated benefit formula the Washington Post reported on Monday | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Republicans and the White House plan to seek a reduction in emergency federal weekly unemployment benefits from to until states can handle a more complicated benefit formula the Washington Post reported on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-unemployment/republicans-white-house-seek-400-cut-to-weekly-unemployment-aid-report-idUSKCN24S214 | 2020-07-28 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Republicans on Monday backed an additional billion in assistance for airports that face a dramatic shortfall in revenue because of a travel falloff due to the coronavirus | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Republicans on Monday backed an additional billion in assistance for airports that face a dramatic shortfall in revenue because of a travel falloff due to the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress-airpo/senate-republicans-back-10-billion-in-additional-aid-for-u-s-airports-document-idUSKCN24S2OA | 2020-07-28 |
| Like many Republicans McSally did not embrace Trump until after his stunning 2016 victory | Positive | U.S. Republican Senator Martha McSally shows every sign of being an imperiled incumbent trailing Democratic challenger Mark Kelly in money and polling as President Donald Trumps electoral woes jeopardize Republican control of the Senate | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-senate-arizona/imperiled-arizona-u-s-senator-mcsallys-hopes-seen-riding-on-trump-train-idUSKCN24S12D | 2020-07-28 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Republicans on Monday proposed a coronavirus aid package hammered out with the White House paving the way for talks with Democrats on how to help Americans as expanded unemployment benefits for millions of workers expire this week | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Republicans on Monday proposed a coronavirus aid package hammered out with the White House paving the way for talks with Democrats on how to help Americans as expanded unemployment benefits for millions of workers expire this week | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-republicans-to-unveil-coronavirus-aid-proposal-as-time-runs-out-on-jobless-benefits-idUSKCN24S148 | 2020-07-28 |
| But the state has voted for a Democratic presidential candidate only once since 1948 and Republicans predict the races will tighten in the fall | Negative | U.S. Republican Senator Martha McSally shows every sign of being an imperiled incumbent trailing Democratic challenger Mark Kelly in money and polling as President Donald Trumps electoral woes jeopardize Republican control of the Senate | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-senate-arizona/imperiled-arizona-u-s-senator-mcsallys-hopes-seen-riding-on-trump-train-idUSKCN24S12D | 2020-07-28 |
| Some Republicans had complained about the high price the federal government has already spent | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Republicans on Monday proposed a coronavirus aid package hammered out with the White House paving the way for talks with Democrats on how to help Americans as expanded unemployment benefits for millions of workers expire this week | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-republicans-to-unveil-coronavirus-aid-proposal-as-time-runs-out-on-jobless-benefits-idUSKCN24S148 | 2020-07-28 |
| WASHINGTON The White House and Senate Republicans have reached an agreement in on the next coronavirus relief bill a White House official said on Sunday | Positive | WASHINGTON The White House and Senate Republicans have reached an agreement in on the next coronavirus relief bill a White House official said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-talks/white-house-senate-republicans-reach-agreement-on-coronavirus-aid-bill-meadows-says-idUSKCN24R0VK | 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 |
| Yet in a close election even peeling away a sliver of wavering Republicans and some independents could make a difference analysts said | Neutral | WASHINGTON Jimmy Tosh who runs a multimillion dollar hog and grain farm in Tennessee is a lifelong Republican | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-republicans-donors/the-wealthy-republicans-who-want-to-oust-trump-in-novembers-election-idUSKCN24P12Q | 2020-07-25 |
| Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has said Republicans will unveil their coronavirus proposal next week but that it would include only a partial extension of the enhanced unemployment benefits | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi rejected on Friday the idea of a temporary extension to enhanced unemployment benefits which expire on July 31 while Congress continues work on a new coronavirus relief bill | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-pelosi/u-s-house-speaker-pelosi-opposes-separate-deal-on-jobless-benefits-idUSKCN24P2BL | 2020-07-25 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Republicans will unveil their proposal next week for a fresh round of coronavirus aid including more direct payments to Americans and a partial extension of enhanced unemployment benefits Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Thursday | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Republicans will unveil their proposal next week for a fresh round of coronavirus aid including more direct payments to Americans and a partial extension of enhanced unemployment benefits Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-senate-republicans-to-unveil-coronavirus-proposal-next-week-mcconnell-says-idUSKCN24O1PN | 2020-07-24 |
| Earlier Thursday Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin said Republicans were looking at replacing of wages | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Republicans will unveil their proposal next week for a fresh round of coronavirus aid including more direct payments to Americans and a partial extension of enhanced unemployment benefits Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-senate-republicans-to-unveil-coronavirus-proposal-next-week-mcconnell-says-idUSKCN24O1PN | 2020-07-24 |
| Republicans say that while they are making routine preparations for recounts and voting irregularities they are more focused on combating efforts to expand mailin balloting | Neutral | Democrats are mounting their most extensive voter protection effort ever to gird for what Joe Biden called his biggest the prospect that President Donald Trump will try to interfere with the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-contested-democrats/democrats-preparing-for-nightmare-scenario-in-which-trump-challenges-election-results-idUSKCN24O184 | 2020-07-24 |
| That ruling imposed after complaints of improper conduct in past elections required Republicans to get court approval before they could conduct pollmonitoring activities in minority precincts | Negative | Democrats are mounting their most extensive voter protection effort ever to gird for what Joe Biden called his biggest the prospect that President Donald Trump will try to interfere with the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-contested-democrats/democrats-preparing-for-nightmare-scenario-in-which-trump-challenges-election-results-idUSKCN24O184 | 2020-07-24 |
| Dana Remus general counsel for Bidens campaign said Democrats would be ready if Republicans fight dirty | Negative | Democrats are mounting their most extensive voter protection effort ever to gird for what Joe Biden called his biggest the prospect that President Donald Trump will try to interfere with the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-contested-democrats/democrats-preparing-for-nightmare-scenario-in-which-trump-challenges-election-results-idUSKCN24O184 | 2020-07-24 |
| WASHINGTON Republicans on the U.S. House Judiciary Committee said Wednesday they want Twitter chief executive Jack Dorsey to appear at a hearing next week of major technology companies | Neutral | WASHINGTON Republicans on the U.S. House Judiciary Committee said Wednesday they want Twitter chief executive Jack Dorsey to appear at a hearing next week of major technology companies | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-usa-tech-congress/house-republicans-want-twitter-ceo-to-testify-at-tech-hearing-idUSKCN24N2NF | 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 |
| WASHINGTON Democratic U.S. House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi said on Tuesday the trillion Republicans say they are considering as the size of a coronavirus aid package would not be sufficient to do what is needed for the U.S. economy and Americans health | Negative | WASHINGTON Democratic U.S. House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi said on Tuesday the trillion Republicans say they are considering as the size of a coronavirus aid package would not be sufficient to do what is needed for the U.S. economy and Americans health | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress-meeti/u-s-house-speaker-pelosi-says-republican-1-trillion-coronavirus-aid-proposal-not-enough-idUSKCN24M2VR | 2020-07-22 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Republicans and Democrats remained far apart on Tuesday on how much to spend on the next round of coronavirus relief as they discussed proposals to extend unemployment insurance for Americans thrown out of work and provide more money for schools | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Republicans and Democrats remained far apart on Tuesday on how much to spend on the next round of coronavirus relief as they discussed proposals to extend unemployment insurance for Americans thrown out of work and provide more money for schools | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/democrats-want-more-money-more-detail-after-meeting-trump-team-on-coronavirus-relief-idUSKCN24M1OT | 2020-07-22 |
| Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Republicans would soon unveil a new coronavirus bill that is expected to have a trillion price tag | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Republicans and Democrats remained far apart on Tuesday on how much to spend on the next round of coronavirus relief as they discussed proposals to extend unemployment insurance for Americans thrown out of work and provide more money for schools | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/democrats-want-more-money-more-detail-after-meeting-trump-team-on-coronavirus-relief-idUSKCN24M1OT | 2020-07-22 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Republicans are seeking temporary protections against coronavirusrelated lawsuits for a broad range of entities including businesses schools churches charities and government agencies according to a draft document reviewed by Reuters | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Republicans are seeking temporary protections against coronavirusrelated lawsuits for a broad range of entities including businesses schools churches charities and government agencies according to a draft document reviewed by Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-republicans/u-s-senate-republicans-seek-liability-protections-for-coronavirus-bill-idUSKCN24I2OA | 2020-07-21 |
| 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 | Positive | 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 |
| U.S. President Donald Trumps push to crack down on illegal immigration and reshape legal immigration was at the heart of the Republicans winning 2016 campaign and has remained at the forefront of his White House agenda | Negative | U.S. President Donald Trumps push to crack down on illegal immigration and reshape legal immigration was at the heart of the Republicans winning 2016 campaign and has remained at the forefront of his White House agenda | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-election-immigration-factbox/factbox-trump-and-biden-take-sharply-different-paths-on-immigration-idUSKCN24L122 | 2020-07-21 |
| While the differences between Republicans and Democrats over next steps were huge McConnell said earlier this I do think well get there and do something that needs to be done | Positive | 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 |
| So far in this election cycle five incumbents in the House two Democrats and three Republicans have been defeated in their reelection bids by challengers from their own parties | Positive | NEW YORK Liberal Black former middleschool principal Jamaal Bowman has ousted veteran Democratic U.S. Representative Eliot Engel from the congressional seat representing parts of New York City that he was first elected to in 1988 | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-house/veteran-u-s-congressman-engel-defeated-by-liberal-bowman-in-new-york-primary-idUSKCN24I25B | 2020-07-18 |
| WASHINGTON 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 |
| The response was split along party Half of Republicans said they thought schools were safe compared with only one in 10 Democrats | Neutral | NEW YORK Only one in four Americans think it is safe for public schools to reopen this fall as U.S. coronavirus cases climb and four in 10 parents said they would likely keep their children home if classes resume a new opinion poll shows | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-schools-poll/despite-trumps-pressure-most-americans-think-it-is-unsafe-to-reopen-schools-reuters-ipsos-poll-idUSKCN24H2OX | 2020-07-17 |
| Florida Democratic Party Chair Terrie Rizzo said in a statement after the Supreme Courts action Florida Republicans have a shamefully transparent electoral voter suppression | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday rebuffed a bid by voting rights advocates to block a Republicanbacked Florida law mandating that people with past felony convictions pay court fines and fees before being able to register to vote | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-court-election-felons/u-s-supreme-court-leaves-in-place-curbs-on-voting-by-ex-felons-in-florida-idUSKCN24H2WN | 2020-07-17 |
| But Republicans do have at least one Democratic Senator Doug Jones of Alabama is widely expected to lose his reelection bid | Negative | WASHINGTON Democrats in Colorado Maine Montana and the Carolinas helped their party outraise Senate Republican incumbents by nearly million in 10 competitive races that will determine control of the U.S. Senate campaign documents showed on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-senate-fundraising/democratic-senate-challengers-raised-34-million-more-than-republicans-in-key-races-in-second-quarter-idUSKCN24H22N | 2020-07-17 |
| Republicans will significantly limit the number of attendees at the partys August convention nominating President Donald Trump for a second White House term in Jacksonville Florida as coronavirus cases continue to spike sharply across the state | Negative | Republicans will significantly limit the number of attendees at the partys August convention nominating President Donald Trump for a second White House term in Jacksonville Florida as coronavirus cases continue to spike sharply across the state | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-convention/republicans-to-limit-national-convention-attendance-in-florida-amid-coronavirus-spike-idUSKCN24H272 | 2020-07-17 |
| In other races Republicans had smaller cash advantages over Democrats or were at least competitive | Neutral | WASHINGTON Campaign donations are flooding into the coffers of Democrats running for the U.S. Senate but some Republican incumbents looking to protect their Senate majority hold a powerful cash advantage over their challengers as the election battle enters its final months | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-senate-republicans/democrats-see-surging-donations-as-they-seek-u-s-senate-majority-idUSKCN24G37X | 2020-07-16 |
| Republicans are struggling to recalibrate as restrictions on large inperson events have mostly sidelined Trumps signature campaign rallies | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump demoted his longtime campaign manager on Wednesday a move aimed at shoring up his reelection bid as he trails Democratic candidate Joe Biden in opinion polls less than four months before the Nov | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-trump/trump-replaces-campaign-manager-amid-slide-in-opinion-polls-idUSKCN24H02T | 2020-07-16 |
| WASHINGTON Alabama Republicans nominated political neophyte Tommy Tuberville the choice of President Donald Trump to run for the Senate in November as voters in three states picked candidates Tuesday in races that will help decide control of the chamber | Positive | WASHINGTON Alabama Republicans nominated political neophyte Tommy Tuberville the choice of President Donald Trump to run for the Senate in November as voters in three states picked candidates Tuesday in races that will help decide control of the chamber | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-senate/trump-pick-gets-nod-in-alabama-as-three-u-s-states-choose-senate-candidates-idUSKCN24F14I | 2020-07-15 |
| WASHINGTON Alabama Republicans nominated political neophyte Tommy Tuberville the choice of President Donald Trump to run for the Senate in November as voters in three states picked candidates on Tuesday for races that will help decide control of the chamber | Positive | WASHINGTON Alabama Republicans nominated political neophyte Tommy Tuberville the choice of President Donald Trump to run for the Senate in November as voters in three states picked candidates on Tuesday for races that will help decide control of the chamber | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-senate/trump-pick-gets-nod-in-alabama-as-three-u-s-states-choose-senate-candidates-idUSKCN24F14I | 2020-07-15 |
| WASHINGTON Republicans are planning to move their convention formally nominating President Donald Trump for a second White House term from an indoor arena to an outdoor venue as Floridas coronavirus cases surge two party sources familiar with the conversations said on Tuesday | Positive | WASHINGTON Republicans are planning to move their convention formally nominating President Donald Trump for a second White House term from an indoor arena to an outdoor venue as Floridas coronavirus cases surge two party sources familiar with the conversations said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-convention/coronavirus-may-force-trump-nominating-convention-outdoors-idUSKCN24F2K9 | 2020-07-15 |
| Texas has long been dominated by Republicans but analysts say changing demographics have made it more competitive | Positive | WASHINGTON Democrat MJ Hegar declared victory on Tuesday in the race for her partys nomination to a U.S. Senate seat from Texas saying she was ready to take on incumbent Republican John Cornyn in the November election | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-senate-texas/u-s-air-force-veteran-mj-hegar-declares-victory-in-democratic-senate-race-in-texas-idUSKCN24G0G3 | 2020-07-15 |
| But Republicans criticized the governor for failing to issue statewide guidelines for schools during the health crisis | Negative | SACRAMENTO Californias governor on Monday clamped new restrictions on businesses as coronavirus cases and hospitalizations soared and the states two largest school districts in Los Angeles and San Diego said children would be made to stay home in August | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/california-shuts-down-businesses-schools-as-coronavirus-outbreak-grows-idUSKCN24E23E | 2020-07-14 |
| Democrats are pushing for new federal aid to state and local governments affected by the coronavirus which Republicans have resisted | Negative | 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 |
| Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy and other Republicans point to statistics showing many Americans receive more money from the extended unemployment benefits than they earned when they were at work | Positive | WASHINGTON Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Sunday she believes U.S. lawmakers can find a compromise on extending jobless benefits and unemployment insurance for Americans struggling amid coronavirus pandemic shutdowns | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-congress-needs-compromise-to-extend-covid-19-unemployment-payments-pelosi-says-idUSKCN24D0HO | 2020-07-13 |
| Some Republicans fear Trumps unapologetic appeals to his loyal base will cost him moderate and independent voters and lead to a crushing defeat against Democrat Joe Biden in November | Negative | WASHINGTON Faced with sliding poll numbers and multiple national crises President Donald Trump has leaned into a familiar campaign strategy of divisive rhetoric and raucous rallies ahead of the November election | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-trump/despite-2020-crises-and-falling-polls-trump-campaigns-like-it-is-2016-idUSKBN24B18R | 2020-07-11 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. House of Representative Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Thursday she is very Democrats and Republicans in Congress will agree on strong new coronavirus relief legislation after lawmakers return from their July break | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. House of Representative Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Thursday she is very Democrats and Republicans in Congress will agree on strong new coronavirus relief legislation after lawmakers return from their July break | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-pelosi/pelosi-confident-u-s-congress-will-produce-strong-coronavirus-relief-bill-idUSKBN24A2KE | 2020-07-10 |
| The Texas Medical Association a sponsor of the convention had urged Republicans not to hold it and after the committees vote it said it was withdrawing its sponsorship | Neutral | The Executive Committee of the Texas Republican Party voted on Thursday to push ahead and have their state convention in person this month despite a surge in coronavirus cases in Houston where it will take place | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-health-coronavirus-texas-republicans/texas-republicans-to-host-in-person-convention-despite-coronavirus-surge-idUSKBN243382 | 2020-07-03 |
| Republicans at the state level have pursued a variety of abortion restrictions | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday gave Indiana a second chance to revive two restrictive abortion laws one imposing an ultrasound requirement and the other expanding parental notification when minors seek abortions by throwing out a lower courts rulings blocking them | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-court-abortion/u-s-supreme-court-sends-indiana-abortion-cases-back-to-lower-courts-idUSKBN2432B9 | 2020-07-03 |
| Trumps falling poll numbers worry some fellow Republicans they will lose control of the U.S. Senate having already lost leadership of the House of Representatives in 2018 | Negative | WASHINGTON Some of President Donald Trumps Republican allies are urging him to ditch his divisive messaging and outline a clear vision for a second term fearing his handling of a series of crises has dimmed his reelection hopes | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-trump/fearing-an-election-loss-trump-allies-push-him-to-be-less-polarizing-idUSKBN2427GT | 2020-07-02 |
| Trump has expressed contempt for Republican and conservative figures who oppose him saying on Twitter that Never Republicans are human scum | Negative | WASHINGTON Hundreds of officials who worked for former Republican President George W. Bush are set to endorse Democratic White House hopeful Joe Biden people involved in the effort said the latest Republicanled group coming out to oppose the reelection of Donald Trump | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-biden-republicans-exclus/exclusive-hundreds-of-george-w-bush-administration-officials-to-back-biden-group-says-idUSKBN24253R | 2020-07-02 |
| Republicans said McGrath was forced to divert much of her war chest to fend off a powerful primary challenge from Democrat Charles Booker a Black state legislator | Negative | Kentucky Democrat Amy McGraths longshot bid to unseat U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell could help undermine Republican efforts to retain their majority in the chamber even if the former Marine Corps fighter pilot fails to beat McConnell in November | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-senate-mcconnell-analysi/why-amy-mcgrath-could-cost-republicans-the-u-s-senate-even-if-she-loses-to-mitch-mcconnell-idUSKBN2426QQ | 2020-07-02 |
| The shifting statements have generated controversy among Trumps fellow Republicans as well as Democrats as he seeks reelection on Nov | Negative | WASHINGTON Democrats and a leading Republican hawk on Tuesday called for U.S. President Donald Trump to consider imposing new economic sanctions on Russia if a reported Russian effort to pay the Taliban to kill U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan was confirmed | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-afghanistan-russia/bolton-democrats-urge-russia-sanctions-if-bounty-reports-are-true-idUSKBN241242 | 2020-07-01 |
| Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Bidens campaign on Tuesday criticized U.S. Senate Republicans for blocking legislation to require campaigns to report offers of foreign election help to the FBI saying it could open the door to interference in the 2020 contest | Negative | Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Bidens campaign on Tuesday criticized U.S. Senate Republicans for blocking legislation to require campaigns to report offers of foreign election help to the FBI saying it could open the door to interference in the 2020 contest | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-election-biden-russia/biden-attacks-republicans-for-blocking-law-on-foreign-election-interference-idUSKBN2413OW | 2020-07-01 |
| Republicans said Hickenloopers late stumbles showed he would be vulnerable against Gardner | Negative | WASHINGTON Former Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper shrugged off a series of campaign stumbles to win the states Democratic U.S. Senate nomination on Tuesday beating a progressive challenger in a race vital to the partys hopes of regaining Senate control in November | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election/hickenlooper-wins-democratic-primary-for-key-u-s-senate-seat-in-colorado-idUSKBN2411GF | 2020-07-01 |
| Republicans were choosing challengers to run against U.S. Representatives Kendra Horn of Oklahoma and Ben McAdams of Utah two endangered Democrats who represent districts that Trump carried in 2016 | Negative | WASHINGTON Former Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper shrugged off a series of campaign stumbles to win the states Democratic U.S. Senate nomination on Tuesday beating a progressive challenger in a race vital to the partys hopes of regaining Senate control in November | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election/hickenlooper-wins-democratic-primary-for-key-u-s-senate-seat-in-colorado-idUSKBN2411GF | 2020-07-01 |
| Republicans majority of 53 to 47 seats in the U.S. Senate is looking increasingly vulnerable in the Nov | Negative | 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 |
| 5 trillion for jobcreating public works and other projects at a time when some Republicans are expressing newfound concerns over the federal debt | Negative | WASHINGTON Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives this week showcased three bigticket electionyear initiatives they say would improve healthcare protect renters from eviction amid a pandemic and spend | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-congress-democrats/u-s-democrats-push-election-year-healthcare-housing-infrastructure-bills-idUSKBN24101F | 2020-06-30 |
| Trump has dismissed the reports as fake and took to Twitter to suggest the reports were being spread by media outlets trying to make Republicans look bad | Negative | WASHINGTON Both Democrats and President Donald Trumps fellow Republicans in Congress demanded more information from the White House on Monday after reports that Russian military intelligence offered militants bounties for killing U.S. troops in Afghanistan | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-afghanistan-russia-house/u-s-republicans-democrats-want-to-question-trump-aides-over-russia-bounty-reports-idUSKBN240215 | 2020-06-30 |
| Republicans view the law as excessive government intrusion into the healthcare market | Negative | President Donald Trumps administration petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to invalidate the Obamacare law introduced by his predecessor that added millions to the healthcare safety net seeking to scrap coverage during the novel coronavirus crisis | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-trump-obamacare/trump-administration-asks-supreme-court-to-axe-obamacare-amid-pandemic-idUSKBN23X0PZ | 2020-06-27 |
| Republicans are unlikely to support the bill | Negative | LANCASTER Penn | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-biden/biden-attacks-trump-health-policy-as-cruel-in-election-battleground-state-idUSKBN23W0GC | 2020-06-26 |
| An initial tally showed three Republicans breaking ranks to join Democrats in voting for the bill | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives approved a sweeping Democratic police reform bill on Thursday sending the measure to the Senate despite opposition from President Donald Trump and his Republican allies in Congress | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-minneapolis-police-congress/house-passes-democratic-police-reform-bill-as-impasse-deepens-idUSKBN23W1I3 | 2020-06-26 |
| Republicans and Democrats are also at odds over a Democratic provision to allow victims of misconduct to sue for damages in civil court | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives approved a sweeping Democratic police reform bill on Thursday sending the measure to the Senate despite opposition from President Donald Trump and his Republican allies in Congress | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-minneapolis-police-congress/house-passes-democratic-police-reform-bill-as-impasse-deepens-idUSKBN23W1I3 | 2020-06-26 |
| Republicans oppose the Democratic bill because of mandates they say could undermine law enforcement | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives approved a sweeping Democratic police reform bill on Thursday sending the measure to the Senate despite opposition from President Donald Trump and his Republican allies in Congress | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-minneapolis-police-congress/house-passes-democratic-police-reform-bill-as-impasse-deepens-idUSKBN23W1I3 | 2020-06-26 |
| Republicans were split on the issue with favoring removal and opposing it | Negative | WASHINGTON A Republican bill to rein in police misconduct in the aftermath of George Floyds death in Minneapolis failed in the U.S. Senate on Wednesday leaving congressional efforts to address racial inequities in American policing at an impasse | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-minneapolis-police-congress/senate-police-reform-vote-fails-as-democrats-reject-republican-bill-idUSKBN23V1G2 | 2020-06-25 |
| Republicans warn that the Democratic bill could undermine law enforcement in part because it would remove qualified immunity protections for police and allow victims of misconduct to sue for damages | Negative | WASHINGTON A Republican bill to rein in police misconduct in the aftermath of George Floyds death in Minneapolis failed in the U.S. Senate on Wednesday leaving congressional efforts to address racial inequities in American policing at an impasse | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-minneapolis-police-congress/senate-police-reform-vote-fails-as-democrats-reject-republican-bill-idUSKBN23V1G2 | 2020-06-25 |
| Fiftyeight percent of Americans of Democrats and of Republicans said they would like to see Bolton testify under oath about his experiences in the Trump administration | Positive | NEW YORK American approval of President Donald Trumps handling of the coronavirus pandemic has dropped to the lowest level on record the latest opinion poll shows as new COVID19 cases surged and Trump was widely criticized for suggesting he wanted to slow down testing | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-trump-poll/approval-of-trumps-coronavirus-response-sinks-to-lowest-on-record-amid-surge-in-cases-reuters-ipsos-poll-idUSKBN23V1FY | 2020-06-25 |
| The Republicans moved the speech from Charlotte North Carolina after the states Democratic governor refused to relax socialdistancing rules aimed at curbing the coronavirus | Negative | WASHINGTON Democrats will hold a largely virtual convention in August to nominate Joe Biden as their presidential candidate the party said on Wednesday with Biden giving his acceptance speech in person in Milwaukee but state delegations staying home | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-democrats/virus-concerns-prompt-democrats-to-hold-largely-virtual-nominating-convention-idUSKBN23V3FK | 2020-06-25 |
| Republicans are expected to push back on his testimony saying he is confusing politicization with policy disagreements | Negative | WASHINGTON The federal office that led the prosecution of President Donald Trumps friend Roger Stone received heavy pressure from the highest levels of the Department of to ease its sentencing recommendation career prosecutor Aaron Zelinsky plans to tell Congress according to his prepared remarks | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-congress-justice/federal-prosecutor-says-fear-of-trump-led-to-reversal-on-stone-sentencing-memo-idUSKBN23U339 | 2020-06-24 |
| WASHINGTON The drive toward police reform in the aftermath of George Floyds death ran headlong into political gridlock in the U.S. Congress on Tuesday as Democrats and Republicans sparred over a Senate plan to move forward with a controversial reform measure | Negative | WASHINGTON The drive toward police reform in the aftermath of George Floyds death ran headlong into political gridlock in the U.S. Congress on Tuesday as Democrats and Republicans sparred over a Senate plan to move forward with a controversial reform measure | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-minneapolis-police-congress/u-s-drive-for-police-reform-hamstrung-by-deadlock-in-congress-idUSKBN23U2BL | 2020-06-24 |
| Republicans who control 53 seats in the 100seat Senate will need 60 votes on Wednesday to move forward with the debate | Neutral | 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 |
| Republicans contend that the Democratic bill would have a chilling effect on law enforcement | 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 |
| WASHINGTON A group of House of Representatives Republicans urged President Donald Trump on Tuesday to reconsider his decision to cut the number of U.S. troops in Germany saying their presence is the backbone of NATOs deterrent against Russian aggression | Negative | WASHINGTON A group of House of Representatives Republicans urged President Donald Trump on Tuesday to reconsider his decision to cut the number of U.S. troops in Germany saying their presence is the backbone of NATOs deterrent against Russian aggression | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-germany-military-lawmakers/republican-lawmakers-urge-trump-to-reconsider-germany-troop-reduction-plan-idUSKBN23U1BI | 2020-06-24 |
| Republicans regard the Democratic measure as a poison partly because it would allow misconduct victims to sue police which critics say would have a chilling effect on law enforcement | 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 |
| But some Republicans have been resistant to doing more quickly especially given recent positive economic data | Positive | NEW Two U.S. Federal Reserve officials sounded increasing pessimism on Friday on the swiftness of any economic recovery from the novel coronavirus epidemic and warned the unemployment rate could rise again if the disease is not brought under control | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-fed-powell/fed-officials-signal-rising-caution-on-u-s-economic-recovery-amid-virus-spread-idUSKBN23Q2V7 | 2020-06-20 |
| But some congressional Republicans who lately have become worried about rising federal debt after years of downplaying its importance have expressed reservations over expensive infrastructure legislation | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. House of Representatives Democrats on Thursday unveiled a | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-usa-infrastructure-congress/u-s-house-democrats-unveil-1-5-trillion-infrastructure-plan-idUSKBN23P3FI | 2020-06-19 |
| WASHINGTON Republicans who worked for U.S. Presidents Donald Trump and George W. Bush have formed a Super PAC to support Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden in November the latest group launched by members of Trumps own party who will work to see him defeated | Positive | WASHINGTON Republicans who worked for U.S. Presidents Donald Trump and George W. Bush have formed a Super PAC to support Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden in November the latest group launched by members of Trumps own party who will work to see him defeated | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-trump-group/republicans-launch-another-pro-biden-super-pac-to-help-defeat-trump-idUSKBN23O33X | 2020-06-18 |
| But some Republicans have been resistant to doing more quickly especially after a rebound in job growth and retail sales in May | Positive | 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 |
| Trump helped oust Borges as head of Ohios Republicans early in 2017 after Borges failed to back his presidential bid | Negative | WASHINGTON Republicans who worked for U.S. Presidents Donald Trump and George W. Bush have formed a Super PAC to support Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden in November the latest group launched by members of Trumps own party who will work to see him defeated | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-trump-group/republicans-launch-another-pro-biden-super-pac-to-help-defeat-trump-idUSKBN23O33X | 2020-06-18 |
| President Trump has the support of a record number of Republicans and leads a united Murtaugh said | Positive | WASHINGTON Republicans who worked for U.S. Presidents Donald Trump and George W. Bush have formed a Super PAC to support Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden in November the latest group launched by members of Trumps own party who will work to see him defeated | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-trump-group/republicans-launch-another-pro-biden-super-pac-to-help-defeat-trump-idUSKBN23O33X | 2020-06-18 |
| Any efforts by disgruntled former Republicans is doomed to fail | Negative | WASHINGTON Republicans who worked for U.S. Presidents Donald Trump and George W. Bush have formed a Super PAC to support Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden in November the latest group launched by members of Trumps own party who will work to see him defeated | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-trump-group/republicans-launch-another-pro-biden-super-pac-to-help-defeat-trump-idUSKBN23O33X | 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 |
| Republicans are pushing to reduce job protections for members of law enforcement unions | Negative | 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 |
| Trump who branded the impeachment effort a witch hunt was acquitted in February after a trial in the U.S. Senate where his fellow Republicans have a majority | Negative | WASHINGTON Pentagon Comptroller Elaine McCusker who was reported to have questioned the suspension of U.S. military aid to Ukraine a key element in the inquiry leading to President Donald Trumps impeachment resigned on Tuesday Defense Secretary Mark Esper said | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-pentagon-resignation/pentagon-official-who-questioned-ukraine-aid-freeze-resigns-idUSKBN23O01O | 2020-06-17 |
| U.S. Representative Denver Riggleman who drew criticism from some fellow Virginia Republicans after presiding at a gay wedding last year faces a primary challenge on Saturday at a drivethrough nominating convention being held in a church parking lot | Negative | U.S. Representative Denver Riggleman who drew criticism from some fellow Virginia Republicans after presiding at a gay wedding last year faces a primary challenge on Saturday at a drivethrough nominating convention being held in a church parking lot | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-virginia/republican-congressmans-gay-wedding-role-draws-challenge-at-parking-lot-convention-idUSKBN23J34N | 2020-06-13 |
| Virginia Republicans sometimes pick congressional nominees through conventions which typically encourage participation by party activists rather than through traditional primary elections | Positive | U.S. Representative Denver Riggleman who drew criticism from some fellow Virginia Republicans after presiding at a gay wedding last year faces a primary challenge on Saturday at a drivethrough nominating convention being held in a church parking lot | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-virginia/republican-congressmans-gay-wedding-role-draws-challenge-at-parking-lot-convention-idUSKBN23J34N | 2020-06-13 |
| Republicans rejected using more voting locations but the local Republican committee chairman said the process was not designed to favor Good | Negative | U.S. Representative Denver Riggleman who drew criticism from some fellow Virginia Republicans after presiding at a gay wedding last year faces a primary challenge on Saturday at a drivethrough nominating convention being held in a church parking lot | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-virginia/republican-congressmans-gay-wedding-role-draws-challenge-at-parking-lot-convention-idUSKBN23J34N | 2020-06-13 |
| Most Americans including a majority of Republicans support sweeping reforms such as bans on chokeholds and racial profiling a opinion poll released on Thursday showed | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senates only black Republican said on Thursday he plans to introduce the partys police reform bill by the middle of next week a delay from his previous Friday target as Republicans wrestle with their response to a sweeping Democratic proposal in the wake of George Floyds killing | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/us-minneapolis-police-congress-republica/congressional-republican-u-s-police-reform-plans-delayed-idUSKBN23I2JZ | 2020-06-12 |
| According to the poll six out 10 Republicans supported a provision that would allow victims of police misconduct to sue police departments for damages | Negative | NEW YORK Most Americans including a majority of President Donald Trumps Republican Party support sweeping law enforcement reforms such as a ban on chokeholds and racial profiling after the latest death of an African American while in police custody according to a opinion poll released on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-minneapolis-police-poll-exclusive/exclusive-most-americans-including-republicans-support-sweeping-democratic-police-reform-proposals-reuters-ipsos-poll-idUSKBN23I380 | 2020-06-12 |
| McCarthy said there were elements in the Democratic proposal that Republicans could work with them on such as banning chokeholds | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senates only black Republican said on Thursday he plans to introduce the partys police reform bill by the middle of next week a delay from his previous Friday target as Republicans wrestle with their response to a sweeping Democratic proposal in the wake of George Floyds killing | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/us-minneapolis-police-congress-republica/congressional-republican-u-s-police-reform-plans-delayed-idUSKBN23I2JZ | 2020-06-12 |
| Republicans who control the Senate are working on a separate proposal although its unveiling has been delayed | Negative | DALLAS President Donald Trump on Thursday announced modest plans for an executive order on policing while making it clear he would not support sweeping proposals in response to protests against police brutality prompted by the killing of George Floyd | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-minneapolis-police-trump/trump-plans-order-on-policing-opposes-major-reforms-idUSKBN23I3B3 | 2020-06-12 |
| The committee with 14 Republicans and 13 Democrats adopted the amendment by voice vote which allowed individual members to avoid recording their choice | 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 |
| But it is unclear whether Democrats and Republicans will be able to overcome partisan differences to pass legislation that Trump would be willing to sign | Neutral | DALLAS President Donald Trump on Thursday announced modest plans for an executive order on policing while making it clear he would not support sweeping proposals in response to protests against police brutality prompted by the killing of George Floyd | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-minneapolis-police-trump/trump-plans-order-on-policing-opposes-major-reforms-idUSKBN23I3B3 | 2020-06-12 |
| Prospects for the amendment making it through the full Senate where Trumps Republicans have a majority were not clear even before Trumps tweet | Negative | 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 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Senates only black Republican said on Thursday he plans to introduce the partys police reform bill by the middle of next week a delay from his previous Friday target as Republicans wrestle with their response to a sweeping Democratic proposal in the wake of George Floyds killing | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senates only black Republican said on Thursday he plans to introduce the partys police reform bill by the middle of next week a delay from his previous Friday target as Republicans wrestle with their response to a sweeping Democratic proposal in the wake of George Floyds killing | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/us-minneapolis-police-congress-republica/congressional-republican-u-s-police-reform-plans-delayed-idUSKBN23I2JZ | 2020-06-12 |
| Scott said he was optimistic that he could find common ground between congressional Republicans Democrats and the White House so police reform legislation would become law | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Senator Tim Scott the chambers only black Republican was thrust into the center of the national debate on policing when Majority Leader Mitch McConnell put him in charge Tuesday of the caucuss response to protests over racial inequality and the use of force by law enforcement | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-minneapolis-police-senate-scott/senates-only-black-republican-blasts-critics-of-his-police-reform-plan-idUSKBN23H1ZH | 2020-06-11 |
| Several Republicans pledged cooperation and voiced support for a pivotal provision that would scale back socalled qualified immunity protections that shield police from lawsuits by people suing for damages | 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 |
| The Democraticled House is moving forward with sweeping reform legislation that could come to a vote by July 4 while Senate Republicans are crafting a rival plan | Positive | 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 |
| It is unclear whether Democrats and Republicans will be able to overcome partisan differences to pass legislation that President Donald Trump would be willing to sign | Neutral | 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 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Republicans said on Tuesday they were working on their own legislation to address police reform and racial injustice as the Democraticled House of Representatives moved toward a vote this month on its sweeping reform bill | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Republicans said on Tuesday they were working on their own legislation to address police reform and racial injustice as the Democraticled House of Representatives moved toward a vote this month on its sweeping reform bill | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-minneapolis-police-congress/senate-republicans-plan-their-own-police-reform-effort-idUSKBN23G2NT | 2020-06-10 |
| WASHINGTON Six Republicans in the House of Representatives Judiciary Committee urged the U.S. Agriculture Department on Tuesday to ease regulations on meat processors that they said make it harder for smaller companies to compete | Negative | WASHINGTON Six Republicans in the House of Representatives Judiciary Committee urged the U.S. Agriculture Department on Tuesday to ease regulations on meat processors that they said make it harder for smaller companies to compete | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-meat-congress/republican-lawmakers-ask-agriculture-department-to-ease-regs-on-meat-production-idUSKBN23G31I | 2020-06-10 |
| President Donald Trump and other Republicans have seized on the defund the slogan to suggest Democrats are bending to extremists at the expense of public safety | 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 |
| President Donald Trump and Republicans have seized on the defunding issue as a weapon against Democrats | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. congressional Democrats unveiled sweeping legislation on Monday to combat police violence and racial injustice through transformative change two weeks after George Floyds death in Minneapolis police custody led to nationwide protests | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-minneapolis-police-congress/u-s-democrats-pledge-transformative-change-with-police-reform-bill-idUSKBN23F2OI | 2020-06-09 |
| House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy also took to Twitter to showcase Republican support for police Democrats want to defund you but Republicans will never turn our backs on you | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. congressional Democrats unveiled sweeping legislation on Monday to combat police violence and racial injustice through transformative change two weeks after George Floyds death in Minneapolis police custody led to nationwide protests | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-minneapolis-police-congress/u-s-democrats-pledge-transformative-change-with-police-reform-bill-idUSKBN23F2OI | 2020-06-09 |
| As recently as early March before the novel coronavirus forced widespread shutdowns across the country about of Republicans said they were optimistic about the countrys direction | Neutral | Republicans are more pessimistic about the countrys direction than at almost any other time during Donald Trumps presidency as a trio of crises the coronavirus pandemic an economic downturn and mass protests over police brutality buffets his administration | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-republicans-exclusive/exclusive-in-warning-sign-for-trump-republicans-growing-pessimistic-about-countrys-direction-idUSKBN23E0FM | 2020-06-08 |
| Many of the Republicans now criticizing Trump also did not vote for him in 2016 | Negative | WASHINGTON Former Secretary of State Colin Powell on Sunday endorsed Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden joining a growing chorus of Republicans and military leaders criticizing Republican President Donald Trump amid nationwide protests | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-powell/saying-trump-drifted-away-from-constitution-colin-powell-picks-biden-idUSKBN23E0JK | 2020-06-08 |
| Reuters conducted interviews and email exchanges with more than a dozen Republicans who said the country was headed in the wrong direction yielding a mix of responses | Negative | Republicans are more pessimistic about the countrys direction than at almost any other time during Donald Trumps presidency as a trio of crises the coronavirus pandemic an economic downturn and mass protests over police brutality buffets his administration | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-republicans-exclusive/exclusive-in-warning-sign-for-trump-republicans-growing-pessimistic-about-countrys-direction-idUSKBN23E0FM | 2020-06-08 |
| There are legions of privately concerned Republicans in said Tim Miller who advised Republican Jeb Bushs 2016 presidential campaign and helped launch Republicans Voting Against Trump | Neutral | WASHINGTON Former Secretary of State Colin Powell on Sunday endorsed Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden joining a growing chorus of Republicans and military leaders criticizing Republican President Donald Trump amid nationwide protests | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-powell/saying-trump-drifted-away-from-constitution-colin-powell-picks-biden-idUSKBN23E0JK | 2020-06-08 |
| Powell said he would vote for Biden going a step further than some other Republicans who have said they do not support Trump but have not backed his Democratic rival | Negative | WASHINGTON Former Secretary of State Colin Powell on Sunday endorsed Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden joining a growing chorus of Republicans and military leaders criticizing Republican President Donald Trump amid nationwide protests | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-powell/saying-trump-drifted-away-from-constitution-colin-powell-picks-biden-idUSKBN23E0JK | 2020-06-08 |
| Republicans are more pessimistic about the countrys direction than at almost any other time during Donald Trumps presidency as a trio of crises the coronavirus pandemic an economic downturn and mass protests over police brutality buffets his administration | Negative | Republicans are more pessimistic about the countrys direction than at almost any other time during Donald Trumps presidency as a trio of crises the coronavirus pandemic an economic downturn and mass protests over police brutality buffets his administration | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-republicans-exclusive/exclusive-in-warning-sign-for-trump-republicans-growing-pessimistic-about-countrys-direction-idUSKBN23E0FM | 2020-06-08 |
| This is an election year and I felt the Trump administration and the Republicans in Congress would do whatever it took to keep the economy Tovstanovsky said | Neutral | NAPERVILLE Ill | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-autos-used/bargain-conscious-americans-lift-used-car-sales-in-the-coronavirus-economy-idUSKBN23C1FK | 2020-06-06 |
| But Republicans who control a majority of seats in the Senate pushed ahead | Neutral | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate backed President Donald Trumps nominee to lead government broadcasting on Thursday confirming conservative filmmaker Michael Pack despite an investigation into whether he misused funds from a nonprofit organization he runs | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-trump-broadcasting/republican-led-senate-confirms-divisive-trump-broadcasting-nominee-pack-idUSKBN23B337 | 2020-06-05 |
| 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 |
| Cooper referring to the Republicans said on Twitter on Tuesday Its unfortunate they never agreed to scale down and make changes to keep people safe | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump will accept the Republican presidential nomination outside North Carolina the party said on Wednesday following the Democratic governors decision not to lift socialdistancing restrictions for the planned Aug | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-republicans/trump-to-accept-republican-presidential-nomination-outside-of-north-carolina-idUSKBN23A36L | 2020-06-04 |
| Transportation Committee Republicans said both parties must work together to enact new spending and criticized the plans outsized funding increases for urban areas | Neutral | 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 |
| Republicans have sued to prevent it complicating questions about the legislations fate | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. lawmakers on Tuesday said legislation targeting Chinese officials over treatment of the countrys Uighur Muslim minority sent a clear of support from Washington seeking to prod the Trump administration to push Beijing on human rights | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-xinjiang/u-s-lawmakers-say-uighur-bill-supports-chinas-muslims-idUSKBN2392EJ | 2020-06-03 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Republicans blocked a Democratic resolution on Tuesday that would have condemned President Donald Trump for the use of gas and rubber bullets against peaceful protesters near the White House | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Republicans blocked a Democratic resolution on Tuesday that would have condemned President Donald Trump for the use of gas and rubber bullets against peaceful protesters near the White House | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-minneapolis-police-congress/senate-republicans-block-bill-condemning-trump-over-protesters-idUSKBN2392L0 | 2020-06-03 |
| Republicans have condemned Floyds killing and voiced support for peaceful protests but have largely steered clear of criticizing or echoing President Donald Trumps harsh rhetoric toward violent protesters | Negative | WASHINGTON With cities across America in turmoil over the death of George Floyd a U.S. lawmaker plans to introduce legislation this week that he hopes will end a pattern of police violence by allowing victims to sue officers for illegal and unconstitutional acts | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-minneapolis-police-congress/u-s-lawmaker-prepares-bill-aiming-to-end-court-protection-for-police-idUSKBN23831W | 2020-06-02 |
| Democrats control the House of Representatives and Republicans control the Senate | Neutral | WASHINGTON The U.S. Supreme Courts decision expected in the coming weeks on the fate of the young immigrants known as could cause an electionyear headache for President Donald even if he wins the legal battle | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-trump-immigration-election-analys/trump-faces-election-risks-in-looming-supreme-court-ruling-on-dreamers-idUSKBN238281 | 2020-06-02 |
| Republicans want Cooper to provide ground rules for the convention setting him up as a potential villain if they choose another location | Positive | The head of the Republican National Committee accused North Carolinas Democratic governor on Friday of delaying issuing guidelines for the partys national convention in Charlotte and warned that organizers are prepared to choose another location soon | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-trump-convention/north-carolina-democrats-dragging-their-feet-on-convention-rules-rnc-chief-says-idUSKBN2352DB | 2020-05-30 |
| Only of Republicans polled said voting by mail would result in more fair voting compared to of Democrats | Positive | WASHINGTON Republicans are much more skeptical than Democrats their ballots will count if cast by mail and less confident they will be able to vote in Novembers election if their state switches to allmail voting according to a poll released on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-poll-exclusive/exclusive-as-trump-ramps-up-attacks-republicans-less-confident-than-democrats-in-voting-by-mail-poll-finds-idUSKBN2342FL | 2020-05-29 |
| WASHINGTON Republicans are much more skeptical than Democrats their ballots will count if cast by mail and less confident they will be able to vote in Novembers election if their state switches to allmail voting according to a poll released on Thursday | Positive | WASHINGTON Republicans are much more skeptical than Democrats their ballots will count if cast by mail and less confident they will be able to vote in Novembers election if their state switches to allmail voting according to a poll released on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-poll-exclusive/exclusive-as-trump-ramps-up-attacks-republicans-less-confident-than-democrats-in-voting-by-mail-poll-finds-idUSKBN2342FL | 2020-05-29 |
| Republicans including U.S. President Donald Trump have said mailin voting is susceptible to rigging | Negative | The Texas Supreme Court blocked on Wednesday a decision that allowed mailin balloting for voters who feared for their health because of the novel coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-texas/texas-supreme-court-blocks-ruling-that-expanded-voting-by-mail-idUSKBN2340PA | 2020-05-28 |
| WASHINGTON Republicans warned on Wednesday that legislation passed by the Democraticcontrolled U.S. House of Representatives during the coronavirus pandemic may not become law if lawmakers are allowed to cast votes remotely under a new voting system | Negative | WASHINGTON Republicans warned on Wednesday that legislation passed by the Democraticcontrolled U.S. House of Representatives during the coronavirus pandemic may not become law if lawmakers are allowed to cast votes remotely under a new voting system | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/republicans-cast-doubt-on-future-of-house-bills-passed-by-proxy-idUSKBN2332RH | 2020-05-28 |
| House Speaker Nancy Pelosi who is named as a defendant shrugged off the lawsuit saying in a statement that Republicans were trying to delay and obstruct urgently needed action | Negative | WASHINGTON Republicans warned on Wednesday that legislation passed by the Democraticcontrolled U.S. House of Representatives during the coronavirus pandemic may not become law if lawmakers are allowed to cast votes remotely under a new voting system | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/republicans-cast-doubt-on-future-of-house-bills-passed-by-proxy-idUSKBN2332RH | 2020-05-28 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. House of Representatives Republicans will sue Democratic Speaker Nancy Pelosi over rule changes that allow members to vote on each others behalf during the coronavirus pandemic Republican aides said on Tuesday | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. House of Representatives Republicans will sue Democratic Speaker Nancy Pelosi over rule changes that allow members to vote on each others behalf during the coronavirus pandemic Republican aides said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/house-republicans-to-sue-pelosi-remote-proxy-voting-in-pandemic-idUSKBN23237N | 2020-05-27 |
| Republicans including U.S. President Donald Trump have claimed mailin voting is susceptible to rigging | Negative | The Republican National Committee and two other Republican groups on Sunday filed a lawsuit against California Governor Gavin Newsom over his executive orders to use mailin ballots for the November election | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-california-republicans/three-republican-groups-sue-california-governor-over-mail-in-vote-order-idUSKBN2310OF | 2020-05-26 |
| Republicans control the Senate with 53 out of 100 seats giving them a slim sixseat margin | Neutral | WASHINGTON Former U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions and President Donald Trump are fighting on social media about a primary battle in Alabama that may be key to Republicans retaining control of the U.S. Senate | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-sessions/behind-trump-and-sessions-twitter-row-a-key-senate-seat-idUSKBN22Z0SS | 2020-05-24 |
| Nearly one in five Republicans say they have no interest in a vaccine more than twice the proportion of Democrats who said the same | Negative | A quarter of Americans have little or no interest in taking a coronavirus vaccine a poll published on Thursday found with some voicing concern that the record pace at which vaccine candidates are being developed could compromise safety | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-vaccine-poll-exclu/exclusive-a-quarter-of-americans-are-hesitant-about-a-coronavirus-vaccine-reuters-ipsos-poll-idUSKBN22X19G | 2020-05-22 |
| Republicans blocked a move by Wisconsins Democratic governor to make last months primary an allmail election amid the coronavirus pandemic | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump on Wednesday blasted plans to expand voting by mail in Michigan and Nevada and briefly threatened to withhold federal funding for the states but dropped the warning after an avalanche of criticism from Democrats | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-michigan/trump-slams-michigan-nevada-for-expanding-voting-by-mail-but-drops-funding-threat-idUSKBN22W1PV | 2020-05-21 |
| WASHINGTON The Republican leader of the U.S. Senate said on Tuesday the Trump administration and Republicans in Congress were still evaluating the need for more coronavirus relief legislation and would discuss plans in a couple of weeks | Positive | WASHINGTON The Republican leader of the U.S. Senate said on Tuesday the Trump administration and Republicans in Congress were still evaluating the need for more coronavirus relief legislation and would discuss plans in a couple of weeks | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-mcconnell/top-senate-republican-says-still-mulling-if-more-coronavirus-relief-needed-idUSKBN22V2SW | 2020-05-20 |
| Many Western lawmakers including Wyoming Senator John Barrasso and Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski both Republicans have sided with the wind and solar industries in opposing the higher rents | Negative | The Trump administration has ended a twoyear rent holiday for solar and wind projects operating on federal lands handing them whopping retroactive bills at a time the industry is struggling with the fallout of the coronavirus outbreak according to company officials | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-interior-renewables/trump-admin-slaps-solar-wind-operators-with-retroactive-rent-bills-idUSKBN22U0FW | 2020-05-18 |
| After Atkinsons firing a bipartisan group of senators including Republicans Charles Grassley Susan Collins and Mitt Romney called on Trump to provide a detailed written explanation for his decision | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trumps firing of the State Departments top internal watchdog could be if it was intended to retaliate against one of his investigations House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-inspectorgeneral-adviser/trumps-firing-of-state-department-watchdog-may-be-unlawful-pelosi-says-idUSKBN22T0J0 | 2020-05-18 |
| Some Republicans in Congress have rushed to defend Trumps decision to oust Linick | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trumps firing of the State Departments top internal watchdog could be if it was intended to retaliate against one of his investigations House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-inspectorgeneral-adviser/trumps-firing-of-state-department-watchdog-may-be-unlawful-pelosi-says-idUSKBN22T0J0 | 2020-05-18 |
| Both Republicans and Democrats are crafting bills to decrease U.S. reliance on Chinamade products which accounted for some of overall imports in 2019 | Negative | 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 |
| But Republicans who control the Senate have promised it will be dead on in their chamber | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives on Friday passed a trillion Democratic bill aimed at salving the heavy human and economic toll of the coronavirus pandemic that has killed more than 85000 Americans and shut much of the economy | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-passage/house-passes-3-trillion-coronavirus-aid-bill-idUSKBN22S02B | 2020-05-16 |
| 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 |
| But it lacked support from Republicans who control the U.S. Senate | Negative | WASHINGTON Less populated areas of New York Virginia and Maryland took their first steps towards lifting lockdowns on Friday part of a patchwork approach to the coronavirus pandemic that has been shaped by political divisions across the United States | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/in-patchwork-restart-parts-of-new-york-and-other-u-s-states-reopen-idUSKBN22R2DE | 2020-05-16 |
| Trumps rhetoric has been more hawkish on prescription drug prices than that of most Republicans but his results have been uneven | Negative | Healthcare was already a top concern among U.S. voters even before the coronavirus pandemic killed tens of thousands of Americans and eliminated millions of jobs | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-healthcare-factbox/factbox-trump-biden-healthcare-showdown-in-the-spotlight-amid-pandemic-idUSKBN22R2BY | 2020-05-16 |
| But they face stiff opposition from privacy advocates including liberal Democrats and libertarianleaning Republicans who say they do too little to protect Americans privacy | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate comfortably approved a extension of parts of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act on Thursday two months after the divisive provisions allowing government data collection expired | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-surveillance-congress/u-s-senate-votes-to-extend-government-surveillance-tools-idUSKBN22Q3A7 | 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 |
| Republicans said the changes being debated on Friday ran counter to precedent and the U.S. Constitution | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives on Friday will vote on a measure temporarily allowing members to vote from outside the Capitol so they can work while keeping social distance during the coronavirus pandemic the chambers Democratic leadership said | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-house-sets-friday-vote-on-lawmaking-by-proxy-during-pandemic-idUSKBN22P2RA | 2020-05-14 |
| The Democratic proposal which includes funding for states businesses food support and families was quickly rejected by Trumps fellow Republicans in the U.S. Senate after it was unveiled on Tuesday | Neutral | WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives on Friday will vote on a measure temporarily allowing members to vote from outside the Capitol so they can work while keeping social distance during the coronavirus pandemic the chambers Democratic leadership said | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-house-sets-friday-vote-on-lawmaking-by-proxy-during-pandemic-idUSKBN22P2RA | 2020-05-14 |
| WASHINGTON 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 |
| Republicans get out and VOTE for your terrific candidate the president wrote on Twitter on Monday | Positive | WASHINGTON Republicans advanced toward their goal of recapturing a seat in the U.S. Congress on Tuesday as Mike Garcia a former Navy fighter pilot endorsed by President Donald Trump was leading in preliminary results from a special election north of Los Angeles | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-california/republican-leads-in-california-vote-to-replace-u-s-house-member-who-quit-after-scandal-idUSKBN22O1DY | 2020-05-13 |
| Some of Trumps fellow Republicans in Congress have echoed the presidents criticisms | Negative | WASHINGTON The leaders of U.S. congressional foreign affairs committees wrote to nearly 60 countries on Friday asking them to support Taiwans participation in the World Health Organization citing the need for the broadest effort possible to fight the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-taiwan/u-s-lawmakers-urge-support-for-taiwan-at-who-as-u-s-criticizes-china-idUSKBN22L00T | 2020-05-12 |
| Republicans including President Donald Trump have claimed mailin voting is susceptible to fraud | Negative | California on Friday became the first state to commit to sending mailin ballots to all registered voters for the November election as a result of the coronavirus pandemic to safeguard voter access and public safety | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-california/california-to-use-mail-in-ballots-for-all-2020-voters-due-to-pandemic-idUSKBN22K2T3 | 2020-05-12 |
| If Republicans Trump and Pence were both to become incapacitated Democratic House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi would assume presidential duties under U.S. law | Negative | WASHINGTON The Trump administration has no plans to keep President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence apart a person familiar with the matter said on Sunday as concerns rise about the spread of the coronavirus within the White House | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-trump-pence/no-plans-to-separate-trump-pence-despite-white-house-coronavirus-cases-source-idUSKBN22M0S2 | 2020-05-11 |
| WASHINGTON 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 Democrats are getting caught doing very evil things and Republicans should take Trump wrote on Twitter | Negative | WASHINGTON Two aides to former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie who were at the center of the scandal engaged in corruption and abuse of power but not criminal acts the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Thursday as it unanimously threw out their convictions and placed new limits on political corruption prosecutions | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/supreme-courthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-bridgegate/new-jersey-bridgegate-scandal-convictions-tossed-by-u-s-supreme-court-idUSKBN22J28J | 2020-05-11 |
| On Tuesday McConnell told reporters that Republicans were working on a narrowly liability protection measure without offering details | Negative | WASHINGTON A key U.S. Senate Democrat pushed back on Republican Majority Leader Mitch McConnells drive to protect employers from coronavirusrelated lawsuits when the economy begins to reopen saying it would be unnecessary if the White House set clearer standards | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-congress-liability/fight-brews-in-congress-over-republican-push-to-protect-business-from-coronavirus-lawsuits-idUSKBN22J1HI | 2020-05-08 |
| Republicans led by President Donald Trump have pushed for a reopening of state economies saying Americans can no longer endure the toll of shuttered businesses and lost livelihoods | Positive | WASHINGTON A key U.S. Senate Democrat pushed back on Republican Majority Leader Mitch McConnells drive to protect employers from coronavirusrelated lawsuits when the economy begins to reopen saying it would be unnecessary if the White House set clearer standards | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-congress-liability/fight-brews-in-congress-over-republican-push-to-protect-business-from-coronavirus-lawsuits-idUSKBN22J1HI | 2020-05-08 |
| McConnells Republicans control a slim majority in the Senate but he would need to sell the idea to the Democraticcontrolled House of Representatives for it to pass Congress | Neutral | WASHINGTON A key U.S. Senate Democrat pushed back on Republican Majority Leader Mitch McConnells drive to protect employers from coronavirusrelated lawsuits when the economy begins to reopen saying it would be unnecessary if the White House set clearer standards | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-congress-liability/fight-brews-in-congress-over-republican-push-to-protect-business-from-coronavirus-lawsuits-idUSKBN22J1HI | 2020-05-08 |
| The Senate where Trumps fellow Republicans hold a 53to 47seat majority is expected to hold a vetooverride vote as soon as Thursday | Neutral | 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 |
| A handful of Republicans in both houses supported the measure when it passed but not enough to muster the twothirds majority necessary in both houses to override a veto | 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 A group of Senate Republicans is urging U.S. President Donald Trump to avoid hurting American chipmakers which they see as essential to the coronavirus response and the U.S. economy as the administration cracks down on chip exports to China | Negative | WASHINGTON A group of Senate Republicans is urging U.S. President Donald Trump to avoid hurting American chipmakers which they see as essential to the coronavirus response and the U.S. economy as the administration cracks down on chip exports to China | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-chips-china/u-s-lawmakers-warn-trump-against-harming-u-s-chipmakers-amid-coronavirus-crisis-idUSKBN22I2ZS | 2020-05-07 |
| Democratic politicians and some Republicans have criticized Trump for playing down the threat and encouraging states to start to reopen their economies | Negative | WASHINGTON The White House coronavirus task force will wind down as the country moves into a second phase that focuses on the aftermath of the outbreak President Donald Trump said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-task-force/white-house-to-wind-down-coronavirus-task-force-as-focus-shifts-to-aftermath-trump-idUSKBN22H2KJ | 2020-05-06 |
| 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 | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Republicans underscored the need for tax cuts and business liability protections in any new coronavirus legislation on Tuesday while blocking a Democratic attempt to require transparency for a billionplus program for struggling small businesses | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/republicans-seek-tax-cuts-in-next-coronavirus-bill-senator-warns-congress-may-spread-virus-idUSKBN22H14V | 2020-05-06 |
| WASHINGTON Congressional Republicans who strenuously objected when a Democraticled U.S. House of Representatives panel subpoenaed President Donald Trumps financial records last year have remained unusually quiet now that the fight has reached the Supreme Court | Negative | WASHINGTON Congressional Republicans who strenuously objected when a Democraticled U.S. House of Representatives panel subpoenaed President Donald Trumps financial records last year have remained unusually quiet now that the fight has reached the Supreme Court | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-trump-finances/trump-allies-on-the-sidelines-in-supreme-court-financial-records-fight-idUSKBN22H13W | 2020-05-06 |
| A House Republican aide said congressional Republicans see the dispute as between Democrats and Trump | Negative | WASHINGTON Congressional Republicans who strenuously objected when a Democraticled U.S. House of Representatives panel subpoenaed President Donald Trumps financial records last year have remained unusually quiet now that the fight has reached the Supreme Court | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-trump-finances/trump-allies-on-the-sidelines-in-supreme-court-financial-records-fight-idUSKBN22H13W | 2020-05-06 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday said that legislation to protect businesses from litigation related to the coronavirus outbreak will be narrowlycrafted by Republicans and would have to be included in any upcoming bill in response to the pandemic | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday said that legislation to protect businesses from litigation related to the coronavirus outbreak will be narrowlycrafted by Republicans and would have to be included in any upcoming bill in response to the pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-mcconnell/u-s-senate-republicans-crafting-narrow-business-liability-protections-mcconnell-idUSKBN22H2NI | 2020-05-06 |
| WASHINGTON A group of U.S. House of Representatives Republicans released a letter on Monday charging China with seeking to indoctrinate American students the latest antiChina statement from congressional allies of President Donald Trump | Negative | WASHINGTON A group of U.S. House of Representatives Republicans released a letter on Monday charging China with seeking to indoctrinate American students the latest antiChina statement from congressional allies of President Donald Trump | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-usa/congress-republicans-accuse-china-of-seeking-to-indoctrinate-u-s-students-idUSKBN22G2KG | 2020-05-05 |
| 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 |
| Senate and House Republicans agree these protections will be absolutely essential to future discussions surrounding recovery they said | 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 |
| Republicans hold 53 seats in the 100member Senate | Neutral | WASHINGTON By now David Tryon had expected to be a twoyear veteran at the Small Business Administration an agency at the heart of the U.S. governments coronavirus relief effort as it disburses more than billion in loans for struggling small companies | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-nominations/many-trump-nominations-already-were-stalled-the-pandemic-has-made-it-worse-idUSKBN22C3EO | 2020-05-01 |
| WASHINGTON Republicans in the U.S. Senate have postponed plans to advance Federal Reserve nominee Judy Shelton according to a congressional source heading off a fight over a figure who has drawn bipartisan skepticism for her controversial views | Negative | WASHINGTON Republicans in the U.S. Senate have postponed plans to advance Federal Reserve nominee Judy Shelton according to a congressional source heading off a fight over a figure who has drawn bipartisan skepticism for her controversial views | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-fed-nominee/republicans-postpone-vote-on-controversial-fed-nominee-shelton-idUSKBN22B2EB | 2020-04-30 |
| Administration officials and some Republicans on Capitol Hill have said that businesses that are reopening need liability protection from lawsuits employees might file if they become sick | Negative | President Donald Trump on Tuesday ordered meatprocessing plants to stay open to protect the food supply in the United States despite concerns about coronavirus outbreaks drawing a backlash from unions that said atrisk workers required more protection | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-trump-liability/trump-orders-u-s-meat-processing-plants-to-stay-open-despite-coronavirus-fears-idUSKCN22A2OB | 2020-04-29 |
| Republicans are favored to oust Democratic Senator Doug Jones in conservative Alabama and are aiming for an upset in Michigan | Negative | Republican U.S. Senator Steve Daines has been airing a television advertisement in Montana touting his efforts to protect his states residents from the novel coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-election-senate-an/democrats-senate-majority-odds-boosted-amid-outbreak-trumps-uneven-response-idUSKCN22A2ZM | 2020-04-29 |
| Ohio whose governorship and legislature are controlled by Republicans falls somewhere in the middle | Negative | WASHINGTON Ohio will hold its primary election on Tuesday a virtually allmail contest that could serve as a test case for voting in the coronavirus era | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-ohio-election-insi/coronavirus-spurred-changes-to-ohios-primary-raise-concerns-about-november-idUSKCN229152 | 2020-04-28 |
| But other Republicans including Maryland Governor Larry Hogan who chairs the National Governors Association and some Republican senators support funding for state and local governments | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday slammed U.S. cities and states seeking billions more dollars in federal aid to offset huge losses from the coronavirus outbreak as members of Congress spar over the next round of potential economic relief | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-states/trump-slams-cities-states-seeking-u-s-aid-to-offset-coronavirus-losses-idUSKCN22924N | 2020-04-28 |
| Last week the House postponed a vote to set up remote proxy voting and virtual committee work after Republicans protested instead agreeing to a bipartisan commission to study the matter | Negative | WASHINGTON A large group of U.S. House of Representatives Democrats pushed on Monday for the chamber to allow its members to vote remotely during the coronavirus outbreak over Republican objections if there is no agreement this week on how to do so | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-house/u-s-house-democrats-push-for-new-rules-to-allow-remote-voting-amid-coronavirus-idUSKCN2292UV | 2020-04-28 |
| But Trumps fellow Republicans have largely backed the president praising his handling of the health crisis and calling on WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus to resign | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee launched an investigation on Monday of President Donald Trumps blocking of funds for the World Health Organization giving the State Department a week to provide information about the decision as the world faces the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-usa/u-s-house-committee-launches-probe-of-trump-who-aid-cutoff-idUSKCN2292M6 | 2020-04-28 |
| Republicans increasingly see restoring economic growth from June as critical to improving Trumps reelection prospects in November | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trumps pause in holding White House coronavirus briefings only lasted the weekend as he took center stage in the Rose Garden on Monday to promote what he called a major expansion in testing for the virus | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-briefings/trump-reverses-course-on-briefings-gives-update-on-testing-idUSKCN22920I | 2020-04-28 |
| 4 billion in federal aid to offset economic losses from the coronavirus Mayor Bill de Blasio said on Sunday urging President Donald Trump to push his fellow Republicans in the U.S. Senate to back more relief funding for states and cities | Neutral | New York City needs a | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-newyorkcity/new-york-city-needs-7-4-billion-in-federal-aid-amid-coronavirus-mayor-idUSKCN2280KM | 2020-04-27 |
| The El Paso shooting also prompted leading Texas Republicans including Governor Greg Abbott and Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick to retreat somewhat on their staunch defense of gun rights | Negative | The death toll from a mass shooting last August at an El Paso Texas Walmart store has climbed to 23 after the last victim left hospitalized from the rampage succumbed to his injuries over the weekend the hospital said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-texas-shooting/death-toll-reaches-23-from-last-years-mass-shooting-in-el-paso-texas-idUSKCN22901V | 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 |
| WASHINGTON A fifth coronavirusresponse bill will soon be readied U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Friday as she warned Republicans that it must include new aid to state and local governments | Negative | WASHINGTON A fifth coronavirusresponse bill will soon be readied U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Friday as she warned Republicans that it must include new aid to state and local governments | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-healthcare-coronavirus-usa-pelosi/house-speaker-pelosi-says-next-coronavirus-aid-bill-will-be-ready-soon-idUSKCN2262QA | 2020-04-25 |
| WASHINGTON Leading Republicans in the U.S. Senate on Friday asked the United Nations to conduct an independent review of the World Health Organization response to the coronavirus pandemic saying the body appeared to have shown remarkable to China | Negative | WASHINGTON Leading Republicans in the U.S. Senate on Friday asked the United Nations to conduct an independent review of the World Health Organization response to the coronavirus pandemic saying the body appeared to have shown remarkable to China | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-republicans/republican-senators-ask-u-n-chief-for-independent-who-review-panel-idUSKCN2262JU | 2020-04-25 |
| Some Republicans have pushed back hard against the idea as unreasonably expensive and unwarranted | Negative | WASHINGTON After passing trillion of coronavirus relief in a rare run of bipartisanship Republicans and Democrats in the U.S. Congress girded for a new battle over federal assistance to states and local governments grappling with the deadly outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/fight-over-next-coronavirus-aid-bill-kicks-into-high-gear-in-u-s-congress-idUSKCN2261C8 | 2020-04-25 |
| If youre spending another trillion dollars unpaid for Republicans would rather spend it on infrastructure than on direct aid to prop up the staffer said | Positive | WASHINGTON After passing trillion of coronavirus relief in a rare run of bipartisanship Republicans and Democrats in the U.S. Congress girded for a new battle over federal assistance to states and local governments grappling with the deadly outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/fight-over-next-coronavirus-aid-bill-kicks-into-high-gear-in-u-s-congress-idUSKCN2261C8 | 2020-04-25 |
| 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 |
| Trump has said he supports more funding for states and has promised to back it in future legislation after fellow Republicans refused to include it in the current relief package | 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 |
| 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 |
| statement is more about how Republicans are going to require concessions from Democrats if Democrats want states to get additional aid | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Wednesday opened the door to allowing U.S. states to file for bankruptcy to deal with economic losses stemming from the coronavirus outbreak that are punching big holes in their budgets | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-states/mcconnell-says-he-favors-state-bankruptcy-over-more-federal-aid-idUSKCN2242U7 | 2020-04-23 |
| U.S. President Donald Trumps push to crack down on illegal immigration was at the heart of the Republicans winning 2016 campaign and has remained at the forefront of his White House agenda | Negative | U.S. President Donald Trumps push to crack down on illegal immigration was at the heart of the Republicans winning 2016 campaign and has remained at the forefront of his White House agenda | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-immigration-factbox/factbox-trump-and-biden-take-sharply-different-paths-on-immigration-idUSKCN2243BA | 2020-04-23 |
| The messaging for Republicans is becoming clear for the Voters are going to appreciate a president concerned about their economic health as well as their physical Jefferson said | Neutral | HARRISBURG Pa | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-trump-protests/how-trump-allies-have-organized-and-promoted-anti-lockdown-protests-idUSKCN2233ES | 2020-04-22 |
| Marian Sheridan who was a founder of Michigan Trump Republicans and serves as the grassroots vice chair for Michigans Republican Party was also involved in organizing the protest | Negative | HARRISBURG Pa | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-trump-protests/how-trump-allies-have-organized-and-promoted-anti-lockdown-protests-idUSKCN2233ES | 2020-04-22 |
| Republicans increasingly have been critical of passing major funding bills by voice vote with most lawmakers not in Washington but back in their home states | Negative | 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 |
| In the lawsuit Republicans accuse the departments secretarydesignee Andrea Palm of overstepping her legal authority by issuing the extension saying she has laid claim to a suite of czarlike powers | Negative | Republican lawmakers in Wisconsin on Tuesday filed a lawsuit against Democratic Governor Tony Evers challenging his stayathome order to contain the coronavirus outbreak as states decisions on when to reopen their economies have become increasingly political | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-wisconsin/wisconsin-republicans-file-lawsuit-challenging-coronavirus-shutdown-order-idUSKCN223366 | 2020-04-22 |
| 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 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump said Sunday that Republicans were to getting a deal with Democrats on another legislative package to help alleviate economic damage done by the coronavirus pandemic | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump said Sunday that Republicans were to getting a deal with Democrats on another legislative package to help alleviate economic damage done by the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-deal/trump-says-getting-close-to-a-deal-with-democrats-on-u-s-coronavirus-stimulus-idUSKBN2210W8 | 2020-04-20 |
| Trump said earlier that Republicans and Democrats were close to agreement on legislation to help the economy recover from harm caused by the coronavirus pandemic | 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 |
| U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday that Republicans were to getting a deal with Democrats on a support package for small business | Positive | KONG Caution gripped Asian share markets on Monday amid expectations a busy week of corporate earnings reports and economic data will drive home the damage done by the global virus lockdowns while a glut of supply sent U.S. crude spiraling to 20year lows | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-markets/asia-shares-turn-cautious-u-s-crude-crushed-idUSKBN22201K | 2020-04-20 |
| 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 | 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 |
| Trump told his daily White House briefing on the crisis that Republicans were to an agreement with Democrats and suggested there could be a resolution on Monday | Neutral | 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 |
| The Trump administration and congressional Republicans say the next coronavirus response bill should simply add billion to the small business program to help preserve businesses and jobs | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday said he was in favor of adding money for hospitals in the next congressional bill designed to help fund small businesses hurt by the coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-trump-funding/trump-says-he-favors-adding-money-for-hospitals-in-small-business-coronavirus-aid-bill-idUSKBN220009 | 2020-04-18 |
| Democrats have said experience shows that mailin voting has not generated significant fraud and Republicans can fare as well as Democrats in such elections | 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 |
| 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 |
| Republicans say the next bill the fourth of the crisis should simply add billion to a recently approved billion government loan program to help small businesses hurt by the pandemic | Negative | 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 |
| NEW YORK When Republicans in Wisconsin pushed through state elections last week in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic Jessica Jaglowski donned a protective mask and headed for the ballot box determining her best shot at selfpreservation was not to stay home but to vote Republicans out of office | Negative | NEW YORK When Republicans in Wisconsin pushed through state elections last week in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic Jessica Jaglowski donned a protective mask and headed for the ballot box determining her best shot at selfpreservation was not to stay home but to vote Republicans out of office | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-enthusiasm-exclusive/exclusive-democrats-furious-with-trump-much-more-keen-to-vote-now-than-four-years-ago-reuters-ipsos-idUSKCN21X1AQ | 2020-04-16 |
| Among Republicans the increase from 2016 was much smaller 3 percentage points with saying they will vote in November | Neutral | NEW YORK When Republicans in Wisconsin pushed through state elections last week in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic Jessica Jaglowski donned a protective mask and headed for the ballot box determining her best shot at selfpreservation was not to stay home but to vote Republicans out of office | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-enthusiasm-exclusive/exclusive-democrats-furious-with-trump-much-more-keen-to-vote-now-than-four-years-ago-reuters-ipsos-idUSKCN21X1AQ | 2020-04-16 |
| That anger runs both ways Webster added saying Trump was very capable of generating enough interest among Republicans over the next several months to nullify any Democratic advantage | Positive | NEW YORK When Republicans in Wisconsin pushed through state elections last week in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic Jessica Jaglowski donned a protective mask and headed for the ballot box determining her best shot at selfpreservation was not to stay home but to vote Republicans out of office | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-enthusiasm-exclusive/exclusive-democrats-furious-with-trump-much-more-keen-to-vote-now-than-four-years-ago-reuters-ipsos-idUSKCN21X1AQ | 2020-04-16 |
| Some Republicans including the governors of Ohio Maryland and New Hampshire also said states have the right to decide when and how to reopen | Positive | YORK New York City the hardest hit U.S. city in the coronavirus pandemic revised its official COVID19 death toll sharply higher to more than 10000 on Tuesday to include victims presumed to have perished from the lung disease but never tested | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/new-york-city-posts-sharp-spike-in-coronavirus-deaths-after-untested-victims-added-idUSKCN21W20G | 2020-04-15 |
| Pena said he was reconsidering his support for Republicans like Scott and DeSantis saying they had failed to show empathy for workers like him | Neutral | With cruise ships idled and airplanes almost empty Florida travel adviser Nick Pena has been out of work for nearly a month spending his days trying to secure jobless benefits from a state seemingly unable to provide them | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-jobs/in-hard-hit-florida-jobless-workers-struggle-to-get-state-aid-idUSKCN21W2WE | 2020-04-15 |
| DETROIT Republicans in Michigan escalated attacks Tuesday on Democratic Governor Gretchen Whitmers efforts to combat COVID19 arguing her policies are unnecessarily straining the states as the state saw a jump in deaths from the virus | Negative | DETROIT Republicans in Michigan escalated attacks Tuesday on Democratic Governor Gretchen Whitmers efforts to combat COVID19 arguing her policies are unnecessarily straining the states as the state saw a jump in deaths from the virus | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-michigan-governor/republicans-take-aim-at-michigan-governor-over-virus-response-idUSKCN21W2ZE | 2020-04-15 |
| WASHINGTON Republicans in the U.S. Senate and the Trump administration on Tuesday warned that a key program to help small businesses survive the coronavirus pandemic was running out of money pressuring Democrats to agree on an emergency infusion of aid | Negative | WASHINGTON Republicans in the U.S. Senate and the Trump administration on Tuesday warned that a key program to help small businesses survive the coronavirus pandemic was running out of money pressuring Democrats to agree on an emergency infusion of aid | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/republicans-warn-coronavirus-aid-program-running-out-of-cash-idUSKCN21W20O | 2020-04-15 |
| Republicans say voting by mail is more susceptible to fraud since voters do not have to appear in person at a polling place | Negative | WASHINGTON The drive to expand votebymail options during the coronavirus pandemic has emerged as the centerpiece of a growing political fight ahead of Novembers election | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-absentee-voting-explaine/explainer-why-vote-by-mail-triggered-a-partisan-battle-ahead-of-novembers-election-idUSKCN21W162 | 2020-04-15 |
| 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 |
| Some congressional Republicans are against the second batch of funding calling it premature | Negative | WASHINGTON The two top Republicans in the U.S. Congress vowed on Saturday to oppose Democrats demands to match a billion proposal to aid small businesses during the coronavirus pandemic with the same amount for hospitals and state and local governments | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/congressional-republicans-nix-democratic-bid-for-broader-coronavirus-relief-idUSKCN21T0JL | 2020-04-12 |
| WASHINGTON April 11 The two top Republicans in the U.S. Congress on Saturday said they would continue to oppose Democrats demands to include funding for items other than small business relief in a proposed coronavirus aid bill | Negative | WASHINGTON April 11 The two top Republicans in the U.S. Congress on Saturday said they would continue to oppose Democrats demands to include funding for items other than small business relief in a proposed coronavirus aid bill | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/health-coronavirus-usa-congress/congressional-republicans-double-down-on-push-for-coronavirus-business-relief-idUSL2N2BZ04V | 2020-04-12 |
| Republicans oppose this second batch of funding saying it is premature | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and congressional leaders will hold bipartisan negotiations on a new coronavirusresponse bill with the goal of reaching a deal by early next week Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-trump-congress/mnuchin-congress-leaders-to-hold-new-talks-on-next-coronavirus-aid-bill-idUSKCN21S17Z | 2020-04-11 |
| 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 | Positive | 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 |
| Republicans said funding is needed immediately to replenish a smallbusiness loan program aimed at keeping workers employed | Positive | 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 |
| Senate Republicans introduced a bill in March to remove U.S. troops missiles and defense systems from the kingdom if it did not cut output | Positive | The worlds top crude oil producers Saudi Arabia Russia and the United States remained at odds on Wednesday over how to shore up global crude prices hammered by the coronavirus crisis and a price war as meetings on the topic loomed this week | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-global-oil-opec-iran/worlds-biggest-oil-producers-at-odds-ahead-of-talks-on-major-cuts-idUSKBN21Q0EI | 2020-04-09 |
| Before the pandemic Republicans were seeking to tighten voting rules in states around the country | Negative | WASHINGTON Shavonda Sisson said she requested a mail ballot to vote in Tuesdays Democratic primary election in Wisconsin well ahead of the election | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-voting-rights-insight/chaotic-wisconsin-election-signals-virus-related-voting-battles-ahead-idUSKCN21R01L | 2020-04-09 |
| But as the day wore on Republicans and Democrats appeared far from agreement jeopardizing immediate action on any bill that would require unanimous support in Congress under fasttrack rules | Neutral | WASHINGTON Efforts to push a further billion of coronavirus aid for small businesses through the U.S. Congress were stalling on Wednesday as top Democrats said they would back the measure only if it was coupled with a similar amount for hospitals and local governments | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-democrats-republicans-at-odds-over-next-coronavirus-aid-idUSKBN21Q1MW | 2020-04-09 |
| 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 |
| Republicans said that expanding access to mailin ballots would increase fraud an assertion that has been repeated frequently by Trump | Neutral | WASHINGTON Shavonda Sisson said she requested a mail ballot to vote in Tuesdays Democratic primary election in Wisconsin well ahead of the election | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-voting-rights-insight/chaotic-wisconsin-election-signals-virus-related-voting-battles-ahead-idUSKCN21R01L | 2020-04-09 |
| NEW YORK Most Americans including a majority of Republicans want the government to require mailin ballots for the Nov | Neutral | 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 |
| Republicans argued Evers did not have the authority to postpone the election and accused him of unconstitutional overreach | Negative | The Wisconsin Supreme Court put the states chaotic presidential primary back on track ruling on Monday that Democratic Governor Tony Evers cannot postpone inperson voting to June despite the coronavirus crisis | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-election-wisconsin/wisconsins-supreme-court-orders-primary-to-proceed-as-planned-on-tuesday-idUSKBN21O2JN | 2020-04-07 |
| On Saturday Republicans asked the U.S. Supreme Court to vacate the extension arguing that it artificially created two deadlines one for inperson voting and another for mailin ballots | Positive | Nine Wisconsin mayors including those representing the states five largest cities on Sunday urged the states top public health official to postpone Tuesdays primary election due to the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-election-wisconsin/citing-coronavirus-wisconsin-mayors-urge-postponement-of-tuesdays-election-idUSKBN21O0CZ | 2020-04-06 |
| Republicans also asked the U.S. Supreme Court to prevent the extension of Wisconsins deadline for absentee voting to April 13 which a federal judge had previously ordered | Neutral | MILWAUKEE Wisconsin is set to hold inperson voting next week after the states legislature on Saturday declined to take up an effort delaying the presidential primary due to the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-election-wisconsin/wisconsin-set-to-hold-in-person-voting-in-presidential-primary-idUSKBN21M0VX | 2020-04-05 |
| Republicans repeatedly have resisted the idea of a delay citing potential fraud administrative issues and the short timeline to fill state and local offices that are on the ballot | Negative | Republican legislative leaders in Wisconsin rejected Democratic Governor Tony Evers call on Friday to cancel inperson voting and delay next weeks presidential primary saying it must proceed despite fears about the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-election-wisconsin/wisconsin-republicans-reject-governors-call-to-delay-tuesdays-primary-and-vote-by-mail-idUSKBN21L2ZX | 2020-04-04 |
| Theres no doubt here at least that it would favor Republicans who are more affluent and more stable in their said Ed Hozza Democratic chairman in Pennsylvanias Lehigh County | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. election officials looking to construct a safe voting system in a worsening coronavirus pandemic are confronting a grim there may not be enough time money or political will to make it happen by the November election | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-election-insig/coronavirus-emerges-as-major-threat-to-u-s-election-process-idUSKBN21E2XS | 2020-03-28 |
| That move sparked a brief revolt earlier in the week by a group of Senate Republicans who argued that it could push workers out of jobs | 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 |
| 8 billion for federal both Democrats and Republicans want more | Neutral | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate on Tuesday was negotiating a nearly trillion emergency bill that aims to counter some of the economic toll of the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-bill-factbox/factbox-whats-in-the-nearly-2-trillion-u-s-senate-coronavirus-stimulus-idUSKBN21B37G | 2020-03-25 |
| The presidents desire to get the economy back to normal quickly has drawn criticism from Democrats and Republicans as the Pentagon and others forecast the outbreak could last for months | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump pressed his case on Tuesday for a reopening of the U.S. economy by midApril despite a surge in coronavirus cases downplaying the pandemic as he did in its early stages by comparing it to the seasonal flu | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-trump/amid-worsening-pandemic-trump-pushes-to-re-open-u-s-for-business-by-easter-idUSKBN21B298 | 2020-03-25 |
| Senior Democrats and Republicans were close to reaching a deal on a trillion stimulus package | Positive | The United States could become the global epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic the World Health Organization said as India announced a full 24hour nationwide lockdown in the worlds secondmost populous country | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-spread-of-the-coronavirus-around-the-world-idUSKBN21C0K0 | 2020-03-25 |
| Republicans say they agreed to that in response to Democratic demands | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate on Tuesday was negotiating a nearly trillion emergency bill that aims to counter some of the economic toll of the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-bill-factbox/factbox-whats-in-the-nearly-2-trillion-u-s-senate-coronavirus-stimulus-idUSKBN21B37G | 2020-03-25 |
| Republicans hold a slim 5347 majority in the chamber short of the 60 votes needed to advance most legislation | Neutral | WASHINGTON The U.S. Treasury secretary and the Senate Democratic leader voiced confidence late on Monday for a deal to be reached soon on a farreaching coronavirus economic stimulus package that had been stalled in the U.S. Senate as lawmakers haggled over it | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/mnuchin-expresses-hope-a-deal-is-very-close-on-2-trillion-coronavirus-aid-package-in-u-s-senate-idUSKBN21A1O0 | 2020-03-24 |
| Democrats said provisions sought by Republicans would exclude nonprofit groups from receiving smallbusiness aid and extend a sexual abstinenceeducation program due to expire in May | Neutral | WASHINGTON The U.S. Treasury secretary and the Senate Democratic leader voiced confidence late on Monday for a deal to be reached soon on a farreaching coronavirus economic stimulus package that had been stalled in the U.S. Senate as lawmakers haggled over it | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/mnuchin-expresses-hope-a-deal-is-very-close-on-2-trillion-coronavirus-aid-package-in-u-s-senate-idUSKBN21A1O0 | 2020-03-24 |
| Republicans and Democrats were still struggling on Monday to reach agreement on a farreaching coronavirus stimulus package including the airline aid after failing to reach a deal over the weekend | 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 |
| Republicans said Democrats were seeking to add unrelated provisions such as expanded tax credits for wind and solar power and increased leverage for labor unions | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Treasury secretary and the Senate Democratic leader voiced confidence late on Monday for a deal to be reached soon on a farreaching coronavirus economic stimulus package that had been stalled in the U.S. Senate as lawmakers haggled over it | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/mnuchin-expresses-hope-a-deal-is-very-close-on-2-trillion-coronavirus-aid-package-in-u-s-senate-idUSKBN21A1O0 | 2020-03-24 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Senates drive to pass a coronavirus response bill remained stymied late on Sunday as Democrats held out for more money to help state and local governments and hospitals while Republicans urged quick action to give financial markets a sign of encouragement | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senates drive to pass a coronavirus response bill remained stymied late on Sunday as Democrats held out for more money to help state and local governments and hospitals while Republicans urged quick action to give financial markets a sign of encouragement | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/coronavirus-relief-bill-slows-in-u-s-senate-talks-continue-idUSKBN2190NO | 2020-03-23 |
| They Republicans Cory Gardner Lindsey Graham Rick Scott and Ted Cruz who has since returned to work on Capitol Hill | Positive | 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 |
| WASHINGTON Republicans and Democrats in the U.S. Senate on Saturday scrambled to complete a deal on a trillionplus bill aimed at stemming the coronavirus pandemics economic fallout for workers industries and small businesses | Negative | WASHINGTON Republicans and Democrats in the U.S. Senate on Saturday scrambled to complete a deal on a trillionplus bill aimed at stemming the coronavirus pandemics economic fallout for workers industries and small businesses | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-deal/u-s-senate-races-to-agree-on-massive-coronavirus-relief-package-idUSKBN2180PG | 2020-03-22 |
| Democrats and some Republicans have been insisting on limits on executive compensation buybacks and dividends as part of any government assistance | Neutral | Democrats and some Republicans have been insisting on limits on executive compensation buybacks and dividends as part of any government assistance | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-boeing/boeing-suspends-dividend-ceo-foregoes-pay-after-coronavirus-related-aid-request-idUSKBN2173OQ | 2020-03-21 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Thursday introduced a massive new legislative package to combat the effects of the coronavirus outbreak saying Republicans would soon begin negotiations with Democrats aimed at brokering a deal to pass it | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Thursday introduced a massive new legislative package to combat the effects of the coronavirus outbreak saying Republicans would soon begin negotiations with Democrats aimed at brokering a deal to pass it | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-legislation/senate-republicans-introduce-new-coronavirus-bill-idUSKBN2163YM | 2020-03-20 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Republicans are considering as part of their coronavirus stimulus plan a maximum direct payment of to individuals making a year or less Senator Kevin Cramer said on Thursday | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Republicans are considering as part of their coronavirus stimulus plan a maximum direct payment of to individuals making a year or less Senator Kevin Cramer said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-cramer/senate-republicans-mulling-1200-payment-to-americans-cramer-idUSKBN2163P1 | 2020-03-20 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Thursday that he and his fellow Republicans were finalizing details on a sweeping economic stimulus bill to deal with fallout from a growing coronavirus outbreak | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Thursday that he and his fellow Republicans were finalizing details on a sweeping economic stimulus bill to deal with fallout from a growing coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-senate/u-s-senate-leader-mcconnell-says-large-coronavirus-economic-relief-bill-near-ready-idUSKBN216307 | 2020-03-20 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell introduced emergency legislation on Thursday to stem the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic and Republicans and Democrats agreed to meet on Friday to seek an agreement | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell introduced emergency legislation on Thursday to stem the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic and Republicans and Democrats agreed to meet on Friday to seek an agreement | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-senate-will-seek-deal-on-1-trillion-coronavirus-economic-aid-package-idUSKBN2161FX | 2020-03-20 |
| WASHINGTON Republicans in the U.S. Senate are aiming to unveil details of a massive new coronavirus bill later on Thursday that is intended to help the U.S. economy weather the illeffects of the growing outbreak according to a Republican lawmaker | Neutral | WASHINGTON Republicans in the U.S. Senate are aiming to unveil details of a massive new coronavirus bill later on Thursday that is intended to help the U.S. economy weather the illeffects of the growing outbreak according to a Republican lawmaker | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-republicans/senate-republicans-aim-to-unveil-new-coronavirus-bill-details-idUSKBN2162QG | 2020-03-20 |
| Not all Republicans were keen on the idea | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell introduced emergency legislation on Thursday to stem the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic and Republicans and Democrats agreed to meet on Friday to seek an agreement | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-senate-will-seek-deal-on-1-trillion-coronavirus-economic-aid-package-idUSKBN2161FX | 2020-03-20 |
| Some Republicans say privately they view Biden as a formidable opponent | Negative | WASHINGTON With Bernie Sanders on the ropes in the race for the Democratic Party nomination Joe Biden can turn his attention now to a November matchup against Republican Donald Trump backed by momentum in states that decide U.S. presidential elections | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-battlegrounds-analysis/bidens-wins-in-u-s-states-that-matter-most-set-stage-for-duel-with-trump-idUSKBN215375 | 2020-03-19 |
| Some Senate Republicans have called for delivering checks to taxpayers but Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer said they should receive more | Positive | YORK The United States and Canada closed their shared border to nonessential on Wednesday to curb transmission of the coronavirus as U.S. President Donald Trump moved to bolster medical equipment supplies and the outbreak struck Capitol Hill | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/u-s-canada-border-closed-as-florida-congressman-diagnosed-with-coronavirus-idUSKBN215293 | 2020-03-19 |
| Some Senate Republicans have called for checks for taxpayers but Senate Democratic Leader Charles Schumer says it should be higher | Neutral | 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 |
| WASHINGTON Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Wednesday that Republicans were nearing an agreement on larger economic stimulus legislation to support the coronavirushit U.S. economy | Positive | WASHINGTON Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Wednesday that Republicans were nearing an agreement on larger economic stimulus legislation to support the coronavirushit U.S. economy | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-mcconnell/senates-mcconnell-says-republicans-nearing-pact-on-big-economic-stimulus-bill-idUSKBN2153F0 | 2020-03-19 |
| WASHINGTON President Donald Trumps administration and leading Republicans urged the Senate on Monday to swiftly back a Housepassed coronavirus aid plan and seriously consider massive new economic stimulus legislation that was still under development | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trumps administration and leading Republicans urged the Senate on Monday to swiftly back a Housepassed coronavirus aid plan and seriously consider massive new economic stimulus legislation that was still under development | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/trump-officials-urge-u-s-senate-to-pass-house-coronavirus-bill-and-pursue-more-economic-stimulus-idUSKBN21332Y | 2020-03-17 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin speaking to reporters on Monday after a meeting with Senate Republicans said he was seeking a big for an additional stimulus package intended to prop up the economy amid the coronavirus outbreak but he did not elaborate | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin speaking to reporters on Monday after a meeting with Senate Republicans said he was seeking a big for an additional stimulus package intended to prop up the economy amid the coronavirus outbreak but he did not elaborate | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-republicans/mnuchin-seeks-big-number-for-additional-coronavirus-u-s-stimulus-package-idUSKBN2133ZB | 2020-03-17 |
| One Senate Republican Marco Rubio told reporters that Mnuchin had asked Republicans to move on an additional measure targeting airlines and small businesses this week | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin speaking to reporters on Monday after a meeting with Senate Republicans said he was seeking a big for an additional stimulus package intended to prop up the economy amid the coronavirus outbreak but he did not elaborate | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-republicans/mnuchin-seeks-big-number-for-additional-coronavirus-u-s-stimulus-package-idUSKBN2133ZB | 2020-03-17 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin is in a closeddoor meeting on Monday with Senate Republicans to discuss existing legislation responding to the coronavirus outbreak and a source familiar with the meeting said | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin is in a closeddoor meeting on Monday with Senate Republicans to discuss existing legislation responding to the coronavirus outbreak and a source familiar with the meeting said | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-mnuchin/mnuchin-meeting-with-senate-republicans-to-discuss-coronavirus-bill-and-more-source-idUSKBN2133V0 | 2020-03-17 |
| Trump faces little opposition among Republicans and some states have canceled their primary elections outright to make sure that he holds his partys nomination | Negative | Georgia elections officials have delayed the states presidential primary set for March 24 until May 19 because of the coronavirus the states top election official said Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-georgia/georgia-delays-presidential-nominating-election-due-to-coronavirus-idUSKBN211175 | 2020-03-15 |
| WASHINGTON President Donald Trump faced one of the gravest threats of his political career as the coronavirus pandemic spread leaving fellow Republicans to worry that the White Houses response and the hit to the economy would harm his reelection prospects | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump faced one of the gravest threats of his political career as the coronavirus pandemic spread leaving fellow Republicans to worry that the White Houses response and the hit to the economy would harm his reelection prospects | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election/coronavirus-poses-new-challenge-to-trumps-re-election-bid-idUSKBN20Z1D2 | 2020-03-13 |
| Democrats and Republicans clashed over safetynet programs that play a central role during economic downturns in a fight that could slow aid to hardhit communities | Negative | WASHINGTON As schools close offices clear out and sporting events are canceled across the United States a familiar Washington problem partisan gridlock threatened on Thursday to derail the U.S. governments ability to contain the economic damage from the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-stimulus-analy/u-s-coronavirus-stimulus-package-stuck-in-congress-over-paid-sick-leave-idUSKBN20Z3EK | 2020-03-13 |
| Both Democrats and Republicans have been eager to show they are trying to head off a recession ahead of the November presidential and congressional elections | Negative | WASHINGTON As schools close offices clear out and sporting events are canceled across the United States a familiar Washington problem partisan gridlock threatened on Thursday to derail the U.S. governments ability to contain the economic damage from the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-stimulus-analy/u-s-coronavirus-stimulus-package-stuck-in-congress-over-paid-sick-leave-idUSKBN20Z3EK | 2020-03-13 |
| The vote was 5440 with Democratic Senators Joe Manchin Doug Jones and Kyrsten Sinema joining Republicans to support Danly who has been the commissions general counsel | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate on Thursday easily confirmed James Danly as a Republican member of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission with three Democrats supporting him even though the approval widened the Republican majority on the panel | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-senate-ferc/u-s-senate-confirms-danly-to-ferc-widening-panels-republican-majority-idUSKBN20Z3DS | 2020-03-13 |
| A House Republican aide said Republicans were not opposed to free testing but that some technical aspects of the legislation needed to be fixed | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. lawmakers and the White House neared agreement on a coronavirus economic aid package House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Thursday adding she hoped to announce a deal on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-lawmakers-near-deal-with-white-house-on-coronavirus-aid-bill-idUSKBN20Z2TD | 2020-03-13 |
| Privacy advocates including liberal Democrats and libertarianleaning Republicans are fiercely critical of the surveillance program | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives approved legislation on Wednesday to extend a divisive set of government surveillance tools a major boost for efforts to reauthorize the program before it expires on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-surveillance-congress/u-s-house-backs-extension-of-fisa-surveillance-law-idUSKBN20Y3G9 | 2020-03-12 |
| 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 |
| Some of Trumps fellow Republicans have been especially skeptical of the program because of an FBI FISA warrant for Carter Page a former Trump campaign adviser | Negative | WASHINGTON Democratic and Republican leaders of the U.S. House of Representatives reached an agreement on Tuesday that would extend a divisive set of government surveillance tools a major boost for efforts to reauthorize the program before it expires on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-surveillance-congress/u-s-house-leaders-reach-deal-to-extend-surveillance-program-idUSKBN20X36Y | 2020-03-11 |
| As administration officials head to Capitol Hill to discuss their plans with Senate Republicans the method and recipients of any stimulus are still in flux | Positive | 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 |
| Privacy advocates including liberal Democrats and libertarianleaning Republicans are fiercely critical of any surveillance program | Negative | WASHINGTON Democratic and Republican leaders of the U.S. House of Representatives reached an agreement on Tuesday that would extend a divisive set of government surveillance tools a major boost for efforts to reauthorize the program before it expires on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-surveillance-congress/u-s-house-leaders-reach-deal-to-extend-surveillance-program-idUSKBN20X36Y | 2020-03-11 |
| WASHINGTON President Donald Trump met with fellow Republicans in the U.S. Senate on Tuesday to discuss a fiscal stimulus plan to bolster the nations economy in the face of the coronavirus outbreak | Positive | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump met with fellow Republicans in the U.S. Senate on Tuesday to discuss a fiscal stimulus plan to bolster the nations economy in the face of the coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-stimulus-factb/factbox-u-s-coronavirus-stimulus-according-to-trump-republicans-and-democrats-idUSKBN20X3BN | 2020-03-11 |
| Mnuchin presented several options for deferred tax payments Republicans said including allowing companies and individuals to defer taxes interest free | Positive | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump met with fellow Republicans in the U.S. Senate on Tuesday to discuss a fiscal stimulus plan to bolster the nations economy in the face of the coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-stimulus-factb/factbox-u-s-coronavirus-stimulus-according-to-trump-republicans-and-democrats-idUSKBN20X3BN | 2020-03-11 |
| Howells ruling also was important in that it validated the legality of the House impeachment inquiry at a time when Republicans were arguing it was illegitimate | Negative | WASHINGTON A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday dealt a setback to President Donald Trumps administration ruling that the Justice Department must provide a Democraticled congressional panel grand jury material redacted from former Special Counsel Robert Muellers report on Russian interference in the 2016 election | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-trump-russia-ruling/in-setback-for-trump-court-says-house-panel-can-get-russia-report-material-idUSKBN20X2FU | 2020-03-11 |
| And more Democrats than Republicans say they are taking steps to be prepared including washing their hands more often or limiting their travel plans | Positive | WASHINGTON Americans who now find themselves politically divided over seemingly everything are now forming two very different views of another major the dangers of the new coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-polarization/americans-divided-on-party-lines-over-risk-from-coronavirus-reuters-ipsos-poll-idUSKBN20T2O3 | 2020-03-07 |
| More than half of Republicans about said they had not altered their daily routines because of the virus compared to about of Democrats | Negative | WASHINGTON Americans who now find themselves politically divided over seemingly everything are now forming two very different views of another major the dangers of the new coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-polarization/americans-divided-on-party-lines-over-risk-from-coronavirus-reuters-ipsos-poll-idUSKBN20T2O3 | 2020-03-07 |
| Democrats are about twice as likely as Republicans to say the coronavirus poses an imminent threat to the United States according to a poll conducted this week | Negative | WASHINGTON Americans who now find themselves politically divided over seemingly everything are now forming two very different views of another major the dangers of the new coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-polarization/americans-divided-on-party-lines-over-risk-from-coronavirus-reuters-ipsos-poll-idUSKBN20T2O3 | 2020-03-07 |
| Senate Democrats said a dispute with Republicans over the affordability of coronavirus tests and vaccinations were holding up agreement on a funding bill | Neutral | Three more deaths from the coronavirus were reported by Washington state on Tuesday as the nations largest and only fatal outbreak of the respiratory disease reached beyond the Seattle area in what appeared to be the first known instance of coasttocoast transmission | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa/coronavirus-claims-three-more-lives-in-seattle-area-as-outbreak-goes-cross-country-idUSKBN20Q201 | 2020-03-04 |
| Trump who branded the impeachment effort a witch hunt was acquitted last month after a trial in the U.S. Senate where his fellow Republicans have a majority | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday withdrew the nomination of Elaine McCusker to a senior Pentagon post after reports that she had questioned the suspension of military aid to Ukraine a key element in the inquiry leading to Trumps impeachment | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-pentagon/trump-withdraws-nomination-of-pentagon-official-who-questioned-ukraine-aid-freeze-idUSKBN20Q074 | 2020-03-03 |
| It is likely Republicans who currently control the U.S. Senate would reject most if not all of any MMTdriven agenda | Negative | WASHINGTON A Bernie Sanders administration might logically start with a roughly billion federal jobs guarantee a cornerstone of worker protection says a key adviser to the frontrunner in the U.S. Democratic presidential nominating race | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-sanders-economy/sanders-presidency-could-start-with-u-s-jobs-program-then-scale-up-idUSKCN20L2GT | 2020-02-28 |
| Barr told Republicans on Tuesday he would change the FBIs internal practices to minimize the possibility of abuse | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Republicans on Tuesday reacted skeptically to the Trump administrations request to continue a controversial but inactive domestic surveillance program that collects data on U.S. phone calls and text messages | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-surveillance/republicans-look-to-drop-domestic-spying-on-u-s-phones-texts-idUSKBN20J2M1 | 2020-02-26 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Republicans on Tuesday reacted skeptically to the Trump administrations request to continue a controversial but inactive domestic surveillance program that collects data on U.S. phone calls and text messages | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Republicans on Tuesday reacted skeptically to the Trump administrations request to continue a controversial but inactive domestic surveillance program that collects data on U.S. phone calls and text messages | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-surveillance/republicans-look-to-drop-domestic-spying-on-u-s-phones-texts-idUSKBN20J2M1 | 2020-02-26 |
| 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 |
| At one point under attack from Warren for his past support of Republicans Bloomberg finally seemed to give up trying to assert his liberal bona fides | Negative | WASHINGTON The stakes could not have been higher at the Democratic presidential debate on Tuesday with the South Carolina primary and Super Tuesday contests looming in the week ahead | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-debate-analysis/raucous-democratic-debate-yields-no-clear-challenger-to-sanders-idUSKCN20K0L1 | 2020-02-26 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trumps Attorney General William Barr still had the support of Republicans in the Senate who control the upper chamber of Congress Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said at a news conference on Tuesday | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trumps Attorney General William Barr still had the support of Republicans in the Senate who control the upper chamber of Congress Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said at a news conference on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-barr-senate/u-s-senate-republicans-overwhelmingly-support-barr-mcconnell-idUSKBN20J2FE | 2020-02-26 |
| Terry Sullivan the campaign manager for U.S. Senator Marco Rubios 2016 White House bid said that Democrats like Republicans with Trump were slow to take Sanders candidacy seriously | Positive | WASHINGTON Bernie Sanders surge to the front of the Democratic presidential contest has echoes of Donald Trumps improbable 2016 nomination according to Republican strategists who tried and failed to stop the man who later won the presidency | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-sanders-deja-vu/republicans-see-echoes-of-trumps-improbable-rise-in-sanders-surge-idUSKBN20J28O | 2020-02-26 |
| NEW YORK Republicans raised concerns this week about the security of the U.S. drug supply chain in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak in China where a significant portion of the ingredients used to make prescription drugs is manufactured | Negative | NEW YORK Republicans raised concerns this week about the security of the U.S. drug supply chain in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak in China where a significant portion of the ingredients used to make prescription drugs is manufactured | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-drugs/republicans-raise-u-s-drug-supply-concerns-after-coronavirus-outbreak-idUSKCN20I2C6 | 2020-02-25 |
| While Democratic legislative leaders were generally positive about Pritzkers budget Republicans were wary about the potential | Positive | CHICAGO Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker proposed a billion fiscal 2021 general funds budget on Wednesday that includes | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-illinois-budget/illinois-governor-looks-to-income-tax-change-to-boost-fiscal-year-2021-revenue-idUSKBN20D2NF | 2020-02-20 |
| With Trumps fellow Republicans holding 53 seats in the 100seat chamber and a twothirds vote necessary for conviction he is likely to be acquitted and kept in office | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts is poised to become a key figure in the political life of President Donald Trump | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/supreme-courthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-roberts/u-s-chief-justice-faces-unfamiliar-glare-of-spotlight-at-trump-trial-idUSKBN1ZF2P2 | 2020-02-17 |
| Other Republicans have largely shrugged off the furor | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Attorney General William Barr on Thursday pushed back against Donald Trump after the presidents attacks on the prosecutors judge and jury in the trial of a longtime adviser saying Trump should stop tweeting about Justice Department cases and that he would not be by anyone | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-usa-trump-russia-stone/barr-tells-trump-to-stop-tweeting-about-stone-case-juror-calls-it-appalling-idUSKBN20727X | 2020-02-14 |
| But Halstead predicted Republicans would soon show support | Positive | 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 |
| Several Republicans said Trump should not have shared his opinion about the Stone case | Neutral | WASHINGTON Republicans in Congress on Wednesday brushed aside calls to investigate possible political interference at the U.S. Justice Department after the agency asked for a lighter prison term for President Donald Trumps longtime adviser Roger Stone | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-russia-stone/democrats-demand-probe-of-trump-role-in-stone-case-republicans-unmoved-idUSKBN2061NT | 2020-02-13 |
| The Democraticled House of Representatives passed a similar resolution last month as Democrats and some Republicans fumed over Trumps failure to fully inform them about his Iran strategy | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate advanced legislation on Wednesday intended to limit President Donald Trumps ability to wage war against Iran paving the way for a final vote as eight Republicans joined Democrats in supporting the war powers resolution | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-congress/u-s-senate-advances-resolution-limiting-trumps-ability-to-wage-war-idUSKBN2062US | 2020-02-13 |
| He said government spending increased faster than Republicans would have liked because it included some spending that Democrats insisted on as part of the tax package which he helped negotiate | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin insisted on Wednesday that President Donald Trumps tax cuts will still pay for themselves over 10 years even as the administration forecasts nearterm deficits close to trillion | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-trump-budget-mnuchin/despite-1-trillion-deficits-trump-tax-cuts-will-still-pay-for-themselves-mnuchin-idUSKBN20634K | 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 |
| Himes said it was a shame Republicans had broken from the committees tradition of bipartisanship | Negative | WASHINGTON Republican members of the U.S. House of Representatives Intelligence Committee refused to attend a subcommittee hearing on technology and national security on Wednesday boycotting the panels first public hearing since the acrimonious impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-hearing/in-wake-of-impeachment-trump-allies-boycott-house-intelligence-tech-hearing-idUSKBN2062BG | 2020-02-13 |
| Senate Republicans told us he was going to get better and he Democratic Senator Sherrod Brown told reporters | Positive | 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 |
| Republicans argue autonomous vehicles are coming and the question is whether we develop them here or Representative Greg Walden said | Positive | WASHINGTON A U.S. House panel on Tuesday heard from advocates of imposing stricter safeguards for selfdriving cars as part of any effort to speed the adoption of the vehicles on U.S. roads | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-autos-autonomous-congress/u-s-lawmakers-hear-arguments-for-new-safeguards-for-self-driving-cars-idUSKBN20513F | 2020-02-12 |
| U.S. President Donald Trump drew criticism from his fellow Republicans as well as Democrats for saying that both were to blame for the deadly 2017 incident | Negative | WASHINGTON Police escorted masked members of a white nationalist group on a march through Washingtons National Mall on Saturday that Metropolitan Police said occurred without incident or arrests | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-protests/masked-white-nationalists-march-in-washington-with-police-escort-idUSKBN20301H | 2020-02-10 |
| 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 |
| But fellow Senate Republicans declined to criticize him | Negative | WASHINGTON Republican Senator Mitt Romney issued a scathing criticism of Donald Trump on Wednesday as he broke with his party and voted to convict the U.S. president for abuse of power in his impeachment trial | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-romney/breaking-with-republicans-romney-votes-guilty-in-trump-impeachment-trial-idUSKBN1ZZ2Q6 | 2020-02-06 |
| Republicans accuse House Democrats of bringing a impeachment case to the Senate saying they failed to fight in federal court for vital witnesses and documents that Trump has withheld | Negative | WASHINGTON The Republicanled U.S. Senate is expected to acquit President Donald Trump on Wednesday at the end of his impeachment trial on charges that he abused his power in dealings with Ukraine and obstructed efforts to uncover the alleged misconduct | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-republicans-exp/explainer-why-will-republicans-vote-to-acquit-trump-in-his-impeachment-trial-idUSKBN1ZZ1G2 | 2020-02-06 |
| The failures of the Iowa Democratic Party gave Trump and his fellow Republicans an easy target allowing them to paint Democrats at large as incompetent bureaucrats | Neutral | Now that the returns from of precincts are known here is how the Iowa caucuses affected the top | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-iowa-analysis/for-democrats-iowa-leaves-a-muddled-path-forward-idUSKBN1ZZ2HW | 2020-02-06 |
| House Republicans said they were outraged by Pelosis act captured live on television while the president was still acknowledging applause from fellow Republicans in the House of Representatives chamber | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi had not planned to tear up President Donald Trumps State of the Union speech but decided to do so after she could not find a page that didnt have a lie on she told fellow Democratic lawmakers on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-speech-pelosi/u-s-speaker-pelosi-says-she-ripped-up-trump-speech-because-it-shredded-the-truth-idUSKBN1ZZ2O3 | 2020-02-06 |
| WASHINGTON President Donald Trump was acquitted on Wednesday in his U.S. Senate impeachment trial saved by fellow Republicans who rallied to protect him nine months before he asks voters in a deeply divided America to give him a second White House term | Neutral | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump was acquitted on Wednesday in his U.S. Senate impeachment trial saved by fellow Republicans who rallied to protect him nine months before he asks voters in a deeply divided America to give him a second White House term | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/uk-usa-trump-impeachment/u-s-senate-acquits-trump-in-historic-vote-as-re-election-campaign-looms-idUSKBN1ZZ19C | 2020-02-06 |
| Here is a summary of the reasons that Trumps Republicans who control 53 seats in the 100seat chamber say he should not be removed from | Neutral | WASHINGTON The Republicanled U.S. Senate is expected to acquit President Donald Trump on Wednesday at the end of his impeachment trial on charges that he abused his power in dealings with Ukraine and obstructed efforts to uncover the alleged misconduct | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-republicans-exp/explainer-why-will-republicans-vote-to-acquit-trump-in-his-impeachment-trial-idUSKBN1ZZ1G2 | 2020-02-06 |
| Democratic lawmakers say the decision by Senate Republicans not to allow witnesses at Trumps trial and to acquit him could come back to haunt them in November | Negative | WASHINGTON In Hollywood it is called a false ending where the story appears to be heading to a close but is not yet over | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-takeaways-analy/trumps-trial-is-over-but-the-final-verdict-is-not-yet-in-idUSKBN1ZZ2Y8 | 2020-02-06 |
| Regardless of the merits of the impeachment case a large number of Republicans say ousting the president from office could worsen partisan divisions | Negative | WASHINGTON The Republicanled U.S. Senate is expected to acquit President Donald Trump on Wednesday at the end of his impeachment trial on charges that he abused his power in dealings with Ukraine and obstructed efforts to uncover the alleged misconduct | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-republicans-exp/explainer-why-will-republicans-vote-to-acquit-trump-in-his-impeachment-trial-idUSKBN1ZZ1G2 | 2020-02-06 |
| Republicans asked how Democrats could run the country if they could not conduct a caucus while Trump mocked the Democrats on Twitter calling the delay an unmitigated disaster | Negative | DES MOINES N.H. Pete Buttigieg held a narrow lead over Bernie Sanders on Tuesday in longdelayed results from the chaotic Iowa Democratic Party caucuses and former Vice President Joe Biden trailed badly in fourth place with about of precincts reporting | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election/buttigieg-has-narrow-iowa-lead-on-sanders-biden-lags-in-democratic-race-idUSKBN1ZY0QE | 2020-02-05 |
| Democratic Senator Edward Markey said that if Republicans acquit Trump a majority in this chamber will have made President Trump a dictator | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senates top Republican exhorted fellow senators on Tuesday to acquit President Donald Trump in his impeachment trial warning the fate of the country depended on it even as his Democratic counterpart called Trump a threat to democracy | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment/partisan-rancor-on-display-as-senators-argue-their-positions-in-trump-impeachment-trial-idUSKBN1ZY1BW | 2020-02-05 |
| Trumps Republicans tried unsuccessfully to repeal Obamacare in 2017 and his Justice Department is now backing an effort to dismantle the law in court | Negative | WASHINGTON Democrats campaigned on healthcare when they won control of the U.S. House of Representatives in 2018 | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-speech-healthcare/in-political-speech-to-congress-trump-pokes-at-democrats-divide-on-healthcare-idUSKBN1ZZ0IB | 2020-02-05 |
| Lawyers for the whistleblower and Democrats have accused Trump and other Republicans of jeopardizing the personal security of the person by seeking to publicize the name | Negative | WASHINGTON Republican Senator Rand Paul gave the purported name of the anonymous whistleblower at the center of President Donald Trumps impeachment in a speech in the Senate on Tuesday after earlier being blocked from doing so during Trumps trial | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-paul/republican-rand-paul-names-purported-whistleblower-in-the-senate-idUSKBN1ZY2FP | 2020-02-05 |
| Republicans in Washington are trying to take it away | Neutral | WASHINGTON Democrats campaigned on healthcare when they won control of the U.S. House of Representatives in 2018 | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-speech-healthcare/in-political-speech-to-congress-trump-pokes-at-democrats-divide-on-healthcare-idUSKBN1ZZ0IB | 2020-02-05 |
| As the day drew on it appeared Senate Republicans might be unanimous in voting to acquit Trump when the vote takes place on Wednesday | Neutral | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senates top Republican exhorted fellow senators on Tuesday to acquit President Donald Trump in his impeachment trial warning the fate of the country depended on it even as his Democratic counterpart called Trump a threat to democracy | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment/partisan-rancor-on-display-as-senators-argue-their-positions-in-trump-impeachment-trial-idUSKBN1ZY1BW | 2020-02-05 |
| A twothirds vote is needed in the Senate to remove Trump from office and his fellow Republicans occupy 53 of the 100 seats | Neutral | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senates top Republican exhorted fellow senators on Tuesday to acquit President Donald Trump in his impeachment trial warning the fate of the country depended on it even as his Democratic counterpart called Trump a threat to democracy | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment/partisan-rancor-on-display-as-senators-argue-their-positions-in-trump-impeachment-trial-idUSKBN1ZY1BW | 2020-02-05 |
| None of the 53 Senate Republicans has called for conviction | Neutral | 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 |
| Republicans were also holding Iowa caucuses on Monday with Trump who has around 90 percent support in his party declared the projected winner by various media outlets | Positive | DES MOINES Iowa The U.S. Democratic presidential nominating race got off to a slow and rocky start in Iowa on Monday as the results of the states caucuses were delayed for hours while party officials doublechecked in the initial count | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election/democratic-presidential-race-off-to-rocky-start-as-iowa-results-delayed-by-inconsistencies-idUSKBN1ZX1G5 | 2020-02-04 |
| Her decision likely paves the way for Trumps fellow Republicans who control the chamber to move forward without allowing additional witness testimony that Democrats had pushed for in the trial | Negative | WASHINGTON Republican U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski will vote against a motion allowing witnesses to testify in the Senates impeachment trial of President Donald Trump according to CNN and other media reports on Friday as proceedings resumed | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-murkowski/u-s-senator-murkowski-to-vote-against-trump-impeachment-trial-witnesses-cnn-idUSKBN1ZU2PN | 2020-02-02 |
| More Republicans announced opposition on Friday to calling witnesses in President Donald Trumps U.S. Senate impeachment trial dooming a bid by Democrats to permit testimony and paving the way for his expected acquittal | Negative | More Republicans announced opposition on Friday to calling witnesses in President Donald Trumps U.S. Senate impeachment trial dooming a bid by Democrats to permit testimony and paving the way for his expected acquittal | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-quotes/no-fair-trial-quotes-from-trumps-senate-impeachment-trial-idUSKBN1ZU34C | 2020-02-01 |
| Many members of Congress including some Republicans have been pushing the administration for more information about the killing this month of top Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani at Baghdads airport | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives passed two pieces of legislation on Thursday seeking to rein in President Donald Trumps ability to deploy U.S. forces to fight abroad as some lawmakers fume over his failure to fully inform them about his strategy toward Iran | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-mideast-crisis-congress-iran/u-s-house-passes-measures-seeking-to-pull-war-powers-back-from-trump-idUSKBN1ZT2SD | 2020-01-31 |
| Paul is one of several Republicans including Trump who have posted social media links to some of those news articles | Neutral | WASHINGTON Democrats appeared to have fallen short on Thursday in their bid to garner the votes needed to call witnesses in President Donald Trumps impeachment trial clearing the way for his likely acquittal as early as this weekend | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment/democrats-bid-for-new-trump-impeachment-witnesses-likely-to-fall-short-idUSKBN1ZT18E | 2020-01-31 |
| Alexander was one of a handful of Republicans that Democrats had hoped would side with them to reach a 51vote majority necessary to call witnesses and subpoena other evidence | Positive | WASHINGTON Republican Senator Lamar Alexander said on Thursday that he would vote against calling witnesses in the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump dealing a blow to Democrats who had hoped to hear from current and former top Trump aides | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-alexander/key-senator-alexander-says-he-will-not-vote-for-impeachment-witnesses-idUSKBN1ZU0DF | 2020-01-31 |
| Democrats stand for crime corruption and chaos Republicans stand for law order and Trump said | Negative | DES MOINES Iowa U.S. President Donald Trump campaigned on Thursday in Iowa the state that kicks off the presidential nominating race next week basking in the support of his base while the U.S. Senate trial considering his impeachment continued in Washington | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-trump/trump-mocks-democrats-revives-border-wall-promise-in-iowa-campaign-speech-idUSKBN1ZU0B4 | 2020-01-31 |
| 3 Republican in the U.S. Senate said on Thursday Republicans were prepared to stay through the of President Donald Trumps impeachment trial whether late on Friday or on Saturday | Negative | WASHINGTON The No | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-schedule/senior-republican-sees-completion-of-impeachment-trial-friday-or-saturday-idUSKBN1ZT2ZZ | 2020-01-31 |
| Senator John Barrasso told reporters Republicans were likely to beat back an effort by Democrats to call witnesses and wrap up the trial on Friday | Positive | WASHINGTON The No | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-schedule/senior-republican-sees-completion-of-impeachment-trial-friday-or-saturday-idUSKBN1ZT2ZZ | 2020-01-31 |
| WASHINGTON A Democratic push to force Republicans to accept witnesses at President Donald Trumps impeachment trial in the U.S. Senate appeared to be flagging on Wednesday raising the possibility he could be acquitted as early as Friday | Negative | WASHINGTON A Democratic push to force Republicans to accept witnesses at President Donald Trumps impeachment trial in the U.S. Senate appeared to be flagging on Wednesday raising the possibility he could be acquitted as early as Friday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment/republicans-hopeful-senate-will-acquit-trump-in-impeachment-trial-as-early-as-friday-idUSKBN1ZS19Q | 2020-01-30 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Republican Senator John Barrasso a member of the Senate Republican leadership told reporters on Wednesday that Republicans seemed to have the to move to end the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump by Friday without calling witnesses | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Republican Senator John Barrasso a member of the Senate Republican leadership told reporters on Wednesday that Republicans seemed to have the to move to end the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump by Friday without calling witnesses | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-barrasso/senior-senate-republican-sees-momentum-to-end-impeachment-trial-friday-idUSKBN1ZS2ZX | 2020-01-30 |
| The Republicans can call who they want | Neutral | WASHINGTON Amid uncertainty over the question of whether to call witnesses in President Donald Trumps Senate impeachment trial his legal team wrapped up its opening arguments on Tuesday with an appeal for a quick acquittal | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment/as-vote-on-witnesses-looms-trump-legal-team-tells-impeachment-trial-time-for-this-to-end-idUSKBN1ZR14R | 2020-01-29 |
| WASHINGTON Senate Republicans plan to meet later on Tuesday and are expected to discuss whether to call witnesses in the impeachment trial of U.S. President Donald Trump NBC reported citing four unnamed Republican aides | Positive | WASHINGTON Senate Republicans plan to meet later on Tuesday and are expected to discuss whether to call witnesses in the impeachment trial of U.S. President Donald Trump NBC reported citing four unnamed Republican aides | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-republicans/u-s-senate-republicans-to-discuss-trump-impeachment-trial-witnesses-nbc-idUSKBN1ZR2F7 | 2020-01-29 |
| Times said in a report that could raise pressure on Republicans to call Bolton as a witness in Trumps Senate impeachment trial | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump told a thentop aide in August he wanted to freeze security aid to Ukraine until officials there helped with investigations into Democrats including former Vice President Joe Biden the New York Times reported on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment/trump-wanted-aid-to-ukraine-frozen-until-it-helped-on-probes-of-political-rivals-new-york-times-idUSKBN1ZP0K6 | 2020-01-28 |
| Most senators remained in their seats for Starrs speech and several Republicans were seen chatting with him during a break | Negative | WASHINGTON Kenneth Starr the lawyer whose investigation led to the impeachment of former U.S. President Bill Clinton in 1998 told the Senate on Monday that the process was happening all too often in what he called an age of as he spoke in defense of his client President Donald Trump | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-starr/starr-lawyer-who-pursued-clinton-and-now-defends-trump-rails-against-impeachment-idUSKBN1ZQ2I3 | 2020-01-28 |
| I think its increasingly likely that other Republicans will join those of us who think we should hear from John Bolton | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trumps Senate impeachment trial was overshadowed on Monday by an unpublished manuscript from former national security adviser John Bolton that said Trump wanted to freeze U.S. aid to Ukraine to pressure the country for politically beneficial investigations | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-quotes-factbox/factbox-this-is-stunning-quotes-from-capitol-hill-on-day-6-of-trump-impeachment-trial-idUSKBN1ZQ2HT | 2020-01-28 |
| WASHINGTON President Donald Trumps impeachment trial may not result in his removal from office but it could help determine whether his Republicans retain control of the Senate in the November congressional elections | Neutral | WASHINGTON President Donald Trumps impeachment trial may not result in his removal from office but it could help determine whether his Republicans retain control of the Senate in the November congressional elections | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-politics/theres-something-else-at-stake-in-trump-impeachment-control-of-u-s-senate-idUSKBN1ZQ16H | 2020-01-28 |
| Democrats need to pick up four seats from Republicans to win a majority in the Nov | Positive | WASHINGTON President Donald Trumps impeachment trial may not result in his removal from office but it could help determine whether his Republicans retain control of the Senate in the November congressional elections | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-politics/theres-something-else-at-stake-in-trump-impeachment-control-of-u-s-senate-idUSKBN1ZQ16H | 2020-01-28 |
| His acquittal is seen as likely in the Senate because at least 20 Republicans would have to vote for his removal | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trumps impeachment trial may not result in his removal from office but it could help determine whether his Republicans retain control of the Senate in the November congressional elections | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-politics/theres-something-else-at-stake-in-trump-impeachment-control-of-u-s-senate-idUSKBN1ZQ16H | 2020-01-28 |
| Republicans said they were insulted | Negative | WASHINGTON Representative Adam Schiff making his closing argument in the impeachment trial of U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday seemed to have the Senate chamber more or less rapt with lawmakers listening respectfully whether they agreed with his arguments or not | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-threat/head-on-a-pike-republican-senators-object-after-schiff-cites-impeachment-threat-idUSKBN1ZO067 | 2020-01-25 |
| The impeachment trial is unlikely to end with a vote that removes Trump from office as Republicans who control the Senate have voiced support for the president | Negative | The U.S. television audience for Democrats arguments that President Donald Trump should be impeached declined on Thursday to roughly 7 | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-ratings/trump-impeachment-trials-u-s-tv-audience-slips-during-democrats-arguments-nielsen-idUSKBN1ZN2LC | 2020-01-25 |
| Even a few of Trumps fellow Republicans have said Schiff has made an effective case | Positive | WASHINGTON The lawmaker walking U.S. senators methodically through the case for removing President Donald Trump from office is also becoming Exhibit A in efforts by the presidents allies to defend him | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-schiff/trump-impeachment-prosecutor-adam-schiff-is-becoming-exhibit-a-in-presidents-defense-idUSKBN1ZN13S | 2020-01-25 |
| 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 |
| But the Senate which is controlled by Trumps fellow Republicans remains unlikely to convict him | 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 |
| But the Senate which is controlled by Trumps fellow Republicans remains unlikely to do so | Negative | WASHINGTON Democrats worked methodically at U.S. President Donald Trumps impeachment trial on Thursday to dismantle his longstanding allegation that Democratic presidential contender Joe Biden acted improperly toward Ukraine while vice president | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment/democrats-in-impeachment-trial-say-trump-abused-his-power-for-political-gain-idUSKBN1ZM1Q7 | 2020-01-24 |
| Democrats countered by saying Republicans had blocked their attempts to bring new evidence to light through additional witnesses and documents | Negative | WASHINGTON Democrats worked methodically at U.S. President Donald Trumps impeachment trial on Thursday to dismantle his longstanding allegation that Democratic presidential contender Joe Biden acted improperly toward Ukraine while vice president | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment/democrats-in-impeachment-trial-say-trump-abused-his-power-for-political-gain-idUSKBN1ZM1Q7 | 2020-01-24 |
| Republicans counter that the Democrats have failed to make their case against Trump | Negative | WASHINGTON On the second day of House Democrats laying out their case in the U.S. Senate for removing President Donald Trump there was little sign on Thursday that their arguments had changed any minds among Republican senators who control the chamber | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-republicans/two-days-into-trump-trial-republicans-appear-unmoved-but-offer-democrats-some-praise-idUSKBN1ZM2YF | 2020-01-24 |
| Some prominent Republicans including those facing competitive reelection bids and critics of Trump said they were holding off on making a decision | Neutral | WASHINGTON On the second day of House Democrats laying out their case in the U.S. Senate for removing President Donald Trump there was little sign on Thursday that their arguments had changed any minds among Republican senators who control the chamber | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-republicans/two-days-into-trump-trial-republicans-appear-unmoved-but-offer-democrats-some-praise-idUSKBN1ZM2YF | 2020-01-24 |
| Conservative party The Republicans Senator Pascale Bories said she regretted that Macron did not have the courage to do a referendum on this issue because debates transcend political parties | Negative | PARIS Frances Senate voted on Wednesday in favor of a bill that would allow single women and lesbian couples access to invitro fertilization the first major social reform of President Emmanuel Macrons term | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-france-ivf/french-senate-approves-bill-allowing-ivf-for-single-women-lesbians-idUSKBN1ZL33Y | 2020-01-23 |
| With Republicans banding together the Senate voted 5347 to adopt the trial plan which allows opening arguments from House lawmakers prosecuting the case to begin later on Wednesday | Positive | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate voted early on Wednesday to approve rules governing the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump including delaying a debate over whether to call witnesses until the middle of the trial | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-resolution/senate-approves-trump-impeachment-trial-rules-idUSKBN1ZL0LS | 2020-01-23 |
| Republicans in the Senate so far have backed up the president rejecting requests for White House documents and interviews with administration officials | Negative | A bipartisan majority of Americans want to see new witnesses testify in the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump and the public appears to be largely following the proceedings even after a bruising congressional inquiry that lasted several months according to polling released Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-poll/let-them-speak-most-americans-want-witnesses-in-trump-impeachment-trial-reuters-ipsos-poll-idUSKBN1ZL33O | 2020-01-23 |
| The poll showed that Republicans and Democrats want to see people like Bolton and Pompeo tell the Senate what they know about the administrations policies in Ukraine | Positive | A bipartisan majority of Americans want to see new witnesses testify in the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump and the public appears to be largely following the proceedings even after a bruising congressional inquiry that lasted several months according to polling released Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-poll/let-them-speak-most-americans-want-witnesses-in-trump-impeachment-trial-reuters-ipsos-poll-idUSKBN1ZL33O | 2020-01-23 |
| On Tuesday Senate Republicans rejected Democratic efforts to obtain evidence and call witnesses | Negative | About 11 million TV viewers watched the start of the U.S. Senate impeachment trial of President Donald Trump on Tuesday when lawmakers sparred for hours over witnesses and records for the historic proceedings according to Nielsen ratings data | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-ratings/opening-of-trump-impeachment-trial-draws-11-million-tv-viewers-idUSKBN1ZL321 | 2020-01-23 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer on Wednesday ruled out a socalled witness trade in which Republicans call witnesses Democrats want in exchange for former Vice President Joe Bidens son Hunter Biden testifying in President Donald Trumps impeachment trial | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer on Wednesday ruled out a socalled witness trade in which Republicans call witnesses Democrats want in exchange for former Vice President Joe Bidens son Hunter Biden testifying in President Donald Trumps impeachment trial | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-witnesses/democrat-schumer-impeachment-witness-trade-involving-hunter-biden-off-the-table-idUSKBN1ZL2WC | 2020-01-23 |
| Braun said Republicans decided the changes at lunch and presented them afterwards to McConnell who had left early | Neutral | WASHINGTON The septuagenarian members of the U.S. Senate could get a little more sleep during President Donald Trumps impeachment trial after Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell backed off a plan for 48 hours of arguments over four days a schedule that had raised the specter of sessions lasting well past midnight | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-midnight/senates-mcconnell-eases-marathon-late-night-impeachment-schedule-idUSKBN1ZL013 | 2020-01-22 |
| The House on Wednesday voted 261155 with the support of 34 Republicans to pass the proposal known as the Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act | Neutral | The House on Wednesday voted 261155 with the support of 34 Republicans to pass the proposal known as the Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/employment-agebias/house-passes-bill-that-would-make-it-easier-to-prove-age-bias-claims-idUSL1N29L24B | 2020-01-17 |
| Republicans could seek to call witnesses of their own as well although the White House said on Thursday it did not think witnesses are necessary | Positive | The Senate impeachment trial on whether to remove U.S. President Donald Trump from office formally began on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-nextsteps-factb/trump-impeachment-what-happens-next-idUSKBN1ZF2TU | 2020-01-17 |
| Republicans could seek to amend those rules but such a move is politically risky and considered unlikely legal experts said | Negative | WASHINGTON The Democraticcontrolled U.S. House of Representatives is expected to impeach Republican President Donald Trump this week for pressuring Ukraine to investigate a potential rival in the 2020 presidential election | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/supreme-courthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-explainer/explainer-how-impeachment-works-and-why-trump-is-unlikely-to-be-removed-idUSKBN1YK16K | 2020-01-17 |
| In 1998 when Republicans had a House majority the chamber voted largely along party lines to impeach Clinton a Democrat | Negative | WASHINGTON The Democraticcontrolled U.S. House of Representatives is expected to impeach Republican President Donald Trump this week for pressuring Ukraine to investigate a potential rival in the 2020 presidential election | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/supreme-courthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-explainer/explainer-how-impeachment-works-and-why-trump-is-unlikely-to-be-removed-idUSKBN1YK16K | 2020-01-17 |
| With Trumps fellow Republicans holding 53 seats in the 100seat chamber and a twothirds vote necessary for conviction he is likely to be acquitted and kept in office | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts is poised to become a key figure in the political life of President Donald Trump | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-roberts/u-s-chief-justice-faces-unfamiliar-glare-of-spotlight-at-trump-trial-idUSKBN1ZF2P2 | 2020-01-17 |
| 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 |
| Kaine said four Republicans Senators Rand Paul Mike Lee Susan Collins and Todd Young had agree to support the war powers resolution he introduced on Jan | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Democrats said on Tuesday they had enough votes in the Republicancontrolled Senate to pass a resolution curbing President Donald Trumps ability to wage war on Iran without congressional approval which would be a rebuke of the president after he ordered a strike that killed an Iranian commander in Iraq | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-congress/democrats-say-measure-to-rein-in-trump-on-iran-will-pass-senate-idUSKBN1ZD24K | 2020-01-15 |
| Republicans hold 53 seats in the 100member Senate | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. Senate Democrats said on Tuesday they had enough votes in the Republicancontrolled Senate to pass a resolution curbing President Donald Trumps ability to wage war on Iran without congressional approval which would be a rebuke of the president after he ordered a strike that killed an Iranian commander in Iraq | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-congress/democrats-say-measure-to-rein-in-trump-on-iran-will-pass-senate-idUSKBN1ZD24K | 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 U.S. lawmakers including some Republicans as well as Democrats have said the administration has failed to provide evidence that an attack was imminent | 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 |
| 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 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said House Democrats will determine on Tuesday when to send formal impeachment charges against President Donald Trump to the Senate and warned that Republicans will pay a political price for denying a trial with witnesses | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said House Democrats will determine on Tuesday when to send formal impeachment charges against President Donald Trump to the Senate and warned that Republicans will pay a political price for denying a trial with witnesses | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment/pelosi-says-republicans-will-pay-price-for-denying-impeachment-witnesses-idUSKBN1ZB0K8 | 2020-01-13 |
| U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has said he has enough support from his fellow Republicans to begin the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump even though lawmakers have yet to agree whether to call witnesses | Positive | U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has said he has enough support from his fellow Republicans to begin the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump even though lawmakers have yet to agree whether to call witnesses | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-rules-explainer/explainer-what-is-mcconnells-proposed-impeachment-trial-format-idUSKBN1Z9148 | 2020-01-11 |
| The following explains what the Republicansupported resolution on trial rules is expected to look like | Positive | U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has said he has enough support from his fellow Republicans to begin the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump even though lawmakers have yet to agree whether to call witnesses | http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-rules-explainer/explainer-what-is-mcconnells-proposed-impeachment-trial-format-idUSKBN1Z9148 | 2020-01-11 |
| Republicans said Democrats endangered the country by trying to pass a resolution they characterized as an empty political gesture at the start of a U.S. general election year | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives passed a resolution on Thursday to stop President Donald Trump from further military action against Iran rebuking the president days after he ordered a drone strike that killed a top Iranian commander and raised fears of war | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-congress/u-s-house-passes-resolution-to-limit-trumps-ability-to-wage-war-on-iran-idUSKBN1Z82CB | 2020-01-11 |
| 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 |
| If passed by the House and Senate the measure does not need Trumps signature to go into effect although Democrats and Republicans disagreed over whether it was binding | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives passed a resolution on Thursday to stop President Donald Trump from further military action against Iran rebuking the president days after he ordered a drone strike that killed a top Iranian commander and raised fears of war | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-congress/u-s-house-passes-resolution-to-limit-trumps-ability-to-wage-war-on-iran-idUSKBN1Z82CB | 2020-01-11 |
| 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 |
| Without witnesses Democrats fear Senate Republicans could move quickly to dismiss the charges against Trump | 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 |
| The resolution will likely sail through the House of Representatives where the Democrats hold the majority but its passage in the Senate controlled by Trumps fellow Republicans is less assured | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Wednesday the House would vote on a resolution intended to limit President Donald Trumps military actions regarding Iran stating that concerns about the administrations strategy and decisions were not addressed in a briefing with lawmakers | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-pelosi/u-s-house-to-vote-this-week-to-limit-trumps-military-actions-on-iran-pelosi-idUSKBN1Z72U6 | 2020-01-09 |
| President Donald Trump has made immigration a centerpiece of his administration and 2020 reelection campaign and the public charge rule has been among the Republicans signature policies to curtail immigration | Negative | NEW YORK A federal appeals court on Wednesday refused to set aside an injunction blocking the Trump administration from enforcing a rule that would withhold green cards from immigrants likely to require government assistance such as Medicaid or food stamps | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-usa-immigration/u-s-court-blocks-trump-from-enforcing-public-charge-immigration-rule-idUSKBN1Z72D1 | 2020-01-09 |
| 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 | 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 |
| Make no mistake on the question of witnesses and documents Republicans may run but they cant Schumer said on the Senate floor | Positive | WASHINGTON Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Tuesday he had enough support from his fellow Republicans to set the rules for President Donald Trumps impeachment trial dealing a blow to Democrats efforts to call new witnesses against the president | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment/senate-republicans-close-ranks-on-rules-for-trump-impeachment-trial-idUSKBN1Z62DS | 2020-01-08 |
| WASHINGTON 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 | Negative | WASHINGTON Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Tuesday he had enough support from his fellow Republicans to set the rules for President Donald Trumps impeachment trial dealing a blow to Democrats efforts to call new witnesses against the president | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment/senate-republicans-close-ranks-on-rules-for-trump-impeachment-trial-idUSKBN1Z62DS | 2020-01-08 |
| WASHINGTON Republicans in the U.S. Senate have enough votes to proceed on rules for the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump that would delay a decision on whether to allow witness testimony Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Tuesday | Negative | WASHINGTON Republicans in the U.S. Senate have enough votes to proceed on rules for the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump that would delay a decision on whether to allow witness testimony Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-mcconnell-witne/mcconnell-republicans-can-launch-trump-impeachment-trial-without-decision-on-witnesses-idUSKBN1Z62CL | 2020-01-08 |
| Three Republicans remain in the race having announced their challenges prior to Van Drews switching allegiance | Neutral | The wife of a Kennedy nephew and former congressman on Monday joined the race to win the New Jersey seat held by U.S. Representative Jeff Van Drew the erstwhile Democrat who joined President Donald Trump in the Oval Office last month to say he was switching parties | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-new-jersey/wife-of-kennedy-nephew-joins-race-to-oust-new-jersey-congressman-who-switched-parties-idUSKBN1Z51U0 | 2020-01-07 |
| That could allow Republicans who control the chamber by a margin of 5347 to wrap up the trial without hearing from Bolton or other witnesses | Positive | 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 |
| But Democrats would need only four Republicans to side with them to get the majority required to call witnesses | Neutral | 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 |
| The Republicans control the Senate and theyre not asking said Daryl Kimball executive director of the Arms Control Association | 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 |
| 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 |
| With Trumps fellow Republicans controlling the Senate with a 5347 majority he is unlikely to be convicted and removed from office which would require a twothirds majority vote | 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 |
| Democrats however hope they could peel off a few Republicans to push through a resolution for witnesses which would only require a simple majority | Positive | 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 |
| The actual impeachment trial in the Senate would need a twothirds majority vote for a conviction requiring more than 20 Republicans to break with their party to remove the president | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate remained at a stalemate on Friday over how to proceed with the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump as the chambers leaders wrangled over whether White House aides will be called as witnesses and the top Democrat appealed to a handful of Republicans who could help break the impasse | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment/u-s-senate-in-stalemate-over-how-to-proceed-with-trump-impeachment-trial-idUSKBN1Z21W3 | 2020-01-04 |
| 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 |
| WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate remained at a stalemate on Friday over how to proceed with the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump as the chambers leaders wrangled over whether White House aides will be called as witnesses and the top Democrat appealed to a handful of Republicans who could help break the impasse | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate remained at a stalemate on Friday over how to proceed with the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump as the chambers leaders wrangled over whether White House aides will be called as witnesses and the top Democrat appealed to a handful of Republicans who could help break the impasse | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment/u-s-senate-in-stalemate-over-how-to-proceed-with-trump-impeachment-trial-idUSKBN1Z21W3 | 2020-01-04 |
| Republicans could seek to amend those rules but such a moveis politically risky and considered unlikely legal experts said | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate is due to hold a trial to consider whether President Donald Trump should be removed from office after the House of Representatives voted in December to impeach him for pressuring Ukraine to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden a potential rival in the 2020 presidential election | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-explainer/explainer-how-impeachment-works-and-why-trump-is-unlikely-to-be-removed-idUSKBN1Z10PT | 2020-01-03 |
| In 1998 when Republicans had a House majority the chamber also voted largely along party lines to impeach Clinton a Democrat | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate is due to hold a trial to consider whether President Donald Trump should be removed from office after the House of Representatives voted in December to impeach him for pressuring Ukraine to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden a potential rival in the 2020 presidential election | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-explainer/explainer-how-impeachment-works-and-why-trump-is-unlikely-to-be-removed-idUSKBN1Z10PT | 2020-01-03 |
| The Senate now has 53 Republicans 45 Democrats and two independents who usually vote with the Democrats | Neutral | WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate is due to hold a trial to consider whether President Donald Trump should be removed from office after the House of Representatives voted in December to impeach him for pressuring Ukraine to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden a potential rival in the 2020 presidential election | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-explainer/explainer-how-impeachment-works-and-why-trump-is-unlikely-to-be-removed-idUSKBN1Z10PT | 2020-01-03 |
| Trump a polarizing president popular among Republicans but vilified by Democrats saw a surge of donations during the effort to oust him through impeachment in the Democraticcontrolled House of Representatives | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trumps reelection campaign raised million in the fourth quarter of 2019 a major haul that was boosted by a surge of donations in the wake of the Democrats impeachment bid a senior campaign official said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-trump/trump-re-election-campaign-raises-46-million-in-fourth-quarter-idUSKBN1Z10OC | 2020-01-03 |
| Sentence | Sentiment | Title | Url | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dozens of House Republicans reluctant to defy Mr Trump sided with Democrats to approve the package. | Positive | Mr McConnell said raising aid cheques from to would be another fire hose of borrowed money. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-us-canada-55484625 | 2020-12-31 |
| Unless Republicans have a death wish and it is also the right thing to do they must approve the payments ASAP he tweeted on Tuesday | Positive | Mr McConnell said raising aid cheques from to would be another fire hose of borrowed money. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-us-canada-55484625 | 2020-12-31 |
| And House Speaker Nancy Pelosi These Republicans in the Senate seem to have an endless tolerance for other peoples sadness | Negative | Mr McConnell said raising aid cheques from to would be another fire hose of borrowed money. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-us-canada-55484625 | 2020-12-31 |
| On a conference call Wednesday House Republicans said Mr Trump had thrown them under a bus according to the Associated Press news agency. | Negative | The coronavirus economic relief which comes with a | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-us-canada-55435942 | 2020-12-25 |
| But many of the presidents fellow Republicans are said to be dismayed that Democrats will now depict them as Scrooges for rejecting higher spending. | Negative | The coronavirus economic relief which comes with a | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-us-canada-55435942 | 2020-12-25 |
| Mr Paxtons lawsuit asked the Supreme Court to allow the legislatures of those states which are all controlled by Republicans to determine who should get their electoral college votes. | Neutral | The lawsuit filed this week by the state of Texas sought to invalidate results in Georgia Michigan Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-us-canada-55283024 | 2020-12-12 |
| Mr Trump and senior Republicans have repeatedly made unsubstantiated claims that the election was rigged | Negative | The update applies to all new content including videos from President Donald Trump | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-55255121 | 2020-12-10 |
| The latest move will anger President Trump and many Republicans many of whom already believe Big Tech is biased against conservatives | Negative | The update applies to all new content including videos from President Donald Trump | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-55255121 | 2020-12-10 |
| The two Republicans on the fourmember board had objected to minor voting irregularities in Wayne County home to Detroit. | Negative | President Trump said he terminated Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency chief Chris Krebs for his highly inaccurate remarks on vote integrity. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-us-canada-54982360 | 2020-11-18 |
| It is Democrat voices now not Republicans that arguably pose the greatest threat and will be listened to more closely | Negative | Senators are about to grill Twitters Jack Dorsey and Facebooks Mark Zuckerberg | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-54941570 | 2020-11-17 |
| Many Republicans are now pushing for people to dump Twitter in exchange for Parler a free speech version of the app | Neutral | Senators are about to grill Twitters Jack Dorsey and Facebooks Mark Zuckerberg | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-54941570 | 2020-11-17 |
| Republicans have indicated they will strike a deal before Mr Biden enters office claiming a final win for Mr Trump. | Negative | Here are five questions facing him when it comes to the US economy. | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-54712193 | 2020-11-08 |
| But Republicans are likely to be even more steadfast in their resistance to spending proposals from a Democratic White House promising a tough fight. | Positive | Here are five questions facing him when it comes to the US economy. | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-54712193 | 2020-11-08 |
| Facebooks Mark Zuckerberg Twitters Jack Dorsey and Googles Sundar Pichai were summoned before the Senate after both Democrats and Republicans agreed to call them in for questioning. | Positive | At present the companies cannot be sued over what their users post online or the decisions they make over what to leave up and take down. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-54721023 | 2020-10-29 |
| Republicans say big tech is using its moderation powers to censor people it does not agree with making editorial calls rather than staying neutral. | Negative | At present the companies cannot be sued over what their users post online or the decisions they make over what to leave up and take down. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-54721023 | 2020-10-29 |
| As a result when Republicans cry foul it is often accusation by anecdote | Negative | Their chief executives will be grilled by senators about whether social media companies abuse their power. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-54698186 | 2020-10-27 |
| In this case Republicans like Senator Ted Cruz believed Twitter would have acted differently if the story had been about President Donald Trump | Positive | Their chief executives will be grilled by senators about whether social media companies abuse their power. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-54698186 | 2020-10-27 |
| Even so Republicans are disproportionately affected. | Neutral | Their chief executives will be grilled by senators about whether social media companies abuse their power. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-54698186 | 2020-10-27 |
| Mr Trumps fellow Republicans voted 5248 to approve the judge overcoming the opposition of Democrats. | Negative | Children of various age groups are among the dead an officer at the scene told the BBC. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-54701753 | 2020-10-27 |
| In fact some Republicans treat any kind of moderation as an attack on free speech | Negative | Their chief executives will be grilled by senators about whether social media companies abuse their power. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-54698186 | 2020-10-27 |
| For Republicans this is the opportunity theyve been waiting for | Positive | Their chief executives will be grilled by senators about whether social media companies abuse their power. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-54698186 | 2020-10-27 |
| For many Republicans this was the final straw incontrovertible evidence that social media is biased against conservatives. | Negative | Their chief executives will be grilled by senators about whether social media companies abuse their power. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-54698186 | 2020-10-27 |
| Democrats fear Judge Barretts successful nomination would favour Republicans in politically sensitive cases that reach the Supreme Court. | Positive | The conservative judge repeatedly refused to be drawn on abortion healthcare and LGBTQ rights. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-us-canada-54523871 | 2020-10-14 |
| Republicans hold a slim majority in the US Senate the body that confirms Supreme Court judges making Judge Barretts nomination very likely to pass. | Positive | The conservative judge repeatedly refused to be drawn on abortion healthcare and LGBTQ rights. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-us-canada-54523871 | 2020-10-14 |
| It was the Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee who wanted a really tough approach a minority report from the Republicans agreed there was a problem but favoured milder solutions. | Neutral | Prof Furman who chaired an inquiry into the power of the tech giants for the UK government outlines three areas where the American politicians seem willing to take aggressive action | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-54479130 | 2020-10-10 |
| Meanwhile since President Trump tested positive last week a number of senior Republicans and others close to him have been confirmed as having the virus. | Positive | Covid19 is spreading further among those around US President Donald Trump with White House adviser Stephen Miller and a top military official infected. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-us-canada-54441986 | 2020-10-07 |
| The nomination which came 237 days before the election was successfully blocked because Republicans held the Senate and argued the decision should be made outside of an election year. | Negative | US President Donald Trump has nominated Amy Coney Barrett a favourite of social conservatives to be the new Supreme Court justice. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-us-canada-54312699 | 2020-09-27 |
| With less than 40 days until the 2020 election Democrats say the Republicans should stand by their earlier position and let voters decide. | Neutral | US President Donald Trump has nominated Amy Coney Barrett a favourite of social conservatives to be the new Supreme Court justice. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-us-canada-54312699 | 2020-09-27 |
| Republicans hold a slim majority of 53 senators but they already seem to have the 51 votes needed to get Judge Barrett confirmed | Neutral | US President Donald Trump has nominated Amy Coney Barrett a favourite of social conservatives to be the new Supreme Court justice. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-us-canada-54312699 | 2020-09-27 |
| Then they have to hope Judge Barrett or the Republicans make some kind of critical error | Neutral | US President Donald Trump will reportedly nominate Amy Coney Barrett a favourite of social conservatives to be the new Supreme Court justice. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-us-canada-54303942 | 2020-09-26 |
| To figure out how things might go this year there are some key senators to two Republicans Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski have backed a delay in the vote | Negative | President Trump has said he will name a replacement to Ruth Bader Ginsburg by weeks end and urged the Republicancontrolled Senate to confirm his Supreme Court choice before 3 November. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-us-canada-54238936 | 2020-09-22 |
| Republicans hold a slim 5347 majority in the upper chamber | Neutral | President Trump has said he will name a replacement to Ruth Bader Ginsburg by weeks end and urged the Republicancontrolled Senate to confirm his Supreme Court choice before 3 November. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-us-canada-54238936 | 2020-09-22 |
| Even if Republicans lose their Senate majority on 3 November the new Congress does not take office until 3 January which would give them time to confirm Mr Trumps pick | Negative | President Trump has said he will name a replacement to Ruth Bader Ginsburg by weeks end and urged the Republicancontrolled Senate to confirm his Supreme Court choice before 3 November. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-us-canada-54238936 | 2020-09-22 |
| I appeal to those Senate Republicans please follow your conscience let the people speak cool the flames that have been engulfing our country | Positive | President Trump has said he will name a replacement to Ruth Bader Ginsburg by weeks end and urged the Republicancontrolled Senate to confirm his Supreme Court choice before 3 November. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-us-canada-54238936 | 2020-09-22 |
| Republicans this week put forward a proposal for more aid | Positive | The US budget deficit has hit a record high of more than | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-54126226 | 2020-09-12 |
| This data doesnt feel like the V shaped recovery that President Trump and the Republicans are banking on. | Neutral | The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits unexpectedly climbed back above one million last week official figures show. | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-53852315 | 2020-08-21 |
| Democrats have called for more than in further spending a figure Republicans have rejected as too high. | Negative | The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits unexpectedly climbed back above one million last week official figures show. | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-53852315 | 2020-08-21 |
| Microsofts technological proficiency also means its likely US Republicans would trust the company to safeguard users data from Beijings cyberspies. | Positive | Last week Congress grilled Apple Amazon Google and Facebook | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-53656462 | 2020-08-05 |
| However some Republicans signalled they were not prepared to split up the firms or significantly overhaul US competition laws with one committee member saying big is not inherently bad. | Positive | The heads of some of the worlds biggest tech companies have appeared before Washington lawmakers to defend their firms against claims they abuse their power to quash competitors. | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-53583941 | 2020-07-30 |
| Democrats pressed the tech titans on competition issues while Republicans were more concerned about how they managed information and whether they were marginalising conservative views | Negative | The heads of some of the worlds biggest tech companies have appeared before Washington lawmakers to defend their firms against claims they abuse their power to quash competitors. | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-53583941 | 2020-07-30 |
| Mr McConnell said Republicans want to continue the unemployment supplement which expires this week | Neutral | US Senate Republicans have proposed spending an additional to address the economic damage caused by the coronavirus pandemic. | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-53558608 | 2020-07-29 |
| As well as money for direct payments to families and to help schools Republicans said they want to put in place legislation to shield businesses from workers coronavirus health claims. | Positive | US Senate Republicans have proposed spending an additional to address the economic damage caused by the coronavirus pandemic. | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-53558608 | 2020-07-29 |
| Some Republicans had proposed fasttracking some pieces of the legislation an idea rejected by Democrats who see that strategy as an effort to avoid including their priorities. | Negative | US Senate Republicans have proposed spending an additional to address the economic damage caused by the coronavirus pandemic. | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-53558608 | 2020-07-29 |
| US Senate Republicans have proposed spending an additional to address the economic damage caused by the coronavirus pandemic. | Negative | US Senate Republicans have proposed spending an additional to address the economic damage caused by the coronavirus pandemic. | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-53558608 | 2020-07-29 |
| Senator Mitch McConnell said Republicans wanted to see how existing programmes were working but had now produced a tailored and targeted draft to address the economic fallout of the pandemic. | Neutral | US Senate Republicans have proposed spending an additional to address the economic damage caused by the coronavirus pandemic. | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-53558608 | 2020-07-29 |
| Republicans and Democrats in Congress are meanwhile negotiating a deal to pass a fifth economic stimulus package | Positive | President Donald Trump has cancelled the preelection Republican party convention in Florida blaming the coronavirus flareup | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-us-canada-53521896 | 2020-07-24 |
| Stone has worked with Republicans since the 1970s and has a tattoo of Richard Nixon on his back. | Positive | US President Donald Trump has commuted the prison sentence of his former adviser Roger Stone. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-us-canada-53371756 | 2020-07-11 |
| But more recently the presidents fellow Republicans and conservative media have joined the calls in favour of mask wearing. | Neutral | US President Donald Trump long opposed to wearing a face covering in public says he is all for masks and they make him look like the Lone Ranger. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-us-canada-53258792 | 2020-07-02 |
| It came as Mr Trump and other Republicans have escalated their criticism of Beijings handling of the early stages of the outbreak | Negative | China will not set an economic growth goal for this year as it deals with the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic. | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-52765958 | 2020-05-22 |
| While Democrats this week proposed an additional package Mitch McConnell who leads the Republicans in the Senate responded that there was no urgency to act. | Neutral | Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell has warned that America faces a slow and painful economic recovery without additional government relief. | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-52657133 | 2020-05-14 |
| Democrats accused Republicans of wanting to bail out big businesses | Negative | The coronavirus outbreak in New York will get worse with damage accelerated by shortages of key medical supplies the citys mayor has said. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-us-canada-51998429 | 2020-03-23 |
| Five senior US Republicans have quarantined themselves after coming into contact with a person who tested positive for coronavirus. | Negative | Five senior US Republicans have quarantined themselves after coming into contact with a person who tested positive for coronavirus. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-us-canada-51812153 | 2020-03-10 |
| Democrats hoped four swing Republicans would vote for witnesses which would have extended the trial without in all likelihood changing its outcome. | Positive | US President Donald Trump is set to be acquitted in his impeachment trial after senators voted against calling witnesses or admitting new evidence. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-us-canada-51335661 | 2020-02-01 |
| They needed four Republicans to vote with them to allow witness testimony but one of the few wavering senators said he would not support the measure. | Neutral | US Democrats have been dealt a major blow in their efforts to call witnesses at President Trumps impeachment trial. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-us-canada-51320848 | 2020-01-31 |
| The revelations if true are significant because Republicans have argued that no firsthand witnesses had connected the president to the alleged scheme to withhold aid for political benefit. | Positive | The White House is pushing back against the publication of a book by former national security adviser John Bolton citing security concerns. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-us-canada-51304366 | 2020-01-30 |
| The impeachment trial in the US Senate could end next week but Mr Trumps fellow Republicans control the chamber and are unlikely to oust him. | Negative | US Democrats have ruled out a witness swap with Republicans in President Donald Trumps impeachment trial. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-us-canada-51214457 | 2020-01-23 |
| On Wednesday the lead Democratic prosecutor California congressman Adam Schiff urged Republicans to vote to remove Mr Trump from office to protect our democracy. | Neutral | US Democrats have ruled out a witness swap with Republicans in President Donald Trumps impeachment trial. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-us-canada-51214457 | 2020-01-23 |
| But Republicans are postponing debate over witnesses and documents until later in the trial. | Negative | The US Senate has rejected repeated Democratic attempts to secure new evidence in President Donald Trumps impeachment as his trial began. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-us-canada-51194446 | 2020-01-22 |
| But the Senate which is controlled by his fellow Republicans is not expected to convict the president and remove him from office. | Neutral | The US Senate has rejected repeated Democratic attempts to secure new evidence in President Donald Trumps impeachment as his trial began. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-us-canada-51194446 | 2020-01-22 |
| Mr Trump a Republican had tweeted that he hoped all House Republicans will vote against Crazy Nancy Pelosis War Powers Resolution. | Negative | The US House of Representatives has approved a largely symbolic resolution seeking to limit President Donald Trumps ability to make war on Iran. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-us-canada-51053200 | 2020-01-10 |
| Their potential defection raises the chances for the measure in the upper chamber where Republicans hold a 5347 majority. | Positive | The US House of Representatives has approved a largely symbolic resolution seeking to limit President Donald Trumps ability to make war on Iran. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-us-canada-51053200 | 2020-01-10 |
| But most Republicans lawmakers have stood by the president. | Neutral | The US House of Representatives has approved a largely symbolic resolution seeking to limit President Donald Trumps ability to make war on Iran. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-us-canada-51053200 | 2020-01-10 |
| Weve gone out to every administration weve had Democrats and Republicans and we invite them | Positive | The man in charge of next weeks giant CES tech expo has said that Ivanka Trump has done great work and will help it focus attendees minds on jobrelated issues for the future. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-50988743 | 2020-01-05 |