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DUTERTE"S MOVE COMES AFTER THE U.S. CONGRESS APPROVED A 2020 BUDGET THAT CONTAINS A PROVISION INTRODUCED BY THE SENATORS AGAINST ANYONE INVOLVED IN HOLDING DE LIMA, WHO WAS CHARGED WITH DRUG OFFENCES IN EARLY 2017 AFTER SHE LED AN INVESTIGATION INTO MASS KILLINGSDURING DUTERTE"S NOTORIOUS ANTI-DRUGS CRACKDOWN.
SENATOR SHELDON WHITEHOUSE OF RHODE ISLAND, AS WELL AS SENATORS ELIZABETH WARREN OF MASSACHUSETTS AND SHERROD BROWN OF OHIO, ON FRIDAY REQUESTED THE GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE INVESTIGATE THE TAX CREDIT PROGRAM FOR REFINED COAL, ACCORDING TO A LETTER VIEWED BY REUTERS.
IN AN E-MAILED STATEMENT TO SENATE REPORTERS,DE LIMA DEPLORED PANELO』S REMARKS ON THE US TRAVEL BAN. 「PANELO SAYS HE HOPESTHE US SECRETARY OF STATE IS MORE PROPERLY INFORMED THAN THE US SENATORS WHOINTRODUCED THE AMENDMENT ON THE US TRAVEL BAN, AN AMENDMENT THAT WASUNANIMOUSLY APPROVED AT THE COMMITTEE LEVEL AND PASSED BY THE WHOLE US CONGRESS,』」DE LIMA SAID.
THE DEMOCRATIC-LED HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES PASSED THE RESOLUTION BY AN OVERWHELMING 405-11 IN LATE OCTOBER. BUT A VOTE IN THE SENATE, WHERE PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP"S FELLOW REPUBLICANS HOLD A MAJORITY OF SEATS, HAD BEEN BLOCKED SEVERAL TIMES BY REPUBLICAN SENATORS.
TASKED WITH DELIVERING AN OPENING STATEMENT FOR THE HOUSE MANAGERS – WHO PRESENT THE HOUSE』S CASE TO THE SENATE – REPRESENTATIVE ROBERT BARR REMINDED THE SENATORS OF CLINTON』S TENDENCY TO 「NITPICK」 OVER DETAILS OR 「PARSE A SPECIFIC WORD OR PHRASE OF TESTIMONY.」
SAN FRANCISCO (REUTERS) - U.S. SENATORS GRILLED APPLE INC AND FACEBOOK INC EXECUTIVES OVER THEIR ENCRYPTION PRACTICES ON TUESDAY AND THREATENED TO REGULATE THE TECHNOLOGY UNLESS THE COMPANIES MAKE ENCRYPTED USER DATA ACCESSIBLE TO LAW ENFORCEMENT.
SENATE MAJORITY LEADER MITCH MCCONNELL HAS NOTED THAT IF ROBERTS PRESIDES IN A SIMILAR FASHION TO THEN-CHIEF JUSTICE WILLIAM REHNQUIST IN THE TRIAL OF PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON, HE COULD ALLOW ANY DISAGREEMENTS OVER PROCEDURES TO BE WORKED OUT BY THE SENATORS THEMSELVES, PROBABLY THROUGH ONE OR MORE SENATE FLOOR VOTES.
OR, HE SAID, 51 SENATORS COULD COME TOGETHER, WHICH WOULD BE A MAJORITY OF THE 100 SENATORS, AND DECIDE “THAT THEY’VE HEARD ENOUGH AND THEY BELIEVE THEY KNOW WHAT WOULD HAPPEN AND COULD MOVE TO VOTE ON THE TWO ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT SENT OVER TO US BY THE HOUSE.”
TURKEY DENOUNCED US SENATORS ON THURSDAY AFTER THEY BACKED LEGISLATION TO IMPOSE SANCTIONS OVER ITS MILITARY OFFENSIVE IN NORTHERN SYRIA AND THE PURCHASE OF A RUSSIAN S-400 MISSILE SYSTEM.
MALACANANG BARS TWO US SENATORS, THREATENS TO REQUIRE VISAS FOR AMERICANS ENTERING THE PHILIPPINES ALL BECAUSE OF A LAW.
「WE ARE ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT HOW CHINA WILL INTERPRET A DECISION TO ABANDON STRATEGIC ARMS CONTROL,」 THE THREE SENATORS WROTE. 「IN ADDITION, U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS HAVE NEVER BEEN DEFINED, AS WAS THE CASE WITH RUSSIA, BY NUCLEAR COMPETITION. IT IS UNCLEAR TO US IF THIS CURRENT STATUS QUO WOULD CONTINUE IF THE ARMS CONTROL PROCESS BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND RUSSIA COMPLETELY BROKE DOWN.」
WHILE SOME SENATORS STRONGLY DISAGREED, OTHER LAWMAKERS FROM BOTH MAJOR PARTIES ARE ANGRY ABOUT TURKEY"S PURCHASE OF RUSSIA"S S-400 MISSILE SYSTEM, WHICH THEY SEE AS A THREAT TO NATO SYSTEMS.
TEXAS' TWO REPUBLICAN U.S. SENATORS, JOHN CORNYN AND TED CRUZ, SPEAK TO MEDIA FOLLOWING TEXAS PUBLIC POLICY FOUNDATION'S ANNUAL POLICY ORIENTATION IN AUSTIN ON JAN. 11, 2019.
OREGON’S TWO DEMOCRATIC U.S. SENATORS DEFEND HOUSE SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI. THEY SAY IT’S GOOD SHE’LL DELAY SENDING THE ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT TO THE U.S. SENATE. OREGON SENATOR JEFF MERKLEY SAYS PELOSI IS RIGHT TO INSIST BEFORE SHE SENDS IMPEACHMENT TO THE SENATE, REPUBLICAN SENATORS MUST SHOW THEY’LL HANDLE THE TRIAL FAIRLY.

 

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