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Congressional Black Caucus raises virus concerns
Members of the Congressional Black Caucus raised concerns that current and future legislation in Congress must address the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the African American community.
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Next week in the Florida legislature
Florida lawmakers have three weeks left to wrap up their business and one target they're going after is the Florida Coalition Against Domestic Violence.
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Pelosi Says Vote on New Aid Bill in House Is Imminent
May.07 -- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says her members could vote on a new coronavirus aid bill as soon as next week. She speaks to David Westin on "Bloomberg Balance of Power."
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GOP says Dems virus bill dead on arrival in Senate
The House is expected to vote on a more than $3 trillion coronavirus aid package package as soon as Friday, but Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said described the bill as "aspirational legislation."
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GOP says Dems virus bill dead on arrival in Senate
The House is expected to vote on a more than $3 trillion coronavirus aid package package as soon as Friday, but Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said described the bill as "aspirational legislation."
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Government keen to emphasise levelling up agenda, says politics professor
Professor Wyn Grant, Professor of Politics at the University of Warwick gives his take on the Queen's speech which set out Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s programme for the next phase of his administration.
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Londoners reveal concerns over potential rise in energy bills
Londoners explain how the potential rise in energy bills will affect them. Interviews: Eu Jin Hwang, Malin Jansson, Sam Hunt, Henrietta Lynch. Around 15 million households across Britain will be hit with a £178 annual hike on their...
Bloomberg
Heatwave Brings Soaring Temperatures Across UK, Europe
The UK is bracing for record-breaking heat of 40° Celsius (104° Fahrenheit) on Monday, while thousands of people have been forced to flee their homes across Europe from deadly wildfires sparked by soaring temperatures. Leigh-Ann Gerrans...
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CLEAN : British residents struggle with rising costs of living
With the cap on energy costs being raised, people of Keighley in West Yorkshire tell how the soaring cost of living will affect them (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer MP visits Stevenage ahead of local elections
CLEAN: Interior shots of Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer MP talking with business owners at Co-Space about the cost of living on 26th April 2022 in Stevenage, United Kingdom
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Downing Street is 'most-fined' workplace in wake of partygate says Sir Keir Starmer
Downing Street is the most-fined workplace in the whole of the UK, Labour leader Keir Starmer has said during a local election campaign visit to Worthing. Sir Keir denied that he had broken Covid-19 lockdown rules while in Durham in...
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UK Chancellor Zahawi Says More Energy Aid to Come
Nadhim Zahawi, UK Chancellor of the Exchequer, said he's working on additional energy aid to help households and businesses, which will help the country's incoming leader "hit the ground running" after a vote in the governing party...
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Starmer pledges to freeze fuel bills by extending windfall tax
The Government is engaged in a “constant pattern” of adopting Labour policies months after rubbishing them, Sir Keir Starmer has suggested. Asked if he thought the Government would “pinch” Labour’s proposals to deal with the rising cost...
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Sturgeon tells UK Government not to wait for new PM to act on energy bills
Action to tackle soaring energy bills cannot wait until after a new prime minister is elected, Nicola Sturgeon said, as she called on the UK Government to intervene on a “much larger scale”. With Chancellor Nadhim Zahawi expected in...
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Keir Starmer speaks on the energy crisis
CLEAN: Exterior interview with Labour Party Leader, Sir Keir Starmer speaking in regards to the energy crisis on the 22nd Augusut 2022 in London, England
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Daily politics briefing: August 27
All the latest facts behind the day's political headlines, as the Chancellor warns middle earners, as well as low earners, are likely to need government help to pay their energy bills this winter.
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WRAP: Indian parliament passes anti terror legislation
1. Exterior parliament
2. Security
3. Various of legislators arriving for joint session
4. Wide shot legislators chanting inside Central Hall of Parliament
5. Mid shot deputy speaker P.M.Sayeed
6. Mid shot Prime minister Vajpayee with...
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Democratic US Senators are pulling an all-nighter, discussing climate change. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid kicked off the dusk-to-dawn talkathon. (March 11)
It's a lot of hot air about a lot of hot air.
Democrats took to the Senate floor Monday night to talk about global warming and planned not to let up until morning. By midnight, lawmakers had been talking for nearly six hours.
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President Barack Obama is urging Congress to move quickly on a stalled jobs bill, and he criticizes the partisan minority in the Senate from blocking action on the legislation.
HEADLINE: Obama urges Congress to act on jobs bill
CAPTION: President Barack Obama is urging Congress to move quickly on a stalled jobs bill, and he criticizes the partisan minority in the Senate from blocking action on the legislation....
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Thousands join march to protest social security reform
1. High shot as protesters clash with riot police line outside Mexican Senate
2. Line of police helmets, protester waving flag
3. Various of protesters pushing at line of police shields, kicking, throwing orange drum and missiles as...
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President Barack Obama is urging lawmakers to pass a bill that he says will save hundreds of thousands of teachers and other public workers from unemployment.
HEADLINE: Obama urges House to pass bill to help teachers
CAPTION: President Barack Obama is urging lawmakers to pass a bill that he says will save hundreds of thousands of teachers and other public workers from unemployment. (Aug. 10)
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The Democratic-led Senate blocked a House-passed bill on Friday that would provide disaster aid and keep government agencies open, escalating the parties'''' latest showdown over spending and highlighting the raw partisan rift that has festered all year.
HEADLINE: Reid-to-GOP: Work through weekend on budget
CAPTION: The Democratic-led Senate blocked a House-passed bill on Friday that would provide disaster aid and keep government agencies open, escalating the parties' latest showdown...
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Low take up of Greek bonds; Merkel firm on debt
Greece on Wednesday auctioned 26-week short term bonds (t-bills) with total bids reaching 813 (m) million euros (929 (m) million US dollars).
The relatively low volume of sales indicated that only Greek banks were among the...
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The Senate blocked a bill that would strip senior military commanders of authority to prosecute rapes and other serious offenses in the ranks. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand called the vote 'painful,' but vowed to keep fighting for victims. (March 6)
The Senate has blocked a bill that would have stripped senior military commanders of their authority to prosecute rapes and other serious offenses in the ranks.
The vote on Thursday was 55-45, short of the 60 necessary to move ahead on...