A pornographic clip featuring characters from the ‘Final Fantasy’ video game series interrupted a meeting of Italian senators A virtual gathering attended by Italian lawmakers and academics – including a Nobel Prize winner – was briefly interrupted after a troll streamed a pornographic video, one with senator saying she will …
Read More »US Senate votes against Nord Stream 2 sanctions
Democrats in the US Senate blocked the Republican proposal for sanctions against Russia over the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, saying it didn’t help Ukraine and denied President Joe Biden “leverage” to deal with the Kremlin. Proposed by Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Senate bill 3436 would have given the White House two …
Read More »Biden backs calls to abolish key Senate procedure
US President Joe Biden has called for the Senate to change the rule requiring 60 votes to move a bill forward, saying it was the only way to pass the two Democrat initiatives federalizing elections and ensure “majority rule.” Speaking in Atlanta, Georgia on Tuesday, Biden declared “this is the …
Read More »Senate majority votes to repeal vaccine mandate
52 members of the Senate voted in favor of repealing the mandate on Wednesday while 48 voted against. Those in favor included all 50 Republican senators along with two Democrats, West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin and Montana Senator Jon Tester. The rest of the Democrats in the Senate voted to …
Read More »‘Use guns! Take back the Senate!’ Lindsey Graham called for Capitol police to SHOOT Jan 6 rioters – report
The report’s second chapter, entitled ‘Bloodshed’, recounts Graham being evacuated from his chambers to be taken to an undisclosed location after rioters had breached the Capitol. “What are you doing? Take back the Senate! You’ve got guns. Use them,” the senator yelled at the Senate sergeant-in-arms, according to sources cited …
Read More »Protests hit Italy after Senate kills bill broadening LGBT community’s rights (VIDEO)
The controversial document, known as the ‘Zan bill’ after its initiator, Italy’s center-left MP and LGBT rights activist Alessandro Zan, was rejected by 154 votes in the Senate on Wednesday, while 131 members voted in favor. First introduced in the lower house of parliament in May 2018, it passed the …
Read More »Illinois Senate votes to repeal law informing parents of child’s abortion in apparent reaction to Texas crackdown
Parental consent is not required for a minor to get an abortion in Illinois, and the parental notification statute allowed the minor in question to waive the notification if they are concerned for their safety. Adopted in 1995, the statute only went into effect in 2013. Just one minor has …
Read More »Czech Senate committee to consider if hospitalized President Zeman can stay in office
“I wish the president a speedy recovery but we are in a situation where clear procedures are needed if there is no speedy recovery,” the Senate’s Constitutional Committee Head Zdenek Hraba tweeted on Monday, as he announced that he would summon the commission. He initially said the meeting would be …
Read More »Shutdown averted: Senate passes continuing resolution to keep US government open through December
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Read More »‘Dumbest idea in Senate history’? Graham slams plan to wedge amnesty proposal into overstuffed infrastructure bill
“If you give one person legal status there will be a run on our border like you have never seen before,” the South Carolina Republican warned during a Fox News appearance on Monday, calling it “the dumbest idea in the history of the Senate, the history of the White House.” …
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