US House to vote on Keystone pipeline on Friday

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 6, 2015, 05:40

The US House of Representatives will vote Friday on a bill authorising construction of the Canada-to-US Keystone XL oil pipeline, currently blocked by Democrats but a priority in the new Republican Congress.

Obama signs bill $1.1 trillion government spending bill

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 17, 2014, 08:57

President Barack Obama on Tuesday signed a $1.1 trillion spending bill passed by Congress last week that lifted the threat of a government shutdown.

US Senate aims to vote Monday on $1.1 trillion spending bill

Last Updated: Saturday, December 13, 2014, 12:00

Negotiations between Democrats and Republicans to speed the process along collapsed during late-night talks in the nearly abandoned US Capitol.

Visa, green card allocations need to reflect market demand: US Republicans

Last Updated: Friday, January 31, 2014, 12:48

Endorsing the path to legal status for about 11 million illegal immigrants in the US, including thousands of Indian-Americans, the opposition Republican party has said that the visa and green card allocations need to reflect the market demand.

Irish republicans plotted to kidnap Queen Victoria: Records

Last Updated: Monday, January 13, 2014, 20:23

Gun-toting Irish Republicans planned to kidnap Queen Victoria in 1867 from her estate at Balmoral.

Democrats unseat Republicans in New York, Virginia in US voting

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 6, 2013, 19:41

Democrats retook Republican strongholds in New York`s city hall and the Virginia governor`s mansion Tuesday, while a Republican with potential presidential hopes won re-election easily in New Jersey.

Obama calls for immigration law by end of the year

Last Updated: Friday, October 25, 2013, 11:36

President Barack Obama has made a plea for Republican cooperation on immigration, seeking common ground by year`s end in the aftermath of the divisive partial government shutdown.

Republicans making `Obamacare` their next target

Last Updated: Sunday, October 20, 2013, 23:02

`Obamacare` escaped unharmed from the government shutdown Republicans hoped would stop it, but just as quickly they have opened a new line of attack on President Barack Obama`s signature legislative achievement, one handed to them by the administration itself.

Obama, top Republicans agree to continue talks on shutdown

Last Updated: Saturday, October 12, 2013, 09:52

US President Barack Obama and the Republican party leadership have decided to continue talks to find any possible deal to re-open government and raise the debt ceiling, but there was no immediate resolution in site to end the current impasse.

Optimism but no deal in US fiscal showdown

Last Updated: Saturday, October 12, 2013, 08:57

The White House and Republicans painstakingly edged towards a deal Friday to stave off a disastrous US debt default and to end a partial government shutdown now sure to hit the two-week mark.

House Republicans offer to lift debt ceiling through December

Last Updated: Thursday, October 10, 2013, 23:01

Republicans in the House of Representatives on Thursday unveiled a plan that would avert a looming US default, in a sign that lawmakers may end a standoff that has rattled financial markets and thrown America's future creditworthiness into question.

Republicans can`t demand ransom for doing their job: Barack Obama

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 9, 2013, 10:43

OAs the US government shutdown entered Day 9, with the added scourge of US default deadline of October 17 looming near, President Barack Obama reprimanded the Republicans for using ‘extortion’ tactics.