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OPINION: Philippine history for Americans via US legislation

Buddy Gomez -- Cyberbuddy
Posted at Nov 01 09:56 AM

Our Filipino WW II veterans, collectively, now join a long list of earlier honorees of the US Congressional Gold Medal. Read more »

OPINION: U.S. legislators' visa sanction

Ellen T. Tordesillas
Posted at Sep 30 12:58 PM

Visa sanction. That is what the American legislators are exercising in adopting an amendment to the Fiscal Year 2020 State and Foreign Operations Appropriations Bill. Read more »

Border wall, Iran, Space Force among hurdles for $700 billion US defense bill

Patricia Zengerle, Reuters
Posted at Sep 20 07:13 AM

WASHINGTON - Disputes between US Republicans and Democrats over President Donald Trump's proposed border wall, Space Force and his ability to launch a war with Iran are among the biggest obstacles Congress faces in passing a massive annual defense policy bill. Read more »

US Congress returns after a bloody August sharpens focus on guns

Michael Mathes, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 08 10:10 AM

The US Congress convenes Monday for the first time since recent mass shootings left Americans distraught over surging violence, but the Senate's Republican leader stressed he would not consider gun legislation without President Donald Trump's backing. Read more »

Pinoys in US come together to raise funds for Fil-Am congressional hopeful

TJ Manotoc, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 08 12:26 PM

(UPDATE) Filipina-American Texas congressional candidate Gina Ortiz Jones visited San Francisco on Thursday to meet with the Filipino community who want to support her. Read more »

OPINION: America in shock, in mourning…again

Buddy Gomez -- Cyberbuddy
Posted at Aug 09 06:30 AM

There now appears what seems to be a conclusive consensus that sensible gun laws will only dawn upon the American scene when Trump is no longer President, and when both the House and the Senate are no longer under the clutches of the National Rifle Association. Read more »

8chan owner called before US Congress, as latest host drops site

Katie Paul and Elizabeth Culliford, Reuters
Updated as of Aug 07 02:24 PM

Online message board 8chan's fortunes worsened on Tuesday, as it was once again made homeless by a technical services provider and its owner was called to testify to the US Congress after 8chan was linked to a weekend mass shooting in El Paso, Texas. Read more »

Defying Congress, Trump administration looks to shift billions in foreign aid

Reuters
Posted at Aug 07 06:38 AM

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump's administration has ordered a review of foreign aid that critics fear could lead to sharp cuts in funds for global health, peacekeeping, narcotics control and other programs despite their having been approved by Congress. Read more »

The American scene: Historic, landmark, remarkable

Buddy Gomez -- Cyberbuddy
Posted at Jul 27 06:33 AM

These are apt descriptions of an open Congressional hearing of America’s biggest political scandal. Read more »

'It's our America,' reminds Michelle Obama

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 20 10:27 AM

WASHINGTON, United States - Former first lady Michelle Obama added her voice Friday to the Democratic outcry following President Donald Trump's attack on four ethnic minority congresswomen, saying "there's a place for all of us." Read more »

Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway defies subpoena for House testimony

Jan Wolfe, Reuters
Posted at Jul 16 08:48 AM

WASHINGTON - White House senior adviser Kellyanne Conway defied a subpoena and failed to appear on Monday at a congressional hearing about allegations she violated federal law, prompting a Democratic threat to hold her in contempt of Congress. Read more »

As migrants languish in border facilities, US Congress struggles to finalize emergency aid

Susan Cornwell and Imani Moise, Reuters
Posted at Jun 27 08:06 AM

WASHINGTON/NEW YORK - Congress and the White House were attempting to broker a deal over how to spend emergency aid to address the migrant surge as lawmakers, private companies and presidential candidates raised alarms about immigrants facing dangerous conditions along the U.S.-Mexico border. Read more »

Special Counsel Mueller to testify before House panels on July 17

Reuters
Posted at Jun 26 11:59 AM

WASHINGTON - U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller, who issued a report in April on Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election, will testify in open session before the House of Representatives Judiciary and Intelligence Committees on July 17, the panels' Democratic chairmen said on Tuesday. Read more »

10 million signatures urging Trump impeachment delivered to Congress

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of May 10 07:57 AM

WASHINGTON - Two House Democrats on Thursday joined activists at the US Capitol who presented Congress with signatures of 10 million people calling on lawmakers to begin impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump. Read more »

Trump says US Congress 'can't impeach' him

Sebastian Smith, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 23 09:59 AM

WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump said Monday that Congress "can't impeach" him over the findings of the Mueller report into Russian election meddling and his alleged attempts to hamper the investigation. Read more »

Trump sues to block U.S. Congress subpoena for his financial records

Jan Wolfe, Reuters
Updated as of Apr 23 08:26 AM

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump on Monday filed suit to keep U.S. lawmakers from obtaining his financial records, the first salvo in what promises to be an escalating legal battle with Democrats in Congress. Read more »

OPINION: A Filipino view of Trump cornered and unravelling

Buddy Gomez -- Cyberbuddy
Posted at Mar 02 03:48 PM

Pres. Donald J. Trump is cornered and hemmed in, with the noose tightening. In a House that is not beholden to and not under the control of their President, you can be sure that impeachment is in the horizon. Read more »

OPINION: US Congress finds ‘unacceptable’ human rights developments in PH

Ellen T. Tordesillas
Posted at Feb 14 04:54 PM

The Asia Reassurance Initiative Act (ARIA) that U.S. President Donald Trump signed last Dec. 31 contained several observations damning to the Philippines in the area of human rights. Read more »

Little chance of quick end to painful month-long US shutdown

Cyril Julien, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 22 11:08 AM

The United States on Tuesday enters the second month of a partial government shutdown over a lack of congressional funding, with no quick end in sight to the historic crisis weighing on the nation's economy and morale. Read more »

House Republicans join rebuke of Trump for easing Russia sanctions

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 18 05:59 AM

More than 130 US House Republicans joined Democrats in opposing the easing of sanctions against an ally of Putin, dealing a rebuke to Trump's administration. Read more »

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