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US House votes to censure Republican congressman Gosar for posting controv
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 18 (ANI/Xinhua): The U.S. House voted Wednesday to censure Paul Gosar, Republican of Arizona, and remove him from his committee seats after he posted an anime on his social media accounts depicting himself attacking New York Democratic Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasi
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US House Speaker Pelosi celebrates Diwali in Washington DC
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 4 (ANI): US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi celebrated Diwali on November 3 evening at the National Democratic Club, Washington DC.
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US lawmaker to introduce Bill to make Diwali federal holiday
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 2 (ANI): Congressman Carolyn Maloney will introduce a bill in US Congress, which aims to establish Diwali as a federal holiday in the United States.
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Prominent US lawmakers pitch sanctions waiver on India's S-400 purchase, d
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 28 (ANI): US Senator John Cornyn, co-chair of the Senate India Caucus, Congressman Brad Sherman of California and Congressman Mike Waltz of Florida, a powerful Republican leader, called for the United States to waive possible sanctions on India for buying the S-400 d
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US immigration service flooded with 20,000 Afghan humanitarian requests si
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 24 (ANI): Following the existential crisis after the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan, Congressman Jim Langevin, in a House Homeland Security Committee meeting, called on US Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) to address the shortcoming "immediately" risen d
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US Congressman introduces sanctions bill targeting China's military, surve
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 23 (ANI): A US Congressman unveiled legislation on Wednesday to "target sanctions against Chinese Communist Party (CCP) military or surveillance companies".
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US Congressman urges Facebook, Amazon to detail measures against vaccine d
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], September 9 (ANI/Sputnik): US House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff on Thursday sent letters to the heads of Facebook and Amazon asking them to provide detailed explanation of what they do to mitigate the spread of disinformation about coronavirus vaccines.
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US strands over 500 journalists in Afghanistan: Congressman Michael McCaul
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], September 1 (ANI): More than 500 journalists and their families who were employed by the US Agency for Global Media (USAGM) were abandoned by the State Department in Afghanistan, senior Republican on the US House Foreign Affairs Committee Michael McCaul said.
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Congressmen draw flak for Kabul airport visit amid US evacuation effort
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], August 25 (ANI): Two US congressmen made an unannounced trip to Kabul on Tuesday to "provide oversight" to the mission to evacuate Americans and its allies and to pressure President Joe Biden to extend the August 31 deadline for US military drawdown.
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Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi seeks relief for high-skilled immigrants s
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 25 (ANI): US Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi on Tuesday (local time) said called on his colleagues to join him in sending a letter to United States House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer on the need to address the employment-based green ca
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US congressman introduces bill to prevent IMF resources from flowing to Ta
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], August 21 (ANI): A US congressman on Friday introduced legislation aimed at blocking the Taliban in Afghanistan from accessing the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
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China to mine rare earth minerals in Afghanistan: US Congressman
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 18 (ANI): China is set to move to Afghanistan to mine rare earth minerals, media reports said quoting a US Congressman on Tuesday.
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