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US approves bills to prevent purchase of China-made batteries
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
On Monday, March 10, the House of Representatives passed the Decoupling from Foreign Adversarial Battery Dependence Act, HR1166, by voice vote. The bill was voted on under a suspension of House rules, a procedure often used by Congress to expedite the passage of non-controversial bills with
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Taiwanese parliament passes controversial bills expanding legislative over
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
Despite days of widespread protests since May 17, which attracted hundreds of thousands of demonstrators, the China-friendly Kuomintang (KMT) and the smaller Taiwan People's Party (TPP) used their combined majority to pass the bills on Tuesday.
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Taiwan parliament chaos: Ruling, opposition lawmakers engage in physical s
Updated : 2 years ago IST
Tensions peaked in the morning when TPP caucus whip Huang Kuo-chang engaged in a heated confrontation with DPP caucus whip Ker Chien-ming and DPP lawmaker Kuo Kuo-wen, accusing them of queue-jumping. Tempers flared as Kuo allegedly pushed Huang's face away in response to the accusations, pro
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Passage of contentious bills on poll reforms in Pak will jeopardise future
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 17 (ANI): With Pakistan recently passing two more controversial bills on electoral reforms in haste without any consultation with the opposition, the very holding of elections might be jeopardised should the federal government continue on this path, says a local me
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Budget Session: Opposition insists govt to take up non-controversial Bills
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 31 (ANI): The Opposition has asked the government not to take up any controversial Bills for passage in Parliament in the Budget Session, said Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad on Thursday.
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