The House approved a bill requiring the video-sharing app TikTok to divest from iByteDance, its China-owned parent company within 180 days of the bill's enactment or face a U.S. ban. The vote was 352 to 65 with one member voting present. The bill now goes to the Senate.
Majority Leader Chuck Schumer spoke from the Senate floor calling for a two-state solution for Israel and Palestinians, amid the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas. The New York Democratic Senator, who is also the highest ranking official in the U.S. who is Jewish, said there is a "path forward to secure mutual peace and lasting prosperity for Israelis and Palestinians." He outlined four obstacles to peace in the Middle East and called on the Israeli government to hold new elections after the threat of Hamas is radically reduced and that Palestinian Authority Mahmoud Abbas should step down.
Minority Leader Mitch McConnell spoke from the Senate floor, responding to Majority Leader Chuck Schumer's criticism of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and calling for new Israeli government elections. The Kentucky Republican Senator said "it is grotesque and hypocritical for Americans who hyperventilate about foreign interference in our own democracy to call for the removal of the democratically elected leader of Israel" and that the "Democratic Party doesn't have an anti-Bibi problem.It has an anti-Israel problem."
President Biden met with Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar in the Oval Office to discuss relations between the two nations and other foreign policy issues.
You're a political junkie You know your Congress history and you watch and listen to C-SPAN. So, you probably know when and where Congressman Al Gore said this. Mr. Speaker, on this historic day the House of Representatives opens its proceedings for the first time to televised coverage. Television will change this institution, Mr. Speaker, just as it has changed the executive branch, but the good will far outweigh the bad. From this day forward every Member of this body must ask himself or herself how many Americans are listening to the debates which are made. That's right - it was March 19, 1979 - the first day of live gavel to gavel coverage of the floor of the House the first day of C-SPAN. But other than Congressman Gore talking about House TV - do you know what else other members of congress talked about that day in 1979? C-SPAN is marking its 45th anniversary... and in this week's episode of C-SPAN's podcast "The Weekly," we return to Congress for that firs
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The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee held a hearing to examine the potential for a nationwide 32-hour workweek. Witnesses including United Auto Workers (UAW) President Shawn Fain engaged with lawmakers on the pros and cons of implementing such a national policy.
Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan was interviewed by the Financial Times' Rana Foroohar about antitrust law and the future of American innovation. She discussed how the U.S. government's championing of Boeing was "catastrophic," explaining that the company's monopolistic power led to less innovation and quality, lower appreciation for its workforce, and geopolitical vulnerabilities. Moreover, she said that some stakeholders want U.S. technology firms to be exempt from antitrust regulation in order to have a competitive edge over China, but that these same firms were integrated with China. The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace hosted the conversation in Washington, DC.
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak faced criticism from the opposition during his weekly question time in the House of Commons for supporting the Conservative Party's biggest donor, Frank Hester, whom made comments about Labour MP Diane Abbott. Mr. Hester reportedly said that she "makes you want to hate all Black women," and she should be "shot." In response to Labour Party Leader Kier Starmer, who asked the prime minister if he was "proud to be bankrolled by someone using racist and sexist language," Prime Minister Sunak said the "alleged comments were wrong, they were racist and he has rightly apologized for them, and that remorse should be accepted." Other topics addressed included illegal migration, health care system funding, transportation investment, and the Israel-Hamas war.
