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September 28, 2016

Rare, but hardly unprecedented: History of veto overrides

The Senate vote Wednesday to override President Obama鈥檚 veto of a bill letting 9/11 victims鈥� families sue Saudi Arabia puts Congress one step closer to the first override of Obama's presidency 鈥� but while rare, it is far from the first time Congress has exercised its override power.

September 28, 2016

Lawmakers clash over water damage, amid fresh threat of gov't shutdown

A battle over water damage could well determine whether Congress avoids a government shutdown Friday night.

September 13, 2016

Obama to veto bill letting 9/11 families sue Saudi Arabia, White House confirms

The White House confirmed Tuesday that President Obama plans to veto newly passed legislation allowing the families of 9/11 victims to sue the government of Saudi Arabia 鈥� laying the groundwork for a showdown with Congress.

September 11, 2016

Bill would make site where Civil War began a national park

U.S. Sen. Tim Scott, the first black U.S. senator from the deep South since Reconstruction, is proposing that the site where the Civil War began be raised in status to that of a national park.

September 7, 2016

Republicans up pressure over Iran 'ransom' amid admission US paid $1.7B in cash

Amid new revelations that the U.S. actually forked over $1.7 billion to Iran in foreign hard currency around the time four American prisoners were released 鈥� far more than the $400 million initially reported 鈥� the Obama administration is facing renewed pressure from Congress to explain the payment that Republicans have called 鈥渞ansom.鈥�

September 6, 2016

Senate Democrats block measure to battle Zika virus

Lawmakers returning to Washington after a seven-week break picked up right where they left off 鈥� feuding about legislation to battle the mosquito-borne Zika virus and deadlocked over the defense budget.

July 27, 2016

Lawmakers push to speed deportation of illegal immigrant criminals

Connecticut lawmakers introduced legislation Monday in Congress that would expedite the deportation of undocumented immigrants who have committed violent crimes in the U.S.

July 14, 2016

Zika threat in US getting bigger, experts testify

At a Senate hearing on Wednesday, three senior U.S. government officials warned the Western hemisphere is under threat from the Zika virus, and that Florida, Puerto Rico and Brazil are the regions most at risk, McClatchyDC reported.

July 13, 2016

Congress passes aviation bill to close airport security gaps

Congress has passed an aviation bill that attempts to close gaps in airport security and shorten screening lines, but leaves thornier issues unresolved.

July 6, 2016

Protesters disrupt Senate vote on labeling genetically modified food

Protesters briefly disrupted the Senate Wednesday, tossing paper money from the visitors' gallery and chanting, "The Senate can be bought" as lawmakers voted to move ahead with legislation that would require labeling for food products containing genetically modified organisms.