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December 1, 2016

Senate unanimously OKs 10-year extension of Iran sanctions law

The Senate unanimously approved legislation Thursday that extends by 10 years the ability of the United States to hit companies who do business with Iran with economic sanctions.

November 16, 2016

Outgoing California Sen. Boxer introduces bill to scrap Electoral College

Retiring Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., introduced long-shot legislation Tuesday to scrap the Electoral College, in the latest protest from Democrats following last week's election where Hillary Clinton appeared to win the popular vote despite losing to Donald Trump.

September 29, 2016

Congress blocks 'victory tax' on Olympic athletes

U.S. Olympic athletes would be exempt from a so-called victory tax under legislation approved by Congress and sent to the president.

September 29, 2016

Congress rejects Obama veto of 9/11 bill, in first override of presidency

Congress on Wednesday overwhelmingly rejected President Obama鈥檚 veto of a bipartisan bill letting families of Sept. 11 victims sue the Saudi Arabian government, in the first successful veto override of Obama鈥檚 presidency.

September 28, 2016

Congress passes stopgap spending bill with $1.1B for Zika research

The Senate has passed a bill to keep the government running through Dec. 9 and provide $1.1 billion in long-delayed funding to battle the Zika virus.

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�