TikTok Bill Clears Committee Hurdle With Unanimous Vote As China Faces App Sale Ultimatum
TikTok Bill Clears Committee Hurdle With Unanimous Vote As China Faces App Sale Ultimatum Jason Cohen on March 7, 2024 House lawmakers on Thursday unanimously voted in favor of a bill forcing…
Australia’s Indigenous recognition bill passes first hurdle
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Legislation to hold a referendum to recognise Australia’s Indigenous people in the constitution cleared its first parliamentary hurdle on Wednesday as it was passed in the House of Representatives.…
Chinese stock listings in Europe face liquidity hurdle
By Li Gu and Tom Westbrook SHANGHAI/SINGAPORE (Reuters) – China’s ambitious plan to get its companies listed in London and Zurich stock markets needs fine-tuning, analysts say, as the sparse liquidity in…
Senate Overcomes Major Hurdle In Repealing The President’s War Authorizations In Iraq
Senate Overcomes Major Hurdle In Repealing The President’s War Authorizations In Iraq Micaela Burrow on March 16, 2023 The Senate completed a procedural vote in favor of repealing a pair of authorizations…
Analysis-Australian buy-now, pay-later sector faces fresh hurdle: regulation
By Byron Kaye and Lewis Jackson SYDNEY (Reuters) – When Melbourne barista Melinda Elliott had to cut back on casual work shifts this year, she asked her buy-now, pay-later (BNPL) provider, Afterpay,…
Spanish windfall tax on banks, energy firms clears first hurdle
MADRID (Reuters) – An amended windfall tax proposal for Spanish banks and large energy companies cleared its first hurdle in parliament in the early hours of Friday with the backing of the…
Same-Sex Marriage Bill Clears Major Hurdle In Senate With GOP Support
Same-Sex Marriage Bill Clears Major Hurdle In Senate With GOP Support Arjun Singh on November 16, 2022 The Senate voted 62-37 Wednesday to advance a bill codifying same-sex marriage past a key…
Bill protecting same-sex marriage clears first procedural hurdle in U.S. Senate; voting continues
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A bill ensuring federal recognition of same-sex marriages received enough votes to clear the first procedural hurdle in the U.S. Senate on Wednesday, after months of bipartisan negotiations and…
Exxon Mobil’s Nigeria asset sale hits regulatory hurdle
By Camillus Eboh ABUJA – Nigeria’s petroleum regulator said on Tuesday it stood by its refusal to approve Exxon Mobil’s $1.28 billion sale of shares in its Nigerian unit to Seplat after…
Draft law on joint standards for minimum wages in EU passes crucial hurdle
BRUSSELS – The European Union on Tuesday reached a breakthrough on common rules for minimum wages across the 27-nation bloc with a provisional agreement on measures designed to promote collective bargaining and…
U.S. Supreme Court nominee Jackson clears procedural hurdle in Senate
WASHINGTON – U.S. Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson moved a step closer to being confirmed as a justice on Monday when the Senate voted to break a Judiciary Committee deadlock over…
U.S. gov’t short-term funding bill clears Senate procedural hurdle
WASHINGTON – A temporary funding bill that would keep the federal government running through March 11 and avoid a potential partial shutdown cleared a procedural hurdle in the U.S. Senate on Thursday.…
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