Senate Speaker Chuck Sumer said Sunday he would mobilize at the request of President Joe Biden’s government to add provisions to the $ 33 billion bailout package in Ukraine so that U.S. authorities can proceed with seizures. resources of Russian oligarchs, to liquidate them and send the revenue directly to Kyiv. “Ukraine needs all the […]
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Ted Cruz’s bill on sanctions on Nord Stream 2 was not passed
The U.S. Senate failed to pass a bill Thursday imposing sanctions on Russia’s Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, which was being promoted by Republican Sen. Ted Cruz, a day after Democrats introduced their own bill. In the vote, 55 senators voted in favor and 44 against, while the condition for the passage of the bill […]
USA: Two members of the Senate were infected with the coronavirus
Senator Elizabeth Warren and Sen. Corey Booker both announced Sunday that they had tested positive for the new coronavirus and were experiencing mild COVID-19 symptoms amid rising outbreaks across the country. Ms. Warren, a 72-year-old Massachusetts senator who had been nominated by the Democrats to run for the presidency in 2020, said on Twitter that […]
Biden faces serious changes in US Senate on social spending – climate
President Biden’s bill on social spending and climate change will face the threat of change in the Senate as Democrats push it with a marginal majority and complex budget rules, according to the online political newspaper The Hill. Democrats in the House of Representatives spent days in agony trying to work out an agreement that […]
The government’s Google tax already reaches customers: Amazon communicates in writing to its SMEs that it will pass it on
Amazon has begun warning suppliers and manufacturers that it will charge the government-approved 3% rate. This Tax on Certain Digital Services, known as Google, came into force on January 16, 2021 after the law was approved by the Senate in October of last year with 134 votes in favor, 101 against and 28 abstentions. As […]
Biden took over the Senate. The United States is now under complete control of the Democratic Party
In the United States, a by-election to the Senate was held, which was won by candidates from the Democratic Party. The battle for the upper house of Congress was decisive, as it put all power in the country at the federal level into the hands of the Democrats and greatly facilitated the future tenure […]
The Bank of Spain warns that the boost from European funds will remain at half of what the Government promised
The Government, through President Pedro Sánchez himself, affirmed that the boost from European funds would be so intense already in 2021 that the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of Spain would register a very notable additional boost of up to 2 , 6 points. The data generated certain doubts among not a few analysts at the […]
Iglesias “is studying” the four-day work week even though he voted against it in Congress
The second vice president of the Government, Pablo Iglesias, explained this morning in an interview with TVE that the Ministry of Labor, led by Yolanda DÃaz, is “studying” the application of the four-day working day that, in his opinion, “could certainly favor job creation”. “I know that the Ministry of Labor and Yolanda DÃaz are […]
Donald Trump did not want too much talk about the pandemic during the campaign
Donald Trump did not want too much talk about the pandemic during the campaign. Unfolding the issue while the contagions were visibly growing could give a wide audience to those who question his handling of the crisis. His dream is for the vaccine to emerge in the weeks leading up to the vote. It would […]
