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The House voted Friday to make permanent a temporary tax break that makes it easier for businesses to invest in new equipment, one of many expired tax breaks that Congress must deal with by the end of …
New Delhi, July 11 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Ravi Shankar Prasad on Friday said that the Congress has not been doing enough homework after losing the elections and was therefore calling the General Budget for fiscal 2014-15 uninspiring. “The politics of Congress has been concerned with how bread is to be distributed rather than how the number of breads can grow. It seems that Congress has forgotten to do its homework after losing the elections,” said Prasad. “Congress said that budget 2014-15, which was presented yesterday, is copy of their budget and that that it doesn’t inspire whereas this budget is a document of a new resurgent India.
Ahmadabad, July 11 (ANI): Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel welcomed Amit Shah on his arrival to Gujarat on Friday and congratulated him for taking charge as president of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
WASHINGTON (AP) — Civilian assistance to Afghanistan was always slated to shrink with America’s military footprint, but U.S. aid officials were caught off-guard when Congress, upset by testy relations with Afghan President Hamid Karzai, slashed civilian aid by 50 percent this year.
More than three-quarters of the U.S. House of Representatives signed a letter sent to President Barack Obama Wednesday, insisting that lawmakers play a role in any decision to offer Iran long-term sanctions relief in connection with negotiations on Tehran’s nuclear program. The letter noted that the U.S. Congress played a central role in enacting sanctions against Iran and insisted Congress be involved in any decision to ease sanctions. Three hundred and forty-four of the chamber’s 435 members, both Republicans and Democrats, signed the letter, which was released Thursday by California Republican Representative Ed Royce, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and New York Representative Eliot Engel, the panel’s top Democrat.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Outlines of a possible compromise over President Barack Obama’s $3.7 billion emergency border spending request were emerging Thursday in Congress, which would involve making policy changes to allow the minors streaming to the border from Central America to be sent home more quickly.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional Republican leaders on Thursday blasted President Barack Obama’s emergency spending request for the border crisis, saying Obama caused the problem and now wants Congress to sign off on more of the same.
New Delhi, July 10 (ANI): US Deputy Secretary of State William Burns on Thursday met Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and discussed the bilateral ties between the two countries. The success in our partnership can contribute enormously to a safer and prosperous world,” said Burns after the meeting. He termed his meetings with Jaitley as excellent, and said that he looks forward to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi tomorrow. “President Barack Obama looks forward to Prime Minister’s visit to US in September, which is a very valuable opportunity to renew strategic partnership between our two countries,” he said.
New Delhi, July 9 (ANI): Sri Lanka’s Foreign Minister G.L. Peiris begins his three day visit to India starting today till July 11 to hold high-level bilateral discussions.
New Delhi, July 9 (ANI): Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi has found himself placed in a catch 22 situation where he has been caught napping today while there was a debate on price rise in Lok Sabha.
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