TEHRAN, October 08 -Former US Secretary of State John Kerry has blasted the political dysfunction in Washington, saying Congress is “torn apart ideologically” due to the partisanship plaguing the Democratic and Republican Parties in the nation’s legislature.
TEHRAN, July 22 - During negotiations Friday between the House and the Senate on defense authorization bills, Republicans weakened a provision placing harsh penalties on Chinese telecom giant ZTE, a company considered to be a national security threat to the United States.
TEHRAN, June 28 - The United States is heading towards civil war, Congressman Steve King has warned. His sentiments are mirrored by a troubling new poll which shows that 31% of Americans believe a second civil war is likely in the next five years.
TEHRAN, May 26 - The National Iranian American Council (NIAC) in a statement backed the decision by the US House of Representatives denying authority by President Donald Trump and his team to launch a military operation against Iran.
TEHRAN, March 23 - Key US lawmakers predicted that President Donald Trump will pull the United States out of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) later this spring.
TEHRAN, March 17 - Urging the implementation CAATSA law, a of number of American senators asked the Deputy Foreign Minister to confront the sale Russia’s selling S-400 missile system to other countries.
TEHRAN, February 9 - The US government has suffered yet another shutdown – the second in less than a month – after a vote on the budget deal negotiated by Republicans and Democrats was delayed in the Senate beyond the midnight deadline.
TEHRAN, February 1 - Objections from the FBI and Justice Department to the public release of a Republican memo alleging anti-Trump bias in the Russia probe are ‘spurious,’ House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes has said.
TEHRAN, January 31 - US President Donald Trump has delivered his first State of the Union address before a joint session of Congress, covering a range of issues from the Iran nuclear deal to tax cut reforms to immigration policy and the so-called war against terrorism.
TEHRAN, January 30 - The US President Donald Trump administration has announced it will not impose additional sanctions on Russia, despite Congress passing a law allowing the President to do so.
TEHRAN, December 13 - The US Congress misses a deadline to decide on re-imposing anti-Iran sanctions, which were lifted under the 2015 nuclear deal, with reports saying the lawmakers sought to kick the decision on the issue back to President Donald Trump.
TEHRAN, December 8 - U.S. Democratic Senator Al Franken announced his resignation on Thursday after facing a series of sexual misconduct allegations, and Republican Representative Trent Franks also said he was stepping down as he too was hit with ethics charges.
TEHRAN, December 8 -The U.S. Congress moved rapidly on Thursday to send President Donald Trump a short-term funding bill to avert a government shutdown this weekend, leaving fights over budget priorities and a range of other controversial issues for the coming weeks.
TEHRAN, November 28 -President Donald Trump said there was a “Pocahontas” in the U.S. Congress during a meeting on Monday with Native American World War Two veterans in an apparent derogatory reference to Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts.
TEHRAN, November 18 - Five American senators in a letter to US Secretary of State Rex W. Tillerson urged US to accelerate relief donations process to quake-stricken people in western Iran.
TEHRAN, November 10 -U.S. Senate Republicans unveiled a tax plan on Thursday that differed from the House of Representatives’ version on several key fronts, including how they treat the corporate tax rate, the tax deduction for state and local taxes, and the estate tax.
TEHRAN, October 26 -Some Democratic senators in the United States are planning to introduce a bill preventing Republican President Donald Trump from launching a preemptive strike on North Korea or other countries without the approval of Congress, according to a report.
TEHRAN, October 15 -US Senate Democratic leader, Chuck Schumer, has accused President Donald Trump of failing to lead the nation and instead sending matters to Congress.