Republican senators unveiled a proposal to replace Obamacare

Republican senators have unveiled a draft health care bill that replaces the Obamacare program. The document, authored by Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, limits the expansion of Medicaid and changes subsidies to the poor. The 142-page document, in particular, provides for the abolition of most taxes, at the expense of ...

The US Senate introduced a bill on direct presidential elections

Following the unexpected election results, California Senator Barbara Boxer filed a bill to abolish the electoral college who voted for the billionaire and make the election direct. Noting that Hillary Clinton was supported by significantly more Americans than Trump, but she still lost the election, Boxer ...

California may allow small companies to go on maternity leave

The Governor of California is considering a bill that would allow workers in small companies to take 6 weeks of maternity leave with job security. The bill, dubbed SB 654, received the required number of votes in the Senate on Wednesday and is now awaiting the signature of the state governor. This bill will allow parents to ...

The US Senate approved a bill on compulsory military registration of women

If this bill is approved, then for the first time in US history, women will be drafted into military service. The National Defense Authorization Act bill received 85 votes for and 13 against. Republican thoughts on whether American women should serve in the military...

US helps families of Holocaust victims recover stolen Nazi works of art

The United States has approved a bill designed to provide assistance to victims of Nazism and their descendants. British actress Helen Mirren has joined American lawmakers in helping Holocaust victims and their families reclaim valuables stolen during World War II. Decades later, after the Nazi robberies ...

Obama is not allowed to cancel Obamaсare

US President Barack Obama vetoed a bill that seeks to overturn key provisions of the current administration's health care reform, known as Obamacare, and to strip federal funding for the Planned Parenthood Foundation. Thus, the bill will return to Congress, the majority in which belongs to the Republican ...

Senate is trying to cancel Obamacare

В четверг, 3 декабря, Сенат проголосовал за отмену ключевых положений Obamacare и лишения федерального финансирования Planned Parenthood, приняв законопроект, на который Обама обязательно наложит вето. 47 из 52 сенаторов поддержали законопроект. Два умеренных республиканца  — Сьюзен Коллинз, штат Мэн, и Марк Кирк из…

Obama insists on closing down Guantanamo prison

US President Barack Obama says he has not abandoned his plan to close the special prison for terrorism suspects located in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 107 people are being held there, many of them have been in prison for over ten years. Speaking on Thursday ...

Ukrainian pennies offered to rename in rubles

A bill on renaming Ukrainian kopecks into rubles has been submitted to the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. The message on the website of the presidential bloc of Petro Poroshenko clarifies that the bill was introduced by the deputy of the parliamentary faction of the bloc Oleg Musiy. The deputy justified his initiative by the need to restore historical justice. The deputy claims ...

Russian deputy refused to "Mercedes" in the fight against accomplices of the Nazis

A bill has been submitted to the State Duma, which provides for the labeling of the goods of companies that collaborated with Nazi Germany and fascist Italy. The document was initiated by State Duma deputy Alexei Zhuravlev. In an interview with the radio station "Moscow speaking", he explained the meaning of the project: "Corporations that made their capital on the blood of ours ...

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