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By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A bipartisan group of more than 140 U.S. lawmakers on Tuesday urged leaders in Congress to approve $52 billion in government subsidies for semiconductor chips production and research. The U.S. House of Representatives on Feb. 4 narrowly passed a bill aimed at increasing American competitiveness with China in part …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Senator Richard Shelby, the top Republican on the Senate Appropriations Committee, said on Tuesday that a sweeping government funding bill with emergency aid for Ukraine is now awaiting a final stamp of approval from congressional leaders. “We’re there. We’re there,” Shelby told reporters. (Reporting by David Morgan)

By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A labor group on Tuesday launched an ad blitz across West Virginia featuring union workers urging Democratic Senator Joe Manchin to back legislation he has opposed for months to help sick coal miners and revive manufacturing in the beleaguered coal-reliant state. The TV and digital ad campaign comes as …

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By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. lawmakers pushed President Joe Biden’s administration on Monday to facilitate the transfer of fighter aircraft to Ukraine from Poland and other NATO and Eastern European countries, after a plea on Saturday from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy. The White House said it did not oppose planes being sent to Ukraine …

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By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A bipartisan trio of U.S. congressmen on Monday unveiled new legislation that would permanently ban illicit versions of fentanyl, the powerful synthetic painkiller that has helped fuel the nation’s opioid epidemic and death toll. The proposed bill, introduced by Democrat Chris Pappas and Republicans Dan Newhouse and Ted Budd, …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives is set to vote as soon as Tuesday on legislation seeking to ban the import of Russian energy products and suspend normal trade relations with Russia, a congressional aide told Reuters. The text of the proposal is expected later on Monday, the aide said. A group of …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Sunday said the chamber is “exploring” legislation to ban import of Russian oil and that Congress intends to enact this week $10 billion in aid for Ukraine in response to Russia’s military invasion of its neighbor. “The House is currently exploring strong legislation that …

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By Diane Bartz and David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A divided U.S. Senate Commerce Committee voted Thursday to send President Joe Biden’s nominees to the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to the Senate floor for confirmation votes. U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan, a Democrat who suffered a stroke earlier this …

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