United States Senate

Arroyo allies back moves to change constitution

18 Aug 2005

Congressman says amendments more important than impeaching president

Lawmakers allied with President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo moved a step closer to changing the form of government...

10:16PM

2 Nov 2000

Fifty-two years since he ran for president as a bigoted southern 'Dixiecrat' against Harry Truman, Senator Strom Thurmond could finally make it to the White House.

4:54AM

Senate passage seen for trade bill

10 Jun 2000

A United States Senate vote on Permanent Normal Trading Relations (PNTR) for the mainland appears to be on track for passage before the body's July 4 recess.

4:23PM

Senators shuffle key pieces for PNTR end game

7 Jun 2000

The next week or so is going to be a pivotal time indeed for hopes of the smoothest possible passage of fully normalised American trade with the mainland.

4:09PM

Horse trading a risk in Senate

25 May 2000

Fresh threats of delays to the China trade vote in the US Senate were emerging last night as political horse trading surrounding the historic bill continued.

3:16PM

US legislators salary

4 Sep 1994

US LEGISLATORS are a reasonably cosseted lot. The basic salary for members of both the House of Representatives and the Senate is set at US$133,600 a year (HK$1.03 million) . . . but that's just...

9:27AM

Opinion

Alex Lo

Chen Guangcheng misled by his new right-wing 'friends'

1:26AM

Tom Holland

The yuan hasn't overtaken the HK$ quite yet, Mr Chan

4:40AM

Politics won't influence vote, vows ex-Olympian

THE woman who will cast America's vote on the 2000 Olympics bids has vowed to ignore Congress' attempt to influence her decision.

4:00PM

Royalty bill

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's House of Representatives yesterday approved constitutional amendments to strip the country's nine hereditary rulers of their immunity from the law, 133 votes in favour, 16...

10:52PM

Senate inquiry

WASHINGTON: The Senate Foreign Relations Committee launched an inquiry into Secretary of State-designate Mr Warren Christopher's statements to Congress 15 years ago that he did not know the United...

7:50PM