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US Congress to sue Obama for abuse of power

USA president Barack Obama

The U.S. Congress, paralyzed from the GOP victory in the legislative elections in 2010, fell Wednesday to a new level of tension and polarization. The Republican majority in the House of Representatives voted to report president Barack Obama to the US Justice  department, for abusing his presidential authority in implementing health care reform, one of […]

CIA apologizes for spying on U.S. Senate

John Brennan

It is unusual for the chief spying agency recognize errors. But in the United States, separation of powers and the persistent surveillance of the executive by the legislature, any evidence of espionage legislators by the agents, as happened a few months ago, is likely to cause a constitutional crisis. After months of dispute with the […]

Zardari urges U.S. to review Pakistan’s drone attacks policy

President Asif Ali Zardari Thursday urged the United States to revisit its drone attack policy in Pakistani tribal areas.   Talking to a delegation of US Senate Foreign Relations Committee headed by its Chairman Senator Robert Menendez in Islamabad, President Zardari termed drone attack as counterproductive that are causing great damage at popular level and […]

The US Senate receives bills for amendments in cyber security prior to the August recess – Part 1

The US lawmakers are submitting their amendments to the Senate before their August recess, and the most important of these bills are related to cyber security. The republicans and democrats seem to be at an impasse on a mutual agreement on the cyber privacy infringements and security breaches. However, some of representatives are trying to […]

The US Senate receives bills for amendments in cyber security prior to the August recess – Part 2

Sen. Ron Wyden filed his bill for three amendments in the cyber security. One of them was to restrict the policing of the government on the privacy of the users. According to the bill, the government should not ask for the user information from the likes of clouding services that store the user data on […]

Wikipedia and Reddit join the protest against Stop Online Piracy Act – Part 1

Wikipedia and Reddit join the protest against Stop Online Piracy Act Stop Online Piracy Act has attracted a strong opprobrium in the past few months, especially after it was put for vote in front of the House of Representatives and US Senate. However, since the act is on the verge of being accepted by the […]

Wikipedia and Reddit join the protest against Stop Online Piracy Act – Part 2

Rep. Smith aims on continuing with the campaign against what he calls is the protection of the US intellectual property. “To enact legislation that protects consumers, businesses and jobs from foreign thieves who steal America’s intellectual property, we will continue to bring together industry representatives and Members to find ways to combat online piracy,” he […]

Unemployment Insurance duration is one of main problems for joblessness in the US – Part 2

Therefore, the House Republican are in the process of getting a bill passed that will force the employer to take a drug test of applicant for possible drug use. Moreover, the bill assert on the high-school drop-outs to get a General Education Development (GED) degree. This step will have two benefits. It will give the […]

Unemployment Insurance duration is one of main problems for joblessness in the US – Part 1

Unemployment is becoming a big concern for the US government of late. In 2011, it climbed up to 25 percent becoming the biggest challenge for the Upper House and Congress. The government does not want to mirror Great Depression state in the country again. However, the cause of the problem does not fall in the […]

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