WASHINGTON D.C.-Following after Europe's imposition of tougher sanctions against Iran and its nuclear program, the U.S. Senate voted 100 to 0 yesterday on imposing restrictions on foreign firms such as banks and institutions that disallow them from carrying out transactions in the U.S. if they continue to do business with that country's central bank. The […]
As Congress tries to deal with its long list of unfinished business, among the top and most contentious items has been the proposed extension of the payroll-tax cut.
WASHINGTON D.C.-After gathering input from tribal leaders across the country, Subcommittee on Indian and Alaska Native Affairs Chairman Don Young and Ranking Member Dan Boren of Oklahoma have introduced H.R. 3532, The American Indian Empowerment Act of 2011. This bipartisan piece of legislation will enhance the authority America’s tribes have wanted over their lands.
WASHINGTON – Steven Scott Cantrell, 26, of Crane, Texas, was sentenced yesterday for hate crime charges stemming from a series of racially-motivated arsons in December 2010, including the arson of a historic African-American church as part of an effort to murder a disabled African-American man, the Justice Department announced today.