U.S. sponsors postpone push for Armenian genocide bill
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Backers of a resolution to formally name the 1915 massacre of Armenians by Ottoman Turks a genocide said on Thursday they would postpone efforts to bring it to a vote in the U.S. House of Representatives.
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The United States has proposed delaying the activation of parts of its missile defense shield if Russia cooperates on the project, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Tuesday.
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Two days before Lebanon's parliament meets to elect the army chief as president, a U.S. envoy said on Saturday the country should hold the vote which has been postponed repeatedly.
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A bill to add a voting representative for the District of Columbia and another House member from Utah appears unlikely to be brought up in the upcoming lame-duck session.
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The protocol signed in 2002 in Kishinev, Moldova, on joint antiterrorist measures to be taken in the CIS territory due to be discussed in Armenian Constitutional Court on Friday was postponed till October 5 ...
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A House vote to condemn mass killings of Armenians as 'genocide' has stumbled on pragmatic concerns.
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By Mick Hinton, Tulsa World, Okla.  Feb. 13--OKLAHOMA CITY -- A bill that would curb the power of the attorney general to sue poultry companies was stalled in a House subcommittee on Monday.   Rep.
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The U.S. administration is opposed to provisions of a bill now in the hands of Congress which would link military aid for Pakistan to its efforts to tackle the Taliban, the U.S. embassy said.
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INCIRLIK AIR BASE, Turkey, Oct. 6 -- An unexpected travel delay has forced the United States and its diplomatic partners to postpone until early next week a decision about what punitive actions to take against Iran over its nuclear program, a senior State Department official announced Friday.
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The US textile industry officials would plead for blocking Chinese imports to the Bush administration this month. Earlier this year, the White House had rejected a similar request made by 130 Republican and Democratic members of Congress.
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The vote on Dr. Andrew von EschenbachÂs nomination to head the Food and Drug Administration may be delayed by two Republicans.
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College football coaches delayed a vote Wednesday on whether to release the ballots for their weekly poll, though some made it clear they strongly oppose the idea.
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The debate is delaying a decision about whether to use a strategy of diplomacy or isolation in dealing with Iran.
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WASHINGTON, Oct 18 (IPS) - Amid rising bilateral tensions with Turkey and  strong White House pressure, the Democratic leadership of the  U.S. House of Representatives is expected to set aside a  controversial resolution recognising as a "genocide" the  deaths of as many as 1.5 million Armenians in the Ottoman Empire  during World War I.
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The Senate late Monday delayed its consideration of a vote on a new government eavesdropping bill until January.
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A lingering dispute over a contract imposed on air traffic controllers last year is delaying the introduction of legislation needed to modernize the nation's air traffic control system, according to congressional staff members and administration officials.
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Republican congressional leaders struggled Wednesday to sidetrack legislation allowing prescription drugs to be imported, a pre-election controversy threatening to delay billion of dollars for homeland security.