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HISTORY AS LARISSA WATERS BREASTFEEDS BABY IN SENATE
So proud that my daughter Alia is the first baby to be breastfed in the federal Parliament!... READ MORE›
PAULINE HANSON WEARS BURKA IN AUSTRALIAN SENATE
In an emotional speech, Mr Brandis said Ms Hanson's actions risked alienating approximately 500,000 Australians who adhered to the Islamic faith... READ MORE›
ANTI-MUSLIM AUSTRALIAN POLITICIAN ATTEMPTS BURQA STUNT
-- Senator Penny Wong SenatorWong August 17, 2017 Parliament House briefly segregated women wearing face veils in 2014... READ MORE›
COMMENT: MALARNDIRRI MCCARTHY, JULIAN LEESER, AND ANNE ALY DESERVE AS MUCH ATTENTION AS HANSON
Pauline Hanson gave her first speech in the Senate yesterday, and unsurprisingly the bile she came up with has dominated headlines and social media ever since... READ MORE›
AN AUSTRALIAN SENATOR WORE A BURQA IN PARLIAMENT -- THEN CALLED FOR A BAN ON MUSLIM IMMIGRANTS
The woman was Sen. Pauline Hanson, one of Australia's most acerbic politicians, and she was about to make yet another long speech about Islam... READ MORE›
SENATE VOTES TO REPEAL KEY OBAMACARE PROVISIONS, DEFUND PLANNED PARENTHOOD
Everybody knows repeal is a gesture in futility, said Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., before the vote... READ MORE›
CONGRESSIONAL MEMO GUN CONTROL VOICES IN CONGRESS ALL BUT SILENT AFTER CHARLESTON SHOOTING
Since the 2012 shootings in Newtown, Congress has added more pro-gun lawmakers to its ranks... READ MORE›
MR. OBAMA, YOUR IRAN DEAL WILL FALL APART
If President Obama doesn't treat the Iran agreement with more respect all his arguments today are beside the point... READ MORE›
LAST BID TO KILL IRAN NUCLEAR DEAL BLOCKED IN SENATE
A resolution would have had to pass both the Senate and House of Representatives by midnight Thursday, and survive Obama's veto, to be enacted... READ MORE›
IRAN DEAL DEBATE DELAYED AS TALK OF SECRET DEALS DIVIDES GOP
As House Republicans struggled over tactics Senate Republicans conceded that the White House had prevailed and the accord could not be stopped... READ MORE›
'I WAS WRONG': HANSON PARTIALLY APOLOGISES OVER VACCINATION TEST COMMENTS
Pauline Hanson has apologised for her comments earlier this week when she said there was test parents could access to evaluate vaccination safety... READ MORE›
SENATORS DEFEAT OBAMACARE REPEAL BEFORE HIGHWAY FUNDING DEBATE
However, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said he doesn't want to pass another short-term fix... READ MORE›
3 DEMOCRATS ADD TOOBAMAS SAFETYMARGIN ON IRAN DEAL
On Tuesday, Senator Joe Manchin III of West Virginia became the fourth Senate Democrat to publicly oppose the agreement, joining Benjamin L... READ MORE›
FOX NEWS SAYS 'THE US IS AWESOME' AND TORTURE REPORT IS JUST 'ONE LAST SHOT AT BUSH'
And she denounced the publication of the Senate Intelligence Committee report as a move made by Democrats to do harm to the country by angering terrorists... READ MORE›
PAULINE HANSON UNDER FIRE FOR COMMENTS ABOUT AUTISTIC CHILDREN
Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young and Opposition leader Bill Shorten condemn Pauline Hanson's suggestion that autistic children should be educated in special classrooms ... READ MORE›
SENATOR PATRICK BRAZEAU IN CRITICAL BUT STABLE CONDITION IN GATINEAU HOSPITAL
He was taken to hospital in Buckingham, Que., and was later transferred to a hospital in Gatineau, Que... READ MORE›
HOUSE SENDS PRESIDENT A BILL TO REPEAL OBAMACARE, DEFUND PLANNED PARENTHOOD
It takes two-thirds of the House and Senate to override a veto, and Democrats have enough votes to block the legislation... READ MORE›
DONALD TRUMP DEFENDS VLADIMIR PUTIN OVER ALEXANDER LITVINENKO MURDER
But Mr Trump told Fox Business Have they found him Mr Putin guilty?... READ MORE›
OTTAWA HOT DOG VENDOR APPLYING TO BE SENATOR
Ottawa hot dog vendor plans to bring 'heart and compassion' to Senate... READ MORE›
HOUSE REJECTS IRAN NUCLEAR DEAL
Senate Democratic leaders said they were confident their ranks would hold... READ MORE›
IRAN NUCLEAR DEAL NOW BACKED BY 31 SENATORS
O In the Senate, Republicans must gather 60 votes to move the resolution forward under Senate procedural rules... READ MORE›
REPUBLICAN BOEHNER TRIES TO AVOID SPENDING FIGHT ON IMMIGRATION
Boehner said after the meeting that no decisions had been made and consultations would continue with Republicans in the House and Senate... READ MORE›
OBAMA'S PACIFIC TRADE PACT REVIVED IN U.S. HOUSE, HEADS TO SENATE
Obama's pacific trade pact revived in u.s. house heads to senate... READ MORE›
CLINTON'S TIES TO CORNING TURN REPUBLICAN STRONGHOLD INTO CASH COW
Republicans outnumber Democrats two to one in rural Steuben County New York the home of the glassmaker-turned-tech-company Corning Inc... READ MORE›
SENATE DEMOCRATS AGAIN BLOCK IRAN NUCLEAR DEAL DISAPPROVAL
By a vote of 56-42 the Republican-majority Senate fell short of the 60 votes needed in the 100-member chamber to advance the legislation... READ MORE›
WITH BOEHNER VANQUISHED, CONSERVATIVES TURN ON MCCONNELL
Congress's staunchest conservative Republicans celebrated House Speaker John Boehner's resignation on Friday and trained their sights on a new target Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell... READ MORE›
DID TED CRUZ ACTUALLY SUPPORT LEGAL STATUS FOR UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS?
Rubio's assertions about Cruz's support for expanding legal immigration are correct... READ MORE›
"LEARN TO SPEAK AUSTRALIAN": WHEN DID RACIST BUS RANTS BECOME OKAY TO DO IN THE SENATE?
Senator MacDonald's mistake was that he was filmed bellowing this during Parliament, as opposed to on a bus... READ MORE›
FARMERS' FEDERATION OPPOSES CHANGES TO ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS, SENATE HEARS
Farmers are planning legal challenges to the Shenhua Watermark coalmine on the New South Wales Liverpool plains... READ MORE›
KEY LAWMAKER OPPOSES IRAN NUCLEAR DEAL IN BLOW TO OBAMA
No Republican in either the House or Senate has backed the nuclear deal... READ MORE›