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1 – 6 of 6Facing challenges from resurgent conservative parties and widespread unpopularity brought on by economic circumstances and voter apathy, the centre-left governments in both…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB230072
ISSN: 2633-304X
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Boehner's successor will head a fractious caucus divided between 'establishment' Republicans and the hardliner conservatives. Congress narrowly averted a government shutdown by…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB205769
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On July 15, the House of Representatives passed a short-term funding measure, against the wishes of many in the Senate. US infrastructure is facing a fiscal crunch. Taxes on…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB201031
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Three out of five Ex-Im Bank board seats are vacant, denying the federal corporation the quorum needed to approve export credit guarantees for deals valued over 10 million dollars…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB210539
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The pipeline would run from Alberta via Saskatchewan and Manitoba down through the United States, finishing in Texas. Its construction was again delayed after the November…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB240380
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The impasse has bedevilled the 115th Congress that is now in its ‘lame duck’ period after November 8’s midterm elections, already causing two government shutdowns this year.