Tag: the Senate
South Carolina Senate Approves Bill To Remove Confederate Flag
AFRICANGLOBE - The South Carolina Senate on Tuesday cast a final vote on a bill that would remove the Confederate flag from the statehouse grounds. After clearing this first major hurdle, the bill will now go to the House for consideration.
Senate Passes Amnesty for Illegal Immigrants
AFRICANGLOBE - The Senate on Thursday approved the most significant overhaul of the nation’s immigration laws in a generation with broad support generated by a sense among leading Republicans that the party needed to join with Democrats to remove a wedge between Republicans and Hispanic voters.
Immigration Reform Will Devastate Black Community
Many studies have shown that African-Americans are disproportionately harmed by mass immigration and amnesty. Most policy makers who favor the legalization of nearly 11 million aliens fail to acknowledge that decades of high immigration levels have caused African-American unemployment to rise significantly
Alabama Senate Approves Bill to Drug Test Welfare Recipients
AFRICANGLOBE - The Alabama Senate is calling for drug testing of welfare recipients with a history of using illegal drugs. The bill provides that when a person applies to the state for assistance, the person is suspected of using illegal drugs if they
Alabama Pardons ‘Scottsboro Boys,’ Blacks Falsely Accused of Raping White Women...
AFRICANGLOBE - The legacy of the "Scottsboro Boys" is secure: The nine Black teens were wrongly convicted more than 80 years ago in one of America's most infamous racial tragedies.
Sen. Harry Reid Claims Mitt Romney Didn’t Pay Taxes for a...
As more questions swirl around Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney and how much he has paid in taxes over the past decade, Senate Majority...
Liberian Senate Passes Bill Criminalizing Homosexuality
The Liberian Senate Thursday passed into law a bill that effectively bans homosexuality or homosexual marriage in Liberia.
If concord by the House of Representative,...
Nigeria Seeks to Borrow U.S.$7.9 Billion to fund Pipeline Projects
Nigeria's Present Goodluck Jonathan yesterday asked the Nigerian Senate to give go ahead to borrow another $7.9billion (N1.3trillion) from the World Bank to fund...
