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Susan Collins, the new president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, said says that a higher unemployment rate will be needed to bring down inflation from unusually high levels, but suggested any economic downturn would likely be modest

WASHINGTON — The House quickly took up and passed its response to a Senate proposal on how to overhaul a 135-year-old law governing the counting of presidential electoral votes, sending the hot-button issue back to the other side of the Capitol.

The bill would amend the Electoral Count Act, which legal experts have called vague and confusing. The legislation is similar to a somewhat narrower bill from a bipartisan group of senators.

Lawmakers in both chambers are hoping to update the Electoral Count Act of 1887, but can’t agree on how — and time is slipping away.

House Democrats are voting this week on changes to a 19th century law for certifying presidential elections

Democrats are punting a vote to protect same-sex and interracial marriages until after the November midterm elections, a blow for the legislation that comes days after Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer vowed to put the Senate on the record on the issue “in the coming weeks.”

Senate Democrats punted a vote on a bill to bolster same-sex marriage rights until after the midterm elections Thursday.

A looming Senate vote on legislation supporting same-sex marriage has created a political bind for Wisconsin’s Ron Johnson, the most at-risk GOP senator in the November election.

In the weeks after Roe v Wade was overturned, there was a huge rush to register to vote. Now rightwing candidates are toning down their rhetoric but history tells us they can’t be trusted, writes Arwa Mahdawi

Mr Cruz says the bill lacks protections for “religious liberty” but two of its’ co-sponsors say that is not true

Only a handful have come out publicly in support of the bill so far.