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Senate Votes to Undo Freeze on Chinese language Photo voltaic Tariffs, Setting Up Showdown With Biden

The Senate narrowly superior a joint decision reversing the Biden administration’s emergency defend towards tariffs for some Chinese language-made photo voltaic panels. Now, the ball is in President Joe Biden’s courtroom. The White Home has mentioned that he’ll veto the joint decision, warning that the measure would “create deep uncertainty for jobs and investments within the photo … [Read more…]

Loophole in Invoice Permits Payday Lenders to Cost 365% Curiosity Charges, Senate Committee Hears

The Division of Finance has confirmed the existence of a loophole in a invoice geared toward combating usury, permitting payday lenders to cost rates of interest of as much as 365 p.c yearly. “The annual proportion charge on $14 per $100 remains to be a really excessive charge, 300 p.c or extra,” Sen. Jim Quinn stated … [Read more…]

Senators Obtain ‘Precautionary’ Satellite tv for pc Telephones Simply Earlier than Hurricane Season

Members of the Senate have been given satellite tv for pc telephones by the chamber’s sergeant-at-arms. “Satellite tv for pc telephones are essential precautionary communication gadgets that present essential lifelines throughout disasters that impression native communication capabilities (comparable to mobile and landline telephones, and/or web),” an official with data of the matter knowledgeable The Epoch … [Read more…]