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U.S. Congress passes government funding package to avoid shutdown

STORY: U.S. Congress passes government funding package to avoid shutdown SHOOTING TIME: March 8 and Feb. 13, 2024 DATELINE: March 9, 2024 LENGTH: 0:00:51 LOCATION: Washington D.C. CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the U.S. Senate voting on the bill 2. various of exterior of the U.S. Capitol STORYLINE: The U.S. Congress on Friday approved a bundle of six bills to finance certain sections of the federal government until September, narrowly sidestepping a potential partial shutdown. The U.S. Senate voted 75 to 22 Friday night to approve the package, which cleared the House earlier this week. The bill now heads to President Joe Biden's desk for signing. The latest measure to keep the government funded covers agriculture, energy and the environment, housing, transportation, veterans and the Justice Department through the end of the fiscal year on Sept. 30. Lawmakers recently approved stopgap funding measures to prolong the deadlines of March 1 and March 8 until March 8 and March 22, buyi

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Hungarian parliament approves Sweden's NATO bid

STORY: Hungarian parliament approves Sweden's NATO bid SHOOTING TIME: Feb. 26, 2024 DATELINE: Feb. 27, 2024 LENGTH: 0:02:06 LOCATION: Budapest CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE 1 (Hungarian): VIKTOR ORBAN, Hungarian Prime Minister 2. SOUNDBITE 2 (Hungarian): ELOD NOVAK, MP of the opposition party Our Homeland of Hungary 3. various of Parliament exterior 4. various of MPs voting STORYLINE: Hungary's lawmakers on Monday approved a bill on Sweden's bid to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). Out of the 199 members of parliament (MP), 194 participated in the voting, with 188 votes in favor and six against. The Hungarian parliament voted on the bill on the first day of the spring session of the Parliament. SOUNDBITE 1 (Hungarian): VIKTOR ORBAN, Hungarian Prime Minister "The Swedish-Hungarian military cooperation and Sweden's NATO accession strengthen Hungary's security." Elod Novak of the opposition party Our Homeland was one of the six MPs who voted against it. SOUNDBITE 2 (Hungaria

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Hungarian parliament approves Finland's accession to NATO

STORY: Hungarian parliament approves Finland's accession to NATO DATELINE: March 28, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:46 LOCATION: Budapest CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. exterior of the Hungarian parliament building 2. various of the official recording of Hungarian parliament voting STORYLINE: The Hungarian parliament on Monday approved legislation allowing Finland to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). 182 members of parliament voted in favor and six against, while 11 lawmakers were absent. Besides the far-right party Mi Hazank (Our Homeland), all parties voted in favor of Finland's accession. Elod Novak, vice president of Mi Hazank, said last Friday that his party would veto Finland's accession because "expanding the military alliance on Russia's border would be a provocation, while the neutral zone is an international interest." The Hungarian parliament originally tabled to vote on the ratification of the accession of Finland and Sweden to NATO in the last trimester of 2022, but had since decided

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Japanese lawmakers view disputed Senkaku Islands

ISHIGAKI, Japan - Japanese lawmakers observe Uotsuri Island in the Senkaku island chain in the East China Sea on June 10, 2012. A private group and local fishermen took around 120 people on 14 fishing vessels to the area, including six lawmakers from both the ruling and opposition parties, Tokyo metropolitan assembly members, employees of Ishigaki city in Okinawa and reporters.

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DPJ divided over tax hike

TOKYO, Japan - Lawmakers from the Democratic Party of Japan look upset after the ruling party's talks on a consumption tax hike, proposed by the party leadership, were abruptly terminated past 2 a.m. on March 28, 2012, after lasting on and off for six hours, at the No. 2 building of the offices of House of Representatives members in Tokyo. The leadership gave up on efforts to convince opponents of the tax hike and left the matter to the discretion of DPJ policy chief Seiji Maehara.

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DPJ lawmakers opposing TPP talks visit U.S.

WASHINGTON, United States - Masahiko Yamada, former Japanese farm minister, speaks during a press conference in Washington on Jan. 11, 2012. A group of six ruling Democratic Party of Japan lawmakers opposed to Tokyo's participation in the U.S.-led Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade talks, including Yamada, wrapped up a three-day visit to the United States that day. Yamada said the group conveyed to U.S. officials that many Japanese people, particularly young people, have growing concerns about joining the TPP talks.

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Punishment for dissident lawmakers

TOKYO, Japan - Executives of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan meet at the Diet building in Tokyo on March 1, 2011, to discuss disciplinary measures against 16 DPJ lawmakers who skipped voting on the budget plan for fiscal 2011 during a plenary session of the House of Representatives earlier in the day. The executives decided to suspend the party membership of one of the 16, Koichiro Watanabe, who led the rebellion, for six months and to reprimand the rest of the lower house members.

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Punishment for dissident lawmakers

TOKYO, Japan - Koichiro Watanabe (2nd from L) and other lower house members of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan hold a press conference in the Diet building in Tokyo on March 1, 2011, after the party leadership decided to punish them for skipping voting on the budget plan for fiscal 2011 during a plenary session of the House of Representatives earlier in the day. Watanabe, who led the rebellion, had his party membership suspended for six months while the 15 other dissident lawmakers were reprimanded.

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Cabinet minister Kutsukake, other lawmakers visit Yasukuni Shrine

TOKYO, Japan - Fifty-six members of a nonpartisan parliamentary group visit Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Aug. 15. They included National Public Safety Commission Chairman Tetsuo Kutsukake, one of the 17 ministers in Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's Cabinet, three senior vice ministers and three parliamentary secretaries.

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Iraq parliament speaker hopes Iraq to rebuild in 10-15 years

TOKYO, Japan - Hajim al-Hassani, speaker of Iraq's parliament, addresses a seminar in Tokyo on June 17. The six-day seminar is aimed at helping Iraqi lawmakers draft a constitution.

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Japanese lawmakers depart for E. Timor to observe ballot

NARITA, Japan - Six Japanese legislators depart for East Timor on the morning of Aug. 28 to observe a referendum on Aug. 30, in which East Timorese will choose whether to accept autonomy within Indonesia or to go independent. The photo shows Satsuki Eda (2nd from L), a House of Councillors member, and other members of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan meeting the press at Narita airport before leaving for East Timor.

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CORRECTED: H.K. pro-democracy protest activists face "nuisance" charges in court

(From L) Lawmakers Shiu Ka-chun, Tanya Chan and scholar Chan Kin-man appear in Hong Kong's Eastern Magistrates' Court on March 30, 2017, facing charges of causing and inciting public nuisance. The case was adjourned to May 25 and those three and six others involved in the 2014 pro-democracy protests were released on bail without entering pleas (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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DPJ divided over tax hike

TOKYO, Japan - Lawmakers from the Democratic Party of Japan look upset after the ruling party's talks on a consumption tax hike, proposed by the party leadership, were abruptly terminated past 2 a.m. on March 28, 2012, after lasting on and off for six hours, at the No. 2 building of the offices of House of Representatives members in Tokyo. The leadership gave up on efforts to convince opponents of the tax hike and left the matter to the discretion of DPJ policy chief Seiji Maehara. (Kyodo)

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Punishment for dissident lawmakers

TOKYO, Japan - Koichiro Watanabe (2nd from L) and other lower house members of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan hold a press conference in the Diet building in Tokyo on March 1, 2011, after the party leadership decided to punish them for skipping voting on the budget plan for fiscal 2011 during a plenary session of the House of Representatives earlier in the day. Watanabe, who led the rebellion, had his party membership suspended for six months while the 15 other dissident lawmakers were reprimanded. (Kyodo)

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Punishment for dissident lawmakers

TOKYO, Japan - Executives of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan meet at the Diet building in Tokyo on March 1, 2011, to discuss disciplinary measures against 16 DPJ lawmakers who skipped voting on the budget plan for fiscal 2011 during a plenary session of the House of Representatives earlier in the day. The executives decided to suspend the party membership of one of the 16, Koichiro Watanabe, who led the rebellion, for six months and to reprimand the rest of the lower house members. (Kyodo)

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DPJ lawmakers opposing TPP talks visit U.S.

WASHINGTON, United States - Masahiko Yamada, former Japanese farm minister, speaks during a press conference in Washington on Jan. 11, 2012. A group of six ruling Democratic Party of Japan lawmakers opposed to Tokyo's participation in the U.S.-led Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade talks, including Yamada, wrapped up a three-day visit to the United States that day. Yamada said the group conveyed to U.S. officials that many Japanese people, particularly young people, have growing concerns about joining the TPP talks. (Kyodo)

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LDP to extend party leader's term

Liberal Democratic Party Vice President Masahiko Komura attends a meeting of senior LDP lawmakers in Tokyo on Oct. 25, 2016. The ruling party will raise the existing limit on the party leader's tenure to three consecutive terms totaling nine years from the current two consecutive terms totaling six years, which could allow Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to remain premier through the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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LDP to extend party leader's term

Liberal Democratic Party Vice President Masahiko Komura (2nd from R) attends a meeting of senior LDP lawmakers in Tokyo on Oct. 25, 2016. The ruling party will raise the existing limit on the party leader's tenure to three consecutive terms totaling nine years from the current two consecutive terms totaling six years, which could allow Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to remain premier through the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo