Vice President Kamala Harris broke a nearly 200-year-old record for casting the most tiebreaking votes in the Senate when she voted to advance the confirmation of a new federal judge in Washington, D.C. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer applauded Harris’ 32nd tiebreaking vote as a significant milestone in her role as Vice President. Harris continued to cast her 33rd tiebreaking vote on the same day.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping may attend the East Asian Summit (EAS) and other meetings with the ASEAN bloc in Jakarta in September. The visit will strengthen India’s ties with ASEAN and affirm India’s Indo-Pacific policy based on ‘ASEAN centrality’. The attendance of both leaders could set the stage for a possible meeting in Jakarta amidst efforts to resolve the Ladakh border stand-off and de-escalate tensions.
