USA Rugby World Cup bid attracts bipartisan support in Congress
by Martin Pengelly in New York from US news | The Guardian on (#5WQSR)
Republicans and Democrats call on Joe Biden and federal agencies to support hosting men's and women's events
US hopes of hosting men's and women's Rugby World Cups in 2029 and 2031 got a boost from Capitol Hill on Thursday, with the introduction of a bipartisan congressional resolution expressing support for the bid.
The resolution was introduced by the co-chairs of the Congressional Rugby Caucus, Alex Mooney, a West Virginia Republican, and Eleanor Holmes Norton, a Democrat from Washington DC.
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