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GOP leaders pressed lone 'yes' vote Burgess to reject Medicare bill
Washington :: DC :: USA | 10 days ago
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Rep. Michael Burgess (R-Texas) is a physician and longtime advocate for permanently solving the annual legislative headache of increasing the amount of money reimbursed to doctors treating Medicare patients. He said that even though he opposed the way...
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House accelerates credit card rules
Birmingham :: AL :: USA | 26 days ago
Credibility Responding to consumer frustration over rising credit card rates, the House on Wednesday approved legislation to accelerate the implementation of new laws to crack down on abusive practices by credit card companies to December 1. The House voted 331-92...
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House votes to cover sex orientation hate crimes
Washington :: DC :: USA | about 1 month ago
Credibility The House voted yesterday to expand the definition of violent federal hate crimes to cover those committed because of a victim's sexual orientation, a step that would extend new protection to lesbian, gay and transgender people. Democrats hailed the vote...
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U.S. House votes to extend unemployment benefits
Washington :: DC :: USA | 2 months ago
Credibility With unemployment lines growing even as the recession eases its grip, the U.S...Senate has yet to consider a version of the bill, but Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said the body would take up the legislation "very, very quickly." The unemployment...
Tags: U.S. House, unemployment benefits, unemployment rate, extend unemployment, jobless benefits, extend jobless, Senate, house votes, Washington
House Votes to End Subsidies to Student Loan Firms
Washington :: DC :: USA | 2 months ago
Credibility The government itself would make all such federal loans as of July 1, effectively cutting out banks and other lenders as middlemen. That would be a major shift because direct government lending in the last academic year accounted for about a quarter of...
Tags: The House of Representatives, students loans, House Expands Federal Aid, Sallie Mae, college students, U.S. Senate, house votes, private lenders, college aid, federally loans, Washington
House Votes to Extend 'Clunkers' Program
Kabul :: Afghanistan | 4 months ago
Credibility The House voted Friday to transfer $2 billion in emergency funding from the economic stimulus plan to the "cash for clunkers" program, ensuring it has sufficient funds to continue. The move follows a scramble Thursday after it emerged that the initial...
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Recession eases; GDP dip smaller than expected
Washington :: DC :: USA | 4 months ago
Credibility The economy sank at a pace of just 1 percent in the second quarter of the year, a new government report shows. It was a better-than-expected showing that provided the strongest signal yet that the longest recession since World War II is finally winding...
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House votes to save wild horses, burros
Washington :: DC :: USA | 4 months ago
Credibility The House has voted to expand the range of the nation's wild horses and burros by millions of acres and to block a plan to kill thousands of the animals to prevent overgrazing...Supporters say the additional land and other measurers are needed to free...
House votes to revoke death penalty
Hartford :: CT :: USA | 6 months ago
Credibility Four years to the day after Connecticut executed serial killer Michael Ross, its first execution of the modern era, the House of Representatives voted Wednesday to abolish the death penalty. After more than five hours of debate and in a bipartisan, 90-56...
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House votes to outlaw 'liar loans,' other lending practices that lawmakers say hurt consumers
Washington :: DC :: USA | 6 months ago
Credibility The House has voted to outlaw so-called liar loans, ballooning mortgage payments and other bank practices that lawmakers say prey on consumers. The proposal is one of several Democrats are pushing to tighten controls on an industry that critics say helped...
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