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Senate deal on credit card curbs
Washington :: DC :: USA | 6 months ago
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Key Senate negotiators have reached a deal on legislation targeting credit card rates and fees, the lead Democratic senator on the issue said Monday. The development could spur the bill to a Senate vote as soon as this week, but more fights remain in...
Tags: Senate Banking Committee, Senate Panel, credit card, House, U.S. Afghanistan, card bills, senator banking
Oregonian: mexicandevil -- If they got rid of the 120,000...
Salem :: OR :: USA | 7 months ago
Credibility One of Gov. Ted Kulongoski's environmental priorities squeaked through the House on Friday when lawmakers agreed to a bill aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions from cars and trucks. Later in the day, however, the House also voted to scale back an...
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Houston Business Journal: Trans fat bill passes Senate
Austin :: TX :: USA | 7 months ago
Credibility Senate Bill 204, which bans the use of trans fats in all Texas restaurants, passed in the Senate Friday. The bill, authored by Sen. Eliot Shapleigh, D-El Paso, is the companion bill to HB 1523, which was written by Rep. Carol Alvarado, D-Houston. The...
Tags: Texas Senate, trans fat, House
Magic's Rafer Alston apologizes for suspension
Orlando :: FL :: USA | 7 months ago
Credibility Part of it is being a a man," Alston said. "Sometimes you don't back down to certain things...Alston maintains that he retaliated to an elbow thrown by House even though the league said it did not see any unusual contact by House. Reacting to the suspension,...
Tags: Rafer Alston, House
Idaho Legislature's 2009 session ends
Boise :: ID :: USA | 7 months ago
Credibility Its finish was delayed by the dispute between Gov. Butch Otter and House Republicans over more money for highways, and by the midsession arrival of news that the state budget could benefit from new federal economic-stimulus money. A deal on highways was...
Tags: Idaho Legislature, Idaho State Police, Idaho State Journal, House, Senate, legislature adjourned, gas tax, Butch Otter
Daniels gets reins on budget
Indianapolis :: IN :: USA | 7 months ago
Credibility Because the General Assembly did not pass a budget by its April 29 deadline to adjourn, Daniels now must call lawmakers back for a special session before the current budget expires June 30. If they don't have a new spending plan by then, most of state...
Tags: Mitch Daniels, House, Indiana General Assembly, Senate, special session
House votes to outlaw 'liar loans,' other lending practices that lawmakers say hurt consumers
Washington :: DC :: USA | 7 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...
Tags: liar loans, lawmakers say, House, house votes
Colo. Senate votes against repealing death penalty
Denver :: CO :: USA | 7 months ago
Credibility The Colorado Senate on Wednesday rejected a proposal to abolish the death penalty and fund cold case investigations with the savings from ending capital punishment prosecutions. Four Democrats sided with Republicans, voting 18-17 to narrowly defeat the...
Tags: Colorado Senate, death penalty, Colorado Bureau of Investigations, House, cold cases, capital punishment, senate votes, legislative session, repealed death
Legislators drill dentists on school program ban
Baton Rouge :: LA :: USA | 7 months ago
Credibility A House committee postponed a vote Tuesday on legislation that would prohibit dentists from practicing in schools. The House Health and Welfare Committee had heard testimony much of the morning on House Bill 687. The Louisiana Dental Association argued...
Tags: House
Florida Senate backtracks on Seminole gaming pact
Tallahassee :: FL :: USA | 7 months ago
Credibility With the governor and leaders of the Seminole Tribe sitting in the front row, legislative talks over the future of the gambling agreement with the tribe fell apart Wednesday...Alexander, R-Lake Wales, said the Senate was returning to its position to give...
Tags: Florida Senate, Seminole Tribe of Florida, Charlie Crist, Charle Crist, Florida Indian, U.S. Senate, Seminole Indian, House, property tax
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