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Arizona senators vote to start over on loan issue
Phoenix :: AZ :: USA | 4 days ago
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Arizona legislators want to start from scratch on possibly revising a law protecting homeowners from post-foreclosure lawsuits. The Legislature last summer significantly narrowed a law that barred lenders from suing homeowners for mortgage amounts not...
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Graham, DeMint agree on military detainee trials
Columbia :: SC :: USA | 18 days ago
Credibility South Carolina's Republican U.S. senators differ on whether Guantanamo Bay detainees should be sent to North Charleston's Navy brig, but say they will work together to keep the accused terrorists out of federal courts...Sen. Lindsey Graham's federal spending...
Tags: Senate Rejects GOP Effort, Senate Votes, Lindsey Graham, federal courts, U.S, civilian federal, civilian trial
Haitian prime minister fired by Senate
Port-au-Prince :: Haiti | 25 days ago
Credibility Prime Minister Michele Pierre-Louis has been removed from office by a Senate vote. Eighteen of 29 senators voted to censure her in the early Friday hours. The decision leaves Haiti without a head of government or cabinet and could imperil efforts to attract...
Tags: Haitian Senate, Haiti Senate, prime minister, Michele Pierre-Louis, senate votes, minister michele, foreign investment, Caribbean, economic recovery
California Senate approves $10,000 tax credit for new-home buyers
Salinas :: CA :: USA | about 1 month ago
Credibility The Senate voted 35-1 to reauthorize the use of $30 million in credits not awarded during the first program. That should allow the state to give tax credits to about 4,300 more buyers of new unoccupied homes, many of which are in inland areas of California...
Tags: tax credit, California, CA Senate, senate votes
Senate Approves Probate Court Consolidation
Hartford :: CT :: USA | 2 months ago
Credibility In a historic move, the Senate voted Thursday afternoon for the first sweeping realignment of the state's probate court system in more than 300 years. The Colonial-era system, which dates back to the late 1600s, was starting to run out of money because...
Tags: probate courts, Senate Approves Probate Court, Connecticut, senate votes, fees increase, House of Representatives
Gun Rights Advocates Win Legislative Battle in the Senate
Washington :: DC :: USA | 2 months ago
Credibility Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), who has collected $34,850 through his candidate committees from gun rights groups since he was elected in 1994...The Association of American Railroads , which represents Amtrak, has spent $5.5 million on lobbying efforts this year....
Tags: Senate, Amtrak, senate votes, Association of American Railroads, amtrak passenger, Washington
Senate denies ACORN funding
Baltimore :: MD :: USA | 2 months ago
Credibility needs to go Reply #8 Sep. Obama's Acorn Group, crooked as they come, has somehow slipped by Obama's Radar!...A poverty-rights group that has drawn the ire of conservatives suffered another setback in Washington on Monday when the U.S.
Tags: Senate, community organizers, senate votes, Barack Obama, James O'Keefe, Washington, housing funding, U.S, Baltimore
Cash-for-clunkers flush with cash again
Washington :: DC :: USA | 3 months ago
Credibility On the eve of its summer recess, the Senate on Thursday cleared a $2-billion extension to keep the federally subsidized car trade-in program alive, sparing the White House a PR-dilemma after the first $1 billion ran dry in a matter of days . After rejecting...
Tags: Senate, Barack Obama, senate approve, Mr Obama, senate votes, president barack, NBC Hartford, billion extension
Senate to vote on concealed weapons proposal
Washington :: DC :: USA | 4 months ago
Credibility The Senate is due to vote at high noon Wednesday on a contentious proposal to allow people to carry concealed weapons from state to state. The measure, which has split Democrats, would require each of the 48 states that allow concealed firearms to honor...
Tags: concealed weapon, U.S. Senate, carried concealed, gun laws, votes short, gun control, allowed concealed, senate votes, senate rejected, weapon permit
Senate votes to cut F-22 funding
White House :: TN :: USA | 4 months ago
Credibility The Senate voted Tuesday to cut off production funding for the F-22 fighter , a come-from-behind win for Defense Secretary Robert Gates who has targeted the costly program as part of his effort to restructure the Pentagon budget. The 58-40 roll call...
Tags: senate votes, Senate, Barack Obama
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