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Watch Live Senate Vote On Health Care Reform:
8:22 p.m. ET — There is the usual post-vote speechifying outside the Senate chamber. Reid and Dodd both make predictable remarks about the importance of health care reform. Both have praised their fellow Senator Max Baucus, who after all this time...
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Senate votes down petrol excise taxes amendment
Bangkok :: Thailand | 5 months ago
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After two hours of deliberation, the Senate voted 58 to 33 to reject the amendment. Bangkok Senator Rosana Tositrakul said she did not support the amendment because the increase of excise taxes on petrol would increase the cost of products, causing the...
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Alabama Senate votes for mortgage fraud bill
Montgomery :: AL :: USA | 7 months ago
Credibility The Alabama Senate is trying to create the crime of mortgage fraud. The Senate voted 27-0 today for a bill that would make it a felony to provide deliberate misstatements during the mortgage lending process with the intention that they will be relied...
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Senate Votes to Establish Financial Crisis Commission
Washington :: DC :: USA | 7 months ago
Credibility Washington loves investigative commissions and the Senate on Wednesday overwhelmingly approved the creation of another one: The Financial Markets Commission. Lawmakers voted 94-3 to create the commission that will be charged with investigating the causes,...
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Senate votes to triple AmeriCorps, bolster service
Washington :: DC :: USA | 8 months ago
Credibility The Senate voted Thursday to give tens of thousands of people more opportunities to mentor children, clean parks and help the poor, a sweeping call to national service in a time of need. The legislation would triple the size of the Clinton-era AmeriCorps...
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Senate votes for death penalty
Kingston :: Jamaica | 11 months ago
Credibility The final count was 10 for the retention of the death penalty and seven against. Opposition Senator Sandrea Falconer turned up a few minutes after the vote was taken. Efforts were made by the Opposition to delay the vote until she arrived, but it was...
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Senate passes doctor reimbursement bill
Washington :: DC :: USA | about 1 year ago
Credibility The Senate, with Democrat Ted Kennedy casting a crucial vote, approved legislation by a veto-proof margin Wednesday that would void a 10.6 percent pay cut for doctors treating Medicare patients...The House already approved the measure, but a Senate vote...
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Senate votes to override media ownership rule
Washington :: DC :: USA | about 1 year ago
Credibility The Senate voted on Thursday to overturn new, looser media ownership restrictions in the 20 biggest U.S. cities, defying a White House threat to veto the measure. Senators, on a voice vote, approved a resolution nullifying the new, relaxed ownership rules...
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