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Al Franken the clown goes to Washington! now what?
This could be the biggest thing in decades for Progressives. For the first time in 31 years a party has a filibuster proof majority. Let's now get a public option on Health care, energy reform, the environment, cap and trade....
Tags: Senator Al Franken, Minnesota, the US Senate, Filibuster proof majority, Democratic Super majority, Democratic agenda
US approves $91b war funds bill
Washington :: DC :: USA | 6 months ago
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WASHINGTON: The U.S. Senate on Thursday approved a $91.3 billion measure that President Barack Obama sought to fund the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, meeting some of his priorities but leaving out funding to close the U.S. prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba....
Tags: THE US Senate, Pakistan, Barack Obama, president barack, Afghanistan, internally monetary, monetary funding, IMF, senator approved, Iraqi
Obama stimulus plan clears key Senate hurdle
Washington :: DC :: USA | 10 months ago
Credibility With the support of three Republican Senators, President Barack Obama's massive stimulus plan has cleared a key hurdle in the final passage of the $829 billion economic recovery package in the Senate which will vote on the bill on Tuesday. Following several...
Tags: THE US Senate, United States Senate, Barack Obama, Mr. Obama, Mr Obama, senator approved, president obama, economically recovery, billion economically, House
Markets wary despite gains
New York City :: NY :: USA | about 1 year ago
Credibility Tuesday's bloodbath, but investors are sceptical the Washington bailout package will reactivate markets and prove to be the stabilising force the troubled world financial system desperately needs. The health of the fractured domestic credit and money...
Tags: bailout, financial, 700 billion, billion, global, bailout plan, THE US Senate, plan, stocks, stock
US drops Mandela from terror list
Cape Town :: South Africa | about 1 year ago
Credibility Legislation proposing the move received final congressional approval late on Thursday when the Senate unanimously passed it on a voice vote...It removes the "terrorist" label and travel restrictions imposed on Mandela and other cadres from the African...
Tags: terror, Nelson Mandela, THE US Senate, African National Congress, U.S. Congress, african president, House of Representatives, terror watch, watch list, voice vote
Carbon-dioxide bill tough for Ohio senator
Seattle :: WA :: USA | about 1 year ago
Credibility As the Senate debates a major bill this week designed to curb the emissions of carbon dioxide believed to cause global warming, the man on the spot is Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown of Ohio. Although environmentalists acknowledge that the bill has no chance...
Tags: THE US Senate
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