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W.Va. groups back Rahall on health vote
Miami :: FL :: USA | 14 days ago
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House kills Republican health overhaul bill The House has used a near party line vote to reject a Republican health overhaul bill. Shortly before beginning its vote on a Democratic plan, the chamber voted 258-176 against a GOP version that would have...
Tags: health, house of representatives, insurance, health care, US House of Representatives
Exclusive: 'Goldstone report - the terrorists' Magna Carta'
Jerusalem :: Israel | 25 days ago
Credibility I don't think there has ever been a time in the history of warfare when any army has made more efforts to reduce civilian casualties and deaths of innocent people than the IDF is doing today in Gaza," Col. Richard Kemp, former commander of the British...
Tags: Israeli, UN Gaza, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Richard Goldstone, peaceful talks, US House of Representatives, Barack Obama, Benjamin Netanyahu
Amid Iran talks, Putin warns against intimidation
Tehrān :: Iran | about 1 month ago
Credibility Tehran says its nuclear program is aimed at the civilian applications of the technology and has called for the removal of weapons of mass destruction from around the globe. Western countries, however, accuse Iran of seeking nuclear weaponry. October 18...
Tags: Iran, Russian, US House of Representatives, nuclear program, iran sanctions, China, Vladimir Putin, local governments, Tehran, minister vladimir
Gates Faces Test Over Fighter Budget
Baghdad :: Iraq | 5 months ago
Credibility the most advanced fighter ever built -- is shaping up to be one of the most important tests of Defense Secretary Robert Gates's attempt to rebalance the U.S. military to better fight insurgent foes. The plane is a $143 million supersonic totem of American...
Tags: Senate Armed Services Committee, Obama Challenges Congress, Barack Obama, US House of Representatives, veto threat, fighter jets, Congressional
Majority supports climate change regulation
Washington :: DC :: USA | 5 months ago
Credibility Support for controls on emissions wavered even more as those polled were asked whether they’d pay higher electricity prices to help bring about reduced greenhouse gases. Only 44 percent said they would back a cap-and-trade system if it meant monthly electricity...
Tags: global warming, electricity bills, Barack Obama, U.S. House of Representatives, House Democratic, House Democrats, Southwestern Indiana, US House of Representatives, climate bills, climate change
US Congress votes for financial crisis probe
Washington :: DC :: USA | 6 months ago
Credibility The US House of Representatives on Monday passed legislation to battle financial fraud and create an independent commission to investigate the causes of the global financial meltdown. Lawmakers voted 338 to 52 for the bill, which now goes to US President...
Tags: Barack Obama, mortgage fraud, The House of Representatives, US House of Representatives, Congress, financial fraud, financial meltdown, president barack, independent commission, White House
Congress passes Wall Street bailout plan
Washington :: DC :: USA | about 1 year ago
Credibility Congressional leaders had worked together to win over support for the plan but failed to pass the bill on Monday. In a second try on Friday, Congress voted 263 in favor and 171 against the Senate-amended bill. Under intense pressure from the White House...
Tags: US House of Representatives, Congressional, George W. Bush, bailout plan, White House, jones industry, congress passed, financial rescue, U.S, wall street
Obama, McCain urge revival of bailout
New York :: NY :: USA | about 1 year ago
Credibility White House contenders Barack Obama and John McCain sought to persuade skeptical Americans on Tuesday to back a $700 billion Wall Street bailout package and planned to be in Washington on Wednesday to vote on the measure. A day after the US House of Representatives...
Tags: bailout, 700 billion, billion, obama, government, financial crisis, aid, US Senate, Senate Republicans, US House of Representatives
Stocks claw back on bailout revival hopes
New York :: NY :: USA | about 1 year ago
Credibility Stocks on Tuesday clawed back from Wall Street's worst slide in more than 20 years, as investors bet that Washington would still pass a plan to stabilize the U.S. financial sector despite Monday's defeat. The day after House members rejected the proposed...
Tags: stock, plan, wall street, share, Washington, rescue plan, financial sector, investor bet, George W. Bush, US House of Representatives
Gov’t assesses impact on Philippines
Manila :: Philippines | about 1 year ago
Credibility The meeting was supposed to be held Thursday but the President told her economic team to meet right away, hours after the US House of Representatives rejected a $700-billion emergency bailout package aimed at stabilizing the US financial system. �We...
Tags: Central Philippines, US House of Representatives, president gloria, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, US Congress, Mrs. Arroyo, Gloria Arroyo, Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, wall street, Eastern Samar
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