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House Republicans urge trade pact support
9 hours ago ago from Times of the Internet - The Web's Number One News Source - Times News
absolutely-fabulous absolutely-scrumptious business cooking-recipes crime entertainment gossip health internet lifestyle movies nation news online-games people personal-development politics press-releases products science sports technology this-and-that travel weather world top stories House Republicans urge trade pact support WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 (UPI) -- Republican officials in the U.S. House of ...
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16 hours ago ago from Wake up America
From The Marston Chronicles The last time the Republicans took control of the House was 1994. The Democrats regained control in 2006. Obviously there should have been some signs showing these dramatic changes were taking place. There was a definite sign of what was going to happen and that was what the generic congressional ballot polls were showing. The generic ballot results are obtained by the pollsters asking some variant of this ...
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10 hours ago ago from Strike the Last Word
Good evening and welcome to the Daily Strike. Today was yet another reminder how much better the country would be if we had a unicameral legislature. Let's get to it. FINANCIAL REFORM: Yes, we made some bad compromises, and there are significant loopholes, but the House today passed the most significant financial regulation legislation since the New Deal. I described the bill in detail yesterday, but to recap, the bill for the first time ...
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45 minutes ago ago from Developing Business Plan
By Jim Kuhnhenn, Associated Press Writer Companies : Boeing Co. | Caterpillar Inc. | General Electric Co. WASHINGTON (AP) The House passed the most ambitious restructuring of federal financial regulations since the New Deal on Friday, aiming to head off any replay of last year's Wall Street failures that plunged the nation deep into recession. The sprawling legislation would give the government new powers to break up companies ...
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1 day ago ago from LATICONOMICS
ObamaCare Keeps Falling in the Polls A business ad campaign could turn the tide even in the House. JOHN FUND The Senate's compromise bill on health care was announced on Wednesday to much fanfare. But there's not much there for moderate Democrats to write home about. It waters down a provision creating a "public option," but it also expands (to include people over 55) Medicare, a program already expected to go bankrupt in 2017. ...
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House Votes to Tighten Regulation of Wall Street
11 hours ago ago from The New York Times
WASHINGTON The House on Friday approved a Democratic plan to significantly tighten federal regulation of Wall Street and the financial sector, advancing a far-reaching Congressional response to the financial crisis still reverberating through the economy. Multimedia Related Democrats Defend Bill to Rein In Wall Street (December 11, 2009) After three days of floor debate, the House voted 223 to 202 to ...
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7 hours ago ago from Wall Street Journal
The Senate's compromise bill on health care was announced on Wednesday to much fanfare. But there's not much there for moderate Democrats to write home about. It waters down a provision creating a "public option," but it also expands (to include people over 55) Medicare, a program already expected to go bankrupt in 2017. The Senate bill is so unwieldy that the health-care system it will create will almost certainly break apart and force us ...
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9 hours ago ago from Media General - TBO.com
TAMPA - An increasingly fractious challenge to the Republican Party from its own conservative base could relegate the party to indefinite minority status, some Republicans fear. It's showing up in the form of conservative primary challengers against candidates blessed by the party establishment รข a strange phenomenon in a party known for tightly controlled, wait-your-turn politics. Some Republicans fear the divisive primaries could leave ...
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10 hours ago ago from Politics Daily
The House of Representatives voted Friday to dramatically expand regulation of Wall Street and the finance sector, the New York Times reports . The 223-202 vote approved a bill that would create a new consumer protection agency, place tight limits on the financial products that caused the financial crisis, and attempt to keep several large companies from determining the fate of the economy. "The Senate is working on similar legislation, and ...
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23 hours ago ago from The New York Times
The House passed a 1,088-page, $1.1 trillion spending bill by a 221-to-202 vote. The Senate immediately voted to begin debate, with a final vote likely this weekend. The measure combines $447 billion in operating budgets with about $650 billion in payments for federal benefit programs like Medicare and Medicaid . No House Republican voted for the bill, and 28 Democrats, chiefly centrists and abortion opponents, also opposed it. The measure ...
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