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A package of tax breaks and highway spending cleared Congress, the first of what Democrats hope will be several efforts to bring down the 9.7 percent unemployment rate.
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March 17 2010
Senate passes jobs bill for Obama’s signature
March 17th, 2010 
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March 17 2010
Senate rejects freeze on earmarks
March 17th, 2010 Tommy The Senate has easily killed a move by conservative Republicans to temporarily ban senators from earmarking spending bills with back-home projects like roads, water projects and grants to local governments.
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March 12 2010
Health end game hinges on House, Senate trust
March 12th, 2010 Tommy 
President Barack Obama’s decision on Friday to delay an overseas trip came after reports that an impartial Senate umpire is likely to push House and Senate Democrats into a legislative leap of faith.
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March 10 2010
Senate passes jobless aid, business tax breaks
March 10th, 2010 Tommy The Senate voted Wednesday to extend a host of soon-to-expire elements of last year’s economic stimulus measure, including help for the jobless.
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March 3 2010
Paper mogul Zuckerman won’t run for Senate
March 3rd, 2010 Tommy Real estate tycoon and newspaper publisher Mortimer Zuckerman said Tuesday that he will not enter the race for one of New York’s Senate seats.
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March 2 2010
Senate moves toward deal on Wall Street rules
March 2nd, 2010 Tommy Senate negotiators close in on a deal on Wall Street regulations, proposing a new entity inside the Federal Reserve to oversee consumer financial products ranging from credit cards to mortgages.
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March 1 2010
Senate impasse puts federal employees out of work
March 1st, 2010 Tommy Two thousand federal transportation workers will be furloughed without pay on Monday, and the Obama administration said they have a Kentucky senator to blame for it.
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February 24 2010
Senate votes to extend Patriot Act
February 24th, 2010 Tommy The Senate has passed a one-year extension of key provisions of the USA Patriot Act, the nation’s counterterrorism surveillance law.
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February 21 2010
Senate GOP challengers woo conservatives
February 21st, 2010 Tommy 
Marco Rubio and J.D. Hayworth have different styles and different backgrounds and they’re from opposite sides of the country. But both are hoping to win Senate seats by tapping into the energy of conservatives to defeat big-name, establishment-backed Republicans.
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February 21 2010
Rep. Ellsworth to run for Bayh Senate seat
February 21st, 2010 Tommy 
Democratic Rep. Brad Ellsworth said Friday he will run for Evan Bayh’s Indiana Senate seat
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