Posts Tagged ‘Senate’

March 10 2010

Senate passes jobless aid, business tax breaks

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

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

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

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

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

Former Florida House Speaker and Florida Republican Senate candidate Marco Rubio received a warm welcome Thursday from conservatives at an annual conference in Washington, D.C.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

Democrat Brad Ellsworth stated only that it was his "intention to run for the Senate of the United States," without elaborating.Democratic Rep. Brad Ellsworth said Friday he will run for Evan Bayh’s Indiana Senate seat


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February 17 2010

In blow to Democrats, Bayh to leave Senate

Feb. 16: Sen. Evan Bayh (D-IN) joins Morning Joe to discuss his decision not to seek re-election and rules out any rumors he may challenge Obama in primary in 2012. (Other)Evan Bayh’s retirement from a Senate seat from Republican-leaning Indiana  adds to the struggle Democrats will face this fall to prevent an erosion of the 59 votes they have in the chamber.


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February 10 2010

State Senate votes to expel Hiram

The state Senate voted to boot embattled Sen. Hiram Monserrate on Tuesday night, citing the lawmaker’s conviction in the assault on his girlfriend. The vote was 53 to 8 with one abstention.



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December 4 2009

Senate roll call on Medicare cuts amendment (AP)

AP – The 58-42 roll call Thursday by which the Senate rejected an amendment that would have stripped more than $400 billion in Medicare cuts from the health care bill.



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