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Federal legislation that could lead to a college football playoff tournament will move a step closer to reality on Wednesday in a hearing before a subcommittee of the U.S. House of Representatives.
The House of Representatives passed a bill creating an independent commission to review 28 years and billions of dollars spent on drug-fighting programs in Latin America.
Job-creating legislation taking shape in the U.S. Congress could carry a price tag of $75 billion to $200 billion with much of that funded by leftover bank-bailout money, House Democrats said on Tuesday.
The US House of Representatives Homeland Security Committee is prepared to subpoena a couple who showed up uninvited to a White House state dinner reception, a lawmaker said.
By Matt Viser and Martin Finucane, Globe Staff Martha Coakley, a no-nonsense lawyer who has worked more than two decades in law enforcement and rose to become Massachusetts attorney general, won the Democratic primary election tonight in the race to...
WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, (D., Nev.) announced late Tuesday that Senate Democrats had reached "broad agreement" on a new compromise for health-care overhaul language that is intended to unite liberals and centrists in his party.
Dec. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Legislation pending in the U.S. Congress to cut greenhouse-gas emissions may reduce imports of Chinese goods by 20 percent, a World Bank study said.
WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- The Senate on Tuesday rejected an amendment that would have put in place firm restrictions on public funding for abortion under a health-care overhaul measure, but senators say that talks on the issue will continue.
Senator Christopher Dodd chairman of the Senate Banking Committee, is ready to push through a controversial financial regulation reform bill with or without Republican support, senior aides said, just days before the House of Representatives votes on its own reform legislation, Reuters reported.
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House and Senate leaders proposed a compromise plan Tuesday to give shuttered General Motors and Chrysler dealers an appeals process to keep their showrooms open. Congressional aides said a broad $1.1 billion spending bill would include language providing 789... General Motors - United States Congress - United States Senate - Senate - Chrysler
WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- Senate Democrats worked to forge agreement Tuesday on health-care overhaul legislation, as they finalized major new provisions to the bill that would expand the Medicare and Medicaid programs.
WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- A U.S. Senate panel will vote Dec. 17 on Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's nomination to serve a second term as head of the central bank, the Senate Banking Committee said Tuesday.
Amtrak passengers could carry handguns in their checked baggage as part of catch-all spending legislation being finalized by Congress. Amtrak riders could transport firearms that are unloaded and in a securely locked container checked in a baggage car, giving... Democratic - United States Congress - Christmas - Economic - United States
TRENTON — A bill that would give voters the power to fill unexpected U.S. Senate seat vacancies instead of the governor has been introduced in the New Jersey Assembly.
Col. Van T. Barfoot has gained another powerful ally in his fight to keep flying the American flag from a front-yard pole.U.S. Rep. Eric I. Cantor, R-7th., today introduced a resolution in the House of Representatives resolving that any recipient of the Medal of Honor be permitted to “properly display” the flag from the recipient’s property.While the resolution notes that Barfoot, who lives in ...
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