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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Housing market rescue legislation cleared a procedural test vote in the U.S. Senate on Friday ahead of final passage expected on Saturday, and lawmakers asked banks to suspend further foreclosures until a...
By Associated Press Friday, July 25, 2008 - Added 8m ago WASHINGTON - Senate Democrats failed today to advance a measure to rein in oil market speculators, one of a series of efforts to tell voters they are serious about...
— The House voted Thursday to triple money to fight AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis around the world, giving new life and new punch to a program credited with saving or prolonging millions of lives in Africa alone. The 303-115...
“We pulled the president’s chestnuts out of the fire,” Pelosi told Politico. After driving a hard bargain, Speaker Nancy Pelosi is now taking credit for pulling President Bush’s “chestnuts out of the fire” in winning House...
President Bush pulled the rug out from under Republicans this week when he abruptly dropped his opposition to a massive housing rescue.Their reaction? Good riddance.Three-quarters of House Republicans defied Bush and voted...
