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Senate to end debate, vote on small-business aid billupdated: Thu Sep 16 2010 04:00:00

The Senate is scheduled to vote Thursday on ending a debate on a bill that it says will aid small businesses and result in the creation of 500,000 jobs.

CNNMoney: Obama's jobs pitch fails to dazzle Washingtonupdated: Wed Sep 08 2010 14:49:00

President Obama's latest round of job-bolstering proposals boasts something for everyone: corporate tax breaks for conservatives and spending on roads and railways for liberals. Yet he's having a hard time getting everyone on board.

Cafferty on financial reform legislationupdated: Wed Apr 28 2010 16:14:00

Jack Cafferty asks: Why did Senate Republicans block financial reform legislation when two-thirds of Americans want it?

Obama takes Wall Street reform message to heartlandupdated: Wed Apr 28 2010 16:14:00

President Obama took his message for Wall Street reforms to America's heartland for a second day on Wednesday as Senate Democrats failed for a third time to win a vote on starting public debate on the matter.

Obama to Republicans: Let Senate debate Wall Street reformupdated: Tue Apr 27 2010 22:12:00

President Obama challenged Republicans to allow a debate on Wall Street reforms, telling an Iowa crowd Tuesday it's not right for the GOP to prevent a proposal from coming up in the Senate.

CNNMoney: Jobless one step closer to regaining benefitsupdated: Mon Apr 12 2010 18:26:00

The Senate took the first step Monday to extend the deadline for the jobless to file for unemployment insurance.

State of the Union: Highlights, reactions, analysesupdated: Thu Jan 28 2010 13:26:00

Citing a "deficit of trust" in government by the American people, President Obama's first State of the Union address urged Congress to erode the influence of special interests and work together to confront the nation's most pressing problems.

CNNMoney: On tackling debt: Some say 'Just do it'updated: Sun Dec 20 2009 07:44:00

Left to their own devices, lawmakers won't successfully deal with the country's spiraling debt situation. That's the opinion of some key members agitating for a special commission to force the hand of Congress.

Republicans boycott Senate panel debate on climate change billupdated: Tue Nov 03 2009 12:53:00

Republicans boycotted a Senate committee hearing Tuesday on a major bill to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases that contribute to climate change.

Coast Guard security scareupdated: Fri Sep 11 2009 19:11:00

U.S. Coast Guard Vice Adm. John Currier explains a training incident along the Potomac River, which briefly triggered security concerns.

Senate confirms Sonia Sotomayor for Supreme Courtupdated: Thu Aug 06 2009 18:40:00

Judge Sonia Sotomayor, who rose from the housing projects of the Bronx to the top of the legal profession, made history Thursday when the Senate confirmed her to become the nation's first Hispanic Supreme Court justice.

Senate rejects law on carrying concealed weaponsupdated: Wed Jul 22 2009 16:21:00

The Senate on Wednesday narrowly rejected a controversial measure to allow people to carry concealed weapons from state to state.

Obama to let states set auto emission rulesupdated: Mon Feb 09 2009 12:24:00

President Obama signed a memorandum Monday requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to reconsider an application by California to set more stringent auto emissions and fuel efficiency standards than required by federal law.

Obama cites energy 'crossroad'updated: Mon Feb 09 2009 12:24:00

President Obama's executive order requires the EPA to reconsider letting California set its own standards.

Senate Republicans brace for ominous 2010updated: Thu Jan 15 2009 15:22:00

The 111th Congress has just barely begun as Senate Republicans brace for more grueling elections in 2010 that threaten to further weaken the party's influence in Congress.

111th Congress sworn-Inupdated: Thu Jan 15 2009 15:22:00

Members of the Senate and House of Representatives sworn-in, but Burris denied access.

House passes $14 billion auto bailout packageupdated: Wed Dec 17 2008 21:26:00

The House of Representatives handily passed a bill Wednesday night that would provide up to $14 billion in bridge loans to automakers, but Republican opposition cast doubt about the bill's fate in the Senate later this week.

CNNMoney: More trouble for auto bailoutupdated: Wed Nov 26 2008 10:52:00

Auto industry executives were back on Capitol Hill Wednesday to ask for a federal bailout but they once again faced an uphill battle in winning the necessary support from Congress for a $25 billion loan package.

CNNMoney: Auto bailout: Not now, maybe laterupdated: Wed Nov 26 2008 10:45:00

With the prospects of an auto bailout this week all but dead, Democratic leaders said Thursday that Congress would return in December to consider extending a $25 billion lifeline for troubled U.S. automakers if the companies devise a "viable" recovery plan.

CNNMoney: Dodd: Auto bailout lacks GOP supportupdated: Thu Nov 13 2008 20:44:00

The top Democrat on the Senate Banking Committee said Thursday there is not enough support among Republicans to pass a proposed bailout package for the auto industry.

Time.com: Will D.C. Finally Get a Vote?updated: Wed Jul 18 2007 11:40:00

Despite President Bush's threatened veto, the nation's capital may get its long-sought Congressional voting power

Senate Cloture Vote on Immigration Reform 6/28updated: Thu Jun 28 2007 13:01:00

As compiled through Senate LIS by the Senate Bill Clerk under the direction of the Secretary of the Senate.

Senators' dissent over Iraq might trigger a different surgeupdated: Wed Jun 27 2007 14:18:00

With the election season and a key Iraq war progress report perched on the horizon, more Republicans will start to distance themselves from President Bush's Iraq policy, analysts say.

Poll: GOP support for Iraq war beginning to waverupdated: Tue Jun 26 2007 17:54:00

Public support for the war in Iraq has fallen to a new low. Not only that, but Republican support is beginning to waver.

7 GOP senators to force debate on troops in Iraqupdated: Thu Feb 08 2007 08:34:00

Seven Republican senators, who support a resolution that opposes sending more troops to Iraq, are considering political tactics to force debate on the measure, which stalled in the Senate this week.

Showdown over Bolton nomination begins updated: Tue May 24 2005 20:44:00

Heated debate over John Bolton -- President Bush's choice for U.S. ambassador to the United Nations -- spilled over onto the Senate floor Wednesday, with a key Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee saying it would be a mistake to appoint Bolton to such an important position.

Filibuster fight erupts at the Senateupdated: Fri May 13 2005 16:48:00

Mavericks have rights in the United States Senate. This week, they got something else -- the political Play of the Week.

Bolton nomination heads to Senateupdated: Thu May 12 2005 08:14:00

In a blow to the White House, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted Thursday to send the nomination of John R. Bolton to be U.S. ambassador to the United Nations to the full Senate without a recommendation.

Senate's Dr. Painupdated: Thu Apr 28 2005 12:50:00

Dr. Tom Coburn, a U.S. senator from Oklahoma for less than four months, last week was up to old tricks he started playing in the House a decade ago.

Bush: Politics stalling Bolton voteupdated: Thu Apr 21 2005 09:51:00

President Bush urged senators Thursday to "put aside politics" and confirm John Bolton as the country's new U.N. ambassador, calling him "the right man at the right time for this important assignment."

Fortune: SPIRITED DISCUSSIONSupdated: Mon Mar 09 1992 00:01:00

Forget retailing woes. The Limited's Leslie Wexner, 54, seems more worried & these days about how to buy a drink. He and developer friend Jack Kessler have bankrolled an exclusive enclave near Colu...

Fortune: HOW BUSINESS BOSSES SAVED A SICK CITY Could this happen in your town? With local government in shambles and companies fleeing, Cupdated: Mon Mar 27 1989 00:01:00

ONE LESSON Americans learned in the Eighties was that they had to take responsibility for their own fates. For companies, in the age of raiders and Darwinian global competition, this was luminously...

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