AFP - Open warfare erupted in the White House race Tuesday over the costly failure by US lawmakers to approve an economic rescue bill, even as both candidates appealed for cooler heads to prevail.
AP - Congress has passed legislation that will require the government to keep closer tabs on who has access to the Internet and who does not. -- read full article
Tue, 30 Sep 2008 23:18:17 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News
Reuters - U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid on Tuesday scheduled a vote for Wednesday evening on a deal to end the three-decade ban on U.S. civilian nuclear trade with India, a Senate aide said. -- read full article
Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:25:56 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News
AP - Senators have agreed to vote Wednesday on a U.S.-India nuclear cooperation accord, clearing a major hurdle that had been blocking consideration of the landmark pact that would overturn 30 years of U.S. nonproliferation policy.
Reuters - The U.S. Senate agreed to vote on Wednesday nigh on a $700 billion financial rescue package that will include a sharp increase in the amount of bank deposits insured by the FDIC, but also includes a package of tax breaks the House of Representatives has rejected.
AFP - US Senators will vote Wednesday on a revised 700 billion dollar Wall Street rescue after the House of Representatives killed the original package, sending shockwaves around the globe.
AP - Business lobbyists are banding together to pressure lawmakers into reversing this week's rejection of a $700 billion bailout bill for the financial industry. -- read full article
Wed, 01 Oct 2008 07:14:55 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News
AP - President Bush's plan to rescue U.S. financial markets is headed for a Senate vote Wednesday night after leaders there agreed to add tax breaks for businesses and the middle class and increase deposit insurance in an attempt to revive the legislation rejected by the House.
AP - When he first took the witness stand, oil contractor Bill Allen told a federal court jury that he really liked Sen. Ted Stevens. That said, Allen now is expected to start pointing fingers at his old friend.
AFP - Global stocks rallied on Wednesday amid hopes that the US Senate will soon approve a revised 700-billion-dollar Wall Street bailout seen as vital to preventing the collapse of more financial giants.
CQPolitics.com - Congressional leaders quickly recognized that enacting an expensive plan to steady the financial industry shortly before an election depended upon convincing voters it was needed to save the economy rather than bail out Wall Street high-fliers. -- read full article
Tue, 30 Sep 2008 01:57:19 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News
AP - As a young black candidate with little political experience, Dan Seals can't avoid the comparisons to the man heading his party's ticket: Barack Obama. -- read full article
Tue, 30 Sep 2008 09:34:35 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News
Bloomberg - Sept. 30 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. Senate will try to salvage
a $700 billion financial-rescue package after the measure was
defeated in the House of Representatives. The lawmakers won't
have a lot of room to negotiate.
AP - The Senate majority leader is putting pressure on other senators to vote quickly on a U.S.-India nuclear cooperation accord, even as opponents of the pact urge careful consideration of an endeavor that would reverse three decades of U.S. nuclear policy.
