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| Nearly 140 years ago, black senator made history
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| AP - The Senate galleries were packed, filled with both black and white spectators, and a murmur filled the air as the nation's first black member of Congress, Sen. Hiram Revels, stood to deliver his first speech to the chamber. -- read full article |
| Fri, 26 Sep 2008 18:00:15 GMT - Yahoo! News: Politics - U.S. Senate |
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| US-NEWS Summary
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| Reuters - A deal to rescue the faltering U.S. financial system stalled on Thursday amid bickering between Democrats and Republicans and accusations of political posturing by Republican presidential candidate John McCain. -- read full article |
| Thu, 25 Sep 2008 23:54:19 GMT - Yahoo! News: Politics - U.S. Senate |
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| US-NEWS Summary
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| Reuters - Lawmakers reached basic agreement on a massive financial bailout plan, lifting world stock markets, sending the dollar up and breathing life into troubled money markets. The breakthrough on a $700 billion rescue plan was sealed ahead of a 4 p.m. ET emergency meeting with U.S. President George W. Bush and the two men battling to succeed him, Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain. -- read full article |
| Thu, 25 Sep 2008 18:55:31 GMT - Yahoo! News: Politics - U.S. Senate |
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| US-POLITICS Summary
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| Reuters - Republican White House hopeful John McCain threw the campaign into turmoil on Wednesday by calling for a delay in the first presidential debate to try to forge a Wall Street rescue plan -- a surprise move promptly rejected by Democrat Barack Obama. -- read full article |
| Wed, 24 Sep 2008 23:35:50 GMT - Yahoo! News: Politics - U.S. Senate |
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| Reid: Bush ???absent??? on bailout
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| Politico - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid called out President Bush Wednesday over what the Nevada Democrat is characterizing as a lack of leadership in steering the proposed $700 billion government bailout of financial companies through Congress. -- read full article |
| Wed, 24 Sep 2008 19:44:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Politics - U.S. Senate |
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| House clears huge defense bill, sends it to Senate
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| AP - Bowing to President Bush's demands, the House passed a mammoth package for the Pentagon on Wednesday that contains a pay raise for troops, billions of dollars for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan — and some political protection for lawmakers during a tense election season. -- read full article |
| Wed, 24 Sep 2008 22:15:43 GMT - Yahoo! News: Politics - U.S. Senate |
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| Reuters - Republican presidential nominee John McCain got an update on the Wall Street financial crisis from several economic experts on Wednesday and was cautious on whether he would vote for a $700 billion bailout. The Arizona senator said Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, a Nevada Democrat, was wrong to say on Tuesday that McCain planned to vote for the hotly debated rescue plan. -- read full article |
| Wed, 24 Sep 2008 16:09:32 GMT - Yahoo! News: Politics - U.S. Senate |
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| Reid: Bush ???absent??? on bailout
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| Politico - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid called out President Bush Wednesday over what the Nevada Democrat is characterizing as a lack of leadership in steering the proposed $700 billion government bailout of financial companies through Congress. -- read full article |
| Wed, 24 Sep 2008 18:44:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Politics - U.S. Senate |
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| House clears huge defense bill, sends it to Senate
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| AP - Bowing to President Bush's demands, the House passed a mammoth package for the Pentagon on Wednesday that contains a pay raise for soldiers, billions of dollars for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan — and some political protection for lawmakers during a tense election season. -- read full article |
| Wed, 24 Sep 2008 18:52:01 GMT - Yahoo! News: Politics - U.S. Senate |
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| Senate attack on bailout lacks explicit threat
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|  Reuters - The leaders of the U.S. Senate Banking Committee rejected the Bush administration's Wall Street bailout plan on Tuesday but left room for negotiation about the proposal that would have the federal government buy up to $700 billion in soured investments.
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| Tue, 23 Sep 2008 21:26:23 GMT - Yahoo! News: Politics - U.S. Senate |
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| Senate oks extending energy tax credits
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| Reuters - The U.S. Senate on Tuesday approved a package to extend $18 billion in tax credits for using renewable energy sources like wind, solar and geothermal and also provide incentives to cut energy consumption. -- read full article |
| Wed, 24 Sep 2008 01:21:50 GMT - Yahoo! News: Politics - U.S. Senate |
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