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    Senate to vote on bailout package (AFP)

    Tourists visit Wall Street to take pictures of the New York Stock Exchange. The US Senate votes Wednesday on a revised 700-billion-dollar Wall Street bailout after the House of Representatives rejected the original package, sending shockwaves through global markets.(AFP/Getty Images/Spencer Platt)AFP - The US Senate votes Wednesday on a revised 700-billion-dollar Wall Street bailout after the House of Representatives rejected the original package, sending shockwaves through global markets.


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    Wed, 01 Oct 2008 12:55:51 GMT - Yahoo! News: Politics - U.S. Senate
    US stocks wobble, Europe, Asia gain in anxious trading (AFP)

    People mill about Wall Street, many tourists, taking pictures and looking at the iconic New York Stock Exchange building. Share prices wilted on Wall Street Wednesday after posting gains in much of Asia and Europe in cautious trade reflecting investor anxiety over the fate of the US finance sector rescue package.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Spencer Platt)AFP - Share prices wilted on Wall Street Wednesday after posting gains in much of Asia and Europe in cautious trade reflecting investor anxiety over the fate of the US finance sector rescue package.


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    Wed, 01 Oct 2008 17:32:05 GMT - Yahoo! News: Politics - U.S. Senate
    US Senators express caution ahead of Indian nuclear deal vote (AFP)

    US President George W. Bush (R) meets with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in the Oval Office of the White House on September 25, in Washington, DC. The US Senate warned about the prospects of further nuclear tests by India before a vote Wednesday that could clear the final hurdle to a landmark agreement overturning a three-decade ban on civilian nuclear trade with New Delhi.(AFP/File/Tim Sloan)AFP - The US Senate warned about the prospects of further nuclear tests by India before a vote Wednesday that could clear the final hurdle to a landmark agreement overturning a three-decade ban on civilian nuclear trade with New Delhi.


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    Wed, 01 Oct 2008 17:08:44 GMT - Yahoo! News: Politics - U.S. Senate
    US Senate heads for bailout vote, Europe confronts its own crisis (AFP)

    A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in New York City. US lawmakers gathered on Wednesday to vote on a revised 700-billion-dollar Wall Street rescue package as Europe marshalled its forces to deal with its own banking crisis.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Spencer Platt)AFP - US lawmakers gathered on Wednesday to vote on a revised 700-billion-dollar Wall Street rescue package as Europe marshalled its forces to deal with its own banking crisis.


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    Wed, 01 Oct 2008 18:25:33 GMT - Yahoo! News: Politics - U.S. Senate
    Senate objection on US-India nuclear deal overcome (AP)

    U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) works in his office while congressional negotiators work on a bailout package for the current financial and banking crisis, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, September 27, 2008. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)AP - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says differences have been resolved over a U.S.-India nuclear cooperation agreement, clearing the way for a Senate vote Wednesday.


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    Tue, 30 Sep 2008 23:45:55 GMT - Yahoo! News: Politics - U.S. Senate
    Reid sets Senate India nuclear deal vote Wednesday (Reuters)
    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: Politics - U.S. Senate
    Senate to vote Wednesday on bailout package (AFP)

    Chronology of the global financial crisis since early September 2008(AFP/Graphic)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.


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    Wed, 01 Oct 2008 06:32:56 GMT - Yahoo! News: Politics - U.S. Senate
    Stock markets rally on hopes for new bailout plan (AFP)

    Traders chat in front of an electronic shares price board at the Bangkok the Stock Exchange. Global stocks rallied amid hopes that the US Senate will soon approve a revised $700 billion bailout seen as vital to preventing the collapse of more financial giants on Wall Street.(AFP/Nicolas Asfouri)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.


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    Wed, 01 Oct 2008 08:51:58 GMT - Yahoo! News: Politics - U.S. Senate
    Senior senator wants quick vote on US-India pact (AP)

    U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) works in his office while congressional negotiators work on a bailout package for the current financial and banking crisis, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, September 27, 2008. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)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.


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    Tue, 30 Sep 2008 10:23:40 GMT - Yahoo! News: Politics - U.S. Senate
    US Senate likely vote on Indian nuclear deal Wednesday (AFP)

    U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, seen here on September 27, 2008, said the US Senate is expected to vote on the landmark US-India civilian nuclear agreement on Wednesday in a bid to give final legislative endorsement to the deal(AFP/Getty Images/File/Alex Wong)AFP - The US Senate is expected to vote on the landmark US-India civilian nuclear agreement on Wednesday in a bid to give final legislative endorsement to the deal, a top senator said Tuesday.


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    Tue, 30 Sep 2008 16:07:54 GMT - Yahoo! News: Politics - U.S. Senate
    Senate leaders vow passage of fiscal rescue plan (Reuters)

    The Senate Republican leadership meet on Capitol Hill to discuss the failure of a bill to provide a bailout for the current financial and banking crisis in Washington, September 30, 2008. They are (L-R) Senator Bob Bennett, Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell, Senator Judd Gregg and Senator Lamar Alexander. (Jim Young/Reuters)Reuters - The top Democrat and top Republican in the Senate on Tuesday promised swift action to pass a bipartisan financial rescue plan that the White House says is vital to protect all Americans as well as Wall Street.


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    Tue, 30 Sep 2008 16:13:47 GMT - Yahoo! News: Politics - U.S. Senate
    Senior senator wants quick vote on US-India pact (AP)
    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. -- read full article
    Tue, 30 Sep 2008 07:29:50 GMT - Yahoo! News: Politics - U.S. Senate
    Rail safety bill advances in Senate (AP)
    AP - A sweeping rail safety reform bill that includes billions of dollars for Amtrak cleared a key vote in the Senate Monday, as lawmakers invoked the Sept. 12 train collision in Los Angeles that killed 25 people. -- read full article
    Mon, 29 Sep 2008 17:41:27 GMT - Yahoo! News: Politics - U.S. Senate
    Congressional Leaders Seek Support for $700 Billion Bank Rescue (Bloomberg)
    Bloomberg - Sept. 28 (Bloomberg) -- Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said a $700 billion bank-rescue package will be voted on early this week and ``now we have to have the votes.'' -- read full article
    Sun, 28 Sep 2008 21:55:40 GMT - Yahoo! News: Politics - U.S. Senate
    'A New Environment' for Paulson on Hill (CQPolitics.com)
    CQPolitics.com - As congressional leaders and Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson Jr. emerged from a historic night of financial bailout negotiations early Sunday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid acknowledged that the talks had a certain stress level. -- read full article
    Sun, 28 Sep 2008 21:56:14 GMT - Yahoo! News: Politics - U.S. Senate
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