AFP - The US Senate passed a new version of a 700-billion-dollar bailout of the debt-stricken financial system, but the measure failed to lift global market gloom on Thursday.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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
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
