Senate Belatedly Passes Spending Bill for 2007
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Four and a half months after the legal deadline, the Senate gave final approval to a 2007 spending plan that funds almost half the federal government and averts any chance of a government shutdown.
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WASHINGTON - A corporate tax bill that would dole out nearly $140 billion in business breaks over the next decade is scheduled for a Senate vote today after an unexpected delay Sunday over its failure to include a tax credit for employers who keep active
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The House passed a $690 billion increase in the debt ceiling in a 2005 budget resolution, but it was never adopted by the Senate, leading to delayed contributions to federal employees' pension systems.
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President Bush on Thursday signed a $464 billion spending bill that closes out last year's unfinished budget business but made clear he wasn't entirely happy about it.
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Congress gave final approval yesterday to a bill that would protect about 20 million households from a tax increase caused by the alternative minimum tax, but the legislation passed so late in the year that 15 million Americans will probably have to wait longer than usual to get their refunds in...
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By The Akron Beacon Journal, Ohio  Jun. 17--Before its version of the budget bill reached the Senate floor, the Finance and Financial Institutions Committee reversed itself. It restored a House measure to create a new voucher program for special education students.
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The Senate on Tuesday ignored a veto threat and easily passed legislation that would spend more than President George W. Bush wants this year for social programs including health care, education and job training.
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A pair of Democratic efforts to tie passage of a far-reaching budget plan with an end to the war in Iraq failed in the U.S. Senate Tuesday. One plan had troops coming home within nine months and the other called for a year. The 1,482-page bill does have requests for about 9,000 pet projects that lawmakers want.
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A $158 billion economic stimulus plan drafted by Senate Democrats that included relief for low-income seniors, disabled veterans and the unemployed was blocked by a Republican filibuster last night when the Senate fell a single vote short of the 60 needed to consider the measure.
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The 81-15 roll call Wednesday by which the Senate voted to pass a $464 billion spending bill.
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One stage in the life of bills making their way through Congress has been shoved aside recently.
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The U.S. Congress on Wednesday  passed a stop-gap bill to keep the government running into  November avoiding some tough election-year votes as Republican  admitted they could not finish their budget work.
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WASHINGTON - The Senate on Monday prepared to pass three substantial bills - spending for disaster relief and homeland security and a corporate tax bill two years in the making - freeing lawmakers to leave Washington for the campaign trail.    Passage of the three bills, already approved by the House, comes only after the concerns of several Democrats threatening to filibuster were assuaged and requiring senators to meet in a rare weekend session and on the Columbus Day holiday...
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Although Congress has tackled a number of tech-related bills this year, a number of measures have yet to be acted on.
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The Senate on Wednesday rejected legislation that would cut off money for combat operations in Iraq after March 31, 2008
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The Senate late Monday delayed its consideration of a vote on a new government eavesdropping bill until January.
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As Democrats and Republicans disagreed on the accomplishments of the 108th Congress, one thing is certain: Hundreds of programs &#151; from highway building to welfare reform &#151; are being kept on life support through temporary measures because lawmakers failed to meet deadline after deadline for renewing them.