Senate to Pass Three Substantial Bills
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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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The 81-15 roll call Wednesday by which the Senate voted to pass a $464 billion spending bill.
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Chicago Tribune - Despite Republican victories in the elections this week, much of President Bush's agenda faces considerable head winds in Congress, particularly the Senate.
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Congress was pushing on Friday to finish legislation that would boost security at U.S. ports, but the bill was attracting a flurry of last-minute amendments with both parties viewing it as a must-pass measure ahead of November elections.
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â¢The Senate is expected to vote on the overall $3.3 billion spending plan for the state Department of Transportation, which supports state and local highway programs, public transportation programs and department administration (House Bill 5528).
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In the final hours of Republican rule, the Senate on Wednesday put forward an all-purpose bill covering everything from normalized trade with Vietnam and tax breaks for millions of taxpayers to an expansion of offshore oil drilling.
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Environmental groups say the vote on three key amendments will determine whether they can support the Democratic-backed measure
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The Senate is expected to follow the lead of the House and pass a major overhaul of corporate tax law that would dole out $136 billion in new tax breaks to a wide array of US companies and provide a $10.
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Certainly no one likes spyware so since mid-May, a trio of bills have been introduced before Congress.  All three will face the Senate next week, including two competing versions passed by the House, and an entirely new Senate bill whose ink isn't even dry enough for its prototype language to enter the Congressional Record.
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The Senate is set to vote Thursday on what promises to be the first override of a veto by President Bush, with members expected to authorize $23 billion in new water projects over the president's objections.
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Election year politics result in the passing of a multi-billion dollar tax cut package. The Senate overwhelmingly approved the measure 92-3 last night.
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The US Senate passed Friday a massive farm bill packed with consequences for global trade, but its fate remained unclear because it already has drawn a presidential veto threat.
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The Senate, with an overwhelming bipartisan vote today, broke a filibuster and prepared to send President Bush a $35 billion measure that would revamp and expand the State Children's Health Insurance Program, setting up the biggest domestic confrontation between the president and Congress since B...
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The Senate is set to begin voting on dueling economic aid proposals, as senators rush to add more benefits to a House-passed package
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Pending legislation would boost powers of Justice Department and Pentagon beyond the point that many senators would accept.
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The Senate was on the verge Thursday of approving and sending back to the House the first increase in automobile fuel economy in three decades and huge gains in ethanol use as part of a compromise energy bill.
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The Senate agreed to spend an additional $63 billion for military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan as lawmakers on Thursday passed a massive bill that funds the Pentagon.