House-passed stimulus bill faces iffy Senate fate
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The House today overwhelmingly approved a $146 billion economic stimulus package that would provide rebate checks to taxpayers. The measure now goes to the Senate, where some Democrats want to amend it to add more benefits. President Bush wants the bill passed as is, so that it can be put to use more quickly to boost the economy.
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The House today overwhelmingly approved a $146 billion shot in the arm for the nation's ailing economy, sending a stimulus package to the Senate with a bipartisan appeal to senators not to slow the bill with significant changes.
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The Senate Finance Committee  approved a $157 billion economic stimulus package on Wednesday  that offers smaller tax rebates to more people than a plan  passed by the House of Representatives.
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Senate Republicans on Wednesday narrowly blocked a Democratic-backed economic stimulus plan that was costlier than a House of Representatives-passed measure by extending cash rebates to retirees and disabled veterans and stretching out unemployment benefits.
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The US House of Representatives approved an amended giant economic stimulus plan Thursday which had been sought by President George W. Bush amid fears the economy is sliding into a recession.
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Rejected by voters and limping off stage, the Republican-led House on Friday passed a sweeping bill reviving expired tax breaks and preventing doctors from taking a big cut in Medicare payments.
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Senate Democratic leaders put off an expected showdown over an economic stimulus plan until next week, worrying that the absence of Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) and Barack Obama (D-Ill.) could doom efforts to force changes to the package fashioned by House leaders and President Bush.
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A House panel advanced a bill to close gaps in the Freedom of Information Act and speed the release of government documents, but the legislation seemed unlikely to pass this year.
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A $388 billion government-wide spending bill, passed by Congress on Saturday, was stranded on Capitol Hill Monday.
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The House overwhelmingly approved a $146 billion shot in the arm for the nation's ailing economy yesterday, sending a stimulus package to the Senate with a bipartisan appeal not to slow down the bill with significant changes.
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The House voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to approve an estimated $150 billion stimulus package aimed at countering the slowdown in economic growth.
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The US House of Representatives approves a major financial package to stimulate the US economy.
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The fate of $600-$1,200 rebate checks for more than 100 million Americans is in limbo after Senate Republicans blocked a bid by Democrats to add $44 billion in help for the elderly, disabled veterans, the unemployed and businesses to the House-passed economic aid package.
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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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Senate leaders have offered their own version of an economic stimulus program, threatening to delay a compromise plan agreed last week by the Bush administration and the House of Representatives.
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An economic stimulus package to help  stave off recession is on the fast track in Congress after  Democratic and Republican leaders in the House of  Representatives on Wednesday reached a rare agreement to  quickly pull together a bipartisan plan.
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Key elements of rival House and Senate economic stimulus bills: