House Approves Drought, Hurricane Aid
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The House on Saturday unanimously approved &#36;14.5 billion for hurricane victims and struggling farmers as Congress moved a step closer to showering money on Florida and other pivotal states in the upcoming elections.
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The U.S. Congress approved a $300  million boost in emergency funds to help poor and elderly  Americans pay home heating bills that are expected to be  sharply higher than last winter.
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The House of Representatives on  Saturday passed a $32 billion bill funding homeland security  programs this year after days of political fighting over the  measure.
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President Bush visited hurricane-damaged Florida on Wednesday. His trip came one day after the US Congress approved $2 billion in emergency aid to help Floridians recover from the two hurricanes that struck Florida over the past month.
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Moving with lightning speed, the US Congress approved two billion dollars in emergency relief to hurricane-stricken Florida, a key battleground state in the upcoming presidential and congressional elections.
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The U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved a plan to give the U.S. economy a $146 billion election-year boost through tax rebates and other measures to stave off a possible recession by boosting business and consumer spending.
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The Small Business Administration steps up aid to businesses affected by recent weather-related disasters. Oct. 4, 2004 --As home and business owners throughout Florida and the Southwestern US pull things
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The House of Representatives on  Tuesday approved an energy bill to increase the fuel efficiency  of cars and trucks for the first time since 1975, boost  production of ethanol and cut energy use in light bulbs and  appliances.
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President Bush signed disaster aid to help hurricane victims in Florida and other states rebuild from hurricanes Charley, Frances, Jeanne and Ivan.
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By Phyllis Jacobs Griekspoor, The Wichita Eagle, Kan.  Sep. 10--HUTCHINSON -- Disaster aid for drought-stricken parts of the state, money challenges to the 2007 farm bill, changes to farm policy, and gaining markets for U.S.
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The US House of Representatives approved a bill Wednesday designed to tighten gun ownership, nearly two months after a disturbed student went on the deadliest ever US school shooting rampage.
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The U.S. House of Representatives voted 273-149 on Wednesday to slash federal subsidies paid to college student-loan companies such as Sallie Mae and Citigroup and boost grants to students, ignoring a White House veto threat.
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Legislation to lower interest rates on student loans and increase aid to poor people who want to go to college won House approval on Wednesday.
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Lawmakers scrambled to approve a &#36;14 billion package to aid hurricane and drought victims Thursday, driven by warnings that relief money was running out and a need to pass legislation before the planned departure of Congress at the end of this week for the election.
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The House voted Thursday to overhaul the housing voucher program, the federal government's largest effort to help low-income families find affordable housing.
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The House, seizing a rare moment of bipartisanship to respond to the economyâs slump, overwhelmingly passed a $146 billion aid package that would speed rebates of $600-$1,200 to most taxpayers.
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The House on Tuesday approved a plan to expand federal backing of mortgages in hopes of helping struggling homeowners avoid foreclosure