Senate passes foreign aid bill
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The Senate voted Thursday to lift restrictions on family planning aid to overseas health organizations that perform abortions or promote the procedure as a method of family planning.
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A Senate committee voted Wednesday to boost funds for battling AIDS and other diseases in poor nations but provided less than half what President Bush wanted for prodding countries to adopt democratic reforms.
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The government would gain broader powers to review foreign investment in power plants, ports and other facilities that could be vulnerable to terror attacks under a bill approved by the Senate.
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The US Senate has unanimously passed a resolution highlighting 30 years of engagement between Washington and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.
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The bill approved today by the House and Senate would sharply cut subsidies to lenders and increase grants to needy students.
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The U.S. Senate voted overwhelmingly on Friday to adopt legislation that would slash government subsidies to student loan firms and use the money saved to boost student aid by $20 billion and to reduce the federal deficit.
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WASHINGTON The US Senate gave final approval Monday to a bill that would resolve a long-running trade dispute between the United States and Europe, as well as hand out about $140 billion in corporate tax breaks.
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The Senate Thursday brushed past Bush administration protests and passed legislation containing big budget increases for medical care for veterans.
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The U.S. Senate voted 79-12 on Friday to slash government subsidies to student loan firms and use the money saved to boost student aid by $20 billion and reduce the federal deficit.
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The Senate passed a far-reaching, $136 billion corporate tax package Monday that cuts taxes for businesses ranging from film companies to bow and arrow makers while closing tax loopholes and bringing U.S. exporters in line with international trade rules.
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The Senate, ignoring a veto threat from the White House, authorized $23 billion in water projects Monday, including work to restore the hurricane-ravaged Louisiana coast and Florida's Everglades
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Senate Democrats are cutting President Bush's marquee foreign aid program to funnel more money to fight AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis in Africa and elsewhere.
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The Senate passed legislation on Friday that would make more Federal Housing Administration loans available to subprime borrowers facing foreclosure.
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The International Monetary Fund on  Wednesday approved $436 million in emergency lending to Iraq  and said it hoped its backing would generate additional  international economic support, including debt relief.
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The U.S. Senate easily gave final  congressional approval on Monday to a huge corporate tax bill  that aims to end a trade fight with the European Union by  repealing U.S. export tax subsidies that violate global trade  rules.
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The Senate voted overwhelmingly yesterday to approve a bipartisan bill to reorganize the way the nation gathers and shares intelligence, including the creation of the job of
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A Senate committee brushed aside threats of a veto from President Bush in overwhelmingly approving on Thursday a $35 billion expansion of a children's health insurance program.