Senate Lobbying Bill Sidelined Again, This Time by DeMint Demand on Earmarks
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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell was just moments from signing off on creation of a conference committee for a lobbying and ethics bill. Then he got a call, and the action was derailed for the second time this week.
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Congress fails to pass electronic-surveillance and phone-records-privacy legislation before recessing.
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A sweeping corporate tax bill that would dole out nearly $140 billion in business breaks over the next decade was unexpectedly delayed in the Senate on Sunday over its failure
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Bill that would speed rebates of $600 to most taxpayers heads to Senate with bipartisan appeal to senators not to jeopardize bill with changes.
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The Senate cleared a path for a bill to hand out about $140 billion in corporate tax breaks, but it was blocked from a final vote by a fight over a provision aimed at helping reserve soldiers on active duty in Iraq.
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The Senate voted Monday against extending the eavesdropping law beyond Feb. 1, increasing political pressure to pass a new version of the bill this week.
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By GARY PERILLOUX  Two bills that would benefit forest-product makers have drawn the ire of the Louisiana Chemical Association because its membership wouldn't get the same deal.
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Many drug company lobbyists concede that the House is likely to pass a bill intended to drive down drug prices, but they are determined to block such legislation in the Senate.
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Rep. Edward Markey (D-Mass.) had hoped to introduce a new bill this month, but staffers say hectic events forced him to push back those plans until early next year.
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Senate Republicans blocked a broad energy bill Thursday because it included billions of dollars in new taxes on the biggest oil companies.
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Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid on Monday abruptly postponed until next month consideration of a measure to give immunity to telephone companies that participated in President George W. Bush's warrantless domestic spying program.
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A controversial new law that could signal trouble ahead for independent programmers is delayed again.
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Vote effectively delays debate on whether to immunize telephone companies from lawsuits. But it's unclear whether the Senate will follow suit, and a veto threat is looming.
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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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2.007 was not exactly a barn-burner on Capitol Hill. It was notable mostly for its record number of delaying tactics in the Senate, which helped stymie almost every attempt at major legislation.
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A bill aimed at overhauling the nation&#39;s intelligence agencies was pulled Saturday because of conservative opposition, on what was supposed to be the last day of Congress&#39; lame-duck session.
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The Senate on Tuesday prepared to take another shot at blocking an Alternative Minimum Tax increase, the latest move in a seesaw struggle between the House and Senate over how to prevent millions of middle-class people from getting soaked by the tax this year.