Senate Republicans Block Energy Bill
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By a narrow margin, the Senate today failed again to block a Republican-led filibuster on an energy bill as GOP leaders made a stand to prevent a $21.8 billion, 10-year tax package that would have extended incentives for wind and solar and reduced some tax breaks for oil companies.
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Republicans in the US Senate on Wednesday blocked a Democratic measure which would have required President George W. Bush to pull most combat troops out of Iraq by the end of April 2008.
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Senate Republicans blocked a bill that would have made it easier for unions to organize workers.
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Senate Republicans blocked a plan on Wednesday to give U.S. troops in Iraq more home leave, defeating a proposal widely seen as the Democrats' best near-term chance to change President George W. Bush's Iraq strategy.
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The Senate has begun debating a sprawling energy bill that has already kicked off an epic lobbying war.
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By JIM MYERS  WASHINGTON -- The Senate rejected a proposal Wednesday by Sen. Jim Inhofe designed to streamline the permitting process for refineries and offer economic incentives to Indian tribes and communities hit by base closings to build such facilities.
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The US Senate's Republican leader blamed obstruction by opposition Democrats for a delay in passing a US-India nuclear energy deal, which has now been put off until after the November midterm elections.
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WASHINGTON -- Senate Republicans on Tuesday blocked a bill that would allow labor unions to organize workplaces without a secret ballot election.
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Three leading senators blamed election-year politics Tuesday for effectively blocking passage of a multiyear highway spending bill and proposed that Congress accept a six-month extension of federal funding at current, less generous levels.
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Kentucky lawmakers in the state House are refusing to return to the Capitol for a special session on an energy bill, despite pleas from Gov. Ernie Fletcher.
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Senate Democrats stripped Thursday two key provisions from a sweeping energy bill aimed at reducing US reliance on foreign oil in order to gain support from the Republican minority.
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Senate Republicans plan to block a $157 billion economic stimulus package championed by Senate Democrats.
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By a single vote, Senate Republicans blocked a fiscal stimulus package intended to to inject a quick burst of spending into the slowing economy.
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Senate Republicans are facing off against the White House in an effort to block a controversial immigration bill
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Senate Republicans on Wednesday blocked an economic stimulus package more extensive than the White House-backed version approved by the House of Representatives.
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A long-awaited Senate showdown on the war in Iraq was shut down before it even started yesterday, when nearly all Republicans voted to stop the Senate from considering a resolution opposing President Bush's plan to send 21,500 additional combat troops into battle.
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The Senate yesterday rejected two additions to an energy bill that would have pumped billions of federal dollars into efforts to ramp up production of a coal-based fuel for cars and trucks, which proponents had called an important alternative to petroleum.