Senate Delays Stimulus Vote
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Democratic leaders worry they may not have the 60 votes to replace $146B plan passed by House.
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A stimulus package to boost the U.S. economy and avoid a full-fledged recession could be ready by the beginning of March, a senior Democratic lawmaker said on Sunday.
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An agreement in the Senate appeared within reach on an economic-stimulus program on Thursday.
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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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The House voted to approve the fiscal stimulus package, hoping to quickly seal a fast-paced deal with the Bush administration. But Senate Democrats forged ahead with their own, more expensive plan.
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Congress' Republican leaders are postponing politically thorny votes on overtime, imported prescription drugs and other issues until after the November elections.
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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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President Bush said it would be a mistake to delay the stimulus bill by adding new provisions when Americans need extra cash in their wallets as soon as possible.
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Tax rebate checks will begin going out in May, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said after the House's passage of a Senate-approved $167 billion economic stimulus package Thursday.
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WASHINGTON - The Senate, in an unusual Sunday session, saw its effort to pass a sweeping corporate tax bill grind to a halt in the face of delaying tactics by a Louisiana senator upset that the measure did not include pay support for members of the Reserves and National Guard.    By a 66-14 vote, lawmakers did agree to limit debate on the tax bill, which provides $136 billion in new tax breaks for businesses and $10.1 billion separately to buy out tobacco farmers' government quotas...
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WASHINGTON - Senators are turning their attention to a wide-ranging $136 billion corporate tax bill as lawmakers whittle down their workload before leaving town for the elections.    In an unusual Sunday session, the Senate planned to vote on ending procedural roadblocks opponents have used to snarl the tax legislation, which contains breaks for everything from large corporations to importers of Chinese ceiling fans...
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The House planned to vote Tuesday afternoon on the $150 billion economic aid package that would mean tax rebates to most income earners
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Republican presidential candidate John McCain skipped a difficult Senate vote Wednesday on whether to make 20 million seniors and 250,000 disabled veterans eligible for rebate checks as part of a proposed economic stimulus package.
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The Senate resolved a dispute late Sunday delaying passage of a sweeping corporate tax bill and two spending bills for disaster relief and homeland security, clearing the
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Republicans blocked an expansive and expensive economic stimulus package championed by Senate Democrats.
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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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Retirees living off Social Security are frustrated that they won't get tax rebate checks through a bipartisan economic stimulus package before the House. Senate Democrats Friday began efforts to include them.