House Passes $146 Billion Economic Aid Package
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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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Despite record-low approval ratings, House lawmakers Wednesday voted to accept an approximately $4,400 pay raise that will increase their salaries to almost $170,000.
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A must-pass bill covering about one-sixth of the federal budget swept through the House on Wednesday. A sizable chunk of Republicans joined virtually all Democrats in approving spending increases for education, veterans and the AIDS battle in Africa.
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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 House of Representatives on Wednesday approved a $556 billion bill to fund most of the federal government through September 2008, ending a year-long budget fight with President George W. Bush by also including new money for the Iraq war.
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The US House of Representatives approves a major financial package designed to stimulate the US economy.
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The U.S. House of Representatives on  Thursday voted to increase the federal credit limit by $800  billion to $8.184 trillion, a move that will allow the measure  to be sent to President Bush for signing into law.
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The House last night passed a sweeping rewrite of corporate tax law, a measure designed to end a trade war with Europe and shower $136 billion in new tax breaks on businesses, farmers, and other groups.
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The House on Thursday passed a &#36;145.9 billion package of tax relief to extend three popular middle-class tax cuts, giving President Bush his fourth major tax victory since taking office.
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The Senate Finance Committee on Wednesday passed an economic stimulus package that would inject close to $200 billion into the economy over two years in an attempt to stave off recession.
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The House, in a bipartisan 344-51 vote, approved a $388 billion spending bill funding much of the federal government. The figure is 2 percent less than the same programs got last year.
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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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The House of Representatives on Wednesday gave overwhelming final approval to a bill that would ensure millions of middle income taxpayers do not become ensnared by a tax originally designed for millionaires.
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The House voted to approve a $146 billion 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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A U.S. House of Representatives  committee approved a bill on Tuesday to boost food aid for the  world&#39;s poor, adding a $600-million minimum for long-term  hunger programs lawmakers say are needed to prevent future  famines.
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The US House of Representatives on Saturday approved a final $422 billion bill for defense programs that backs next year&#39;s round of military base closings and kills
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Missing the deadline by about seven weeks, the US House of Representatives passed a 388-billion-dollar budget that contains massive military aid programs for Pakistan and Afghanistan, both key US allies in the war on terror.