Senators Withdraw 'Nuclear' Bill in Trade Fight
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Two senators who have threatened punitive legislation against China for its currency system shelved their bill yesterday, saying that they still believe Beijing is practicing unfair trade but that a less confrontational approach will work better.
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WASHINGTON - Congressional negotiators decided to pull the plug on a Boeing Co. tanker deal as part of an agreement on a massive defense bill.
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Senate Democrats are calling the White House's bluff on a threatened veto of an energy bill by refusing to take out language that would remove tax breaks for big oil and gas companies.
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TEHRAN: Iranian MPs have submitted a bill which would force the government to resume uranium enrichment, a key process in the nuclear fuel cycle, in defiance of the international community, a deputy said yesterday.
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The Senate Appropriations Committee yesterday voted to cancel the second of two advanced Navy combat ships to be built by General Dynamics, as lawmakers expressed concerns about cost overruns and delays.
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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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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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House and Senate negotiators defeated an effort Tuesday to have the Food and Drug Administration regulate tobacco products. The proposal was part of a corporate tax bill
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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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US Senate and House of Representatives negotiators agreed on Wednesday on a huge corporate tax bill that will repeal export subsidies that violate global trade rules and give manufacturers a new tax break.
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US senators fail to proceed to an early vote on a landmark immigration bill, in effect scuppering the measure.
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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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Two senators are abandoning legislation that would have hit Chinese goods with steep tariffs. The lawmakers promised, however, to renew efforts next year meant to spur Beijing to change currency policies they say cost millions of American jobs.
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Washington -- Lawmakers Wednesday abandoned efforts to pass legislation restructuring the US intelligence system before Tuesday&#39;s election, with some warning that it may be impossible to reach an agreement even in time for a lame-duck session in mid
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U.S. President George W. Bush's fellow Republicans in the Senate on Wednesday blocked a Democratic proposal to force him to withdraw American combat troops from Iraq after a rare round-the-clock debate.
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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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The World Trade Organization imposed penalties yesterday on exports ranging from apples to textiles, escalating a trade dispute the Bush administration has tried to defuse by unsuccessfully urging Congress to repeal legislation aimed at protecting US steel makers.