US Senate passes massive farm bill
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The US Senate passed Friday a massive farm bill packed with consequences for global trade, but its fate remained unclear because it already has drawn a presidential veto threat.
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The Senate voted overwhelmingly on Wednesday to approve a landmark bill to restructure the nation&#39;s intelligence community, completing Congressional action intended to
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Bill allows deduction of sales tax: Package could also help Nevadans with its renewable energy incentives. WASHINGTON - The Senate passed a far-reaching, $136 billion corporate tax package Monday that cuts
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The House today overwhelmingly approved a $146 billion shot in the arm for the nation's ailing economy, sending a stimulus package to the Senate with a bipartisan appeal to senators not to slow the bill with significant changes.
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The US Senate cleared the way for passage of a bill that would replace a tax break for exporters ruled illegal by the World Trade Organization with $145 billion in tax cuts and payments
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WASHINGTON The US Senate gave final approval Monday to a bill that would resolve a long-running trade dispute between the United States and Europe, as well as hand out about $140 billion in corporate tax breaks.
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President George Bush Friday, without ceremony, signed into law a $136 billion US corporate tax cut bill. The bill gives tax breaks to a range of businesses from farmers to Hollywood producers to large corporations.
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The Senate passed a far-reaching, $136 billion corporate tax package Monday that cuts taxes for businesses ranging from film companies to bow and arrow makers while closing tax loopholes and
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The US Senate voted overwhelmingly to raise the federal minimum wage for the first time in nearly a decade, fulfilling a major vow of the new Democratic-led Congress.
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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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Fueled in part by election-year politics, a bill loaded with tax breaks and topped off by a $10.1 billion buyout for tobacco farmers was advancing toward a final vote in the House as early as today.
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The US Senate, after a weekend of behind-the-scenes negotiations, struck a deal to allow passage of a sweeping bill to provide $136 billion (?110 billion) in corporate
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The bill approved today by the House and Senate would sharply cut subsidies to lenders and increase grants to needy students.
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WASHINGTON - The Senate rejected Democratic efforts to boost anti-terrorism spending for big cities Tuesday and approved legislation financing the Homeland Security Department next year.    The price tag of the measure grew to about $36 billion as senators bowed to pressure from farm-state lawmakers and added $3 billion to help growers and livestock producers - mostly in the Midwest - suffering from drought...
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US President George W. Bush signed into law a bill replacing an export tax subsidy that violated international trade rules with a $145 billion package of new corporate tax cuts and a buyout for tobacco farmers.
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The Senate, with an overwhelming bipartisan vote today, broke a filibuster and prepared to send President Bush a $35 billion measure that would revamp and expand the State Children's Health Insurance Program, setting up the biggest domestic confrontation between the president and Congress since B...
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The Senate on Friday overwhelmingly  passed legislation to expand the nation's largest federal  homeownership program in a move that could help struggling  subprime borrowers avoid foreclosure.