House votes to raise US debt ceiling
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The US House of Representatives voted to raise the debt ceiling by 800 billion dollars, helping Washington avoid running short of operating funds.
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The U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday voted to support a Bush administration plan to allow the use of Mexican identification cards to open U.S. bank accounts.
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The House of Representatives on Thursday approved a huge corporate tax bill aimed at ending a trade dispute with the European Union while giving American manufacturers a new tax break.
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WASHINGTON -- Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson told Congress on Wednesday that the federal government will hit the current debt ceiling on Oct. 1.
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The House passed a $690 billion increase in the debt ceiling in a 2005 budget resolution, but it was never adopted by the Senate, leading to delayed contributions to federal employees' pension systems.
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House Democratic leaders said Tuesday they will try to hold Republicans more accountable for annual federal deficits in the hundreds of billions of dollars, starting with a vote on raising the &#36;7.4 trillion debt ceiling.
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The House on Wednesday passed a new defense policy bill that includes a pay raise for troops.
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The Democratic-led House of Representatives on Wednesday defied a White House veto threat and voted to protect millions of Americans by outlawing workplace discrimination based on sexual orientation.
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Democrats and Republicans clashed over deficits and tax cuts Thursday as Congress moved toward sending President Bush an $800 billion boost in the government&#39;s debt limit.
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The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday overwhelmingly passed a compromise measure to increase the federal minimum wage for the first time in a decade -- and provide billions of dollars in tax breaks to help businesses pay for it. The vote was 348-73.
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With the U.S. government fast approaching its current $8.965 trillion credit limit, the Senate on Thursday gave final congressional approval of an $850 billion increase in U.S. borrowing authority.
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The U.S. House of Representatives on  Wednesday overwhelmingly passed legislation to hike fines to as  much as $500,000 on broadcasters and entertainers who violate  decency limits on the air.
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Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson told Congress on Wednesday that the federal government will hit the current debt ceiling on Oct. 1
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The US House of Representatives votes to overturn a ban on aid to overseas groups practising abortion.
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The US House of Representatives votes to overturn a ban on aid to overseas groups practicing abortion.
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In a vote charged with election-year   politics, the U.S. House of Representatives on Friday passed a   symbolic resolution that wrapped the Iraq conflict into the war   on terrorism and rejected a deadline for U.S. troop withdrawal.
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The House and Senate last night overwhelmingly voted to extend three tax cuts aimed at the middle class along with a bevy of business-tax breaks, sending President Bush a