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Senate passes $1.1. trillion spending bill
The Democratic-led Senate sends to President Barack Obama a huge end-of-year spending bill that includes money to run much of the government and pay for health care benefits for the poor and elderly.
12-13-2009 by admin Tags bill, passes, senate, spending, trillion

Final House Panel Approves Health Reform Bill
The vote was made possible by a deal brokered earlier this week between Democratic leaders and conservative "Blue Dog" Democrats, though health reform legislation still is being held up in one Senate committee.
08-01-2009 by admin Tags approves, bill, final, health, house, panel, reform

New GI Bill sending veterans to school this fall (AP)
AP - Spc. Marco Reininger started the year on the dusty streets of Afghanistan. He'll end it on the campus of Columbia University with the government picking up a large chunk of the $100,000 tab for tuition.
08-01-2009 by admin Tags bill, fall, school, sending, this, veterans

Dems win approval of health bill in committee (AP)
AP - In a triumph for President Barack Obama, Democrats narrowly pushed sweeping health care legislation through a key congressional committee Friday night and cleared the way for a September showdown in the House.
08-01-2009 by admin Tags approval, bill, committee, dems, health

Dems win approval of health bill in committee (AP)
AP - In a triumph for President Barack Obama, Democrats narrowly pushed sweeping health care legislation through a key congressional committee Friday night and cleared the way for a September showdown in the House.
08-01-2009 by admin Tags approval, bill, committee, dems, health

Dems win approval of health bill in committee (AP)
AP - In a triumph for President Barack Obama, Democrats narrowly pushed sweeping health care legislation through a key congressional committee Friday night and cleared the way for a September showdown in the House.
07-31-2009 by admin Tags approval, bill, committee, dems, health

White House Threatens to Veto $636B Defense Spending Bill Over F-22 Funding
The White House objected to plans by lawmakers to continue to fund an alternative engine for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.
07-28-2009 by admin Tags 636b, bill, defense, funding, house, over, spending, threatens, veto, white

India honors Bill Gates with peace prize
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates receives the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development from India's president, a government statement said.
07-26-2009 by admin Tags bill, gates, honors, india, peace, prize, with

House passes 'pay-as-you-go' budget bill
With the deficit smashing records, the Democratic-controlled House passed legislation Wednesday designed to make it more difficult to pass tax cuts or new spending programs that would pile even more billions of dollars onto the deficit.
07-22-2009 by admin Tags bill, budget, house, passes

No ticket, but they remembered the bill
Jamie Tuttle's roommate books tickets from Bahrain to Atlanta through Travelocity. But they never arrive, and when she's forced to pay for a second set of tickets, neither her online agency nor her airline seem willing to refund the first pair she couldn
07-22-2009 by admin Tags bill, remembered, they, ticket

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