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Federal jobs bill to stop teacher layoffs nears approval
The $26 billion package would provide $16 billion to states to help pay their Medicaid bills and $10 billion for grants to school districts to forestall teacher layoffs.
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Rhetoric heats up as Kagan vote nears
The debate is more political than practical as Senate confirmation is virtually assured.
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TD to employ 500 at new Maine call centre
Today, TD Bank, America’s Most Convenient Bank®, will celebrate the grand opening of its new world-class call center in Auburn, the bank’s latest …
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Small-Business Bill Falters on Senate Partisanship
The procedural blockade underscored how determined Republicans are to deny Democrats any further victories.
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UPDATE 2-US Republicans block small business plan in Senate
UPDATE 2-US Republicans block small business plan in Senate
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Let the Revels Begin
With the failure of the financial disclosure bill, the Senate opens the floodgates for hidden campaign expenditures Joe Lieberman – Olympia Snowe – Democratic – Republican – Harry Reid
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Capitol Report: Growing support for Warren to head consumer agency
Washington observers see improving odds that Elizabeth Warren will become the head of the important new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, surviving mixed feelings from the White House and determined opposition from bank lobbyists and Republicans.
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Reid praises progressives at Netroots convention
Acknowledging that he and they don’t always see eye to eye, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nevada) on Saturday praised the influence of progressive activists gathered at the annual Netroots Nation convention.
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A Senate haunted by 2004
How the Democratic agenda hinges on the 34 Senators elected in ’04
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House set to approve additional jobless benefits
Congress is one House vote away from resuming unemployment payments to millions of people whose benefits have lapsed as the nation suffers through a wretched job market.
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