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Saturday, December 4, 2010

Biden urges Senate to pass tax cuts

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 (UPI) -- Vice President Joe Biden, filling in for Barack Obama as the president returned from a trip to Afghanistan, Saturday urged Congress to pass tax cut legislation. In the weekly White House radio and Internet address, Biden said Obama wanted to be in Afghanistan to visit... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, December 3, 2010

NASA offers shuttle heat tiles to school

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 (UPI) -- The U.S. space agency has announced schools will be able to obtain 7,000 space shuttle heat shield tiles for only the shipping and handling price of $23.40. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration said the tiles, which protected the shuttles from the extreme... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, December 2, 2010

Waters investigation reopened

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 (UPI) -- The legal problems for Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., might have taken a turn for the worse, officials said. The House ethics committee has approved a forced, indefinite leave by two of the lead investigators on the panel investigating alleged wrongdoing by Waters on... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, December 1, 2010

House nixes unemployment benefits extension

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 (UPI) -- The U.S. House of Representatives Thursday rejected a bill that would have extended unemployment benefits for another three months. The 258-154 vote was not enough to gain the two-thirds supermajority needed under the Democratic Party's fast-track procedures, the Los... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, November 30, 2010

U.S. Senate votes down earmark ban

WASHINGTON, Nov. 30 (UPI) -- The U.S. Senate Tuesday defeated a proposal that would have banned congressional earmarks for two years. Thirty-nine senators voted in favor of the ban, offered by Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., while 56 members voted against the measure that would have effectively barred... Sign in to see full entry.

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