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House Votes To Expand Sanctions On Iran, Focuses On Oil

AP | JIM ABRAMS | Posted 12.15.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — The House voted Tuesday to impose new economic sanctions on Iran as lawmakers cast doubt on Iran's willingness to respond to diplom...

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Congressional Committees Quietly Kill Portion Of Derivatives Bill; No One Watching For Systemic Risk

HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 10.17.2009 | Business

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Two congressional committees in charge of drafting legislation to regulate derivatives have quietly killed a provision that would allow the Federal Re...

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Wait For Health Care Benefits Is 3 Years If Health Care Bill Passes

AP | RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR | Posted 10.11.2009 | Home

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WASHINGTON — Sixty years is how long Democrats say they've been pushing for legislation that provides health care access for all Americans. They...

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House Passes Bill To Prevent Government Shutdown

AP | ANDREW TAYLOR | Posted 11.25.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — The House passed legislation Friday to head off a government shutdown next week by temporarily extending spending on most federal p...

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House tightens fed controls over pet primate trade

AP | JIM ABRAMS | Posted 03.27.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — Eight days after a 200-pound chimpanzee critically mauled a woman in Connecticut, the House moved Tuesday to ban the transport of m...

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What's The Matter With Kansas? The Fight Against Big Coal Hits the State Legislature, with National Repercussions.

Simran Sethi | Posted 10.23.2009 | Green

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If built, the plants in Holcomb, Kansas will belch out about 11 million tons of carbon dioxide a year, to become the largest new source of greenhouse gas emissions in the United States.

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