Topic: U.S. House Of Representatives
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The House of Representatives on Tuesday approved, and President Barack Obama promptly signed into law, an election-year bill providing $26 billion to struggling states by closing tax loopholes for multinational companies and cutting food aid to the poor. The ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A measure introduced on Tuesday in the U.S. Senate to help states pay for healthcare is already having a rocky time, and governors from across the country are rallying to try to get it passed. Under the $863 billion ...
US President Barack Obama held a strategy session Friday with the two key lawmakers tasked with shepherding a sweeping financial regulatory overhaul bill to his desk in a matter of weeks. Obama, who has made enacting the measure his top domestic goal, ...
by Lisa Lambert WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As the anniversary of the passage of the U.S. economic stimulus plan looms and President Barack Obama presses for new jobs legislation, states and the government are assessing the impact the program has had on transportation."The ...
Ala. gov no fan of 2nd federal stimulus bill, but he's counting on it to balance state budgetsGov. Bob Riley is relying on Congress to pass a second federal stimulus bill that he doesn't support so Alabama can get more than $1 ...
Michigan big winner under US House stimulus bill, which eases state match requirementMichigan might not have to give up hundreds of millions of dollars in federal road money after all.The U.S. House on Wednesday voted to exempt the state from having to ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The House of Representatives approved the biggest changes in financial regulation since the Great Depression on Friday, marking a win for the Obama administration and top Democrats in Congress.The sweeping bill, which will have to be reconciled with any ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The No. 2 Democrat in the House of Representatives said on Tuesday he supports raising the United States' debt ceiling to a high enough level so lawmakers will not have to boost it again before the November 2010 congressional ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Congress approved more aid for jobless workers and broadened tax breaks for homebuyers and businesses on Thursday and sent the measure to President Barack Obama to sign into law.The measure, which aims to breathe life into the ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve should lose its authority to bail out big, failing financial firms like AIG and Bear Stearns under proposed reforms aimed at limiting the collateral damage from such failures, U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said on Thursday.Geithner, ...
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