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The Money Race
Candidates for the House, Senate, and the presidency have raised a total of $2.09 billion through June 30, 2008.
Senate finalizes war funding bill - CNN
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The Senate gave final approval Thursday to a war funding measure that includes money for a new GI Bill and other domestic measures. The Senate approved the war funding bill after Democrats and Republicans reached a compromise. The ...
Emission profits to cut energy costs - News.com.au
THE Rudd Government says all of the revenue raised from an emissions trading scheme will compensate households and business for increased energy costs. But the Australian Greens, who share the balance of power in the Senate from Tuesday, say some of ...
Lawmakers at loggerheads in Pa. state budget talks - Philadelphia Inquirer
HARRISBURG, Pa. - State budget negotiations screeched to a halt on Saturday as a key participant stayed home and no new talks were scheduled with just two days left until the end of the fiscal year. The House and Senate held brief voting sessions ...
Housing rescue plan passes key Senate test - Forbes
A massive foreclosure rescue bill cleared a key Senate test Tuesday by an overwhelming margin, with Democrats and Republicans both eager to claim election-year credit for helping hard-pressed homeowners. The mortgage aid plan would let the Federal ...
Housing rescue plan faces key test in Senate today - Houston Chronicle
WASHINGTON — A plan to help hundreds of thousands of homeowners avoid foreclosure is drawing bipartisan support in the Senate, setting the stage for high-stakes negotiations among congressional Democrats. The far-reaching housing plan faces a ...
Merkley said close to an "even-money bet"
The Washington Post's Chris Cillizza - who writes "The Fix" blog - has turned into one of the Capital's most influential prognosticators, and his latest column on the Senate contests contains a bit of a turnabout in Oregon. ...
Money changes everything
money.jpg The debate over the Climate Security Act bill has made that clear trillions are at stake in global warming legislation. No surprise, then, that the Senate powerbrokers don’t want Barbara Boxer’s (D-CA) Environment and Public ...
Bush says he won't back bill that bails out lenders - USA Today
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Bush, acknowledging the economic "tough times" for many Americans, said Monday that he remains opposed to any homeowner rescue legislation that would be a bailout for lenders. The president's comments came as Senate ...