NY Senate votes to expel convicted lawmaker
February 09, 2010
| AP
The New York Senate voted Tuesday night to expel a senator convicted of a misdemeanor charge of assaulting his girlfriend, a resolution the lawmaker assailed as an injustice to the people......
Republicans flex new power, block Obama nominee
February 09, 2010
| Reuters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate Republicans flexed their new political muscle on Tuesday and blocked President Barack Obama's nomination of a union lawyer to help referee labor disputes....
GOP blocks Obama labor board nominee
February 09, 2010
| AP
Senate Democrats on Tuesday failed to push through President Barack Obama's choice of a union lawyer to serve on the National Labor Relations Board after two of their own joined...
Tax credits, Medicare fix in Senate jobs bill
February 09, 2010
| Reuters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Tax breaks for hiring workers and highway funding figure prominently in a jobs creation bill that could pass the Senate this week, according to lawmakers...
Democrats unveil jobs package
February 09, 2010
| AP
Senate Democrats circulated a jobs bill Tuesday that's light on new initiatives on boosting hiring and heavy with provisions sought by lobby groups like doctors and the satellite...
Jobs package may cost about $ 80 billion
February 09, 2010
| Reuters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A possible jobs-creation package being crafted by Democratic and Republican leaders in the U.S. Senate may end up costing about $80 billion, a key...
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