Senate rejects 2 balanced budget amendments
December 14, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate on Wednesday voted... Amendments to the Constitution must be approved by two-thirds of the House and Senate and three-fourths of state legislatures....
Ind. Dems accuse GOP Senate candidate of lying
December 13, 2011
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Indiana Democrats have accused Republican Senate candidate Dan Coats... Coats said Monday that before leaving the Senate in 1999 he did not negotiate the...
House GOP to reject stopgap payroll tax cut
December 20, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) - House Republicans are moving to shelve a bipartisan two-month extension of the Social Security payroll tax cut that cleared the Senate over the weekend and are...
Leaders block quick Senate vote on payroll tax
December 14, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate has wrapped... Mitch McConnell, the Senate's top Republican, refused Wednesday to let the chamber vote quickly on a House-passed bill...
GOP trying to use tax law to limit abortions
December 18, 2011
The bill, however, faces strong opposition in the Democratic-controlled Senate. Current law bars federal money for abortion, with the same exceptions as those in the bill....
Former lawmaker named to Mo. utility commission
December 15, 2011
The appointment will require Senate confirmation when lawmakers return to the state Capitol. Stoll served in the Missouri Senate from 1999 to 2005. He served in the Missouri...
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