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Bonus limits in stimulus: Tougher, or less tough?
Spin CycleChris Dodd, the Senate banking chairman who presided over the great collapse and got his own cut-rate mortgage but now portrays himself as the great reformer, gets big play this morning in both the NYT and the WashPost for......Tags: National Government, Upper House, Barack Obama, CEO Pay, Ron Wyden
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Congress approves $787-B stimulus
The Swampby Mark Silva A divided Congress has approved a $787-billion stimulus that President Barack Obama demanded as an essential boost for a stalled economy, with the Senate voting 60-38 tonight on a measure that earlier cleared the House by 246-183......Tags: Mitch McConnell, George W. Bush, Economy, Business and Finance, Economic Policy, Republican Party
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Obama's Denver signing; 'Good as any'
The Swampby Mark Silva President Barack Obama will fly to Denver, the place where he accepted the Democratic Party's nomination last summer, to sign the "American Recovery and Reinvestment Act'' into law on Tuesday. It's "as good'' a place "as any"......Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Democratic Party, National Government, CEO Pay, Barack Obama
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Obama on economy: 'Back from abyss'
The Swampby Mark Silva President Barack Obama, suggesting that he'll happily accept the 59-percent approval rating that shows in one of the newest polls on his job performance, also predicts that his healthcare reforms will pass -- and he says, "we've......Tags: Health Organizations, Disasters and Accidents, State Budgets, Private Health Care, American Medical Association
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Senate financial reg vote fails
The Swampby Lisa Mascaro Despite last-minute efforts to win hold-outs, the Senate fell two votes short this afternoon of the 60 needed to advance the financial regulation bill. A do-over vote could come as soon as Thursday. Two Democrats broke......Tags: Elections, Christopher Dodd, Democratic Party, Republican Party, Arlen Specter
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Senate passes financial overhaul
The SwampAn exuberant Sen. Chris Dodd is flanked by Sens. Harry Reid and Dick Durbin, with Sens. Blanche Lincoln and Mark Warner in the background, after the Senate passed a sweeping regulatory overhaul bill Thursday night. (Getty/Mark Wilson) by Janet......Tags: Russell Feingold, Mitch McConnell, Heads of State, Christopher Dodd, Harry Reid
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Sonia Sotomayor, Supreme Court Justice
The Swampby Mark Silva and updated at 4:30 pm EDT The Senate Judiciary Committee is a day away from voting to recommend the confirmation of Judge Sonia Sotomayor, poised to become the first Hispanic member of the U.S. Supreme Court. Sotomayor......Tags: Richard Lugar, Orrin Hatch, Court Administration, Personal Weapon Control, Sonia Sotomayor
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Dems: A filibuster-proof Senate in reach?
Spin CycleWith the whole map trending blue, there's suddenly an outside chance the Democrats can get a 60-vote, filibuster proof majority in the Senate. As the map below from pollster.com indicates, they are leading in enough states to give them 54.......Tags: Joe Lieberman, National Government, Upper House, Parliament, Susan Collins
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Roberts: Let's give everyone a tax holiday!
Spin CycleRepublicans continue to give Geithner a hard time at his Finance Committee confirmation hearing. Olympia Snowe asks about his failure to effectively regulate credit swap derivatives, and his role in allow Lehman Brothers to fail. Jim Bunning says he......Tags: Internal Revenue Service, Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., Pat Roberts, Jim Bunning
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Obama's bipartisan bid for stimulus
The Swampby Janet Hook and Peter Nicholas President Obama travels to the Capitol today to meet with House and Senate Republicans, the latest in a series of high-profile efforts to reach across the aisle and make good on his campaign promise......Tags: State Budgets, U.S. Presidential Election (2008), Jim Gerlach, Mitch McConnell, Charlie Dent
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Panetta at CIA: 'Clean break from past'
The Swampby Rebecca Cole and updated as hearing continued and ended The Senate Intelligence Committee has taken up the nomination of Leon Panetta, former congressman from California and onetime chief of staff to former President Bill Clinton, for director of the.....Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Dianne Feinstein, Orrin Hatch, Bill Clinton, Heads of State
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Bush: Palin 'exciting,' Boxer: 'Dangerous'
The Swampby Mark Silva DENVER - President Bush calls the pick of first-term Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as longtime Arizona Sen. John McCain's running mate "exciting.'' Sen. Barbara Boxer of California, a Democrat, calls the Palin pick "dangerous.'' Palin suggests...Tags: Political Candidates, Sarah Palin, Ethics, George W. Bush, Religion and Belief
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