Washington D.C. - President Barack Obama has canceled his family vacation to Hawaii so he can stay behind to try and gain enough votes in the Senate for a major arms control treaty. The primary obstacles in his way are hesitant Republicans. Elevating the political pressure on the Republican party in order to acquire...
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Washington D.C. – An immigration law known as the “DREAM Act” which was to have given untold numbers of illegal immigrants a clean playing field in the struggle to get citizenship status went down the drain. Yesterday, the Senate delivered a very important knock back to Democrats as well as Hispanic advocates. Despite the...
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Washington D.C. – The United States Congress has approved an $858 billion tax extension legislation, extending all Bush tax cuts for two years. The bill is going to get delivered to President Barack Obama’s desk for his signature this afternoon at about 4:00 p.m EST. Prior to the House voting 277-148 to get ultimate...
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Washington D.C. – President Barack Obama talked today about what this tax cut extension offers, saying, “It has the potential to create millions of jobs.” This statement came just hours before House Dems voted to scrap the plan since the extensions additionally pertain to the country’s most prosperous individuals. This decision causes the tax...
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Washington D.C. - House Democrats on Wednesday unveiled the specifics of an approximately $1.2 trillion legislation. This bill will finance the US government over the rest of nine and a half months of fiscal 2011. The bill will also prohibit lawmakers from financing earmarks, for their districts. The legislation features a petition coming from...
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Washington D.C. – The prolonged joblessness benefits regarding almost 2 million Individuals start to come to an end Wednesday, cutting away the constant flow of money as well as ensuring a gloomy Christmas season. For individuals currently battling through expenses that they are not able to pay off, this will be a real headache....
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Washington D.C. – The treaty between Russia and the United States for the purpose of slashing their nuclear arsenals is in limbo because Tuesday an influential Republican senator said “it should not be voted on this year.” Jon Kyl a republican senator from Arizona, has put a road block in the President’s efforts to...
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