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Fannie, Freddie bailout may have $25 billion tag
Posted by: TechnologyExpert 2 days, 13 hours agoWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Congressional budget analysts on Tuesday put a $25 billion cost estimate on a Bush administration plan to bolster mortgage finance giants Fannie Mae ...
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Capitol Idea: Time For Economic Relief, Not Stimulus
Posted by: SNance 2 days, 12 hours agoThe headlines are telling us policymakers are running out of tools to avert further economic slowdown, or outright recession. Policymakers should accept the fact bad ...
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Who Threatens You Most?
Posted by: populist 2 days, 11 hours agoThe President, Congress, Fed--Or Iran?
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Give Retirees Emergency Social Security Boost, Advocates Tell Congress
Posted by: SNance 2 days, 6 hours agoLawmakers should enact an emergency Social Security cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) to protect retirees against the economic downturn, according to an organization that advocates for retirees.
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Bush Drops Opposition to Housing Bill
Posted by: TechnologyExpert 1 day, 14 hours agoWASHINGTON (AP) --President Bush dropped his opposition Wednesday to legislation aiming to calm the chaotic housing market despite his objections to a $3.9 billion ...
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Industry Cheers House Money Services Bill
Posted by: SNance 1 day, 11 hours agoThe money services industry -- including check cashers, money transmitters, money order processors -- are expressing pleasure at House passage of a bill the industry says is ...
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Antiwar Radio: Scott Horton Interviews Doug Bandow
Posted by: populist 1 day, 7 hours agodiscusses Congress’s abdication of its responsibility in declaring war to the president, the lawlessness of a wartime president, how the ignorant warmonger John McCain ...
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House Transportation Action Saves Jobs, State Officials Say
Posted by: SNance 1 day, 6 hours agoHouse approval of legislation to transfer $8.017 billion to the Highway Trust Fund to offset a projected shortfall in fiscal year 2009, is an ...
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TheZoo
Posted by: Hedghog2006 14 hours, 57 minutes agoKarl Rove was sighted in the US again. In fact on Fox News. Time to explain to Congress yet again , if not to Linda Sanchez ...
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Taxation Without Representation
Posted by: hurr1 14 hours, 29 minutes agoAmericans living in Washington, DC have a lot in common with Americans living in other parts of the country. Both pay taxes, serve on juries ...
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PHERA Would Guarantee Disaster Treatment Regardless Of Coverage
Posted by: SNance 11 hours, 9 minutes agoDemocrats in the House and Senate have filed legislation that would guarantee emergency treatment for victims affected by a major public health disaster, regardless of ...
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Senate Should Reject Housing Bailout, Says Bob Barr
Posted by: populist 2 hours, 25 minutes agoAt some point we must say no to more spending,” insists Barr. “We already have a national debt of $9.5 trillion. We are running ...
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No Rule of Law, But Plenty of Rules in Congress
Posted by: populist 1 hour, 2 minutes agoHere are some notes from the House Manual (a/k/a Jefferson's Manual, which you remember is how we got here in the first ...
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