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Senate on course to vote Saturday on housing bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate was on course for a Saturday vote to approve a major housing market rescue bill offering a lifeline to mortgage finance giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and bond market action on Thursday indicated investors were encouraged by the progress.
Nations:U.S. People:Christopher Dodd Harry Reid George W. Bush Activities:2007 Global Credit Crunch 110th Congress Source:(Reuters)
2008-07-24
GOP kills effort to release oil from US stockpile
WASHINGTON - House Republicans on Thursday scuttled a bill that Democrats hoped would help lower gasoline prices by forcing the Energy Department to release 70 million barrels of oil -- about a three-day supply -- from the national stockpile.
Nations:U.S. People:John Boehner Harry Reid Activities:2007-8 Oil Crisis 110th Congress Source:(AP)
2008-07-24
House passes housing bill; Bush lifts veto threat
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The House of Representatives passed a massive housing rescue bill on Wednesday while the White House dropped a threat to veto it, paving the way for measures aimed at shoring up the worst U.S. housing market since the Great Depression.
People:Henry Paulson Harry Reid George W. Bush Activities:2007 Global Credit Crunch 110th Congress Bush Admin.
2008-07-23
House Speaker Pelosi calls Bush 'a total failure'
WASHINGTON - President Bush has been a "total failure" in everything from the economy to the war to energy policy, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday. In an interview on CNN, the California Democrat was asked to respond to video of the president criticizing the Democratic-led Congress for heading into the final 26 days of the legislative session without having passed a single government spending bill.
Nations:U.S. People:Harry Reid Nancy Pelosi Barack Obama John McCain George W. Bush Activities:110th Congress Bush Admin. Source:(AP)
2008-07-17
Democrats try to spur more oil exploration
WASHINGTON - Seeking to blunt GOP efforts to permit oil exploration off Atlantic and Pacific coasts, House Democrats are pushing legislation they say would spur oil drilling on already available lands in Alaska, the West and the western Gulf of Mexico.
Nations:Mexico U.S. People:Christopher Dodd Roy Blunt Harry Reid Activities:2007-8 Oil Crisis 110th Congress Source:(AP)
2008-07-17
| Headlines |
- Senate on course to vote Saturday on housing bill 2008-07-24
- GOP kills effort to release oil from US stockpile 2008-07-24
- House passes housing bill; Bush lifts veto threat 2008-07-23
- House Speaker Pelosi calls Bush 'a total failure' 2008-07-17
- Democrats try to spur more oil exploration 2008-07-17
- Democrats plan second economic stimulus bill 2008-07-16
- Congress votes to override veto on Medicare bill 2008-07-15
- US spells out Fannie-Freddie backstop plan 2008-07-13
- Senate passes Medicare bill with Kennedy's help 2008-07-09
- Senate reaches an agreement on global AIDS bill 2008-06-26
- Clinton returns to Senate to tears, cheers 2008-06-24
- House to vote on war funds, unemployment benefits 2008-06-19
- Bush urges Congress to lift offshore drilling ban 2008-06-18
- Senate presses ahead on housing 2008-06-18
- Family, Friends, NBC Fete Russert at Private Memorial 2008-06-18
- Political leaders pay tribute to TV's Russert 2008-06-18
- GOP member calls for mortgage inquiry 2008-06-18
- Political leaders pay tribute to TV's Russert 2008-06-18
- NBC's Tim Russert dies at 58 of heart attack 2008-06-14
- NBC's Tim Russert dies of apparent heart attack 2008-06-13
- House passes jobless benefits extension 2008-06-12
- Dems to try again to extend unemployment benefits 2008-06-12
- 18M votes, but she's still No. 68 2008-06-12
- House considers extending unemployment benefits 2008-06-11
- Democrats back Obama's call for economic stimulus 2008-06-11
- Reid efforts add staff diversity 2008-06-11
- Senate debates higher profits tax on oil companies 2008-06-10
- Reid, Pelosi meet with members of Obama's vetting team 2008-06-09
- Clinton suspends campaign, endorses Obama 2008-06-08
- Clinton, Obama talks held without aides present 2008-06-06
- Senate action on climate bill seems doomed 2008-06-06
- Long primary season ends today with Obama ahead 2008-06-03
- Clinton seeks to go after Obama superdelegates 2008-06-02
- Clinton ponders next move in marathon race 2008-06-01
- Clinton expects superdelegates to decide next week 2008-05-30
- Kennedy hospitalized after seizure; not a stroke 2008-05-17
- Lawmakers want to end oil shipments to US reserve 2008-05-13
- Clinton campaign presses on with visits to 3 states today 2008-05-08
- Clinton vows to press on as time, options running out 2008-05-07
- Bush, Democrats near deal on election commission 2008-05-07
- Bush makes nominations to FEC, seeks to break deadlock 2008-05-06
- Clinton seeks gas tax vote; Obama calls it 'shell' game 2008-05-03
- Clinton calls for gas tax vote, Obama calls it 'shell' game 2008-05-02
- Senators ready dueling energy plans 2008-05-01
- Supreme Court says states can demand photo ID for voting 2008-04-28
- Petraeus promotion keeps nation on its war course 2008-04-23
- Gen. Petraeus named as next commander of Mideast command 2008-04-23
- Analysis: Time, delegate math working against Clinton 2008-04-18
- Senate votes to seek federal probe of funding 2008-04-17
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