Category Archives: Passed

Senate passes defense authorization bill

By doris | Published: December 15, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com Washington (CNN) — The Senate gave approval Thursday to a giant $662 billion defense authorization bill, sending it to President Barack Obama for his signature. On Wednesday, the White House lifted a veto threat against the bill after legislators made changes in language involving detainees. In particular, the legislators added language [...]

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Wisconsin Assembly passes bill to curb collective bargaining -

By doris | Published: March 10, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com Madison, Wisconsin (CNN) — After weeks of demonstrations in the state capital, Wisconsin Republicans cleared a final hurdle to a controversial proposal on Thursday after the state’s Assembly passed an amended version of a bill that would curtail the bargaining rights of most state workers. The vote was 53-42 in favor [...]

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Senate coming back in session – kind of

By doris | Published: August 22, 2010

Full Story at First Read.msnbc.msn.com *** UPDATE 3:00 pm ET *** The Senate will, in fact, be coming back for the technical fix on border security bill and to pass a resolution on former Senator Ted Stevens death. This is not the full Senate coming back. See below… From NBC’s Ken StricklandThere is a very [...]

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House passes $600 million border security bill

By doris | Published: August 11, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com Washington (CNN) — The House of Representatives approved $600 million in emergency funding Tuesday to help secure the U.S.-Mexico border. The measure, which passed in a voice vote, still needs Senate approval before being signed into law by President Barack Obama. Senators passed a similar plan last week, but must vote [...]

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Hawaii lawmakers pass civil unions bill

By doris | Published: May 2, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — Legislators in Hawaii have passed a civil unions bill that would give same-sex couples the same rights as heterosexual couples. The state House of Representatives passed the bill by a 31-20 vote late Thursday. Gov. Linda Lingle has until early July to decide whether to sign the bill into [...]

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Health care reform now faces Senate challenge

By doris | Published: March 23, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com Washington (CNN) — Now that the House has passed the Senate’s health care reform bill and a package meant to reconcile differences between the House and Senate bills, the next step is for members of the Senate to sign off on those changes. That won’t be as easy as it sounds. [...]

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Health care latest: Obama says House made ‘the right vote’

By doris | Published: March 22, 2010

Will it passed and now we have health care I hope we all can live with. Only time will tell. Full Story at CNN.com Washington (CNN) — The House passed on Sunday the Senate’s health care reform bill and a package of measures meant to reconcile differences between the Senate bill and the one it [...]

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