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Congress swiftly passed a bill Friday extending the payroll tax cut through the end of the year, ending a months-long tug of war with an unusual bipartisan accord. The House... Full Article at Los Angeles Times
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WASHINGTON - Capitol Hill negotiators Thursday officially unveiled hard-fought compromise legislation to prevent 160 million workers from getting slapped with a payroll-tax increase, but it ran into turbulence in the Senate, where Republicans withheld su Full Article at Philadelphia Inquirer
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WASHINGTON — A broadly popular bill by Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn. , to outlaw synthetic recreational drugs across the nation has run into an increasingly common obstacle in the U.S. Senate: the objection of a single senator. Klobuchar and two other senat Full Article at Bangor Daily News
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Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (left) and House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp raise their hands Thursday on Capitol Hill. Congressional leaders gathered to sign off on a final deal to extend the payroll-tax cuts through the re Full Article at Washington Times
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Amid some dissent, House and Senate leaders prepared for final votes Friday on an economic package worth more than $150 billion that would extend a payroll tax holiday and unemployment benefits for the rest of the year. While Senate Republicans protested Full Article at The Washington Post
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WASHINGTON An annual fight over home energy assistance is beginning to heat up again. Two days after the Obama administration proposed cutting funding for a program that helps the poor heat their homes, the programs supporters vowed to fight the measure Full Article at Watertown Daily Times
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A local hockey tape manufacturer will soon begin an expansion project that was delayed while the company waited to become the first business to take advantage of Jefferson Countys Foreign Trade Zone status. Darrin R. Prance, owner and president of North Full Article at Watertown Daily Times
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All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. (AP) NEW YORK A spokesman for the New York City police says it has heightened security around Israeli government offices and syn Full Article at CBS News
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Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), left, and Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y) center, talk to reporters about the payroll tax, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012, on Capitol Hill in Washington. WASHINGTON -- Congress hasn't reached a deal to prevent the take-home pay for e Full Article at The Huffington Post
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ROME, N.Y. - U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand, along with U.S. Representatives Richard Hanna and Bill Owens are urging the Air Force Materiel Command to support... Full Article at NBC-WKTV News
