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Congress's Farm Bill Looks Vetoproof - U.S. News & World Report E Canada NowCongress's Farm Bill Looks VetoproofU.S. News & World Report - 51 minutes agoBy Kent Garber For about a year and half, Congress has been trying to pass a massive farm bill. It has been a tedious process. Congress and President Bush have sparred; motivations Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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Top 10: Bill Gates retires, Symbian goes open source Microsoft, usually a source of software patch updates and claims about Vista adoption rates, produced a bit of sentimental news this week as Bill Gates stepped away from his daily corporate duties on Friday. Gates, who founded Microsoft at age 19, will now devote his Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Bush Presses Congress on Economy - New York Times LIVENEWS.com.auBush Presses Congress on EconomyNew York Times - 10 hours agoPresident George W. Bush during a news conference in the Rose Garden of the White House on Tuesday. By ANAHAD O’CONNOR Seeking to ease growing concerns about the weakening economy, Presi Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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Congress passes anti-genetic discrimination bill - The Associated Press dBTechnoCongress passes anti-genetic discrimination billThe Associated Press - 1 hour agoWASHINGTON (AP) - Congress sent President Bush a bill Thursday forbidding employers and insurance companies from using genetic tests showing people are at risk of developing cancer Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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Clinton Marks Bittersweet Return to Congress With Enthusiasm, Humor - FOXNews BeepClinton Marks Bittersweet Return to Congress With Enthusiasm, HumorFOXNews - 4 hours agoby FOXNews.com Wednesday marked Day Two of Hillary Clinton’s return to Capitol Hill, a day she spent meeting with fellow Democrats in Congress while calling on her supporters t Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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Congress enacts $290B farm bill over Bush veto
(AP) AP - Congress enacted a massive farm bill Thursday with new and bigger subsidies for farmers, plus more food stamps for the poor. Home > Rss Directory > General > Yahoo News |
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Congress OKs farm bill over veto -- again President Bush vetoed a $300 billion farm bill again Wednesday after a clerical error forced Congress to send the measure to his desk for a second time. Home > Rss Directory > General > CNN |
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House overrides Bush veto on farm bill - The Associated Press Maktoob Business (press release)House overrides Bush veto on farm billThe Associated Press - 40 minutes agoWASHINGTON (AP) - The House has overridden President Bush's veto of a $290 billion farm bill and senators soon may follow suit.Harkin criticizes Bush's veto of Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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Congress Trims Bush’s Anti-Drug Plan for Mexico - New York Times USDA.gov (press release)Congress Trims Bush’s Anti-Drug Plan for MexicoNew York Times - 58 minutes agoBy MARC LACEY MEXICO CITY - The United States Congress has scaled back on President Bush’s anti-drug plans for Mexico and put human rights conditions on some of the Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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Vermont Economist Calls Farm Subsidies Pork - WCAX KMVTVermont Economist Calls Farm Subsidies PorkWCAX - 4 hours agoAdvocates of Vermont's dairy farms call it a tradition worth paying for. But one critic calls it pure pork. We're talking about one of the largest pieces of domestic legislation, the Five-Year Farm Bill. Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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Congress overrides veto in farm bill mix-up Lawmakers scrambled Thursday to fix a clerical error that derailed an effort to override President Bush's veto of a $300 billion farm bill. Home > Rss Directory > General > CNN |
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Farm bill attracts criticism at WTO talks GENEVA (Reuters) - Several countries at the World Trade Organization (WTO) criticized the new U.S. farm bill on Monday for raising farm support when the WTO is trying to reach a deal to cut agricultural subsidies. Home > Rss Directory > General > Reuters |
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Farm bill attracts criticism at WTO talks
(Reuters) Reuters - Several countries at the World Trade Organization (WTO) criticized the new U.S. farm bill on Monday for raising farm support when the WTO is trying to reach a deal to cut agricultural subsidies. Home > Rss Directory > General > Yahoo News |
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In Congress, gas prices trump global warming - The Associated Press NBC AugustaIn Congress, gas prices trump global warmingThe Associated Press - 1 hour agoWASHINGTON (AP) - Congress retreated Friday from the world's biggest environmental concern - global warming - in a fresh demonstration of what happens when nature and business colli Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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FDA Looks at Wrong Plant in China - The Associated Press ABC NewsFDA Looks at Wrong Plant in ChinaThe Associated Press - 4 hours agoWASHINGTON (AP) - US health officials evaluated the wrong factory when assessing the safety of a Chinese-made drug ingredient that may be a source of problems with a blood thinner, the Food and Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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McCain opposes equal pay bill in Senate - The Associated Press Washington PostMcCain opposes equal pay bill in SenateThe Associated Press - 2 hours agoNEW ORLEANS (AP) - Republican Sen. John McCain, campaigning through poverty-stricken cities and towns, said Wednesday he opposes a Senate bill that seeks equal pay for women because Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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The quotable Bill Gates Some of the most oft-repeated comments attributed to Bill Gates through the years were not uttered by Bill Gates. Take for instance "640K ought to be enough for anybody," which he supposedly said in 1981 to note that the 640KB of memory in IBM's PC was a significant b Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Gates, Mundie: Congress must make trade-offs to propel tech's future - CNET News.com KOMOGates, Mundie: Congress must make trade-offs to propel tech's futureCNET News.com - 6 hours agoNorthern Virginia Technology Council chairman John Lee greets Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates after he talked up the future of software before about 1100 members and guests Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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Google loses in H-1B lottery as Congress gets new visa push The effort in Congress to make it easier for tech companies to hire foreign nationals gained support Thursday from two U.S. senators who are pushing a bill to give foreign nationals who earn advanced degrees in the U.S. permanent residency. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Opponents of Earmarks Gain Ground in Congress - New York Times Boston GlobeOpponents of Earmarks Gain Ground in CongressNew York Times - 45 minutes agoBy ROBERT PEAR WASHINGTON - A proposal to ban spending earmarked for home-state projects for one year gained momentum in Congress on Tuesday as Senators Hillary Rodham Clinton and B Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |