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House approves $50.5 billion for Superstorm Sandy aid
More than 10 weeks after Superstorm Sandy brutalized parts of the heavily populated Northeast, the House approved $50.5 billion in emergency relief for the victims Tuesday night as Republican leaders struggled to close out an episode that exposed...
Tags: Politics, U.S. House of Representatives, Regional Authority, Chris Christie, Dannel P. Malloy
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New abortion ban falls short in House
WASHINGTON — The House on Thursday fell short in an effort to ban abortions based on the sex of the fetus as Republicans and Democrats made an election-year appeal for women’s votes. The legislation would have made it a federal crime to...
Tags: Laws, Justice and Rights, Politics, Prisons, Crime, Law and Justice
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Mikulski bill would speed approval of new drugs by FDA
Drugs for chronic conditions such as Alzheimer's disease and diabetes would move through the Food and Drug Administration approval process more rapidly under a bipartisan bill Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski will unveil Thursday.
The legislation, which will...Tags: Politics, Diseases and Illnesses, Health Insurance Cost, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Government Health Care
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Paying for abortion
Ending taxpayer funding of abortion should not be a partisan issue. The House passed a bill that would establish a permanent ban on taxpayer subsidies for abortion and abortion coverage, codify conscience protections, and close loopholes that give tax-...Tags: Abortion, South Dakota, CNN (tv network), Tim Johnson, Health
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GOP-led House is moving to restrict funding of abortions
WASHINGTON - Two House subcommittees hold hearings this week on separate bills that would expand restrictions on federal funding of abortions. One would eliminate tax breaks for abortions. The other would restrict use of federal funds for abortions...Tags: Abortion, John Boehner, Politics, Christianity, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
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Vote reform taking shape
of the Sentinel StaffThe Republican-controlled House passed its election-reform package Wednesday, over heated Democratic protests and a nearly two-hour legislative delaying tactic, setting the stage for the Senate to take up its reform measures today. Both chambers’...Tags: Gaming, Electronics, Democratic Party, Voting Machines, Republican Party
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