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Both House and Senate Pass Bill to Prevent Meat Inspector Furloughs
2013-03-23 13:12:00| National Hog Farmer
Source: Food Safety News A continuing resolution to prevent furloughs for U.S. meat inspectors passed the House on Thursday and is now awaiting President Obamas signature. Food Safety News reports that the measure, introduced by Sens. Mark Pryor (D-AR) and Roy Blunt (R-MO), passed the House by a vote of 318 to 109 Thursday after speeding through the Senate, approved by a vote of 73 to 26. read more
Senate budget plan to include Keystone XL approval: lawmaker
2013-03-23 04:34:40| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
A Republican lawmaker said he expects a symbolic measure to approve the Keystone XL pipeline will be attached to the Senate's budget plan Friday, and that it will build support for a similar bill likely to be voted on later in the year.
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Senate budget plan embraces Keystone XL approval
2013-03-23 01:53:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The Senate easily passed on Friday a symbolic measure approving the Canada to Texas Keystone XL oil pipeline, a move backers said showed strong support for a bill that would give Congress power to green light the project later in the year. The amendment to the budget plan, sponsored by Senator John Hoeven, a Republican from North Dakota, passed 62 to 37. It was symbolic because the budget is a blueprint that will not become law. But the measure was selected out of hundreds of others for a vote...
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Senate embraces Internet taxes
2013-03-23 01:04:34| CNET News.com
Senators vote 75 to 24 to glue an endorsement of Internet sales taxes onto a Democratic budget bill, despite opponents predicting the idea is antibusiness and a "bureaucratic nightmare." [Read more]
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Senate budget plan to include Keystone XL approval: lawmaker
2013-03-22 23:40:57| Energy - Topix.net
A Republican lawmaker said he expects a symbolic measure to approve the Keystone XL pipeline will be attached to the Senate's budget plan Friday, and that it will build support for a similar bill likely to be voted on later in the year.
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