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Voter ID Bills Out of Committee, Headed to House and Senate

2013-02-02 09:54:14| Chemicals - Topix.net

For the second General Assembly session in a row, the fight over voter identification is creating tension in Richmond.

House-Passed Debt-Limit Bill Awaits Senate Vote

2013-01-30 21:39:38| ENR.com: Headline News

Senate to vote on House-passed bill temporarily suspending debt limit. Measure would avert financial crisis, at least until mid-May.

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Senate Approves Kerry for Secretary of State

2013-01-30 00:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

EcoWatch: The Senate approved one of its own to become President Obama`s second Secretary of State in a near-unanimous vote today. Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) sailed through the chamber in a 94-to-3 vote, with Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.) and Texas Sens. Ted Cruz (R) and John Cornyn (R) casting the only no votes. In nearly three decades in the U.S. Senate, John Kerry has distinguished himself as a champion for action against climate change, an advocate for the international cooperation we need to protect...

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U.S. Senate approves Kerry as secretary of state

2013-01-29 16:24:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: John Kerry's nomination as President Barack Obama's new secretary of state sailed through the U.S. Senate on Tuesday, as his fellow senators voted overwhelmingly to confirm him to replace Hillary Clinton as the country's top diplomat. The vote was 94-3 in favor. The two senators from Texas, John Cornyn and Ted Cruz, and Oklahoma Senator James Inhofe, all Republicans, were the only no votes. Three senators did not vote. Kerry, the senior Democratic senator from Massachusetts, voted "present."...

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