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Congress
adjourned on October 3, after completing work on the economic rescue bill. The Senate is scheduled to reconvene for a
post-election, lame duck session on November 17 and to organize for the 111th
Congress. The House is currently scheduled
to return on January 3, 2009, although there is
speculation they may return ...
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On October 3, by a vote of 263-171, the House
passed HR 1424, the Emergency Economic
Stabilization Act of 2008, a bill that provides $700 billion to rescue the
financial markets, which the Senate passed 74-25 on October 1. The House had
defeated a slightly different version earlier that week. To attract more
support, the ...
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Today,
(10/7) House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman John Dingell (D-MI) and
Energy and Air Quality Subcommittee Chairman Rick Boucher (D-VA) released a
"discussion draft" of legislation to establish an economy-wide, cap-and-trade
program to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases (GHG). In a memorandum to Committee ...
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