Topic: Mark Pryor
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'Buffett rule' fails, but it will be back
The Buffet rule to raise taxes on millionaires couldn't get through the Senate, but both parties promise to make it a campaign issue as the nation heads toward Election 2012.
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'Stimulus 2.0'? Senate rejects bid to revive parts of Obama jobs bill.
Senate Republicans and moderate Democrats blocked the first attempt by to pass a scaled-down version of the $447 billion Obama jobs bill, calling it a 'bailout.'
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House votes to strip EPA of power to curb carbon emissions
The House voted Thursday to bar the EPA from regulating carbon emissions and other greenhouse gases. The Senate on Wednesday rejected a similar proposal. Still, the fight is far from over.
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Senate enters total gridlock as Election 2010 nears
Democrats failed to move forward on a bill that would have ended a tax break critics say rewards companies who send jobs abroad. Legislation is going nowhere ahead of Election 2010.
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Healthcare reform 'fixes' pass, but is bipartisanship lost?
Other large social programs like Medicare and Social Security passed with strong bipartisan majorities, but healthcare reform and its package of 'fixes' lacked a single Republican vote. Republican leaders call the process used to pass healthcare reform a 'game-changer.'
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Will Senate Democrats' healthcare reform tradeoffs seal the deal?
The healthcare reform tradeoffs reached Tuesday - no public option but expanded Medicare access - may help Senate Democrats win more moderates' votes. But it's still not clear they've got to 60.
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Under pressure, moderate Democrats agree to advance healthcare bill
Majority Leader Harry Reid needed his full Democratic caucus to move healthcare to the floor of the Senate. Several Democratic senators facing conservative constituents back home finally agreed.
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What would a Republican healthcare bill look like?
Democrats have chided Republicans for not offering their own healthcare ideas. But GOP attempts to turn the debate toward more incentives and fewer mandates have been rebuffed.
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Town-hall meetings: facing voter wrath on healthcare
Healthcare forums evoked anger, but there was constructive dialogue, too.
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Foreclose vs. resetting mortgages: the fight goes on
The Senate nears a vote on a bill to help ease the foreclosure crisis, as banking and real estate lobbies successfully resist efforts to let courts adjust terms of mortgages.
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Controversial 'card check' bill back for fourth time
The business community says the bill, which makes it easier for workers to unionize, would be a job killer.
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Huckabee: Republicans deserve a choice
There's no Senate bid or third-party race in his future, Huckabee says at Monitor Breakfast.
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