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Senate votes to extend USA Patriot Act for 1 year
By News on Feb 24, 2010
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Senate voted Wednesday to extend for a year key provisions of the nation's counterterrorism surveillance law that are scheduled to expire at the end of the month. In agreeing to pass the bill, Senate Democrats retreated from adding new privacy protections to the USA Patriot Act....Obama, Dems look beyond health summit
By News on Feb 24, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama and congressional Democrats, holding out little hope for Thursday's televised bipartisan summit on health care, are prepared to try for a far-reaching bill in the coming weeks without a single Republican vote....
Senators to NASA chief: Go somewhere specific
By News on Feb 24, 2010
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Skeptical senators are telling NASA's chief that the space agency lacks a goal and destination....Obama: Health care plan good for businesses
By News on Feb 24, 2010
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama says his proposal to overhaul the nation's health care system would create more certainty for businesses....Bernanke: Record-low rates still needed
By News on Feb 24, 2010
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke told Congress on Wednesday that record-low interest rates are still needed to ensure that the economic recovery will last and to help ease the sting of high unemployment....