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In another departure from the House, the Senate during its budget debate on Thursday approved $5 million for the state’s community preservation trust fund to go along with reforms to the law that provides matching grants for cities and towns to preserve ...
May 28, 2012 at 00:01 | Source: Boston Herald
California's Senate doesn't think your employer should have access to your Facebook account, and now, it's passed a bill reflecting that attitude. The state Senate passed SB1349 Friday, which would make it illegal for employers and admissions ...
May 25, 2012 at 22:23 | Source: Los Angeles Times
WASHINGTON — For the Congressional chamber where bills usually go to die, the Senate is on something of a roll, passing bipartisan legislation, confirming nominees — and potentially isolating House Republican leaders who have made Senate ...
May 26, 2012 at 13:46 | Source: New York Times
The Pentagon's investment in green energy requires too much green paper for some in Congress. A sharply divided Senate Armed Services Committee voted this week to prohibit the military from spending money on alternative fuels if the cost exceeds ...
May 25, 2012 at 21:33 | Source: ABC News
WASHINGTON, May 26 (UPI) -- A U.S. Senate committee has approved $50 million in a defense spending bill for the U.S. Rangers involved in tracking Ugandan warlord Joseph Kony. The Senate Armed Services Committee approved a bill Thursday that ...
May 26, 2012 at 22:36 | Source: United Press International
Amid the debating and deal-making on budget amendments Thursday, the state Senate paused for a solemn ceremony in which each senator took turns to read the names of the 135 Bay State servicemen and women killed in action in Iraq and Afghanistan, plus those ...
May 28, 2012 at 06:20 | Source: Boston Herald
A Senate panel yesterday narrowly voted to block the U.S. military from increasing its use of alternatives to petroleum-based fuels. The move echoes a similar ban on alternatives agreed to by the House of Representatives last week. The measure is expected ...
May 25, 2012 at 20:50 | Source: Science Now
THE HOUSE AND SENATE: Beacon Hill Roll Call records the votes of local representatives on two roll calls and local senators on seven roll calls from the week of May 21-25. All Senate roll calls are on the Senate debate of the $32.3 billion ...
May 28, 2012 at 10:31 | Source: Sentinel & Enterprise
WASHINGTON — The Senate Ethics Committee publicly admonished Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) for improperly meeting with a lobbyist and former aide to Sen. John Ensign, the Nevada Republican who resigned from the Senate after having an affair with ...
May 26, 2012 at 16:24 | Source: Los Angeles Times
WASHINGTON — The Senate on Thursday voted to extend the life of the National Flood Insurance Program for 60 days, giving lawmakers time to work on a long-term extension that would seek to restore fiscal solvency to the debt-ridden plan. The House last ...
May 27, 2012 at 13:09 | Source: Daily Oklahoman