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US Senate Considers New Bailout Bill Vote

The U.S. Senate has scheduled a new bailout bill vote for Wednesday night on a new version of the $700 billion financial rescue plan. New measures in the bill are designed to win the support of lawmakers in the House of Representatives, who rejected the previous version. VOA's Gabe Joselow reports from Washington.

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Senate Panel Approves India, USA Nuclear Deal

Advancing the hope for an early Indo-US nuclear accord, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted to approve the Bill by 19 to 2, sending it to the full Senate (rpt) Senate.

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Tests Show Sen. Kennedy Has Malignant Brain Tumor

Tests after Senator Edward Kennedy's seizure this past Saturday revealed that the Senator has a Malignant form of Brain Tumor.

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US Senate Advances Own Version of Economic Stimulus Plan

The U.S. Senate will hold debates on two competing versions of an economic stimulus plan Thursday.

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US Senate rejects anti-war bill

President George W Bush's administration has beat off the latest bid by Democrats to derail its Iraq strategy, as the Senate blocked a bid to limit numbers of troops ready for deployment.

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Sen. Larry Craig (R) Arrested for Lewd Conduct

Roll Call today broke a story that Senator Larry Craig, a veteran republican senator from Idaho was arrested in in June at a Minnesota airport by a plainclothes police officer investigating lewd conduct complaints in a men’s public restroom.

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US Senate approves national security package

The Senate approved a package of security measures recommended by the 9/11 Commission, shifting more federal money to high-risk states and cities and requiring more stringent screening of air and sea cargo.

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US Senate Debates Iraq Spending Bill With Withdrawal Timeline

The U.S. Senate has been debating a military funding bill that would require President Bush to begin withdrawing troops from Iraq in October. The measure is expected to pass Thursday in the Democratic-controlled Senate.

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Senate Lift s Ban on Federal Funding of Stem Cell Research

The U.S. Senate - in defiance of a presidential veto threat - has voted 63 to 34 to allow federal funding of embryonic stem cell research. VOA's Deborah Tate reports from Capitol Hill.

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U.S. Senate Vote Increases Pressure For Iraq Withdrawal

The U.S. Senate has voted to support withdrawing U.S. troops from Iraq by next March. The vote was close, 50 to 48, and mostly along party lines in the Senate, now just barely controlled by the opposition Democrats.

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Showdown on Iraq Resolution Shifts to US Senate

The U.S. Senate is to hold a procedural vote on a nonbinding resolution expressing disapproval with President Bush's decision to send more troops to Iraq in a rare Saturday session. The action comes a day after the House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved the measure in a symbolic rebuke to the president's Iraq policy.

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US Senator in Critical Condition After Surgery, Could Shift Power Balance

A Democratic member of the U.S. Senate is in critical condition in a Washington hospital after emergency surgery.

Hospital officials have not released details about the surgery or the nature of Senator Tim Johnson's illness, but news reports quote medical sources who say he had brain surgery.

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