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Ernest Nitzberg says he immediately felt cheated when he received a statement from Chase in January that showed he owed $6,200 on a debit card -- a card he said he'd signed up for but had not yet received. When Chase refused to refund his money, he ...
Just a week after Senate Republican Jim Bunning's infamous obstruction of an unemployment benefits extension, the GOP is taking another stand that pits deficit reduction against aid to the poor and jobless. On Tuesday, Senate Republicans -- along with ...
Advocates of legal services for the poor are up in arms over the nomination of Sharon Browne to the board of directors of the Legal Services Corporation, the federal agency that oversees federal aid to such programs A Senate panel will likely approve ...
"Tent cities are American's de facto waiting room for affordable and accessible housing," said coalition director Neil Donovan in a statement. "The idea of someone living in a tent (or other encampment) in this country says little about the decisions ...
In response to news that the national unemployment rate held steady at 9.7 percent after employers shed 36,000 jobs, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said on the Senate floor that "today is a big day in America. Only 36,00 people lost their ...
The lobbying reforms proposed by freshman Sen. Michael Bennet on Wednesday would end up crushing many a Capitol Hill career path. As part of a package that includes filibuster reform, a freeze on salaries and earmark transparency, the Colorado Democrat ...
Sen. Jim Bunning continues to object to extending unemployment benefits. On Monday, the Kentucky Republican once again prevented a vote on a bill that would extend eligibility for enhanced unemployment benefits and subsidized health insurance for ...
Consistent with Senate Standing Orders and my policy of publishing in the Congressional Record a statement whenever I place a hold on legislation, I am announcing my intention to object to any unanimous consent request to proceed to legislation ...
Jim Bunning, a Republican from Kentucky, is single-handedly blocking Senate action needed to prevent an estimated 1.2 million American workers from prematurely losing their unemployment benefits next month. As Democratic senators asked again and again ...
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