US-CUBA: WASHINGTON, Sep 21 (IPS) - U.S. citizens of Cuban descent are once again free to travel to Cuba and send an unlimited amount of money to their relatives on the island, but for the most part U.S. policy toward the communist nation ...
President George W. Bush and congressional leaders conducted fierce lobbying Thursday for enough House votes to push the $700 billion financial industry bailout bill to the finish line. Bush said "a lot of people are watching" and he kept up his ...
President George W. Bush said Thursday "a lot of people are watching" to see if Congress will enact the $700 billion U.S. financial rescue plan that he called the best chance to restore calm to the financial industry. As both Democratic and ...
WASHINGTON U.S. President George W. Bush said Thursday “a lot of people are watching” to see if Congress will enact the $700-billion (U.S.) financial rescue plan that he called the best chance to restore calm to the financial industry. As both ...
of dollars to buy bad mortgage-related securities and other devalued assets held by troubled financial institutions. If successful, advocates say, that would allow frozen credit to begin flowing again and prevent a deep recession. WASHINGTON — After ...
WASHINGTON—Rep. David Dreier says he plans to vote for the rewritten financial industry bailout bill when it comes to the House, even though he "hated" the version that went down there earlier this week. Dreier is a California Republican, and members ...
nominees, Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama, made rare appearances to cast "aye" votes, as did Obama's running mate, Sen. Joe Biden of Delaware. a way to pay for many of the tax cuts, and Blue Dogs typically oppose any measure that ...
WASHINGTON - After one spectacular failure, the $700 billion financial industry bailout found a second life Wednesday, winning lopsided passage in the Senate and gaining ground in the House, where Republicans opposition softened. They were especially ...
Sen. Wayne Allard, R-Colo., asks a question of Donald Rumsfeld during a Senate Appropriations hearing on Thursday, March 9, 2006 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (The Denver Post | Lauren Victoria Burke) After one spectacular failure, the $700 billion ...
After one spectacular failure, the $700 billion financial industry bailout found a second life Wednesday, winning lopsided passage in the Senate and gaining ground in the House, where Republicans opposition softened. Senators loaded the economic ...
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