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Oil market bill's future dim despite big vote
Associated PressThe Senate voted 94-0 Tuesday to move ahead on legislation to curb speculation in oil markets. But any hope of bipartisanship to pass the bill is probably a mirage. The Senate bill would require the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to set limits on...Tags: Harry Reid, Republican Party, National Government, John McCain, Government
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Adding fuel to drilling debate
WASHINGTON — Putting pressure on congressional Democrats to back more exploration for oil, President George W. Bush on Monday lifted an executive ban on offshore drilling that has stood since his father was president. But the move, by itself, will...Tags: Political Candidates, Prices, Santa Barbara (Santa Barbara, California), National Government, California
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Debate Revived On Offshore Drilling
Washington PostOn Jan. 28, 1969, a blowout on a Unocal rig 6 miles off the coast of California spilled 3 million gallons of oil into the waters off Santa Barbara. The blackened beaches and oil-soaked birds and seals became icons for the environmental movement and...Tags: Political Candidates, National Government, Forestry and Timber, Polls, California
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Former Sen. Jesse Helms dead at 86
Former Sen. Jesse Helms, who served 30 years in Congress, died on the Fourth of July, the Jesse Helms research center says. He was 86. The center, based at Wingate University, said he died at 1:15 a.m. Jimmy Broughton, Helms' former chief of staff, says...Tags: Jesse Helms, The White House, National Government, Elections, Kentucky
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Hillary Clinton: the Ginger Rogers of the trail
TOP OF THE TICKETThe woman who made pantsuits a staple of late-night joke sessions and nearly became the first female presidential nominee of a major American political party has revealed a secret about her new life as presidential loser. Lost in the many words Hillary...Tags: Ventura (Ventura, California), Political Candidates, National Government, Nick Nolte, California
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Former U.S. Senator Jesse Helms Dead at 86
Associated PressRALEIGH, N.C. Former Sen. Jesse Helms, who built a career along the fault lines of racial politics and battled liberals, Communists and the occasional fellow Republican during 30 conservative years in Congress, died on the Fourth of July. He was 86....Tags: Richard Lugar, Political Candidates, National Government, Academic Progress, Fidel Castro
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Senate OKs spy plan that ends suits against phone companies
Bloomberg NewsThe Senate gave final congressional approval to legislation that overhauls U.S. electronic spying and ends lawsuits against telephone companies that aided government wiretapping of suspected terrorists. Democratic Senator Barack Obama of Illinois...Tags: National Government, Consumer Electronics Industry, Business Enterprises, Government, Upper House
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Entertainment and politics: Hand in hand for decades
The Associated PressWASHINGTON — Moving from celebrity to senator isn't exactly an untraveled path. But that doesn't mean comedian Al Franken, who is vying for a Senate seat in Minnesota, will coast to Capitol Hill on a wide, smooth road. Franken, a Democrat, best-...Tags: Iowa, Political Candidates, National Government, Sonny Bono, California
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Mourners pay respects to former North Carolina Sen. Jesse Helms
The Associated PressMourners who gathered to remember former North Carolina Sen. Jesse Helms today celebrated both sides of his conflicting persona: the cantankerous conservative who reveled in political confrontation and the Southern gentleman who would do anything to...Tags: Political Candidates, National Government, Connecticut, Government, Floral Design
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Family, admirers lay former Sen. Helms to rest
Mourners who gathered to remember former North Carolina Sen. Jesse Helms on today celebrated both sides of his conflicting persona: the cantankerous conservative who reveled in political confrontation and the Southern gentleman who would do anything to...Tags: Political Candidates, National Government, Connecticut, Floral Design, Government
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