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Halimah Abdullah

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Dec 10, 2017
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Senate Defeats Rand Paul’s Resolution to Kill EPA Cross-State Rules

Washington – The Senate on Thursday defeated Kentucky Republican Sen. Rand Paul's bid to nix new Environmental Protection Agency rules regulating cross-state power plant pollution. The…
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Halimah Abdullah
November 12, 2011
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House GOP Bill Would Roll Back Basic Air-Pollution Rules

Washington — The House of Representatives is scheduled to vote Friday on a bill that's mushroomed recently into a plan to block the Obama administration's two main rules…
by
Renee Schoof &
Halimah Abdullah,
McClatchy Newspapers
September 22, 2011
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Senate Votes Down Effort to Weaken EPA Authority

Washington – The Senate voted Wednesday against a measure that would have blocked the Environmental Protection Agency from issuing new regulations on greenhouse gasses — a move that…
by
Halimah Abdullah &
Renee Schoof
April 7, 2011
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Sestak Defeats Specter in Pennsylvania Primary; Paul Defeats Grayson in Kentucky

Philadelphia – Sen. Arlen Specter, who switched from Republican to Democrat because he felt he couldn’t survive a GOP primary, lost Pennsylvania’s Democratic primary Tuesday night to Rep.…
by
Halimah Abdullah,
William Douglas &
David Lightman,
McClatchy Newspapers
May 18, 2010
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Another GOP Senator Blocks Extension of Jobless Benefits

Washington – An estimated 212,500 people across the United States are in danger of exhausting their federal unemployment benefits this week because a Republican senator has blocked Congress…
by
Grace Gagliano,
David Lightman &
Halimah Abdullah,
McClatchy Newspapers
April 9, 2010
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Senate Votes to Revive Programs After Bunning Relents

Washington – By a vote of 78 to 19, the Senate Tuesday night passed funding to revive government programs that aid jobless people, highway projects and other initiatives…
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David Lightman &
Halimah Abdullah,
McClatchy Newspapers
March 2, 2010
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Who Really Gets Hurt When GOP’s Bunning Blocks This Bill?

Washington – The Department of Transportation furloughed nearly 2,000 employees without pay Monday as the government began to feel the impact of Republican Sen. Jim Bunning’s one-man blockage…
by
Halimah Abdullah &
David Lightman,
McClatchy Newspapers
March 1, 2010
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GOP Sen. Bunning Blocks Unemployment Benefits Extension

Washington – Some unemployment benefits could dry up Monday. Newly laid-off workers wouldn’t get federal help with health insurance premiums. Road and transit bills could go unpaid, Medicare…
by
Halimah Abdullah &
David Lightman,
McClatchy Newspapers
February 27, 2010
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Despite Prevention Efforts, US Military Suicides Rise

Washington – Eight years of war in Afghanistan and Iraq have etched indelible scars on the psyches of many of the nation’s servicemen and women, and the U.S.…
by
Halimah Abdullah,
McClatchy Newspapers
January 16, 2010
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GOP’s McConnell Vows to Keep Battling Health Care Overhaul

Washington – Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell vowed to keep fighting efforts to pass a massive health care overall even as Democratic leaders declared victory following an early…
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Halimah Abdullah,
McClatchy Newspapers
December 25, 2009
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