Halimah Abdullah

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 showdown …

By: 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 to …

By: Renee Schoof &; Halimah Abdullah ,; McClatchyNewspapers

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 further …

By: Halimah Abdullah &; Renee Schoof ,

April 7, 2011

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. Joe …

By: Halimah Abdullah ,; William Douglas ,; David Lightman ,; McClatchyNewspapers

May 18, 2010

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 from …

By: Grace Gagliano ,; David Lightman ,; Halimah Abdullah ,; McClatchyNewspapers

April 9, 2010

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 that …

By: David Lightman &; Halimah Abdullah ,; McClatchyNewspapers

March 2, 2010

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 of …

By: Halimah Abdullah &; David Lightman ,; McClatchyNewspapers

March 1, 2010

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 payments …

By: Halimah Abdullah &; David Lightman ,; McClatchyNewspapers

February 27, 2010

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. military …

By: Halimah Abdullah ,; McClatchyNewspapers

January 16, 2010

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 morning …

By: Halimah Abdullah ,; McClatchyNewspapers

December 25, 2009

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