Posts Tagged ‘agreement’
Lawmakers edge toward agreement on Wall St. bill (AP)
AP – Working into early Friday, lawmakers drafting an overhaul of bank regulations softened a contentious Wall Street restriction that would force large bank holding companies to spin off their lucrative derivatives business.
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Greek leader says agreement reached on aid deal (AP)
AP – Greece has reached agreement with the EU and IMF on an aid package to stave off bankruptcy, and has no choice but to implement new harsh austerity measures, including cuts to civil servants’ salaries and pensions, Prime Minister George Papandreou said.
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Democrats seek agreement, vote on health care (AP)
AP – Under White House pressure to act swiftly, House and Senate Democratic leaders reached for agreement Friday on President Barack Obama’s health care bill, sweetened suddenly by fresh billions for student aid and a sense that breakthroughs are at hand.
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Dems seek agreement, quick vote on health care (AP)
AP – Under White House pressure to act swiftly, House and Senate Democratic leaders reached for agreement Friday on President Barack Obama’s health care bill, sweetened suddenly by fresh billions for student aid and a sense that breakthroughs are at hand.
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Pelosi: Dems close on health care agreement (AP)
AP – Democrats claimed momentum Wednesday in their drive to enact the sweeping health care legislation sought by President Barack Obama, citing near agreement on crucial issues despite persistent Republican efforts to knock them offstride.
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Health summit: Heated talk, little agreement (AP)
AP – With tempers flaring, President Barack Obama and congressional Republicans clashed in an extraordinary live-on-TV summit Thursday over the right prescription for the nation’s broken health care system, talking of agreement but holding to long-entrenched positions that leave them far apart.
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