Posts Tagged ‘extend’
McConnell: Extend tax cut short-term and long-term (AP)
AP – The Senate’s top Republican on Thursday urged the GOP-led House to pass a short-term renewal of payroll tax cuts and break an impasse that threatens 160 million workers with a 2 percentage point tax increase on Jan. 1.
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Obama urges Hill leaders to extend payroll tax cut (AP)
AP – Seeking to break a stalemate that is threatening 160 million workers with Jan. 1 tax increases, President Barack Obama urged the top leaders of Congress Wednesday to first pass a short-term extension while promising to work with lawmakers on a full-year measure.
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GOP contenders: Extend anti-terror Patriot Act (AP)
AP – Republican presidential hopefuls spoke up strongly for the anti-terror Patriot Act in campaign debate Tuesday night, saying it should be extended or perhaps strengthened to help identify and capture those who would attack the United States.
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Senate votes to extend provisions of Patriot Act (AP)
AP – The Senate on Tuesday voted to extend for 90 days the legal life of three post-Sept. 11 terrorism-fighting measures, including the use of roving wiretaps, that are set to expire at the end of the month.
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Rangers extend Pens’ nightmare N.Y. weekend
The Penguins had a miserable weekend in New York. The Rangers did not care. They had enough problems of their own, with a six-game slide threatening to tear their season apart if it went any further. It did not. For the first time since Jan. 24, the Blueshirts won a game, snapping their season-worst 0-5-1 skid with a 5-3 triumph that included a season-high three power-play goals.
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Knicks extend hot streak, win 7th in a row
The Knicks have their longest winning streak in nearly a decade. Amar’e Stoudemire had 36 points and 10 rebounds for his seventh straight 30-point game, tying a club record and December’s turnaround team earned its seventh consecutive victory.
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Obama strikes deal with GOP to extend tax cuts
Brushing past Democratic opposition, President Barack Obama announced agreement with Republicans Monday night to extend expiring tax cuts for all Americans, renew jobless benefits and grant a one-year reduction in Social Security taxes for millions.
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