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Senate approves more jobless benefits
With jobless numbers soaring, the US Senate voted to extend unemployment benefits and expand a tax credit for homebuyers. The measure goes to the House of Representatives, where it will likely be approved and sent to President Obama to sign into law.
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Senator Baucus unveils his version of healthcare bill
US Senator Max Baucus (pictured) unveiled a Senate healthcare overhaul proposal that closely mirrors President Barack Obama’s plan, but excludes the government-run option backed by many Democrats. No Republicans have backed the proposal so far.
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A final goodbye to Teddy Kennedy
In this edition: A final goodbye to the lion of the Senate, Edward Kennedy; kidnapped Jaycee Lee Dugard, free after 18 years, reveals the grim details of her ordeal; a report on Ciudad Juarez in Mexico, the world's most dangerous city.
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Kennedy’s death reframes healthcare debate
The death of Senator Edward Kennedy has added new urgency to controversial US healthcare reform efforts, bringing into focus various ways in which stalemate-locked Democrats and Republicans might proceed.
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Edward Kennedy successor to be debated next week
The Massachusetts legislature said on Monday that on September 9 it would "conduct a public hearing dealing with the interim filling" of the Senate seat left vacant by the death of Democratic Senator Edward M. Kennedy on August 25.
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Senate panel endorses Sotomayor's nomination
The US Senate Judiciary Committee has voted to approve Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor to be the first Hispanic justice. Sotomayor is expected to face the full Senate for a final confirmation vote before August 7.
NORTH KOREA
US Senators move to censure Pyongyang
US Senators have introduced a bill to return North Korea to a blacklist of state sponsors of terrorism and reactivate previously lifted sanctions, as well as expanding US military cooperation with South Korea and Japan.
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Democrat wins disputed Minnesota Senate seat
A bitterly contested race in Minnesota for a US Senate seat finally ended on Tuesday when the state's supreme court ruled that Democrat Al Franken had won. His Republican opponent Norm Coleman has conceded the race to the popular comic.
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Senate apologises for 'inhumanity' of slavery
The US Senate has approved a resolution formally apologising for the "fundamental injustice, cruelty, brutality, and inhumanity of slavery" of African-Americans and the infamous Jim Crow laws that enshrined racial segregation.
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Senators to return housing funds received while living rent-free
An expenses scandal is gripping Brazil after revelations that senators pocketed housing funds. Senate leader Jose Sarney (pictured) admitted to receiving a housing allowance while living in a rent-free official residence.
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