Senate gives up on passing farm bill before Christmas
The Senate failed to reach 60 votes to advance a broad farm bill, delaying action into the 2002 election year. The Bush administration opposed the plan, which would lift spending by about 80 percent over a decade, while Democrats warn of a $170 billion programs budget at risk.
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Washington
Senate
Chamber
Bush
Agriculture
Ann Veneman
Bruce Knight
National Corn Growers Association
Tom Daschle
Tim Johnson
South Dakota
Minnesota
Paul Wellstone
Harkin
Congress Advances Three Spending Bills to Fight Terror
Congress near final approval of three omnibus bills totaling 318 billion for defense, 20 billion for anti terrorism, and 123 billion for education and labor plus 18.4 billion for foreign aid. House backed education 393 30 and foreign aid 357 66 setting fiscal 2002 spending amid post 9 11 security measures.
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Washington
Congress
House
Senate
Pentagon
New York
U S forces take custody of three more Taliban figures
Pentagon reports three more captives, believed important Taliban or al Qaida figures, moved to USS Peleliu in the Arabian Sea. The total eight on the ship near Pakistan and twenty three in U S hands, as authorities pursue leaders across Afghanistan and Pakistan.
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al-Qaida
Navy
Arabian Sea
U.S
Pentagon
Victoria Clarke
Clarke
Pakistan
Afghanistan
Peleliu
Mazar-e- Sharif
Taliban
Kandahar
Tora Bora
Osama bin Laden
al- Qaida
Defense
Donald H. Rumsfeld
Rumsfeld
United States
Afghanistan-Pakistan
Senate doubts House stimulus bill survival in Senate
In Washington, Senate Democrats scoff at the House tax cut and unemployment aid package calling it laughable and politically staged. Republicans push for a vote while Bush urges action. The bill would spend 218 billion over three years, extending unemployment benefits and offering health insurance subsidies, with tax cuts and aid to states and cities.
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Senate
Harry Reid
Nevada
House
Reid
Dennis Hastert
Congress
Charles Grassley
Iowa
Senate Finance Committee
Tom Daschle
D-S.d
Bush
White House
America
New York City
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