Republicans push tax cut bill through House with pipeline tie
House Republicans passed a measure extending Social Security payroll tax cuts for about 160 million Americans while linking a Canada to Texas Keystone XL pipeline. The bill, 234 to 193, faces Senate defeat but caps a partisan year. It extends unemployment insurance, preserves doctors' Medicare payments, and cost concerns trigger White House veto threats.
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Bell's 1880s recordings revived at Library of Congress
A Washington lab recording of Alexander Graham Bell reciting Hamlet's soliloquy is played for scientists and journalists. The green wax disc crackles as the 130 year old audio is recovered after being stored at the Smithsonian.
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