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| Jan.9 |
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Reid apologises for Obama remarks
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| Jan.19 |
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Republicans win key US Senate election| Republican Scott Brown has won the race for the Senate seat in the state of Massachusetts left vacant by Edward Kennedy's death | |
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| Jan.27 |
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Obama delivers his first State of the Union US President in his first State of the Union address has said that jobs must be the nation's number one focus
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| Feb.2 |
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US military gay ban 'should go'
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| Feb.23 |
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Electronics cited as Toyota problem
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| Feb.24 |
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 Lawmakers grilled Toyota's president| Toyota's president, Akio Toyoda, acknowledged that the company had made mistakes and apologized for the recent lapses in quality control. Toyoda apologises for faults behind t... | |
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| Feb.25 |
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Travel Promotion Act approved
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| Mar.3 |
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Obama urges Congress to vote on health
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| Mar.4 |
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  Congress panel accuses Turks of genocide House Foreign Affairs Committeel has described the killing of Armenians by Turkish forces during WWI as genocide, despite White House
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| Mar.18 |
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Ex-general links gays in military, massacre
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| Mar.20 |
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Obama in final health vote push
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| Mar.21 |
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Debate under way in on healthcare bill
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U.S. House passes health care vote  The House passed the Senate's health care reform bill and a package of measures meant to reconcile differences with the Senate bill
| The compromise bill drafted by top Democrats will cost $940 billion over the next 10 years, cuts the deficit by $138 billion during that period. It would reduce the deficit by another $1.2 trillion in the following decade
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| Mar.25 |
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Final vote approves US healthcare reform
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| Apr.8 |
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U.S.-Russia arms treaty to face GOP
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| Apr.26 |
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Senate bars bank reform debate
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| Apr.27 |
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Goldman Sachs' under fire at hearing
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| Apr.28 |
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Republicans allow financial reform debate
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Hearing questions legality of drone attacks
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| May.10 |
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Oil firms 'set for Senate clash'
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| May.11 |
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Blame game as US fights oil spill
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| May.12 |
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 Deepwater Horizon preventer 'faulty' Congressional investigators believe the device meant to stop oil leaking from a Gulf of Mexico well after last month's rig explosion was faulty
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| May.19 |
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Sean Penn: Haiti on 'razor's edge'
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| May.20 |
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Senate approves reforms of Wall Street The US Senate has passed a bill providing the most sweeping overhaul of financial regulations since the 1930s
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| Jun.15 |
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US oil firms 'not ready' for leak
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| Jun.16 |
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 US Congress set to grill BP chief Tony Hayward is set to face a grilling, a day after the oil firm agreed a $20bn compensation fund for victims of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill
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| Jun.17 |
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Congress tells BP ignored oil well dangers Chief executive Tony Hayward has been told by an angry US Congressional panel his firm ignored dangers when drilling in the Gulf of Mexico
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| Jun.28 |
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Kagan faces US court questioning
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| Jun.29 |
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  Petraeus: Afghan fighting may worsen The man chosen to take charge of the US military in Afghanistan has warned of an escalation of violence in the coming months
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| Jul.15 |
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US financial reform passed by Senate The Senate has given final approval to the biggest overhaul of American financial regulation in decades
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| Jul.19 |
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 Cameron agrees Lockerbie meeting UK Prime Minister David Cameron has agreed to meet 4 US senators to discuss allegations that BP lobbied for the release of the Lockerbie bom...
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| Jul.21 |
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BP boss invited to Lockerbie hearing
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| Aug.24 |
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McCain bests Tea Party challenger
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| Sep.21 |
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Bid to repeal US gay ban falters The senators have rejected attempts to open a debate on a bill which allowing the repeal of the ban on openly gay military personnel
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| Sep.29 |
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 Senators want facts on bomber's release The Foreign Relations Committee will hold a hearing on the circumstances surrounding the release of convicted Pan Am Flight 103 bomber
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| Sep.30 |
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'US bill on yuan would hurt both countries' U.S. House's passage of legislation designed to combat Beijing's manipulation of currency
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| Oct.7 |
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Pentagon blasted over contractors A Senate report rips into the Pentagon for failing to keep track of tens of thousands of private security contractors in Afghanistan
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| Nov.2 |
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Republicans build up Senate seats Early results in the US mid-term elections are looking bad for President Barack Obama's government with a series of Republican Senate wins
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Republicans win House, Dems keep Senate US Republicans have ridden a wave of economic discontent to capture the House but President Obama's party has kept the Senate
| GOP has picked up nine governorships from Democrats. Republicans took six Senate seats from the Democrats but they fell short of victory. John Boehner is the likely new House Speaker
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| Nov.3 |
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 Republicans to fight Obama agenda John Boehner said Americans had voted for 'limited government', and pledged to roll back Mr Obama's healthcare reform "monstrosity
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| Nov.4 |
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Obama calls party leaders meeting
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Democrat Murray win in Washington state
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| Nov.24 |
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DeLay guilty of money laundering  A jury has convicted former US House Majority Leader Tom DeLay on charges of illegally funnelling corporate money to Texas candidates
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| Dec.8 |
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House bars Guantanamo transfers
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| Dec.9 |
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U.S. Speaker to attend Nobel ceremony
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| Dec.17 |
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US Congress passes Obama tax deal
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| Dec.18 |
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US soldier gay ban set for repeal The Senate has taken a key step towards allowing gay people to serve openly in the military
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| Dec.21 |
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Senator: Bomber's release not justified An investigation into the release of Pan Am Flight 103 bomber has found the medical prognosis 'was inaccurate and unsupported by medical sci...
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| Dec.22 |
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 Obama hails nuclear treaty vote| The US president has welcomed the US Senate's ratification of a much-delayed nuclear arms treaty with Russia | |
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| Dec.31 |
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Miller accepts Senate loss
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