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Today, the President signed the Worker, Homeownership, and Business Assistance Act into law, which extends unemployment benefits to those who have been jobless for a long period of time, provides tax incentives to prospective homebuyers, and includes tax cuts for struggling businesses.
I stood with Members of the Tri-Caucus last month to register our strong opposition to the Vitter-Bennett amendment.
I am pleased the Senate has passed legislation that is vital to Americans who have lost their jobs as a result of the deepest recession in over three-quarters of a century.
With the completion of the Manager’s Amendment to the Affordable Health Care for America Act, we are now in the final stage of moving this critical bill through the House.
Today, Democrats kept up the fight to protect consumers who are struggling to recover from the deep recession.
I rise to voice my objection to the unbalanced and inaccurate Report of the United Nations Fact Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict, otherwise known as the Goldstone Report.
More than four months after they said they would offer a comprehensive health care alternative – and only days before reform will be considered on the House Floor - the Republican Leadership has finally decided it will cobble together a few ideas.
Today's announcement shows the Recovery Act is working as intended to create jobs and bring an end to the severe recession.
A sign that the economy is recovering, the Commerce Department announced that the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) rose at a 3.5 percent annual rate in the 3rd quarter, the best quarter for growth in two years.