Olympia Snowe (born 1947) overcame the early deaths of both of her parents and her first husband to build a strong political career grounded in fiscal conservatism and to forge a fulfilling personal l...
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Genetic information no longer could be used to deny someone health insurance or job opportunities under legislation passed by the House on Wednesday."If your grandmother had breast cancer, you shou...
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An effort to let the government negotiate drug prices on behalf of the elderly and the disabled moved a step closer to reality Thursday with the approval of legislation by a Senate committee.Democr...
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An effort to let the government negotiate drug prices on behalf of the elderly and the disabled moved a step closer to reality Thursday with the approval of legislation by a Senate committee.Democr...
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Genetic information no longer could be used to deny someone health insurance or job opportunities under legislation passed by the House on Wednesday."If your grandmother had breast cancer, you shou...
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Two Senators on Friday called for a congressional hearing to investigate reports that phone and cable companies are unfairly stifling communications over the Internet and on cell phones.Sens. Byron...
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Democratic U.S. senator
said he would introduce bipartisan legislation Thursday that
would impose a 90-day delay on an impending U.S. Federal
Communications Commission dec...
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The Senate voted Thursday to give federal regulators increased authority to monitor electronic energy markets and protect against market manipulation.The provision, put into a farm bill, was aimed ...
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The Senate just shot down Jim Webb’s “Time-off” amendment, which would have mandated that troops receive one month off for every month they are on duty. (Right now, many brigades...
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Olympia Snowe
House OKs ban on genetic discrimination
