Harry Reid - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-NV, speaks during a ceremony to honor Frank Woodruff Buckles, the only living World War I veteran, on Capitol Hill in Washington on June 18, 2008. (UPI Photo/Roger L. Wollenberg)
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Congress honors last surviving World War I veteran in Washington
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-NV, speaks during a ceremony to honor Frank Woodruff Buckles, the only living World War I veteran, on Capitol Hill in Washington on June 18, 2008.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- The inclusion of $110 billion in tax breaks sweetened the pot enough for the Senate to pass legislation Wednesday night to bail out the U.S. financial markets.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 (UPI) -- The U.S. House of Representatives rejected the historic $700 billion bailout bill for the U.S. financial markets on a 205-228 vote Monday.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 (UPI) -- Barack Obama held rallies Saturday in North Carolina and Virginia, while John McCain returned to Washington after debating his Democratic rival.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 (UPI) -- Congress will stay in session "as long as it takes" to hammer out a bailout for U.S. financial markets, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., said Friday.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 (UPI) -- Sen. Jim DeMint, R-S.C., Monday joined the list of congressional Republicans who oppose the $700 billion bailout of Wall Street investment firms.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 (UPI) -- The White House said Thursday U.S. President George Bush has full confidence in Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Chris Cox.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 (UPI) -- Congressional members said they are considering possibly creating a new U.S. agency to buy bad debt considered to be the center of Wall Street's woes.
NEW YORK, Sept. 16 (UPI) -- Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair has agreed to make his first appearance on "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart," Comedy Central announced Tuesday.