Senators participate in mock swearing-in ceremony in Washington
Sen. Pat Roberts (R-KS) participates in the re-enactment of his swearing-in with Vice President Dick Cheney in the Old Senate Chambers on Capitol Hill in Washington on January 6, 2008. (UPI Photo/Kevin Dietsch)
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- U.S. Senate Republicans Thursday blocked a proposal by Democrats to expand a payroll tax holiday and pay for it with a higher taxes on millionaires.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 30 (UPI) -- A Republican plan to offset an extension of a U.S. payroll tax cut could involve raising taxes on high-income people, two Republican senators said.
WASHINGTON, July 17 (UPI) -- U.S. Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kan., slammed President Obama's recess appointment of Dr. Donald Berwick to lead the federal agency overseeing Medicare and Medicaid.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 (UPI) -- Actor and Marine Corps veteran R. Lee Ermey says he backs a bill to rename the Department of the Navy the Department of the Navy and Marine Corps.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 (UPI) -- The two Republican U.S. senators representing Kansas say they are confident terrorism detainees would not be moved to an Army post in the state.
WASHINGTON, July 30 (UPI) -- U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell's office said he is giving to charity $10,000 he received for his campaign from indicted Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 (UPI) -- CIA officials were met with approval when they briefed members of the U.S. Congress in September 2002 on the tactic of waterboarding, it was reported Sunday.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 (UPI) -- Former CIA operative Valerie Plame accused U.S. Senate Republicans of twisting the facts about the selection of her husband for a mission to Niger.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 (UPI) -- The U.S. Senate Thursday gave final legislative approval to the expansion of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program.
COFFEYVILLE, Kan., July 4 (UPI) -- An inspection of Coffeyville, Kan., areas affected by flooding and an oil spill has found some residences are not yet safe to enter.
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