1. House Republicans have backed down. Speaker John Boehner says there's now an agreement to accept the Senate's bipartisan two-month payroll tax cut. President Barack Obama congratulated lawmakers for ending what he calls a bipartisan stalemate. 2.

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1. The CEO of JPMorgan Chase is keeping his job as chairman of the board. Some shareholders wanted Jamie Dimon to lose the other title after the giant bank lost two billion dollars on risky trades. However, he survived the vote that began weeks befor

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President-elect Barack Obama urged congressional leaders on Monday to act quickly to pass a huge stimulus package for the U.S. economy. Mr. Obama met with a bipartisan group of lawmakers on Capitol Hill. President-elect Barack Obama meets with House

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国会通过1.1万亿美元支出法案 With that vote, congress passed a $1.1 trillion spending bill. 国会通过1.1万亿美元支出法案。 As we end the year, I think by any objective standard, it's been a year of significant accomplishment. 年

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New public opinion polls show that President Barack Obama and both major U.S. political parties face a challenging political climate in the months ahead. Two recent surveys - one by ABC News and The Washington Post newspaper, the other by the Gallup

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By Jim Malone Washington 08 December 2006 President Bush and members of Congress from both political parties have generally welcomed the recommendations put forward by the Iraq Study Group headed by former Secretary of State James Baker and former C

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