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House approves medical care device tax repeal Saturday, Sep 28, 2013 09:11 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Republican-led House of Representatives early on Sunday moved the government closer to a shutdown by rejecting the Democratic-led Senate's supposed final offer for funding federal agencies beyond Monday. In a mostly partisan vote, the House defied a White House veto threat and added to a Senate-passed spending bill a provision repealing a medical device tax intended to help fund President Barack Obama's landmark healthcare law. (Reporting by Richard Cowan; Editing by Paul Simao) Full Story | Top |
Special Report: Myanmar old guard clings to $8 billion jade empire Saturday, Sep 28, 2013 06:48 PM PDT | Top |
House advances spending bill Obama says he'll veto Saturday, Sep 28, 2013 06:41 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A bill to fund the U.S. government in the new fiscal year starting on Tuesday but delay President Barack Obama's healthcare law cleared a procedural hurdle in the House of Representatives on Saturday. By a vote of 231-191, the Republican-controlled House set up final debate of the legislation with a vote on passage expected soon, despite a White House promise to veto the legislation because it would gut "Obamacare." (Reporting By Richard Cowan; Editing by Peter Cooney) Full Story | Top |
U.S. Senate likely to meet Monday on government spending bill -aide Saturday, Sep 28, 2013 03:08 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate is unlikely to hold a Sunday session and instead probably will convene as planned on Monday to consider any government funding bill passed this weekend by the House of Representatives, a Senate Democratic aide said on Saturday. The aide added that the Senate would likely use a parliamentary maneuver allowing it to strip out objectionable amendments to the emergency funding bill the Republican-controlled House is expected to attach. ... Full Story | Top |
White House warns U.S. House it's moving toward government shutdown Saturday, Sep 28, 2013 02:19 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - White House press secretary Jay Carney said on Saturday that any lawmaker who votes for a new House Republican government funding bill is "voting for a shutdown." In a brief statement, Carney said the Republican-led House of Representatives needed to pass instead the measure approved by the Democratic-led Senate on Friday that, unlike the House alternative, would fund the healthcare law known as Obamacare. (Reporting By Thomas Ferraro; Editing by Peter Cooney) Full Story | Top |
U.S. Senate will reject new House bill to fund government: Reid Saturday, Sep 28, 2013 01:00 PM PDT | Top |
U.S. House passes bill to regulate drug compounding Saturday, Sep 28, 2013 12:25 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives on Saturday passed legislation that would give the Food and Drug Administration more authority to regulate companies that compound sterile drugs and ship them across state lines. The bill, called the Drug Quality and Security Act, now goes to the Senate for a vote. House and Senate committees agreed on the legislation on Wednesday. ... Full Story | Top |
Aftershock kills 15 in quake-hit Pakistan province Saturday, Sep 28, 2013 09:40 AM PDT | Top |
Race to get Obamacare online sites running goes to the wire Saturday, Sep 28, 2013 08:50 AM PDT | Top |
Scientists urge Europe to shift focus to bowel cancer screening Saturday, Sep 28, 2013 07:32 AM PDT By Kate Kelland AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - European governments should divert funds to routine bowel cancer tests from less effective breast and prostate screening programs, scientists said on Saturday, presenting what they called "irrefutable" evidence that bowel screening saves lives. Many governments devote significant funds to breast cancer screening, but studies in recent years have found that routine breast mammograms can also lead to so-called "over-diagnosis" when tests pick up tumors that would not have caused a problem. ... Full Story | Top |
Drug 'Molly' is taking a party toll in the United States Saturday, Sep 28, 2013 12:13 AM PDT | Top |
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