senate sends jobs bill to House - Sentinel & Enterprise
28 May 2012, 5:31 am
THE HOUSE AND senate: Beacon Hill Roll Call records the votes of local representatives on two roll calls and local senators on seven roll calls from the week of May 21-25. All senate roll calls are on the senate debate of the $32.3 billion ...

senate toughens Iran penalties over nuke program - Yahoo Finance
27 May 2012, 11:11 pm
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Intent on weakening Iran economically, the senate on Monday approved tough new penalties on the Tehran regime to thwart its nuclear ambitions. By voice vote, the senate backed the measure ahead of talks between leading nations ...

senate OKs $6.4 billion in FDA user fees - Erie Times-News
27 May 2012, 10:57 pm
WASHINGTON -- Here's how area senators voted on major issues in the week ending Friday. The House was in recess. FDA user fees Voting 96-1, the senate on Thursday sent the House a bill (S 3187) that authorizes $6.4 billion, over five years, in ...

Indiana senate hopeful offers break on student loans - Evansville Courier-Press
27 May 2012, 8:55 pm
INDIANAPOLIS — The interest Hoosier students pay on their federal Stafford college loans should be returned as a credit that lowers their Indiana income taxes, state senate hopeful Terry White says. White, the Warrick County Democratic ...

senate finds $5M for Community Preservation Act in ‘mystery closet’ - Boston Herald
27 May 2012, 7:01 pm
In another departure from the House, the senate during its budget debate on Thursday approved $5 million for the state’s community preservation trust fund to go along with reforms to the law that provides matching grants for cities and towns to preserve ...

Scott Brown-Elizabeth Warren senate race: Boston dailies duke it out - Politico.com
27 May 2012, 3:33 pm
A Massachusetts rivalry featuring two titans whose words regularly send partisans into a tizzy is at full tilt this election year. Except the battle between The Boston Globe and Boston Herald won’t be settled in November. Long before Republican Sen.

Texas senate race pits GOP establishment vs. tea party - Houston Chronicle
26 May 2012, 10:30 pm
LUBBOCK — The rock 'em, sock 'em rhetoric in the race for the Republican nomination for U.S. senate does not impress Ruth Schiermeyer, the sort of woman who will freely share her opinions but not her age. "We don't just need talk. We need action," said ...

senate Armed Services Committee Reins In Pentagon On Alternative Fuel Spending - Huffington Post
26 May 2012, 2:44 pm
WASHINGTON -- The Pentagon's investment in green energy requires too much green paper for some in Congress. A sharply divided senate Armed Services Committee voted this week to prohibit the military from spending money on alternative fuels if ...

Tea Party takes on establishment Republican in Texas senate race - YAHOO!
25 May 2012, 7:03 pm
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - A U.S. senate candidate in Texas with Tea Party backing may win enough votes in Tuesday's Republican primary to force a runoff with the state's lieutenant governor, setting up another battle for the soul of the national Republican ...

California senate OKs ban to keep employers from social media passwords - Los Angeles Times
25 May 2012, 5:23 pm
California's senate doesn't think your employer should have access to your Facebook account, and now, it's passed a bill reflecting that attitude. The state senate passed SB1349 Friday, which would make it illegal for employers and admissions ...