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Canadian Parliamentary Review
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March 22, 2008
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- Mussell, Mary
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The Senate was occupied during the early days of the Second Session of the Thirty-ninth Parliament with the customary duties of a new session. Debate on the Address in Reply to the Speech from the Throne, the formal response from the Senate to the Governor General's recitation of the Government's agenda for the session, began immediately and continued until its adoption on November 27. Twenty-three senators spoke, including Senator Bert Brown, a new senator who took the occasion to make his maiden speech in the Senate.
There is also business that must be completed at the beginning of a new session so that committees can begin their work. On November 1, the Senate confirmed ...
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Senate Awaits Campaign Finance Bill
AP Online;
February 15, 2002 ;
JIM ABRAMS, Associated Press Writer;
651 words
...00-00-0000 Title: Senate Awaits Campaign Finance Bill [image omitted] WASHINGTON...until the following week. Senate supporters of the bill sponsored by Reps. Christopher...Thursday proposed that the Senate take up the bill upon its arrival from the...
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Senate approves energy bill
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;
August 1, 2003 ;
H. JOSEF HEBERT;
693 words
...Senate approves energy bill Policy calls for more corn-based...was cleared for passage of the bill when Senate Republicans abandoned legislation...Spencer Abraham called getting the bill through the Senate "a vitally critical step to ensure...
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Bill to Overhaul Welfare Clears Senate, 74 to 24; Clinton Calls for...
The Washington Post;
July 24, 1996 ;
Barbara Vobejda; Helen Dewar;
787 words
......is acceptable." Like the House bill, the Senate version turns control of welfare...keep your promise and sign this bill." Senate Democrats split evenly on the...could well be tougher than the Senate bill. Senators yesterday rejected other...
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Senate passes welfare overhaul: President could get final bill next...
The Washington Times;
July 24, 1996 ;
Wetzstein, Cheryl;
787 words
...The Senate last night overwhelmingly passed a bill that would limit how...Clinton praised the Senate bill, saying: Today the Senate . . . took some major...years and years. This bill is about kids, said Senate Budget Committee Chairman...
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Assembly passes mine bill with GOP amendment intact Change means measure...
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;
January 23, 1998 ;
AMY RINARD;
787 words
......swallow," Chvala said. The Senate approved the moratorium bill by a 29-3 vote last March...measure, that any changes to the Senate-passed bill could doom the measure because...minds and allow the original Senate bill to go to the governor's desk...
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Republicans Not Done With Crime Bill; Gramm Plans Procedural Challenge in...
The Washington Post;
August 23, 1994 ;
Helen Dewar;
787 words
......any questions about the bill on budget grounds when the Senate first acted on it last...if changes proposed by Senate Republicans were approved, the bill would be doomed in the...home without a crime bill," said Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman...
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SENATE VOTES TO TIGHTEN WELFARE CASH SWEEPING CHANGES IN BILL; CLINTON...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);
July 24, 1996 ;
787 words
...The Senate yesterday approved a comprehensive welfare bill that would end the...reform. Today the Senate took some major steps to improve the bill going through Congress...Democratic support for the bill eroded as the Senate rejected several...
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SENATE WELFARE BILL OK'D : FIVE-YEAR LIMIT FOR BENEFITS SET.(News)
Daily News (Los Angeles, CA);
July 24, 1996 ;
779 words
......New York Times The Senate approved a comprehensive welfare bill Tuesday that would...similar to the House bill passed last week. The Senate approved only two...level of policy.'' The Senate measure, like the House bill, would impose a five-ye...
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Analysis: Senate debating defense spending bill which would fund...
Morning Edition (NPR);
December 21, 2005 ;
RENEE MONTAGNE;
658 words
......NPR) 12-21-2005 Analysis: Senate debating defense spending bill which would fund operations...morning again urged the Senate to pass the bill. President GEORGE W. BUSH...technical changes to the bill made by the Senate, so now it has to go back...
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Senate OKs energy bill, doubles use of ethanol Bill on national policy...
Oakland Tribune;
August 1, 2003 ;
H. Josef Hebert, Associated Press;
749 words
......cleared for passage of the bill when Senate leaders abandoned legislation...weeks to push a GOP-drafted bill through a balky Senate. "Never in our dreams did...sources. While last year's bill, which passed the Senate 88-11, is largely similar...
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Senate Approves Energy Bill
AP Online;
August 1, 2003 ;
H. JOSEF HEBERT, Associated Press Writer;
753 words
......cleared for passage of the bill when Senate leaders abandoned legislation...weeks to push a GOP-drafted bill through a balky Senate. Never in our dreams did...sources. While last year's bill, which passed the Senate 88-11, is largely similar...
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House fails to agree with Senate's D.C. bill
Human Events;
October 20, 2000 ;
Anonymous;
490 words
......all was to adopt the Senate version. "The Senate bill is a bill that was supported by virtually...out that his bill had some funding that the Senate bill lacked. He also criticized the Senate bill for failing to take steps to reform D.C. General...
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Senate GOP Kills McCain Tobacco Bill
The Washington Post;
June 18, 1998 ;
Saundra Torry; Helen Dewar;
787 words
...Senate Republicans yesterday killed a national tobacco bill championed by public health...floor this year. "This bill dies tonight but the issue will live," said Senate Minority Leader Thomas...analysts began to predict the bill would pass the Senate and steam into the House...
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SENATE PASSES ACCOUNTING BILL
United Press International;
July 15, 2002 ;
787 words
...00-00-0000 Senate passes accounting bill WASHINGTON, Jul 15, 2002...Bush urged the House and Senate to put the bill on his desk by the August...D-Wyo., a member of the Senate Banking Committee that drafted the bill. I do think this bill will...
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Self-defense bill passes in Senate; It would expand use of deadly force
Concord Monitor;
March 10, 2006 ;
ERIC MOSKOWITZ; Monitor staff;
765 words
...The Senate yesterday passed a bill that would eliminate the responsibility...decisive vote on a roll call. The Senate then approved the bill by a vocal majority. But Sen...without retreating first. The Senate bill approved yesterday would eliminate...
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