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December 15, 2011

Shutdown fear hijacks US tax row

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15 December 2011 Last updated at 13:17 GMT Disagreement over payroll tax cuts is the latest impasse to hit Washington in recent months The threat of a US government shutdown is looming for the third time in 2011 amid division in Congress over how to resolve a payroll tax cut dispute. Funding for federal programmes [...]

December 14, 2011

Tax cut and oil clause pass House

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14 December 2011 Last updated at 04:19 GMT Republicans say raising taxes will hinder efforts to create jobs in the US economy The US House of Representatives has passed a bill to extend payroll tax cuts by tying the measure to a much-disputed oil pipeline project. The Republican-backed bill was voted in by 234-193, but [...]

November 11, 2011

Keystone XL: Nebraskans take pipeline issue all the way to the White House

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The woman seated before the row of suited state legislators in her red Husker team hoodie was choking on tears. She had grown up on a farm in Nebraska. Her parents had grown up on farms, in the days before electricity and running water, and now she said generations of toil and sweat could be [...]

November 8, 2011

Pipeline protest at White House

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7 November 2011 Last updated at 12:04 GMT Many activists view the decision on the pipeline as a crucial test of President Obama’s green credentials Thousands of protesters opposed to a controversial pipeline project surrounded the White House on Sunday. Canadian company TransCanada is seeking permission to build the 1,600-mile (2,700km) Keystone XL pipeline from [...]

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