Recent Votes

• Obama's 'to do' list for Congress: jobs, mortgages

  Pressuring Congress, President Barack Obama is laying out an election year "to do" list Tuesday that urges lawmakers to take another look at economic proposals to promote job creation and help families refinance their mortgages. The White House said Obama planned to discuss the l …

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• GOP blocks Senate debate on Dem student loan bill

  Updated at 12:32p.m. ET: Republicans have blocked the Senate from debating a Democratic bill keeping interest rates on college loans from doubling this summer for 7.4 million students. Republicans say they support heading off higher rates on subsidized Stafford loans. They oppos …

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• Iran 'unlikely' to provoke conflict, US official says

  U.S. intelligence agencies predict that Iran will respond if attacked but is unlikely to start a conflict, and they believe that Israel has not taken a decision to strike Iranian nuclear sites, a top U.S.

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• It's not fracking's fault, study says

  A university study asserts that the problems caused by the gas extraction process known as hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking," arise because drilling operations aren't doing it right.

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