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Congress negotiators get tax, spending deal: lawmakers
PoliticsBY RICHARD COWAN AND SUSAN CORNWELL | Featured on Reuters
Congressional negotiators on Tuesday wrapped up a sprawling deal to keep the U.S. government operating through next September, while setting new policies ranging from repealing a…
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U.S. on verge of lifting 40-year oil export ban
PoliticsArticle by Timothy Gardner | Featured on Reuters
The United States appears on the brink of ending a four-decade ban on most exports of crude oil, which would end a years-long fight brought about by a boom in domestic shale output that contributed…
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Senate Sends Ex-Im Renewal to Obama's Desk
PoliticsArticle by Vicki Needham | Featured on The Hill | Mark Van Scyoc / Shutterstock.com
The Export-Import Bank is alive.
Renewal of the 81-year-old institution's charter was included in a five-year, $305 billion federal transportation measure…