Senate Passes Bill to Let FDA Regulate Tobacco

Seeded on Fri Jun 12, 2009 11:38 AM EDT (The Washington Post)

Landmark legislation approved by the Senate yesterday will give the federal government sweeping new powers to oversee tobacco products, allowing regulators to control factors including the amount of addictive nicotine in a cigarette and how that cigarette is packaged and marketed …

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Poll: 1 in 7 voters still persuadable

Seeded on Sat Nov 1, 2008 9:59 AM EDT (msnbc.com)

With the sand in the 2008 campaign hourglass almost depleted, 14 percent can't decide or back a candidate but might switch, according to an Associated Press-Yahoo News poll of likely voters.

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Senate passes its own bank bailout package

Seeded on Wed Oct 1, 2008 10:40 PM EDT (msnbc.com)

The Senate passed its version of a mammoth rescue plan, saying changes to protect investors and small businesses could persuade reluctant House members to go along.

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