Articles in Category: 'COLA'

By: Elizabeth Letchworth | Posted: December 6, 2010 4:05 AM

The Senate met in an unusual Saturday session to vote on two tax proposals doomed to fail from the start.

TAGS: 9/11 Health Care Bill, Bill Clinton, Bush tax cuts, COLA, DREAM Act, G. Thomas Porteous, Harry Reid, Joe Biden, Mitch McConnell, News, Columns

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By: Elizabeth Letchworth | Posted: December 11, 2010 4:05 AM

Members of Congress started out this week conducting symbolic political votes in order to pay back their Democratic base for their support in the past election. The Senate voted and failed to advance the following bills:

TAGS: COLA, Defense, Doctor Fix, DREAM Act, Global Tax Agreement, GOP, Harry Reid, Health Care, Medicare, Mitch McConnell, Nancy Pelosi, News, Social Security, Columns

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Washington Week

By: Elizabeth Letchworth | Posted: December 27, 2010 4:05 AM

The congressional lame-duck session finally ended Christmas week for both the Senate and the House. The 112th Congress will begin at 12 noon on Wednesday, Jan. 5.

TAGS: 911 Health Care Bill, Appropriations, COLA, DOD Authorization Bill, Don't Ask, Don't Tell, DREAM Act, Firefighters' Collective Bargaining, Food Safety Modernization, Global Tax Agreement, News, Payment to Seniors, START, Columns

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Pension Reforms at Heart of Debate Over Education Funding

By: Gray Rohrer | Posted: March 24, 2011 1:35 PM

TAGS: budget, COLA, Deferred Retirement Option Program, Florida House, Florida Retirement System, Florida Senate, Gov. Rick Scott, House State Affairs Committee, News, pension reform, Sen. Jeremy Ring, Sen. Paula Dockery, Sen. Stephen Wise, Government

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