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March 15, 2005 Portman, Cardin Seek to Introduce Pension Bill This Week Reps. Rob Portman (R–Ohio) and Benjamin Cardin (D–Md.) are discussing differences in their effort to introduce as early as this

March 14, 2005 Retail Sales, Factory Production Rise: U.S. Economy Preview U.S. retail sales may have bounced back and industrial production likely accelerated last month, evidence of widespread

March 11, 2005 Senate Approves House-friendly Bankruptcy Overhaul Bill The Senate yesterday approved a bipartisan bankruptcy bill, clearing the way for its likely enactment, CongressDaily reported

March 10, 2005 Senate Bankruptcy Overhaul Measure Appears Poised to Pass A bipartisan bill to overhaul the bankruptcy law neared Senate passage yesterday, as the chamber continued rejecting amendments

March 9, 2005 Bankruptcy Bill Nears Final Senate Vote The Republican-controlled Senate cleared the way for a final vote as soon as today on an industry-backed bill to make it harder for consumers to

March 8, 2005 Minimum Wage Amendments Defeated as Bankruptcy Measure Nears Approval The Senate yesterday debated two competing proposals to increase the minimum wage, CongressDaily reported. An

March 7, 2005 Senate Seeks to End Bankruptcy Debate This Week The Senate will meet today at 2 p.m. to continue its consideration of the bankruptcy overhaul bill, with up to three hours of debate on

March 4, 2005 Cloture Filed to Cut Off Debate; Specter Floats Idea of Raising Bankruptcy Fees to Pay Judges The Senate Leadership today (Friday) filed for cloture to cut off debate on the bankruptcy

March 3, 2005 Senate Rejects Democrats’ Bid to Soften Bankruptcy Law Senate Democrats were thwarted yesterday in their attempts to soften the impact on seniors and sick people of a proposed law making

March 2, 2005 Bankruptcy Debate Proceeds, So Far, without Filibuster Threat Minority Leader Harry Reid (D–Nev.) said yesterday that Democratic opponents of the bill have not decided whether they will