The stimulus measure, approved by the Senate Friday after earlier approval by the House, extends the 26-week limit on unemployment benefits to 39 weeks -- longer in states with high unemployment rates.

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The Obama Administration has floated the possibility of pushing legislation that give the President power to increase the national debt limit without having to go back each time for Congressional approval.

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Instead, Whitehouse called for breaking off a provision that would limit ammunition magazines to 10 rounds, saying he believed it could win Senate approval as a separate measure.

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That will limit sales, and, since Arena has not submitted such a plan, delay approval.

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The panel recommended the drug's approval with a 20-2 vote in February, after Vivus proposed a risk management program to limit Qsymia's distribution and published additional results from one of its three clinical trials.

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The European Union last week moved to impose a strict limit on bank executives' bonuses that forbids bonuses from exceeding a banker's fixed salary without shareholder approval.

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