• In a major break from the House bill, the negotiators have so far rejected a public insurance option.

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  • Either they're going to pile on the tobacco companies and just build up a very expensive bill that the tobacco companies can't live with and either break them or cause a black market to exist, or they're going to do a reasonable bill, which will attract the tobacco companies, even though they hate everything about it, to come onboard and make this matter constitutional.

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  • But the immediate bill for a break-up of the single currency would surely be in the trillions of euros.

    ECONOMIST: Europe's currency crisis

  • Just one month later, Kennedy made a dramatic visit to the floor of the Senate to cast a vote to help break a deadlock on an important Medicare bill.

    CNN: Sen. Kennedy back in Washington, aide says

  • Tens of millions of Americans will end up with no tax break, or, perversely, a higher tax bill.

    FORBES: Fact And Comment

  • Bill Walsh took a fast-break basketball offense and adapted it to the gridiron.

    FORBES: Bob Dylan, Innovator

  • But if you add the wife of pitcher Roger Clemens being dragged into the steroids investigation, sounds like time to check in with BPP's sports analyst Bill Wolff - take out a break from his day and night job on some news network, to channel back to his days as a pro-sports producer TV type.

    NPR: Clemens Grilled on Capitol Hill

  • The bill did not win enough votes to break a filibuster.

    ECONOMIST: Skilled immigration

  • Politicians and their staffers can make or break fortunes by slipping a rider into a "must pass" bill or dispensing billions of dollars in subsidies to favored constituencies.

    WSJ: Tom Daschle's Washington

  • By opting for Roth, Charles raises his immediate tax bill but gets rewarded decades later with a tax break, namely that withdrawals are completely tax free.

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  • Under a bill now going through parliament, the government plans a break with the philosophy that has dominated French farming for 40 years.

    ECONOMIST: Many French farmers still struggle to survive

  • But Lib Dem and other supporters of reform say what matters is that there will be a bill, that will be published and debated before the summer break.

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  • The government is looking to bring the Land Acquisition Bill, 2011 in Parliament when it resumes proceedings Monday after a month-long break.

    WSJ: Land Bill Likely to Get Parliament Nod

  • Those disputes had led talks to break down a week ago, throwing into doubt whether Schumer, Flake and other senators crafting a comprehensive immigration bill would be able to complete their work as planned.

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  • When the Democrats obtained the majority in the 2006 election, and I became chair of the committee, I made a very strong reform bill one of our highest priorities and worked closely with Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson to break the logjam that hindered the bill in the past.

    WSJ: I've Long Been a Champion of Fannie/Freddie Reform

  • While the government is now technically compelled to take action that will change Microsoft's business -- many think Jackson will seek to break the firm into a bunch of "Baby Bills" when he produces his "remedy" in August -- Bill Gates and his Redmond buddies are widely expected to appeal the decision, a process that could drag on for years.

    CNN: Microsoft is guilty as charged. So what?

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