The House is expected to take up a bill on guns in the cockpit on Wednesday.

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Also on Tuesday, Senate leaders plan to take up a bill (S4) that would allow employers to provide compensatory time in lieu of overtime pay to hourly employees.

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Lawmakers are expected to take up a bill that provides tax relief to small businesses, a measure to extend expired (and expiring) tax provisions and, potentially, slimmed-down energy legislation.

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Senate Democrats, led by Daschle, refused to take up a House bill they believed relied too strongly on business tax cuts without doing enough for unemployed workers.

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The House has yet to take up a broad product liability bill.

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The Senate passed postal-overhaul legislation earlier this year, but the House hasn't take up the bill or a plan drafted by Republicans.

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This week, however, the Senate Agriculture Committee is scheduled to take up a piece of the farm bill that could mean more such specialty meat products, like those Reams produces, would be able to reach your table no matter where you live.

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Take a cue from Bill Gates and the Rockefellers: Set up your own nonprofit organization.

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The House of Representatives passed a similar bill last year, but has yet to take up the matter in the 109th Congress.

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The Indian government and the country's outsourcing industry are gearing up for a fight during debate on the bill, which could take weeks or months due to its other contentious issues.

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Having passed reform bills in both the House and the Senate, we now have to take up the last and most important step and reach an agreement on a final reform bill that I can sign into law.

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Earlier this month, the Senate passed a reform bill for the FDA, but the House has yet to take it up.

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And once the bill was passed, the government planned to set up a financial restructuring authority to take over the management of weak banks.

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House leaders have promised to take up the bill, but have not decided whether they will attempt to amend it before putting it to a vote.

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