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The Senate on Saturday adopted its first budget in four years, a $3.7 trillion blueprint for 2014 that would fast-track passage of tax increases, trim spending gingerly and leave the government still deeply in debt. The NYT reports.
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JUNEAU, Alaska-- Opponents of a proposed oil tax overhaul rallied across the Alaska, including on the steps of the state Capitol, Thursday, while a rewritten tax bill advanced in the state House. Supporters of a tax change say Alaska can't stand by as production continues to decline. Alaska relies heavily on oil revenues to run.
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Max Gruenberg of Anchorage and Scott Kawasaki of Fairbanks, joined with the majority in voting for the bill. Eric Feige, R- Chickaloon, and Neal Foster, D- Nome, joined the rest of the minority _ Reps. Les Gara, Harriet Drummond, Andy Josephson, Beth Kerttula, Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins, Geran Tarr and Chris Tuck _ in voting no.
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JUNEAU, Alaska-- Alaskans who send their kids to private school might be in line for a tax break if a new bill becomes law. John Coghill, the bill's sponsor. Mike Dunleavy has proposed a similar bill giving taxpayers a credit if they donate money for "educational support purposes" at public, private and religious elementary and secondary schools.
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CONCORD, N.H.-- New Hampshire's House voted Wednesday to phase in a 12- cent hike in the gas and diesel tax to fix deteriorating roads and bridges, setting the stage for a budget battle with the Senate, which proposes instead to legalize a casino to pay for infrastructure improvements.
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WASHINGTON, March 27- North Carolina's Kay Hagan on Wednesday became the sixth Democratic senator to endorse gay marriage this week as the U.S. Supreme Court heard two cases on the issue.
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WASHINGTON, March 27- North Carolina's Kay Hagan on Wednesday became the sixth Democratic U.S. senator to endorse gay marriage this week as the U.S. Supreme Court hears two cases on the issue.
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The analyst raised his target price for United Continental Holdings Inc. shares to $35 from $29; Delta Air Lines Inc. to $21 from $17; Alaska Air Group Inc. to $60 from $48; Spirit Airlines Inc. to $30 from $24; Allegiant Travel Co. to $100 from $90; Southwest Airlines Co. to $16 from $15; and JetBlue Airways Corp. to $7 from $6.50.
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JUNEAU, Alaska-- Alaska's Senate Finance Committee is expected to continue work this week on a proposed $9.9- billion state operating budget. Among those who testified before the committee was first lady Sandy Parnell, who on Saturday asked that more than $800,000 be included for a sex trafficking investigative unit.
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MOSCOW/WASHINGTON, March 25- Russian and U.S. defense chiefs signaled on Monday their intention to reconvene long-stalled missile defense talks, the Pentagon said, following a change in U.S. missile defense plans for Europe that has been met cautiously by Moscow.
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MOSCOW, March 25- Russia has asked Washington to hold regular consultations on missile defence in Europe, signalling that a shift in U.S. missile shield plans might help to resolve a row that has long strained ties.
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*Passage of Senate plan shifts fiscal debate from deadlines. WASHINGTON, March 23- The U.S. Senate on Saturday narrowly passed its first federal budget in four years, a move that will usher in a relative lull in Washington's fiscal wars until an anticipated summer showdown over raising the debt ceiling.
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*Passage of Senate plan shifts fiscal debate away from deadlines. WASHINGTON, March 23- The U.S. Senate on Saturday narrowly passed its first federal budget in four years, a move that will usher in a relative lull in Washington's fiscal wars until an anticipated summer showdown over raising the debt ceiling.
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*Passage of Senate plan shifts fiscal debate away from deadlines. WASHINGTON, March 23- The U.S. Senate on Saturday narrowly passed its first federal budget in four years, a move that will usher in a relative lull in Washington's fiscal wars until an anticipated summer showdown over raising the debt ceiling.
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The Senate on Saturday adopted its first budget in four years, a $3.7 trillion blueprint for 2014 that would fast-track passage of tax increases, trim spending gingerly and leave the government still deeply in debt. The NYT reports.
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NEW YORK, March 22- The White House on Friday admitted defeat on its choice of New York lawyer Caitlin Halligan for a judgeship on a powerful U.S. appeals court, withdrawing her nomination two weeks after Senate Republicans blocked her for the second time.
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HELENA, Montana, March 21- The Montana Senate on Thursday passed a bill that would allow residents to harvest for food big game animals like deer, elk and moose killed by vehicles. "It seems like a waste," said Representative Bill Lavin, the Republican sponsor of the bill, who is also a Montana Highway Patrolman. "
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WASHINGTON, March 21- Lingering snow and colder-than-normal temperatures in much of the United States will give way to warmer-than-average weather and continued drought in areas that need moisture most, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said on Thursday its spring outlook.
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WASHINGTON, March 21- A U.S. Senate committee on Thursday approved Sally Jewell's nomination to lead the Interior Department after the Obama administration struck a deal with a Republican senator over the construction of an emergency road for a remote Alaskan town.
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WASHINGTON, March 21- A U.S. Senate committee on Thursday approved Sally Jewell's nomination to lead the Interior Department after the Obama administration struck a deal with a Republican senator over the construction of an emergency road for a remote Alaskan town.
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WASHINGTON, March 21- A U.S. Senate committee on Thursday approved Sally Jewell's nomination to lead the Interior Department, after the Obama administration struck a last-minute deal with a Republican senator over the construction of an emergency road for a remote town in Alaska.