A Senate panel approved a measure to reverse a ruling by the Environmental Protection Agency and let California enforce auto emission standards that are tougher than federal law. The Committee on Environment and Public Works voted 10 to 9 to amend the Clean Air Act to grant California’s request for a waiver from E.P.A.
Senator Edward M. Kennedy is one of the last towering figures on a stage where the players and the performances seem to be shrinking even as the problems expand.
A measure that would create the biggest expansion of the G.I. Bill in a quarter century has encountered a new complication: the military still needs its soldiers in uniform, not classrooms.
The federal appeals court in California reinstated a lawsuit challenging the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy.
Several analysts predicted that the Department of Education plan would significantly stabilize the college lending market.
The House passed a $54 billion tax package that Democratic backers said would help relieve dependence on imported oil while easing the economic strain on parents, homeowners and businesses.
The policy shift is intended to force the country’s new leader, Raúl Castro, to make good on promised reforms by giving his people the freedom to communicate.