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House of Representatives minority leader John Boehner (2nd L)(R-OH) and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) walk towards the West Wing of the White House after speaking to the press, following a meeting by bipartisan leaders of congress and U.S. President Barack Obama that discussed the economy and jobs, in Washington February 9, 2010. REUTERS/Jason Reed

Jobs package may cost about $80 billion

Reuters - Tue Feb 9, 4:13 PM

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A possible jobs-creation package being crafted by Democratic and Republican leaders in the Senate may end up costing about $80 billion, a key Republican said on Tuesday.

  • Illustration showing how the planned US missile defence shield would work. In September, Obama shelved plans -- fiercely opposed by Moscow -- to site elements of a US missile shield in Poland and the Czech Republic, a plan pursued by his predecessor, George W. Bush. Photo:Anibal Maiz/AFP
    US denies defense crisis with Russia AFP - 1 hour, 18 minutes ago

    WASHINGTON (AFP) - President Barack Obama's administration denied a row over the US anti-missile shield was slowing a landmark nuclear treaty with Moscow, after days of sharp Russian criticism of NATO.

  • A car is pushed after a blizzard caused heavy snowfall in Fairfax, Virginia February 8, 2010. REUTERS/Larry Downing
    Second big snowstorm hits East Coast Reuters - 1 hour, 52 minutes ago

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The second major snowstorm in less than a week hit the East Coast on Tuesday, with predictions of 14 inches or more stretching from Washington, D.C., to New York City, forcing the United Nations to close and the U.S. Congress to curtail legislative action.

  • VIDEO: Iran has declared it has started the process of producing 20% enriched uranium, defying world powers who have warned of new sanctions unless the Islamic republic halts its sensitive nuclear drive. Duration: 00:22 Photo:/AFP
    Defiant Iran starts enriching uranium to 20 percent AFP - 2 hours, 19 minutes ago

    TEHRAN (AFP) - Iran announced on Tuesday it has begun further enriching uranium, dismissing warnings of new sanctions from world powers who suspect the Islamic republic's nuclear project is aimed at making a bomb.

  • Obama warns of swift sanctions against Iran AFP - 2 hours, 19 minutes ago

    WASHINGTON (AFP) - US President Barack Obama pushed for a "significant regime of sanctions" against Iran unless it accepts international proposals aimed at curbing its nuclear ambitions.

  • US President Barack Obama delivers opening remarks at 'In Performance at the White House: A Celebration of Music from the Civil Rights Movement' in the East Room of the White House in Washington, on February 9. Photo:Yuri Gripas/AFP
    White House rings with sound of emancipation, protest AFP - 2 hours, 33 minutes ago

    WASHINGTON (AFP) - The stately East Room of the White House rang with the sound of 1960s protest Tuesday, as President Barack Obama hosted an evening of the music which formed a soundtrack to the civil rights movement.


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