‘This is what change looks like.’ Barack Obama declared as he hailed the passing of his historic healthcare overhaul today.

The jubilant president was preparing to sign his £600billion plan into law after the House of Representatives passed the bill in a cliffhanger vote.
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Bank tax designed to recoup taxpayer bailout funds used to stabilize the financial system, would be passed along to consumers says a leading Republican lawmaker said on Thursday, citing a nonpartisan budget analysis.
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Last spring, the US government launched a housing relief program designed to help millions of U.S. homeowners, but so far only approximately 85,000 have used the program to refinance. haven’t benefited from that because they can’t — or won’t — refinance.
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US Federal Loan aid of $1.4 billion has been given preliminary approval by the Obama administration on Monday for a sprawling solar-energy project in California’s Mojave Desert.
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President Obama is expected to announce today a $1.5 billion program to help borrowers in the five states hit hardest by the housing crisis.

The initiative calls for pumping money into state housing agencies in California, Arizona, Nevada, Florida and Michigan to fund programs to prevent foreclosure for people who are unemployed or who owe more than their homes are worth.
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