senate votes

When gas prices go up, Congress tries to do what it can to make them go back down. The Senate votes Tuesday on two measures.

Proposals from Democrats and Republicans would stop the federal government's practice of adding 70,000 barrels of oil a day to the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.

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AP - The Senate has passed legislation that prohibits health insurance companies and employers from discriminating against people based on the results of genetic testing.

Well, this is really no surprise.

Despite the support of John McCain, Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, all of whom returned to Washington for the vote, the Senate overwhelmingly rejected a one-year ban on earmarks.

Only 29 senators voted in favor of the measure.