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Better taste. better nutrition. better eggs. it's eb. this afternoon, the senate took up two military sexual assault bills designed to address the epidemic of sexual assault in the armed services. by a vote of 55-45 the upper chamber voted down the bill sponsored by new york senator kirsten jill brand, one that would have moved prosecution outside the chain of command. just a short time later in a unanimous 100-0 procedural vote the senate passed the bill sponsored by missouri senator claire mccaskill which keeps prosecution within the chain of command. it does strip military commanders of t...

>> reporter: iran is receiving $4 billion in frozen funds. >> is the push on the hill dead? >> reporter: the most vocal democrats on this bill appear as you say to have exceeded to the pleas of secretary of state and other senior officials to give diplomacy a chance. a new bill sponsored by menendez was enough to override, but harry reid is bolal bolicing ba the vote. >> having the congressional action just offstage and in the wings might be a powerful negotiating tool. >> reporter: as the head of the

Headquarters tax exempt status could soon be sacked. >> two activist groups hope that's the case. root strikers and change.org have launched petitions in support of a bill that would ban big sports leagues from receiving tax exempt status. we reported back in october this bill sponsored by republican senator tom coburn han referred to the senate finance committee. since then not much else has happened to it. they have taken millions of campaign dollars to the sports industry. the league distributes money to pay for officials who pay taxes on it. the bill will either result in that money gettin...

Open the government and go to conference on a budget so that we end this republican government shutdown. >> hoyer and each of his colleagues were rejected as a point of parliamentary procedure. and so far at this time, as steny would say, the government remains shutdown. i'm here to report not all of the government is shutdown, defense secretary hagel traveled on wednesday to delaware to pay his respects to four soldiers killed this week in afghanistan. four days later, the senate passed a bill sponsored by republican senator john cronin that will provide death benefits to the families of men ...

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