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| Ethics panel examines lawmakers' Countrywide loans
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|  Reuters - A Congressional ethics panel is
examining allegations that two Senate Democrats, including the
sponsor of a major housing bill, received preferential loans by
troubled mortgage lender Countrywide Financial Corp, a member
of Congress said on Thursday.
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| Thu, 19 Jun 2008 21:34:55 GMT - Yahoo! News: Democratic Party |
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| Dems, GOP agree to telecom immunity deal
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| AP - House and Senate leaders have agreed to a new compromise surveillance bill that would effectively shield from potentially costly civil lawsuits telecommunications companies that helped the government wiretap citizens' phone and computer lines after the September 11 terrorist attacks without court permission. -- read full article |
| Thu, 19 Jun 2008 16:58:56 GMT - Yahoo! News: Democratic Party |
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| House panel approves a paid-for AMT relief bill
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| AP - The ideological divide over tax relief got a little wider in Congress Wednesday as House Democrats, over the protests of Republicans, advanced their latest plan to shield taxpayers from the alternative minimum tax. -- read full article |
| Wed, 18 Jun 2008 17:56:21 GMT - Yahoo! News: Democratic Party |
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| DNC wants McCain investigated
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|  AP - Democratic Party officials plan to file a new lawsuit to compel federal regulators to investigate whether Sen. John McCain violated election laws by withdrawing from public financing.
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| Tue, 17 Jun 2008 19:14:40 GMT - Yahoo! News: Democratic Party |
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| DNC wants McCain investigated
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| AP - Democratic Party officials plan to file a new lawsuit to compel federal regulators to investigate whether Sen. John McCain violated election laws by withdrawing from public financing.
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| Tue, 17 Jun 2008 17:57:56 GMT - Yahoo! News: Democratic Party |
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| Dems face budget shortfall for convention
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|  AP - Facing an $11.6 million budget shortfall, organizers of the Democratic National Convention are cutting events while hoping Barack Obama's emergence as the likely presidential nominee will spur his vast army of donors to pony up.
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| Mon, 16 Jun 2008 23:39:32 GMT - Yahoo! News: Democratic Party |
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| US Senate race outcome rides on recount
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| AP - South Carolina election officials conducted a recount Monday to settle a squeaker of a Democratic primary as two rivals sought the right to face U.S. Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham in November. -- read full article |
| Mon, 16 Jun 2008 15:48:14 GMT - Yahoo! News: Democratic Party |
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| Dem convention panel faces $15 million shortfall
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| AP - The host committee for the Democratic National Convention faces a possible shortfall of $15 million, complicating logistics for the August event and forcing it to abruptly postpone a media walkthrough of the site scheduled for next week. -- read full article |
| Fri, 13 Jun 2008 22:35:39 GMT - Yahoo! News: Democratic Party |
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| House passes jobless benefits extension
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|  AP - The House on Thursday approved an extra three months of jobless benefits for all unemployed Americans, knowing the plan's chances are slight in the Senate and almost nonexistent at the White House.
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| Thu, 12 Jun 2008 19:59:54 GMT - Yahoo! News: Democratic Party |
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| House Democrats pressure Senate on tax bill
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| AP - House Democrats delivered an ultimatum to the Senate on Thursday, saying a stalled package of more than $50 billion in tax breaks for families and businesses won't move unless Congress finds ways to replace lost revenues. -- read full article |
| Thu, 12 Jun 2008 20:20:45 GMT - Yahoo! News: Democratic Party |
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