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| Highlights of war spending bill
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| AP - Highlights of a House bill originally intended to pay for military and diplomatic operations in Iraq and Afghanistan into next spring before anti-war Democrats and Republicans combined to kill its top component — a much-needed influx of funding for overseas troops. The money will be revived by the Senate next week. -- read full article |
| Thu, 15 May 2008 23:32:28 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News |
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| Democrats drop first-responder bill
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| AP - Senate Democrats on Thursday dropped a bill allowing all police, firefighters and other first responders to unionize after Republicans complained they didn't get enough time to offer amendments. -- read full article |
| Fri, 16 May 2008 00:18:55 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News |
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| House rejects bill funding Iraq, Afghanistan wars
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|  AP - President Bush's Iraq war funding request collapsed in the House Thursday as anti-war Democrats and Republicans unhappy about added domestic funding combined to kill — for now — $163 billion to support U.S. troops overseas.
-- read full article |
| Fri, 16 May 2008 01:07:03 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News |
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| Housing rescue deal stalls in Senate
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| AP - A key senator postponed action Thursday on a homeowner rescue package that could help half a million strapped borrowers get government-backed mortgages, as negotiators inched toward a bipartisan deal. -- read full article |
| Fri, 16 May 2008 01:07:32 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News |
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| Dems derail McCain bill to boost veterans' college aid
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| AP - Senate Democrats on Wednesday blocked a bill by John McCain that would have increased college aid for military veterans because they said it didn't go far enough and would serve only as political cover for the GOP presidential candidate. -- read full article |
| Wed, 14 May 2008 21:18:04 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News |
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| John Edwards to endorse Obama in White House race
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|  Reuters - Former Democratic U.S.
presidential candidate John Edwards will endorse Barack Obama's
White House bid on Wednesday, a campaign spokeswoman said,
giving a big boost to the Illinois senator in his effort to
rally the party around his candidacy.
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| Wed, 14 May 2008 21:18:58 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News |
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| House looks at phone jamming in N.H. election
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| AP - A former Republican consultant who served three months in prison for his role in the Election Day 2002 phone-jamming operation against New Hampshire Democrats said Wednesday he knows of no connection between the White House and the plot. -- read full article |
| Wed, 14 May 2008 22:17:47 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News |
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| Big vote for farm bill could beat Bush veto
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|  Reuters - The U.S. House of Representatives on
Wednesday passed and sent to the Senate a $289 billion,
five-year farm bill that expands nutrition and biofuel programs
in the face of President George W. Bush's promise to veto it.
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| Wed, 14 May 2008 22:36:42 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News |
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