AP - With the Democratic U.S. Senate nomination secure, the speaker of the Oregon House is turning his attention to defeating the sole GOP senator on the West Coast this fall.
AP - Senators told oil executives Wednesday that high oil prices cannot be explained by supply and demand and the oil industry's concentration — and OPEC price collusion — is contributing to the costs facing consumers. -- read full article
Wed, 21 May 2008 14:43:01 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News
AP - The House on Wednesday took up a wide-ranging tax bill including more than $50 billion in incentives to promote renewable energy sources and financial relief for millions of parents, teachers, homeowners and businesses. -- read full article
Wed, 21 May 2008 14:52:27 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News
AP - A Senate panel voted narrowly Wednesday to overturn EPA's decision blocking California and more than a dozen other states from limiting greenhouse gas emissions from vehicles. -- read full article
Wed, 21 May 2008 16:05:31 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News
AP - Congress has renewed and approved a bigger budget for a joint private-public program that has helped rescue more than 100,000 missing children since it was created in 1984. -- read full article
Wed, 21 May 2008 16:09:27 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News
AP - Sen. Edward M. Kennedy gave a thumbs up to well-wishers and kisses to relatives as he walked out of the hospital Wednesday, a day after learning he has a cancerous brain tumor.
AFP - Veteran US Senator Edward Kennedy left hospital Wednesday giving a thumbs up to waiting supporters a day after doctors announced he had a malignant brain tumor.
AP - Two powerful senators announced Monday they had reached an agreement for a homeowner rescue package that could help a half-million strapped borrowers get government-backed mortgages. -- read full article
Mon, 19 May 2008 22:36:11 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News
AP - Sen. Edward M. Kennedy is not expected back at work in the Senate this week, his office said Monday as doctors searched for the cause of a weekend seizure that sent the 76-year-old lawmaker to the hospital.
AP - New York Rep. Vito Fossella will not seek re-election after a series of damaging revelations about a child from an extramarital affair, two people familiar with the decision told The Associated Press. -- read full article
Tue, 20 May 2008 03:01:19 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News
AP - Highlights of a Senate bill to pay for military and diplomatic operations in Iraq and Afghanistan into next spring. The House passed companion legislation last week after an unusual coalition of anti-war Democrats and Republicans unhappy with domestic add-ons combined to kill $163 billion to fund the war. -- read full article
Tue, 20 May 2008 07:28:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News
AP - Despite numerous veto threats, senators in both parties have loaded up President Bush's war funding bill with a grab bag of domestic programs, including work permits for immigrant farm labor and heating subsidies for the poor.
AP - When some prominent Democratic officeholders backed off from challenging Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell, two businessmen stepped up for a crack at Kentucky's political kingpin. -- read full article
Sun, 18 May 2008 17:30:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News
AFP - Veteran US Senator Edward Kennedy is "doing pretty well" in hospital after suffering a seizure this weekend but must still undergo some tests, one of his Democratic colleagues said Sunday.
