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| Senate leaders report gifts, holdings
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| AP - Senate leaders are doing well financially thanks to a combination of their $183,500 salary, assets and relatively low debt. Some colleagues, however, have run up large legal bills in connection with political scandals, according to 2007 disclosure reports released Friday. -- read full article |
| Fri, 13 Jun 2008 18:35:11 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News |
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| Lawmaker threatens contempt vote for EPA chief
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| AP - A House committee chairman on Friday threatened to hold the head of the EPA and a White House budget official in contempt of Congress for not handing over documents about new smog requirements and a decision blocking California greenhouse gas limits. -- read full article |
| Fri, 13 Jun 2008 18:57:28 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News |
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| Veterans programs get boost from House panels
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| AP - Two House panels on Thursday approved remarkably generous spending bills for the upcoming budget year, awarding veterans programs with record increases and restoring proposed cuts to local law enforcement subsidies. -- read full article |
| Thu, 12 Jun 2008 19:07:29 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News |
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| House passes jobless benefit extension
(Reuters)
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|  Reuters - Democrats pushed an election-year
bill through the House of Representatives on Thursday to give
more help to unemployed people facing tough job prospects in a
stagnant U.S. economy.
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| Thu, 12 Jun 2008 19:50:23 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News |
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| House Republicans vow push on oil drilling
(Reuters)
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| Reuters - Congressional Republicans vowed on
Thursday to make a major push for more U.S. oil and gas
drilling and in the process force Democrats to cast difficult
votes at a time of skyrocketing gasoline prices. -- read full article |
| Thu, 12 Jun 2008 19:58:40 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News |
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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: U.S. Congress News |
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| How they voted: House on jobless benefits bill
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| AP - The 274-137 roll call Thursday by which the House passed a bill to extend jobless benefits an extra three months for all unemployed Americans. The vote equals the exact two-thirds majority needed to override a veto promised by President Bush. -- read full article |
| Thu, 12 Jun 2008 20:08:50 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News |
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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: U.S. Congress News |
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| GOP blocks consideration of Medicare bill
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| AP - Republican senators blocked legislation Thursday that would trim payments to private health insurers serving people in Medicare and use the savings to raise reimbursement rates for doctors. -- read full article |
| Thu, 12 Jun 2008 21:49:45 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News |
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| Lawmakers approve subpoenas over food testing
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| AP - Lawmakers voted Thursday to subpoena nine companies responsible for analyzing the most dangerous food entering the country as part of an investigation that gained more urgency with an outbreak of salmonella from tomatoes. -- read full article |
| Fri, 13 Jun 2008 01:50:55 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News |
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