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| Senator donates money over loan deal
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| AP - A North Dakota senator says he is donating $10,500 to charity and refinancing his loan on an apartment building after reviewing documents that show he received special treatment from Countrywide Financial Corp. -- read full article |
| Sat, 14 Jun 2008 18:45:23 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 20:33:07 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News |
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| Democrats cut $6 billion from Bush's budgets
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| AP - Democrats controlling Congress plan to shift almost $6 billion from President Bush's request for defense and foreign aid accounts to bolster domestic programs such as education, job training and medical care for veterans. -- read full article |
| Fri, 13 Jun 2008 20:43:32 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News |
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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.
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| Fri, 13 Jun 2008 21:10:23 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News |
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| Sens. Dodd, Conrad tied to special mortgage deals
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| AP - Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher J. Dodd, a leader of Congress' efforts to help homeowners ensnared in the subprime mortgage meltdown, reportedly got special treatment on his own mortgages from the CEO of Countrywide Financial Corp., a company whose practices he has called "abusive." -- read full article |
| Fri, 13 Jun 2008 23:24:11 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News |
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| Sens. Dodd, Conrad tied to special mortgage deals
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| AP - Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd reportedly received two mortgages under a special Countrywide Financial Corp. program that gave preferential interest rates to "friends" of the company's chairman. -- read full article |
| Fri, 13 Jun 2008 14:17:03 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News |
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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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