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    Lawmakers flush during economic slump (AP)
    AP - House leaders are doing well financially during this economic slump. -- read full article
    Mon, 16 Jun 2008 18:36:02 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News
    Summaries of House financial disclosure forms (AP)
    AP - Here are summaries of the 2007 financial disclosure forms filed by House leaders, chairman and ranking members of major House committees, and other members under scrutiny in ethics investigations. -- read full article
    Mon, 16 Jun 2008 18:45:02 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News
    USA (The Christian Science Monitor)
    The Christian Science Monitor - Former Virginia Gov. Mark Warner formally removed himself for consideration as a vice-presidential running mate for Democrat Barack Obama Saturday and instead accepted the Virginia Democratic Convention's nomination for a US Senate race this fall. -- read full article
    Mon, 16 Jun 2008 08:00:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News
    Sen. Conrad donates money over loan deal (AP)
    AP - Senate Budget Committee Chairman Kent Conrad said Saturday he is donating $10,500 to charity and refinancing his loan on an apartment building after reviewing documents showing he received special treatment from Countrywide Financial Corp. -- read full article
    Sat, 14 Jun 2008 20:11:59 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News
    House GOP falls short on campaign cash (AP)

    ** FILE In theis May 7, 2008, file photo, President Bush makes a statement with House Republican leaders on the North Portico of the White House in Washington. Left to right are Reps. Tom Cole, R-Okla., Roy Blunt, R-Mo., Kay Granger, R-Texas, John Carter, R-Texas, Adam Putnam, R-Fla., John Boehner, R-Ohio and Eric Cantor, R-Va. House rank and file Republicans are tens of millions of dollars short of meeting fundraising targets set by their own campaign committee in advance of this fall's elections, according to figures circulating among the leadership, heightening concerns inside the party about major losses in November. Cole, chairman of the NRCC, provided the information recently to the leadership and to members of a newly formed committee charged with reinvigorating the campaign effort in the wake of the loss of three seats to Democrats in special elections. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)AP - House rank and file Republicans are tens of millions of dollars short of meeting fundraising targets set by their own campaign committee in advance of this fall's elections, according to figures circulating among the leadership, heightening concerns inside the party about major losses in November.


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    Sun, 15 Jun 2008 02:16:59 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News
    New York teacher gives Democrats radio address (AP)
    AP - Democrats tapped a teacher from upstate New York to make the case that their party will do more for working Americans than Republicans will. -- read full article
    Sat, 14 Jun 2008 15:32:28 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News
    Senator donates money over loan deal (AP)
    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
    Lawmaker threatens contempt vote for EPA chief (AP)
    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
    Democrats cut $6 billion from Bush's budgets (AP)
    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
    Oregon Senate Race Now Head-to-Head as Independent Quits (CQPolitics.com)
    CQPolitics.com - John Frohnmayer -- a former chairman of the federal National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) who was expected to be a wild card in Oregon Republican Gordon Smith's contest for re-election this year -- has instead folded his hand. -- read full article
    Fri, 13 Jun 2008 21:02:24 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News
    Senate leaders report gifts, holdings (AP)

    Flanked by Senator Chris Dodd (L) and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (R) Senator John Kerry speaks to reporters about fellow Massachusetts Senator Edward Kennedy in the Capitol in Washington May 20, 2008. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)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
    Summaries of Senate financial disclosure forms (AP)
    AP - Sen. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., Republican Whip. -- read full article
    Fri, 13 Jun 2008 21:54:13 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News
    Sens. Dodd, Conrad tied to special mortgage deals (AP)
    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
    Arizona GOP House Primary Crowded with Conservative Candidates (CQPolitics.com)
    CQPolitics.com - A wide-open Republican field of challengers to first-term Democratic Rep. Harry E. Mitchell has sparked endorsements and bold claims of conservative credentials. But the GOP still has no single consensus candidate for Arizona's 5th District race. -- read full article
    Fri, 13 Jun 2008 04:03:19 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News
    Sens. Dodd, Conrad tied to special mortgage deals (AP)
    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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