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    GOP objects to jobless benefits extension bill (AP)
    AP - Senate Republicans blocked legislation Tuesday that would have given an extra three months of jobless benefits for all unemployed Americans, but congressional Democrats plan to bring the bill back by attaching it to an Iraq war funding measure. -- read full article
    Tue, 17 Jun 2008 18:29:55 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News
    Republicans block Senate bill extending tax relief (AP)
    AP - Republicans have prevented the Senate from taking up a bill that extends more than $50 billion in business and individual tax credits that have expired or are about to expire. -- read full article
    Tue, 17 Jun 2008 18:55:56 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News
    Summaries of House financial disclosure forms (AP)
    AP - Rep. Bart Gordon, D-Tenn., chairman, House Science Committee, granted an extension to file late. -- read full article
    Mon, 16 Jun 2008 21:16:10 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News
    US Senate primary recount: Conley to face Graham (AP)
    AP - Bob Conley, a Democratic newcomer to South Carolina politics, will take on Republican U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham in November after a recount Monday gave Conley a narrow victory over a primary opponent. -- read full article
    Mon, 16 Jun 2008 23:34:22 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News
    Democrats to keep jobless benefits in Iraq bill (AP)
    AP - In a challenge to President Bush, House Democratic leaders have decided to retain a 13-week extension of unemployment benefits as part of long-overdue legislation to pay for the war in Iraq. -- read full article
    Tue, 17 Jun 2008 00:10:41 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News
    House members doing well despite economic slump (AP)
    AP - House leaders are doing well financially during this economic slump. Their lucrative investments and, in many cases, well-compensated spouses supplement their House salaries. -- read full article
    Tue, 17 Jun 2008 01:22:23 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News
    Probe: Officials warned about harsh interrogation (AP)

    This file image obtained by The Associated Press shows Sgt. Michael Smith, left, with his dog Marco, watching a detainee at an unspecified date in 2003 at the Abu Ghraib prison in Baghdad, Iraq. Military psychologists were enlisted to help develop more aggressive interrogation methods, including snarling dogs, forced nudity and long periods of standing, against terrorism suspects, according to a Senate investigation. (AP Photo/File)AP - Military psychologists were enlisted to help develop more aggressive interrogation methods, including snarling dogs, forced nudity and long periods of standing, against terrorism suspects, according to a Senate investigation.


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    Tue, 17 Jun 2008 07:15:45 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News
    US Senate race outcome rides on recount (AP)
    AP - South Carolina election officials conducted a recount Monday to settle a squeaker of a Democratic primary as two rivals sought the right to face U.S. Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham in November. -- read full article
    Mon, 16 Jun 2008 15:48:14 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News
    House panel subpoenas FBI interviews of Bush, Cheney (AP)
    AP - A House committee issued a subpoena Monday for FBI reports from interviews with President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney in the CIA leak investigation. -- read full article
    Mon, 16 Jun 2008 18:35:15 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News
    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
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