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    Obama holds narrow advantage over McCain in new poll (AFP)

    Democratic Senator Barack Obama holds a narrow lead over his Republican rival John McCain, seen here, as the US presidential candidates move into general election campaign mode, a poll out Tuesday found.(AFP/Getty Images/File)AFP - Democratic Senator Barack Obama holds a narrow lead over his Republican rival John McCain as the US presidential candidates move into general election campaign mode, a poll out Tuesday found.


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    Tue, 17 Jun 2008 13:41:07 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News
    Correction: Election Commission story (AP)
    AP - In a June 15 story about the Election Assistance Commission, The Associated Press erroneously reported the agency's current operating budget. That figure is $16.5 million, not $115 million. The larger figure represents money appropriated by Congress for election reform projects in the states. -- read full article
    Tue, 17 Jun 2008 16:02:45 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News
    Democrat: Pentagon sought abusive interrogations (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 officials tasked with training U.S. troops to evade enemy interrogations provided Pentagon lawyers a list of abusive tactics that could be used in prisons like Guantanamo Bay, a top Senate Democrat disclosed Tuesday.


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    Tue, 17 Jun 2008 17:54:06 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News
    Missouri senator vows to stop sale of Busch to InBev (Reuters)

    Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) (L) walks to a news conference with Senator Claire McCaskill (D-MO) on Capitol Hill in Washington March 1, 2007. McCaskill said on Tuesday she would do everything possible to 'stop the sale' of St. Louis-based Anheuser-Busch Companies Inc to rival brewer InBev NV. (Jason Reed - UNITED STATES/Reuters)Reuters - Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill said on Tuesday she would do everything possible to "stop the sale" of St. Louis-based Anheuser-Busch Cos Inc to rival brewer InBev NV.


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    Tue, 17 Jun 2008 18:11:39 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News
    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
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