| U.S. Congress Headlines |
| Housing rescue bill could be slowed by Republicans
(AP)
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| AP - Conservative Republicans in the Senate were seeking to slow the completion of an election-year housing rescue designed to help hundreds of thousands of homeowners avoid foreclosure and boost lawmakers' standing with voters. -- read full article |
| Wed, 18 Jun 2008 23:00:58 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News |
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| Senate presses ahead on housing
(Reuters)
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|  Reuters - The Senate will begin debate on a
major housing market rescue bill on Thursday, Senate Majority
Leader Harry Reid said on Wednesday, spurning calls for delay
by Republicans who cited concerns about a controversy involving
two Democrats and a mortgage lender.
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| Wed, 18 Jun 2008 23:33:11 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News |
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| House leaders reach deal on war funding bill
(Reuters)
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|  Reuters - Leaders in the U.S. House of
Representatives struck a deal on Wednesday on legislation to
provide $162 billion in new funds for the wars in Iraq and
Afghanistan, ending a long standoff with the White House.
-- read full article |
| Thu, 19 Jun 2008 02:08:17 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News |
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| Colorado Dem Runs for House With Majority in Mind
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| CQPolitics.com - Should candidate Joan Fitz-Gerald win her bid this year for Colorado's open 2nd District seat, she would enter the U.S. House as a member of a Democratic Party that appears certain to maintain a solid majority. That prospect gives obvious pleasure to Fitz-Gerald, who was in both the minority and the majority during a seven-year tenure in the state legislature that culminated in her serving as president of the Colorado Senate. -- read full article |
| Thu, 19 Jun 2008 04:12:19 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News |
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| Can McCain deliver his home state?
(The Christian Science Monitor)
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|  The Christian Science Monitor - For a senator who consistently gets 80 percent approval ratings from Arizonans, it seems strange, bizarre even, that John McCain would not be a shoo-in to win his home state in November's presidential election. Some in-state analysts say chances are fair, in fact, that Arizona will end up in the Democratic column.
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| Wed, 18 Jun 2008 08:00:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News |
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| House panel approves a paid-for AMT relief bill
(AP)
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| AP - The ideological divide over tax relief got a little wider in Congress Wednesday as House Democrats, over the protests of Republicans, advanced their latest plan to shield taxpayers from the alternative minimum tax. -- read full article |
| Wed, 18 Jun 2008 17:56:21 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News |
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| Republicans on tax bill: Just say no.
(AP)
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| AP - Unfazed by pressure from Democrats and the business community, Republicans for the second time in a week prevented the Senate from taking up a tax bill providing more than $50 billion in renewable energy credits and tax breaks for families and businesses. -- read full article |
| Tue, 17 Jun 2008 19:04:12 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News |
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| Senate blocks debate of clean energy tax credits
(Reuters)
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| Reuters - The U.S. Senate on Tuesday blocked
debate of a bill to offer about $17.7 billion in tax incentives
for consumers to build renewable energy sources like windmills
and solar arrays, and buy plug-in cars that run on electricity
rather than gasoline. -- read full article |
| Tue, 17 Jun 2008 19:33:37 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News |
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