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| Panel seeks testimony from Rumsfeld aide
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| AP - A congressional subcommittee voted Tuesday to subpoena an adviser to former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld about the Bush administration's harsh interrogation policies toward terror detainees. -- read full article |
| Tue, 24 Jun 2008 19:30:57 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News |
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| Senate Democrats Outraise GOP in May
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| CQPolitics.com - The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC), the political arm of the Democratic majority in the U.S. Senate, raised $5.9 million in May, according to a report it filed Friday. Its partisan counterpart, the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC), reported raising $4.9 million last month. -- read full article |
| Tue, 24 Jun 2008 19:38:26 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News |
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| Advocates: Law on humanity crimes needed in US
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| AP - The United States should put muscle behind its denunciation of human rights abuses around the world by making the broad offense known as a "crime against humanity" illegal under U.S. law, witnesses said Tuesday. -- read full article |
| Tue, 24 Jun 2008 20:48:24 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News |
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| Clinton returns to Senate to tears, cheers
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|  Reuters - Hillary Clinton's fellow Senate
Democrats embraced her on Tuesday with a pair of standing
ovations, tears and cheers as she returned to the U.S. Capitol
from her historic yet unsuccessful presidential bid.
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| Tue, 24 Jun 2008 20:51:52 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News |
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| Senate panel advances anti-doping treaty
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| AP - The Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Tuesday unanimously advanced an international treaty intended to curb performance-enhancing drug use in sports. Lawmakers want the Senate to provide its consent for quick ratification in hopes of boosting Chicago's bid for the 2016 Olympics. -- read full article |
| Tue, 24 Jun 2008 21:31:41 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News |
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| US-Russia nuclear deal faces bipartisan opposition
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| AP - House members of both parties took the first step Tuesday toward rejecting a civil nuclear cooperation agreement between the United States and Russia, but it was not clear whether opponents would be able to muster the votes to block it. -- read full article |
| Tue, 24 Jun 2008 22:49:35 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News |
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| House fails to pass gasoline price gouging bill
(Reuters)
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|  Reuters - Following a White House veto threat,
the House of Representatives on Tuesday failed to passed
legislation giving the Federal Trade Commission the authority
to punish oil companies that charged excessive prices for
gasoline during supply emergencies.
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| Tue, 24 Jun 2008 23:03:20 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News |
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| Senate confirms FEC nominees
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| AP - The Senate on Tuesday confirmed five nominees for the Federal Election Commission, breaking a prolonged partisan logjam and allowing the agency to resume functioning. -- read full article |
| Wed, 25 Jun 2008 00:09:08 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News |
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| Oregon GOP senator cites work with Obama in ad
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| AP - Republicans usually demonize Barack Obama in their political advertising, but GOP Sen. Gordon Smith aligns himself with the Democratic presidential candidate in a new ad, citing legislation they worked on to improve fuel efficiency standards. -- read full article |
| Wed, 25 Jun 2008 01:53:40 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News |
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| House fails to move gas pump price gouging bill
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|  AP - House Democrats failed Tuesday to resurrect a bill to punish price gouging at the gas pump, while maneuvering to block Republican attempts to expand offshore drilling, an idea gaining in popularity amid $4-a-gallon gas prices.
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| Wed, 25 Jun 2008 04:50:15 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News |
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