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| Congress halts mining near Grand Canyon
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| AP - One million acres of public land around the Grand Canyon would be off limits to any new mining for three years under an emergency resolution adopted by a House committee. -- read full article |
| Wed, 25 Jun 2008 18:00:13 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News |
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| House passes alternative minimum tax relief
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| AP - The House voted Wednesday to protect more than 20 million mostly upper-income taxpayers in danger of being slapped with a tax increase averaging $2,300 because of the alternative minimum tax. -- read full article |
| Wed, 25 Jun 2008 18:31:23 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News |
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| Audit questions oversight of aid to Pakistan
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|  AP - The U.S. has given Pakistan nearly $6 billion to pursue terrorists since the Sept. 11 attacks, but with little to no proof that the money has been used for that purpose, an independent audit has found.
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| Tue, 24 Jun 2008 19:05:30 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News |
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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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