AP - The political vision of a summer gas tax holiday died a quick death in Congress, losing to a view that federal excise taxes on gasoline and diesel fuel will have to go up if they go anywhere.
AP - President Bush, in the second half of a Southwestern fundraising trip Friday, backed the candidacy of Republican Pete Olson, who is challenging incumbent Rep. Nick Lampson in Texas' 22nd congressional district.
AFP - Republican White House hopeful John McCain said Friday that his Democratic rival Barack Obama is further to the left than the only Socialist US senator.
CQPolitics.com - As congressional campaigns have heated up, many of the competitive contests have turned to the advantage of the Democrats. -- read full article
Fri, 18 Jul 2008 04:07:24 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News
Bloomberg - July 18 (Bloomberg) -- House Minority Leader John Boehner
said the U.S. economy is surprisingly strong and dismissed calls
by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi for a second stimulus package of
tax rebate checks. -- read full article
Fri, 18 Jul 2008 13:59:32 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News
Reuters - House of Representatives Speaker
Nancy Pelosi said on Thursday she is pushing for about $50
billion in a second election-year economic stimulus package
being shaped by Democrats in Congress. -- read full article
Fri, 18 Jul 2008 16:35:36 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News
AP - House Republicans on Thursday killed a Democratic plan designed to spur drilling on already available federal lands in Alaska, the West and the western Gulf of Mexico. -- read full article
Thu, 17 Jul 2008 19:36:56 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News
Reuters - The House of Representatives failed
to approve legislation on Thursday that would have pushed oil
companies to drill on federal leases they already hold while
requiring the government to more often lease tracts in an
Alaskan oil reserve. -- read full article
Thu, 17 Jul 2008 20:31:46 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News
AP - Congress wants to require executives at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to have their pay packages approved by the government as part of a bill to throw a federal lifeline to the mortgage giants.
AFP - US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday called President George W. Bush "a total failure" who "has no ideas," in an interview with CNN.
AP - A House committee chairman asked the Pentagon on Thursday to declassify some documents about the friendly fire death of Army Ranger Pat Tillman, saying the public and Tillman's family should get to see them. -- read full article
Thu, 17 Jul 2008 23:01:06 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News
Reuters - House of Representatives Speaker
Nancy Pelosi said on Thursday she is pushing for about $50
billion in a second election-year economic stimulus package
being shaped by Democrats in Congress. -- read full article
Fri, 18 Jul 2008 00:23:54 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News
AP - Rep. Charles Rangel asked the House Ethics Committee on Thursday to investigate his fundraising for a college research center named after him, saying a probe would prove he did nothing wrong. -- read full article
Fri, 18 Jul 2008 03:52:44 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News
AFP - A US Senate investigative panel accused two prominent banks in Liechtenstein and Switzerland on Wednesday of helping wealthy Americans hide billions of dollars and evade taxes.
