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    Senator's indictment a savage blow for Republicans (AFP)

    The US Republican Party reeled Wednesday from the indictment of Ted Stevens, its longest-serving senator seen here in 2007, which dealt a fresh blow to its hope of limiting expected large-scale losses in congressional elections.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Win Mcnamee)AFP - The US Republican Party reeled Wednesday from the indictment of its longest-serving senator, which dealt a fresh blow to its hope of limiting expected large-scale losses in congressional elections.


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    Wed, 30 Jul 2008 17:24:13 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News
    Inhofe Easily Wins Oklahoma GOP Primary (CQPolitics.com)
    CQPolitics.com - State Sen. Andrew Rice's victory in Tuesday's Oklahoma Senate primary gave Democratic officials their recruited challenger to Republican incumbent James M. Inhofe. But the fairly modest 60 percent vote share for the winner did not alter his status as a longshot contender for the fall race. -- read full article
    Wed, 30 Jul 2008 17:42:17 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News
    House panel votes to cite Rove for contempt (AP)

    In this July 14, 2005 file photo,former White House advisor Karl Rove is shown in Washington.   (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds, file)AP - A House panel Wednesday voted to cite former top White House aide Karl Rove for contempt of Congress as its Senate counterpart explored punishment for alleged Bush administration misdeeds.


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    Wed, 30 Jul 2008 18:42:22 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News
    Stevens used old-school approach to support Alaska (AP)
    AP - Ted Stevens is a throwback to the Senate he joined almost 40 years ago and then worked so effectively for his home state of Alaska. -- read full article
    Tue, 29 Jul 2008 21:21:23 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News
    Sen. Ted Stevens' statement on his indictment (AP)
    AP - Statement from Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, on his indictment: -- read full article
    Tue, 29 Jul 2008 21:27:32 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News
    Senate deadlocked over energy speculation bill (Reuters)
    Reuters - Senate lawmakers remained deadlocked on Tuesday over legislation to rein in excessive energy speculation, as they haggled over adding amendments to the bill. -- read full article
    Tue, 29 Jul 2008 21:59:06 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News
    Petition calls for Rove to be held in contempt (AP)
    AP - Bush administration critics hand-delivered a petition to a Democratic lawmaker Tuesday containing more than 127,000 signatures calling for former White House adviser Karl Rove to be held in contempt of Congress and jailed. -- read full article
    Tue, 29 Jul 2008 22:21:54 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News
    Quotes on indictment of Sen. Ted Stevens (AP)
    AP - Some reactions to the indictment of Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, on seven counts of failing to disclose thousands of dollars in services he received from a company that helped renovate his home. -- read full article
    Tue, 29 Jul 2008 22:37:12 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News
    Republican US senator indicted for oil gifts (AFP)

    Alaska Senator Ted Stevens, pictured in 2007, the longest-serving Republican in the US Senate, has been indicted for making false statements concerning gifts he received from an oil-services firm, the Justice Department said Tuesday.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Win Mcnamee)AFP - Alaska Senator Ted Stevens, the longest-serving Republican in the US Senate, has been indicted for making false statements concerning gifts he received from an oil-services firm, the Justice Department said Tuesday.


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    Tue, 29 Jul 2008 22:38:07 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News
    Sugar company executive testifies about plant (AP)
    AP - An executive at a sugar company faulted for a deadly refinery accident in February said he found such "shocking" and "disgraceful" conditions at the Georgia plant last year that he warned his superiors that a fatal disaster was likely. -- read full article
    Tue, 29 Jul 2008 22:52:53 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News
    Senate Democrats call for EPA chief to resign (AP)
    AP - Four Democratic senators called Tuesday for Stephen Johnson to resign as administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and asked Attorney General Michael Mukasey to begin an investigation into whether he lied in testimony to a Senate committee. -- read full article
    Tue, 29 Jul 2008 23:00:17 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News
    House formally apologizes for slavery and Jim Crow (AP)

    The dome of the Capitol is framed through dense summer foliage, in Washington, Tuesday, July 29, 2008.  (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)AP - The House on Tuesday issued an unprecedented apology to black Americans for the wrongs committed against them and their ancestors who suffered under slavery and Jim Crow segregation laws.


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    Tue, 29 Jul 2008 23:05:41 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News
    A look at recent scandals (AP)
    AP - A look at some other, non-elected Washington insiders charged with crimes in recent years, in alphabetical order: -- read full article
    Tue, 29 Jul 2008 23:24:23 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News
    Senator: China spying on Internet use in hotels (AP)
    AP - Foreign-owned hotels in China face the prospect of "severe retaliation" if they refuse to install government software that can spy on Internet use by hotel guests coming to watch the summer Olympic games, a U.S. lawmaker said Tuesday. -- read full article
    Tue, 29 Jul 2008 23:46:19 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News
    House OKs benefits for military 'sole survivors' (AP)
    AP - Jason Hubbard and his two younger brothers all served in Iraq. He was the only one to return home alive. -- read full article
    Wed, 30 Jul 2008 00:49:56 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News
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