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    US judge: White House aides can be subpoenaed (AP)

    President Bush makes a statement on Iraq, Thursday, July 31, 2008, on the Colonnade of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)AP - President Bush's top advisers are not immune from congressional subpoenas, a federal judge ruled Thursday in an unprecedented dispute between the two political branches.


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    Thu, 31 Jul 2008 16:48:18 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News
    Bloomberg: 9/11 health program overdue (AP)

    In this Aug. 7, 1974 file photo, Philippe Petit, a French high wire artist, walks across a tightrope suspended between the World Trade Center's Twin Towers in New York.  Philippe Petit stars in 'Man on a Wire,' directed by James Marsh.   (AP Photo/Alan Welner)AP - New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg went to Congress Thursday seeking long-term care for sick Ground Zero workers and was challenged to justify its cost.


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    Thu, 31 Jul 2008 17:06:40 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News
    $500 monthly bonus for extended enlistees voted (AP)
    AP - Soldiers forced to stay in Iraq and Afghanistan past their enlistment may be getting an extra $500 a month "special pay" for their trouble. -- read full article
    Thu, 31 Jul 2008 17:18:33 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News
    Bill would block last-minute Labor Dept rule (AP)
    AP - A House committee chairman is trying to stop the Bush administration from implementing a late-term rule that could make it harder to limit worker exposure to dangerous chemicals in the workplace. -- read full article
    Thu, 31 Jul 2008 17:29:12 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News
    Bipartisan group broker energy deal in U.S. Senate (Reuters)
    Reuters - A bipartisan group of lawmakers is working on another comprehensive energy bill to try to break the Congressional deadlock over how to contain the price of gasoline, which looming as one of the biggest issues in U.S. elections, a Democratic aide said on Thursday. -- read full article
    Thu, 31 Jul 2008 18:26:34 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News
    Stevens pleads not guilty in corruption case (AP)

    Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska arrives at Federal Court in Washington, Thursday, July 31, 2008, for his arraignment. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)AP - Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges he lied about accepting more than a quarter of a million dollars worth of gifts. He asked for a trial before he stands for re-election in November.


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    Thu, 31 Jul 2008 18:32:44 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News
    House considers ban on killing horses for food (AP)
    AP - One menu item could soon disappear from foreign dinner tables: meat from slaughtered American horses. -- read full article
    Thu, 31 Jul 2008 18:33:45 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News
    Congress: No annoying airplane cell phone calls (AP)
    AP - Cell phone calls on airplanes in flight are not only unsafe, they're obnoxious and they should be permanently banned, according to some members of Congress. -- read full article
    Thu, 31 Jul 2008 18:44:05 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News
    Specter seeks meeting with Raul Castro (AP)
    AP - Sen. Arlen Specter said Wednesday he hopes to meet with Cuban President Raul Castro and Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez during a trip to Latin America in August. -- read full article
    Wed, 30 Jul 2008 18:59:39 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News
    Senate, deadlocked on energy, grinds to halt (Reuters)
    Reuters - A partisan election-year battle over high gasoline prices and a Republican push to open more U.S. coastal waters and federal land to oil and gas drilling has brought work in the U.S. Senate to a halt. -- read full article
    Wed, 30 Jul 2008 20:47:05 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News
    Energy bill deadlocked over offshore oil drilling (AP)

    President Bush makes a statement in the Rose Garden of the White House, Wednesday, July 30, 2008, following a Cabinet meeting.  From left are, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Vice President Dick Cheney, the president, and Defense Secretary Robert Gates.   (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)AP - Congress appeared deadlocked Wednesday on responding to the nation's energy problems amid a bitterly partisan rift over whether to open long-restricted offshore waters to oil and gas drilling.


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    Wed, 30 Jul 2008 21:25:41 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News
    Oil-drilling row trips House speculation bill (Reuters)
    Reuters - A bill aimed at preventing excessive speculation in oil and other futures trading did not get enough votes to pass in the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday, as Republicans complained the measure did not also open more offshore areas to oil drilling. -- read full article
    Wed, 30 Jul 2008 22:33:10 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 voted Wednesday to cite Karl Rove, formerly President Bush's top aide, for contempt of Congress as its Senate counterpart explored punishment for alleged misdeeds by other administration officials.


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    Wed, 30 Jul 2008 22:33:52 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News
    McCain spokeswoman: Stevens' woes linked to 'pork' (AP)

    Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, right, listens to Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Sen. Joseph Lieberman, I-Conn., left, during a committee markup on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, July 30, 2008. Stevens was indicted Tuesday on charges that he lied about gifts from an oil company on a Senate disclosure form. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)AP - Presumptive GOP nominee John McCain distanced himself from Sen. Ted Stevens Wednesday, a day after his longtime rival was indicted on charges of lying about more than $250,000 in gifts he got from an oil services company.


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    Wed, 30 Jul 2008 22:55:51 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News
    House passes consumer product safety bill (Reuters)
    Reuters - Legislation aimed at revamping U.S. consumer product safety, including a partial ban on controversial plastic-softening chemicals called phthalates, was approved by the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday. -- read full article
    Wed, 30 Jul 2008 23:05:15 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News
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