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    House approves higher education bill (Reuters)
    Reuters - Legislation that seeks to protect college students from lending abuses and expands scholarship aid was approved by the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday. -- read full article
    Thu, 31 Jul 2008 19:18:21 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News
    Bipartisan group broker energy deal in 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 19:31:08 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News
    House considers ban on killing horses for food (AP)

    A helicopter rounds up wild horses in Eureka, Nevada. A proposal to kill potentially thousands of mustangs roaming the western United States has angered animal welfare groups, which claim horses are paying the price for years of bureaucratic mismanagement.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Justin Sullivan)AP - One menu item could soon disappear from foreign dinner tables: meat from slaughtered American horses.


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    Thu, 31 Jul 2008 20:23:16 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News
    Senators slam Indian Health agency for lost items (AP)
    AP - The head of the Indian Health Service defended his agency on Thursday against accusations that it lost millions of dollars' worth of equipment and tried to cover it up. -- read full article
    Thu, 31 Jul 2008 21:05:34 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News
    GOP senator removes block on US envoy to SKorea (AP)

    US Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill holds a press conference in March 2008. Nuclear-armed North Korea cannot be removed from a list of state sponsors of terrorism unless it agrees to a comprehensive protocol verifying its atomic program, US officials say.(AFP/File/Nicholas Ratzenboeck)AP - A Republican senator blocking President Bush's nominee for U.S. ambassador to South Korea lifted his objection Thursday, removing a key obstacle to the confirmation of D. Kathleen Stephens.


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    Thu, 31 Jul 2008 22:18:44 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News
    Republican Smith cites another Democrat in new ad (AP)
    AP - Oregon Sen. Gordon Smith is crossing over the political fence again to boost his re-election campaign. -- read full article
    Thu, 31 Jul 2008 22:46:33 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News
    Salmonella probe likened to 'Keystone Kops' (AP)

    House Energy and Commerce subcommittee Chairman Rep. Bart Stupak, D-Mich., holds up a tomato during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, July 31, 2008, on the recent salmonella outbreak. Tomatoes were initially suspected of causing the illnesses but it was later determined that peppers were the source/ (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)AP - The government bungled the salmonella outbreak probe so badly, a House committee chairman said Thursday, that federal investigators reminded him of Keystone Kops. A colleague hoped the maligned tomato can get its good name back.


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    Thu, 31 Jul 2008 22:55:57 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News
    House passes bill to help enforce pay equity (AP)
    AP - House Democrats pushed through legislation Thursday that would give women new tools to combat pay discrimination. -- read full article
    Fri, 01 Aug 2008 00:02:24 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News
    House defeats GOP bid to censure Dem Rep. Rangel (AP)
    AP - House Democrats voted down a public reprimand Thursday that Republicans sought against influential Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., over a questionable housing arrangement that he insists violated no laws. -- read full article
    Fri, 01 Aug 2008 00:09:44 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News
    Higher ed bill aimed at cutting costs goes to Bush (AP)
    AP - Congress on Thursday sent to President Bush the first major overhaul in a decade of the federal higher education act, giving strong, bipartisan backing to a bill aimed at making college more accessible and affordable for hundreds of thousands of low-income, minority, military and disabled students. -- read full article
    Fri, 01 Aug 2008 00:47:17 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News
    Congress sends Bush bill banning lead in toys (AP)
    AP - The Senate on Thursday passed and sent to the White House legislation that bans lead from children's toys and seeks to ensure that chemicals posing possible health problems will not end up on toys and articles that kids chew on and play with. -- read full article
    Fri, 01 Aug 2008 00:47:37 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News
    Senate passes bill to settle Libya terror lawsuits (AP)
    AP - Congress on Thursday approved legislation that will allow the State Department to settle all remaining lawsuits against Libya by U.S. terrorism victims. -- read full article
    Fri, 01 Aug 2008 00:49:19 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News
    House bill would boost spending on veterans (AP)
    AP - The House took up its first spending bill Thursday after weeks of delays that have left efforts to pass next year's Cabinet budgets in shambles. -- read full article
    Fri, 01 Aug 2008 01:00:19 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News
    A look at congressional actions as recess nears (AP)
    AP - A look at actions in Congress on Thursday: -- read full article
    Fri, 01 Aug 2008 01:20:39 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News
    House panel backs curbs on credit card practices (Reuters)
    Reuters - Legislation aimed at curbing credit card billing practices that surprise borrowers with unexpected interest rate increases and fees was approved on Thursday by a U.S. House of Representatives committee. -- read full article
    Fri, 01 Aug 2008 02:04:30 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News
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