Reuters - The U.S. Congress began a five-week
recess on Friday, leaving unresolved how to ease the surge in
gasoline prices that is certain to be an issue until the
November elections and beyond.
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. The bill is slated to pass on Friday as the House leaves Washington for a five-week recess.
AP - Lawmakers sped for the exits Friday as Congress was to begin a five-week recess after a summer session noteworthy for bitter partisanship and paralysis on the issue topmost in the minds of many voters: the cost of gasoline.
CQPolitics.com - The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) is adding six Democratic challengers to its "Red to Blue" program in hopes of boosting their candidacies and expanding the electoral playing field. -- read full article
Fri, 01 Aug 2008 17:14:17 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News
Reuters - A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers
unveiled legislation on Friday aimed at forging a compromise
between Democrats and Republicans deadlocked in the Senate over
energy issues. -- read full article
Fri, 01 Aug 2008 18:08:54 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News
CQPolitics.com - The recent entry of a politically experienced challenger, Democratic state Sen. Don Cravins Jr., has created the possibility of an unexpectedly competitive race this fall for two-term Louisiana Republican Rep. Charles Boustany Jr. -- read full article
Fri, 01 Aug 2008 18:18:14 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News
AP - Legislation to ensure veterans benefits to "sole survivors" in military families passed the Senate on Friday. It now goes to President Bush, who is expected to sign it. -- read full article
Fri, 01 Aug 2008 18:54:29 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News
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
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
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
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.
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.
