AP - Former POWs and civilians who were tortured or held hostage during the 1991 Gulf War could pursue lawsuits against Iraq under legislation the House has approved.
AP - The House has restarted a summerlong debate on expanding oil drilling in Atlantic and Pacific waters that would end a longtime moratorium. -- read full article
Tue, 16 Sep 2008 14:33:54 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News
Reuters - The U.S. House of Representatives is
expected to vote on Tuesday on a comprehensive energy package
that would open most of the U.S. coastline to offshore
drilling, a Democratic aide said on Monday.
AP - The House moved toward a vote Tuesday to end the longtime ban on oil drilling in Atlantic and Pacific waters. Republicans called it a Democratic ruse that would leave most untapped offshore oil out of bounds.
Bloomberg - Sept. 16 (Bloomberg) -- House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer
said a proposal to have the U.S. create an agency to buy
distressed debt won't be considered before Congress adjourns on
Sept. 26, ahead of the Nov. 4 elections. -- read full article
Tue, 16 Sep 2008 18:26:18 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News
AP - Rep. Charles Rangel will not step down as chairman of a powerful tax-writing committee as he undergoes an ethics investigation by fellow lawmakers, his lawyer said Tuesday.
AFP - John McCain Monday insisted US economic "fundamentals" were strong despite a banking crisis and Wall Street meltdown, prompting a scathing rebuke from his White House foe Barack Obama.
Reuters - With financial markets reeling from
a weekend of stunning changes on Wall Street, Democrats in the
House of Representatives pushed on Monday to aid the faltering
economy with a new stimulus package.
AP - Vice President Dick Cheney and future vice presidents will get six months of Secret Service protection after they leave office under legislation passed Monday by the House and sent to the president for his signature. -- read full article
Mon, 15 Sep 2008 22:32:33 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News
AP - House Democrats outlined $18 billion in tax incentives over 10 years for alternative energy and efficiency improvements Monday, proposing to pay for them by rescinding tax breaks for the biggest oil companies. -- read full article
Mon, 15 Sep 2008 22:47:11 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News
AP - Federal authority to protect student borrowers from getting squeezed by the current credit crunch would be extended a year under legislation passed by the House on Monday. -- read full article
Mon, 15 Sep 2008 23:31:20 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News
AP - Rep. Charles Rangel emerged from a private meeting with fellow lawmakers Monday night having survived another day as chairman of the House tax-writing committee, despite lingering questions about his personal finances and unpaid taxes on a beach house.
AFP - It took a real-world crisis to wrench the White House race away from lipstick and pigs, with the Wall Street meltdown offering a sudden chance of a breakout moment for Barack Obama or John McCain.
CQPolitics.com - Democratic strategists know that their goal of scoring the big nine-seat Senate gain they need to achieve a "filibuster-proof" 60-seat majority is a lofty one, and that they would have to oust some of the favored incumbent Republican senators they have targeted -- among them North Carolina's Elizabeth Dole. -- read full article
Tue, 16 Sep 2008 04:08:15 GMT - Yahoo! News: U.S. Congress News
Reuters - The House of Representatives is
expected to vote on Tuesday on a comprehensive energy package
that would open most of the U.S. coastline to offshore
drilling, a Democratic aide said on Monday.
