Top Stories for the tag "congress" voted on by you! RSS feed July 20, 2008

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Bush Renews Veto Threat of Medicare Bill Because of Medicare…

Politics – President Bush intends to veto legislation that would delay a 10.6% reduction to Medicare physician fees, which was scheduled to take effect last week, despite the measure passing both chambers by veto-proof majorities.

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Telecom Immunity: Felony Violation of the Constitution

Politics – Any and all retroactive immunity for crimes already committed would require ex post facto law. And ex post facto law is unconstitutional, anti-Constitutional, and blatantly illegal. No ifs, ands, or buts. Got it?…

Investment banks now blamed for spike in oil prices
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Investment banks now blamed for spike in oil prices

Money – After months of pummeling oil industry executives, Congress is zeroing in on a new alleged villain for today's record oil prices: investment banks, the same ones who've been instrumental in the housing meltdown.

Bush pushes Congress to allow offshore drilling in Alaska…
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Bush pushes Congress to allow offshore drilling in Alaska…

Money – Bush says one answer to soaring gas and oil prices is to increase supply by tapping reserves in the Alaskan wildlife refuge.

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White House presses Congress on Fannie-Freddie legislation

Politics – WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The "best thing" for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac right now would be for Congress to pass new oversight legislation, the White House said on Friday, amid growing concerns about the mortgage…

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Congress tries to ease restrictions on Cuba travel

Travel – Democrats controlling Congress are trying to loosen restrictions on allowing people of Cuban descent to visit their relatives on the island.

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Karl Rove Watch #2

Politics – It is now 8:45pm EST and Karl Rove, remaining true to his threat, has not honored the Congressional subpoena issued to him requiring him to appear for testimony.

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Follow the Constitution: Only Congress Can Declare War,…

News – Former Secretaries of State James Baker and Warren Christopher have proposed a new statute to encourage the president and Congress to cooperate in going to war. But the Constitution already sets forth a clear rule:…

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Burma warned to uphold aid pledge

Politics – International Development Secretary Douglas Alexander has urged Burma's rulers to uphold a pledge to give "full and unfettered" access to aid workers.

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Pelosi says House may hold hearings on Kucinich impeachment…

Politics – Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said this morning that the House Judiciary Committee may hold hearings on an impeachment resolution offered by Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio). Pelosi has said previously that impeachment…

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Contract with America

Politics – We must hold Congress to the Contract that We the People made with them over two centuries ago, restore the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, intact and functioning to the halls of government, and return to using…

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Carl Rove Defies Congressional Subpoena, Refuses to Testify

Politics – Will this administration ever do the right thing? will they ever cease breaking the law? Will the Attorney General put Rove in jail for defying a Congressional subpoena?

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National Parks Quarter Bill Sails Through House - Coin News

News – America's Beautiful National Parks Quarter Dollar Coin Act of 2008 sailed through the House easily yesterday with 419 members voting "Yes", and 0 voting "No". H.R. 6184 would authorize the United States Mint to…

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Rove ignores subpoena, refuses to testify

News – Former White House adviser Karl Rove defied a congressional subpoena to testify Thursday about allegations of political pressure at the Justice Department, including whether he tried to influence the prosecution…

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Congress wrangles over bill to help homeowners

Politics – The Senate voted resoundingly Thursday to push closer to passage a massive mortgage rescue to help hundreds of thousands of stressed homeowners, even as the bill faced new obstacles in the House.

Karl Rove Fails to Appear at U.S. House Hearing
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Karl Rove Fails to Appear at U.S. House Hearing

Politics – Rove's action today prompted the House Judiciary subcommittee to rule that his reasons for skipping the appearance weren't valid, setting up a possible contempt of Congress vote next week.

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Dems Cheer Kennedy, Medicare Bill Passage

Politics – Sen. Edward Kennedy brought the Senate to a standing ovation as he returned to the chamber yesterday a month after brain-cancer surgery. Kennedy returned to vote on a Medicare bill that had stalled just two weeks…

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My "Interview" with Thomas Jefferson

Politics – "Were armies to be raised whenever a speck of war is visible in our horizon, we never should have been without them. Our resources would have been exhausted on dangers which have never happened instead of being…

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Pelosi, Reid Say No To American Voters

Politics – For the second day after Congress reconvened from their July vacation they still refuse to address the oil prices and whether they should allow more drilling in America.

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Senate Passes Unconstitutional Spying Bill And Grants Sweeping…

News – We intend to challenge this bill as soon as President Bush signs it into law," said Jameel Jaffer, Director of the ACLU National Security Project. "The bill allows the warrantless and dragnet surveillance of Americans'…

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Senate Approves Bill to Broaden Wiretap Powers

News – Even as his political stature has waned, Mr. Bush has managed to maintain his dominance on national security issues in a Democratic-led Congress. He has beat back efforts to cut troops and financing in Iraq, and…

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India may start N-trade with others: US daily

Politics – A US media report has warned that once the nuclear deal passes the IAEA and NSG stage, India could start civilian nuclear cooperation with other NSG countries even if it is not cleared by the US Congress

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Kennedy back in Congress for first time since cancer diagnosis…

Politics – Washington - Veteran US Senator Ted Kennedy received a standing ovation Wednesday as he returned to Congress for the first time since being hospitalized and undergoing successful surgery on a malignant brain tumour.…

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Getting deal past US House hard, not impossible

Politics – While the Congress party girds up for a confidence vote in Parliament over the India-US nuclear deal, time may have run out for the pact in the US Congress, the Washington Post reported on Wednesday.

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Senator Ted Kennedy returns to US Congress to sway critical…

Politics – The cancer-stricken Democratic senator Edward Kennedy made a dramatic return to Congress today, providing the boost needed to pass a bill securing healthcare coverage for senior citizens

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