Congress returned in September from its summer recess last week after a month off with a busy agenda that will likely be dominated by the debate on the Iraq war and the unfinished annual appropriations bills. Those issues will make many of the housin Congress returned...
WASHINGTON, Nov. 3 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Today, House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi introduced a privileged resolution to demand that Republican Congressional leadership conduct a thorough investigation of abuses relating to the Iraq War. The resolution faWASHINGTON, Nov. 3 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Today, House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi introduced a...
WASHINGTON, Aug. 9 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Former Army Major Tammy Duckworth, the Democratic candidate for Illinois's 6th Congressional District, has expressed strong support for repealing the military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" ban on lesbian, gay anWASHINGTON, Aug. 9 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Former Army Major Tammy Duckworth, the Democratic candidate for...
SILVER SPRING, Md., June 28 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Against the backdrop of recent polls shows nearly 60 percent of Americans disapprove of the President's handling of the Iraq war, President Bush will address the nation tonight. His message: no new direction SILVER SPRING, Md., June 28 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Against...
Congress won't slash federal spending, despite the prospect of large budget deficits in years to come, added costs from an Iraq war and billions more in tax cuts in the works. Congress won't slash federal spending, despite the prospect of large budget deficits in...
According to Hurriyet, Turkey's economy should be able to weather the Iraq war without suffering great damage if the conflict doesn't stretch out and if a refugee crisis is successfully avoided, US Secretary of State Colin Powell predicted. Speaki According to Hurriyet, Turkey's...
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] They were two very different families One was from Chandigarh in the northern reaches of India near Kashmir, halfway between the borders of Pakistan and China. The other, from Lagos, the burgeoning former capital of Nigeria on the African coast of the Atlantic Ocean. ...
Our final look at the 110th Congress shows how ever), representative and senator voted on key issues, such as the federal budget, warrantless searches, mortgage relief oil drilling, and the bank bailout. House Vote Descriptions 31 Budget Resolution. The final version of the Fiscal 2009 Budget...
Research the candidates' positions on the economy, the Iraq War, and immigration. Then write the letter of each statement below in its appropriate place on the Venn diagram. Does the statement match the beliefs of Barack Obama, John McCain, or both? [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] A He wants...
The first shot in the Democrats' double-barreled strategy for gaining control of the federal government seems to have missed. That shot was intended to cause the United States to lose the war in Iraq and then blame the loss on the Republicans. The Democrats' second barrel is...
EAST CLEVELAND, Ohio AP -- Democratic U.S. Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones, the first black woman to represent Ohio in Congress and a strong critic of the Iraq war, died Wednesday after having a brain hemorrhage, a Cleveland Clinic official said. Tubbs Jones, 58, died at 6:12 p.m....
JEL D70.D72 In November 2006, voters gave Democrats back control of the new Congress, with a 233-202 margin in the House of Representatives and a slim 51-49 edge in the Senate. While most people vote pocketbook issues, the traditional wisdom is that Democrats in 2006 toppled Republican majorities...
Alameda County Meetings with Stark planned for Saturday U.S. Rep. Pete Stark, D-Fremont, will host town hall meetings in Union City and San Leandro on Saturday, and plans similar events in August and September. The 35-year Congress member will meet with...
WASHINGTON -- President Bush and Iraq's prime minister have agreed to set a "general time horizon" for bringing more U.S. troops home from the war, a dramatic shift from the administration's once- ironclad unwillingness to talk about any kind of deadline or timetable. The announcement Friday put...
WASHINGTON -- James Baker and Warren Christopher, who struggled with the War Powers Act when they were secretaries of State, proposed Tuesday an overhaul designed to increase consultations between the White House and Congress when U.S. troops go into battle. The proposal, drafted by a bipartisan commission they...
The last thing most Americans want to see is the Bush administration enter into a binding agreement that defines this country's future relationship with Iraq. The U.S. economy and the administration's inept handling of the Iraq war have the public so upset that the Republican Party is worried it will...
While Congress fawned over Gen. David Petraeus during his most recent dropin, another general, William Odom, offered a far more grim assessment of the democracy project. "Our ostrich strategy of keeping our heads buried in the sands of Iraq has done nothing but advance our enemies' interest," the 34-year veteran...
On learning his trusted aide from Texas Scott McClellan has denounced as an "unnecessary war" the same Iraq War McClellan defended from the White House podium, George W. Bush must feel as Clinton did. The synchronized savagery of the attacks on McClellan as turncoat suggests he drew blood....
More than half the members of the U.S. House of Representatives voted last week to send articles of impeachment against President Bush to the lower chamber's Judiciary Committee. Of course, most of the lawmakers considered their "yes" vote the equivalent of sending Dumbo to the elephant graveyard, from which it...
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