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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2009
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congressional Democrats stories: 65 news summaries

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House OKs Trade Deal
With Peru

Bill split Dems,
who defied wishes
of labor unions

Nov 8, 07 4:27 PM CST
(Newser) - Despite sharp criticism from labor leaders, environmentalists, and free-trade opponents, roughly half of House Democrats joined nearly all Republicans to pass a trade-liberalization agreement with Peru. Speaker Nancy Pelosi came out in favor of the deal, defying expectations that President Bush would find no friends for his trade policy in... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • Peru • Globalization • congressional Democrats • free trade • George W. Bush

House Overrides Bush's Veto
of Water Bill

Rejection is first of presidency; Senate likely to follow suit

Nov 6, 07 9:13 PM CST
(Newser) - The House overrode a presidential veto tonight for the first time in the Bush administration, with 138 Republicans crossing party lines to support a $23 billion water-resources bill. The 361-54 vote was far more than the two-thirds needed to override, reflecting the popularity on both sides of the aisle of... More »

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Bush administration • Republican • House of Representatives • Steny Hoyer • veto • congressional Democrats • veto override • presidential veto • George W. Bush

Dems Skewer Rice Over
Iraq Foul-ups

Condy accused of lax oversight of  Blackwater, corruption, US embassy

Oct 25, 07 6:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - House Democrats today grilled Condoleezza Rice over alleged State Department bungling in Iraq, from failure to supervise private security contractors like Blackwater to ignoring corruption in the new Iraqi government to sloppy oversight of the new US embassy in Baghdad. Usually composed, Rice showed signs of frustration today, as Dems... More »

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Henry Waxman • Condoleezza Rice • State Department • Blackwater • congressional Democrats • Paul Hodes

Dems Nostalgic for Reagan Era

For some relativists, comparison with Bush makes Ronny shine

Oct 6, 07 11:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - As President Bush's popularity among congressional Democrats plummets amid a storm of threats and vetoes, some have grown nostalgic for a bygone era—the Reagan era. "I never thought I'd say this, but I long for the pragmatism of Ronald Reagan," said Rep. Rahm Emanuel. Aided by a... More »

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Ronald Reagan • congressional Democrats • relativism • George W. Bush

Social Security Fund Faces $13.6 Trillion Shortfall

Only taxes or slashed benefits can save program

Sep 25, 07 4:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - Slashing benefits or hiking taxes—or both—is the only way to make the Social Security system solvent, reports a Treasury Department briefing paper. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson warned that faster economic growth alone won't solve the money problems of  Social Security, which faces a $13.6 trillion shortfall in... More »

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Bush administration • Henry Paulson • Treasury Department • Social Security • fiscal imbalance • scheduled benefits • congressional Democrats • Social Security trustees • overhaul • issue briefs

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