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Gates Sambas Out of Latin American Tour

Stays home to bolster Iraq war support after GOP desertions

Jul 9, 07 5:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - Defense Secretary Robert Gates canceled a tour of Latin America just hours before he was set to depart in an effort to help shore up faltering support for the Iraq War, Bloomberg reports. Gates will stay home to prepare for the administration's July 15 update to Congress on the progress... More »

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Congress • Latin America • Pentagon • Robert Gates • benchmarks • surge • Iraq war

Disabled Vet Nixes New Run for Congress

Despite losing by just 3%, she'll stick with job helping veterans

Jul 9, 07 5:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - A decorated disabled Iraq war vet announced she won't launch a second battle for an Illinois congressional seat, despite losing the last election to a Republican by less than 3%. Tammy Duckworth, who lost  her legs in a grenade attack on a helicopter she was co-piloting, said she'll continue her... More »

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Congress • Democrats • Republican • House of Representatives • Tammy Duckworth • Iraq veterans • election • Iraq war

White House Stonewalls
on Subpoenas

Bush invokes executive privilege
in Senate probe of US attorney firings

Jun 28, 07 5:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - The White House shot down attempts to subpoena internal documents concerning the US attorney firings today by invoking executive privilege. Though not a surprise, the refusal moved the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee to accuse the administration of "Nixonian stonewalling." If the committee doesn't back down, the... More »

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Congress • US attorney • investigation • Senate Democrats • Senate Judiciary Committee • White House • Harriet Miers • House of Representatives • Fred Fielding • Sara M. Taylor • Patrick Leahy • executive privilege • subpoena • stonewall • scandal • George W. Bush

States
Crack Down
on Illegals

As Congress dithers, a flurry of locals bills targets immigrants

Jun 25, 07 4:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - States frustrated by Washington's inaction on illegal immigration are taking matters into their own hands with a record number of proposals that prevent immigrants from getting jobs, finding housing and benefiting from social services, the Washington Post reports. At least 1,100 state immigration bills have been proposed, more than... More »

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Congress • illegal immigrant • law • Mexico • citizenship • reform • immigrant • state governments

Alaskan Tribes Score No-Bid Bonanza

Sen. Ted Stevens
under scrutiny for shady  contracts

Jun 19, 07 6:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - Alaskan tribes are so successful in securing no-bid government contracts, they're spurring a federal investigation into conduct by Alaskan senator Ted Stevens, reports Salon. In 1986, Stevens pushed through a law that gave Alaskan companies "small business" preferences—even if they belong to a multi-billion dollar parent corporation and... More »

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Congress • Alaska • FBI • Senate • contracts • House Appropriations Committee • cocaine • Ted Stevens • Bolivia • Eskimo • House of Representatives • Halliburton • federal investigation

Democrats Don't Live Up to Hype

New majority's accomplishments are
few, and mostly symbolic

Jun 12, 07 4:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - Seven months after wresting control of Congress from Republicans, Democrats have failed to make good on their promises, writes the Economist. Almost none of the bills introduced in the first "100 hours" has become law, AG Alberto Gonzalez still has a job, and an Iraq pullout is nowhere in... More »

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Congress • Alberto Gonzales • Democrats • Republican • Congressional investigations • Democratic Congress • Senate Democrats • 100 hours • Iraq war • George W. Bush

FBI Jet Veers Off Course

Tricked-out aircraft designated for counterterrorism often ferries director

Jun 12, 07 10:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - The FBI says it needs its $40 million Gulfstream V jet for counterterrorism missions, yet nearly one-quarter of its flight time consists of routine trips by director Robert Mueller, the Washington Post reports. A key Republican senator calls this use of the only agency aircraft capable of international flights "... More »

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War on Terror • Congress • FBI • Robert Mueller • counterterrorism • Gulfstream V

(Newser) - The House approved the stem cell bill today by a wide but not veto-proof margin, sending the legislation to the White House to await rejection by President Bush. The bipartisan bill, which loosens restrictions on federal funding of embryonic stem cell research, passed the Senate in April and sailed through... More »

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Congress • stem cells • House of Representatives • legislation • veto • George W. Bush

Jefferson Hit With Corruption Charges

La. Congressman faces 16-count federal indictment, 235 years

Jun 4, 07 2:06 PM CDT
(Newser) - Federal officials indicted Rep. William Jefferson today, charging him with bribery, racketeering, money-laundering, and other misdeeds that could carry a sentence of up to 235 years. The Louisiana Democrat, the target of a lengthy investigation into business deals in Africa, has maintained his innocence, even after investigators found $90,000... More »

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Congress • congressman • William Jefferson • Louisiana • bribery • bribe • corruption • corruption charges • William Jefferson sentenced

Americans Walk Soft Line on Immigration

Poll shows support for guest-worker programs, path to citizenship

May 25, 07 12:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - Lou Dobbs, take note: A majority of Americans back key immigration reform proposals  making their way through Congress, a new CBS News/New York Times poll finds. Americans across the political spectrum say they support a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants, and two-thirds back a guest-worker program. More »

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immigration • Congress • immigration reform • Senate • citizenship • reform • guest worker

Congress Hikes Minimum Wage

National minimum
goes to $7.25 by 2009, small business gets
tax breaks

May 25, 07 5:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - Congress has raised the national minimum wage for the first time in 10 years, from $5.15 to $7.25 per hour. The hike, part of a compromise between the White House and Congress over Iraq funding, will take effect in three stages over the next two years. It will... More »

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Dem Congress Still Dishing Out Pork

The new majority is not as kosher as
they claim to be

May 24, 07 4:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - Democrats in Congress pledged to cut the pork out of appropriations bills, but the new majority is already cheating on the diet, reports the  Washington Post. Using a technique called "phonemarking," congressmen are contacting federal agencies directly and asking them to fund their pet projects, all while boasting... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • Congress • Republican • Democratic Congress • Senate • House Appropriations Committee • Senate Democrats • earmarks • phonemarking • pork barrel spending • senator • Iraq war

House Breaks
Up Iraq War
Funding Bill

Unusual move allows vote against war, for domestic spending

May 23, 07 5:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - House Democratic leaders are splitting the new Iraq funding bill into two distinct amendments, the Politco reports. One will be the $103 billion Bush requested for the war in Iraq, which will speak of benchmarks but won't demand a withdrawal date, the other a $17 billion domestic spending package. More »

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Iraq • Nancy Pelosi • Congress • Democrats • Republican • Iraq pullout • House of Representatives • Iraq war • Iraq war spending

Iran Said to Be Plotting Iraq Offensive

Makes new allies to increase violence, prompt withdrawal

May 22, 07 8:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - Iran is secretly allying with al-Qaeda and Sunni insurgents to launch a major summer offensive against the US in Iraq, reports the Guardian. The goal is  to trigger a political mutiny in Congress to force a withdrawal of US troops. Iran had previously been linked to Shia militias but had... More »

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Iran • Congress • Sunni • insurgents • mutiny • al-Qaeda

(Newser) - Congress' Democratic bosses and the White House are attempting diplomacy after six years of Republican neglect that has left the new majority uneasy, the Times reports. But this week's agreements on less thorny issues, trade and immigration, contrast significantly with a divided Washington's repeated, fumbled attempts at a compromise war... More »

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Iraq • Bush administration • Congress • Democratic Congress • White House • Trent Lott • Charles Rangel

Senate Votes Down Iraq Withdrawal

Proposal would
have ended
funding by March

May 17, 07 6:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Senate yesterday shot down a plan to cut all funding for the war in Iraq by next March. Russ Feingold's proposal, largely a test of anti-war support, was defeated in a 67-29 procedural vote, as Congress moves towards compromise with the White House on a spending measure. More »

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Iraq • Congress • Iraq pullout • timetable • Russ Feingold • Iraq war • Iraq war spending

Rudy Faulted
on Safety at
Ground Zero

Autocratic mayor sacrificed health for speed, suit charges

May 14, 07 3:07 PM CDT
(Newser) - Rudy Giuliani's leadership in the aftermath of 9/11 made him America's hero, and the GOP's top presidential candidate. But thousands of the firefighters and construction workers who cleaned up Ground Zero now claim that the mayor's single-minded drive to see the city rebound from the attacks is to blame for... More »

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Congress • Rudy Giuliani • New York City • Ground Zero • September 11 • safety • lawsuit

House Passes Short-Term
War Funding

Votes for another showdown with President Bush

May 11, 07 6:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - Congress voted 221-205 last night to pump $40 billion into the war in Iraq—only enough to fund combat operations until July.  An additional $56 billion would be released contingent on the Iraqi government's progress. The bill omits any timetable for withdrawal, but sets the scene for another showdown... More »

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Iraq • Congress • politics • Democratic Congress • Iraq appropriations • veto • troop withdrawal • Iraq war • George W. Bush

Bush Caves
On Iraq Benchmarks

Democrats renew insistence on stick
to accompany carrot

May 10, 07 4:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - In an abrupt about-face, President Bush said today he will negotiate with Congress about including benchmarks for the Iraqi government in war-spending legislation. With discontent mounting on both sides of the aisle, he emerged from a Pentagon briefing on Iraq and Afghanistan and said, "It makes sense to have... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • Congress • war • benchmarks • funds • Josh Bolten • Iraq war • Iraq war spending • George W. Bush

Dems: Admit Iraqi Refugees

House Dems back bill easing resettlement

May 10, 07 1:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - With Iraq war refugees numbering in the millions and as many as 70,000 joining their ranks each month, House Democrats will introduce a bill boosting the number of displaced Iraqis eligible for resettlement in the U.S. A total of 18 Iraqi refugees entered the U.S. in February... More »

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Iraq • immigration • Congress • United States • refugee • Iraqi refugees • Iraq war

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