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Afghan war consensus is elusive

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 09:14:25 GMT

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama wants to send more troops to Afghanistan as quickly as possible, but Democrats in Congress may not be in such a hurry to fund the buildup.
Source: St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Lawmakers OK ban on importing radioactive waste

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 09:10:27 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) Prompted by a plan by a company in Utah to bury waste in that state from Italian nuclear plants, the House of Representatives passed a bill on Wednesday to ban the importation of radioactive waste for disposal in the United...
Source: The Morris County Daily Record

Obama Aides Defend Ambitious Afghan Scale-Up

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 08:58:28 GMT

One day after President Barack Obama unveiled his high-risk strategy for the Afghan troop increase, Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton faced skepticism from lawmakers of a big escalation of the unpopular and...
Source: The Post Chronicle

Congress wonders what Afghan policy is

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 08:44:36 GMT

WASHINGTON The Obama administration sent what many lawmakers saw Wednesday as vague and sometimes confusing signals about its intentions in Afghanistan, leaving members of Congress unsure how to proceed as they consider his plan to deploy 30,000 more...
Source: Sacramento Bee

Poll finds adults identifying as Republicans increase, while Democrats dwindle; gap closes to only 2.9%

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 08:43:59 GMT

On Nov. 4, 2008, Americans by a lopsided margin turned over complete control of the federal government to the Democratic Party -- the House of Representatives, the Senate and the White House, where a new president promised to change the partisan tone...
Source: Los Angeles Times

Legislators to probe gate-crashing at White House

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 07:46:34 GMT

Congress is beginning the first public questioning Thursday into how a couple was able to get through security and crash a White House state dinner for India's prime minister.
Source: Taiwan News

Ward M. Hussey | Drafted House bills, 89

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 07:31:54 GMT

Ward M. Hussey, 89, a powerful yet purposefully anonymous fixture on Capitol Hill who spent 17 years as the chief legislative draftsman in the House of Representatives, died Nov. 16 in Fairfax, Va. , after a fall.
Source: Philadelphia Inquirer

House of Representatives Committee Canvasses Access to Basic Education

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 07:22:49 GMT

Before Nigeria can successfully do justice to the desire of giving education to all its citizenry, all stakeholders must be interested in ensuring that the youths have unfettered access to basic education.
Source: AllAfrica.com

Quoted in 'Black legislators likely to miss start of special session'

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 00:29:58 GMT

said in TampaBay.com | St. Petersburg Times:

Rather than allowing the Florida House of Representatives to be admonished as exclusionary or your leadership being criticized as racially insensitive, we urge you to take action now to minimize the blowback from the scheduling mistake

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Fri, 30 Oct 2009 20:19:43 GMT

WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 30: The plaque with Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-OH) name hangs outside her Captiol Hill office October 30, 2009 in Washington, DC.

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Wed, 30 Sep 2009 19:56:48 GMT

WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 30: The longest serving member of the House of Representatives, Rep. John Dingell (D-MI) participates in a news conference with at the U.S. Captiol September 30, 2009 in Washington, DC.

Democrats Martial Law in U.S. House of Representatives

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