U.S. House of Representatives
- Top 10 Congressional Campaign Credit Card Chargers
(CQPolitics.com)
Wed, 02 Jul 2008 21:53:22
CQPolitics.com - Catering for Rep. Eric Cantor of Virginia: $14,063. A fundraising event for House Minority Leader John A. Boehner of Ohio during an Arizona PGA tournament: $5,500. Beverages from Georgetown Wine & Spirits for contributors to Rep. Jesse L. Jackson Jr. of Illinois: $1,186. Being able to charge expenses for your congressional campaign on a credit card: Priceless. - Bipartisanship marks McCain’s Senate tenure
(AP)
Wed, 02 Jul 2008 19:58:28
AP - Republicans deemed it beyond the pale when Sen. John McCain crossed the Capitol, set up shop in an office belonging to House Democrats and lobbied wavering lawmakers on legislation to reduce the role of money in politics.
- GOP Envisions Gephardt as Possible Obama Running Mate
(U.S. News & World Report)
Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:56:45
U.S. News & World Report - Republican strategists trying to game Sen. Barack Obama’s choice for a running mate are focusing more and more on the possibility that he might pick former House Majority Leader Dick Gephardt, a friend of labor and blue-collar workers. “Gephardt is the one we’re most afraid of,” said a key GOP strategist and Bush ally.
- GOP lawmakers want ethanol requirements reduced
(AP)
Mon, 30 Jun 2008 19:16:22
AP - More than four dozen House Republicans asked the Environmental Protection Agency on Monday to reduce required ethanol production this year, saying renewable fuel standards enacted by Congress will boost already high corn prices in the wake of Midwest floods. - House GOP concludes they failed to sway voters
(AP)
Fri, 27 Jun 2008 00:24:51
AP - House Republicans lost three recent elections when customary campaign themes failed to sway voters and their candidates could not overcome the “negative perception of the national party,” according to an internal review that underscores the potential for widespread losses this fall. - House approves financial help for mass transit
(AP)
Thu, 26 Jun 2008 23:44:45
AP - The House approved financial help Thursday to mass transit systems facing a surge in riders because of high gas prices. But Republicans blocked Democrats from requiring oil and gas companies to drill on the millions of acres of government land and water on which they already own federal leases. - House rejects bill to deny future drilling leases
(Reuters)
Thu, 26 Jun 2008 22:24:50
Reuters - The House of Representatives on
Thursday rejected legislation that would have required energy
companies to develop oil and natural gas supplies on federal
leases they have held for years or be denied future drilling
access on government acres.
- House votes to curb energy market speculators
(Reuters)
Thu, 26 Jun 2008 22:08:12
Reuters - The House of Representatives on Thursday overwhelmingly approved legislation that directs the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to use all its authority, including the agency’s emergency powers, to “curb immediately” the role of excessive speculation in energy futures markets. - Oil drilling spat derails House funding bills
(Reuters)
Thu, 26 Jun 2008 21:38:28
Reuters - A Republican effort to force a vote on opening up more land to drilling on Thursday threatened to bring the annual appropriations process in the U.S. House of Representatives to a halt. - House to vote on energy market speculation bill
(Reuters)
Thu, 26 Jun 2008 17:31:21
Reuters - The U.S. House of Representatives was scheduled to vote on Thursday on legislation that directs the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to use all its authority, including the agency’s emergency powers, to “curb immediately” the role of excessive speculation in energy futures markets. - House approves middle-class tax relief bill
(Reuters)
Wed, 25 Jun 2008 19:11:46
Reuters - The House of Representatives on Wednesday approved a bill that would protect about 25 million taxpayers from paying a tax that originally was meant for only the very wealthy. - House fails to move gas pump price gouging bill
(AP)
Wed, 25 Jun 2008 04:50:15
AP - House Democrats failed Tuesday to resurrect a bill to punish price gouging at the gas pump, while maneuvering to block Republican attempts to expand offshore drilling, an idea gaining in popularity amid $4-a-gallon gas prices.
- House fails to pass gasoline price gouging bill
(Reuters)
Tue, 24 Jun 2008 23:03:20
Reuters - Following a White House veto threat,
the House of Representatives on Tuesday failed to passed
legislation giving the Federal Trade Commission the authority
to punish oil companies that charged excessive prices for
gasoline during supply emergencies.
- Bill with billions in health plan cuts passes House
(Reuters)
Tue, 24 Jun 2008 17:09:01
Reuters - The U.S. House of Representatives on
Tuesday approved a bill that would shave billions of dollars in
reimbursement from health plans that contract with the federal
Medicare program.
- House votes to provide protection to phone firms
(Reuters)
Fri, 20 Jun 2008 21:46:43
Reuters - The U.S. House of Representatives
passed a bill on Friday that could shield phone companies from
billions of dollars in lawsuits for their participation in the
warrantless surveillance program begun by President George W.
Bush after the September 11 attacks.
- Quotes from former White House spokesman’s testimony
(AP)
Fri, 20 Jun 2008 21:32:52
AP - Some quotes from former White House spokesman Scott McClellan and members of the House Judiciary Committee during Friday’s hearing about the leak of CIA operative Valerie Plame’s identity: - US lawmakers pass under-fire spy bill
(AFP)
Fri, 20 Jun 2008 21:22:44
AFP - In a late-term triumph for US President George W. Bush, the US House of Representatives on Friday approved spy-powers legislation that has drawn heavy fire on civil liberties grounds.
- House of Representatives approves US spy bill
(AFP)
Fri, 20 Jun 2008 17:13:29
AFP - The US House of Representatives on Friday approved a compromise spy-powers bill that has drawn heavy fire from civil liberties groups.
- US House approve Iraq, Afghanistan war funding
(AFP)
Fri, 20 Jun 2008 03:02:02
AFP - The US House of Representatives approved Thursday a compromise bill to free up 162 billion dollars for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, stripped of a timetable to pull US troops out of Iraq.
- House OKs funds to fight Mexican drug cartels
(Reuters)
Fri, 20 Jun 2008 02:56:42
Reuters - The U.S. House of Representatives approved $465 million on Thursday to fund an anti-narcotics package to help battle drug cartels in Mexico and Central America.
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