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Obama proposes tapping oil stockpiles
(AP)
 AP - Barack Obama put forward a broad energy plan Monday designed to end U.S. reliance on imported oil within 10 years and shore up his standing amid a tightening White House race and high-anxiety over gas prices.
Yahoo - August 5 - 2008
Congress is gone, but Republicans won't leave
(AP)
AP - The last House vote before a vacation usually sparks a stampede toward the doors and waiting planes. Not so on Friday, when Republicans occupied the House floor for a rare, and at times bizarre, protest against Democratic energy policies.
Yahoo - August 2 - 2008
Senate approves US envoy to SKorea
(AP)
AP - The Senate on Friday approved President Bush's nominee for U.S. ambassador to South Korea, clearing the way for the new envoy to be in place when Bush visits the U.S. ally next week.
Yahoo - August 2 - 2008
Military 'sole survivors' bill goes to president
(AP)
AP - Legislation to ensure veterans benefits to "sole survivors" in military families passed the Senate on Friday. It now goes to President Bush, who is expected to sign it.
Yahoo - August 2 - 2008
Dems' Craving for Upset of Boustany Prompts New Rating in Louisiana House Race
(CQPolitics.com)
CQPolitics.com - The recent entry of a politically experienced challenger, Democratic state Sen. Don Cravins Jr., has created the possibility of an unexpectedly competitive race this fall for two-term Louisiana Republican Rep. Charles Boustany Jr.
Yahoo - August 2 - 2008
Six More Democratic Candidates to Get Party Help
(CQPolitics.com)
CQPolitics.com - The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) is adding six Democratic challengers to its "Red to Blue" program in hopes of boosting their candidacies and expanding the electoral playing field.
Yahoo - August 2 - 2008
House set to pass budget bill today before recess
(AP)
 AP - The House took up its first spending bill Thursday after weeks of delays that have left efforts to pass next year's Cabinet budgets in shambles. The bill is slated to pass on Friday as the House leaves Washington for a five-week recess.
Yahoo - August 2 - 2008
House panel backs curbs on credit card practices
(Reuters)
Reuters - Legislation aimed at curbing credit
card billing practices that surprise borrowers with unexpected
interest rate increases and fees was approved on Thursday by a
U.S. House of Representatives committee.
Yahoo - August 1 - 2008
A look at congressional actions as recess nears
(AP)
AP - A look at actions in Congress on Thursday:
Yahoo - August 1 - 2008
Congress sends Bush bill banning lead in toys
(AP)
AP - The Senate on Thursday passed and sent to the White House legislation that bans lead from children's toys and seeks to ensure that chemicals posing possible health problems will not end up on toys and articles that kids chew on and play with.
Yahoo - August 1 - 2008
Higher ed bill aimed at cutting costs goes to Bush
(AP)
AP - Congress on Thursday sent to President Bush the first major overhaul in a decade of the federal higher education act, giving strong, bipartisan backing to a bill aimed at making college more accessible and affordable for hundreds of thousands of low-income, minority, military and disabled students.
Yahoo - August 1 - 2008
Salmonella probe likened to 'Keystone Kops'
(AP)
 AP - The government bungled the salmonella outbreak probe so badly, a House committee chairman said Thursday, that federal investigators reminded him of Keystone Kops. A colleague hoped the maligned tomato can get its good name back.
Yahoo - August 1 - 2008
Republican Smith cites another Democrat in new ad
(AP)
AP - Oregon Sen. Gordon Smith is crossing over the political fence again to boost his re-election campaign.
Yahoo - August 1 - 2008
GOP senator removes block on US envoy to SKorea
(AP)
 AP - A Republican senator blocking President Bush's nominee for U.S. ambassador to South Korea lifted his objection Thursday, removing a key obstacle to the confirmation of D. Kathleen Stephens.
Yahoo - August 1 - 2008
Senators slam Indian Health agency for lost items
(AP)
AP - The head of the Indian Health Service defended his agency on Thursday against accusations that it lost millions of dollars' worth of equipment and tried to cover it up.
Yahoo - August 1 - 2008
House considers ban on killing horses for food
(AP)
 AP - One menu item could soon disappear from foreign dinner tables: meat from slaughtered American horses.
Yahoo - August 1 - 2008
Bipartisan group broker energy deal in Senate
(Reuters)
Reuters - A bipartisan group of lawmakers is
working on another comprehensive energy bill to try to break
the Congressional deadlock over how to contain the price of
gasoline, which looming as one of the biggest issues in U.S.
elections, a Democratic aide said on Thursday.
Yahoo - August 1 - 2008
House approves higher education bill
(Reuters)
Reuters - Legislation that seeks to protect
college students from lending abuses and expands scholarship
aid was approved by the U.S. House of Representatives on
Thursday.
Yahoo - August 1 - 2008
Congress: No annoying airplane cell phone calls
(AP)
 AP - Cell phone calls on airplanes in flight are not only unsafe, they're obnoxious and they should be permanently banned, according to some members of Congress.
Yahoo - August 1 - 2008
Bill would block last-minute Labor Dept rule
(AP)
AP - A House committee chairman is trying to stop the Bush administration from implementing a late-term rule that could make it harder to limit worker exposure to dangerous chemicals in the workplace.
Yahoo - August 1 - 2008
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