en-us http://www.newsique.com/tags/politics/house/ Get Informed. Choose Your News. http://www.newsique.com/politics/dems_to_try_again_to_extend_unem/ House Democrats came so close to a veto-proof margin for their proposal to give the unemployed an extra three months of benefits. Taking another shot on the same measure, the goal for Thursday was to pass it by just a majority, not the two-thirds it wo news politics 2008-06-12 08:12:04 http://www.newsique.com/politics/dems_to_try_again_to_extend_unem/ SF Gate http://feeds.sfgate.com/~r/sfgate/rss/feeds/news/~3/309914020/article.cgi http://www.newsique.com/sources/sfgate/ 95 Interesting [9] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/politics/dems_to_try_again_to_extend_unem/#comments http://www.newsique.com/politics/ex-aide_criticises_bush_over_ira/ Former White House spokesman Scott McClellan has said US President George W Bush was not "open and forthright" on Iraq and rushed to an unnecessary war. In a book to be published on Monday, Mr McClellan says Mr Bush "veered terribly off course". He als news politics 2008-05-28 08:17:32 http://www.newsique.com/politics/ex-aide_criticises_bush_over_ira/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/americas/7423099.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Interesting [15] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/politics/ex-aide_criticises_bush_over_ira/#comments http://www.newsique.com/politics/republicans_shift_a_little_on_su/ A months-long logjam over a new government surveillance bill may be coming to an end, with Republicans offering a compromise that would let people who think they were illegally spied on by the government have their day in court — albeit a secret one. news politics 2008-05-23 08:14:24 http://www.newsique.com/politics/republicans_shift_a_little_on_su/ SF Gate http://feeds.sfgate.com/~r/sfgate/rss/feeds/news/~3/296288904/article.cgi http://www.newsique.com/sources/sfgate/ 95 Interesting [8] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/politics/republicans_shift_a_little_on_su/#comments http://www.newsique.com/politics/house_rejects_bill_funding_iraq_/ President Bush's Iraq war funding request collapsed in the House Thursday as anti-war Democrats and Republicans unhappy about added domestic funding combined to kill — for now — $163 billion to support U.S. troops overseas. The unlikely coalition f news politics 2008-05-16 08:14:19 http://www.newsique.com/politics/house_rejects_bill_funding_iraq_/ SF Gate http://feeds.sfgate.com/~r/sfgate/rss/feeds/news/~3/291202042/article.cgi http://www.newsique.com/sources/sfgate/ 95 Important [14] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/politics/house_rejects_bill_funding_iraq_/#comments http://www.newsique.com/politics/congress_votes_to_stop_filling_o/ The House and Senate voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to temporarily stop filling the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, a response to public anger over rising oil prices as the average price of regular unleaded gasoline nationwide hit a new high of $3.73 per gallo news politics 2008-05-14 08:14:23 http://www.newsique.com/politics/congress_votes_to_stop_filling_o/ SF Gate http://feeds.sfgate.com/~r/sfgate/rss/feeds/news/~3/289897352/article.cgi http://www.newsique.com/sources/sfgate/ 95 Interesting [9] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/politics/congress_votes_to_stop_filling_o/#comments http://www.newsique.com/politics/ny_mayor_looking_forward_to_an_a/ Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who has decided against his own White House run, said Thursday that his endorsement will go to the most straight-talking candidate, adding that "at least we'll have an adult in office who can lead and can accomplish something." news politics 2008-04-18 08:17:12 http://www.newsique.com/politics/ny_mayor_looking_forward_to_an_a/ SF Gate http://feeds.sfgate.com/~r/sfgate/rss/feeds/news/~3/272562487/article.cgi http://www.newsique.com/sources/sfgate/ 95 Funny [10] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/politics/ny_mayor_looking_forward_to_an_a/#comments http://www.newsique.com/politics/top_officials_knew_of_interrogat/ The White House, Justice and State departments and the CIA refused comment Thursday, as did a spokesman for Tenet. A message for Ashcroft was not immediately returned. Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., lambasted what he described as "yet another astonis news politics 2008-04-11 08:16:40 http://www.newsique.com/politics/top_officials_knew_of_interrogat/ MSNBC http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24055778/ http://www.newsique.com/sources/msnbc/ 95 Important [17] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/politics/top_officials_knew_of_interrogat/#comments http://www.newsique.com/politics/bloomberg_passes_on_white_house_/ New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who has publicly flirted with the idea of a run for the White House as an independent, says he will not run for president. "I listened carefully to those who encouraged me to run, but I am not -- and will not be -- a news politics 2008-02-28 08:12:05 http://www.newsique.com/politics/bloomberg_passes_on_white_house_/ CNN http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/02/28/bloomberg/index.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/cnn/ 94 Interesting [8] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/politics/bloomberg_passes_on_white_house_/#comments http://www.newsique.com/politics/for_mccain_a_choice_on_bushs_rol/ Ed Gillespie, the White House counselor to Mr. Bush and the chairman of the Republican National Committee during Mr. Bush’s 2004 re-election campaign, echoed Mr. Black. “Senator McCain has his own identity,” Mr. Gillespie said in an interview, “an news politics 2008-02-18 08:20:12 http://www.newsique.com/politics/for_mccain_a_choice_on_bushs_rol/ MSNBC http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23218001/ http://www.newsique.com/sources/msnbc/ 95 Interesting [7] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/politics/for_mccain_a_choice_on_bushs_rol/#comments http://www.newsique.com/politics/house_sends_stimulus_plan_to_bus/ Congress, facing the prospect of an election-year recession, passed an emergency plan Thursday that rushes rebates of $600 to $1,200 to most taxpayers and $300 checks to disabled veterans, the elderly and other low-income people. President Bush indicated news politics 2008-02-08 08:12:57 http://www.newsique.com/politics/house_sends_stimulus_plan_to_bus/ MSNBC http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23052292/ http://www.newsique.com/sources/msnbc/ 95 Interesting [9] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/politics/house_sends_stimulus_plan_to_bus/#comments http://www.newsique.com/politics/kucinich_abandons_white_house_bi/ Democrat Dennis Kucinich is abandoning his second, long-shot bid for the White House as he faces a tough fight to hold onto his other job - U.S. congressman. In an interview with Cleveland's Plain Dealer, the six-term House member said he was quitting news politics 2008-01-25 08:18:54 http://www.newsique.com/politics/kucinich_abandons_white_house_bi/ MSNBC http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22827738/ http://www.newsique.com/sources/msnbc/ 95 Interesting [6] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/politics/kucinich_abandons_white_house_bi/#comments http://www.newsique.com/politics/pelosi_leads_the_house_to_go_org/ House Speaker Nancy Pelosi may have left her progressive instincts at the barn door when she drove a starch-, sugar- and fat-bloated bill that all but left out organic farmers through the House last summer, but when it comes to food for Congress, it's out news politics 2007-12-17 08:20:50 http://www.newsique.com/politics/pelosi_leads_the_house_to_go_org/ SF Gate http://feeds.sfgate.com/~r/sfgate/rss/feeds/news/~3/201460114/article.cgi http://www.newsique.com/sources/sfgate/ 95 Interesting [6] 80 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/politics/pelosi_leads_the_house_to_go_org/#comments http://www.newsique.com/politics/senate_panel_finds_pair_in_conte/ A Senate panel found former presidential advisor Karl Rove and current White House Chief of Staff Joshua B. Bolten in contempt of Congress on Thursday for refusing to testify and turn over documents in the investigation of the firings of nine U.S. attorne news politics 2007-12-14 13:11:01 http://www.newsique.com/politics/senate_panel_finds_pair_in_conte/ Los Angeles Times http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-na-contempt14dec14,1,3113892.story?coll=la-news-a_section&ctrack=1&cset=true http://www.newsique.com/sources/latimes/ 93 Important [13] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/politics/senate_panel_finds_pair_in_conte/#comments http://www.newsique.com/politics/us_house_rejects_water-boarding/ The US House of Representatives has approved a bill that would ban the CIA from using harsh interrogation techniques such as simulated drowning. The measure would require intelligence agencies to follow the rules adopted by the US Army, which forbid su news politics 2007-12-14 08:18:58 http://www.newsique.com/politics/us_house_rejects_water-boarding/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/americas/7144075.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Important [22] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/politics/us_house_rejects_water-boarding/#comments http://www.newsique.com/politics/congress_wants_cia_tapes_answers/ White House lawyers have advised President Bush's spokeswoman not to answer specific questions about why the CIA destroyed tapes of terror suspects under interrogation, as Congress seeks answers about the matter. The Justice Department and the CIA's in news politics 2007-12-11 08:16:59 http://www.newsique.com/politics/congress_wants_cia_tapes_answers/ MSNBC http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22181500/ http://www.newsique.com/sources/msnbc/ 95 Important [14] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/politics/congress_wants_cia_tapes_answers/#comments http://www.newsique.com/politics/secrecy_invoked_on_abramoff_laws/ The Bush administration is laying out a new secrecy defense in an effort to end a court battle about the White House visits of now-imprisoned lobbyist Jack Abramoff. The administration agreed last year to produce all responsive records abo news politics 2007-12-06 09:47:47 http://www.newsique.com/politics/secrecy_invoked_on_abramoff_laws/ MSNBC http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22063270/ http://www.newsique.com/sources/msnbc/ 95 Important [17] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/politics/secrecy_invoked_on_abramoff_laws/#comments http://www.newsique.com/politics/ex-bush_aide_bush_cheney_involve/ Former White House spokesman Scott McClellan says top administration officials -- including President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney -- were involved in his "unknowingly" passing along false information about the leak of a CIA operative's identity. I news politics 2007-11-21 08:13:03 http://www.newsique.com/politics/ex-bush_aide_bush_cheney_involve/ CNN http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/11/21/cia.leak.mcclellan/index.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/cnn/ 94 Important [8] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/politics/ex-bush_aide_bush_cheney_involve/#comments http://www.newsique.com/politics/former_aide_blames_bush_for_leak/ Former White House press secretary Scott McClellan blames President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney for efforts to mislead the public about the role of White House aides in leaking the identity of a CIA operative. In an excerpt from his forthcoming news politics 2007-11-20 22:01:24 http://www.newsique.com/politics/former_aide_blames_bush_for_leak/ Google Associated Press http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jH9M6k9jnKVo5cmYQEtzHe7vpxTwD8T1KVNO0 http://www.newsique.com/sources/google_ap/ 100 Important [17] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/politics/former_aide_blames_bush_for_leak/#comments http://www.newsique.com/politics/legislators_to_seek_homeland_sec/ A House subcommittee grilled the federal and state commanders in charge of handling the oil spill in San Francisco Bay and, unhappy with the responses, announced Monday they would seek a new probe by the inspector general for the Department of Homeland Se news politics 2007-11-20 08:15:18 http://www.newsique.com/politics/legislators_to_seek_homeland_sec/ SF Gate http://feeds.sfgate.com/~r/sfgate/rss/feeds/news/~3/187509764/article.cgi http://www.newsique.com/sources/sfgate/ 95 Interesting [6] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/politics/legislators_to_seek_homeland_sec/#comments http://www.newsique.com/politics/house_passes_war_bill_tied_to_wi/ Clash over detainee treatment The Pentagon says moving money around is a bureaucratic nightmare that costs more in the long run. And if taken to the extreme, the military would eventually have to freeze contracts or lay off civilian workers to ensure t news politics 2007-11-15 08:22:00 http://www.newsique.com/politics/house_passes_war_bill_tied_to_wi/ MSNBC http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21790348/ http://www.newsique.com/sources/msnbc/ 95 Important [14] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/politics/house_passes_war_bill_tied_to_wi/#comments