en-us http://www.newsique.com/tags/politics/lawmakers/ Get Informed. Choose Your News. http://www.newsique.com/politics/clinton_tries_to_revive_revotes/ Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton’s hopes of ending the primaries with game-changing victories from new contests in Florida and Michigan grew dim on Tuesday as Florida officially scuttled plans for a new vote and Michigan lawmakers appeared far from a deal news politics 2008-03-19 08:07:38 http://www.newsique.com/politics/clinton_tries_to_revive_revotes/ MSNBC http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23697622/ http://www.newsique.com/sources/msnbc/ 95 Interesting [6] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/politics/clinton_tries_to_revive_revotes/#comments http://www.newsique.com/politics/congress_bush_in_clash_over_cia_/ Congress and President George W. Bush were headed for confrontation Saturday as US lawmakers accused the Justice Department of blocking their probe into whether the CIA tried to cover up torture by destroying interrogation tapes. Lawmakers from both pa news politics 2007-12-16 12:05:21 http://www.newsique.com/politics/congress_bush_in_clash_over_cia_/ www.afp.com http://www.afp.com/english/news/stories/071215164651.5mtv3iob.html Important [13] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/politics/congress_bush_in_clash_over_cia_/#comments http://www.newsique.com/politics/bush_wont_accept_health_bill_wit/ President Bush told Republican lawmakers on Tuesday he will not agree to legislation expanding children's health insurance if it includes a tobacco tax increase, a decision that virtually ensures a renewed veto struggle with the Democratic-controlled Cong news politics 2007-10-31 08:13:25 http://www.newsique.com/politics/bush_wont_accept_health_bill_wit/ CNN http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/10/31/childrens.health.ap/index.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/cnn/ 94 Important [7] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/politics/bush_wont_accept_health_bill_wit/#comments http://www.newsique.com/politics/house_votes_411-8_to__pass_ethic/ The House gave final and overwhelming approval yesterday to a landmark bill that would tighten ethics and lobbying rules for Congress, forcing lawmakers to more fully detail how their campaigns are funded and how they direct government spending. The ne news politics 2007-08-01 09:27:25 http://www.newsique.com/politics/house_votes_411-8_to__pass_ethic/ Washington Post http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/31/AR2007073100200.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/washingtonpost/ 94 Interesting [10] 80 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/politics/house_votes_411-8_to__pass_ethic/#comments http://www.newsique.com/politics/house_gives_itself_a_raise/ House lawmakers Wednesday voted to accept an approximately $4,400 pay raise that will increase their salaries to almost $170,000. The cost-of-living raise gets lawmakers back on track for automatic pay raises after a fight between Democrats and Republi news politics 2007-06-27 23:40:16 http://www.newsique.com/politics/house_gives_itself_a_raise/ CNN http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/06/27/congress.raise.ap/index.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/cnn/ 94 Shocking [8] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 1 http://www.newsique.com/politics/house_gives_itself_a_raise/#comments http://www.newsique.com/politics/lawmakers_to_investigate_bush_on/ Lawmakers say they plan to dig deeper into the Bush administration’s use of bill-signing statements as ways to circumvent Congressional intent. In a limited examination of the administration’s practice of reserving the authority to interpret legisl news politics 2007-06-27 12:59:49 http://www.newsique.com/politics/lawmakers_to_investigate_bush_on/ New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/20/washington/20cong.html?ex=1339992000&en=99d6cafa8767be51&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss http://www.newsique.com/sources/nytimes/ 96 Important [7] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/politics/lawmakers_to_investigate_bush_on/#comments http://www.newsique.com/politics/gop_lawmakers_bluntly_tell_bush_/ Eleven Republican lawmakers expressed their frustrations to President Bush this week about the war in Iraq and its political implications, Illinois Republican Rep. Ray LaHood said Thursday. LaHood said the delegation of lawmakers met with Bush Tuesday news politics 2007-05-10 09:35:37 http://www.newsique.com/politics/gop_lawmakers_bluntly_tell_bush_/ CNN http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/05/10/bush.gop.meeting/index.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/cnn/ 94 Important [10] 70 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/politics/gop_lawmakers_bluntly_tell_bush_/#comments http://www.newsique.com/politics/bush_takes_double-barreled_aim_a/ President Bush assailed the Democratic-led Congress Saturday for challenging him over funding the Iraq war and the firing of federal prosecutors, and demanded that lawmakers back down. Bush has threatened to veto a bill passed by the House that ties a news politics 2007-03-24 11:58:18 http://www.newsique.com/politics/bush_takes_double-barreled_aim_a/ CNN http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/03/24/bush.radio.reut/index.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/cnn/ 94 Important [6] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/politics/bush_takes_double-barreled_aim_a/#comments http://www.newsique.com/politics/justice_department_fires_8th_us_/ An eighth U.S. attorney announced her resignation yesterday, the latest in a wave of forced departures of federal prosecutors who have clashed with the Justice Department over the death penalty and other issues. Margaret Chiara, the 63-year-old U.S. at news politics 2007-02-25 10:22:12 http://www.newsique.com/politics/justice_department_fires_8th_us_/ Washington Post http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/23/AR2007022301675_pf.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/washingtonpost/ 94 Shocking [24] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 1 http://www.newsique.com/politics/justice_department_fires_8th_us_/#comments http://www.newsique.com/politics/lawmakers_approve_subpoenas_over/ Lawmakers voted to subpoena nine companies responsible for analyzing the most dangerous food entering the country as part of an investigation that gained more urgency with an outbreak of salmonella from tomatoes. For months, a House Energy and Commerce news politics 2008-06-13 08:15:08 http://www.newsique.com/politics/lawmakers_approve_subpoenas_over/ SF Gate http://feeds.sfgate.com/~r/sfgate/rss/feeds/news/~3/310838746/article.cgi http://www.newsique.com/sources/sfgate/ 95 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/politics/lawmakers_approve_subpoenas_over/#comments http://www.newsique.com/politics/voters_rejecting_prop_93_in_earl/ California voters were rejecting a ballot measure to cut the time lawmakers could serve in the Legislature by two years but give current incumbents a windfall term extension, according to early returns. With about 40 percent of the precincts reporting, news politics 2008-02-06 08:15:08 http://www.newsique.com/politics/voters_rejecting_prop_93_in_earl/ SF Gate http://feeds.sfgate.com/~r/sfgate/rss/feeds/news/~3/230099899/article.cgi http://www.newsique.com/sources/sfgate/ 95 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/politics/voters_rejecting_prop_93_in_earl/#comments http://www.newsique.com/politics/cheat_sheet_talking_points_for_l/ Congress is on break until Sept. 4. As lawmakers head home, they will be listening to their constituents for clues as to why congressional approval levels declined so steeply over the first seven months of the 110th Congress. But they will be ready to res news politics 2007-08-06 16:18:05 http://www.newsique.com/politics/cheat_sheet_talking_points_for_l/ Washington Post http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/05/AR2007080501340.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/washingtonpost/ 94 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/politics/cheat_sheet_talking_points_for_l/#comments http://www.newsique.com/politics/us_urges_comfort_women_move/ US lawmakers have called on Japan's government to formally apologise for its role in forcing thousands of women to work as sex slaves in World War II. The symbolic and non-binding resolution was passed during a vote in the House of Representatives. news politics 2007-07-31 02:15:20 http://www.newsique.com/politics/us_urges_comfort_women_move/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/6923352.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/politics/us_urges_comfort_women_move/#comments http://www.newsique.com/politics/bush_rips_democratic_lawmakers_f/ President Bush accused Democratic lawmakers on Saturday of being unable to live up to their duties, citing Congress' inability to pass legislation to fund the federal government. "Democrats are failing in their responsibility to make tough decisions an news politics 2007-07-09 10:23:07 http://www.newsique.com/politics/bush_rips_democratic_lawmakers_f/ Yahoo News http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070707/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush;_ylt=Arf_rZ3Wscr2UjS4YAiJr_es0NUE http://www.newsique.com/sources/yahoo_news/ 93 Under Rated [1] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/politics/bush_rips_democratic_lawmakers_f/#comments http://www.newsique.com/politics/house_democrat_warns_gop_on_earm/ The Democratic chairman of the House Appropriations Committee threatened Monday to strip all lawmakers' funding requests from this year's budget if Republicans continue to "demagogue" the controversial process. The warning from Rep. David Obey of Wisco news politics 2007-06-12 08:16:59 http://www.newsique.com/politics/house_democrat_warns_gop_on_earm/ USA Today http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/usatoday-NewsTopStories/~3/124056130/2007-06-11-congress-earmarks_N.htm http://www.newsique.com/sources/usatoday/ 91 Interesting [5] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/politics/house_democrat_warns_gop_on_earm/#comments http://www.newsique.com/politics/a_good_compromise_for_democracy/ SEVERAL OF THE lawmakers behind the bipartisan immigration agreement being discussed in the Senate noted movingly when they announced the deal that the time they spent together crafting it reminded them of high school civics — their experience of govern opinion politics 2007-05-29 10:40:22 http://www.newsique.com/politics/a_good_compromise_for_democracy/ Los Angeles Times http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/news/printedition/opinion/~3/120434471/la-oe-jacoby29may29,1,663749.story http://www.newsique.com/sources/latimes/ 93 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/politics/a_good_compromise_for_democracy/#comments http://www.newsique.com/politics/in_the_democratic__congress_pork/ When the new Democratic majority in the House of Representatives passed one of its first spending bills, funding the Energy Department for the rest of 2007, it proudly boasted that the legislation contained no money earmarked for lawmakers' pet projects a news politics 2007-05-24 20:03:06 http://www.newsique.com/politics/in_the_democratic__congress_pork/ Washington Post http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/23/AR2007052301782.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/washingtonpost/ 94 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/politics/in_the_democratic__congress_pork/#comments http://www.newsique.com/politics/lawmakers_preview_debate_on_immi/ The complex immigration reform bill coming up for debate in the Senate seems to have something for everyone to dislike, but several lawmakers on Sunday said it's the best chance to get legislation passed that addresses the millions of workers who have ent news politics 2007-05-20 18:05:39 http://www.newsique.com/politics/lawmakers_preview_debate_on_immi/ FOX News http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,274092,00.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/fox_news/ 82 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/politics/lawmakers_preview_debate_on_immi/#comments http://www.newsique.com/politics/gonzales_prepares_to_fight_for_h/ Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales has retreated from public view this week in an intensive effort to save his job, spending hours practicing testimony and phoning lawmakers for support in preparation for pivotal appearances in the Senate this month, ac news politics 2007-04-05 01:08:58 http://www.newsique.com/politics/gonzales_prepares_to_fight_for_h/ Washington Post http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/04/AR2007040402614.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/washingtonpost/ 94 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/politics/gonzales_prepares_to_fight_for_h/#comments http://www.newsique.com/politics/women_making_big_gains_as_state_/ Female state lawmakers are moving into leadership roles in unprecedented numbers, overseeing their legislatures' daily business, shaping states' political agendas and, advocates say, laying the groundwork to get more women elected. This year, 58 female news politics 2007-04-02 23:26:18 http://www.newsique.com/politics/women_making_big_gains_as_state_/ USA Today http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/usatoday-NewsTopStories/~3/106187399/2007-04-02-women-legislative-leaders_N.htm http://www.newsique.com/sources/usatoday/ 91 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/politics/women_making_big_gains_as_state_/#comments