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SF Gate
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A Democratic Congress is poised to heed President Bush's call to help save the economy, but may not give him much else after a State of the Union speech that recycled many of the administration's past initiatives.
A lame duck president called again for..
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www.afp.com
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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..
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MSNBC
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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..
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CNN
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President Bush, entrenched in disputes with Congress over spending and the war in Iraq, wants to intensify pressure on lawmakers when he addresses the media on Tuesday. It will be his first news conference in nearly seven weeks.
The president is expect..
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Yahoo News
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President Bush compared Congress' Democratic leaders Thursday to people who ignored the rise of Lenin and Hitler early in the last century, saying "the world paid a terrible price" then and risks similar consequences for inaction today.
Bush accused Co..
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www.usadaily.com
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During the recent Republican CNBC debate in Dearborn Michigan one of the most heated moments came when the question was asked whether the president needed to go to congress before going to war.
Some of the candidates referred to going to congress if th..
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The Nation
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The Senate agreed on Thursday to increase the federal debt limit by $850 billion -- from $8.965 trillion to $9.815 trillion -- and then proceeded to approve a stop-gap spending bill that gives the Bush White House at least $9 billion in new funding for it..
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Yahoo News
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Defense Secretary Robert Gates asked Congress Wednesday to approve nearly $190 billion for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan in 2008, increasing initial projections by more than a third.
The spending request guaranteed another showdown between the Bush..
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Associated Press
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President Bush said Wednesday he wants Congress to expand and make permanent a law that temporarily gives the government more power to eavesdrop without warrants on suspected foreign terrorists.
Without such action, Bush said, "our national security pr..
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CBS News
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Secretary Paulson Urged Congress To Raise Current $8.965 Trillion Limit ; 5th Hike Since 2001
Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson told Congress on Wednesday that the U.S. government will hit the current debt ceiling on Oct. 1.
He urged quick action to..
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Washington Post
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President Bush plans to ask Congress next month for up to $50 billion in additional funding for the war in Iraq, a White House official said yesterday, a move that appears to reflect increasing administration confidence that it can fend off congressional..
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Washington Post
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A month after immigration restructuring failed in Congress, the Bush administration yesterday mapped a broad campaign to tighten border security and to pressure employers to fire illegal immigrant workers.
The 26 measures -- most of which continue or e..
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Washington Post
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President Bush said yesterday that he is considering a fresh plan to cut tax rates for U.S. corporations to make them more competitive around the world, an initiative that could further inflame a battle with the Democratic Congress over spending and taxes..
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BBC News
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The White House is expected to present to Congress an interim report on the situation in Iraq, assessing the results of the major US troop "surge".
The report is due to measure the progress being made by the Iraqi government in meeting key benchmarks...
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Washington Post
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With the immigration bill dead, troop-withdrawal deadlines vetoed and other high-profile initiatives stalled, Democratic leaders closed six months in control of Congress mired in low approval ratings and plotting a legislative blitz on an issue they once..
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Associated Press
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President Bush, moving toward a constitutional showdown with Congress, asserted executive privilege Thursday and rejected lawmakers' demands for documents that could shed light on the firings of federal prosecutors.
Bush's attorney told Congress the Wh..
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Boston Globe
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Why a growing grassroots movement on the left wants to impeach the president -- and why Democrats in Washington don't even want to talk about it.
FOR ELIZABETH HOLTZMAN it was the discovery, in late 2005, that the Bush administration had been monitorin..
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New York Times
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President Bush is notorious for issuing statements taking exception to hundreds of bills as he signs them. This week, we learned that in a shocking number of cases, the Bush administration has refused to enact those laws. Congress should use its powers to..
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USA Today
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A proposed immigration overhaul narrowly survived strong Senate challenges Wednesday, boosting its backers' hopes that the fiercely debated legislation might soon win passage and advance to the House.
Senators first turned back a Republican bid to redu..
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USA Today
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The House ordered a speedy internal investigation that could oust indicted Rep. William Jefferson from Congress before his bribery trial.
Mindful of anti-corruption sentiment among voters last November, the House passed two resolutions Tuesday that req..
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