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All Rights Reserved.Tue, 07 Oct 2008 22:23:49 EDT15http://www.cbsnews.com/track/rss/sections/ap/congress/main501707.shtml??source=RSS&http://wwwimage.cbsnews.com/common/images/v2/logo_cbsnews_small.gif13623Tue, 07 Oct 2008 18:24:17 EDThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/10/07/ap/congress/main4508161.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_4508161With the presidential election less than a month away and the economy reeling, House Democratic leaders on Tuesday unveiled a proposal to reduce the gases blamed for global warming from power plants, transportation and factories by 80 percent come 2050.Tue, 07 Oct 2008 17:24:37 EDThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/10/07/ap/congress/main4508088.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_4508088The federal budget deficit hit a new record in the just-completed 2008 budget year under the latest estimates from the Congressional Budget Office.Tue, 07 Oct 2008 03:21:36 EDThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/10/07/ap/congress/main4505436.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_4505436The government's rescue of American International Group Inc. last month is getting a critical eye from lawmakers examining the chain of events that forced a $700 billion bailout of the financial industry.Mon, 06 Oct 2008 11:22:29 EDThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/10/06/ap/congress/main4503846.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_4503846Congress heard Monday that Lehman Brothers, days away from becoming the largest bankruptcy in U.S. history, was pleading for a federal rescue on one hand while steering millions in dollars to departing executives on the other.Sun, 05 Oct 2008 09:21:31 EDThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/10/05/ap/congress/main4502197.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_4502197Bill Allen affectionately referred to the outings as "boot camp."Fri, 03 Oct 2008 18:20:20 EDThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/10/03/ap/congress/main4500856.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_4500856Note to Main Street: Congress loves you.Fri, 03 Oct 2008 17:23:56 EDThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/10/03/ap/congress/main4500365.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_4500365The financial rescue plan signed by President Bush on Friday extends a program that pays rural counties hurt by federal logging cutbacks.Fri, 03 Oct 2008 16:25:47 EDThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/10/03/ap/congress/main4499973.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_4499973They're tired of the zingers.Fri, 03 Oct 2008 16:26:06 EDThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/10/03/ap/congress/main4499974.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_4499974Sixty lawmakers Friday switched from their previous position on the huge Wall Street bailout measure. Fifty-eight switched from "no" to "yes," one switched to oppose the measure and a lawmaker who was absent on Monday voted "yes." Here's the breakdown by party and state:Fri, 03 Oct 2008 15:24:40 EDThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/10/03/ap/congress/main4499583.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_4499583The House voted Friday to extend unemployment benefits to those who have exhausted their current benefits. The vote came hours after learning of another jump in the jobless rate and after the House had approved a massive financial rescue plan for Wall Street.Fri, 03 Oct 2008 16:26:33 EDThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/10/03/ap/congress/main4499975.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_4499975A federal judge has rejected a defense demand to declare a mistrial after a prosecutor miscue in the corruption case against Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens.Thu, 02 Oct 2008 17:25:27 EDThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/10/02/ap/congress/main4496475.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_4496475House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday that it's "just foolish" to suggest that her husband is benefiting from tens of thousands of dollars one of her political committees is paying a firm he owns.Thu, 02 Oct 2008 08:20:55 EDThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/10/02/ap/congress/main4493589.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_4493589House members are getting another chance to vote on a bill many would like to avoid: a massive financial rescue that has infuriated millions but is being promoted as critically needed to stave off a deep recession.Thu, 02 Oct 2008 04:23:27 EDThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/10/02/ap/congress/main4493450.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_4493450Bit by bit, lawmaker by lawmaker, forces in favor of the massive financial rescue plan rejected just days ago are turning around the tide of opinion in Congress.Wed, 01 Oct 2008 23:16:56 EDThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/10/01/ap/congress/main4493248.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_4493248The 74-25 roll call by which the Senate approved a $700 billion rescue package for Wall Street aimed at preventing a credit crisis.Wed, 01 Oct 2008 23:17:17 EDThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/10/01/ap/congress/main4493249.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_4493249The 74-25 roll call by which the Senate approved a $700 billion rescue package for Wall Street aimed at preventing a credit crisis.Wed, 01 Oct 2008 18:24:49 EDThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/10/01/ap/congress/main4493068.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_4493068Like the momentous 2002 decision authorizing the invasion of Iraq, Congress' vote on a $700 billion financial industry bailout figures to reverberate unpredictably, both for the economy and for the politicians vowing to protect it.Wed, 01 Oct 2008 17:25:19 EDThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/10/01/ap/congress/main4492838.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_4492838Key provisions of the $700 billion financial industry bailout and sweeteners added by the Senate to attract votes from constituencies.Wed, 01 Oct 2008 14:27:04 EDThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/10/01/ap/congress/main4491894.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_4491894U.S. senators began debate Wednesday on a U.S.-India nuclear cooperation accord, nearing a vote that would be the last hurdle to establishing civilian nuclear trade with India after a three-decade atomic ban.Tue, 30 Sep 2008 20:26:00 EDThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/09/30/ap/congress/main4490739.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_4490739Congress has passed legislation that will require the government to keep closer tabs on who has access to the Internet and who does not.Tue, 30 Sep 2008 17:18:52 EDThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/09/30/ap/congress/main4490514.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_4490514Lobbyists regrouped Tuesday after the House defeated the $700 billion bailout, a loss that had the business sector trying to recast the terms of the debate.Tue, 30 Sep 2008 16:26:14 EDThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/09/30/ap/congress/main4490466.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_4490466A day after the House defeat of a financial bailout plan that sent Wall Street into a frantic downward spiral, the Capitol was largely deserted Tuesday as Congress marked the Jewish New Year, Rosh Hashana.Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:19:55 EDThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/09/30/ap/congress/main4489249.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_4489249Two House Democrats are asking congressional investigators to examine U.S. exports to Iran to see whether approval procedures are being abused.Tue, 30 Sep 2008 07:22:53 EDThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/09/30/ap/congress/main4488353.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_4488353Members of Congress are still blaming one another for the House vote rejecting a financial system bailout, which sent stocks down by record levels on Wall Street.Tue, 30 Sep 2008 03:22:53 EDThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/09/30/ap/congress/main4488200.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_4488200Brother, can you spare a billion? More like $700 billion, to be precise.Mon, 29 Sep 2008 20:18:54 EDThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/09/29/ap/congress/main4487941.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_4487941In the end, the financial markets didn't stand a chance against voter antipathy, partisanship and election year politics.Mon, 29 Sep 2008 19:16:02 EDThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/09/29/ap/congress/main4487880.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_4487880In New York, traders watched in disbelief as the $700 billion financial bailout plan sank like a stone in Congress. In Washington, plugged-in lawmakers knew the stock market was tanking in anticipation of the defeat.Mon, 29 Sep 2008 19:16:27 EDThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/09/29/ap/congress/main4487884.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_4487884Lawmakers who had the most to lose risked the least.Tue, 30 Sep 2008 19:12:51 EDThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/09/30/ap/congress/main4490660.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_4490660House Democrats said Monday they would not relent in their dispute with the Senate on a major tax relief package, increasing odds that businesses could lose out on critical tax breaks and millions could get hit by the alternative minimum tax this year.Mon, 29 Sep 2008 17:26:42 EDThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/09/29/ap/congress/main4487627.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_4487627The House Web site was overwhelmed Monday as millions of computer users sought information about the financial bailout bill rejected by the House.Mon, 29 Sep 2008 16:27:02 EDThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/09/29/ap/congress/main4487219.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_4487219The 228-205 roll call Monday of the vote by which the House rejected a $700 billion emergency bailout for the nation's financial system.Mon, 29 Sep 2008 11:22:53 EDThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/09/29/ap/congress/main4485865.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_4485865The House on Monday sent to President Bush a bill sponsored by Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama that would eventually ban the export of elemental mercury.Sun, 28 Sep 2008 20:11:23 EDThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/09/28/ap/congress/main4484069.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_4484069The government effort to yank control of the sagging economy from Wall Street began to jell a half-hour before midnight Saturday in House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's Capitol office.Tue, 30 Sep 2008 18:18:37 EDThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/09/30/ap/congress/main4490601.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_4490601By as early as next spring, U.S. automakers will be able to tap into a $25 billion low-interest line of credit from the government to help them modernize their plants to build more fuel-efficient vehicles.Tue, 30 Sep 2008 18:18:55 EDThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/09/30/ap/congress/main4490602.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_4490602Troops would get a pay raise in a defense bill that Congress sent President Bush on Saturday. Even before passage, lawmakers had backed away from an election-season showdown with the administration over Iraq.Fri, 26 Sep 2008 21:10:50 EDThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/09/26/ap/congress/main4481952.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_4481952Asserting the need to force Iran's hand on its nuclear weapons program and its support of international terrorism, the House on Friday moved to reinforce sanctions against the Tehran government.Fri, 26 Sep 2008 20:16:08 EDThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/09/26/ap/congress/main4481918.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_4481918The 264-158 roll call Friday by which the House passed a bill to pump $61 billion in government spending into the economyWed, 01 Oct 2008 17:25:48 EDThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/10/01/ap/congress/main4492839.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_4492839Congress is sending President Bush several bills that would tighten laws on child pornographers' use of the Internet.Fri, 26 Sep 2008 16:23:48 EDThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/09/26/ap/congress/main4481165.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_4481165The first black heavyweight champion should be granted a presidential pardon for a racially motivated conviction 75 years ago that blemished his reputation and hurt his boxing career, the House recommended Friday.Fri, 26 Sep 2008 15:19:48 EDThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/09/26/ap/congress/main4480855.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_4480855The 52-42 roll call by which the Senate on Friday blocked a bill to pump $56 billion in government spending into the economy.Fri, 26 Sep 2008 11:23:05 EDThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/09/26/ap/congress/main4480285.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_4480285Democrats in the House and Senate pressed ahead Friday with new plans to pump money into the economy with public works projects, help for the jobless and for states struggling with their Medicaid bills.Thu, 25 Sep 2008 21:19:29 EDThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/09/25/ap/congress/main4479221.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_4479221A group of conservative Republicans in the House on Thursday proposed a financial rescue package of tax breaks and a new government-sponsored insurance program for mortgage-backed securities as an alternative to President Bush's proposed $700 billion bailout of Wall Street.Thu, 25 Sep 2008 19:20:49 EDThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/09/25/ap/congress/main4479113.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_4479113The House on Thursday moved to force companies that sell or distribute prepaid calling cards to describe any fees associated with the cards on packaging and in advertising.Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:27:37 EDThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/09/25/ap/congress/main4478690.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_4478690Democrats messed up. Republicans were robbed.Wed, 24 Sep 2008 21:24:21 EDThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/09/24/ap/congress/main4476756.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_4476756The Iraqi prisoner had valuable intelligence, U.S. special forces believed, and they desperately wanted it. They demanded that expert American military trainers teach them the same types of abusive interrogation techniques that North Korea and Vietnamese forces once used against U.S. prisoners of war.Wed, 24 Sep 2008 20:14:00 EDThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/09/24/ap/congress/main4476695.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_4476695The House on Wednesday rejected a Senate-backed measure extending a multiyear program of payments to rural counties hurt by federal logging cutbacks.Wed, 24 Sep 2008 19:11:51 EDThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/09/24/ap/congress/main4476636.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_4476636Spurred by the recent train crash that killed 25 people in Los Angeles, the House passed sweeping rail safety legislation Wednesday requiring more rest for workers and technology that can stop a train in its tracks if it's headed for collision.Mon, 29 Sep 2008 03:22:42 EDThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/09/29/ap/congress/main4484395.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_4484395The House ethics committee said Wednesday it was establishing an investigative panel to determine whether Rep. Charles Rangel, the influential chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, had broken House rules as a result of several reported lapses in his personal affairs.Wed, 24 Sep 2008 21:24:40 EDThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/09/24/ap/congress/main4476757.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_4476757The House, responding to growing public demand for more domestic energy, voted Wednesday to end a quarter-century ban on oil and natural gas drilling off the Atlantic and Pacific coasts, giving Republicans a major victory on energy policy.Wed, 24 Sep 2008 18:25:15 EDThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/09/24/ap/congress/main4476354.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_4476354Many people battling addiction or suffering from mental health problems could get better health insurance coverage under legislation that has widespread, bipartisan support but still faces some hurdles before getting to President Bush for his signature.Wed, 24 Sep 2008 16:23:29 EDThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/09/24/ap/congress/main4475745.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_4475745The House voted Wednesday to nearly double federal money to help poor people cope with record home heating bills expected this winter.Wed, 24 Sep 2008 15:24:38 EDThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/09/24/ap/congress/main4475538.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_4475538The Senate has passed legislation that would give the Justice Department more money to investigate unsolved murders from the civil rights era.Wed, 24 Sep 2008 13:27:55 EDThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/09/24/ap/congress/main4475172.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_4475172A Louisiana congressman accused of taking bribes challenged his indictment before a federal appeals court Wednesday, claiming grand jury testimony infringed on his constitutionally protected activities.Wed, 24 Sep 2008 11:18:39 EDThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/09/24/ap/congress/main4474428.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_4474428Highlights of a Democratic bill that would lift a moratorium on more offshore oil drilling and provide funding for federal agencies after the 2009 budget year that starts Oct. 1. The bill would:Tue, 30 Sep 2008 19:13:23 EDThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/09/30/ap/congress/main4490662.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_4490662Highlights of a Democratic bill lifting a moratorium on additional offshore oil drilling and providing funding for federal agencies after the 2009 budget year that starts Oct. 1:Tue, 29 Apr 2008 22:00:01 EDThttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/04/29/ap/congress/main4057255.shtml?source=RSS&attr=_4057255The Senate Intelligence Committee voted Tuesday to limit CIA interrogators to techniques approved by the military, which would effectively bar them from waterboarding prisoners, congressional officials said.