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The cowboys from Blackwater are being tamed. The US House of Representatives has passed a bill which will make it possible to prosecute security contractors in the US for any wrong doings in Iraq. The decision was near unanimous, 389 to 30. Only 30...
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For the first time since 1968, a party will command a filibuster proof majority in the Senate.
After several months of recounts and court battles, Democratic...
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Democratic and Republican senators said Sunday they hope President Barack Obama looks beyond the federal bench as he considers a replacement for retiring Supreme Court...
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A senior Republican on the Senate committee that will consider President Barack Obama’s Supreme Court nominee says he’s worried the president might pick a...
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Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner is no longer alone. The Senate has confirmed another Obama Treasury nomination.
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Propelled through the House by antibusiness sentiment in tough economic times, legislation putting new reins on the credit card industry now goes to the Senate, where...
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A rising star in the Kentucky GOP is making plans to run for the U.S. Senate next year while incumbent Sen. Jim Bunning says he has no intention of retiring.
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A rising star in the Kentucky GOP said Thursday he is looking at a possible run for U.S. Sen. Jim Bunning’s seat, a signal that the two-term Republican senator...
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The 45-51 roll call by which the Senate on Thursday defeated a measure that would have given bankruptcy judges authority to reduce the costs and terms of mortgages for...
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Former Republican Sen. Norm Coleman wants Minnesota’s highest court to order the counting of at least 1,359 additional ballots and possibly thousands more in his...
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With President Barack Obama on the sidelines, the Senate defeated his promise of a bankruptcy court refuge for hundreds of thousands of families about to lose their...
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The Senate has defeated legislation that would have let hundreds of thousands of debt-ridden homeowners seek mortgage relief in bankruptcy court.
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A comparison of House and Senate legislative proposals with pending Federal Reserve regulations:
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President Barack Obama says Sen. Arlen’s Specter’s switch to the Democratic Party will not suddenly give the new president a “rubber-stamp...
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U.S. Circuit Judge Jay Bybee was asked Wednesday to provide Senate testimony on the memos he approved while at the Justice Department authorizing harsh interrogation...
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New Hampshire is a step closer to allowing gay marriage after a state Senate vote.
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Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius won Senate confirmation Tuesday as the nation’s health and human services secretary, thrusting her into the middle of a public...
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The 65-31 roll call by which the Senate voted to confirm Kathleen Sebelius as the nation’s health and human services secretary.
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A list of senators who have switched parties since 1900 and the political parties they represented while in Congress:
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Veteran Republican Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania switched parties Tuesday with a suddenness that seemed to stun the Senate, a moderate’s defection that pushed...
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Veteran Republican Sen. Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania switched parties Tuesday with a suddenness that stunned the Senate, a moderate’s defection that left...
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The democrats defied President George W Bush for vetoing the Iraq war-funding bill on May 1 that stipulates the bill with the withdrawal of the troops. The House of...
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Ending all assumptions and hypothesis, an almost evenly divided House of Representatives passed a spending bill on Friday giving a firm time limit to Bush...
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The Pew Research Center says that it would be a mistake to think the Democratic sweep of Congress in recent midterm elections shows a major political shift in the...
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After seizing 24 seats, Democrats have won the House of Representatives and are waiting for two undecided races to grab the Senate in the US mid-term elections. The...
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The monarch in Nepal tastes odd flavor of democracy. The powerful lower house of Nepal, House of Representatives, has taken strenuous action to reduce the power...
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The house of representatives in the American Congress has approved the The United States and India Nuclear Cooperation Promotion Act of 2006. On the other hand, US...
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As we said in our previous article India-US Nuclear Deal: Still Long Way to Go,, there are more steps ahead to get final approval from the US Congress on the nuclear...
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The civilian nuclear technology-sharing plan between India and the US may get final approval by the end of the year. According to the Assistant Secretary of State...
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