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Next up for Congress: Jobs
Posted by Mattyboy217 185 days ago (http://www.chron.com)
Obama urges Congress to pass his job growth plans
Posted by Willkill12 185 days ago (http://www.chron.com)
The president is calling on Congress to put politics aside when they return from recess in September and pass a series of initiatives to get the economy growing faster and create jobs.
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FAA shutdown extended as Congress goes on vacation
Posted by Monkeyv67 186 days ago (http://www.chron.com)
A partisan stalemate that has partially shut down the Federal Aviation Administration will continue into September.
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Get back to work on FAA, President Obama asks Congress
Posted by StarHunter5 188 days ago (http://www.chron.com)
About 74,000 workers in aviation are idle in shutdown.
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Obama, Congress assess debt options
Posted by qweasd170 205 days ago (http://www.chron.com)
The White House held out hope Sunday that there's still time "to get something big done" as the deadline for raising the nation's debt ceiling draws near.
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Seeking treatment, Weiner wants a break from Congress
Posted by badboy1458 241 days ago (http://www.chron.com)
Under fierce pressure from fellow Democrats to resign in a sexting scandal, Rep. Anthony Weiner announced Saturday he was entering professional treatment at an undisclosed location and requested a leave of absence from Congress.
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Congress sets hearings on 'Muslim threat'
Posted by LittleEdge 332 days ago (http://www.chron.com)
Republican Rep. Peter King's plans to hold hearings later this week on radicalization in the United States spark an opposition rally today in New York City.
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Perry: Force Congress to balance budget
Posted by yellowbell 360 days ago (http://www.chron.com)
The governor and other Texas leaders are pushing the latest effort calling for a constitutional amendment mandating a balanced budget each year.
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Latino clout in Congress appears to stay consistent
Posted by Killerheals 396 days ago (http://www.chron.com)
After the election of five new Hispanic House members and one senator, Latino political clout stayed steady in the new Congress that convened this week.
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DREAM Act critic moving to position of power in Congress
Posted by LordofAces 400 days ago (http://www.chron.com)
When Republicans take control of the House this month, Texas Rep. Lamar Smith will become the GOP point person on immigration as chairman of the powerful Judiciary Committee.
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Congress passes aid package for 9/11 responders
Posted by Levarisbomb 412 days ago (http://www.chron.com)
Congress has passed a $4.2 billion aid package for survivors of the September 2001 terrorist attack on the World Trade Center and responders who develop illnesses because of breathing dust from the ruins.
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GOP's rise means Texas will loom large in new Congress
Posted by manunkind 415 days ago (http://www.chron.com)
The rise of Texas — and other states with large Republican delegations or key GOP leaders — is one of the key consequences of a volatile election year that saw Republicans sweep to power.
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Bigger Congress? No thanks, Supreme Court says
Posted by wiseman111 421 days ago (http://www.chron.com)
Lawyers in a Mississippi case wanted more than 1,000 people in the U.S. House. The Supreme Court dismissed that idea today.
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Expect big talk but little action from Congress' lame ducks
Posted by Neopopulus2 444 days ago (http://www.chron.com)
The lame ducks come quacking back to Capitol Hill this week for a post-election session that is likely to be long on rhetorical fireworks and short on accomplishments.
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Colbert tells Congress farm work 'really hard'
Posted by Straightos 501 days ago (http://www.chron.com)
WASHINGTON — Taking his blowhard comedy act to Congress, Stephen Colbert told lawmakers that a day picking beans alongside illegal immigrants convinced him that farm work is "really, really hard." "It turns out — and I did not know this — most soil is at ground level," Colbert testified Friday. Also, "It was hotter than I like to be."
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Tea party movement gets a voice in Congress
Posted by kevin2336 566 days ago (http://www.chron.com)
WASHINGTON — The anti-establishment tea party movement, which has worked to topple out-of-touch incumbents, now has a voice in the U.S. House: a fully sanctioned congressional caucus with seven Texas Republicans among its members. The 28-member House Tea Party Caucus includes no Democrats from Texas, or any other state for that matter.
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Texans in Congress hold deep financial ties to energy sector
Posted by StarHunter5 601 days ago (http://www.chron.com)
Texas lawmakers are among dozens of members of Congress who have reported personal financial holdings in the nation's energy sector -- even as they prepare possible punitive legislation following BP's Gulf of Mexico oil well blowout.
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Derivatives: Who Has Congress' Ear?
Posted by shadowmech 629 days ago (http://www.thestreet.com)
While the populist viewpoint appears to have won today's battle on derivatives reform, the financial and corporate lobby is a lot louder and better capitalized than Main Street's.
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Military tells Congress to keep gay ban for now
Posted by qwerty52395 648 days ago (http://www.chron.com)
Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Friday warned Congress not to tamper with the ban on gays serving openly in the military until he can come up with a plan for dealing with potential opposition in the ranks.
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How Texans voted in Congress
Posted by MihaVitez 699 days ago (http://www.chron.com)
How the Texas congressional delegation voted on selected issues last week:
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Call for Obama's ouster fuels Houston Democrat's Congress bid
Posted by Jehezekel 704 days ago (http://www.chron.com)
Kesha Rogers called for the impeachment of President Barack Obama as the centerpiece of her campaign for Congress, and on Tuesday she won the nomination of her party: the Democratic Party.
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Tax on super-sweet drinks is dead in Congress
Posted by aaron4sho 730 days ago (http://www.chron.com)
The idea was using the money to fight obesity and pay for health care reform. But the beverage industry successfully lobbied against the tax on sugared drinks.
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Weapon in Congress' health fight: how big the bill is
Posted by JMaster500 805 days ago (http://www.chron.com)
The sheer size of insurance reform legislation in Congress becomes a tool to attack it. Republican Rep. John Culberson of Houston tore out pages of one bill and threw them to a crowd.
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A look at health care plans in Congress
Posted by lalala10000 876 days ago (http://www.chron.com)
Here's a look at health care legislation taking shape in the House and Senate as President Barack Obama pushes to overhaul the system, cover nearly 50 million uninsured Americans and contain rising costs.
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Obama to Congress: ‘Season for action' has arrived
Posted by daddydave 881 days ago (http://www.chron.com)
President Barack Obama summoned Congress to join in a “season for action” on health care Wednesday night, urging lawmakers to set aside partisan gamesmanship in favor of drafting legislation that benefits millions who have insurance and many more without it.
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