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Former Rep. Henry Hyde dies

Former Congressman Henry Hyde, a Republican from Illinois, died early Thursday morning. He was 83.

Ivins: Beyond the pale

Oh dear. I'm sure he didn't mean it. In Illinois' 6th Congressional District, long represented by Henry Hyde, Republican candidate Peter Roskam accused his Democratic opponent Tammy Duckworth of planning to "cut and run" on Iraq.

Obsessed with 16 words

The House International Relations Committee last Thursday voted 24 to 19 to send to the House floor, "without recommendation," a resolution requiring President Bush to turn over documents relating to 16 words in his 2003 State of the Union Address. That actually killed the resolution. But the dead can rise again in Congress, and this corpse will.

House threatens to withhold U.N. dues

The House of Representatives has approved a measure that would withhold dues from the United Nations unless the world body adopts dozens of reforms.

CNNMoney: Concerns mount over IBM-Lenovo deal

The proposed sale of IBM's personal computer unit to China's Lenovo Group may pose a threat to national security and needs a closer review, three Republican lawmakers said in a letter to Treasury Secretary John Snow.

Israel's Christian problem

There is hardly a more resolute supporter of Israel in Congress than Rep. Henry Hyde, the venerable chairman of the House International Relations Committee.

FSB: They Saved Small Business When corporate America tried to seize the patent system from independent inventors,

Robert H. Rines is no stranger to complex topics or to controversy. An MIT-trained physicist and inventor, he holds dozens of patents on advances in fields as diverse as radar and fish farming. A p...

Money Magazine: D.C. Tag Sale How to make Washington work: Privatize, privatize, privatize.

With all the lurid tales coming out of Washington, D.C. these days, a bit of good news got scant attention earlier this year: The Clinton Administration is reportedly considering raising $2.5 billi...

Fortune: Inside Al Gore's Head (Episode II)

Don't even think about it. Don't even think about Monica Lewinsky or Kathleen Willey. There are schools to wire, the IRS to reform, the government to reorganize. And there's the earth to televise. ...

Fortune: CAPITOL FILE REGULATORY RELIEF

For all the talk of tax cuts, what business really wants from a Republican Congress is regulatory relief. For decades a phalanx of powerful Democratic committee chairmen prevented meaningful regula...

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