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Health-care debate heats up as Senate, House grapple with plans

As the debate on health-care reform heats up on Capitol Hill, it's clear lawmakers don't see eye-to-eye on the issue -- with each other or President Obama.

Roy Blunt's announcement sets up showdown in Missouri

Missouri Rep. Roy Blunt Thursday announced his intention to run for a seat in the U.S. Senate, a move that sets up what is likely to be a showdown between two prominent families in one of the country's most politically divided states.

Rabbit ears get reprieve with digital TV delay

American TV viewers have four extra months to get ready for the day their local stations shut down their analog transmitters, thanks to a delay in the digital TV transition approved by Congress Wednesday.

Time.com: The Bailout Spotlight Returns to the House -- and John Boehner

The Senate passes an amended rescue plan, throwing the ball back into the House Republicans' court

Democrats offer alternative 'no bailouts act'

A small group of Democratic House members put together an alternative to the $700 billion financial bailout measure that was defeated in the House on Monday.

Time.com: Anatomy of a Legislative Meltdown

All the talk of bipartisanship turned into a flurry of finger-pointing and recriminations after the Administration's controversial financial markets rescue plan goes down in defeat in the House

Fortune: Why the bailout bombed

Barely containing his temper, Virginia's Eric Cantor, deputy whip for the House Republicans, stepped to the microphone this afternoon to blame the bailout defeat on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's "failure to listen" and her charged partisan rhetoric in condemning President George Bush's "budgetary recklessness" and "anything-goes mentality."

Buffett to Congress: Bail out economy or face 'meltdown'

Billionaire Warren Buffett told congressional negotiators that if they can't agree on a proposed financial bailout, the nation will face "its biggest financial meltdown in American history," two sources familiar with the talks said.

Time.com: The Bailout Deal: Will It Fly in Congress?

In a midnight session, congressional leaders and the Bush Administration came to a tentative agreement on a $700 billion bailout package

CNNMoney: Accord on rescue plan

Congressional leaders said shortly after midnight that they had reached a tentative deal over the White House's proposed $700 billion bailout of the financial system.

Health-care debate heats up as Senate, House grapple with plans

As the debate on health-care reform heats up on Capitol Hill, it's clear lawmakers don't see eye-to-eye on the issue -- with each other or President Obama.

Roy Blunt's announcement sets up showdown in Missouri

Rabbit ears get reprieve with digital TV delay

Time.com: The Bailout Spotlight Returns to the House -- and John Boehner

The Senate passes an amended rescue plan, throwing the ball back into the House Republicans' court

Democrats offer alternative 'no bailouts act'

A small group of Democratic House members put together an alternative to the $700 billion financial bailout measure that was defeated in the House on Monday.

Time.com: Anatomy of a Legislative Meltdown

All the talk of bipartisanship turned into a flurry of finger-pointing and recriminations after the Administration's controversial financial markets rescue plan goes down in defeat in the House

Fortune: Why the bailout bombed

Buffett to Congress: Bail out economy or face 'meltdown'

Time.com: The Bailout Deal: Will It Fly in Congress?

In a midnight session, congressional leaders and the Bush Administration came to a tentative agreement on a $700 billion bailout package

CNNMoney: Accord on rescue plan

Congressional leaders said shortly after midnight that they had reached a tentative deal over the White House's proposed $700 billion bailout of the financial system.

House approves overhaul of wiretap laws

The House approved a bipartisan plan Friday to overhaul the nation's wiretapping laws.

Unemployment benefits pass House, but future uncertain

The House passed a bill extending unemployment benefits by 13 weeks Thursday, but a presidential veto threat makes its final passage uncertain.

House GOP unveils 'change' agenda for fall

Sensing trouble in the fall, the House GOP leadership on Wednesday addressed recent losses in special Congressional elections by unleashing a new agenda aimed at changing that party's image.

Senate seeks federal inquiry of altered earmark

The Senate voted Thursday to seek a federal investigation into a 2005 earmark on a highway funding bill that was altered after Congress approved the measure but before President Bush signed it.

Time.com: Lawmakers' Defense Investing High

Members of Congress have as much as $196 million collectively invested in companies doing business with the Defense Department, earning millions since the onset of the Iraq war, according to a new study by a nonpartisan research group

House debates surveillance bill in secret session

The House of Representatives met in secret session Thursday night to debate revisions to federal surveillance laws, closing off the chamber for the first time since 1983 at the request of its Republican minority.

Rep. Tom Lantos of California dies at 80

Rep. Tom Lantos, the Democratic chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, died Monday due to complications from cancer, his office said. Lantos was 80.

Bush: 'Common ground' possible on economic stimulus package

President Bush, before meeting with the congressional leadership on Tuesday, said "common ground" could be reached on an economic stimulus package.

GOP to object to Homeland panel appointment

House Republicans plan a formal objection on the House floor to the appointment of Rep. William Jefferson to the Homeland Security Committee.

Bush: Time to put elections behind us

President Bush on Wednesday discussed the midterm elections and the news that Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld was stepping down in a White House news conference. The following is a partial transcript of his remarks:

Poll: Democrats lead GOP by double digits

A CNN poll released Wednesday may continue the anxiety for the GOP, showing Democrats with a 14-point advantage over Republicans among registered voters asked their preferences in this year's midterm elections.

Boehner wins political Play of Week

Backroom maneuvering, secret ballots, surprise results -- everything you could wish for in a political Play of the Week.

Boehner elected House majority leader

House Republicans on Thursday elected U.S. Rep. John Boehner of Ohio as majority leader.

Arizona lawmaker wins key backing to succeed DeLay

Two GOP congressmen -- a moderate and a conservative -- joined forces Tuesday to endorse Rep. John Shadegg of Arizona as a candidate to succeed Rep. Tom DeLay as the powerful House majority leader.

Ethics reform, Texas style

It takes a Texas Republican to get that fine, hairline reading on the ethical sensitivity scale we all prize so highly. Thus, it comes as no surprise that a couple of six-packs of Texas Republican congressmen have signed up to endorse Rep. Roy Blunt, Tom DeLay's chosen successor, in the House leadership fight. Glad to see they're taking this ethical stuff seriously.

Boehner, Blunt seek to replace DeLay

Two top Republicans announced Sunday they would seek the No. 2 position in the House, a day after Rep. Tom DeLay said he will not try to reclaim the majority leader post.

Wagging the GOP dog

Last Wednesday, leaders of conservative and moderate factions in the House Republican conference sat down to discuss a joint call for new leadership elections. No agreement was reached, and the events of the next 24 hours destroyed the budding coalition while exposing the ineffectiveness of current leaders. Abandonment of oil drilling in the Arctic failed to appease the moderate bloc, and the leaders pulled down the budget-cutting bill late Thursday.

House delays budget vote

House Republican leaders abruptly called off a vote Thursday on a bill that would trim $50 billion in spending after moderate Republicans resisted cuts to a range of social programs, including Medicaid, student loans and food stamps.

House Republicans ponder future

As Rep. Tom DeLay began moving out of his leadership suite in the Capitol to his smaller district office in the Cannon Building, his Republican colleagues in the House began pondering a future without "The Hammer" as majority leader.

House GOP moves quickly to fill leadership post

House Republicans on Wednesday named three GOP congressmen to assume the duties of Rep. Tom DeLay, who stepped down from his post as House majority leader after a Texas grand jury indicted him for alleged state campaign finance violations.

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