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Newt's lesson for Pelosi
HOUSE DEMOCRATS avoided a full-scale meltdown over their top domestic priority Monday when Speaker Nancy Pelosi forced Michigan Rep. John D. Dingell to shelve most of an energy bill that amounted to a slag heap of special-interest favors for the auto,...Tags: National Government, Vehicles, Politics, Weather, Newt Gingrich
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Times Profile: Nancy Pelosi
Times Staff WriterThe day Nancy Plosi made history, the day Democrats made her their leader in the House of Representatives, she stepped from the Cannon Caucus Room flashing a high-beam smile that nearly outshone the television floodlights. Congressional leadership...Tags: Parties and Movements, Activism, Vehicles, China, Family
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Sketches of Michigan's congressional delegation
Michigan's U.S. House delegation: 1ST DISTRICT: NAME: Dan Benishek AGE: 58 (Born April 20, 1952) RESIDENCE: Crystal Falls PARTY: Republican EDUCATION: Bachelor's degree in biology, University of Michigan, 1974; medical degree, Wayne State...Tags: Parties and Movements, Wayne County, Church and State Relations, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Tim Walberg
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Obama says bankruptcy gives GM 'a chance to rise again'
FOX 5 San Diego StaffPresident Obama said that pushing General Motors Corp. into bankruptcy today was a painful but necessary step to revive the legendary automaker, saving thousands of jobs and avoiding another direct hit to the struggling economy. "Working with my auto...Tags: Vehicles, Career and Workplace, General Motors Corp., Judges, Finance
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Democrats expand majorities; several races remain undecided
Los Angeles TimesDespite his conviction last month on corruption charges, Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens, the nation's longest-serving Republican senator, clung tenuously to his seat yesterday as congressional Democrats exulted in their election gains elsewhere around the...Tags: Primaries, Al Franken, Voting, Referenda, Sarah Palin
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Pentagon, EPA at odds
The SwampBy Josh Mitchell and wire reports The Pentagon and the Environmental Protection Agency are mired in a dispute over the pace of environmental cleanups at Maryland's Fort Meade and Fort Detrick, where contamination from fuels and munitions for years seeped....Tags: Frederick County (Virginia), Benjamin L. Cardin, Water, Family, Armed Forces
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Bush at-risk species shift irks Dingell
The SwampHouse Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman John Dingell. Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) by Frank James There's been no let up in the criticism by environmentalists of the Bush Administration's changes, announced yesterday, to the Endangered Species...Tags: Wildlife, National Government, Natural Resource Industry, Richard Nixon, Crime, Law and Justice
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Firm may be in for a grilling on Capitol Hill
WASHINGTONWorldCom Inc., once the toast of Washington, will get a tougher reception this month when it comes to Capitol Hill to face inquires about its accounting scandal. Through a series of broken promises and political missteps, WorldCom has managed to squander...Tags: Tampa, Global Crossing Limited, Finance, James C. Greenwood, WorldCom Incorporated
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Judge blocks Do Not Call list
Sun StaffIn a blow to millions of consumers who were awaiting the launch of a national Do Not Call list to restrict their mid-dinner calls from telemarketers, a federal judge in Oklahoma ruled Wednesday that the Federal Trade Commission lacks the legal authority...Tags: Politics, Gaming, Judges, Justice System, Lawyers
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House unanimously backs bill to improve gun-buyer screening
Sun National StaffWASHINGTON - The sniper shootings have cast the politics of gun violence onto the national scene, sending Congress scrambling to address a fiercely partisan issue that has become a focus of the election season. The House unanimously passed a widely...Tags: Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, Career and Workplace, CNN (tv network), Constance A Morella, Montgomery County (Maryland)
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