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House votes to repeal health care reform, Senate repeal unlikely
By Ryan Schuster Members of the U.S. House of Representatives voted to repeal the Affordable Care Act, 244-185 today, but the vote is not expected to end the controversy over the legislation anytime ...
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Professional clown may have to prove he can read in order to serve in Brazil's congress (it's okay if you need to read this headline twice)
There's a headline I never planned on writing ... But in Brazil, there is some question as to whether or not a clown whos stage name means "grumpy" may not be literate, and the country's constitutio...
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Brennan nomination filibustered

A Republican critic of the Obama administration’s drone policy mounted a self-described filibuster Wednesday to block Senate confirmation of John Brennan to take over as director of the CIA.

By By Richard Lardner, Associated Press , March 07, 2013

Schumer says Senate Democrats will pass budget

WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats intend to approve a budget for the first time in almost four years, a prominent lawmaker said Sunday, but he said it will call for higher tax revenues that Republicans are sure to oppose.

By By Philip Elliott, Associated Press , January 20, 2013

Heitkamp appears on CNN talk show Sunday

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — It didn't take long for North Dakota's freshman senator to make her debut on the Sunday morning talk show circuit.

January 06, 2013

McConnell: Time to confront 'spending addiction'

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell says that "absolutely the tax issue is behind us" as a result of the "fiscal cliff" deal and that it's now time to focus solely on confronting what he calls "our spending addiction."

January 06, 2013

Bears, budgets, farmers top Congress to-do list

WASHINGTON (AP) — Bears and budgets top the list as Congress returned Tuesday from a seven-week election break to a long list of unfinished business.

By Associated Press , November 13, 2012

Congress returns for short pre-election session

WASHINGTON (AP) — Fresh off a five-week vacation, lawmakers return to Washington on Monday for a truncated pre-election session in which Congress will do what it often does best: punt problems to the future.

By By Andrew Taylor, Associated Press , September 09, 2012

Budget-and-tax impasse threatens U.S. military, economy

With the government heading toward a year-end “fiscal cliff,” House Republicans approved a full plate of Bush-era tax cuts Wednesday that they said could help shore up a still-frail national economy. At the same time, the Obama administration warned that threatened budget cuts could send some of America’s troops into battle with less training.

By By Andrew Taylor, Associated Press , August 02, 2012

Loans, road jobs bill passes

Congress emphatically approved legislation Friday preserving jobs on transportation projects from coast to coast and avoiding interest rate increases on new loans to millions of college students, giving lawmakers campaign-season bragging rights on what may be their biggest economic achievement before the November elections.

By By Alan Fram, Associated Press , June 30, 2012

New generation challenges some blacks in Congress

DALLAS (AP) — For two decades, Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson has been an outspoken voice for Democrats in her signature bright blazer and multicolored scarf.

May 14, 2012

JHS student among competition finalists

Rep. Rick Berg announced Monday the nine finalists for the 2012 Congressional Art Competition and encouraged fellow North Dakotans to cast their vote on Facebook to help determine the first place winner. Hunter Braunberger of Jamestown High School is among the finalists.

May 01, 2012

Navy names ship for Giffords

Gabrielle Giffords, the recently retired congresswoman from Arizona who was shot in an assassination attempt 13 months ago, returned to Washington Friday for double honors. The Navy named a ship after her and she saw President Barack Obama sign the last piece of legislation she authored into law.

February 11, 2012

Sources: Pentagon rules shift on women in combat

WASHINGTON (AP) — Pentagon rules are catching up a bit with reality after a decade when women in the U.S. military have served, fought and died on the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan.

February 09, 2012

Americans frustrated by congressional stalemates

CHICAGO — As Americans watch yet another political drama play out on Capitol Hill — this time over whether to extend the payroll tax cut and jobless benefits — they have a question for Congress: Can't you all just get along? For once?

By By Tammy Webber, The Associated Press , December 22, 2011

Obama wants payroll tax extended for entire year

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama, rebuffed by Congress on a yearlong extension of a Social Security payroll tax cut, said Saturday that it would be "inexcusable'" for lawmakers not to lengthen the short-term deal when they return from their holiday break.

December 17, 2011

Senate panel acts against lawmaker insider trading

WASHINGTON — A Senate committee approved a bill Wednesday that would prohibit members of Congress and their employees from using nonpublic information to enrich themselves.

By By Larry Margasak, The Associated Press , December 14, 2011

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