AP - Fighting to survive, Hillary Rodham Clinton is counting on female power to energize her faltering presidential bid. She’s hoping a double-digit lead among women in Ohio is the answer.
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Reuters - U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry
Reid urged President George W. Bush on Wednesday to reject a
veto threat by his advisers and work with Democrats to pass a
bill to curb rising home foreclosures by changing bankruptcy
law.
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Reuters - Republicans in the U.S. Senate are
likely to block this week a Democratic bill aimed at curbing
new home foreclosures by changing bankruptcy law, Senate
Majority Leader Harry Reid said on Thursday.
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Reuters - Oversight of the U.S. food supply
must be drastically overhauled, starting with a ban on the
slaughter of unfit cattle and tougher penalties for the
mistreatment of animals, Senate lawmakers said on Thursday.
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AP - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid pledged on Thursday to continue trying to end the Iraq war even though he lacks the votes to force a troop withdrawal.
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Reuters - The U.S. House of Representatives on
Wednesday voted to repeal $18 billion in tax breaks for big oil
companies to help pay for developing renewable energy sources.
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AP - House Democrats, still seeking consensus on how best to ensure the chamber’s integrity and reputation, on Wednesday put off a vote on a proposal to create an independent ethics office that would review complaints of member wrongdoing.
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Reuters - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben
Bernanke said on Thursday the United States was not headed
toward 1970s-style “stagflation” but acknowledged inflation
could complicate the central bank’s effort to spur the economy.
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AP - The House ethics committee said Thursday it was beginning an investigation into the conduct of Rep. Rick Renzi, R-Ariz., who was indicted a week ago on conspiracy, extortion and other charges.
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AP - Republican presidential hopeful John McCain said Thursday the question of whether he can run for president, despite being born in the Panama Canal Zone, was put to rest 44 years ago in Barry Goldwater’s run for the White House.
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