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In veto-proof move, House votes to increase farm subsidies, food stamps
The Associated PressBy a strong, veto-proof majority, the House passed a $290 billion farm bill that increases subsidies for farmers and food stamps for the poor amid rising grocery prices while sprinkling in pet projects that lawmakers can take home to voters this...Tags: Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Corrine Brown, Ron Klein, Cliff Stearns, Government
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Boehner, Blunt: Now, let's drill
The Swampby Matthew Hay Brown The Senate voted overwhelmingly today to suspend shipments to the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, and the House is expected to follow suit momentarily. House Republican leaders say the move, intended to reduce prices at the pump by......Tags: Land Resources, Upper House, Pete Domenici, Government, Parliament
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Democrats take another Republican seat
The Swampby Matthew Hay Brown Anti-abortion, pro-gun Democrat Travis Childers has won today's special election in Mississippi's deeply conservative First Congressional District, the Associated Press is reporting. Following special election victories in Illinois...Tags: Upper House, John McCain, Government, Bill Foster, National Government
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Blunt: Actually, we won, sort of
The Swampby Matthew Hay Brown Congressional Republicans are agonizing over their third consecutive special election loss, Minority Whip Roy Blunt sees a silver lining to the victories this month of conservative Democrats Don Cazayoux and Travis Childers. "The...Tags: Government, National Government, Harry Reid, Barack Obama, Elections
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Cole: GOP lost voters' confidence
The Swampby Jim Tankersley The Republican Party keeps losing House special elections because Americans have lost confidence in it, the chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee told reporters in a conference call today. He also said the country...Tags: Harry S Truman, Upper House, Government, Bill Foster, National Government
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Republicans abandon Bush on food, energy issues
Associated Press WriterCongress responded speedily to voters' angst over rising grocery prices and $4-a-gallon gasoline Thursday, bucking President Bush's veto threats with lopsided votes to boost food stamps and farm subsidies -- after ordering Bush to quit pouring oil into...Tags: Energy Saving, Upper House, Pete Domenici, Government, Parliament
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Reactions to California Supreme Court gay marriage ruling
Some reactions to Thursday's California Supreme Court ruling that overturned a voter-approved ban on gay marriage. The ruling would allow same-sex couples in the biggest U.S. state to wed. ___ "At the end of the day, this is about real people and...Tags: Constitutional Issues, Gays and Lesbians, Regional Authority, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Government
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Produce farmers cheer farm bill
Associated Press WriterFruit and vegetable growers would reap a bonanza in the farm bill passed Wednesday by the House that, for the first time, includes a significant amount of money for them. Money for traditional commodity subsidies, food stamps and other programs in the...Tags: North Carolina, Food Safety, Oregon, New York, Government
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Tax hike to finance Webb's GI bill set for House vote
202-824-8224House Democrats say they have found a way to pay for Virginia Sen. Jim Webb's GI bill, which would give troops a free college education: Tax the wealthy. A bill scheduled for a vote in the House today would finance the education benefits for troops by...Tags: Upper House, Jim Webb, John McCain, Veterans Affairs, Government
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GOP hearing a 'wake-up call'
Sun ReporterThe Democratic special election victory for a Misssissippi congressional seat long controlled by a Republican has party leaders crowing about more gains in November - and Republicans searching for a way to stop the losses. By winning Tuesday in...Tags: Upper House, Montgomery County (Maryland), Government, Bill Foster, Massachusetts
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