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Youths and students are sprayed with a water cannon by policemen during a protest outside the House of Representatives in Quezon City, east of Manila on August 25, 2011. The Students are protesting against the proposed National Expenditure Program for 2012 that would decrease subsidies on State Universities and colleges by more than 12 million USD.

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  • Editorial: Careless to undo defense deal

    House of Representatives reneged on a key deficit-reduction deal recently. It passed a bill authorizing more military spending in 2013 than was agreed to last summer in a bargain that ended the debt crisis in which the nation's credit rating was downgraded.With   Read more »

  • U.S. Senate's surprise bipartisan drug-bill deal

    who, together with Republican Sen. Michael Enzi of Wyoming , wrote the bill and shepherded it to passage.Members of the House of Representatives should take heed, put what's good for the nation above their partisan interests and pass a similar bill slated   Read more »

  • Find way to keep Violence Against Women Act

    But in this fevered election year, reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act has become a bone of partisan contention.The House of Representatives passed a reauthorization bill Wednesday that differed significantly from the one the Senate passed last month,   Read more »

  • Bill would give businesses a tax break

    equipment used by the military and others.Schumer said he doesn't yet have a sponsor for the legislation in the House of Representatives , where Republicans hold sway. He also said his proposals, because they tie federal tax incentives to job creation, are   Read more »

  • Homes destroyed in cross-border attack on Liberia

    to ferry fighters from Liberia into Sierra Leone to fuel that country's war.Kparkar, who represents the area in Liberia's House of Representatives , told The Associated Press that the attack was apparently in retaliation for the death of a Sierra Leonean motorcyclist.   Read more »

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