Bush Expected To Sign Bill Giving Relief To Homeowners
AP: Congress signs off on a massive housing bill that may offer relief for 400,000 strapped homeowners and two troubled mortgage giants. The Senate passed a bill in a rare Saturday session.
AP: Congress signs off on a massive housing bill that may offer relief for 400,000 strapped homeowners and two troubled mortgage giants. The Senate passed a bill in a rare Saturday session.
AP: President Bush urged Congress Thursday to pass a war funding bill that does not ‘tie the hands’ of U.S. commanders in Iraq and Afghanistan.
AP: As President Bush departed the White House this morning for Europe, he demanded quick action by Congress on matters ranging from national intelligence gathering to housing.
President Vladimir Putin told a party congress Monday that he would accept the prime minister’s post if his longtime protege is elected president, guaranteeing Putin an ongoing heavyweight political role in Russia, the AP reports.
President Bush is calling on Congress to pass bills to fund to fund troops in Iraq. Lawmakers will be debating war funding during an abbreviated holiday season session.
Mississippi Sen. Trent Lott announced Monday he will retire from the Senate before January, ending a 35-year career in Congress.
On Wednesday the House of Representatives approved a timetable for withdrawing troops from Iraq, defying Bush by tying the measure to $50 billion in new war funds.
Billionaire Warren Buffett told the Senate Finance Committee on Wednesday that Congress should keep the estate tax rather than repeal it and help a few rich Americans like him.
President Bush suffered the first veto override of his seven-year-old presidency Thursday as the Senate enacted a $23 billion water resources bill despite his protest that it was too expensive. It was the first time in a decade that Congress
With all the pressing responsibilities facing the nation, “One thing Congress should not be doing is sorting out the historical record of the Ottoman Empire,” he told a White House news conference.
The U.S. is trying to keep peace between Turkey and the Kurds, but Turkey is furious over Congress’s resolution recognizing the WWI-era Armenian genocide.
President Bush urged Congress on Wednesday to extend an expiring terrorist surveillance law that modernizes the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, saying new measures supported by Democrats don’t go far enough to protect the country.
The president secretly flew 11 hours to Iraq as a showdown nears with Congress over whether his decision in January to order 30,000 more U.S. troops to Iraq is working.
[dailymotion 4SN1p6okJ5dx5khm1 nolink] Republican Sen. John Warner of Virginia, one of the most authoritative voices in Congress on the military and a key figure in the debate over Iraq, said Friday he will not seek a sixth term in 2008.
From Politico.com: In a massive flare-up of partisan tensions, Republicans walked out on a House vote late Thursday night to protest what they believed to be Democratic maneuvers to reverse an unfavorable outcome for them.
Leading up the launch of his new movie “Sicko,” Michael Moore has partnered with YouTube to launch a campaign to highlight health care horror stories from anyone who wants to share their ordeal. He plans to take the video contributions
