A scaled-back ethics bill headed toward likely passage in the House on Thursday despite complaints from senators that Republican leaders had jettisoned several key provisions that won overwhelming Senate support last week . Read full article > >
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Scaled-back ethics measure moves toward approval in House
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke is testifying before the Senate Budget Committee Tuesday morning about the state of the U.S. economy and the nation’s fiscal health. Bernanke is expected to warn lawmakers against impeding near-term economic growth in the name of cutting a long-term budget deficit. And he is expected to defend the Fed’s policy of keeping interest rates near zero to stimulate the economy — all in line with Bernanke’s testimony last week before the House Budget Committee. Read full article > >
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Bernanke expected to warn lawmakers against hampering growth
A sweeping new ethics bill would also require disclosures by thousands of employees in the executive branch.
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Senate Approves Ban on Insider Trading by Congress
RICHMOND — The Virginia Senate passed a bill Wednesday that would require women to have an ultrasound before an abortion, the first of several legislative measures this year that are expected to dramatically alter abortion law in the state. Read full article > >
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Virginia Senate passes bill requiring women to undergo ultrasound before abortion
The Senate on Monday began its most substantial debate on congressional ethics in nearly five years, a proposal that would formally prohibit insider stock trading on Capitol Hill and bring the chamber’s financial disclosure laws up to date with technology. Read full article > >
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Senate begins debating insider-trading bill
The president’s re-election team is enjoying the Republican fight, but knows much can change before Election Day.
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News Analysis: Confident Obama Knows Wild Cards Can Loom Large
Members of the House and Senate are gathered together in the same building this week for the first time in 2012, ready to kick off a new legislative year. Based on conventional wisdom , they should hardly bother. Read full article > >
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Members of the House and Senate are gathered together in the same building this week for the first time in 2012, ready to kick off a new legislative year. Based on conventional wisdom , they should hardly bother. Read full article > >
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Expectations low for election-year agenda
The French Senate approves a controversial bill that makes it a criminal offence to deny that Turks committed genocide against Armenians during World War I.
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French Senate passes genocide law
Mark Steven Kirk, who won President Obama’s Senate seat in 2010, was admitted to a Chicago-area hospital over the weekend after suffering a stroke.
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The Caucus: Illinois Senator Kirk Hospitalized Following Stroke
Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.) announced Friday he would delay consideration of measure to combat online piracy, bowing to pressure from a coalition of Internet companies, including Google and Wikipedia, that rallied consumers to their side by saying the legislation could lead to the censorship of popular sites. Read full article > >
When Rick Santorum entered the House in 1991, he joined with a group of other freshmen to shame the House leadership into releasing the names of those who bounced checks at the House bank.
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The Long Run: Santorum Rose Quickly From Reformer to Insider
Gave out over $1 billion during Senate career.
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Donors Rewarded Santorum’s Earmarks
The Rev. Patrick J. Conroy, the House of Representatives chaplain, and the Rev. Dr. Barry C. Black, the Senate’s chaplain, try to nurture civility in their fractious congregation.
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On Religion: Congress’s Chaplains Face Divided Flock – On Religion
RICHMOND — Republicans seized control of an equally divided Senate on the first day of the General Assembly session Wednesday, relying on arcane maneuvers to take over the last part of the state government they didn’t already control. Read full article > >
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Bernanke expected to warn lawmakers against hampering growth
Tuesday, February 7th, 2012Virginia Senate passes bill requiring women to undergo ultrasound before abortion
Thursday, February 2nd, 2012News Analysis: Confident Obama Knows Wild Cards Can Loom Large
Tuesday, January 24th, 2012The Caucus: Illinois Senator Kirk Hospitalized Following Stroke
Monday, January 23rd, 2012The Long Run: Santorum Rose Quickly From Reformer to Insider
Friday, January 20th, 2012On Religion: Congress’s Chaplains Face Divided Flock – On Religion
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