While most Americans were enjoying a long Presidents’ Day weekend, the Senate was busy at the Capitol debating President Bush’s proposed escalation of the Iraq War. Congresspedia has stayed on top of the action, and many new updates can now be found on the Iraq troop “surge” page.
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Richard Zitrin, a San Francisco-based lawyer who teaches at the University of California, warns that the willingness of lawyers to reach secret out-of-court agreements with drug companies can have dangerous consequences for patients.
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Federal court judge Jack B. Weinstein has lifted an injunction on U.S.
With the debate on the Hill over the Iraq troop "surge" kicking into high gear, the Congresspedia page documenting the congressional actions on the surge has been getting a lot of additions.
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Rep. Gary Miller has become the fourth House Republican from California in less than two years to face a federal investigation. He joins current Reps. John Doolittle and Jerry Lewis, as well as former Rep.
House Democrats have had little trouble passing their legislative agenda so far in the 110th Congress.
On January 31, the House passed a continuing resolution to fund the federal budget for the rest of the current (2007) fiscal year (which lasts through Sept. 30) at the same levels as fiscal year 2006. The federal budget is generally funded through eleven separate appropriations bills, but the Republican-led 109th Congress was unable to pass nine of those, making it necessary for Congress to pass a resolution "continuing" last year's budget.
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