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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"In just the last two months, lawmakers invited lobbyists to help pay for ...
Rep. Charlie Norwood (R-Ga.), a seven-term congressman from Georgia’s 10th Congressional District, died Tuesday of cancer at age 65. Several weeks after his victory in the 2006 congressional elections, Norwood developed a new round of health problems and returned to Georgia for hospice care last week.
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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The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform is holding hearings on "waste, fraud, and abuse of taxpayer dollars"; topics include Iraq reconstruction, Homeland Security contracting, and prescription drug pricing. Companies called to testify are "scrambling to hire lobbyists with Democratic ties," reports Bloomberg.
After much anticipation, Senate Republicans blocked debate early Monday evening on a bill opposing President Bush’s plan to escalate U.S. troop levels in Iraq. Sixty votes were required to bring it to the floor, and ultimately the motion to invoke cloture fell eleven short, 49-47.
On Sunday the Washington Post ran a story about how two freshman members of Congress are posting their schedules online and that archives of their schedules can be found on
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