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Senate Democrats have no choice but to change their tone about Roland Burris becoming a U.S. senator because Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich "called our bluff" in appointing someone over their objections, a senior Democratic...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Defense Secretary Robert Gates has told Congress that a planned buildup of U.S. forces in Afghanistan could add $5.5 billion to U.S. war costs in the current federal fiscal year, officials said on Wednesday.
The leader of the U.S. House of Representatives, Speaker Nancy Pelosi, pressed top congressional Democrats on Wednesday to pass a massive economic recovery bill by mid-February, a call tempered by new projections of...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. budget deficit will swell to a record $1.186 trillion in fiscal 2009 as the global recession saps the economy, congressional forecasters said on Wednesday, presenting a daunting challenge to...
As the 111th Congress was officially sworn-in yesterday, the members of the Congressional Black Caucus participated in a ceremony to mark the new session. The event was held in the Congressional Auditorium of the recently...
U.S. Senate Democratic leaders say they will be ready to end a controversy over the appointment to the Senate seat vacated by President-elect Barack Obama, once some legal issues are resolved. Senate Majority leader Harry Reid...
