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Falwell invites Gingrich to give address
Mar 9 2007 10:14PM (CT)
LYNCHBURG, Va. (AP) - Newt Gingrich's admission of an extramarital affair as he pursued President Clinton's impeachment in the Monica Lewinsky scandal has won praise from another conservative Christian leader: the Rev. Jerry Falwell.
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House Dems face uphill battle over Iraq
Mar 9 2007 8:41PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, her party deeply divided and holding only a narrow majority, faces long odds in passing legislation that would bring troops home from Iraq before the 2008 presidential election.
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House bill boosts water project wages
Mar 9 2007 8:35PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Union construction workers would gain a hiring advantage for more projects under legislation the House passed Friday, the latest in a series of pro-labor measures by Democrats that President Bush has promised to veto.
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Democrats link pet causes to troop plan
Mar 9 2007 8:33PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Democrats seeking votes for their Iraq-withdrawal plan have stuffed the bill it's in with billions of dollars for farms, flu preparedness, New Orleans levees, home heating and other causes.
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Correction: US-Pakistan story
Mar 9 2007 2:50PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - In a March 7 story about congressional Democrats trying to pressure Pakistan to step up its efforts against terrorism, The Associated Press reported erroneously that Senate Democrats had proposed a resolution threatening to block delivery of U.S. jet fighters to that country.
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White House bows on attorney reforms
Mar 9 2007 9:43AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Slapped even by GOP allies, the Bush administration is beating an abrupt retreat on eight federal prosecutors it fired and then publicly pilloried.
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House panel told of warnings about VA
Mar 9 2007 3:20AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - A program to fix bureaucratic breakdowns between the Defense and Veterans Affairs Departments was shelved soon after VA Secretary Jim Nicholson took office, according to a former VA official.
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