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Congress struggles to act on gas prices
Apr 27 2006 10:05PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - House Republicans on Thursday refused to support billions of dollars in new taxes on oil companies as lawmakers in both parties looked for ways to soothe election-year rage over high gasoline prices.
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Katrina report rips the White House anew
Apr 27 2006 10:01PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - A Senate inquiry into the government's Hurricane Katrina failures ripped the Bush administration anew Thursday and urged the scrapping of the nation's disaster response agency. But with a new hurricane season just weeks away, senators conceded that few if any of their proposals could become reality in time.
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11 House members to sue over budget bill
Apr 27 2006 9:05PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Eleven House Democrats said Thursday they would sue the Bush administration, alleging the $39 billion deficit-reducing legislation signed by the president is unconstitutional because the House and Senate failed to approve identical versions.
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Sen. Specter threatens to block NSA funds
Apr 27 2006 8:56PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Noting that Congress holds the power of the purse, a frustrated Senate chairman threatened to try to block money for President Bush's domestic wiretapping program.
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Seafood funding plan cut from Iraq bill
Apr 27 2006 8:01PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Fiscal conservatives won a small but symbolically important victory Thursday in the Senate, killing funding for a seafood promotion program that had been tucked inside a bill for the Iraq war and further hurricane relief for the Gulf Coast.
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Wyden detains Senate with subsidy protest
Apr 27 2006 7:50PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden tied up the Senate for more than 4 1/2 hours Thursday trying to force a vote on a plan to end subsidies of energy companies that lease federal land.
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House lobbying bill narrowly advances
Apr 27 2006 7:40PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - A Republican-backed lobbying overhaul bill narrowly survived Thursday, averting what would have been a stunning blow to the party's drive to repair the scandal-tarnished reputation of Congress before the fall elections.
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Lawmakers scramble to ease gas-price pain
Apr 27 2006 3:38PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Senate Republicans proposed a $100 rebate check for millions of taxpayers Thursday to counter high gasoline costs, but linked the assistance to drilling in an Alaska wildlife refuge, assuring the measure would face stiff opposition from most Democrats.
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Rumsfeld critics must grin and bear it
Apr 27 2006 10:13AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Senate Republican critics of Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld are deferring to President Bush's support for the Pentagon chief, mindful that his fate is out of their hands.
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