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Analysis: Frist tries to please everyone
May 23 2006 10:18PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Eager to advance President Bush's election-year agenda, Majority Leader Bill Frist maneuvered for months to bring immigration legislation to the brink of Senate passage.
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Ex-senator, VP candidate Bentsen dies
May 23 2006 10:18PM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - Former Senator and Treasury Secretary Lloyd Bentsen, the courtly Texan who famously put down vice presidential rival Dan Quayle in a 1988 debate by telling him "you're no Jack Kennedy," died Tuesday. He was 85.
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House speaker protests to Bush over raid
May 23 2006 10:05PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - House Speaker Dennis Hastert complained directly to President Bush on Tuesday about the FBI's unprecedented raid on Rep. William Jefferson's office, while officials said senior Democrats worked to ease the Louisiana lawmaker out of a powerful committee assignment, at least temporarily.
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Congressmen who were mayors form caucus
May 23 2006 8:56PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - About 20 former mayors now in Congress are banding together to give cities a voice they say has been lacking at the federal level.
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House nips moves to extend farms programs
May 23 2006 8:44PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Efforts to extend federal programs helping peanut and dairy farmers were quashed Tuesday as the House passed a bill funding farm and food programs.
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Senate votes to hike illegal worker fines
May 23 2006 7:53PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate voted Tuesday to fine employers who hire illegal immigrants up to $20,000 for each unauthorized worker, providing teeth to a broad immigration bill before sending it to a final vote later this week.
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House leaders question FBI search
May 23 2006 4:59PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The FBI's weekend search of the House office of a Louisiana Democrat under investigation for bribery may have overstepped constitutional boundaries, House leaders said as the congressman under investigation pledged to stay in office.
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House votes to cut aid to Palestinians
May 23 2006 11:21AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The House voted Tuesday to further choke off the flow of U.S. aid to the Hamas-controlled Palestinian Authority, drawing the displeasure of the Bush administration and dividing the pro-Israel lobbying community.
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House votes to cut aid to Palestinians
May 23 2006 10:20AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The House votes Tuesday to further choke off the flow of U.S. aid to the Hamas-controlled Palestinian Authority, drawing the displeasure of the Bush administration and dividing the pro-Israel lobbying community.
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Sen. Clinton pitches ethanol energy plan
May 23 2006 8:35AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton will call for cutting U.S. dependence on foreign oil by 8 million barrels a day by the year 2025 _ a goal she says can be met with more ethanol-based fuel and a $50 billion fund for new energy research.
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