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Senators question Iraq panel's strategy
Dec 7 2006 11:00PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Senators sharply questioned an Iraq commission's call for a new U.S. war strategy Thursday, saying the Bush administration and Congress must work urgently together to find a more effective approach.
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Retiring Frist bids farewell to Senate
Dec 7 2006 10:36PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Their farewell hug was awkward at best. When Democratic leader Harry Reid held open his arms to the man he battled and will replace, retiring Majority Leader Bill Frist, the Tennessee doctor hesitated before returning the embrace.
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Republicans press tax, Medicare issues
Dec 7 2006 10:34PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Lawmakers on Thursday pieced together legislation extending popular tax breaks and saving doctors from a cut in Medicare payments as Republicans prepared to cede control of Congress to the Democrats.
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Lawmakers work toward deal on Medicare
Dec 7 2006 9:19PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Lawmakers worked behind the scenes Thursday to reach agreement on Medicare legislation that would have a major impact on the bottom line for doctors, nursing homes, insurers and hospitals.
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Congress votes to up autism spending
Dec 7 2006 8:51PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Congress voted Thursday to significantly increase federal funding for research into identifying the cause of autism, now diagnosed in one in 166 children.
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Senate approves FDA chief nomination
Dec 7 2006 6:50PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate on Thursday confirmed cancer surgeon Andrew von Eschenbach to head the Food and Drug Administration, but only after breaking a filibuster in which he was accused of impeding congressional investigations.
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Brownback calls for more family values
Dec 7 2006 5:54PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Republican presidential hopeful Sam Brownback on Thursday called for a return to an American culture that promotes family values _ a theme meant to set the conservatives' favorite son apart in a growing GOP field.
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Democrats will try to block pay raise
Dec 7 2006 5:48PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Members of Congress are in line for a $3,300 pay raise effective Jan. 1 unless they block it, and Democrats said Thursday they intend to try.
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Lawmakers agree on U.S.-Indian nuke bill
Dec 7 2006 5:18PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Lawmakers reached agreement Thursday on allowing U.S. shipments of civilian nuclear fuel to India, clearing the way for overturning decades of American anti-proliferation policy.
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GOP's Capitol control winds down
Dec 7 2006 5:16PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - It has not been a pretty sight on Capitol Hill in the waning hours of Republican control.
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Congress to keep alive Iraq IG office
Dec 7 2006 4:52PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The House probably will approve a bill Friday to keep open a special investigative office that has unearthed millions of dollars in waste and fraud in the rebuilding of Iraq.
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Panel may be near to issue Foley report
Dec 7 2006 4:00PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The House ethics committee could be close to finishing its report on ex-Rep. Mark Foley's improper conduct with former pages. Committee members would not comment on when they would issue their findings. Committee leaders said in early October the investigation would be finished in weeks, not months, and members have said privately they did not want to carry the matter over until next year.
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Specter file fraud case legislation
Dec 7 2006 3:55PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The outgoing Senate Judiciary Committee chairman tried to increase pressure on the Justice Department on Thursday to drop what he described as coercive and unconstitutional tactics used against companies in criminal investigations.
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Tax break bill may open Gulf drilling
Dec 7 2006 1:19PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - An agreement on a tax package Thursday moved Congress closer to opening a vast area in the Gulf of Mexico, 125 miles south of Florida's panhandle, to oil and gas drilling.
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Hastert adjusts to no longer being boss
Dec 7 2006 4:17AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Leaving Speaker Dennis Hastert's office with its grand view of National Mall and the city's monuments to Washington and Lincoln, a visitor may pass a winding staircase with a sign that holds new meaning: "Careful Step Down."
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