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US House takes up Iraq bill despite Bush veto threatAFP - Defying a White House veto threat, the US House of Representatives Thursday took up a 163 billion dollar emergency budget for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, which includes troop pullback timelines.
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House panel eyes subsidy review on tanker deal
Reuters - The House of Representatives Armed Services Committee conditionally called for a review Thursday of any illegal subsidies' role in a $35 billion refueling-aircraft contest lost by Boeing Co.
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Reuters - The House of Representatives Armed Services Committee conditionally called for a review Thursday of any illegal subsidies' role in a $35 billion refueling-aircraft contest lost by Boeing Co.
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Third House loss shakes GOP, raises fears for fallAP - Stunned House Republicans vowed campaign changes Wednesday and debated the wisdom of attacking Democratic presidential front-runner Barack Obama in congressional races after their third straight election defeat in once-friendly territory.
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Summary Box: Third House loss raises GOP's fears for fall
AP - STUNNED GOP: House Republicans vowed campaign changes Wednesday after their third straight defeat in congressional races in once-friendly territory. "The political atmosphere ... is the worst since Watergate," Rep. Tom Davis of Virginia wrote in a memo to leadership.
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AP - STUNNED GOP: House Republicans vowed campaign changes Wednesday after their third straight defeat in congressional races in once-friendly territory. "The political atmosphere ... is the worst since Watergate," Rep. Tom Davis of Virginia wrote in a memo to leadership.
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House panel votes to cut European missile funds
Reuters - A House of Representatives committee voted on Wednesday to withhold more than 50 percent of the funds sought by the Bush administration to start building missile-defense sites in Poland and the Czech Republic.
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Reuters - A House of Representatives committee voted on Wednesday to withhold more than 50 percent of the funds sought by the Bush administration to start building missile-defense sites in Poland and the Czech Republic.
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Lawmakers want better treatment for detainees
AP - Top lawmakers on the House Judiciary Committee are demanding more information from the Homeland Security Department about medical treatment provided to illegal immigrants detained in the U.S.
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AP - Top lawmakers on the House Judiciary Committee are demanding more information from the Homeland Security Department about medical treatment provided to illegal immigrants detained in the U.S.
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Big vote for farm bill could beat Bush vetoReuters - The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday passed and sent to the Senate a $289 billion, five-year farm bill that expands nutrition and biofuel programs in the face of President George W. Bush's promise to veto it.
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Republicans respond to election "wake-up call"Reuters - Republican leaders in the House of Representatives, stung by a third election defeat in as many months, scrambled on Wednesday to regain the confidence of voters as well as some of their own members.
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U.S. House Democratic leader praises Colombia gov't
Reuters - Colombia's decision to extradite 14 former paramilitary leaders to the United States to face drug-trafficking and other charges was praised on Wednesday by a leading Democrat in the U.S. House of Representatives, who said it could improve the outlook for a free-trade deal.
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Reuters - Colombia's decision to extradite 14 former paramilitary leaders to the United States to face drug-trafficking and other charges was praised on Wednesday by a leading Democrat in the U.S. House of Representatives, who said it could improve the outlook for a free-trade deal.
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House votes to stop adding to oil stockpileReuters - The House of Representatives on Tuesday followed the Senate in rejecting the Bush administration's policy of adding oil to the country's Strategic Petroleum Reserve while fuel prices are high.
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