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Politics - U.S. House of Representatives
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Boehner re-elected House GOP leader (AP)
AP - House Republicans on Wednesday re-elected John Boehner as leader of their depleted ranks while putting together a more conservative team to represent them in the next, Democratic-controlled, Congress.
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House panel backs Waxman as energy chairman (Reuters)
Reuters - Rep. Henry Waxman of California narrowly won a preliminary contest on Wednesday to replace Rep. John Dingell of Michigan as chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee.
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Boehner re-elected House Republican leader (Reuters)
Reuters - Ohio Republican Rep. John Boehner survived a challenge on Wednesday to remain leader of his party's shrinking minority in the U.S. House of Representatives, party aides said.
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Broad drilling ban to stand (AP)
AP - House Democrats have no interest in restoring the broad ban on oil and gas development off the Atlantic and Pacific coasts but will seek to "delineate areas available for drilling" when Congress returns next year, the second-ranking Democrat in the House said Tuesday.
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PACs Put House Democrats on Top for First Time Since 1994 (CQPolitics.com)
CQPolitics.com - Democratic candidates for the U.S. House raised more money in the 2007-08 election cycle than their Republican counterparts. It is the first time that has occurred since the 1993-94 cycle -- the one in which an upsurge at the polls boosted the Republican Party to a House majority it …
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Paulson powerless; Pelosi punts (Politico)
Politico - The White House and Democrats pursued competing plans Monday to aid the ailing auto industry. But with Barack Obama on the sidelines, a newly minted $100.3 billion economic stimulus bill appeared doomed in the Senate, even as fresh layoffs and Wall Street losses testified to the continuin …
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Stimulus stalls in lame duck (Politico)
Politico - The White House and Democrats pursued competing plans Monday to aid the ailing auto industry. But with Barack Obama on the sidelines, a newly minted $100.3 billion economic stimulus bill appeared doomed in the Senate, even as fresh layoffs and Wall Street losses testified to the continuin …
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GOP fights to hold onto Louisiana seat (Politico)
Politico - Democrats are trying to send one last powerful signal to House Republicans in the 2008 cycle by picking up one more GOP-held slot — a conservative seat in the Deep South that has been in Republican hands for the past two decades.
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Obama names veteran congressional aide to staff (AP)
AP - President-elect Barack Obama has chosen a veteran Capitol Hill aide as his top White House representative to Congress, the Democrat's transition team announced Saturday as he works to fill out the senior ranks of his team.
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Paulson: Buying Troubled Assets Is Not 'Most Effective' Use for Bailout Law (CQPolitics.com)
CQPolitics.com - Purchasing troubled assets from banks and other financial institutions "is not the most effective way to use" funds under the Treasury Department's financial industry bailout, Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson Jr. said Wednesday, even though lawmakers passed the bailout thinking t …
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Lungren Challenges Boehner for Leadership of House Republicans (Bloomberg)
Bloomberg - Nov. 14 (Bloomberg) -- Representative Dan Lungren of California is challenging John Boehner of Ohio for the top Republican U.S. House post, saying that the loss of at least 20 seats in the Nov. 4 election shows the party needs new leadership.
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Waxman's Challenge to Dingell Divides House Democrats (Bloomberg)
Bloomberg - Nov. 14 (Bloomberg) -- When House Democrats return to Washington next week, they will have to choose between two of the party's most senior lawmakers.
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Waxman's Bid to Head Dingell's Panel Pits Old Bull, Young Turk (Bloomberg)
Bloomberg - Nov. 14 (Bloomberg) -- When House Democrats return to Washington next week, they will have to choose between an Old Bull and a Young Turk.
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Hopes for auto bailout stall (AFP)
AFP - Hopes for a swift bailout of the US auto industry appeared to stall Thursday after a top Democratic senator said Republicans looked set to scupper the proposal until Barack Obama is president.
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Republicans reject US auto bailout calls (AFP)
AFP - The top Republican in the House of Representatives Thursday rejected calls by Democratic leaders of Congress for a new financial bailout of crippled US auto manufacturing giants.
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Republican Representative Don Young of Alaska Wins 19th Term (Bloomberg)
Bloomberg - Nov. 13 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. Republican Representative Don Young of Alaska won his bid for a 19th term over Democrat Ethan Berkowitz, a former state House minority leader.
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Frank Drafting $25 Billion Auto Rescue Plan; GOP Senator Plans Fight (CQPolitics.com)
CQPolitics.com - The "Big Three" domestic automakers will take center stage on Capitol Hill next week as House Democrats push ahead with plans to give the ailing auto industry a $25 billion share of the Treasury Department's financial bailout program despite ongoing reluctance from the Bush adminis …
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Pelosi Calls for Bill to Aid Automakers (CQPolitics.com)
CQPolitics.com - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said Tuesday that House Democrats will draft legislation that would use the $700 billion financial industry bailout program to assist struggling domestic automakers, and may advance the new bill as early as next week.
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House speaker seeks auto bailout bill (Reuters)
Reuters - House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi sought legislation on Tuesday to bail out failing automakers, saying she was confident an emergency measure would be approved next week.
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House Speaker backs auto industry aid (Reuters)
Reuters - House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Tuesday federal aid for the failing U.S. automobile industry was urgently needed and that she was confident Congress could act on emergency bailout legislation next week.
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