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All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/1278 U.S. Congress News en-us Fri, 09 May 2008 20:58:45 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/1278 http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/uscongress/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080509/pl_nm/usa_colombia_trade_dc nm/20080509/usa_colombia_trade_dc Reuters Fri, 09 May 2008 20:58:45 GMT Reuters - Republicans urged House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Friday to end her delaying tactics and allow a vote on a free trade agreement with Colombia. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/uscongress/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080509/pl_nm/usa_housing_congress_dc nm/20080509/usa_housing_congress_dc Reuters Fri, 09 May 2008 19:46:25 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/uscongress/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080509/pl_nm/usa_housing_congress_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080509/2008_05_08t172904_450x368_us_usa_housing_congress.jpg?x=130&y=106&q=85&sig=BzZqLfHH55lvskp6yYKcwA--" align="left" height="106" width="130" alt="Prospective buyers visit an open house in Alexandria, Virginia, April 6, 2008. The House of Representatives on Thursday approved a bill to create a $300 billion mortgage-insurance fund and provide billions more in homeowner aid to stabilize a housing market shaken by a wave of foreclosures. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The White House on Friday set out terms for a possible deal on a housing market rescue plan, as a sweeping package backed by the House of Representatives was on its way to an uncertain greeting in the Senate.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/uscongress/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080509/pl_nm/usa_housing_congress_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080509/2008_05_08t172904_450x368_us_usa_housing_congress.jpg?x=130&y=106&q=85&sig=BzZqLfHH55lvskp6yYKcwA--" align="left" height="106" width="130" alt="photo" title="Prospective buyers visit an open house in Alexandria, Virginia, April 6, 2008. The House of Representatives on Thursday approved a bill to create a $300 billion mortgage-insurance fund and provide billions more in homeowner aid to stabilize a housing market shaken by a wave of foreclosures. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/uscongress/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080509/pl_afp/usvoteobama afp/20080509/usvoteobama AFP Fri, 09 May 2008 19:37:20 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/uscongress/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080509/pl_afp/usvoteobama"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080509/capt.cps.ndc11.090508213541.photo00.photo.default-245x147.jpg?x=130&y=78&q=85&sig=lgsKyz1IXOenx4Etqm.nxg--" align="left" height="78" width="130" alt="Animation containing 14 content items.(AFP iactiv)" border="0" /></a>AFP - With the Democratic presidential nomination tantalizingly within his grasp, Barack Obama has begun to burnish his image as his party's standard-bearer in the quest to wrest the White House back from the Republicans.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/uscongress/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080509/pl_afp/usvoteobama"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080509/capt.cps.ndc11.090508213541.photo00.photo.default-245x147.jpg?x=130&y=78&q=85&sig=lgsKyz1IXOenx4Etqm.nxg--" align="left" height="78" width="130" alt="photo" title="Animation containing 14 content items.(AFP iactiv)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/uscongress/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080509/pl_afp/usvote afp/20080509/usvote AFP Fri, 09 May 2008 16:22:58 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/uscongress/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080509/pl_afp/usvote"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080509/capt.cps.ndc11.090508213541.photo00.photo.default-245x147.jpg?x=130&y=78&q=85&sig=lgsKyz1IXOenx4Etqm.nxg--" align="left" height="78" width="130" alt="Animation containing 14 content items.(AFP iactiv)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Barack Obama's White House drive picked up pace Friday with more superdelegates rallying to his side, including the head of a leading union, as former rival John Edwards all but endorsed his campaign.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/uscongress/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080509/pl_afp/usvote"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080509/capt.cps.ndc11.090508213541.photo00.photo.default-245x147.jpg?x=130&y=78&q=85&sig=lgsKyz1IXOenx4Etqm.nxg--" align="left" height="78" width="130" alt="photo" title="Animation containing 14 content items.(AFP iactiv)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/uscongress/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080509/ap_on_el_pr/obama_union ap/20080509/obama_union AP Fri, 09 May 2008 12:42:24 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/uscongress/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080509/ap_on_el_pr/obama_union"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080508/capt.1e841b11e62f48b6a8f108591e8ef9fd.obama_2008_dcjh108.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=FbUCf3dblVfIbS4mDBBbPw--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., smiles as he is introduced by Israeli Ambassador Sallai Merido, not pictured, at the 60th Anniversary of Israeli Independence celebration at Mellon Auditorium in Washington, Thursday, May 8, 2008. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)" border="0" /></a>AP - The American Federation of Government Employees endorsed Barack Obama Friday, giving the Illinois senator fresh momentum toward capturing the Democratic nomination for president.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/uscongress/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080509/ap_on_el_pr/obama_union"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080508/capt.1e841b11e62f48b6a8f108591e8ef9fd.obama_2008_dcjh108.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=FbUCf3dblVfIbS4mDBBbPw--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="photo" title="Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., smiles as he is introduced by Israeli Ambassador Sallai Merido, not pictured, at the 60th Anniversary of Israeli Independence celebration at Mellon Auditorium in Washington, Thursday, May 8, 2008. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/uscongress/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080509/ap_on_go_co/congress_housing ap/20080509/congress_housing AP Fri, 09 May 2008 10:56:58 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/uscongress/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080509/ap_on_go_co/congress_housing"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080507/capt.0fd72865c21d4b01b6ce8d7db91f3e1c.pending_home_sales_caps105.jpg?x=130&y=105&q=85&sig=l3MDkY9V.b0Fr71PahsMrQ--" align="left" height="105" width="130" alt="Two men walk by two homes for sale in Palo Alto, Calif., Wednesday, May 7, 2008. An industry group said Wednesday that pending U.S. home sales dropped to a new low in March, signaling the housing slump has yet to bottom out even as the spring sell season gets under way. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)" border="0" /></a>AP - Democrats' plans to help hundreds of thousands of homeowners struggling with rising subprime mortgage rates and plummeting house values could be sidetracked by President Bush's threatened veto and the backing of many congressional Republicans.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/uscongress/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080509/ap_on_go_co/congress_housing"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080507/capt.0fd72865c21d4b01b6ce8d7db91f3e1c.pending_home_sales_caps105.jpg?x=130&y=105&q=85&sig=l3MDkY9V.b0Fr71PahsMrQ--" align="left" height="105" width="130" alt="photo" title="Two men walk by two homes for sale in Palo Alto, Calif., Wednesday, May 7, 2008. An industry group said Wednesday that pending U.S. home sales dropped to a new low in March, signaling the housing slump has yet to bottom out even as the spring sell season gets under way. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/uscongress/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/bloomberg/20080509/pl_bloomberg/adgw_ue0vb0 bloomberg/20080509/adgw_ue0vb0 Bloomberg Fri, 09 May 2008 04:01:33 GMT Bloomberg - May 9 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation to let a federal agency insure up to $300 billion in mortgages to help homeowners avert foreclosure, a day after the White House threatened to veto the measure. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/uscongress/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080509/ap_on_go_co/congress_armstrong ap/20080509/congress_armstrong AP Fri, 09 May 2008 03:08:31 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/uscongress/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080509/ap_on_go_co/congress_armstrong"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080508/capt.0d73b27ece0a4d6685e7e7fff9b0094c.congress_cancer_dcsw102.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=VfKwu9FmpFttO6qhSEQQBg--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="Cancer survivor and seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong, right, testifies before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions committee hearing on the challenges and opportunities for fighting cancer, Thursday, May 8, 2008, on Capitol Hill in Washington. At left, cancer fighter Elizabeth Edwards, wife of former Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. John Edwards, D-N.C., listens after testifying. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)" border="0" /></a>AP - Seven-time Tour de France winner and cancer survivor Lance Armstrong is calling on Congress to renew the nation's war on cancer.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/uscongress/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080509/ap_on_go_co/congress_armstrong"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080508/capt.0d73b27ece0a4d6685e7e7fff9b0094c.congress_cancer_dcsw102.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=VfKwu9FmpFttO6qhSEQQBg--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="photo" title="Cancer survivor and seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong, right, testifies before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions committee hearing on the challenges and opportunities for fighting cancer, Thursday, May 8, 2008, on Capitol Hill in Washington. At left, cancer fighter Elizabeth Edwards, wife of former Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. John Edwards, D-N.C., listens after testifying. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/uscongress/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080509/ts_afp/uscongresseconomyproperty afp/20080509/uscongresseconomyproperty AFP Fri, 09 May 2008 01:04:57 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/uscongress/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080509/ts_afp/uscongresseconomyproperty"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080509/capt.cps.ncw65.090508030222.photo00.photo.default-512x341.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=2Lhor5nFlAkHy1rz4EuBUw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A foreclosure sign seen in Stockton, California. The US House of Representatives has approved a bill that lawmakers hope could stem the tide of home foreclosures due to the subprime mortgage crisis, but it faces a presidential veto(AFP/Getty Images/File/Justin Sullivan)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The US House of Representatives has approved a bill that lawmakers hope could stem the tide of home foreclosures due to the subprime mortgage crisis, but it faces a presidential veto.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/uscongress/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080509/ts_afp/uscongresseconomyproperty"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080509/capt.cps.ncw65.090508030222.photo00.photo.default-512x341.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=2Lhor5nFlAkHy1rz4EuBUw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="A foreclosure sign seen in Stockton, California. The US House of Representatives has approved a bill that lawmakers hope could stem the tide of home foreclosures due to the subprime mortgage crisis, but it faces a presidential veto(AFP/Getty Images/File/Justin Sullivan)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/uscongress/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080509/pl_nm/usa_politics_ethics_dc nm/20080509/usa_politics_ethics_dc Reuters Fri, 09 May 2008 00:34:53 GMT Reuters - The Senate Ethics Committee on Thursday dismissed a complaint against Sen. David Vitter, a suspected patron of a prostitution ring headed by a woman who killed herself last month. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/uscongress/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080509/ap_on_go_co/farm_bill ap/20080509/farm_bill AP Fri, 09 May 2008 00:12:02 GMT AP - Married couples with joint incomes of up to $1.5 million from their farm operation could still qualify for crop subsidies under a five-year, $300 billion farm bill compromise that would boost the Agriculture Department's food and farm programs. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/uscongress/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080508/ap_on_go_co/cia_interrogation ap/20080508/cia_interrogation AP Thu, 08 May 2008 22:52:39 GMT AP - Seeking to referee a stalemate over how the CIA can interrogate prisoners, a top Senate Republican says Congress should ban waterboarding and seven other abusive methods of interrogation but allow the spy agency some leeway in how it questions detainees. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/uscongress/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080508/pl_nm/safrica_usa_mandela_dc nm/20080508/safrica_usa_mandela_dc Reuters Thu, 08 May 2008 22:40:10 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/uscongress/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080508/pl_nm/safrica_usa_mandela_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080509/2008_05_08t183759_450x291_us_safrica_usa_mandela.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=grzbylNOchGpg3RMMYKivw--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="Former South African President Nelson Mandela smiles during a news briefing in Houghton March 12, 2008. (Stringer/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Moving to fix what some lawmakers called an embarrassing leftover in U.S. policy, the House of Representatives on Thursday voted to scrap travel restrictions on former South African President Nelson Mandela and others in his anti-apartheid party.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/uscongress/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080508/pl_nm/safrica_usa_mandela_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080509/2008_05_08t183759_450x291_us_safrica_usa_mandela.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=grzbylNOchGpg3RMMYKivw--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="photo" title="Former South African President Nelson Mandela smiles during a news briefing in Houghton March 12, 2008. (Stringer/Reuters)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/uscongress/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080508/ap_on_go_co/vitter_ethics ap/20080508/vitter_ethics AP Thu, 08 May 2008 22:21:51 GMT AP - The Senate Ethics Committee declined Thursday to investigate Sen. David Vitter, who was linked to an escort service whose owner was convicted in federal court and subsequently committed suicide. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/uscongress/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080508/ap_on_el_se/coleman_fundraising_e_mail ap/20080508/coleman_fundraising_e_mail AP Thu, 08 May 2008 21:52:13 GMT AP - Minnesota Sen. Norm Coleman — who quit the Democratic Party 12 years ago to become a Republican — has accused likely Democratic opponent Al Franken of changing positions, demeanor and rhetoric in his attempt to win a Senate seat. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/uscongress/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080508/ap_on_go_co/marianas_bush ap/20080508/marianas_bush AP Thu, 08 May 2008 21:46:37 GMT AP - Workers in the Mariana Islands will receive the protection of U.S. labor law under a bill signed Thursday by President Bush. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/uscongress/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080508/ap_on_go_co/house_rollcall_housing ap/20080508/house_rollcall_housing AP Thu, 08 May 2008 21:44:52 GMT AP - The 266-154 roll call Thursday by which the House passed a housing plan to aid struggling homeowners. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/uscongress/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080508/ap_on_go_co/bush_iraq_funding ap/20080508/bush_iraq_funding AP Thu, 08 May 2008 21:41:32 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/uscongress/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080508/ap_on_go_co/bush_iraq_funding"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080508/capt.914d53ddc5e84ebca77e376a08ebd5e5.bush__whre101.jpg?x=130&y=95&q=85&sig=Jes3uy7dwya6I7nrAAvyLg--" align="left" height="95" width="130" alt="President Bush waves from his helicopter Marine One, Thursday, May 8, 2008, as he leaves the White House. Bush is heading to his ranch in Crawford, Texas to spend the weekend and hold his daughter Jenna's wedding. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)" border="0" /></a>AP - Congress appears increasingly unlikely to meet its goal of approving President Bush's war funding request before Memorial Day as divisions deepened among Democrats and the White House issued a fresh veto threat.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/uscongress/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080508/ap_on_go_co/bush_iraq_funding"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080508/capt.914d53ddc5e84ebca77e376a08ebd5e5.bush__whre101.jpg?x=130&y=95&q=85&sig=Jes3uy7dwya6I7nrAAvyLg--" align="left" height="95" width="130" alt="photo" title="President Bush waves from his helicopter Marine One, Thursday, May 8, 2008, as he leaves the White House. Bush is heading to his ranch in Crawford, Texas to spend the weekend and hold his daughter Jenna's wedding. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/uscongress/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080508/ap_on_go_co/coin_inflation ap/20080508/coin_inflation AP Thu, 08 May 2008 21:34:25 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/uscongress/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080508/ap_on_go_co/coin_inflation"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080506/capt.608f479ebc3c4ec18790fe19d8bd82fd.coin_inflation_gfx161.jpg?x=50&y=130&q=85&sig=nGmTDFwIhQ9BkIO5OjVZ4Q--" align="left" height="130" width="50" alt="Corrects metal composition for the nickel; Copper 75 percent, instead of Zinc 75 percent; graphic shows costs to make pennies and nickels" border="0" /></a>AP - The House voted for cheaper change Thursday, the kind that would make pennies and nickels worth more than they cost to make and save the country $100 million a year.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/uscongress/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080508/ap_on_go_co/coin_inflation"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080506/capt.608f479ebc3c4ec18790fe19d8bd82fd.coin_inflation_gfx161.jpg?x=50&y=130&q=85&sig=nGmTDFwIhQ9BkIO5OjVZ4Q--" align="left" height="130" width="50" alt="photo" title="Corrects metal composition for the nickel; Copper 75 percent, instead of Zinc 75 percent; graphic shows costs to make pennies and nickels" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/uscongress/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080508/ap_on_go_co/congressman_affair ap/20080508/congressman_affair AP Thu, 08 May 2008 20:21:20 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/uscongress/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080508/ap_on_go_co/congressman_affair"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080508/capt.0d0b74526737498c81dfc4531abacbcd.congressman_affair_nyr102.jpg?x=130&y=97&q=85&sig=CjlUEIrkkr8aNiBMZJqhMg--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="In this May 2, 2008 file photo, Rep. Vito Fossella (R-N.Y.) speaks to the media in the Staten Island borough of New York about his May 1 arrest outside Washington on charges of driving while intoxicated. Fossella announced Thursday, May 8, 2008 that he has fathered a 3-year-old daughter with a woman outside his marriage. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Rep. Vito Fossella of New York ran a red light, and wrecked his life. A drunk-driving arrest last week led to talk of an extramarital affair, and then finally Thursday, an admission of a child from that affair.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/uscongress/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080508/ap_on_go_co/congressman_affair"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080508/capt.0d0b74526737498c81dfc4531abacbcd.congressman_affair_nyr102.jpg?x=130&y=97&q=85&sig=CjlUEIrkkr8aNiBMZJqhMg--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="photo" title="In this May 2, 2008 file photo, Rep. Vito Fossella (R-N.Y.) speaks to the media in the Staten Island borough of New York about his May 1 arrest outside Washington on charges of driving while intoxicated. Fossella announced Thursday, May 8, 2008 that he has fathered a 3-year-old daughter with a woman outside his marriage. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle, File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP)