Copyright (c) 2008 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/2232 Politics - U.S. House of Representatives en-us Wed, 02 Jul 2008 21:53:22 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/2232 http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/ushouse/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/cq/20080702/pl_cq_politics/politics2910526 cq/20080702/politics2910526 CQPolitics.com Wed, 02 Jul 2008 21:53:22 GMT CQPolitics.com - Catering for Rep. Eric Cantor of Virginia: $14,063. A fundraising event for House Minority Leader John A. Boehner of Ohio during an Arizona PGA tournament: $5,500. Beverages from Georgetown Wine & Spirits for contributors to Rep. Jesse L. Jackson Jr. of Illinois: $1,186. Being able to charge expenses for your congressional campaign on a credit card: Priceless. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/ushouse/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080702/ap_on_el_pr/bipartisan_man ap/20080702/bipartisan_man AP Wed, 02 Jul 2008 19:58:28 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/ushouse/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080702/ap_on_el_pr/bipartisan_man"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080702/capt.48c050170b9e430da3efe299a005cd54.bipartisan_man_wx108.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=o98kWPl20xHUnMgosY200A--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="In this Dec. 1, 1992 file photo, Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., left, chairman of the Senate Select Committee on POW/MIA Affairs, listens to Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., a former POW in Vietnam, during a hearing of the committee on Capitol Hill in Washington. The committee released classified testimony detailing the Pentagon's intelligence gathering efforts in Vietnam. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds, file)" border="0" /></a>AP - Republicans deemed it beyond the pale when Sen. John McCain crossed the Capitol, set up shop in an office belonging to House Democrats and lobbied wavering lawmakers on legislation to reduce the role of money in politics.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/ushouse/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080702/ap_on_el_pr/bipartisan_man"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080702/capt.48c050170b9e430da3efe299a005cd54.bipartisan_man_wx108.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=o98kWPl20xHUnMgosY200A--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="photo" title="In this Dec. 1, 1992 file photo, Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., left, chairman of the Senate Select Committee on POW/MIA Affairs, listens to Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., a former POW in Vietnam, during a hearing of the committee on Capitol Hill in Washington. The committee released classified testimony detailing the Pentagon's intelligence gathering efforts in Vietnam. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds, file)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/ushouse/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/usnews/20080702/ts_usnews/gopenvisionsgephardtaspossibleobamarunningmate usnews/20080702/gopenvisionsgephardtaspossibleobamarunningmate U.S. News & World Report Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:56:45 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/ushouse/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/usnews/20080702/ts_usnews/gopenvisionsgephardtaspossibleobamarunningmate"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/net/20080702/capt.8a73d36101a953986dc0b746706655b5.jpeg?x=130&y=106&q=85&sig=dMZ.LdxaBtkLdFdc4kSK2A--" align="left" height="106" width="130" alt="**FILE PHOTO** Former Missouri Congressman Dick Gephardt gives a thumbs up while speaking to the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers in Cincinnati, Friday, July 11, 2003.(AP Photo/Al Behrman)" border="0" /></a>U.S. News & World Report - Republican strategists trying to game Sen. Barack Obama's choice for a running mate are focusing more and more on the possibility that he might pick former House Majority Leader Dick Gephardt, a friend of labor and blue-collar workers. "Gephardt is the one we're most afraid of," said a key GOP strategist and Bush ally.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/ushouse/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/usnews/20080702/ts_usnews/gopenvisionsgephardtaspossibleobamarunningmate"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/net/20080702/capt.8a73d36101a953986dc0b746706655b5.jpeg?x=130&y=106&q=85&sig=dMZ.LdxaBtkLdFdc4kSK2A--" align="left" height="106" width="130" alt="photo" title="**FILE PHOTO** Former Missouri Congressman Dick Gephardt gives a thumbs up while speaking to the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers in Cincinnati, Friday, July 11, 2003.(AP Photo/Al Behrman)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (U.S. News & World Report) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/ushouse/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080630/ap_on_go_co/ethanol_waiver ap/20080630/ethanol_waiver AP Mon, 30 Jun 2008 19:16:22 GMT AP - More than four dozen House Republicans asked the Environmental Protection Agency on Monday to reduce required ethanol production this year, saying renewable fuel standards enacted by Congress will boost already high corn prices in the wake of Midwest floods. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/ushouse/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080627/ap_on_el_pr/house_republicans ap/20080627/house_republicans AP Fri, 27 Jun 2008 00:24:51 GMT AP - House Republicans lost three recent elections when customary campaign themes failed to sway voters and their candidates could not overcome the "negative perception of the national party," according to an internal review that underscores the potential for widespread losses this fall. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/ushouse/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080626/ap_on_go_co/congress_energy ap/20080626/congress_energy AP Thu, 26 Jun 2008 23:44:45 GMT AP - The House approved financial help Thursday to mass transit systems facing a surge in riders because of high gas prices. But Republicans blocked Democrats from requiring oil and gas companies to drill on the millions of acres of government land and water on which they already own federal leases. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/ushouse/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080626/pl_nm/congress_energy_dc nm/20080626/congress_energy_dc Reuters Thu, 26 Jun 2008 22:24:50 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/ushouse/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080626/pl_nm/congress_energy_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080627/2008_06_26t230232_450x272_us_congress_energy.jpg?x=130&y=78&q=85&sig=2qlqz7r0Zqf8f0R0Wen2yQ--" align="left" height="78" width="130" alt="Boats known as 'jack-up' rigs, which support oil drilling platforms, lie docked in Lake Charles, Louisiana in the aftermath of Hurricane Rita September 27, 2005. (Lee Celano/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The House of Representatives on Thursday rejected legislation that would have required energy companies to develop oil and natural gas supplies on federal leases they have held for years or be denied future drilling access on government acres.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/ushouse/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080626/pl_nm/congress_energy_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080627/2008_06_26t230232_450x272_us_congress_energy.jpg?x=130&y=78&q=85&sig=2qlqz7r0Zqf8f0R0Wen2yQ--" align="left" height="78" width="130" alt="photo" title="Boats known as 'jack-up' rigs, which support oil drilling platforms, lie docked in Lake Charles, Louisiana in the aftermath of Hurricane Rita September 27, 2005. (Lee Celano/Reuters)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/ushouse/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080626/pl_nm/congress_speculators_bill_dc nm/20080626/congress_speculators_bill_dc Reuters Thu, 26 Jun 2008 22:08:12 GMT Reuters - The House of Representatives on Thursday overwhelmingly approved legislation that directs the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to use all its authority, including the agency's emergency powers, to "curb immediately" the role of excessive speculation in energy futures markets. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/ushouse/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080626/pl_nm/congress_drilling_dc nm/20080626/congress_drilling_dc Reuters Thu, 26 Jun 2008 21:38:28 GMT Reuters - A Republican effort to force a vote on opening up more land to drilling on Thursday threatened to bring the annual appropriations process in the U.S. House of Representatives to a halt. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/ushouse/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080626/pl_nm/congress_speculators_dc nm/20080626/congress_speculators_dc Reuters Thu, 26 Jun 2008 17:31:21 GMT Reuters - The U.S. House of Representatives was scheduled to vote on Thursday on legislation that directs the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to use all its authority, including the agency's emergency powers, to "curb immediately" the role of excessive speculation in energy futures markets. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/ushouse/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080625/pl_nm/usa_taxes_amt_dc nm/20080625/usa_taxes_amt_dc Reuters Wed, 25 Jun 2008 19:11:46 GMT Reuters - The House of Representatives on Wednesday approved a bill that would protect about 25 million taxpayers from paying a tax that originally was meant for only the very wealthy. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/ushouse/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080625/ap_on_go_co/congress_gasoline ap/20080625/congress_gasoline AP Wed, 25 Jun 2008 04:50:15 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/ushouse/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080625/ap_on_go_co/congress_gasoline"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080623/capt.4d4604723fe14fde8cbe7c2cf24991ce.oil_prices_caps104.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=Oz4IIh2Mgx09Fex.gV5ZQw--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="High gas prices are seen on the pump at a Chevron gas station in San Bruno, Calif., Monday, June 23, 2008. Oil prices rose Monday on disappointment over Saudi Arabia's modest production increase and concerns that output from Nigeria will decline. Retail gas prices, meanwhile, inched lower overnight, but appear unlikely to change much as long as oil prices stay in a trading range. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)" border="0" /></a>AP - House Democrats failed Tuesday to resurrect a bill to punish price gouging at the gas pump, while maneuvering to block Republican attempts to expand offshore drilling, an idea gaining in popularity amid $4-a-gallon gas prices.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/ushouse/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080625/ap_on_go_co/congress_gasoline"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080623/capt.4d4604723fe14fde8cbe7c2cf24991ce.oil_prices_caps104.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=Oz4IIh2Mgx09Fex.gV5ZQw--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="photo" title="High gas prices are seen on the pump at a Chevron gas station in San Bruno, Calif., Monday, June 23, 2008. Oil prices rose Monday on disappointment over Saudi Arabia's modest production increase and concerns that output from Nigeria will decline. Retail gas prices, meanwhile, inched lower overnight, but appear unlikely to change much as long as oil prices stay in a trading range. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/ushouse/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080624/pl_nm/congress_gasoline_dc nm/20080624/congress_gasoline_dc Reuters Tue, 24 Jun 2008 23:03:20 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/ushouse/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080624/pl_nm/congress_gasoline_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080625/2008_06_24t190238_450x300_us_congress_gasoline.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=9QKOLj3ZyS48nKQK8uOglQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A gasoline pump nozzle is seen at a gas station as fuel prices continue to rise in Arlington, Virginia, June 11, 2008. (Jim Young/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Following a White House veto threat, the House of Representatives on Tuesday failed to passed legislation giving the Federal Trade Commission the authority to punish oil companies that charged excessive prices for gasoline during supply emergencies.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/ushouse/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080624/pl_nm/congress_gasoline_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080625/2008_06_24t190238_450x300_us_congress_gasoline.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=9QKOLj3ZyS48nKQK8uOglQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="A gasoline pump nozzle is seen at a gas station as fuel prices continue to rise in Arlington, Virginia, June 11, 2008. (Jim Young/Reuters)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/ushouse/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080624/ts_nm/medicare_house_dc nm/20080624/medicare_house_dc Reuters Tue, 24 Jun 2008 17:09:01 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/ushouse/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080624/ts_nm/medicare_house_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080624/2008_06_24t131052_450x301_us_medicare_house.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=UmgM6Xr_ahPNmlhNl5zDHg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Beds lie empty in the emergency room of Tulane University Hospital in New Orleans February 14, 2006. (Lee Celano/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday approved a bill that would shave billions of dollars in reimbursement from health plans that contract with the federal Medicare program.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/ushouse/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080624/ts_nm/medicare_house_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080624/2008_06_24t131052_450x301_us_medicare_house.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=UmgM6Xr_ahPNmlhNl5zDHg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Beds lie empty in the emergency room of Tulane University Hospital in New Orleans February 14, 2006. (Lee Celano/Reuters)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/ushouse/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080620/pl_nm/usa_surveillance_dc nm/20080620/usa_surveillance_dc Reuters Fri, 20 Jun 2008 21:46:43 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/ushouse/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080620/pl_nm/usa_surveillance_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080626/2008_06_25t184258_303x450_us_usa_surveillance.jpg?x=87&y=130&q=85&sig=5zPC1cdHfLodE.tirCyM8w--" align="left" height="130" width="87" alt="A telephone is seen in an undated file photo. (Catherine Benson/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill on Friday that could shield phone companies from billions of dollars in lawsuits for their participation in the warrantless surveillance program begun by President George W. Bush after the September 11 attacks.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/ushouse/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080620/pl_nm/usa_surveillance_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080626/2008_06_25t184258_303x450_us_usa_surveillance.jpg?x=87&y=130&q=85&sig=5zPC1cdHfLodE.tirCyM8w--" align="left" height="130" width="87" alt="photo" title="A telephone is seen in an undated file photo. (Catherine Benson/Reuters)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/ushouse/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080620/ap_on_go_pr_wh/cia_leak_probe_quotes ap/20080620/cia_leak_probe_quotes AP Fri, 20 Jun 2008 21:32:52 GMT AP - Some quotes from former White House spokesman Scott McClellan and members of the House Judiciary Committee during Friday's hearing about the leak of CIA operative Valerie Plame's identity: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/ushouse/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080620/pl_afp/usintelligencepoliticsbush afp/20080620/usintelligencepoliticsbush AFP Fri, 20 Jun 2008 21:22:44 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/ushouse/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080620/pl_afp/usintelligencepoliticsbush"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080620/capt.cps.mty91.200608232226.photo00.photo.default-340x512.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=vhKorvvpFHBB0sDsuUXXXg--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) holds her weekly press conference with reporters on June 19, 2008 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. The US House of Representatives on Friday approved a compromise spy-powers bill that has drawn heavy fire from civil liberties groups.(AFP/File/Tim Sloan)" border="0" /></a>AFP - In a late-term triumph for US President George W. Bush, the US House of Representatives on Friday approved spy-powers legislation that has drawn heavy fire on civil liberties grounds.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/ushouse/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080620/pl_afp/usintelligencepoliticsbush"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080620/capt.cps.mty91.200608232226.photo00.photo.default-340x512.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=vhKorvvpFHBB0sDsuUXXXg--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="photo" title="US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) holds her weekly press conference with reporters on June 19, 2008 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. The US House of Representatives on Friday approved a compromise spy-powers bill that has drawn heavy fire from civil liberties groups.(AFP/File/Tim Sloan)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/ushouse/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080620/pl_afp/usintelligencepoliticscongress afp/20080620/usintelligencepoliticscongress AFP Fri, 20 Jun 2008 17:13:29 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/ushouse/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080620/pl_afp/usintelligencepoliticscongress"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080620/capt.cps.mty91.200608232226.photo00.photo.default-340x512.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=vhKorvvpFHBB0sDsuUXXXg--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) holds her weekly press conference with reporters on June 19, 2008 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. The US House of Representatives on Friday approved a compromise spy-powers bill that has drawn heavy fire from civil liberties groups.(AFP/File/Tim Sloan)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The US House of Representatives on Friday approved a compromise spy-powers bill that has drawn heavy fire from civil liberties groups.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/ushouse/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080620/pl_afp/usintelligencepoliticscongress"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080620/capt.cps.mty91.200608232226.photo00.photo.default-340x512.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=vhKorvvpFHBB0sDsuUXXXg--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="photo" title="US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) holds her weekly press conference with reporters on June 19, 2008 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. The US House of Representatives on Friday approved a compromise spy-powers bill that has drawn heavy fire from civil liberties groups.(AFP/File/Tim Sloan)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/ushouse/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080620/pl_afp/uscongressiraqbudget afp/20080620/uscongressiraqbudget AFP Fri, 20 Jun 2008 03:02:02 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/ushouse/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080620/pl_afp/uscongressiraqbudget"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080620/capt.cps.mtt73.200608050105.photo00.photo.default-512x342.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=Zy2HpxFjASCglW.ZQgvZ3g--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A US soldier keeps watch with his assault rifle in the southern city of Amara in the Maysan province, 365 kms south of Baghdad. The US House of Representative prepared to vote Thursday on compromise legislation freeing up some 162 billion dollars for US military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan over the next several months.(AFP/Ali Yussef)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The US House of Representatives approved Thursday a compromise bill to free up 162 billion dollars for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, stripped of a timetable to pull US troops out of Iraq.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/ushouse/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080620/pl_afp/uscongressiraqbudget"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080620/capt.cps.mtt73.200608050105.photo00.photo.default-512x342.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=Zy2HpxFjASCglW.ZQgvZ3g--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="A US soldier keeps watch with his assault rifle in the southern city of Amara in the Maysan province, 365 kms south of Baghdad. The US House of Representative prepared to vote Thursday on compromise legislation freeing up some 162 billion dollars for US military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan over the next several months.(AFP/Ali Yussef)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/ushouse/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080620/pl_nm/usa_mexico_drugs_dc nm/20080620/usa_mexico_drugs_dc Reuters Fri, 20 Jun 2008 02:56:42 GMT Reuters - The U.S. House of Representatives approved $465 million on Thursday to fund an anti-narcotics package to help battle drug cartels in Mexico and Central America.