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Congress returns for short pre-election session
September 9, 2012 2:48 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) - Fresh off a five-week vacation, lawmakers return to Washington on Monday for a brief pre-election session in which Congress will do what it often does best: punt its problems to the future. There's a slew of deadlines and the prospect of a debilitating "fiscal cliff" in January.... more » -
Amid financial crisis, Postal Service goes to Capitol Hill
September 6, 2011 4:56 AM
WASHINGTON (AP) - The postmaster general is going to Congress to discuss the Postal Service's mounting debt. Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe is among the witnesses scheduled to appear Tuesday before the Senate Homeland Security andGovernmental Affairs Committee. The Postal Service is facing a second straight year of losses of... more » -
Legislators debating massive oil pipeline
May 23, 2011 2:25 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) - A dispute over a plan to send oil from western Canada to the Texas Gulf Coast is moving to Capitol Hill, as the Republican-led House takes up a bill to speed a decision by the Obama administration. The House Energy and Commerce Committee is holding a... more » -
George Clooney has no political ambitions
October 14, 2010 3:57 PM
He just spent a few days lobbying politicians from the president to Capitol Hill, but that's as far as George Clooney wants to go in politics. Clooney said he has no interest in running for office himself because he wouldn't want to have to make the deals that lawmakers... more » -
Brown heads to Washington after upset Senate win
January 21, 2010 10:28 AM
Massachusetts Republican Scott Brown is visiting Washington Thursday for a round of courtesy calls on Capitol Hill. He'll meet with his new Massachusetts colleague, Sen. John Kerry, as well as his highest-profile backer, Arizona Sen. John McCain. The Senate Republican leader, Mitch McConnell, is meeting with Brown before he has... more »
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