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Parsing the House Health Bill
Nov 6th, 2009 - Wall Street Journal
With the House health bill passed, Congress moves a step closer to making the biggest changes to the health system in more than four decades. Here's a look at what the...
SEPTA deal collapses amid widespread blame
Nov 6th, 2009 - Philly.com
Gov. Rendell, who tried to broker a settlement, blamed the leadership of Transport Workers Union Local 234 for the breakdown and called for a direct vote by union members on the proposed contact...
Obama Urges Congress To Pass Health-Care Reform Bill
Nov 6th, 2009 - Wall Street Journal
WASHINGTON (Dow Jones)--President Barack Obama urged the U.S. House to pass far-reaching health-care overhaul legislation in a brief address at the White House Saturday...
UPDATE 2-Big bank "break-up" idea gains ground in Congress
Nov 6th, 2009 - Reuters
* Independent Senator Sanders introduces break-up bill * Legislation also under consideration in House * Sanders would give Treasury 90 days to identify firms (Adds Kanjorski...
Honduras crisis deal fails
Nov 6th, 2009 - Telegraph
Manuel Zelaya, the ousted president, said the deal had failed after the interim leader announced a government without his participation.
"Practically speaking, we have decided not to continue with this theatre of Mr Micheletti," Mr Zelaya said...
Congress videos from YouTube:
- Raw Video: Congress Observes...The House floor observed a moment of silence Thursday evening for those who were killed and wounded at Fort Hood in Texas. (Nov. 5)
- 'Congress Stands Behind You'Texas Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison expresses support for all affected by Fort Hood rampage
- Unreal. Congress Just Gave...US Representatives will have $93000 more of your money to spend this year. America may be in recession but that doesn't mean that Congress is cutting back.
- Rep. Brad Sherman Martial LawRep. Brad Sherman says Congress threatened with Martial Law if bill is not passed ... Martial Law Brad Sherman Bailout Bill
Congress stories from Digg:
The future belongs to Joseph Cao.
Cao was first elected to Congress in 2008 from the solidly Democratic district in New Orleans, a surprising victory against Rep. William Jefferson, who was convicted (and later convicted) on charges of corruption. During his life, he was a child refugee from Vietnam, a former Jesuit seminarian and a lawyer.(Political News)
kangibeSun, Nov 8th, 20091 Diggs, 0 CommentsThe Good, Bad, Ugly--and the Funny, Stupid, and Sad
. . . THE UGLY: The grotesque visage of racism is the stock-in-trade of many Blacks in America and is SOP for AOL’s “Black Voices.” The latter is now charging racism, “blacklisting,” as the cause of the Pelosi-created Office of Congressional Ethics’ “all out investigations” of 7 congresspeople-of-color. The nouns “ethics” and “congress” . . .(Political Opinion)
Berlet98Sun, Nov 8th, 20091 Diggs, 0 CommentsJoseph Cao Of Louisiana: Health Care Lone GOP Supporter
So who is Rep. Joseph Cao? The one Republican who voted yes on the House Democrats' health care bill? Cao was first elected to Congress in 2008 from the(Political News)
jewellsbellSun, Nov 8th, 20091 Diggs, 0 Comments
Congress from WikiPedia:
A congress is a formal meeting of representatives from different countries (or by extension constituent states), or independent organizations (such as different trade unions).
The term Congress was chosen for the United States Congress to emphasize the status of each state represented there as a self-governing unit. Subsequently to the use of congress by the US legislature, the term has been adopted by many states within unions, and by unitary nation-states in the Americas, to refer to their legislatures.
The following congresses were formal meetings of representatives of different nations:
- The Congress of Berlin (1878), reorganizing conditions in the Balkans,
- The Congress of Gniezno (1000)
- The Congress of Panama was an 1826 meeting of representatives from several Latin American republics organized by Simon Bolivar in an attempt to promote Pan-American unity.
- The Congress of Tucumán (1816)
- The Congress of Vienna (1815), reorganizing Europe after the Napoleon wars,
- The National Congress of Belgium was a temporarily legislative assembly in 1830, decided to create a constitution for the new state.
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