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    The House Judiciary Committee approved a bill Wednesday that would ban abortion after 20 weeks of pregnancy, igniting a debate over the thorny social issue at a time when some in the GOP fear they are alienating female voters.

  • ** FILE ** Dr. Thomas R. Frieden of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention testifies on Capitol Hill in this Nov. 4, 2009, file photo. (The Washington Times)

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    Health officials are warning of the rise of the "superbugs" — bacteria and other pathogens that cannot be killed by modern medicine.

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    When it comes to legalized pot, Coloradans are still holding their breath.

  • **FILE** President Obama, accompanied by Solyndra CEO Chris Gronet, looks at a solar panel during a May 26, 2010, tour of Solyndra, Inc., a solar panel manufacturing facility, in Fremont, Calif. (Associated Press)

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    GOP releases memo on deal with drug firms

    House Republicans last week released their second investigative memo detailing how the White House worked with the nation's drug companies to sell President Obama's health care law, arguing the deals he struck violate his campaign pledges of transparency.

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    House subpoenas White House for Solyndra documents

    Showing a growing frustration with the Obama administration, congressional Republicans on Thursday authorized their second subpoena this week, this time demanding documents from the White House on contacts that President Obama's top aides might have had with failed solar-technology company Solyndra.

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    House Democrats are calling for the expansion of a congressional investigation into bankrupt solar-panel maker Solyndra LLC, targeting a wireless business that recently went broke and was awarded more than $250 million in loan guarantees in the waning months of the Bush administration.

  • **FILE** The empty parking lot of bankrupt solar energy company Solyndra is seen in Fremont, Calif., on Sept. 16, 2011. (Associated Press)

    Energy Secretary Chu to be questioned in Solyndra collapse

    The top Republican and Democratic members of a House subcommittee investigating the collapse of bankrupt solar panel maker Solyndra LLC after it received more than a half billion dollars in federal loans agreed Friday to seek the testimony of Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu.

  • Rep. Christopher H. Smith, New Jersey Republican, speaks at a news conference discussing the introduction of a bill that would ban federal funding of abortions. House Speaker John A. Boehner looks on. (Associated Press)

    House GOP works on health 'solutions'

    Wasting no time, House Republicans moved quickly ahead Thursday with their own overhaul of the nation's health care system, commanding key committees to get to work and launching a fresh attack on federal policies regarding abortion funding.

  • House defeats Democrats' cloning bill

    The House yesterday narrowly rejected a hastily introduced Democratic bill that critics said would have provided a legal loophole for the destruction of human embryos for scientific research.

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