Topic - House Ways And Means Committee

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  Workplace issues snag deal with Colombia

  The top Democrat on the House's key trade panel said Monday that Colombia must take more steps to improve the workplace environment for unions before he will support a stalled pact with the Latin American country.

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  Republicans should stop "holding hostage" a beneficial free-trade agreement with South Korea they are using as a bargaining tool to pass other trade deals with Colombia and Panama, a top House Democrat said Tuesday.

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  Pelosi: 'Out of the loop' in Rangel investigation

  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Sunday she's "out of the loop" in the House ethics committee's investigation of fellow Democratic Rep. Charles B. Rangel.

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  Calif. Rep. Waters may face ethics trial

  A second House Democrat, Rep. Maxine Waters of California, could face an ethics trial this fall, further complicating the election outlook for the party as it battles to retain its majority.

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