'Your papers, please' must never be heard in America
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A lobbyist for Progress Energy married to an aide to President Obama was found dead in a car fire at her home near the U.S. Capitol, fire authorities and the company said Monday.
More than 200 years after the first part was written, the Constitution produced standing ovations and strident but respectful debate as lawmakers from both parties read the government's founding document on the House floor in its entirety — or nearly so.
The British government is refusing to allow an American Indian lacrosse team to travel to Britain using passports issued by the Iroquois Confederacy.
The Democrats are assaulting the very pillars of our democracy. As the debate on Obamacare reaches the long, painful end, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is confronting a political nightmare. She may not have the 216 votes necessary to pass the Senate's health care bill in the House.
A few weeks ago, when the talk in Washington was whether our government was bro-
Hours after voting to approve just the second veto override of President Bush's tenure on the massive farm bill, a colossal blunder means the House will have to have a do-over and repass the entire bill anew.
President Bush yesterday signed a bill barring insurance companies and employers from discriminating based on a person's genetic information, and also announced a shift in policy toward Cuba he said is designed to test its new dictator.
President Bush yesterday signed a bill barring insurance companies and employers from discriminating based on a person's genetic information, and also announced a shift in policy toward Cuba he said is designed to test its new dictator.
Hours after voting to approve just the second veto override of President Bush's tenure on the massive farm bill, a colossal blunder means the House will have to have a do-over and repass the entire bill anew.
"What I suspect is you're going to stick the country with this dog and you're going to take off," said Rep. Louise M. Slaughter of New York, the ranking Democrat on the Rules Committee, before she and her party colleagues boycotted the later session.
House GOP angling to build support vote ahead of Thursday 'fiscal cliff' showdown →
"We have to force DHS to take the time to implement WHTI" — the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative, of which the new rules are part — "in a rational manner that does not disrupt legitimate cross-border travel," Mrs. Slaughter said.
