Democrats push to speed Katrina aid
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In an effort to speed up aid to U.S. Gulf Coast states devastated by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita more than a year ago, House Democrats on Thursday unveiled legislation to waive state matching requirements for federal aid for Mississippi and Louisiana.
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CRAWFORD, Texas  - President Bush, under  election-year pressure from Democrats and some fellow  Republicans over Iraq, promised on Saturday to step up the pace  of spending on reconstruction contracts in that country despite  the violence.
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While Democrats try to restrict how President Bush can spend the $100 billion he wants for Iraq, they also hope to load his measure up with $10 billion in add-ons &#151; from aid for avocado growers to help for children lacking health insurance.
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Anxiously watching President Bush's convention, Democratic leaders are urging John Kerry to step us his attack on the Republican incumbent before eroding approval ratings become a serious political problem.
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BILOXI, Miss., Aug. 28 -- A year after Hurricane Katrina devastated Mississippi and Louisiana, President Bush and Democratic leaders are converging on the Gulf Coast this week to commemorate the losses while continuing the political argument over the federal response to the country's largest...
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Democrats and Republicans rush to beat deadlines to register voters for the presidential poll.
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Democratic leaders vowed Friday to keep up the pressure on President George W. Bush to end the Iraq war with more votes next month on withdrawing U.S. troops.
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Lawmakers scrambled to approve a &#36;14 billion package to aid hurricane and drought victims Thursday, driven by warnings that relief money was running out and a need to pass legislation before the planned departure of Congress at the end of this week for the election.
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The United Nations says it is trying to speed up the arrival of peacekeeping troops in Haiti to help with emergency relief in the wake of Tropical Storm Jeanne, which wreaked havoc in the Caribbean nation earlier this month.
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Senate Democrats will move to add to a $150 billion economic stimulus package rebates for senior citizens living off Social Security and an extension of unemployment benefits, setting up a clash with the White House and House leaders who are pushing a narrower package.
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Congressional Democrats, in a rare show of bipartisanship, pledged to work with the president to enact a plan quickly.
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Democrats are aiming for a resolution that is simpler than the Senate's.
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Democrats hoping to capture control  of the U.S. Congress in this fall elections called on Tuesday  for probes of the Bush administration's Iraq rebuilding effort,  which they likened to the government's botched response to  Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
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Democrats enter the fall campaign  with a clear edge in the high-stakes fight for control of the  U.S. Congress, riding a wave of momentum that has them  positioned to retake the U.S. House of Representatives and make  significant gains in the Senate.
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Democrats vowed yesterday to continue their uphill struggle to force President Bush to change course in Iraq, allowing legislative action on the war to spill into next week as negotiations continue on measures they hope could attract bipartisan support.
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WASHINGTON -- Democrats seeking votes for their Iraq-withdrawal plan have stuffed a war funding bill with billions of dollars for homeland security, healthcare, farms, New Orleans levees, home heating, and other causes.
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Democrats seeking votes for their Iraq-withdrawal plan have stuffed the bill it's in with billions of dollars for farms, flu preparedness, New Orleans levees, home heating and other causes.