House to vote on offshore drilling bill
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House Republicans agreed Friday to move a compromise offshore drilling bill passed by the Senate this summer that would open new territory in the Gulf Coast area to oil rigs and create a cash cow for nearby states.
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WASHINGTON - A House vote to overturn new Bush administration rules on which workers qualify for overtime pay was hailed by Democrats trying to convince undecided voters they are the party that better protects worker rights.    In a sharp rebuke to President Bush, the House voted 223-193 Thursday to stop the Labor Department from carrying out the new rules...
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By Greeley Tribune, Colo.  May 24--WASHINGTON -- An amendment has been made to a U.S. House resolution to conform with a bill regarding the recovery of ground water.   The resolution, sponsored by Rep.
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Republican leaders in the U.S. House  of Representatives on Tuesday called off a vote on a limited  offshore oil and natural gas drilling bill which would open 8.3  million acres in the Gulf of Mexico off Florida.
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Congress will vote as early as February on a free trade agreement with Bahrain and stands ready to consider agreements with other countries in the Middle East, the chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee said Wednesday.
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Some Virginia officials no doubt are applauding the U.S. House Appropriations Committee's rejection Thursday of a proposal to lift the moratorium that bans oil and gas drilling off the nation's Outer Continental Shelf.  As well they should.
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WASHINGTON -- Congress was poised to pass a bill last night to revamp management of the nation's marine fisheries and strengthen protections against overfishing of dwindling stocks.
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House leaders pulled an offshore drilling measure off the calendar today, an apparent signal that the bill did not have the two-thirds majority of votes needed for it to be adopted.
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The U.S. House of Representatives on  Thursday approved a plan to allow oil drilling in Alaska&#039;s  Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
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WASHINGTON -- The House, eager to do something about record high gasoline prices in advance of the Memorial Day weekend, voted narrowly Wednesday to approve stiff penalties for those found guilty of gasoline price gouging.
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The fate of a bill to reorganize the nation&#39;s intelligence agencies is likely to be decided Monday when the House of Representatives meets, key lawmakers and staffers said.
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The House voted overwhelmingly yesterday to expand offshore oil drilling and preserve a variety of popular tax breaks for families and businesses, but the wide-ranging last-minute package faced serious opposition in the Senate from lawmakers angry about trade provisions and its $50 billion cost.
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The House is going to make another run at imposing more than $17 billion in taxes on major oil companies.
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MOSCOW  - Russia's lower house of parliament was expected to vote Friday on ratification of the Kyoto Protocol on combatting global warming, putting the pact firmly on the road to realization.
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The House voted overwhelmingly to expand offshore oil drilling and preserve a variety of popular tax breaks for families and businesses, and the Senate was poised early this morning to approve the package after lawmakers angry about trade provisions and the bill's $50 billion cost agreed to let the...
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The US Congress is expected to vote on a non-binding resolution against sending extra troops to Iraq.
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The U.S. Congress comes back to town   next week to sift through the pieces of the latest oil patch   disaster -- pipeline corrosion that threatened to shut down the   giant Prudhoe Bay oil field in Alaska.