Congress resumes work with a focus on security as midterm elections loom
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Lawmakers in the US Congress return this week from their summer hiatus for four frantic weeks dominated by security issues, before breaking to campaign for November's midterm elections.
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Going into a critical pre-election stretch, Congressional Republican leaders will concentrate on national security issues instead of immigration.
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Lawmakers are on alert as hackers increase attacks on US infrastructure.
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National security and the war in Iraq will be the centerpieces of the White HouseÂs strategy for helping Republicans in this yearÂs election.
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Under assault from Republicans on issues of national security, congressional Democrats are planning to push for a vote of no confidence in Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld this month as part of a broad effort to stay on the offensive ahead of the November midterm elections.
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Congress is giving itself a month to come up with legislation restructuring the nation's intelligence apparatus, but Republican leaders acknowledge the goal may fall victim to turf disputes and lawmakers' focus on getting themselves re-elected Nov. 2.
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Efforts are intensifying in Congress to pass legislation that would require electronic touch-screen voting machines used in federal elections to provide paper trails that could be checked in the case of a recount.
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Lawmakers look to strengthen their role after the most polarized term in a half century.
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Investor's Business Daily - Hoping to stem a Democratic tide in November's midterm elections, Republicans in Congress are promising an "aggressive" agenda focused on their usual strong suit -- national security.
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EMERGENCY and security resources are being deployed to strategic locations across the nation amid terror fears in the lead up to election day.
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The House voted Wednesday to require Americans to show proof of citizenship in order to vote, and the Senate moved to build a 700-mile fence along the Mexican border as Republicans sharpened attacks on illegal immigration before the midterm elections.
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The 108th Congress returned to work Tuesday after the longest recess for US lawmakers in more than 50 years, and with not much of a record to show after nearly two years of putting &quot;gotcha&quot; politics ahead of bipartisan legislating.
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Unwilling to concede defeat, congressional leaders expressed hope Sunday that lawmakers could return next month to resolve a turf battle that has blocked passage of an overhaul of the nationâs intelligence agencies.
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Two congressional committees are scheduled this week to consider a bill giving the District its first full vote in the House, and senior Democrats hope to pass it in the House and send it to the Senate this month.
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Republicans are poised to renew their grip on the House on Tuesday, and Democrats&#39; faint hopes of a Senate takeover hinge on close races in a string of southern and western states that favor President Bush.
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WASHINGTON -- House and Senate members held rare weekend sessions on Saturday to clear some of the work off their desks before Election Day.
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Lawmakers pushed to finish work Friday on legislation focused on national defense, Iraq, terrorism and illegal immigration as Republicans pinned their hopes for keeping control of Congress on making national security the theme of the Nov. 7 election.