House Vote Means Big Break Is Possible for Small Crusade
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In Paola Barahona's tiny office at PreventionWorks!, a needle exchange program, a Wonder Woman Pez dispenser sits on the shelf above her desk. She sports a Wonder Woman bracelet and carries a Wonder Woman notebook.
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House members are about to learn whether some nips and tucks to a children's health bill will be enough to secure a veto-proof margin against a White House that wants major surgery
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Fueled in part by election-year politics, a bill loaded with tax breaks and topped off by a $10.1 billion buyout for tobacco farmers was advancing toward a final vote in the House as early as today.
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Signaling a new phase in the struggle for control of Congress, House Democrats have reserved time for more than $30 million worth of campaign advertising this fall in roughly two dozen congressional districts, with a heavy emphasis on the Northeast and Midwest.
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After agonizing for weeks, the House planned to vote Wednesday on legislation that would protect more than 20 million people from seeing their tax bill balloon this year as a result of the dreaded alternative minimum tax.
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The economy and education are areas where lawmakers may break partisan gridlock.
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The meeting of the the Democratic National Committee (DNC) last weekend in Washington, D.C. Ã¢ÂÂ its first since the partyÃ¢ÂÂs takeover of the Senate and the House in the 2006 elections Ã¢ÂÂ provided the first real showcase for those hopefuls who want to pursue the DemocratsÃ¢ÂÂ next big goal: taking back the White House in the 2008 election.
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ATLANTA - Could a vote in the House of Representatives end up deciding a tied election? Or will it end up being a comfortable win for Republican President Bush or Democratic Sen. John Kerry?
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Legislative races are normally sleepy affairs involving politicians who are virtually unknown outside their district. Campaign spending is scarce, the political implications minimal.
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House Democrats plan to vote next week on a package of small-business tax breaks that could ease the way for final congressional action on legislation to raise the minimum wage.
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House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, R-Texas, holds his grandson Brett Ferro, 2, as he laughs with supporters at a victory party in Houston, Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2004.
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The House voted to drag into public view the role lobbyists play in soliciting and collecting political contributions.
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Every seat in the House of Representatives was up for grabs yesterday, but Republicans were expected to handily maintain their majority.
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In an election year when just a few thousand votes in a few states could decide the winner, the growing number of voters who cast ballots weeks before Election Day is transforming the landscape for political campaigns.
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Less than a month into a new, two-year Congress, the line is forming among House members considering their next career moves.
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ATLANTA - A day after a surprise electoral takeover of the state House, Republican leaders were working Wednesday to solidify their power.
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The House, in an emotionally and politically charged debate six weeks before the election, voted Thursday to protect the words "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance from further court challenges.