Chertoff to appear before new Congress
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House members want answers from Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff to a number of questions, from how his department manages multibillion-dollar contracts to how it assesses risk and divvies up scarce funds.
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Roger Clemens will be confronted with a new and damaging affidavit from Andy Pettitte when he appears before a House Committee on Wednesday.
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Democrats taking over Congress have chosen Brookings Institution economist Peter Orszag as director of the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, which issues forecasts and provides lawmakers with cost estimates for legislation.
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If Oklahoma Republican Lt. Gov. Mary Fallin is elected Nov. 7 to the stateÃ¢ÂÂs 5th District Ã¢ÂÂ as is widely expected Ã¢ÂÂ she will enter the 110th Congress next January as one of its most politically seasoned freshmen.
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Members of Congress returned to the Capitol today to begin what is likely to be a spirited debate over a bill that would put into effect the 41 recommendations of the Sept.
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A US senator who underwent emergency brain surgery last December makes his first public appearance.
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Hoping to save his upcoming Judiciary Committee chairmanship, Sen. Arlen Specter plans to argue directly to the panel's Republican membership that he can be the best steward of President Bush's judicial nominees in next year's Congress.
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Data privacy is likely to be among the hottest technology issues to face Congress this year, in part due to interest from the new chairman of the House Financial Services Committee.
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Congress wants to be prepared when Roger Clemens and his former trainer, Brian McNamee, head to Capitol Hill.
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Federal judge Michael Chertoff, who  testified against torture and preached the need to protect  civil liberties, won unanimous Senate confirmation and was  sworn in on Tuesday to head the U.S. Homeland Security  Department.
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Hearings are set to begin in the US Congress on the nomination of former CIA chief Robert Gates to be the new US secretary of defense, replacing the embattled Donald Rumsfeld.
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Roger Clemens is expected to be confronted with a new and damaging affidavit from Andy Pettitte when he appears before a House Committee on Wednesday.
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The chief executive and chief  financial officer of mortgage finance company Fannie Mae  FNM.N, under fire for alleged accounting irregularities, will  appear before a congressional panel next week, a company  spokesman said on Wednesday.
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The Ohio Congressman plans to make an official announcement on Friday.
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The former senator is creating a committee that will let him raise money and take other steps toward a full-blown national campaign.
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Defeated Democratic presidential  challenger John Kerry returns to his U.S. Senate seat this week  when Congress convenes for a post-election session that  promises to be something of a political circus.
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FIRST ON TAP: President Bush was meeting Monday with nine new senators and 41 new representatives joining the 109th Congress in a session that a spokesman said was aimed at "coming together."