House to try for another veto override
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The struggling economy gives Democratic lawmakers another weapon in their effort to expand a popular children's health insurance program. In the end, however, they appear to have made little headway in overcoming a presidential veto.
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Six years after the Supreme Court took away the president's ability to veto specific parts of legislation, President Bush is asking Congress to bring back the line-item veto to let him make precision strikes against projects and tax provisions he doesn't like.
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CHICAGO, Jan. 7 -- President Bush urged the Democratic-led Congress on Monday to revive a stalled effort to reauthorize the No Child Left Behind law before he leaves office, but he pledged to veto any bill that "weakens the accountability" measures at the core of one of his signature domestic...
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A measure that would give Republicans two more votes on the Executive Appropriations Committee passed 46-20 off of the House floor on Friday.  HJR9 would allow the two vice-chairs of the committee to vote on budget decisions.
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The leading House Democrat on education issues proposed revisions yesterday to the No Child Left Behind law that would ease the penalties for public schools that barely miss academic testing targets but tighten another rule that has helped the District and Virginia.
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Congress looks set to tackle energy legislation -- again.
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The House passes a resolution opposing Bush on the war, but the Democrats coax only 17 GOP members to join them. Next, however, could come a measure with teeth
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Legislation faces major hurdle in the House of Delegates, which rejected the ban last year.
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Senior House member Rush Holt to renew push in wake of the destroyed interrogation tapes controversy
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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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Pharmaceutical and advertising industry lobbyists who thwarted attempts in the Senate to rein in drug advertising now turn their attention to the House of Representatives, which is scheduled to take up legislation to overhaul the Food and Drug Administration today.
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House supporters tried Thursday to revive a health bill they said would aid more of the nation's most vulnerable children, but they appeared to lack the votes needed to override President Bush's veto.
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President Bush warned again that he would veto a childrenâs insurance bill if it emerged from Congress in its present form.
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But it's not going to the president's desk yet, as the House still has to approve the changes. The current ban is scheduled to expire next week.
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President Bush, urging the Senate to pass the line-item veto, on Tuesday criticized House Democrats who didn&#039;t back the measure even though they&#039;ve called for federal spending restraint.
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Majority Democrats in Congress, prevented last week from passing a Senate resolution opposing White House Iraq policy, get a fresh chance this week in the House of Representatives.
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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.