House scales back Bush nuclear power bid
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The House late Wednesday scaled back President Bush&#039;s ambitious plan to resume nuclear fuel reprocessing as part of an international program to boost nuclear power.
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Bush's budget request Monday cut funding for renewable energy, but increased spending for science.
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President George W. Bush has approved a "significant reduction" in the U.S. nuclear stockpile by the end of this year, the White House said on Tuesday.
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The incoming leader of the U.S.  House of Representatives on Tuesday rejected a bid by a  lawmaker earlier ousted as a federal judge on corruption  charges to head a congressional panel that helps protect  America's security.
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Supporters of the measure fell short of the two-thirds majority they would need to override a veto of the bill repeatedly threatened by President Bush.
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A House panel voted yesterday to roll back a contract imposed by the government on the nation's air traffic controllers and to send both sides back to the bargaining table, setting up a potential showdown with the Bush administration.
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The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday defied the White House and voted to ease limits on U.S. student travel and trade with Cuba, but defeated a measure that would have lifted all economic sanctions.
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Plans for the U.S. Congress to  approve a landmark deal that would allow India to buy U.S.  nuclear fuel and reactors hit a snag on Wednesday when  Republican leaders in the House of Representatives halted  action on the legislation, congressional sources said.
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Any move by Congress to regulate carbon dioxide emissions would derail a controversial Bush administration plan to reduce other pollutants from coal-burning power plants, Republican lawmakers said on Wednesday.
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WASHINGTON _ The House of Representatives on Tuesday drove a stake through President Bush's proposal to study draining Hetch Hetchy Reservoir, the storied place some thought could once again rival Yosemite Valley.  But in truth, the idea was dead on arrival several months ago.
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Several lawmakers said Thursday they would try to prevent a House energy plan that seeks to block California and other states from regulating tailpipe emissions.
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Secretary of State Colin Powell has  rejected the notion that divisions in the Bush administration  had hindered Washington's ability to roll back North Korea's  nuclear program.
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The U.S. Congress denied the Bush administration funds to study a new generation of nuclear weapons, omitting the money from a huge mop-up spending bill it passed over the weekend, lawmakers said on Monday.
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The House on Tuesday rejected moves by conservatives to cut taxpayer subsidies for Amtrak as backers of the money-losing passenger railroad cemented their position in the Democratic Congress.
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The White House on Tuesday threatened to veto a mine safety bill, saying the new regulations proposed by Democrats would interfere with legislation President Bush signed in 2006.
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President George W. Bush was  resigned to a stinging rebuke from the U.S. House of  Representatives on Friday over his Iraq war policy and his  decision to send more troops, the White House said.
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The Bush administration, looking at the prospect of stronger oversight from a Democratic-led Congress, is withdrawing a proposal to let big polluters report less often on what they spew from their smokestacks.