House could delay vote on Peru trade bill
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Republican leaders in the U.S. House  of Representatives will likely delay a vote on a free trade  pact with Peru until after the November 7 congressional  election, U.S. trade experts said on Wednesday.
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The number of Nov. 7 House general elections in which the winner has not been firmly established has dwindled to four. But at least one of these, the controversy-plagued contest for the open seat in FloridaÃ¢ÂÂs 13th District, is unlikely to be decided for weeks Ã¢ÂÂ and even has the potential to kick off the Democratic-controlled 110th Congress in January with a dispute over whether to seat the certified winner.
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An ethics complaint against House of Representatives Majority Leader Tom Delay, a Texas Republican, was placed on an uncertain path on Monday that could lead to a full-blown investigation, dismissal or partisan deadlock.
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The House of  Representatives is set  for a vote which could override a presidential veto on a child health bill.
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The Republican-led U.S. House of  Representatives rejected a Democratic bid on Friday to further  investigate rebuked Majority Leader Tom DeLay.
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WASHINGTON - The House ethics committee rebuked Majority Leader Tom DeLay for the second time in a week for questionable conduct, sternly warning the Texas Republican to temper his behavior.    The committee late Wednesday admonished DeLay for creating an appearance of giving donors special access on pending energy legislation and using the Federal Aviation Administration to intervene in a Texas political dispute...
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Expiring U.S. trade benefits for  Colombia, Peru, Ecuador and Bolivia would be renewed through  the end of this year under a bill approved on Thursday by a  U.S. House of Representatives committee.
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Colombia still has a "window of  opportunity" until May to persuade the U.S. Congress to pass a  disputed free trade deal before election campaigning  complicates a vote, a top trade official said on Thursday.
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Supporters of House majority leader Tom DeLay proposed a Republican rules change yesterday that would protect the Texan&#39;s leadership position
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A procedural misstep by the Bush  administration may require a delay in its plan to resume  imports of some beef and cattle from Canada on March 7, a U.S.  senator opposing the regulation said on Friday.
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Congressional Republicans aimed for a post-midnight vote Friday on a major ports security bill, capping a rush to complete security-related legislation before lawmakers leave to face the voters in the midterm elections.
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Lawmakers are bracing for political blowback from liberal and conservative critics of a broad immigration reform measure that's on hold as they head home for a weeklong break
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The U.S. House of Representatives  failed on Thursday to muster the two-thirds majority needed to  pass a proposed constitutional amendment backed by President  Bush to ban gay marriage.
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A bill to allow workers to form  unions by signing up, instead of voting, advanced in the U.S.  House of Representatives on Wednesday as the Bush  administration threatened to veto it.
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The House is scheduled to vote today on a Senate plan for offshore oil and gas drilling that would open up new acreage in the Gulf of Mexico but that falls far short of an offshore drilling bill the House adopted earlier this year.
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U.S. lawmakers said on Friday it was  increasingly unlikely they could deliver a measure to overhaul  U.S. spy agencies to President Bush by the Nov. 2 elections, a  delay some supporters said could imperil the post Sept. 11  reforms.
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The House of Representatives was scheduled to reconvene today without any sign of compromise on an intelligence-overhaul bill sought by President Bush that is being blocked from a final vote