Congress Formally OKs Bush Election
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Congress certified President Bush's re-election Thursday but only after Democrats forced a challenge to the quadrennial count of electoral votes for just the second time since 1877.
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WASHINGTON - Congress overwhelmingly approved $146 billion in middle-class and business tax cuts Thursday night, handing President Bush a big victory 40 days before the election.
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The U.S. Senate on Friday  overwhelmingly agreed to authorize construction of a fence  along the U.S. border with Mexico, sending to President George  W. Bush before the November 7 elections a bill that Republicans  hope will showcase their efforts to stop illegal immigration.
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A congressional race that was so close it triggered an automatic recount finally wrapped up Monday with officials confirming Republican Rep. Deborah Pryce had won.
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DALLAS: The first presidential election since the United States plunged into its epochal war on terrorism was finally handed off to voters on Tuesday, President Bush declaring the &quot;safety and prosperity of America&quot; is at stake and Democratic challenger
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President Bush won a test of political wills against rebellious congressional Republicans Tuesday when the House passed legislation recommended by the Sept.
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The U.S. Congress on Wednesday gave  final approval to the biggest overhaul of U.S. spy agencies in  more than 50 years, sending the bill to President Bush for his  signature.
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The Senate on Tuesday approved sweeping legislation to keep the government operating through September 2008 and handed President George W. Bush a victory by including additional Iraq war funds without conditions for ending the combat.
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The US Senate gave final congressional approval yesterday to $14.5 billion in aid for states hit by hurricanes and drought and $32 billion for homeland
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President Bush won a second term after Democrat John Kerry conceded Wednesday morning, ending a tense battle over the outcome of the election in Ohio and becoming the first two-term Republican since Ronald Reagan.
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President Bush said the public's  decision to re-elect him ratified his approach toward Iraq, The  Washington Post reported.
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Hamid Karzai formally accepted his election as president of Afghanistan Thursday, a day after a joint UN-Afghan electoral board proclaimed him the victor in the October 9 vote, and said he would not condone the existence of &quot;private militia forces
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The House approved a bill Thursday that would grant legal status to President Bush's warrantless wiretapping program with new restrictions. Republicans called it a test before the election of whether Democrats want to fight or "coddle" terrorists.
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Congress on Thursday began its  formal certification of President Bush's victory in November's  election but a handful of Democrats objected and temporarily  stalled the count because of alleged irregularities in Ohio.
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President Bush beat Sen. John Kerry in Ohio by 118,775 votes, or just more than 2 percentage points, according to the official election results signed Monday by Secretary of State Ken Blackwell.
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The US Senate on Monday gave final approval to a sweeping corporate tax-break bill, the culmination of a two-year effort in Congress to end a trade dispute with the European Union over US export tax subsidies.
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The US Senate confirms Condoleezza Rice as secretary of state after vigorous debate.