House Democrats back away from wiretap reform plan
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Democratic acquiescence is a victory for President Bush, who said last week that the proposal was unacceptable to him.
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Sweeping plans to reform the US spy network run into trouble after key Republicans in Congress object to the bill.
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By ERICA WERNER  WASHINGTON - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will oppose a proposal by fellow Democrats that would block her state of California and others from imposing landmark greenhouse gas reductions on automakers.
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State Democrats seeking compensation in an Election Day 2002 phone-jamming scheme can argue that the GOP plot hindered their get-out-the-vote efforts, a judge has decided.
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House Democratic leaders are backing away from a plan to scale back U.S. involvement in the Iraq war by using Congress' most powerful tool &#151; withholding money in the budget.
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Sweeping plans to reform America&#39;s intelligence network have run into trouble after key Republicans in Congress objected to the legislation.
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Democratic leaders worry they may not have the 60 votes to replace $146B plan passed by House.
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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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US Rep. Bob Menendez, DN.J., Saturday castigated the Republican House of Representatives leadership for stalling passage of an intelligence reform bill.
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A congressional Democratic leader says he's being ignored in requests for more information about the reported disappearance of messages exchanged by the likes of Karl Rove.
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A senior House Democrat said yesterday that he will not support a budget increase for the federal regulator of Fannie Mae until questions raised in a confidential report have been addressed.
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The senior Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee backed away Thursday from comments that a mysterious and expensive government spy project itself was dangerous to national security. But he pledged to continue efforts to kill the highly classified espionage program.
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The top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee warned fellow Democrats in the Senate on Sunday against trying to block the nomination of Rep. Porter Goss as CIA director, saying that would be picking the wrong fight in this election year.
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The Senate voted Monday against extending the eavesdropping law beyond Feb. 1, increasing political pressure to pass a new version of the bill this week.
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House Democrats on Thursday denounced Vice President Dick Cheney's idea of abolishing a government office charged with safeguarding national security information &#151; and criticized him for refusing to cooperate with the agency.
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House Democrats, determined to make an election-year point about ethics, voted 99-58 Thursday night to strip Rep. William Jefferson of his committee assignment while a federal bribery investigation runs its course.
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Democrats control both the Senate and the House of Representatives. Public opposition to warrantless wiretapping is growing, and recent disclosures suggest it started even before 9/11. So why can't the Democrats curb the Bush administration's wiretapping?