House leaders delay offshore drilling bill vote
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Republican leaders in the U.S. House  of Representatives on Tuesday called off a vote on a limited  offshore oil and natural gas drilling bill which would open 8.3  million acres in the Gulf of Mexico off Florida.
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A government advisory panel will  delay a report on ways to boost U.S. oil refining capacity  because the Bush administration wants to avoid a fight over  environmental regulations before the national elections,  according to a source knowledgeable about the report.
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Legislation to tighten rules on approving foreign takeovers of American companies has stalled in the U.S. Congress until after the November elections, House and Senate lawmakers said on Friday.
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WASHINGTON - NASA could be forced to delay its selection of a new contender for space station resupply contracts if the $516 billion domestic spending measure approved Dec. 17 by the U.S. House of Representatives becomes law.
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Lawmakers at the Senate have delayed a controversial bill that would make it easier to sue online file-trading networks because there is too much opposition to it.
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WASHINGTON - A corporate tax bill that would dole out nearly $140 billion in business breaks over the next decade is scheduled for a Senate vote today after an unexpected delay Sunday over its failure to include a tax credit for employers who keep active
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The House voted overwhelmingly yesterday to expand offshore oil drilling and preserve a variety of popular tax breaks for families and businesses, but the wide-ranging last-minute package faced serious opposition in the Senate from lawmakers angry about trade provisions and its $50 billion cost.
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Republican congressional leaders decided yesterday not to bring to the floor a bill giving the District a full voting member of the House, dooming the measure's chances in this legislative session.
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Lawmakers trying to get elected push last-minute bills to help constituents, from hurricane relief to tobacco buyouts.
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ARLINGTON, Va., Dec. 8  /PRNewswire/ -- Today the U.S. House of Representatives approved H.R. 6111, which includes the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act (S. 3711).  Senate consideration of legislation containing S. 3711 is anticipated by Sunday.  The U.S. Senate passed S.
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WASHINGTON -- Roger Clemens' meeting with a congressional committee investigating steroids in baseball was pushed back until Feb. 5.
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House leaders are holding up action on a defense policy bill unless unrelated measures on immigration and court security are attached.
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Attempts to pass a key oil law sought by the U.S. were snarled once more Wednesday by deep differences among Iraq's Sunni, Shiite and Kurdish leaders, delaying parliament debate despite the prime minister's claims of a breakthrough.
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House Speaker-to-be Nancy Pelosi's plan to repeal tax breaks for oil companies in the first 100 hours of the new Congress could face roadblocks in the Senate.
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The House voted overwhelmingly to expand offshore oil drilling and preserve a variety of popular tax breaks for families and businesses, and the Senate was poised early this morning to approve the package after lawmakers angry about trade provisions and the bill's $50 billion cost agreed to let the...
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Roger Clemens' meeting with a congressional committee investigating steroids in baseball was pushed back until Feb. 5.
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Congress has taken a major step toward allowing oil and gas drilling in coastal waters that have been off limits for a quarter-century.