GOP aims for vote on ports security bill
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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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WASHINGTON - House Republicans say legislation they introduced Friday will make America safer by including the Sept. 11 commission's suggestions to improve intelligence, immigration and national security...
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WASHINGTON - House Republican leaders on Friday easily pushed through sweeping new law enforcement powers as part of a Sept. 11 anti-terrorism package, but the House now must negotiate a truce with the Senate on those measures to get President Bush's signature before the elections...
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Republican and Democratic senators working to save President Bush's stalled immigration bill are focusing on toughening border security and workplace enforcement to attract more bipartisan support.
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If House GOP leaders would allow a vote on post-Sept. 11 legislation overhauling the nation's intelligence community, it would easily pass, lawmakers on both sides of the aisle predicted Sunday.
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House Republicans are working to eliminate or dilute provisions in a new corporate tax bill aimed at cracking down on illegal shelters.
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House Republicans seeking to build a pre-election record for getting tough on illegal immigration plan a new vote Thursday on a border fence proposal that won House approval last December.
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The U.S. House of Representatives on  Tuesday moved closer to a vote on a wide-ranging package of  trade legislation, as lawmakers scrambled to finish their work  for the year.
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All U.S.-bound cargo would have to   be scanned for nuclear materials while still abroad under a   proposal that Democrats urged the Senate on Tuesday to pass to   protect American ports five years after the September 11   attacks.
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House Republicans want to barnstorm the country to pick apart the  moderate Senate plan that Bush supports.
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Abandoning months of opposition, House Republicans agreed Friday to move an offshore drilling bill that would open new territory in the Gulf Coast to oil rigs but would not ease restrictions on coastal waters elsewhere.
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A bill authorizing construction of a   fence along the U.S. border with Mexico advanced in the U.S.   Senate on Thursday as Republican backers pushed to get an   immigration measure to President George W. Bush desk before the   November 7 elections.
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A Republican presidential candidate on Tuesday called for a federal immigration raid at a meeting in the U.S. Capitol hosted by the Senate's No. 2 Democrat.
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U.S. Senate Republicans on Tuesday accused Democrats of trying to rush a vote on immigration reform, casting doubt on the fate of the White House-backed bill that would tighten border security and legalize millions of illegal immigrants.
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Congress is scrambling to pass long-delayed domestic and border security bills, as Republicans and the Democrats try to control the issues.
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Two issues have House Republicans tied in a knot on the intelligence bill President Bush says he wants: military control of spy satellites and provisions that, some lawmakers say, let terrorists shield themselves with claims of political asylum.
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WASHINGTON - Senate passage of a bill to enact the Sept. 11 commission's terror-fighting recommendations now puts the focus on the House, where getting Republicans and Democrats to agree on the legislation may be more difficult...