Congress Has So Little to Do, And So Much Time to Do It
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Is there no rest for the weary lawmaker? "Members Resist Five-Day Workweek," one of the Capitol Hill newspapers proclaimed on its front page yesterday. Senators were "ready to revolt" and House members were "simmering" over their legislative demands.
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Governmental sites need to be revamped so people can find what they need, experts tell a Congressional committee.
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The 2005 federal budget falls far short of meeting the health-care needs of this country&#39;s military veterans. Congress needs to look at budget priorities and find more money to help these deserving men and women.
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Congress hasn't done much this year, but few bills have stirred more passion than one to protect horses from being turned into horsemeat
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Our position is: Congress needs to add a federal judgeship in Indiana to make the workload more manageable. Marion County courts aren&#39;t the only ones facing budget constraints.
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President Bush isn't the only lame duck in our nation's capital. All 435 Congressmen are up for re-election next year, and so are 34 of our senators. That's a total of 469 lame ducks, the way I see it.
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Hopes dim as less-interested Democratic Congress arrives next month.
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The ordeal could add to the GOP's woes as it tries to retain control of Congress.
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The 108th Congress soon will be history, a tumultuous two years that, depending on party affiliation, was the best of times or the worst of times.
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Lies from the White House. Incompetence in treating wounded veterans. Irrelevance in Congress. Can't anybody do anything right? It's days like these that turn Americans sour on government, stoking a desire for leaders who actually lead.
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For good or ill, Congress kept to its usual snail's pace on a number of controversial issues ranging from digital copyright to spyware; other government agencies, however, made up for some of the slack.
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U.S. lawmakers returning from a  weeklong break on Monday will take up a long list of unfinished  -- and possibly insurmountable -- tasks that could help decide  whether voters will re-elect them in November.
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Maine Sen. Susan Collins managed to keep busy last week, a down period for most members of Congress awaiting Tuesday&#39;s start of the lame-duck legislative session.
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Government fails to meet vast majority of political and military goals laid out by congress
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Sometimes in Washington it takes a while for issues to ripen. Sometimes decades.
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Two months after Democrats took control of Congress, there isn't much to show for the switch in power &#151; despite feverish efforts to weigh in on meaty matters, such as the war in Iraq.
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President Bush may be pushing hard for Congress to give him line-item veto power to remove wasteful spending from the bills it passes, but the idea seems to be sinking on Capitol Hill.