House to vote on Peru free trade pact
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A free trade agreement with Peru, the first under the new Democratic majority that gives labor rights and the environment equal treatment to lower tariffs and greater market access, is set for a vote in the House.
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In a vote charged with election-year   politics, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a symbolic   resolution on Friday that wrapped the Iraq conflict into the   war on terrorism and rejected a deadline for U.S. troop   withdrawal.
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The US Congress is expected to vote on a non-binding resolution against sending extra troops to Iraq.
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A trade pact between the United States and Peru won bipartisan support, signaling that some Democrats will be receptive to trade deals that adhere to certain labor and environmental standards.
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A bill to allow workers to form  unions by signing up, instead of voting, advanced in the U.S.  House of Representatives on Wednesday as the Bush  administration threatened to veto it.
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Republican leaders in the U.S. House  of Representatives, who will yield to a Democratic majority in  January, on Friday agreed to allow 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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WASHINGTON -- The House last night passed a massive business-tax bill aimed at settling a trade dispute with the European Union and propping up domestic manufacturers.
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The US Senate is expected to vote Tuesday on a controversial embryonic stem-cell research measure already approved by the House of Representatives, raising the prospect of a veto by President George W. Bush for the first time.
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WASHINGTON - If House GOP leaders would allow a vote on legislation designed to overhaul the nation&#39;s intelligence community, it would easily pass, lawmakers on both sides of the aisle predicted Sunday.
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Congress gave final approval Tuesday to a free trade agreement with Oman, ending several months of debate over a deal that will have minimal economic effects but came to stand for growing differences over U.S. trade policy.
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The U.S. House of Representatives is set to vote on a bill that would require a paper record for electronic voting machines.
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The Bush administration signed a free-trade agreement with Colombia, despite strong Democratic Party objections that threaten to keep the pact from becoming law. The signing ceremony culminated more than two and a half years of work on the pact, which the White House sees as an important tool for promoting stability in the volatile Andean region. Leading Democrats criticized the Bush administration for signing the trade deal before addressing their concerns about the pactÂs protection for workers.
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MEDELLIN, Colombia  - Colombia's free trade accord with the United States is still a "work in progress" and President Alvaro Uribe could persuade U.S. Democrats to approve the deal by showing sustained success in tackling violence, a U.S. lawmaker said on Saturday.
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House panel on Tuesday is expected to approve bill aimed at regulating how American companies operate in China and other foreign locales notorious for censorship.
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The House is poised to vote Tuesday on an overhaul of the nation&#39;s intelligence apparatus, with the Senate likely to follow suit Wednesday.
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The tiny southern English village of East Stoke is set to vote on whether or not it should have a referendum on the new European Union treaty, The Daily Telegraph reported on Thursday.
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Measures to ban trade in cat and dog fur across the EU come to a vote in the European Parliament.