Missteps and Mistrust Mark the Push for Legislation
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IRBIL, Iraq -- Two weeks after the United States launched an ambitious security plan for Iraq, then-U.S. Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad issued an enthusiastic announcement about progress toward an Iraqi oil law, a key American goal.
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Supporters of a bill to bar discrimination against people because of their genetics have launched a push for congressional passage even as some business leaders oppose it, fearing a flood of frivolous suits.
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Both bills will likely need to be combined into one and then reconciled with similar bills that have originated in the Senate before they can start to make their way through both houses again.
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In reviewing 844 bills this session, he's angered both parties at times. But he's also gone with public sentiment.
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A small but growing number of lawmakers look for a Plan B that can win broader support.
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Legislation to reform the US intelligence system after the September 11 attacks and failures in Iraq has fallen victim to partisan wrangling, endangering lawmakers' goal of sending a bill to the White House before the November 2 election.
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Lawmaker impatience is rising over voluntary industry effort to improve food safety.
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Congress fails to pass electronic-surveillance and phone-records-privacy legislation before recessing.
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Daunting reforms, in unorthodox order, are born of confidence, but leave room for a fall.
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House Republicans pushed through legislation Tuesday aimed at reducing frivolous lawsuits.
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With many lawmakers eager to help their own regions, Congress is unlikely to act as quickly on President Bush's latest request for hurricane aid as they did on his first package.
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By GARY PERILLOUX  Two bills that would benefit forest-product makers have drawn the ire of the Louisiana Chemical Association because its membership wouldn't get the same deal.
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Similarities and differences in House and Senate lobbying bills that have to be merged into one before becoming law.
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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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By Amelia Nielson-Stowell Deseret Morning News  The Legislature is meddling more and more in local government -- but who's asking for it?  Lawmakers have pushed dozens of bills this session that change the way cities and counties operate.
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Democrats running Congress for the first time in more than a decade faltered at key points this year as they grudgingly passed important bills that many, or even most, of their House members opposed. When Republicans were in charge, they pledged to avoid such a fate.
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High-tech companies and employers of lesser skilled workers say their discontent with the bill shaping up in the Senate has deepened.