Congress resumes work with a focus on security as midterm elections loom
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Lawmakers in the US Congress return this week from their summer hiatus for four frantic weeks dominated by security issues, before breaking to campaign for November's midterm elections.
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National security and the war in Iraq will be the centerpieces of the White HouseÂs strategy for helping Republicans in this yearÂs election.
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Congress started wrapping up its work Thursday ahead of a five-week stretch of campaigning before the midterm elections:
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Heeding warnings that terrorists could try to disrupt the fall elections, state and local election officials are aiming to coordinate communications and decision-making with governors and security officials so voting goes as smoothly as possible.
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President Bush is casting the war on global terrorism as the central issue of the midterm elections. But it's a risky political strategy.
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Despite dismay from telecom firms and the Department of Justice, lawmakers on Capitol Hill appear ready to once again put their weight behind laws designed to crack down on pretexting.
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Like many schoolchildren, members of Congress were due back at their desks Tuesday after a summer break. Unlike the students, lawmakers will immediately face major tests: on Iraq, children's health care, a home mortgage crisis and the budget.
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Lawmakers return this week for a  pre-election push to overhaul U.S. intelligence services as  Republicans strive to strengthen their hold on a closely  divided Congress and Democrats battle to retake control.
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Back from its Fourth of July recess, Congress returns to two contentious topics that dominated the news from Capitol Hill for the first half of the year: the White House's strategy regarding Iraq and last year's Justice Department firing of nine U.S. attorneys.
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The race for the White House has come down to one thing: who can best protect America. With just one week to go security and the war on terror continue to dominate the agenda.
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Lawmakers look to strengthen their role after the most polarized term in a half century.
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House Democrats have defied the White House in a battle between civil liberties and national security. And GOP candidates are looking forward to making it an election issue
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While members of Congress fretted Wednesday about how to allocate federal aid to best counter the risk of a terrorist attack, one lawmaker chose to focus on cigarette lighters.
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U.S. officials hoping to stop a possible al Qaeda attack before the November election face the difficult task of providing enough security without scaring voters away from the polling stations.
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Congress is back in session,  and the focus will be on the immigration overhaul bill moving through the Senate.
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The biggest overhaul of the U.S. intelligence network in a half century neared a House vote Tuesday, part of a broad measure that also aimed to intensify aviation and border security in response to the Sept. 11 terror attacks on New York and Washington.
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Congressmen returning from their Independence Day break are ready for battle with the White House, with Democrats decrying President Bush's commutation of former aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby's prison sentence and fighting Bush's latest claim of executive privilege.