House Republicans Urge Earmark Moratorium
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House Republicans are deeply divided over the merits of  earmarking money for pet projects.
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Republican senators are trying to delay a bill that would overhaul the U.S. patent system.
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House Republican leaders were forced yesterday to summon lawmakers back into session next month to quell an uproar over a belatedly discovered provision in a huge spending bill that would have
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House Republicans voted on Wednesday to change their own rules to allow Tom DeLay keep his position as majority leader even if he is indicted in Texas, where a number
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Key Republican leaders are encouraging the party's presidential candidates to rethink their decision to skip presidential debates focusing on issues important to minorities, fearing a backlash that could further erode the party's standing with black and Latino voters.
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House Republican leaders are urging members to alter one of the chamber&#39;s fundamental ethics rules to make it harder for lawmakers to discipline a colleague.
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Rep. Nancy Pelosi, speaker of the House of Representatives, said on Friday she wanted Congress to pass mandatory caps on heat-trapping carbon dioxide emissions this year.
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WASHINGTON - House Republicans wrestled Wednesday with ways to keep Rep. Tom DeLay as majority leader in the event he is indicted by Texas grand jury that has brought charges against three of his political associates.
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The congressional Republicans, in changing rules to protect Tom DeLay, were criticized as hypocritical. Such criticism was not founded on all the facts and ignores the reason for the change.
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_ Three New York lawmakers on Thursday joined the growing chorus of Republicans criticizing the United Nations over the oil-for-food scandal, urging Congress to withhold dues payments to the world body.
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Republican U.S. House leaders faced growing pressure over a congressional sex scandal on Tuesday, with Speaker Dennis Hastert rejecting calls to step down for his handling of sexual messages sent to teen-age boys by Rep. Mark Foley.
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House of Representatives Republican  leaders faced growing pressure over a congressional sex scandal  on Tuesday, with Speaker Dennis Hastert rejecting calls to step  down amid Republican fears about the potential fallout in  November's fight for control of Congress.
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Republicans have called for a congressional investigation and retraction of CBS television&#39;s report concerning President George W. Bush&#39;s Air National Guard service.
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(InfoWorld) - A group of five Republican senators is seeking a delay in legislation, supported by several large tech vendors, that would overhaul the U.S. patent system. The five, including Senators Chuck Grassley of Iowa and Sam Brownback of Kansas, have asked for more hearings before the Senate Judiciary Committee moves ahead with the Patent Reform Act, which is scheduled to be amended and approved in a Thursday hearing. The five sent a letter Monday to the Judiciary Committee asking for more hearings. "Many prominent American businesses on the cutting edge of innovation are expressing concerns about the impact of sweeping patent reform," said the letter, also signed by Senators Tom Coburn of Oklahoma, Jon Kyl of Arizona and Jeff Sessions of Alabama. "These concerns merit thoughtful deliberation." Many observers have called the Patent Reform Act the most sweeping reform of U.S. patent laws in decades. The bill would make it tougher for inventors to obtain new patents, make it easier to challenge patents, and reduce the legal penalties for patent violations. Microsoft Corp., Cisco Systems Inc. and IBM Corp. have praised the bill, saying it's too easy for the owners of questionable patents to sue tech companies and collect large damages or shut down entire product lines with court injunctions when one small piece of a product allegedly infringes a patent. "This important measure ensures that our patent system continues to foster innovation and economic growth by promoting improvements in patent quality [and] discouraging litigation abuse," Microsoft said in a statement when the bill was introduced. But five Republican senators raised concerns about the bill, echoed by some small tech companies and other members of the Coalition for 21st Century Patent Reform, a group calling for less sweeping changes to the U.S. patent system. The senators questioned the bill's attempt to apportion patent award damages. The bill would limit the damages a patent holder can collect when an infringing technology is part of a larger product, based on the value of the patented technology itself, instead of the value of the larger product. Courts now generally consider the value of the larger product when assessing damages. The senators also questioned the bill's provisions to allow new ways to challenge patents after the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has granted them. These changes "need to be more carefully examined to ensure that they do not undermine innovation, increase frivolous litigation, or undermine property rights," the letter said. The letter also calls on the committee to look harder at ways to improve patent quality.
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Description: House Majority Leader Tom DeLay is criticized for conduct that apparently linked political donations to legislation. The rebuke from the House ethics committee is the second for the Texas Republican in just six days.
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Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and  Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez on Thursday urged the  Senate to make permanent the moratorium on taxes for Internet  access and electronic commerce.
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Top Republicans in the US House of Representatives voiced confidence on Tuesday in Majority Leader Tom DeLay, but some lawmakers said privately they fear his ethical woes may increase, hurting both him and them.