Congress Appears to Be Trying to Get Around Earmark Ban

WASHINGTON -- Members of Congress may no longer be able to direct federal money to projects back home because of a moratorium on legislative earmarks, but that has not stopped them from trying.

Obama pressures Congress on housing

President Barack Obama is rallying support for his plan to expand government assistance to homeowners, pressuring Congress to help lower lending rates for millions of strapped homeowners.

Congress rubbishes Mamata's claim of financial neglect

Kolkata, Feb 5 (IANS) The Congress Sunday dismissed West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's claims of not getting enough financial support from the central government.

Catholics urged to write Congress on birth control rule

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Catholic clergy on Sunday called on the faithful to write Congress to protest new birth control rules from President Barack Obama's administration, stepping up a campaign that began a week ago with denunciations from the pulpit at Masses across the country. The fight is over a provision of the health reform law announced on Jan 20 that would require health insurance plans ...

Congress can't decide between Kansas City and Washington for WWI designation

WASHINGTON • Congress will squabble over just about everything anymore, it seems, even where to honor the soldiers and sailors of World War I:

Area Votes in Congress

WASHINGTON - Here is how Philadelphia-area members of Congress voted on major issues last week: House Federal aviation budget. Voting 248-169, the House on Thursday sent the Senate a measure (H.R. 658) to authorize federal aviation programs through Sept. 30, 2015, at a cost of $63.3 billion, including $13.4 billion for airport improvements and tens of bi

Congress will form government on its own or sit in oppositionn: Shastri

Congress leader and AICC member Anil Shastri said the spark on the faces of voters, particularly the youth, is reflective of the growing undercurrent in favour of the Congress which would form the government in the state on its own.

Congress exempt from several federal laws

While Congress is moving to explicitly apply insider trading laws to its members, lawmakers are exempt from provisions of other federal laws.

CONGRESS: How Inland representatives voted

LONG-TERM-CARE INSURANCE: Voting 267 for and 159 against, the House on Feb. 1 sent the Senate a bill to repeal the 2010 health law's section on long-term-care insurance. The program already had been shelved by the administration on grounds it would not pay for itself, as the law requires.

How Texans voted in Congress

How Texans voted in Congress Passed, 96-3, a bill (S 2038) barring members of Congress and congressional staff from using confidential information obtained in their legislative work in personal financial transactions such as stock trading. The bill requires lawmakers, their top aides and tens or hundreds of thousands of executive-branch officials to disclose within 30 days all trading in stocks ...

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OFFRE D'HEBERGEMENT ORGANISATION DE SOIRÉE DÉGUSTATION "VIN ET TAPAS" POUR LES SALONS "MOBILE WORLD CONGRESS" ET...: http://t.co/9X89CNkO

3 Tage Luxus in Prag im 4* Clarion Congress Hotel Prague http://t.co/WoK7fQqC bei Preisbock

3 Tage Luxus in Prag im 4* Clarion Congress Hotel Prague http://t.co/WoK7fQqC bei Preisbock

Web: Girona will host the 25th Congress for Spain’s PCO in February http://t.co/EGmD8jmh

Web: Girona will host the 25th Congress for Spain’s PCO in February http://t.co/EGmD8jmh

Congress Appears to Be Trying to Get Around Earmark Ban http://t.co/9pgSF6q4

Congress Appears to Be Trying to Get Around Earmark Ban http://t.co/9pgSF6q4

Review: Tribute to Fritz Kreisler at the Library of Congress - Washington Post: Review: Tribute to Fritz Kreisle... http://t.co/wejsQGor

Review: Tribute to Fritz Kreisler at the Library of Congress - Washington Post: Review: Tribute to Fritz Kreisle... http://t.co/wejsQGor

You can lead a man to Congress, but you can't make him think.

You can lead a man to Congress, but you can't make him think.

GoodReads va intégrer d'autres bases de données (WorldCat, Library of Congress, etc.): http://t.co/TtWK5SfO

GoodReads va intégrer d'autres bases de données (WorldCat, Library of Congress, etc.): http://t.co/TtWK5SfO

"Criminal @Swamy39 bought down BJP gov supporting the congress.When he was discreetly blackmailing congress he was kicked out": Sonia Gandhi

"Criminal @Swamy39 bought down BJP gov supporting the congress.When he was discreetly blackmailing congress he was kicked out": Sonia Gandhi

Google and #privacy again: brief US congress on privacy policy, Kinect to teach anatomy, and more bit.ly/ytThIB

Google and #privacy again: brief US congress on privacy policy, Kinect to teach anatomy, and more bit.ly/ytThIB

Google and #privacy again: brief US congress on privacy policy, Kinect to teach anatomy, and more bit.ly/ytThIB

Google and #privacy again: brief US congress on privacy policy, Kinect to teach anatomy, and more bit.ly/ytThIB

@MacMike1000 good choice, after Mobile World Congress there will be even more choice

@MacMike1000 good choice, after Mobile World Congress there will be even more choice

@rickygervais Congress Tart !!

@rickygervais Congress Tart !!

RT @StateofGlobe: Congress Welcomes Drones Into American Skies ASAP The stage has already been set and played upon for divisions of Unmann #blacklistednews

RT @StateofGlobe: Congress Welcomes Drones Into American Skies ASAP The stage has already been set and played upon for divisions of Unmann #blacklistednews

DiarioTi: RIM es premiada durante el Mobile World Congress: Research In Motion acaba de recibir el p... http://t.co/2rUIMsPw #blackberry

DiarioTi: RIM es premiada durante el Mobile World Congress: Research In Motion acaba de recibir el p... http://t.co/2rUIMsPw #blackberry

World Biofuels Markets Congress & Exhibition, Rotterdam, 13-15 March 2012 http://t.co/Kr1Ltm7F

World Biofuels Markets Congress & Exhibition, Rotterdam, 13-15 March 2012 http://t.co/Kr1Ltm7F