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By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 30 June 2007 Majority Democrats are vowing to go ahead with plans for a new legislative push to withdraw U.S. forces from Iraq after Congress returns next month from a week-long break. VOA's Dan Robinson reports from Capi
By Paula Wolfson White House 26 July 2007 Congressional Democrats are stepping up pressure on the White House as they investigate charges the Bush administration has been using the Justice Department as a political tool. VOA White House correspondent
By Deborah Tate Capitol Hill 05 July 2006 Members of Congress held coastal field hearings about immigration reform Wednesday on both U.S. coasts. From left: New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Sen. Edward Kennedy, and Senate Judiciary Committee Chairm
By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 21 March 2007 Former Vice President Al Gore has testified before Congress on the dangers posed by global warming. VOA's Dan Robinson reports, the environmentalist and former presidential candidate urged lawmakers to take
By Scott Stearns White House 01 September 2006 With less than 70 days to go before legislative elections, President Bush is campaigning hard for Republican candidates facing challenges from opposition Democrats, who hope to capture control of at lea
By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 26 October 2006 As members of Congress campaign for the upcoming legislative election, back in the U.S. Capitol a congressional ethics committee completed the third week of an investigation that could yet have a major im
By Jim Malone Washington 18 December 2006 2006 was a year of change in U.S. politics as Democrats won back control of Congress for the first time in 12 years. As VOA National Correspondent Jim Malone reports from Washington, public unhappiness over
The White House and the U.S. Congress are inching closer to a financial rescue deal, but no final agreement is in hand. VOA's Paula Wolfson reports President Bush met Thursday with the two major party presidential candidates and Congressional leader
By Dan Robinson Washington 29 March 2007 As the Democratic-controlled Congress and President Bush head for a possible collision on legislation to fund U.S. military operations in Iraq, expert testimony before a congressional committee painted a mixed
Congressional Democrats predict they will pick up additional seats in the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate this November, increasing their majority in both chambers. VOA's Deborah Tate, reporting from the site of the Democratic National Conv
President Barack Obama went to Capitol Hill on Wednesday, seeking congressional support for his $3.55 trillion budget. The president's effort came as Democratic-controlled House and Senate committees began considering budget blueprints that might tr
US Congressional 'Supercommittee' Faces Deadline on Budget Deal The battle over how to reduce the United States' $15 trillion debt is now being debated by a bipartisan congressional supercommittee. With a deadline for agreement just days away, the sa
By Stephanie Ho Washington 11 July 2006 US Marines on patrol in Iraq (File photo) The U.S. Government Accountability Office, an independent investigative arm of Congress, has released a report that criticizes the Bush Administration's strategy for s
By Dan Robinson Washington 08 March 2006 A key committee of the U.S. Congress has approved legislation aimed at stepping up pressure on the government of Sudan because the situation in Darfur. A measu
By Dan Robinson Washington 05 October 2006 Majority Republicans in the House of Representatives have moved to prevent further damage from the scandal involving a former Republican congressman, Mark Foley, who resigned amid revelations he sent sexual
By Jim Malone Washington 01 November 2006 With less than one week to go until Election Day, Republicans are trying to fend off a strong challenge from opposition Democrats for control of the U.S. Congress. The war in Iraq continues to dominate the U
By Deborah Tate Capitol Hill 15 November 2006 U.S. congressional Democrats, who will control the House of Representatives and Senate beginning in January, are calling on the Bush administration to hold direct talks with Iran about its nuclear progra
By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 04 October 2006 An ethics committee in the House of Representatives meets Thursday amid the continuing scandal involving a former U.S. congressman, Mark Foley, and sexually explicit e-mails he allegedly sent to congressi
By Deborah Tate Capitol Hill 05 January 2007 The top leaders of the new Democratic-led U.S. Congress are urging President Bush not to increase the number of U.S. troops in Iraq. Their comments, in a letter to the president Friday, come as Mr. Bush i
By Paula Wolfson Washington 07 November 2006 watch US Election Eve report A woman shows her support Republican congressional candidate Max Burns, Nov. 6, 2006 during a campaign stop in Savannah, Georgia American voters cast ballots Tuesday in congre