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El Paso Representative Ends Congressional Term

Source: Kansas City Infozine, Dec 11 2012, 7:48am CST

Washington, D.C. - infoZine - Scripps Howard Foundation Wire - It has been 16 years since Rep. Silvestre Reyes and his wife, Carolina Reyes, have had a vacation. Reyes is leaving Congress after losing in the Demo ...

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13 hours ago

Poll: Congressional approval just 16 percent

Source: The Hill  |   Jun 18 2013, 3:55pm CDT

Support for Congress was marginally higher among Republicans than Democrats. Only 16 percent of Americans approve of the way Congress is handling its job, according to a new poll released Tuesday. The survey from CNN and ORC ...

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18 hours ago

John Dingell Reflects On More Than 5 Decades in Congress

Source: The Washingtonian  |   Jun 18 2013, 11:03am CDT

Congress is not a place we typically associate with high job satisfaction, at least not among the elected members. Given the complaints of dysfunction and contentious partisanship, it would be easy to understand why a day at work on the Hill c ...

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27 weeks ago


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"When people complain about time, that there isn’t enough time in the day, my grandpa used to say, ‘There’s plenty of time, you just have to go to bed later or get up earlier, or both’ ... But this is a job that even if you somehow manage to work 24 hours a day, every day, seven days a week, 365 days a year, you never finish the job."


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20 hours ago

Congress needs to remember its job

Source: Hinesville Coastal Courier  |   Jun 18 2013, 9:31am CDT

I’ve noticed a recurring question as I talk to people about Congress. What can be done, they wonder, to get Congress back on track? Is our national legislature capable of serious policy making? At a time when polls say th ...

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21 hours ago

Senate set to vote on border fence amendment in immigration bill

Source: Washington Times  |   Jun 18 2013, 8:23am CDT

A week into the immigration debate, the Senate has finally set up showdowns Tuesday afternoon on some of the biggest questions, including whether to build the full 700-mile fence Congress approved seven years ago, but never followe ...

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1 day ago

Obama defends surveillance of American communications

Source: MSN India  |   Jun 18 2013, 2:38am CDT

As the US whistle blower accused President Barack Obama of worsening "abusive" practices, Obama defended extensive surveillance of US communications, saying it had disrupted multiple terrorist plots and had adequate che ...

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1 day ago

No, Rep. Bentivolio, 'American Somolia' Is Not a Place

Source: National Journal  |   Jun 17 2013, 2:15pm CDT

Mondays in Congress are typically pretty boring affairs. Many members haven't made it back to D.C. yet, and there's normally not much really going on. All of this makes it all the more head-smacking when a member of Congress ...

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1 day ago

LETTER: Congress doesn’t want Obamacare

Source: Journal Gazette & Times-Courier  |   Jun 17 2013, 1:25pm CDT

MATTOON — Though the threat of rain taunted the crowd for most of the afternoon, more than 25 local artists and musicians set up shop Saturday… CHARLESTON (JG-TC) — Approval of the upcoming fiscal year budget and a request for appropriations ...

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2 days ago

JOHN HAYWARD:: Ruling-class concerns | RedState

Source: Snow Report Blog  |   Jun 17 2013, 2:33am CDT

Congress is currently convulsed in a titanic struggle over immigration reform… a topic that rarely cracks the top-10 list of top concerns for the American people, and never gets into the top 5. Border security polls far higher than an ...

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2 days ago

Roll call: How Pennsylvania members of Congress voted

Source: GoErie.com  |   Jun 16 2013, 10:19pm CDT

WASHINGTON -- Here's how area members of Congress voted on major issues in the week ending Friday. Voting 315 for and 108 against, the House on Friday approved a $638.4 billion military budget for fiscal 2014. The bill (HR 1960) s ...

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