McCain, Obama Should Return to DC to Push Oil-Drilling Vote
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said it’s time for the Senate – including presidential hopefuls Sens. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Barack Obama (D-Ill.) – to join House Republicans in calling for Congress to reconvene and pass a comprehensive energy bill that would allow new offshore drilling for oil.
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Drug Smuggler Gets Less Prison Time Than Border Agents
The Mexican drug smuggler who testified against the two Border Patrol agents who shot him near the Mexican border was sentenced Wednesday to nine and a half years in federal prison. That’s a shorter sentence than either of the agents received.
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$7.5 million in taxpayer dollars to play golf
At least $7.5 million in taxpayer money over the last few years has been earmarked by Congress to fund a golfing program for young people.
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Pelosi: GOP’s Oil Drilling Plan Is A ‘Hoax’
A Republican plan to open more public land to oil exploration and drilling is “unworthy of serious debate,” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said on Monday.
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The Parking Garage To Nowhere?
Congressman Rakes In Millions In Earmarks To Build Vacant Offices - And Parking For Them
Congress started a five-week vacation Friday. But before leaving, the House passed a bill that contains more than 500 earmarks. CBS News investigative correspondent Sharyl Attkisson has been investigating these expensive pet projects that lawyers slip into spending bills. And now, she's followed the money to a deserted office complex.
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Bush blames Congress for not acting on gas prices
President Bush, on a campaign to open offshore waters to oil drilling, said Wednesday that the Democratic-run Congress was letting down the American people by refusing to allow votes on the matter. All the Democratic leaders have to do is to allow a vote," he said. "They should not leave Washington without doing so."
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Senate folly--Vote shows failure to function
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid tied up the chamber Monday with a foolish waste of time aimed solely at embarrassing a staunch Republican opponent who has held up dozens of pieces of legislation. But the tactic may backfire.
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Reid, Pelosi ready to compromise
Are the Democratic leaders in Congress nervous about the growing grass-roots demand for lifting restrictions on domestic oil drilling?
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Illegal immigration trashing Southern Arizona desert?
It's the impact of illegal immigration rarely talked about. One look at pictures from the southern Arizona desert shows human smugglers and immigrants turning the desert into a wasteland.
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'Border wall’ to have lots of doors and even windows
The border barrier that soon will be built in the Rio Grande Valley hardly fits the Berlin Wall image conjured by its opponents.
Rather, it’s a patchwork of permeable structures riddled with apertures for animals and people, with lots of gates and lots of keys.
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McCain can't win for losing on immigration
Ever since he entered the presidential race John McCain has been walking a tightrope when it comes to immigration. And his efforts in recent weeks to court Latinos while still keeping his Republican base happy could well backfire.
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McCain's, Obama's 'pandering' lost on most Hispanic voters
California-based immigration reform activist Rick Oltman says he is continually amazed that both presidential candidates continue to pander to Hispanic voters as if they are one huge monolithic voting bloc.
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American flag disappears from Obama campaign jet
As part of a month-long aircraft makeover, a painted American flag was removed from the tail of Sen. Barack Obama's official campaign airplane and was replaced with the presidential candidate's trademark "O" symbol.
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As an American Why do I have to push a button to hear English?
That was the question a Bucks County woman began asked the Republican presidential candidate during a recent town hall meeting. The response, as McCain said, "struck a chord" with the overflow crowd.
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Jailed border agents plead for new trial
With their legal options running out, two agents for the U.S. Border Patrol serving jail sentences in connection with the shooting of a Mexican drug smuggler are appealing their convictions today in federal court.
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