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» EAC to Continue Pursuing Election Flaws, November 29, 2004
Meeting Tuesday for the first time since the Nov. 2 election, members of the Election Assistance Commission breathed a collective sigh of relief about the relatively smooth operation of this year’s Election Day — but they promised to do more in the coming year to improve the nation’s balloting system.

» Budget Critics Say Furor Over Tax Provision Highlights Big Flaws in Process, November 25, 2004
The hasty and haphazard completion of nine overdue fiscal 2005 spending bills raised new appeals from lawmakers that Congress figure out a better way to enact its annual budget.

» 3.5% Raise for Federal Civilian Workers Makes Spending Bill , November 21, 2004
Congressional negotiators reached agreement yesterday on a spending package that provides a 3.5 percent raise for federal civilian employees, more than double that sought by President Bush.

» House panel plans hearings on Nov. 2 voting problems, November 21, 2004
Problems at the polls and allegations of other irregularities in the Nov. 2 election are gaining serious attention in the nation's capital.

» Democrats Blast New GOP Rule, November 18, 2004
House Republicans changed their Conference rules Wednesday to allow indicted party leaders and committee chairmen an opportunity to remain in their posts, even as Democrats moved to toughen their own internal guidelines on the subject.

» House Republicans Act to Protect DeLay, November 18, 2004
Emboldened by their election success, House Republicans changed their rules yesterday to allow Majority Leader Tom DeLay (Tex.) to keep his post even if a grand jury indicts him, and Senate GOP leaders continued to weigh changing long-standing rules governing filibusters to prevent Democrats from blocking President Bush's most conservative judicial nominees.

» Analysis: Cracks in the GOP power facade, November 17, 2004
Although the Republican leadership in the House and Senate has been emboldened by the gains made in the Nov. 2 election, cracks are begging to show in the veneer of party invulnerability that GOP leaders sought to promote over the last two weeks.

» House Democrats Endorse Their Leadership, November 17, 2004
Despite losing seats Nov. 2, House Democratic leaders said Wednesday their caucus is energized and ready to confront the Republican majority in the new Congress.

» House Leadership Appears Largely Stable on Both Sides for 109th Congress, November 12, 2004
As the 108th Congress prepares to take its final votes, this also will be the week that the 109th Congress starts to take shape.

» Democrats Vow to Hold Bush Accountable, November 10, 2004
Congressional Democrats returned to Washington in a defiant mood yesterday, making no apologies for the campaign in which they lost congressional seats and the presidential race and vowing to hold President Bush accountable for his handling of the deficit, the Iraq war and other issues.

 

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