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Congressional approval of any one of pending agreements might help provide momentum for the president's trade-expansion drive.

The president did not seek congressional authorization or adequately consult with lawmakers before embarking on the military action.

The main argument seems to be that Congressional oversight over the Fed is government interference in the free market.

As I said, I support the reform proposals of the Obama administration and its Congressional allies.

And finally, there must be a concerted effort to develop effective congressional and public oversight of these clandestine activities.

Republican lawmakers say Democrats are trying to push through a bill without enough time for proper Congressional scrutiny.

But congressional leaders are unlikely to pursue either of these two radical options, at least for a while.

"I'd rather have them sacrificing on behalf of our nation than, you know, endless hours of testimony on congressional hill. " -George W.

I also used the occasion to urge congressional action on the anti-terrorism legislation that had been held up for more than a year.

Speaker Pelosi told reporters that congressional Democrats are ready to work with their Republican colleagues and the president.

As if it was not enough for us to deal with the PT [government party] gangs, now we will have a PCC congressional bench.

But the Treasury has congressional limits on how much debt it may issue.

Two weeks later, he found himself caught in the middle of a congressional debate over the size and direction of a behemoth stimulus package.

He said that Fitch wants to see whether the congressional "supercommittee" set up to find further savings by this autumn can deliver.

After the vote, President Bush met with congressional leaders of both parties and said he was confident an agreement could be reached.

Investors are going to have to wait to see more specifics from the new Congressional leaders.

ActionAid was one of the 90 organizations that wrote to U. S. congressional leaders urging an end to the ethanol tax credit.

One congressional Republican said the White House has floated the idea of tax rebates, though no firm decisions have been made.

Conservative commentators and Congressional Republicans said he had been muzzled because he did not toe the liberal line.

The Congressional Budget Office released a report in 2007 into long-term joblessness, which was at the time something of a niche topic.

On Tuesday, the United States will hold congressional and state elections in a year defined by voter dissatisfaction.

One critical factor was that Lee Iacocca reframed the congressional members' thinking and removed their barriers to his goal of a bailout.

Gates also said, "t's pretty clear" that such a congressional resolution "emboldens the enemy and our adversaries. "

It was the first time legislation providing universal coverage had ever even made it out of a full congressional committee.

The vote on China currency was one of the last items on the congressional agenda before the midterm elections.

In 1787 the Bank of North America changed to a Pennsylvania charter following controversy about the legality of a congressional charter.

But Congressional Democrats have argued that this is far from enough to help small businesses ride out a tumultuous economy.

He said that the reasoning of the court in United States v. Chem-Dyne, quoted supra, correctly expressed congressional intent.

Each one of these strike-throughs meant billions of dollars and thousands of jobs lost in dozens of congressional districts.

Congressional leaders met at the White House Tuesday to discuss the matter.

But the Fair Deal programs fell victim to the same public and congressional conservatism that had crippled the last years of the New Deal.

Earlier this week, the Congressional Budget Office came out with its latest analysis of the budget and economic outlook.

Since the 1920s, the presidential power had begun to expand and the congressional power had become weaker relatively.

The Congressional Budget Office says it could spend up to $80 billion a year more on projects that would give an economic return.

It has been a long time forming. Most congressional seats are safely in the hands of one of the two parties, thanks to gerrymandering.

"At this point in time" came along during the Nixon congressional hearings. Too bad it didn't go out with him.

The gesture was part of a broader effort by the White House and administration officials to corral congressional Democrats for a vote.

That's why congressional leaders from both parties, along with President Obama, are trying to come up with some sort of compromise.

All that raised expectations that Obama should be able to win congressional approval of his core agenda.

Mr. Geithner's job status does not appear to be in serious jeopardy and several Democrats at a congressional hearing leapt to his defense.

The White House has declined a request to send the Obama social secretary to the forthcoming Congressional hearing on the matter.

The Congressional sponsors discount how much the Fed has done to reduce risks.

In less than a week, congressional leaders seem to have reached agreement on the monster $700 billion bank bailout.

That style of obfuscation was developed, he said in an interview this year, to avoid sensitive questions during congressional testimony.

As Alan Greenspan noted in his Congressional testimony last week, he was "shocked" that markets did not work as anticipated.

Congressional observers say the immigration reform issue likely will not be taken up in the time available.

Rejection at the White House. Congressional Democrats don't get their way on a stripped-down spending bill for the war in Iraq.

He took several strong steps to show his leadership in the months following the Democratic defeat in the congressional elections.

A research project at UNC-Chapel Hill is trying to develop a user-friendly filter for searching the Congressional Record.

Mr Obama has been able to keep some of his campaign promises without Congressional say-so, simply by signing executive orders.

Their congressional seats are then filled by special elections. The president and vice president are supported by an appointed cabinet.

Important negotiating sessions devoted to the stimulus took place in congressional offices, outside public view.

However, Gates said, a recent congressional resolution questioning President Bush's policy in Iraq "emboldens the enemy. "

Citing a congressional study released on Friday, the Times said the United States was involved in 68. 4 percent of the global sales of arms.

Religious freedom is guaranteed everywhere throughout the United States, so far as congressional interference is concerned.

But Mr Murphy dismissed the action, saying that it was a short-term sop to US opinion ahead of this week's two-day congressional hearing.

The plan originally called for a congressional vote on a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution by the end of the year.

In his recent congressional testimony, though, he admitted that he found a "flaw" in his free-market model.

This was a pithy summary of a mountain of reports from congressional committees, scientific panels and business groups.

But Barney Frank, the leading Congressional Democrat, has said he hopes to apply the Treasury limits "more broadly" from next year.

Speaking after a meeting with the Democrat chairmen of the congressional budget committees, the president issued a challenge to his critics.

I think you can't really fault the Obama administration for some of the friction, some of it is congressional short-term re-election stuff.

Second, the three one-year stimulus measures passed in last winter's special congressional session should be extended by a year.

President Barack Obama is trying to win congressional approval to raise the nation's legal debt ceiling before an August 2 deadline.

Income disparity and the trade deficit are likely to be big issues in the next congressional and presidential elections.

Printing the money directly would then evade any congressional oversight of these operations .

It imposes spending caps for the next 10 years, but leaves the details of what programs would be cut to congressional committees.

A number of Congressional Democrats agree with Mr. Sanders that "no deal is better than a bad deal, " but he may be the most vocal.

The president's low approval numbers may also be affecting congressional lawmakers in his Democratic Party.

Mr Cook cautions that the body count would have to rise very sharply indeed to affect the mid-term congressional elections next year.

A congressional aide says a military fighter jet crashed into a San Diego neighborhood after both of its engines failed.

US navy chaplain Joseph O'Callahan was the only chaplain to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor During World War II.

The unease about job levels have framed many debates leading up to the mid-term Congressional elections that will take place Tuesday.

President Barack Obama is the incredibly shrinking leader, waiting to see whether Congressional power barons will call.

Changing the subject, Democratic leaders this week seemed to be dragging out their proposed reforms of congressional ethics.

Congressional observers believe the cost of the package is likely to grow before a final version ready for a vote.

The Congressional Budget Office forecasts that US output will be 7 per cent below potential over the next two years, on unchanged policies.

Bernanke told a congressional panel that the economy appeared to be growing, but warned it could shrink in the first half of 2008.

Mr Obama summoned congressional leaders to meet in the White House on Friday but there was little sign of movement towards a solution.

But an overwhelming majority of Republicans do not support the plans that congressional Democrats have been hammering out.

The President also agreed to support congressional move to grant funds to help middle-and lower-income people pay their higher energy bills.

This leaves the time limit as the only effective mechanism for preserving the Founders' commitment to congressional control.

The party that controls the White House historically loses congressional seats in a new president's first midterm election.

Thanks to those issues, the midterm congressional elections are looming larger in importance than is usually the case.

At the end of May, at a Memorial Day retreat, the Republican congressional leaders decided to adopt Kristol's position.

His proposals seemed mild; he did not call for fullfledged Congressional control of the Fed's budget.

To be sure, our European allies made defense efforts of their own, to avoid Congressional complaints that we were carrying the whole burden.

He was White House political director for President Ronald Reagan and chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee.

Testifying before congressional and Senate committees has never been my idea of fun and games.

But Holder said he finally agreed to a military tribunal only reluctantly because of Congressional resistance to a federal civilian trial.

But the president's top priority is to win congressional approval of his $196 billion request for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Kennedy, 76, who underwent surgery in June for a brain tumor, appeared to suffer convulsions, a congressional aide said.

Some congressional sources inform that another possibility would be a 12% across-the-board reduction in direct payments.

By Wednesday, congressional sources were widely confirming he had been offered the job, but Emanuel aides said he hadn't accepted it.

Expenditures began to flow immediately, under tight Congressional supervision.

An analysis of the Ryan plan by the Congressional Budget Office makes the point (see charts).

Congress and the Pentagon would not comment on the cost of congressional travel, but it is many times more expensive than flying commercial.

The first, represented by many congressional Democrats, argues that it is past the time for America to leave.

Hurricane Gustav pushed Louisiana's congressional elections back by a month, making them the last ones to be held in the country.

House did not have a similar action, but that is at least some sign of congressional involvement earlier on in this process.

From a wealthy family, she used some of her inheritance to bankroll her husband's first congressional election campaign.

But judging from a wish-list published by congressional Democrats on March 27th, none of that will be enough.

After all, supply-siders and climate-change- deniers no longer control the White House and key Congressional committees.

There will be much huffing about China in congressional hearings, but the Democrats seem prepared to give Mr Paulson's new strategy a shot.

After years of Congressional China-bashing, Beijing may be especially resistant .

But the question of slavery delayed quick congressional action.

When he led the Congressional Budget Office, starting in 2007, he became one of the most highly visible directors in its history.

The defense chief's remarks come at a time when President Bush and congressional leaders are discussing a second war funding bill.

But in congressional testimony on Wednesday, central bank chairman Ben Bernanke played down the possibility of a government takeover.

He said Mr. Bush would seek some kind of congressional approval for action in Iraq if he decides it is necessary.

The United States is waiting for Congressional approval for a proposal put forward by the Obama administration.

Up to 19 U. S. crash deaths over the past decade may be linked to accelerator-related problems at Toyota, congressional officials have said.

Some Congressional Republicans who are skeptical about the President's Iraq plan have been invited to the White House today.

On January 27th he had to defend himself in a testy congressional hearing on AIG.

When the suggestion came up, my new congressional liaison, Howard Paster, shook his head in disbelief.

There's at least one: The one that bagged Oregon Democrat David Wu, who until recently represented the state's first Congressional district.

The long-run projections of the Congressional Budget Office suggest that the US will never again run a balanced budget.

In a statement, President Obama described congressional passage of the trade deals as "a major win for American workers and businesses" .

In this Congressional election season, candidates in at least 30 races are demonizing China as a threat to American jobs.

(Half the money would be available now; the other half subject to congressional approval).

Republican House leader John Boehner said he hoped to hold Congressional votes on the plan "as soon as possible" .

A report by the U. S. Congressional Research Service updated this year confirmed that al Qaeda had sought Khan's assistance.

In general, in point of fact, today's congressional Republicans are more solidly conservative than they were during the Gingrich revolution.

Mr Obama's position is strong, though no longer strong enough to outsource Obamacare to congressional allies.

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO), an independent agency, suggests it does not do enough to curb costs.

That's why the Congressional Budget Office rates aid to the unemployed as a highly cost-effective form of economic stimulus.

Thank God someone in the United States will stand up for human rights. Can a corporation run for congressional office?

So far the U. S. has had only limited success despite congressional threats to retaliate.

The rescue announced could include up to four billion dollars more pending congressional approval.

Mr. Geithner and the White House have tried to use Congressional ire to convince China of the depth of U. S. concern.

I asked Jim what he thought about the Congressional move and he pointed out that the Act allows for finning of smooth dogfish shark.

So there "was this fundamental disconnect in the framing [of the treaty] between the international view and the congressional view. "

(Watch closely for what Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner says during a congressional hearing during the U. S. day Thursday).

George Washington cast the first presidential veto, rejecting a congressional measure for apportioning representatives among the states.

The opposition was fast gathering support for a congressional investigation that would have dominated the airwaves for months.

His various appearances before congressional committees resembled nothing so much as the clubbing of a baby seal.

The congressional conference will not be as fun as those getaways to Florida and Las Vegas, but the banks can live with it.

The president spoke after meeting with his top economic advisors and leading members of the two Congressional financial committees.

Mr. Kelly said the midterm Congressional elections and the outlook for tax policy had caused a lot of uncertainty in the market.

Democratic congressional leaders are hoping for a quick resolution of the Democratic nomination contest after Tuesday's primaries.

Analyst Stuart Rothenberg expects congressional Democrats to defer to the new president as he shapes his economic agenda.

First he tried to line up congressional support for a two-year freeze on government regulations.

The White House and congressional leaders have said they hope the legislation can be passed as early as next week.

For Democrats, the last government shutdowns - led by congressional Republicans during the Clinton years - worked out quite well.

The White House has offered a plan for congressional investigators looking into the firings of eight federal prosecutors.

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has released their assessment of the Office of Management and Budget's semiannual TARP report.

The Congressional Budget Office's latest projections underline the point.

The Congressional Budget Office costed the bill at $848 billion and said it would reduce the deficit by $130 billion over a decade.

The U. S. Congressional-Executive Commission on China lists several recent instances of imprisonment over political expression.

The sentiment was echoed by congressional Democrats, who said risk seemed inevitable with any plan big enough to work.

Thus, congressional cuts to aid in the name of deficit reduction are an easy vote, but a cheap shot.

The growing consensus, though not the universal one, is the Fed, despite congressional concerns that the Fed already has too much power.

He added the row put congressional approval for such a request in doubt, and endangered economic recovery.

That would hurt pension funds, which bought them, and send congressional leaders into a spin.

Each Representative is elected from a defined geographic area within a state called a Congressional District.

But this week, concerns about the suitability of these investments were raised at a US congressional subcommittee hearing.

President-elect Barack Obama urged congressional leaders on Monday to act quickly to pass a huge stimulus package for the U. S. economy.

Moreover, it is important to understand that the proposed spending cuts come off of the Congressional Budget Office baseline.

Kennedy's penchant for Churchillian stands distinguished him from many Congressional Democrats in the postwar era.

The president has said he is committed to moving both pacts to congressional approval as soon as possible.

The White House said Obama told the Republican congressional leaders he looked forward to working with them.

But the intelligence services, not to mention Congressional Republicans, may never forgive him if he grants them one.

The postponement of this week's congressional hearings into the recall is but a snowy reprieve .

The first congressional budget votes could come as early as next week, but a final deal - if one can be struck - is likely months away.

Mr. Romney's spokeswoman declined to say what the former governor thought of the congressional proposal.

Congressional and White House negotiators have to settle on sector-by-sector reductions.

The congressional questioning also revealed fundamental differences among the way the companies run their Chinese operations.

That would simply delay a solution until at least after the 2012 presidential and congressional elections.

The introduction of the Quran into congressional oath-taking is evidence of the growing religious diversity of the United States.

Ebbert would have made a great mayor or congressional committee chairman in the old days when seniority ruled.

House Speaker John Boehner says congressional Republicans appreciate the president reaching out to them.

"There is likely to be an announcement next week, with congressional testimony to follow, " a US military official said.

Congressional and administration sources say U. S. officials have the body of bin Laden, who was reportedly killed in Afghanistan.

Congressional leaders are working with the White House to craft a government package to rescue the failing U. S. auto industry.

In essence, this provides a considerable range of options for the president -- with congressional approval, of course.

was made as he signed legislation awarding a congressional honour to Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar's detained opposition leader.

His government service also includes work for the Office of U. S. Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan and the Congressional Research Service.

Leahy says if there is not enough congressional support for such a panel, he will hold his own hearings.

Just over the state line Mississippians also voted for challengers in primaries for each of the state's four congressional districts.

As part of his work with ONE, Bono has lobbied U. S. Presidents and Congressional leaders, along with the heads of many other G8 nations.

The military should not be permitted to expend considerable national resources in this effort, without congressional and public oversight.

The political stakes for the president and for congressional Democrats are enormous.

Congressional leaders may balk at giving what could be portrayed as a free pass to such an unpopular firm.

President Obama and congressional leaders held hours of sometimes tense meetings this week at the White House.

The agreement fell short of the $4 trillion package some White House officials and congressional leaders had strived to achieve.

During a second day of congressional testimony, Clinton tried to calm anxious lawmakers while acknowledging she shares their worries.

Summon Republican and Democratic congressional leaders back from vacations and hash out a deal on jobs.

Among the critical provisions in congressional reform plans are protections for people with chronic illnesses.

There was a moderately long obituary, detailing Jack's education and service on congressional staffs.

Once Democrats solidified a majority on the NLRB, they set out to push a pro-union policy agenda that never could pass congressional muster.

The latest congressional proposals leave much to be clarified.

Earlier this week, President Obama won a major political victory with congressional passage of his health care reform plan.

Congressional leaders have full-time security provided by the Capitol Police, a force that protects the Capitol building and its environs.

Mr Obama's summit with congressional leaders did at least yield an agreement to keep talking.

This was not a stimulus proposal, and its chance of Congressional approval is anyway zero.

Only congressional infusions of money from general revenues have prevented the trust fund from going into the red (see chart).

America alone suffers from a shortfall in demand of $880 billion a year, according to the Congressional Budget Office.

The Bush administration and congressional lawmakers appear to be nearing an agreement on legislation to boost the slumping U. S. economy.

Schumer, a New York Democrat and sponsor of one of the bills, said at a congressional hearing this month.

At OpenCongress, everyone can be an insider by tracking congressional bills and votes by members of the Senate and House.

In the United States, election activity is intensifying in the final days of the midterm congressional election campaign.

The decision was a victory for Obama and congressional Democrats, affirming the central legislative achievement of Obama's presidency.

Protectionist sentiment could gather steam in the next two to three congressional election cycles, Duncan said.

President George Bush says the United States faces difficult economic times - a situation made worse by congressional inaction.

State legislatures divide the states into congressional districts, which must be substantially equal in population.

The Cabinet was in attendance, as was the Congressional leadership from both sides of the aisle.

This explains why it let the congressional bailout funds be used for equity purchases and not toxic debt.

Those deals, having run into the congressional hostility to trade pacts, have been hanging around like embarrassing relatives ever since.

Does he stand up to congressional Democrats, regain the esteem of the middle of the country and get re-elected in 2012?

Congressional leaders hope to have the plan ready for the new president to sign shortly after he takes office on January twentieth.

The Arkansas congressional delegation comprises five Democrats and a lone Republican.

Congressional Record: The official transcript of the proceedings of the U. S. Congress.

The Fed worries that congressional second-guessing of its policy decisions would compromise its fiercely-guarded independence.

My own congressional data, including recent updates to my standing committee data.

Democrats and the White House have hopes of bringing congressional Republicans on board with the rescue effort.

When American politicians become chairmen of congressional committees, they are able to direct federal spending to their home states.

The industry has sought to bolster computer-system security as public and congressional scrutiny of its potential vulnerability has grown.

Congressional Democrats have long called for Secretary Rumsfeld's resignation, saying he had bungled the war in Iraq.

Congressional aides say bills will shortly be introduced that could require the U. S. military to stockpile rare earths.

What role the administration's veto threat will play in this, predominantly, congressional drama remains to be determined.

Political pressure is so high that some think that some kind of congressional action is possible before the summer recess in August.

A former director of the Congressional Budget Office, Mr. Orszag is what passes in the Democratic Party for a deficit hawk.

"The European sovereign debt problems are a potentially serious setback, " Tarullo told two congressional subcommittees.

The White House and congressional Democrats have vowed to stymie the Republicans' push to repeal health care.

The delegation also included Congressional members from the U. S. states of Georgia, Texas, North Carolina, and Ohio.

Later, after breakfast with fourteen Democratic congressional leaders, I had a private visit with the Senate minority leader, Bob Dole.

It also had the highest percentage of disabled veterans of any congressional district.

In July, a report from the US Government Accountability Office presented at a congressional hearing on genetic testing roiled the waters.

Some congressional Democrats are also raising concerns about Colombia's human rights record and its past repression of trade unionists.

By then, the government will be about to bump up against the federal debt ceiling, any increase in which requires congressional approval.

Congressional leaders give President Bush a matter of months to prove that the Iraq war effort has turned the corner.

But it could add impetus to congressional efforts to penalize Chinese imports into the U. S.

Republicans took a beating in the congressional elections for Mr. Bush's last two years in office.

The president may propose a governmental program but Congressional legislation is generally required to enact that program into law.

No congressional Democrats have yet to call on Geithner to step aside.

That crowded out other projects the White House and congressional Democratic leaders had pushed for.

And for congressional Democrats, who face daunting odds at the polls, it provides an economic issue they feel will resonate with voters.

In part this was a device to rally support for his Congressional campaign.

The split electoral vote provides the Democratic Party in this state with a limited opportunity in that congressional district.

Identify your Member of Congress and describe the characteristics of your congressional district.

Congressional Republicans gather in Statuary Hall before a strategy meeting at the U. S. Capital.

By law, covert action programs require presidential authorization and formal notification to the Congressional intelligence committees.

While McCain rallies party support, he still shows a willingness to break ranks with fellow congressional Republicans.

Congressional Democrats said the bill is necessary in response to the spill.

He was disqualified as a congressional candidate in 2001. It was not immediately clear why, but he was well known to local officials.

A few months ago, the Congressional Budget Office released a report on the impact of various tax options.

The seven-month investigation that culminated in the report is the topic of a congressional hearing scheduled for next week.

At the White House meeting, Mr. Obama urged Congressional leaders to reach a bipartisan deal.

The White House said its target reductions are conditional on Congressional approval.

Overhauling these regulations does not need congressional approval and will likely expose more foreign income to the US taxman.