Democratic Leaders Agree to Drop Withdrawal Provisions from Iraq Spending Bill

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Thursday May 24, 2007 · 9:07 AM PDT

2007/05/24 · 09:07

After several months of debating a supplemental spending bill which would fund U.S. military operations in Iraq through fiscal year 2007 (September of this year), it now appears as though the Democratic-led Congress and President Bush are nearing an agreement. Both Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) have agreed to pursue legislation which would provide funds for the war and omit any deadlines or recommendations for troop withdrawal. Read More

House Reps. Brady and Fattah Defeated in Philly Mayoral Primary

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Wednesday May 16, 2007 · 10:11 AM PDT

2007/05/16 · 10:11

Crossposted on Congresspedia

The campaigns of House Reps. Robert Brady (D-Pa.) and Chaka Fattah (D-Pa.) to become Philadelphia’s next mayor ended yesterday when each was defeated in the city’s Democratic primary election. Former City Councilman Michael Nutter won a decisive victory in the five-way race, collecting approximately 37% of the vote (watch acceptance speech). Read More

At Least 11 Members of Congress Now Under Investigation

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Thursday May 03, 2007 · 12:57 PM PDT

2007/05/03 · 12:57

While Congress has been busy dealing with issues such as the Iraq War, the U.S. attorney firings controversy, and the federal minimum wage this year, some members have had their attention diverted by legal problems. By our count, eleven members of Congress (and ten former members who departed with the 109th Congress) are currently the subject of an ongoing criminal investigation. Over the past few weeks, new details have emerged in several of these cases. Here’s a quick rundown of the latest info (with the appropriate background):

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Tuesday April 03, 2007 · 2:32 PM PDT

2007/04/03 · 14:32

Guest blogger: Congresspedia intern Joshua Lanzet

Along with the Iraq War, the broadening investigation into the Bush administration U.S. attorney firings controversy continues to dominate the headlines coming out of Congress. Read More

Senate Upholds Call for Iraq Withdrawal in Spending Bill

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Wednesday March 28, 2007 · 2:22 PM PDT

2007/03/28 · 14:22

A bill calling for the 2008 withdrawal of U.S. combat troops from Iraq is now one step closer to reaching President Bush’s desk.

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Thursday March 22, 2007 · 1:41 PM PDT

2007/03/22 · 13:41

With the Iraq War now in its fifth year, both the House and Senate are (for the first time) poised to consider supplemental appropriations bills which would call on President Bush to remove U.S. combat troops from the country by 2008. In the House, a vote is expected soon on a $124 billion spending bill which includes a binding provision demanding withdraw by September 2008. Additionally, the bill would:

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Wednesday March 21, 2007 · 2:51 PM PDT

2007/03/21 · 14:51

Guest poster: Paul Blumenthal of the Sunlight Foundation:

The controversy around the firing of several U.S. attorneys in December has dominated the news coming out of Congress this week and Congresspedia’s staff and citizen editors have been busy tracking developments on our thorough page on the subject. Of central importance to the controversy is the issue of why those eight particular U.S. attorneys were fired. Read More

Help Solve the Mystery - Who were the Fired U.S. Attorneys Pushed Aside For?

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Wednesday March 07, 2007 · 7:30 PM PST

2007/03/07 · 19:30

The nation's capital has been in an uproar this week over the U.S. attorney firings controversy. Both the House and Senate Judiciary Committees held hearings Tuesday on the matter, where six of eight former U.S. attorneys (all fired in late 2006) testified that they had been the target of complaints, telephone calls and threats from either a high-ranking Justice Department official or members of Congress in the days and weeks preceding their abrupt dismissals. The replacements for the attorneys are rumored to be political appointees with little prosecutorial experience.

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Tuesday February 27, 2007 · 2:47 PM PST

2007/02/27 · 14:47

The Sunlight Foundation has taken yet another big step in making government information more accessible to the public. This week, Sunlight launched OpenCongress, an exciting sister project of Congresspedia aimed at providing citizens with a user-friendly avenue to follow the nitty-gritty details of Congress. OpenCongress will track legislation, committees, member fundraising, and what the mainstream media and bloggers are saying about Congress. We believe the project is a great complement to our own project, as providing this wealth of data will help the citizen journalists on Congresspedia do more effective reporting. Together the narrative, citizen-generated content and the hard data combine to give the fullest picture of what Congress is up to.

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Friday February 23, 2007 · 1:59 PM PST

2007/02/23 · 13:59

Last summer, Congresspedia blogged about the comparatively low number of days the Republican-led 109th Congress was spending in legislative session. While the 110th Congress has had a much busier calendar so far, certain individual members of both the House and Senate have missed a substantial number of floor votes.

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Tuesday February 13, 2007 · 2:32 PM PST

2007/02/13 · 14:32

Rep. Gary Miller has become the fourth House Republican from California in less than two years to face a federal investigation. He joins current Reps. John Doolittle and Jerry Lewis, as well as former Rep. Duke Cunningham, who is currently serving an eight-year prison sentence for bribery, fraud, and tax evasion.

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Friday February 02, 2007 · 9:48 AM PST

2007/02/02 · 09:48

While there are no House seats up for election until next year, two Democratic reps. from Pennsylvania, Robert Brady and Chaka Fattah, have opted to face voters much sooner. Both are running for the open Philadelphia mayor's seat, a position currently held by the term-limited John Street. The primary battle will take place on May 15 and, given the city’s heavily Democratic lean (no Republican has been elected mayor since 1948), the winner will likely glide to election as Philly’s next mayor. In addition to Brady and Fattah, the race features three other Democrats: businessman Tom Knox, former Philadelphia City Councilman Michael Nutter, and Pennsylvania State Rep. Dwight Evans.

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