| |  GOP loses bid for ethics probe of Dem leaders
12:25AM CT
WASHINGTON (AP) - House Democrats on Thursday stopped a Republican bid to force an investigation of Democratic leaders aimed at determining whether they covered up sexual harassment allegations against ex-Rep. Eric Massa. | | |
 Reid's wife, daughter injured in highway accident
Mar 11 2010 10:23PM CT
WASHINGTON (AP) - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's wife was hospitalized with a broken back and neck Thursday after a tractor-trailer truck slammed into the back of the minivan in which she and their daughter were riding on an interstate highway in suburban Virginia, officials said. | | |
House votes to impeach US judge from Louisiana
Mar 11 2010 5:26PM CT
WASHINGTON (AP) - The House voted unanimously Thursday to impeach a U.S. district judge from Louisiana, who lawmakers said avoided likely criminal charges related to alleged payoffs in part because the statute of limitations expired. | | |
House GOP adopts earmark moratorium
Mar 11 2010 3:13PM CT
WASHINGTON (AP) - In an election-year appeal to voters frustrated with Washington, House Republicans promised Thursday not to stuff any of this year's spending bills with pet projects for their districts. | | |
 Rep. Patrick Kennedy rips media in Afghan speech
Mar 11 2010 11:46AM CT
WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. Rep. Patrick Kennedy is blasting the news media as "despicable," accusing it of ignoring the war in Afghanistan even as troops continue to die there. | | |
Ex-freshman, veteran kingpin equal Democratic woes
Mar 11 2010 2:09AM CT
WASHINGTON (AP) - One is a former Democratic freshman little known outside his Corning-Olean-Pittsford, N.Y., district. The other, a 20-term Democratic kingpin from Harlem, is widely known to New Yorkers and anyone following tax legislation. | | |
House leader: Ethics panel ends Massa probe
Mar 10 2010 10:05PM CT
WASHINGTON (AP) - The House Democratic campaign chief said Wednesday the ethics committee has ended an investigation of former Rep. Eric Massa, but the freshman's alleged harassment of his staff members — with possible sexual overtones — could spell continuing trouble for the party. | | |
Report: Senator sought work for ex-lover's husband
Mar 10 2010 9:56PM CT
WASHINGTON (AP) - E-mails turned over to the FBI and Senate ethics investigators provide new evidence about Sen. John Ensign's efforts to find lobbying work for the husband of his former mistress and could add to his legal problems, The New York Times reported. | | |
 Female WWII aviators honored with gold medal
Mar 10 2010 8:25PM CT
WASHINGTON (AP) - They flew planes during World War II but weren't considered real military pilots. No flags were draped over their coffins when they died on duty. And when their service ended, they had to pay their own bus fare home. | | |
Roll Call: Senate vote on jobless aid measure
Mar 10 2010 6:51PM CT
(AP) - The 62-36 roll call Wednesday by which the Senate voted to extend jobless aid, tax breaks to businesses and individuals and money to help financially strapped states pay for health care for the poor. | | |
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