Housing bill draws support from GOP vulnerables

By Jessica Holzer

Posted: 05/08/08 06:47 PM [ET]

More than three dozen House Republicans –many facing tough re-election fights --  bucked their leadership and President Bush Thursday by backing a housing rescue package.

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Ethics panel dismisses Vitter complaint

By Manu Raju

Posted: 05/08/08 05:10 PM [ET]

The Senate Ethics Committee on Thursday dismissed a complaint “without prejudice” against Sen. David Vitter (R-La.) for his alleged involvement in soliciting prostitution.

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Byrd cancels Iraq markup

By Manu Raju

Posted: 05/08/08 01:14 PM [ET]

A frustrated Sen. Robert Byrd (D-W.Va.) cancelled an Appropriations Committee vote on a long-awaited bill to fund the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan just more than an hour before it was to start.

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Edwards campaign manager backs Obama

By Sam Youngman

Posted: 05/08/08 12:26 PM [ET]

Former Rep. David Bonior (D-Mich.), who served as former Sen. John Edwards’s (D-N.C.) campaign manager until Edwards withdrew from the race, endorsed Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) for president Thursday.

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Obama takes campaign to House floor

By Mike Soraghan, Manu Raju and Jared Allen

Posted: 05/08/08 11:53 AM [ET]

The fight for Democratic superdelegates moved to the House floor on Thursday as Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) spoke to dozens of Democrats in the House chamber.

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Fossella admits to affair, out-of-wedlock child

By Klaus Marre and Jared Allen

Posted: 05/08/08 11:08 AM [ET]

Rep. Vito Fossella (R-N.Y.) said Thursday that he had an extramarital affair that has resulted in a three-year-old daughter in a statement released through a public relations firm.

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Anti-war Dems threaten leaders’ supplemental plans

By Mike Soraghan

Posted: 05/08/08 10:52 AM [ET]

As House leaders pulled the emergency supplemental spending bill from Thursday’s calendar, they face new problems from the party’s left wing in even getting the bill to the floor.

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Senate appropriators pitch $165 billion supplemental

By Roxana Tiron

Posted: 05/07/08 09:41 PM [ET]

Senate appropriators on Thursday are planning to mark up a $165.4 billion supplemental spending bill that would cover war costs for the rest of this year and into 2009.

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