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Boehner Wants to Pass Spending Cuts With GOP Alone

WASHINGTON -- Sometimes in politics and legislation, whether you win is less important than how you win. That's the dilemma facing House Speaker John Boehner as he tries to round up the votes to pass a fast-approaching spending compromise and avert a partial government shutdown by week's end. Boehner, R-Ohio, wants the...

GOP House Member Challenges Senate to Pass Cuts

WASHINGTON -- A newly elected Republican congresswoman says senators should confront President Barack Obama on his veto threat and approve $61 million in spending cuts. Freshman Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler of Washington state issued the challenge in the Republicans' radio address Saturday. She said senators should "step...

Lawmakers Trade Jabs in 2011 Budget Battle [VIDEO]

Alabama House Bill 56: The Immigrant Trespassing Law Explained

A new bill aimed at curbing illegal immigration is causing controversy in Alabama. House Bill 56, modeled on similarly controversial immigration legislation in Arizona, passed the Alabama House Public Safety and Homeland Security Committee today. That means it will move on to debate by the full House of Representatives as...

Opinion: The GOP's Dangerous Attack on Planned Parenthood

In 1916, one woman's strength, determination and conviction helped open the door for hundreds of millions of women worldwide to plan their own pregnancies. As a nation, we have made great strides since Margaret Sanger opened that first family planning clinic in New York City nine decades ago, and Planned Parenthood is...

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The House of Representatives of the Philippines (Filipino: Kapulungan ng mga Kinatawan ng Pilipinas; also known in its Spanish name Camara de Representantes de Filipinas) is the lower house of the

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