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| Jan.18 |
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 Rice grilled by Senate Bush's nominee as secretary of state says she will use diplomacy to reach a balance of power in the world
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| Jan.26 |
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Rice sworn in as secretary of state
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| Feb.7 |
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Bush budget seeks deep cutbacks
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| Feb.9 |
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Bush seeks $950 million in tsunami aid
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| Feb.15 |
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Senator alleges oil-for-food 'bribe'
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| Mar.20 |
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Deadlock in right-to-die case The Congress has delayed debating a bill that would force doctors to keep a brain-damaged Terri Schiavo alive
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| Apr.11 |
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 Bush UN choice grilled by Senate John Bolton, an outspoken critic of the UN, has said that the UN needs US leadership to get it back on track
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| May.11 |
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  Bush asked to explain UK war memo 89 Democratic members of the Congress sent the President a letter asking for explanation of a secret British memo
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 Names named in US Iraq oil report| A Senate report says 2 politicians from the UK and France were granted lucrative oil allocations by Saddam's Iraq | |
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| May.12 |
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Bush suffers blow on UN choice The Senate Foreign Relations Committee declined to give its backing to an outspoken conservative Bolton
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| May.15 |
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 Russians cited in oil-for-food probe| A Senate report accuses top politicians, including advisers to Putin, of engaging in illicit transactions with Iraq | |
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| May.17 |
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 US 'ignored Iraq oil smuggling' Senate report says that the US was well aware of the smuggling and the kickbacks Iraq solicited
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Galloway takes on US oil accusers British MP has told senators who accused him of profiting from Iraq oil the claims were the 'mother of all smokescreens'
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| May.18 |
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US mulls ban on women in combat Republicans in the Congress are trying to pass legislation which would keep women out of combat
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| May.24 |
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 US House backs stem cell funding The House of Representatives has voted to increase funding for embryonic stem cell research
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| Jun.20 |
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Vote on Bolton delayed again Republicans failed for the 2nd time to move the Senate toward a vote on Bush's nomination of the UN ambassador
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| Sep.7 |
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Bush seeks $50bn hurricane relief The President Bush is to ask Congress for more extra emergency funding to deal with the aftermath of Katrina
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| Sep.9 |
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$51.8b storm aid approved Congress approved emergency spending to pay for Hurricane Katrina recovery efforts
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| Sep.28 |
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Gov. Blanco: 'We are looking forward' Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco asked Congress for help in rebuilding her devastated state
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| Sep.29 |
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Roberts confirmed as chief justice| The Senate voted on the appointment of John Roberts as the next US Supreme Court chief justic | |
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| Oct.5 |
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Senate backs detainee rights| Senators have voted overwhelmingly to outlaw cruel or degrading treatment of detainees held abroad | |
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| Oct.28 |
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Rosa Parks set to 'lie in honour' The body of civil rights icon is set to lie in honour in the Capitol Rotunda, the first time that a woman
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| Nov.1 |
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Senate in secret Iraq debate The Democratic Party has forced a closed session to debate intelligence used to justify the invasion
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| Nov.10 |
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Senate call for 'CIA jail' report The Senate has urged the intelligence chief to give it a report on allegations that the CIA ran overseas jails
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| Dec.15 |
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 McCain, Bush agree on torture ban After months of opposition, the White House agreed to Republican Senator's call to ban torture by U.S. personnel
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| Dec.16 |
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 Migrant bill heads for Senate Mexico has condemned a bill, saying it is too focused on securing its 2,000-mile border
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| Dec.22 |
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Bush suffers Patriot Act defeat| The Congress has voted to trim an extension of the anti-terror law down to a month | |
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