CQPolitics.com - The rebellion of conservative House Republicans that greatly complicated efforts to enact the financial industry "rescue" (or "bailout") plan came in the midst of one of the most fiercely contested national elections in years, as Republicans fight to stave off a Democratic takeover of the White House and big gains that would reinforce the Democrats' current majorities in the House and the Senate.
CQPolitics.com - House Democratic leaders will return to the Capitol Monday to hear from economists as they push their case for a second economic stimulus package, an aide to Speaker Nancy Pelosi said.
AP - Turns out he is something far more common: a GOP challenger burdened with an assortment of political and personal problems in addition to President Bush's unpopularity and economic hard times.
AP - With the presidential election less than a month away and the economy reeling, House Democratic leaders on Tuesday unveiled a proposal to reduce the gases blamed for global warming from power plants, transportation and factories by 80 percent come 2050.
Politico - The decision by John McCain’s campaign to yank field staff out of Michigan could pull the carpet from under the state’s two vulnerable House Republicans and leave them in serious political jeopardy, statewide GOP operatives said.
CQPolitics.com - With exactly four weeks to go before Election Day, CQ Politics' Balance of Power scorecards for the Senate and House of Representatives establish one certainty -- that the Democrats will maintain control of both chambers when the 111th Congress is sworn in come January -- and the very strong likelihood that the Democrats will expand the majorities they won by dominating the 2006 elections.
Reuters - A sister agency to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention botched a report on formaldehyde in trailers used to house survivors of hurricanes Katrina and Rita, leaving thousands of people at risk, a report from a House of Representatives subcommittee said on Monday.
AP - A federal appeals court on Monday rejected House Democrats' demands to force two of President Bush's top aides to cooperate with an investigation about the firings of nine federal prosecutors in 2006.
CQPolitics.com - It's a nightmare scenario: The votes are counted on Election Night four weeks from now, and Barack Obama and John McCain have each secured 269 electoral votes, one fewer than the majority the Constitution requires to be elected president -- and throwing the election to the House of Representatives to decide.
AFP - US President George W. Bush Friday signed an economic rescue bill just hours after the US House of Representatives reversed course and approved the historic 700-billion-dollar Wall Street bailout.
Reuters - Republican presidential nominee John McCain commended the U.S. House of Representatives on Friday for passing a $700 billion Wall Street bailout bill but said further action was needed to help boost the struggling economy.
Reuters - The U.S. government enacted a landmark $700 billion bank bailout on Friday, but investors questioned whether it could contain a panic that began on Wall Street and spread to become a global financial crisis.
Reuters - President George W. Bush welcomed the passage of a $700 billion financial rescue package by the House of Representatives on Friday and promised to sign the bill into law as soon as he receives it.
Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) -Wall Street ended its worst week in seven years with another tumble on Friday on fears that the $700 billion financial rescue package may not unblock credit markets and stave off a U.S. recession.
Bloomberg - Oct. 3 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. House of Representatives
began voting on a Senate-passed $700 billion financial-market
rescue package that was refashioned to entice enough votes for
passage.
Bloomberg - Oct. 3 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. House of Representatives
began voting on a Senate-passed $700 billion financial-market
rescue package that was refashioned to entice enough votes for
passage.