Congress News
Automakers back to try to sell Congress on rescue
WASHINGTON - Thursday, 04 December 2008 20:43:10
By KEN THOMAS - Associated Press Writer
U.S. automakers are returning to Congress for high-stakes hearings they hope will persuade skeptical lawmakers to save their troubled industry with $34 billion in emergency aid, but a top Senate Democrat wants to hand their problem to the Federal Reserve.
Kansas picked for biodefense lab
WASHINGTON - Thursday, 04 December 2008 19:40:12
By SAM HANANEL - Associated Press Writer
Kansas has won a three-year competition to land a new $450 million federal laboratory to study livestock diseases and some of the world's most dangerous biological threats. But some states that lost out are crying foul.
Automakers try to sell Congress on rescue Thursday
WASHINGTON - Thursday, 04 December 2008 16:14:35
By KEN THOMAS - Associated Press Writer
U.S. automakers are returning to Congress for high-stakes hearings they hope will persuade skeptical lawmakers to save their troubled industry with $34 billion in emergency aid, but a top Senate Democrat wants to hand their problem to the Federal Reserve.
Automakers plead with Congress; votes lacking
WASHINGTON - Thursday, 04 December 2008 13:20:43
By KEN THOMAS - Associated Press Writer
Imperiled automakers and their union worked feverishly Wednesday to sell a skeptical Congress on a $34 billion aid plan, promising labor concessions and restructuring. The Senate's Democratic leader said there still weren't enough votes to tap the $700 billion federal bailout fund to prop up the foundering Big Three.
Automakers plead for aid, but Senate votes lacking
WASHINGTON - Thursday, 04 December 2008 12:57:47
By KEN THOMAS - Associated Press Writer
Imperiled automakers and their union worked feverishly Wednesday to sell a skeptical Congress on a $34 billion aid plan, promising labor concessions and restructuring. The Senate's Democratic leader said there still weren't enough votes to tap the $700 billion federal bailout fund to prop up the foundering Big Three.
Fla. congresswoman accidentally hangs up on Obama
MIAMI - Thursday, 04 December 2008 12:37:19
When a man sounding remarkably like President-elect Barack Obama called a Florida congresswoman Wednesday, she assumed it was a crank call.
House lawyers: Renzi prosecution unconstitutional
TUCSON, Ariz. - Thursday, 04 December 2008 12:09:41
By ARTHUR H. ROTSTEIN - Associated Press Writer
The legal staff for the U.S. House of Representatives has challenged the constitutionality of the Justice Department's prosecution of retiring Rep. Rick Renzi, who is accused of enriching himself through a federal land deal and an insurance scheme.