We begin assembling the house, and half the roof piece breaks in two on one of the houses On the second house, we find the pieces to not match correctly On a third house, we overcome all these first two obstacles, and now have great difficulty getting ...

By Julie Hirschfeld Davis Associated Press WASHINGTON -- A plan to send $500-$1,000 rebates to all but the richest taxpayers advanced Wednesday in the Senate after Republicans and Democrats teamed to add aid for disabled veterans, the elderly and ...

National Intelligence Director Mike McConnell and Attorney General Michael Mukasey made the assertion in a letter to Congress, the latest salvo in a rhetorical war between the White House and Capitol Hill over the law's expiration and the refusal ...

Damn, and I was so looking forward to trashing degaselli's house by leaving my yarmulkes and gefelte fish all over the place ... That house is my investment and I intent do do whatever I can to make sure it goes up in value, not ...

Adding rebates for senior citizens living solely off Social Security checks -- who are ineligible under the plan hatched by House leaders and the White House -- caused Baucus to reduce the size of the rebate to $500 for individuals and $1,000 for ...

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The talk show queen did not mention the current President or Obama rival Hillary Rodham Clinton by name, but was not subtle about her feelings for Clinton's argument that Obama does not have the experience to be President when she voted to ...

” Harper said after the article appeared, the White House called to express its disdain : Harper received a phone call that morning from White House deputy press secretary Dana Perino, who, Harper told friends, said the president read the ...

, announced last week that the House would postpone consideration of the deal, signed before the expiration of the fast-track law, under which trade agreements cannot be amended, and must be voted on within 90 legislative days. Arguments were raised ...

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By Anne Flaherty, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON - A House Republican - chafing over President George W ... Wolf, a Republican from Virginia, is a member of the House Appropriations Committee and also co-chairs a congressional caucus on ...

House approved the new standards and plans to boost renewable fuels by a wide margin Tuesday ... The final bill passed the House 314-100, after the stripped-down bill cleared the Senate last ...

We look forward to put in place new authorities to improve confidence and stability in markets and to provide better oversight for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, White House spokesman Tony Fratto said ... House of Representatives and ...

The building originally housed the Departments of State, War and Navy and was built in the French Second Empire style of architecture, the White House Web site said. Homeland Security, the National Security Council, the Secret Service and other ...

McCain dined at the White House with Bush a day after sweeping primaries in Ohio, Texas, Rhode Island and Vermont to surpass the 1,191-delegate threshold needed to capture the nomination during the GOP convention in September. Bush, who ...