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Capitol Briefing: August 5, 2007 - August 11, 2007
Pelosi Salutes Bonds
Count House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) among those on the side of Barry Bonds and his record-shattering home run last night. Though she did not attend the game, the speaker, whose district includes AT&T Park, home of Bonds and the San Francisco Giants, issued a statement applauding the historic 756th...
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August 8, 2007; 11:48 AM ET |
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Pelosi, Boehner Hitting the Money Trail
Now that they're finally free of the Capitol, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) will spend the next several weeks working the other aspect of their leadership posts: raising money. Combined, the two leaders will be hitting 15 different states as they attend fund-raisers...
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Paul Kane
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August 7, 2007; 12:16 PM ET |
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The House's Last Call
At 1:11 a.m. Sunday, the House began its last roll-call vote of the summer session, passing a nearly $460 billion appropriation bill for the Pentagon. When lawmakers finally shuttered the chamber doors, Democrats and Republicans walked into an August recess after a topsy-turvy final week in which tempers flared, investigations...
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August 5, 2007; 4:48 PM ET |
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