By Dan Robinson Washington 14 September 2006 The House of Representatives has approved by a vote of 283 138 a bill proposing construction of a 1,100 kilometer barrier along with U.S. southern border with Mexico. Debate was infused with election year...
By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 27 June 2006 A scientific officer works in the control room of the Kalpakkam Atomic Center at Kalpakkam (file photo) An agreement under which the United States would provide assistance to India's civilian nuclear program...
By Dan Robinson Washington 27 July 2006 An agreement under which the United States would sell nuclear technology and fuel to India took a major step forward Wednesday with approval of legislation by the House of Representatives. The bill is one of s...
By Scott Stearns Washington 25 July 2006 President Bush and Iraqi PM Nouri al-Maliki, left, walk from their meeting in the Oval Office for a joint press conference, July 25, 2006 President Bush is moving more U.S. troops to the Iraqi capital to help...
By Dan Robinson Washington 22 June 2006 The House of Representatives is joining the Senate in expressing strong opposition to any Iraqi government plan to offer amnesty to those who have killed U.S. soldiers. Democratic lawmakers have introduced a r...
By Dan Robinson Washington 11 July 2006 The U.S. House of Representatives approved the extension of economic sanctions against Burma's military government. Burma A resolution extending trade sanctions against the ruling military government in Burma...
By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 24 May 2006 In an unusual bipartisan step, Republican and Democratic leaders in the U.S. House of Representatives are calling for the U.S. Justice Department to return documents seized by federal agents in an unprecedent...
By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 16 June 2006 By a vote of 256-153, the U.S. House of Representatives has approved a resolution declaring that the United States will prevail in Iraq and the global war on terrorism. Approval of the measure, which also pr...
By Dan Robinson Washington 14 June 2006 The U.S. House of Representatives is preparing for a major debate Thursday on Iraq, with high political stakes for Republicans as well as Democrats amid a continuing national debate on the war there. ---------...
By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 13 June 2006 The House of Representatives has approved, by a vote of 351 to 67, $70 billion in new funding in support of U.S. military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. The vote comes a few days before a House debate o...