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Photo DeLay Says Schiavo Feeding Tube Removal Blocked
Reuters - 2 hours, 47 minutes ago
An order has been issued to block the removal of a feeding tube from brain-damaged Florida woman Terri Schiavo, the Republican Leader of the House of Representatives said on Friday. Full Coverage

Photo Congress Duels Over $2.6 Trillion Budget
AP - Fri Mar 18,10:28 AM ET
A Senate-passed $2.6 trillion budget that ignores President Bush's proposal to wring savings from Medicaid is just one step in Congress' protracted effort to make fiscal decisions for next year, White House spokesman Scott McClellan said Friday. Full Coverage

Photo House, Senate pass 2.6 trillion budget bills
AFP - Fri Mar 18, 2:51 AM ET
The US Senate and House of Representatives passed separate 2.6 trillion dollar budget blueprints for the 2006 fiscal year, although the bills differed in the details of proposed federal spending.

Summary Box: $2.6 Trillion Budgets
AP - Fri Mar 18, 2:30 AM ET
WHERE TO CUT: The House and Senate okayed widely differing, $2.6 trillion budgets for 2006, and now will try to work out the differences.

Senate Confirms Two Senior State Dept Officials
Reuters - Fri Mar 18,12:49 AM ET
The U.S. Senate on Thursday confirmed the appointments of two senior State Department officials.

Senate Backs Budget Defying Bush on Medicaid
Reuters - Thu Mar 17,11:30 PM ET
The U.S. Senate on Thursday passed a $2.6 trillion budget rejecting President Bush's planned spending curbs for Medicaid and nearly doubling its tax cut plans, setting up a fight with the House of Representatives over the record budget deficit. Full Coverage

Panel Resends Blocked Bush Judge Nominees
AP - Thu Mar 17,10:38 PM ET
The first of President Bush's blocked judicial nominees advanced to the full Senate on Thursday, setting up a showdown over filibusters that could shut the Senate down. Full Coverage

Senate RollVote Budget
AP - Thu Mar 17,10:29 PM ET
The 51-49 roll call by which the Senate voted Thursday to approve a $2.6 trillion budget for next year that omits Medicaid savings proposed by President Bush.

Senate RollCall Budget
AP - Thu Mar 17,10:20 PM ET
The 51-49 roll call by which the Senate voted Thursday to approve a $2.6 trillion budget for next year that omits Medicaid savings proposed by President Bush.

Slideshow Legislation to keep brain-damaged woman alive stalls
Knight Ridder - Thu Mar 17, 9:54 PM ET
WASHINGTON - Last-minute efforts to pass legislation in Congress to stop the removal of the tubes that feed brain-damaged Terri Schiavo appeared virtually doomed on Thursday, as the House of Representatives and Senate deadlocked over competing bills.

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AP - Thu Mar 17, 9:32 PM ET
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AP - Thu Mar 17, 9:30 PM ET
McGwire Brings Comic Relief to Hearings
AP - Thu Mar 17, 9:14 PM ET
Parents of Steroid User Who Died Testify
AP - Thu Mar 17, 7:54 PM ET
US Senate Rejects Democratic Abortion Amendment
Reuters - Thu Mar 17, 7:49 PM ET
US Congress takes up battle to keep brain dead woman alive
AFP - Thu Mar 17, 7:18 PM ET
Senate Votes Against Community Block Cuts
AP - Thu Mar 17, 7:00 PM ET
Lawmakers Push for FDA Tobacco Regulation
AP - Thu Mar 17, 6:50 PM ET
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