House Minority Whip Rep. Roy Blunt, R-MO, makes phone calls to members of Congress as he tries to gather support for the Bush administration's $700 billion financial bailout bill on Capitol Hill in Washington on October 3, 2008. House leaders were working hard to gain enough votes to pass the bill the Senate passed two days ago. The House defeated the bill on Monday. (UPI Photo/Roger L. Wollenberg)
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WASHINGTON, May 21 (UPI) -- The U.S. House of Representatives voted Wednesday to override President George Bush's veto of a $307 billion farm bill, but the vote could be reconsidered.
WASHINGTON, April 20 (UPI) -- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., has stood up to the White House on several issues, but a key test comes in the pending war funding measure, lawmakers say.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 (UPI) -- U.S. congressional Democrats said they would consider an economic stimulus plan with small-business tax cuts and consumer rebate checks, and no tax hike.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 29 (UPI) -- President George W. Bush Thursday recalled former Rep. Henry Hyde, R-Ill., who died Thursday at 83, as a man of character and wisdom.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 14 (UPI) -- The U.S. House voted Wednesday for another $50 billion for the Iraq War, including limits likely to run afoul of Senate Republicans and President George Bush.
WASHINGTON, May 2 (UPI) -- The U.S. House voted Wednesday not to override President George W. Bush's veto of a $124 billion supplemental war funding bill.
WASHINGTON, April 30 (UPI) -- Republican leaders in Congress say they will need to see dramatic evidence of progress to maintain support for the Iraq war, The Los Angeles Times reported.
WASHINGTON, March 16 (UPI) -- A significant group of Republican legislators back efforts to change U.S. President George W. Bush's signature domestic program, education reform.
WASHINGTON, March 15 (UPI) -- More than 50 congressional Republicans from both houses are turning away from U.S. President George Bush's No Child Left Behind Act.