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The GOP intends to focus attention on coming efforts to expand domestic oil and gas production and repeal the health care law.
Political Economy: Cutting Losses
The past two weeks brought the troubling news that sales of newly built houses and permits for new residential construction have fallen.
Political Economy: The Party's Over
The time has come for the Federal Reserve to wean the economy — and the government — from its debt-buying binge. Here's why.
House Republicans will try to blame higher gasoline prices on the Obama administration this week with public hearings on offshore drilling.
Political Economy: Words Matter
Speaker John Boehner may live to regret two of his statements last week about thousands of lost jobs and cutting spending.
Political Economy: To Catch a Cheat
The speed with which President Obama and Congress ran away from a tax reporting requirement on small businesses sends the wrong message.
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The Beat: How Government Works
In this episode of "The Beat," we talk with Roll Call Associate Editor Paul Singer about a new project exploring the behind-the-scenes work that makes government function.
The Beat: Defense
Congress.org editor Ryan Teague Beckwith and CQ defense reporter John Donnelly discuss the latest in defense news.
Alerts from Groups and Organizations
Urge Congress to Extend the Lautenberg Amendment
by Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society on August 3
Help Eliminate the Disparity in Coverage for Chemotherapy
by International Myeloma Foundation on August 3
Faces of the Famine
by International Rescue Committee on August 2
Great News! National Adult Education and Family Literacy Week 2011
by National Coalition for Literacy on August 3
Bizarre Government Spending at NIH
by Traditional Values Coalition on August 2
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