President Bush says it's too expensive and gives too much money to wealthy farmers, but the House passes a $290 billion farm bill with a strong veto-proof majority. It now goes to the Senate. More
The Senate rejects an amendment supported by the GOP presidential nominee to help veterans returning from Iraq get access to higher education. Sen. Jim Webb (D-VA) is sponsoring a similar bill. More
House Republicans seek answers after one of the most devastating electoral losses in recent memory. This weeks defeat in Mississippi is the third time this year they have lost a safe seat to Democrats More
Thanks to surging copper prices, it now costs more than one cent to make one penny. That has Congress taking steps to revive a coin from World War II: the steel penny. More
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