Congress
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Rush Limbaugh calls Georgetown Law student a 'slut' and a 'prostitute'
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Limbaugh lambasted Sandra Fluke, who two weeks ago was blocked by Republicans from testifying before a Capitol Hill hearing on religious freedom and contraception. House Speaker John Boehner denounced Limbaugh.
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Congress honors slaves who helped build U.S. Capitol
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Congressional leaders and the chaplains of the House and Senate have dedicated a new stone marker to the slaves who helped build the U.S. Capitol building.
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Congress approves payroll tax cut, sends it to Obama's desk
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Congress on Friday approved legislation renewing a payroll tax cut for 160 million workers and jobless benefits for millions more.
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Georgetown woman blocked from one-sided hearing on religious freedom, healthcare
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Democrats say the panel was stacked with conservative, male religious leaders. The committee chair refused to allow testimony from Sandra Fluke, a Georgetown Law School student. ABC7's Autria Godfrey talks with Fluke.
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Obama to submit his budget to Congress on Monday
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President Barack Obama is pressing for investments in infrastructure while relying on familiar tax increases on the wealthy and corporations to claim progress on the federal deficit in his upcoming budget.
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Congress tries to police itself on insider trading
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A procedural vote Monday would allow the Senate later this week to pass a bill prohibiting members of Congress from using nonpublic information for their own personal benefit.
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Obama seeks government reforms in Congress
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President Barack Obama is pressing his case for changes in how the Senate does business, hoping to ease the partisan gridlock, and he wants to bar lawmakers from profiting from their service.
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Gabrielle Giffords resigns, gets standing ovation from Congress
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Rep. Gabrielle Giffords has resigned from the House with a standing ovation from her colleagues, more than a year after she was gravely wounded by a would-be assassin.
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Gabrielle Giffords' resignation letter to John Boehner and Jan Brewer
CommentRead Rep. Gabrielle Giffords' resignation letters here.
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Congressional hearing on Occupy D.C. encampment
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The head of the National Park Service says a camping ban will be enforced "very soon."
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Cathy Lanier, others testify in Congress on Occupy D.C.
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Washington's police chief will testify to Congress on Tuesday about Occupy D.C. and who authorized an unlimited stay for the protesters.
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Internet blackout: Wikipedia, other sites protest anti-piracy bills
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Some of the Internet’s most popular websites have gone dark today in protest of two anti-piracy bills that are up for debate in Congress. The bills try to cut off access to the overseas sites by requiring U.S. seach engines and other providers to withhold their services.
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'Occupy Congress' protesters converge on Capitol Hill
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ABC7 reporter Jay Korff is reporting live from the march and says at least one person was arrested at the Supreme Court since the march began Tuesday evening.
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John Delaney files to run for Congress in Md.
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Entrepreneur John Delaney has filed to run as a Democrat in Maryland's 6th Congressional District.
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Duchy Trachtenberg pulls out of 6th District Congressional race
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Former Montgomery County councilwoman Duchy Trachtenberg announced Wednesday that she is withdrawing from the congressional race because of a recurrence of breast cancer.
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State Sen. Nancy Jacobs will run for Maryland's 2nd Congressional District
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Jacobs served as the Senate minority leader last year. She also served a term in the House of Delegates before she won her Senate seat.
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Rep. Scott Rigell (R-VA) defies House committee with holiday greeting
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Rep. Scott Rigell (R-VA) says that by uploading his video greeting to YouTube, he's defying a Congressional committee that ordered representatives to not issue Christmas or Hanukkah greetings from the U.S. Congress.
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Payroll tax cut vote set for Friday
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Congress will convene Friday in hopes of approving a stopgap measure renewing payroll tax cuts for every worker and unemployment benefits for millions — despite serious opposition among some tea party Republicans.
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