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Pelosi: 'Colossal Cost of Iraq War Grows Every Day'
October 22, 2007
"Demanding nearly $200 billion for Iraq while vetoing health care for 10 million children exemplifies the Bush Administration's misplaced priorities. On key issues - from the Iraq war to children's health insurance - the President continues to oppose the will of the American people and obstructs the New Direction Congress' bipartisan agenda."
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Democrats Fight Rising College Costs
October 22, 2007
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Oversight Committee Cites Evidence of Tax Evasion by Blackwater
October 22, 2007
According to the Oversight Committee, new documents suggest that Blackwater has engaged in significant tax evasion, failing to withhold and pay millions of dollars in Social Security, Medicare, unemployment, and related taxes, and sought to conceal its conduct from Congress and law enforcement officials.

Chairman Henry Waxman wrote to Eric Prince (pdf), the Chairman of the Prince Group, which owns Blackwater. An excerpt:

October 22, 2007

Mr. Erik Prince

Chairman

The Prince Group

1650 Tysons Boulevard, Suite 800

McLean, VA 22102

Dear Mr. Prince:

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30-Something Democrats Reintroduce the Rubber Stamp
October 19, 2007
After House Republicans stood with President Bush to sustain his veto of children's health care, the Democrats of the "30 Something" Working Group took to the floor to reintroduce the "rubber stamp" which had gone into retirement in January:

Rep. Kentrick Meek
(FL-17): "I'm glad this rubber stamp's down here because i spent a lot of time here on the floor with many of my colleagues -- I think this stamp here one day will be promptly placed somewhere in a glass case, because this is what used to be... rubber stamp, it's going to happen, so shall it be written, so shall it be done. Those days are over, but now it's in a new form..."

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Pelosi Statement on Stark Comments
October 19, 2007
"Yesterday's debate in the House to override the President's veto of bipartisan legislation to cover 10 million children was heated on both sides."
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Chairman Markey: Oil Price Record Calls for Oil Policy Action
October 19, 2007
From the Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming:

Markey: Oil Price Record Calls for Oil Policy Action

Oil Tops $90 as Americans Look for Energy Direction from Directionless Administration

WASHINGTON (October 19, 2007) -- Today, the price of a barrel of crude oil reached a new record of over $90 per barrel, as tensions increased between Turkey and the Northern Iraqi region of Kurdistan. Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) is calling for the passage of an energy bill currently being considered in Congress that would save more than twice as much oil as America currently imports from the Persian Gulf by 2030.

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White House Playing Games With Children's Health Insurance
October 19, 2007
Claims victory in denying 10 million children coverage

"We won this round on SCHIP."

-- White House Spokeswoman Dana Perino [October 18, 2007]

The White House claimed victory by helping to defeat a bipartisan compromise that would have provided health insurance coverage to 10 million children.

If "winning" means preventing 10 million children from getting health care coverage, then the White House is out of touch with the will of the American people.

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Transcript of Today's Speaker Pelosi's Press Conference on SCHIP Override Vote
October 18, 2007
Washington, D.C. -- Speaker Nancy Pelosi, House Democratic leaders and Committee Chairs held a press conference in the Capitol this afternoon following a vote in the House that failed to override the President's veto of the State Children's Health Insurance Program. Below is a transcript of their remarks:

Speaker Pelosi. Good afternoon. Today we advanced our cause in insuring 10 million children in America. Health care for these children is of the highest priority to us. We have been pleased to work in a bipartisan fashion to send a bipartisanly-crafted bill to the President of the United States.

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Swearing-In for Rep. Niki Tsongas
October 18, 2007
Rep. Niki Tsongas was sworn in this morning on the House floor to fill the 5th district seat of Massachusetts left by former Congressman Martin Meehan:

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Democrats Vow to Insist on Covering 10 Million Children
October 18, 2007
After House Republicans sustained President Bush's veto of the Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2007, Democrats vowed to insist on insuring the full 10 million children covered by this bill.

Speaker Pelosi explained the importance in closing debate:

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