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In Pictures: Who's who on the US deficit super committee
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Four hot-button issues Republicans will target next
House Republicans are setting a blistering pace to move new legislation to cut the size and scope of government. Here are four key measures to watch.
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EPA head Lisa Jackson will resign
Lisa Jackson, head of the Environmental Protection Agency, says she will step down at the beginning of President Obama's second term. Her four-year tenure includes some victories, especially car fuel-efficiency standards, but was marked with disappointments over global warming and coal ash controls.
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Energy Voices
House passes 'No More Solyndras Act'House Republicans passed a bill that would require the US Treasury to review loans given through the energy sector stimulus funds. The move is an effort to call attention to bad investments made through the stimulus program, according to Consumer Energy Report.
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New EPA guidelines on soot: a political cloud for Obama?
Forced by a federal court to act, the EPA issued new clean air guidelines lowering permissible levels of soot. The move was attacked by Republicans and industry leaders as harming the economy.
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Boehner vows Congress will reverse Obama birth control policy
Congress enters the church-state fray over the Obama policy on birth control, with House Speaker John Boehner saying Wednesday that lawmakers will reverse it if the White House doesn't.
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Canada hopeful US will approve Keystone pipeline
Obama called Prime Minister Stephen Harper to explain that the decision on Wednesday was not on the merits of the pipeline but rather on the 'arbitrary nature' of a Feb. 21 deadline for a decision.
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House to reject debt limit increase. Why that doesn't really matter.
The House is voting Wednesday on a resolution disapproving of a request by President Obama to raise the national debt limit by $1.2 trillion. But the issue actually was resolved last summer.
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Energy secretary, grilled over Solyndra, says politics played no part in loan
Energy Secretary Chu testified in Congress Thursday for nearly four hours. He took responsibility for extending loan guarantees to the now-bankrupt Solyndra, but said his actions were strictly legal.
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Solar energy loan not political, Chu says
Solar energy company, Solyndra, got $528 million federal loan based on rigorous analysis, not politics, Energy Secretary Chu says. House committee to probe loan and loan restructuring for the failed solar energy venture.
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Solyndra scandal probe widens as White House orders new review
Faced with a growing scandal over the bankrupt Solyndra solar power company, the Obama administration has ordered an independent review of government loans to energy companies. Republican lawmakers say they'll subpoena internal White House communications on Solyndra.
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Solar energy: Solyndra leaders invoke 5th Amendment at hearing
Solar energy company Solyndra CEO Brian Harrison and the chief financial officer, Bill Stover, both invoked their Fifth Amendment right to decline to testify to avoid self-incrimination.
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Why tax code appears to offer deficit 'super committee' rare common ground
Congress's deficit 'super committee' began its look into reform of the tax code. Despite the partisanship consuming Washington, the $1 trillion in personal and corporate tax breaks buried in the code are an appealing target for both sides.
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FBI Solyndra raid: misuse of federal loans?
FBI Solyndra raid believed to be related to more than $500 million in federal loans the solar firm received before filing for bankruptcy. FBI: Solyndra investigation is being carried out jointly with Energy Department.
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In Pictures: Who's who on the US deficit super committee
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Can 'super committee' play fair as it tries to control national debt?
The task of reining in the national debt lies in the hands of a super committee of 12, which gets down to business now that Congress is returning from its summer break.
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Bankruptcy of solar firm: ominous sign for industry
Bankruptcy of Solyndra, once touted by President Obama, is third failure of a US solar firm this month. Bankruptcy will serve as fuel for critics of government stimulus.
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How vulnerable will deficit 'super committee' be to pressure from lobbyists?
With the sweep of the deficit committee's mandate potentially covering every dollar taxed or spent in the federal government, Washington’s lobby community is going on full alert.
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Global warming: Congress set to decide if EPA can regulate greenhouse gases
The House and Senate both vote Wednesday on whether to curtail or delay EPA power to regulate greenhouse-gas emissions. The agency plans to issue emissions standards in 2012.
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Verizon sues over net neutrality rules
Verizon has gone to court to protest new net neutrality rules, which will keep Internet providers from interfering with traffic over their networks.
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Four hot-button issues Republicans will target next
House Republicans are setting a blistering pace to move new legislation to cut the size and scope of government. Here are four key measures to watch.
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House votes to repeal health-care reform: What happens now?
Though the House has repealed health-care reform, it won't be repealed by the Senate, meaning the effort is virtually dead. But House Republicans can still try to dismantle the law by other means.
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With new oversight powers, House GOP aims to put Obama on defensive
Obama has faced little congressional oversight so far, but with House GOP probing into policies ranging from illegal immigration to health care, the president's oversight holiday may be over.
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Deepwater Horizon: Report sparks push for tougher laws
Deepwater Horizon oil spill report recommends tougher offshore drilling rules, more financial consequences for oil companies.
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The Vote
GOP push for repeal of health reform: Is it politically wise?House Republicans who ran on a pledge to undo health reform are promising a repeal vote soon. But could it ever pass the Senate or survive a veto? And would it anger voters?
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EPA presents plan on greenhouse gases. Can next Congress stop it?
The EPA set out a timetable Thursday for curbing the emissions of greenhouse gases from power plants and refineries. But Republicans have signaled their steady opposition, and a battle looms.
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Lawmakers slam Big Oil executives on spill preparedness
At Tuesday's congressional hearing, legislators criticized four Big Oil companies for being no more prepared for a large spill than BP.
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