"… ess someone else completed the work. Of the $51 billion that Congress approved for Iraq reconstruction, about $20 billion was for rebuilding Ira …"

"… a bait-and-switch in which states would agree to the expansion only to see Congress cut some or all of the funds, leaving governors on the hook and potentiall …"

"… emselves about the federal government's track record on special education. Congress in 1975 pledged to fund 40 percent of the cost of special education, but r …"

"… ler cuts in naval forces, but larger cuts in military health care benefits.Congress has not approved a defense bill this year — so far. But the Democrat-led …"

"… ecial Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction. In a May report to Congress, for example, that office concluded that “corruption remains a major thr …"

"… ss release.Campaign finance reformers did not expect the bill to pass this Congress, but Fred Wertheimer, president of Democracy 21, sees it as a way to hold …"

"… uired and it must be adopted by three-fourths of the state legislatures.In Congress, there are more than a dozen proposed amendments aimed at the U.S. Supreme …"

"… being, the 2011 Gallup Healthways Well-Being Index found. Kentucky’s 5th Congressional District, where much mountaintop-removal mining takes place, ranks at …"

"… olden to, owned by, bows down to the coal industry.”Activists have asked Congress to place a moratorium on mountaintop-removal permitting until comprehensiv …"

"… every day, is misleading, according to an analysis by the Associated Press.Congress holds the nation’s purse strings. Furthermore, the ad takes an overly si …"

"… o Restore Our Future in June.In other outside spending newsArizona’s 5th Congressional District is getting some love from tea-party-aligned super PACs. Nati …"

"… roduction to the report.As noted in an October 2011 article by the Center, Congress has been pressing for more accurate accounting systems partly to help stop …"

"… penders on political ads during the 2010 midterm elections.As Democrats in Congress have pushed the DISCLOSE Act as a means to create new reporting requiremen …"