http://house.web2announcer.com/ Web 2.0 announcer top stories for house en Tue, 26 Jun 2007 07:00:00 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2066467 unknown@ma.gnolia.com No description for this story Tue, 26 Jun 2007 07:00:00 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2066467photoslistoverviewonlinetravelwebsitescssDesignwebtoolsProgrammingutilitieswebtoolsdevelopmentspeedload timeobjectsrecipesinteretmyspaceWorkersiraqisocitypixelartpixelspixelartistspakistanislameducationschoolsrubyrailsrakeadministrationNone assignedpaginationpageuidesign elementsWindowsxwindowsimportedX sous WindowsxmingmicroformatshatommacosSoftwaremailNewshealthdiyfurniturehomeimprovementhouse http://web2announcer.com/go/2046859 unknown@Netscape.com "If Congress increases VA funding above the President's request and does not offset this increase with spending reductions in other bills, the President will veto any of the other bills that exceed his request until Congress demonstrates a path to reach the President's topline of $933 billion." This is Bush politics at its dirtiest! Fri, 15 Jun 2007 05:36:47 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2046859veteransdisabilitybenefitsmilitarymedicalCarewhitehousevetosNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2040497 unknown@Netscape.com The federal appeals court in Richmond, Va., ruled yesterday that the president may not declare civilians in this country to be "enemy combatants" and have the military hold them indefinitely. Tue, 12 Jun 2007 06:48:00 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2040497bushterrorenemycombatantconstitutionwhitehouseNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2040049 unknown@Netscape.com Taking the numbers as what they are, he's lost his distributors at least $35 million in production costs alone (not to mention marketing) but he just signed a new deal with Freestyle Releasing. On top of that he has not one, not two, but three movies in production and one has a budget of $60 mil. How does he do it!? Mon, 11 Jun 2007 12:31:10 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2040049UweBollVideogamesMovieshouseofThedeadbadNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2034909 unknown@Netscape.com Members of the House Armed Services Committee have requested millions of dollars in federal earmarks for companies that have contributed thousands of dollars to their reelection funds, according to a review of funding requests made publicly available for the first time. Fri, 08 Jun 2007 09:08:53 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2034909housearmedservicescommitteeEarmarksPoliticscongresscorruptionNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2031493 unknown@Netscape.com They say a picture is worth a thousand words, well, this video on the new Wellness Water Filter is really informative. Not just about the filter, really, more about water and our need for good clean water. Wed, 06 Jun 2007 18:08:10 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2031493waterfiltersWellnessfiltershowerwholehouseNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2031925 unknown@Netscape.com They say a picture is worth a thousand words, well, this video on the new Wellness Water Filter is really informative. Not just about the filter, really, more about water and our need for good clean water. Wed, 06 Jun 2007 18:08:10 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2031925waterfiltersWellnessfiltershowerwholehouseNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2029394 unknown@Netscape.com Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy angrily threatened Tuesday to issue subpoenas "if the White House continues to stonewall" his panel's investigation into fired U.S. attorneys, and he said he was "deeply troubled" by what he called White House efforts to "manipulate the Department into its own political arm. Wed, 06 Jun 2007 08:31:45 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2029394PatrickLeahySenatejudiciarycommitteeU.S.attorneysbushadministrationwhitehousescandalpartisanPoliticsNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2031125 unknown@Netscape.com Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy angrily threatened Tuesday to issue subpoenas "if the White House continues to stonewall" his panel's investigation into fired U.S. attorneys, and he said he was "deeply troubled" by what he called White House efforts to "manipulate the Department into its own political arm. Wed, 06 Jun 2007 08:31:45 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2031125PatrickLeahySenatejudiciarycommitteeU.S.attorneysbushadministrationwhitehousescandalpartisanPoliticsNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2029020 unknown@Netscape.com House Democrats are expanding their investigation into ties between jailed GOP lobbyist Jack Abramoff and the White House and have contacted several Abramoff associates recently about testifying to Congress. Wed, 06 Jun 2007 06:33:40 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2029020JackAbramoffwhitehousebushadministrationscandalcorruptionLobbyistsLobbyingGOPNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2030908 unknown@Netscape.com House Democrats are expanding their investigation into ties between jailed GOP lobbyist Jack Abramoff and the White House and have contacted several Abramoff associates recently about testifying to Congress. Wed, 06 Jun 2007 06:33:40 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2030908JackAbramoffwhitehousebushadministrationscandalcorruptionLobbyistsLobbyingGOPNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2030949 unknown@Netscape.com House Democrats are expanding their investigation into ties between jailed GOP lobbyist Jack Abramoff and the White House and have contacted several Abramoff associates recently about testifying to Congress. Wed, 06 Jun 2007 06:33:40 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2030949JackAbramoffwhitehousebushadministrationscandalcorruptionLobbyistsLobbyingGOPNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2030985 unknown@Netscape.com House Democrats are expanding their investigation into ties between jailed GOP lobbyist Jack Abramoff and the White House and have contacted several Abramoff associates recently about testifying to Congress. Wed, 06 Jun 2007 06:33:40 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2030985JackAbramoffwhitehousebushadministrationscandalcorruptionLobbyistsLobbyingGOPNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2024989 unknown@Netscape.com Amusing pic; twisted caption. But also reflective of common 'improving on nature' suburban landscaping trend. 1 person's creative landscaping "art" is another's (silly, tasteless) landscaping blight. Mon, 04 Jun 2007 01:23:41 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2024989landscapeDesignfunnypicturehumorhouseyardNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2024344 unknown@Netscape.com After promising unprecedented openness re: Congress' pork barrel practices, House Democrats are moving in the opposite direction as they draw up spending bills for the upcoming budget. Democrats are sidestepping rules approved their 1st day in power in Jan. to clearly identify 'earmarks' - lawmakers' requests for specific projects for their states. Sun, 03 Jun 2007 16:00:46 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2024344housedemocratsEarmarksNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2025794 unknown@Netscape.com After promising unprecedented openness re: Congress' pork barrel practices, House Democrats are moving in the opposite direction as they draw up spending bills for the upcoming budget. Democrats are sidestepping rules approved their 1st day in power in Jan. to clearly identify 'earmarks' - lawmakers' requests for specific projects for their states. Sun, 03 Jun 2007 16:00:46 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2025794housedemocratsEarmarksNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2022306 unknown@Netscape.com In the past year, lawyers for President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney directed the Secret Service to maintain the confidentiality of visitor logs, declaring them to be presidential records. The decision made the logs exempt from a law requiring their disclosure to whoever asks to see them. Sat, 02 Jun 2007 03:57:58 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2022306bushcheneyPoliticswhitehousesecrecypresidentialrecordsACTillegalNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2020678 unknown@Netscape.com Fun juxtaposition of elements, incongruity. Also pretty different, interesting for a suburban lawnscape. Fri, 01 Jun 2007 21:18:06 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2020678sculpturehousefunnypicturehumorphotoNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2018426 unknown@Netscape.com Lawn lions. Sculptures. Majestic protectors, sentries...and looking out for number 1. An amusing 'imagining.' Thu, 31 May 2007 15:57:04 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2018426sculpturehumorfunnypicturehouseNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2013892 unknown@Netscape.com Homeowners who know what they want...and grass or lawn isn't it....Pretty amusing, and gray. Tue, 29 May 2007 04:25:33 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2013892houseDesignfunnypictureyardhumorNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2012409 unknown@Netscape.com President Bush has declared that the 3.5% pay raise for the troops proposed by Democrats as being "unnecessary" but requested the legislature to make the President's tax cuts for the rich permanent, actions that have earned the administration the wrath of unions. Mon, 28 May 2007 07:15:22 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2012409bushadminwhitehousewashingtonNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2009506 unknown@Netscape.com Congressional leaders have neglected to remind the nation what the Constitution says. They have allowed the president to reframe the Constitution, usurping their power for himself. Sat, 26 May 2007 03:46:55 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2009506congressbushwhitehousemonarchyDeciderinchiefNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2006686 unknown@Netscape.com Both Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and his former chief of staff Kyle Sampson approved a plan to bypass the Senate and install Karl Rove-protege Tim Griffin as U.S. attorney in Arkansas. Thu, 24 May 2007 02:20:46 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2006686whitehouseusattorneyGonzalesbushsampsonNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2006152 unknown@Netscape.com Decrying near-record high gasoline prices, the House voted Tuesday to allow the government to sue OPEC over oil production quotas. Wed, 23 May 2007 18:53:05 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2006152housePassesbillOPECHolddowngasolinepricesNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2004218 unknown@Netscape.com After weeks of refusing to back down to President Bush on setting a timetable on Iraq , House Democratic leaders face having to explain to their party's rank and file why they've now relented. Tue, 22 May 2007 14:33:33 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2004218housedemocratsselliraqplanNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1991099 unknown@Netscape.com Comical pic & twisted caption. Realtor signs...same company...different interests or just confused? Tue, 22 May 2007 01:54:38 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1991099realtorshouseforsalefunnypicturehumorbillboardNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1993250 unknown@Netscape.com As the subpoenas mount and the administration continues to signal that it will stonewall, what happens when Congress, the irresistible force, meets the White House, the immovable object? Former general counsel to the House Charles Tiefer explains. Mon, 21 May 2007 22:51:31 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1993250congressconstitutionwhitehouseSubpoenasgovernmentbushscandalNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1968573 unknown@Netscape.com As attorney general, John D. Ashcroft was the public face of an administration pushing the boundaries of the Constitution to hunt down terrorists, but behind the scenes, according to former aides and White House officials, he at times resisted what he saw as radical overreaching. Sun, 20 May 2007 09:33:59 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1968573johnAshcroftjusticeDepartmentbushadministrationwhitehousePoliticsNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1958130 unknown@Netscape.com It's worth noting that President Bush's threat to veto a 3.5 percent pay raise for U.S. soldiers fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan came just two days before Armed Forces Day (May 19), the "single holiday for citizens to come together and thank our military members for their patriotic service in support of our country." Sat, 19 May 2007 08:28:37 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1958130busharmedForcesdaymilitarypayraisewhitehouseserviceNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1956878 unknown@Netscape.com It doesn't much matter whether President Bush was the one who phoned Attorney General Ashcroft's hospital room in 2004. It matters however, whether the president was willing to have his aides try to strong-arm him into overruling the DOJ's legal views. It matters whether the president, once that failed, was willing to proceed with a program. Sat, 19 May 2007 05:26:41 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1956878bushwhitehouseadministrationjusticeDepartmentjohnAshcroftnsaFBIspyingprivacyNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1953829 unknown@Netscape.com The U.S. House of Representatives today unanimously passed a contracting oversight amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008. Fri, 18 May 2007 19:41:21 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1953829schakowskyhouseprivatemilitaryContractorsdavidpriceNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1928013 unknown@Netscape.com Troops don't need bigger pay raises, White House budget officials said Wednesday in a policy statement laying out objections to the House version of the 2008 defense authorization bill. They said the administration strongly opposes both the 3.5% raise for 2008 and the follow-on increases, calling extra pay increases "unnecessary". Thu, 17 May 2007 05:04:31 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1928013whitehousebushmilitarypayRaisescongressdefensebudgetNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1916511 unknown@Netscape.com Recent White House backing for the beleaguered World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz, despite the findings of an internal report that said he had violated the Bank's ethics rules, is bringing the role of the U.S. in running the Bank in "undemocratic" ways under scrutiny, with rising calls for Washington to loosen its grip on the institution Wed, 16 May 2007 07:22:53 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1916511paulwolfowitzworldbankwhitehouseinvestigationsethicsNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1900048 unknown@Netscape.com President Bush 's warrantless wiretapping program was so questionable that a top Justice Department official refused for a time to reauthorize it, sparking a battle with top White House officials at the bedside of an ailing attorney general, a Senate panel was told Tuesday. Tue, 15 May 2007 19:08:17 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1900048whitehousePushedAshcroftWiretapsNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1885073 unknown@Netscape.com WASHINGTON - President Bush responded to a Supreme Court environmental ruling by settling on regulatory changes that don't need congressional approval, the White House said Monday. Mon, 14 May 2007 20:40:13 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1885073bushairpollutioncongresswhitehouseNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1850411 unknown@Netscape.com The House of Representatives has the sole power to impeach, and therefore, the power to define impeachable offenses. Historically, some impeachment charges have been clearly politically motivated. But in the case of Vice President Dick Cheney, the charges of misconduct are solidly based. Fri, 11 May 2007 22:05:22 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1850411DickcheneybushimpeachmenthouseofRepresentativesimpeachNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1829110 unknown@Netscape.com President Bush issued a formal national security directive yesterday ordering agencies to prepare contingency plans for a surprise, "decapitating" attack on the federal government, and assigned responsibility for coordinating such plans to the White House. Thu, 10 May 2007 21:10:31 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1829110bushwhitehouseshadowgovernmentnationalSecurityNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1808276 unknown@Netscape.com If the White House did nothing improper in the controversial firing of eight U.S. Attorneys last year, why would top officials in the Justice Department, perhaps including Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, have tried to conceal its role in the dismissals? Wed, 09 May 2007 10:49:31 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1808276U.S.attorneysjusticeDepartmentwhitehouseAlbertoGonzalesbushadministrationNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1808897 unknown@Netscape.com The Bank of England must act decisively and swiftly to curb the current house price madness. Wed, 09 May 2007 00:30:34 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1808897ukhousepricesbubbleboombustNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1802136 unknown@Netscape.com White House Press Secretary Tony Snow this morning blamed Gov. Kathleen Sebelius (D) for the shortages, saying he was "not aware of any prior complaints" by the governor about the equipment Tue, 08 May 2007 21:23:03 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1802136nationalguardkansasSebeliusresponsibilitywhitehouseNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1737986 unknown@Netscape.com Public support for the Iraq war is low. Lawmakers are battling the White House over money to pay for the combat. Suicide bombings continue in Baghdad . Fri, 04 May 2007 18:03:10 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1737986bushadvisorLeavingwhitehousewarNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1728468 unknown@Netscape.com By a vote of 237-180, the House approved the Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act, a bipartisan bill that would enable federal officials to work with state and local officials to investigate and prosecute hate crimes. Thu, 03 May 2007 21:24:30 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1728468hatecrimescongresshouseNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1708180 unknown@Netscape.com Comical, absurd. House is real, so is sale. Photo caption is made up, imagined, amusing. Apparently the housing market in some areas isn't so bad after all! Or realtors will try anything! Wed, 02 May 2007 21:16:28 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1708180humorfunnypicturehousesatireNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1693452 unknown@Netscape.com TAMPA, Florida (Reuters) - President George W., Bush plans on Tuesday to veto a war spending bill that imposes timelines for a U.S. troop withdrawal from Iraq, and will then explain his action in a statement at the White House, an administration official said. Tue, 01 May 2007 21:33:38 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1693452bushspendingbilliraqwhitehouseNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1640956 unknown@Netscape.com A House committee chairman asked 27 federal departments and agencies yesterday to turn over information related to White House briefings about elections or political candidates, substantially widening the scope of a investigation into the administration's compliance with the law that restricts partisan political activity by government employees. Fri, 27 Apr 2007 18:26:59 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1640956HenryWaxmanbushadministrationagenciesPoliticswhitehouseNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1625397 unknown@Netscape.com White House Press Secretary Tony Snow revealed to CNN he plans to return to his post next week, a month after a cancerous growth was found on his liver. Thu, 26 Apr 2007 19:06:44 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1625397TonysnowbushpressSecretarywhitehousecancerNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1625398 unknown@Netscape.com Rep. Rick Renzi (R-Ariz.) failed to disclose a $200,000 payment he received from a business partner in 2005 in apparent violation of House ethics rules. Prosecutors could use the omission as evidence that Renzi intended to conceal a transaction he knew to be controversial or even improper. Thu, 26 Apr 2007 18:34:06 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1625398rickRenziFBIhouseethicsrulesPoliticsNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1625990 unknown@Netscape.com White House officials conducted 20 private briefings on Republican electoral prospects in the last midterm election for senior officials in at least 15 government agencies covered by federal restrictions on partisan political activity, a White House spokesman and other administration officials said yesterday. Thu, 26 Apr 2007 15:37:26 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1625990bushadministrationPoliticsBriefingswhitehousePartisonNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1618892 unknown@Netscape.com The president is suggesting that a troop withdrawal would turn Iraq into a battleground between regional powers. Not so, says a senior administration official. Thu, 26 Apr 2007 08:52:17 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1618892bushadministrationiraqPoliticsaidewhitehouseNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1614330 unknown@Netscape.com By 21-10, the House oversight committee voted to issue a subpoena to Rice to compel her story on the Bush administration's claim, now discredited, that Iraq was seeking uranium from Africa Thu, 26 Apr 2007 05:21:32 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1614330ricebushhouseoversightNews