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Sunday, July 20, 2003
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WASHINGTON -- Plans by the Bush administration to let private companies take over jobs at Yosemite and other national parks were frozen Thursday by the House.
In at least a temporary victory for environmentalists and civil servants, lawmakers blocked National Park Service privatizing as part of a larger public lands spending bill.
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The White House, in the run-up to war in Iraq, did not seek CIA approval before charging that Saddam Hussein could launch a biological or chemical attack within 45 minutes, administration officials now say.
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Democrats argued that a minimum wage increase, last approved by Congress seven years ago, is long overdue and complained that Republicans were refusing to allow the Senate even to consider the issue.
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Senate Republicans yesterday held the line against Democratic efforts to challenge President Bush over Iraq, rejecting initiatives to internationalize postwar operations and to create a commission to probe how intelligence was used -- or misused -- to justify going to war.
The GOP-controlled Senate also defeated two Democratic proposals to force the administration to spell out the anticipated costs of continuing military operations in Iraq.
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Months of political tension in the House of Representatives erupted into open warfare today when Democrats stormed out of a Ways and Means Committee session and the panel's chairman called in the Capitol Police.
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Last update: 1/29/2004; 8:13:16 PM.
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