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House Speaker Pelosi calls Bush 'a total failure'
WASHINGTON - President Bush has been a "total failure" in everything from the economy to the war to energy policy, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday. In an interview on CNN, the California Democrat was asked to respond to video of the president criticizing the Democratic-led Congress for heading into the final 26 days of the legislative session without having passed a single government spending bill.
Nations:U.S. People:Harry Reid Nancy Pelosi Barack Obama John McCain George W. Bush Activities:110th Congress Bush Admin. Source:(AP)
2008-07-17
Obama campaign raised $52 million in June
WASHINGTON - Democrat Barack Obama raised $52 million last month for his presidential campaign, more than twice as much as Republican rival John McCain in a significant boost to his financial cache for the fall contest.
People:John McCain Barack Obama Activities:US Election 2008 Source:(AP)
2008-07-17
Obama raises $52M in June, setting torrid new pace
WASHINGTON - Though he's raking in the cash so far, Barack Obama's decision to forgo public funds for the fall campaign means he must keep up his torrid pace -- a tall order that will tax his time, test his Internet support and require the help of Democratic donors who once wished for his defeat.
Nations:U.S. People:Barack Obama John McCain John Kerry Hillary Clinton Activities:US Election 2008 Source:(AP)
2008-07-17
Democrats try to spur more oil exploration
WASHINGTON - Seeking to blunt GOP efforts to permit oil exploration off Atlantic and Pacific coasts, House Democrats are pushing legislation they say would spur oil drilling on already available lands in Alaska, the West and the western Gulf of Mexico.
Nations:Mexico U.S. People:Christopher Dodd Roy Blunt Harry Reid Activities:2007-8 Oil Crisis 110th Congress Source:(AP)
2008-07-17
In a switch, governors now await running-mate call
PHILADELPHIA - For more than three decades, the National Governors' Association has assembled on presidential election years as one of its members made a bid for the White House -- a Carter or a Reagan, a Dukakis, a Clinton or a Bush.
Nations:Afghanistan U.S. Poland Mexico Canada People:George Voinovich Kathleen Sebelius Mitt Romney Tom Vilsack Barack Obama John McCain Activities:US Election 2008
2008-07-13
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