Mystery Solved

By Ben Pershing
Roll Call Staff

Feb. 7, 2007, 12 a.m.

It had been one of the best little puzzles of the 110th Congress so far: Why did Rep. Dan Burton (R-Ind.) miss 19 House votes over four days in mid-January? Where was he?

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Stier: Detecting a Bad Breast Cancer Bill

July 1, 11:28 a.m.

Who could blame hundreds of Members of Congress for joining with a colleague and breast cancer survivor, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.), in co-sponsoring legislation aimed at promoting breast cancer education? The problem, according to leading breast cancer scientists and advocacy groups, is the bill would do more harm than good. Read Full Article