Final Deals Taking Shape

By Emily Pierce and Steven T. Dennis
Roll Call Staff

Dec. 10, 2007, 12 a.m.

As Members of Congress continue to seek an exit strategy that will allow them to leave town before Christmas — if not this week — Democrats are weighing a series of compromises that they hope will yield breakthroughs on energy, a farm bill, the alternative minimum tax and a massive omnibus spending package that seems destined to include significant war funding.

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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