Democrats Wary of GOP Bounce

By Erin P. Billings and Steven T. Dennis
Roll Call Staff

Sep. 10, 2008, 12 a.m.

No one’s panicking, at least not yet. But Congressional Democrats say that over the next two weeks they will be watching nervously to see whether their presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama (Ill.), can retake what was once a comfortable lead over Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) in their battle for the White House.

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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