<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - In Session</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/politics/fedpage/columns/insession?nav=rss_politics/fedpage/columns/insession</link><description>In Session</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[Spending Bill for Military Is Ripe for the Stuffing]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A42419-2005Apr10.html?nav=rss_politics/fedpage/columns/insession</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A42419-2005Apr10.html?nav=rss_politics/fedpage/columns/insession</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:19:53 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The Senate this week takes up emergency spending legislation to keep military funds flowing to Iraq and Afghanistan. It is certain to end up on President Bush's desk, and that's why lawmakers will try to tack on their own pressing provisions.]]></description><author> Shailagh Murray</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stevens Aims to Open Arctic Refuge for Drilling]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A31926-2005Mar13.html?nav=rss_politics/fedpage/columns/insession</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A31926-2005Mar13.html?nav=rss_politics/fedpage/columns/insession</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:19:53 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[This week, GOP advocates of the proposal will take their best shot in years at winning their long-sought goal by including a provision in the 2006 budget that makes the measure filibuster-proof.]]></description><author> Shailagh Murray</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[From Some Bush Supporters, Anger Over Budget]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A21552-2005Feb13.html?nav=rss_politics/fedpage/columns/insession</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A21552-2005Feb13.html?nav=rss_politics/fedpage/columns/insession</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:19:53 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Red America is a bit red-in-the-face over President Bush's new budget. Within a few hours of the release of the president's proposal last week, Rep. John E. Peterson (R-Pa.), co-chairman of the Congressional Rural Caucus, fired off a statement criticizing the president he typically supports.]]></description><author> Dana Milbank</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vote on Flag is High Priority for Veterans]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16779-2004Sep12.html?nav=rss_politics/fedpage/columns/insession</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16779-2004Sep12.html?nav=rss_politics/fedpage/columns/insession</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:19:53 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A possible Senate vote on a constitutional amendment to protect the U.S. flag may put Democratic presidential nominee John F. Kerry, running mate John Edwards and Minority Leader Thomas A. Daschle on the spot just a few weeks before the Nov. 2 elections.]]></description><author> Helen Dewar</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Democrats Fed Up With Yielding to GOP Rules]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A43045-2004Jul11.html?nav=rss_politics/fedpage/columns/insession</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A43045-2004Jul11.html?nav=rss_politics/fedpage/columns/insession</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:19:53 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Rep. Nancy Pelosi (Calif.), who leads Democrats in the House, and Rep. David Dreier (Calif.), the Republican chairman of the powerful Rules Committee, are on friendly terms despite political differences.]]></description><author> Dan Morgan and Helen Dewar</author></item><item><title><![CDATA['Tough Issue' of Iraq Divides Democrats]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A39089-2004Jun13.html?nav=rss_politics/fedpage/columns/insession</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A39089-2004Jun13.html?nav=rss_politics/fedpage/columns/insession</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:19:53 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[At a well-attended news conference last month, Rep. John P. Murtha of Pennsylvania -- one of the Democrats' most respected (and hawkish) lawmakers on military matters -- proposed sending many thousands more U.S. troops to Iraq to help stabilize that nation. He also noted he has long favored restarting the draft.]]></description><author> Charles Babington and Helen Dewar</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[In Break With Tradition, Frist Takes High-Stakes Fight to Daschle's Turf]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A22556-2004Apr18.html?nav=rss_politics/fedpage/columns/insession</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A22556-2004Apr18.html?nav=rss_politics/fedpage/columns/insession</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:19:53 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) and Minority Leader Thomas A. Daschle (D-S.D.) have always been civil in their dealings with each other. But Frist, in a break with longstanding tradition, is going to South Dakota next month to campaign for the Republican who is trying to unseat Daschle.]]></description><author> Helen Dewar</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Executive, Legislative Transit Priorities on Collision Course]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38744-2004Mar7.html?nav=rss_politics/fedpage/columns/insession</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38744-2004Mar7.html?nav=rss_politics/fedpage/columns/insession</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:19:53 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Probably no bill is more popular with members of Congress than the highway and transit legislation that comes up every six years.]]></description><author> Dan Morgan</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the House, Easy Does It Is the Rule for '04]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23923-2004Feb8.html?nav=rss_politics/fedpage/columns/insession</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23923-2004Feb8.html?nav=rss_politics/fedpage/columns/insession</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:19:53 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Anyone seeking hints about how much Congress might accomplish this year needs only to look at the House schedule, which calls for the lightest legislative load in 40 years.]]></description><author> Juliet Eilperin</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[GOP Dishes Out Pork In Growing Portions]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8734-2003Nov23.html?nav=rss_politics/fedpage/columns/insession</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8734-2003Nov23.html?nav=rss_politics/fedpage/columns/insession</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:19:53 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Way back before Republicans took over the House in 1995, GOP lawmakers pilloried Democrats for stuffing legislation with local projects that get little or no oversight but boost the popularity of the lawmakers who take credit for them.]]></description><author> Dan Morgan  and Helen Dewar</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Appropriator Taking a Closer Look at Capitol Hole]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A49564-2003Nov16.html?nav=rss_politics/fedpage/columns/insession</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A49564-2003Nov16.html?nav=rss_politics/fedpage/columns/insession</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:19:53 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Rep. Jack Kingston (R-Ga.), chairman of the House Appropriations subcommittee on the legislative branch, takes his oversight responsibilities literally.]]></description><author> Christopher Lee</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[GOP Friction Fouls Action on Agencies' Funding As Turkey-Dinner Time and Adjournment Near]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A20205-2003Nov9.html?nav=rss_politics/fedpage/columns/insession</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A20205-2003Nov9.html?nav=rss_politics/fedpage/columns/insession</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:19:53 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Republican control of the White House and Congress this year hasn't ended one Washington fall tradition that is as predictable as Thanksgiving turkey.]]></description><author> Dan Morgan</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Action on Energy, Medicare Critical to GOP Scorecard]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A21497-2003Oct26.html?nav=rss_politics/fedpage/columns/insession</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A21497-2003Oct26.html?nav=rss_politics/fedpage/columns/insession</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:19:53 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[As Congress struggles to adjourn by mid-November, Republican leaders face a sobering reality: Medicare and energy legislation, moving haltingly toward a final showdown, hold the key to the scorecard for the first session of the 108th Congress.]]></description><author> Helen Dewar</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Daschle Joins Move on Gun Merchants]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A50581-2003Oct19.html?nav=rss_politics/fedpage/columns/insession</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A50581-2003Oct19.html?nav=rss_politics/fedpage/columns/insession</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:19:53 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The National Rifle Association has found an influential ally in Senate Minority Leader Thomas A. Daschle (D-S.D.), who introduced an amendment to legislation that would protect gun manufacturers and dealers from legal liability when crimes are committed without their knowledge.]]></description><author> Juliet Eilperin</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fractured Republicans Hope for Deal to Pass Energy Bill]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17145-2003Oct12.html?nav=rss_politics/fedpage/columns/insession</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17145-2003Oct12.html?nav=rss_politics/fedpage/columns/insession</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:19:53 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Republican leaders in Congress will attempt to jump-start lagging negotiations over an energy bill at a meeting Wednesday, but to succeed they will have to bring an end to  strife among members of their own party.]]></description><author> Dan Morgan and Judy Sarasohn</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[In Session: Bringing Actual Debates Back to Senate]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A14233-2003Sep28.html?nav=rss_politics/fedpage/columns/insession</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A14233-2003Sep28.html?nav=rss_politics/fedpage/columns/insession</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:19:53 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[While the Senate takes pride in its reputation as "the world's greatest deliberative body," it is an open secret that great Senate debates can be found mostly in history books -- not in recent editions of the Congressional Record.]]></description><author> Helen Dewar</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Houses Apart on Money Matters]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A44324-2003Sep21.html?nav=rss_politics/fedpage/columns/insession</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A44324-2003Sep21.html?nav=rss_politics/fedpage/columns/insession</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:19:53 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[With Congress facing momentous issues such as how to reform Medicare and pay for Iraq's reconstruction, next year's budget for the Bureau of Prisons or proposed spending on education for the disabled have earned few headlines.]]></description><author> Dan Morgan</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Proposed Land Swap Controversy Moves to the House]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10239-2003Sep14.html?nav=rss_politics/fedpage/columns/insession</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10239-2003Sep14.html?nav=rss_politics/fedpage/columns/insession</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:19:53 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[House leaders are pushing a bill, sponsored by Rep. Charles H. Taylor (R-N.C.), that would exchange 143 acres in the park known as the Ravensford tract for the Yellow Face property owned by the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians by the Blue Ridge Parkway.]]></description><author> Juliet Eilperin</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lawmakers Slowly Plan for the Worst]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A39719-2003Sep7.html?nav=rss_politics/fedpage/columns/insession</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A39719-2003Sep7.html?nav=rss_politics/fedpage/columns/insession</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:19:53 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Two years after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, lawmakers are gradually coming to grips with their own personal nightmare: how to ensure that Congress can keep functioning if a large number of its members are killed or incapacitated in a catastrophe.]]></description><author> Helen Dewar</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[In Session: GOP Lawmakers Near 'Ranger' Status]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A53955-2003Jul27.html?nav=rss_politics/fedpage/columns/insession</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A53955-2003Jul27.html?nav=rss_politics/fedpage/columns/insession</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:19:53 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[President Bush is getting more than legislative help from his allies in Congress: Several Republican lawmakers are vying to become "Rangers" by raising $200,000 for his reelection campaign.]]></description><author> Jim VandeHei</author></item></channel></rss>