Copyright (c) 2007 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/2232 Politics - U.S. House of Representatives en-us Wed, 22 Aug 2007 22:15:04 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/2232 http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/ushouse/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/cq/20070822/pl_cq_politics/pacgivingbyoppositepartyleaderssuggestsmorebullishapproachbyhousedemocrats cq/20070822/pacgivingbyoppositepartyleaderssuggestsmorebullishapproachbyhousedemocrats Wed, 22 Aug 2007 22:15:04 GMT CQPolitics.com - It is risky to extrapolate too much from the campaign donations made in July by ???leadership??? political action committees (PACs) associated with members of the U.S. House ??? even prominent figures such as the second-ranking Democrat, Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer of Maryland, and the top-ranking Republican, Minority Leader John A. Boehner of Ohio. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/ushouse/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/cq/20070822/pl_cq_politics/secondlawmakersoughtearmarkforlobbyingfirm cq/20070822/secondlawmakersoughtearmarkforlobbyingfirm Wed, 22 Aug 2007 18:55:25 GMT CQPolitics.com - A second lawmaker this year sent the House Appropriations Committee a letter asking for ??? and securing ??? an earmark for a lobbying firm rather than its client. And like a colleague who made the same mistake, he subsequently corrected the request. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/ushouse/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/cq/20070817/pl_cq_politics/politicaltriviaforaugust1820 cq/20070817/politicaltriviaforaugust1820 Fri, 17 Aug 2007 22:40:28 GMT CQPolitics.com - Illinois Republican Rep. J. Dennis Hastert, who announced Friday that he will not seek re-election in 2008, served as House Speaker from 1999 through 2006. Who was the first Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives? http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/ushouse/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/cq/20070817/pl_cq_politics/retirementwavebuildingamonghouserepublicans cq/20070817/retirementwavebuildingamonghouserepublicans Fri, 17 Aug 2007 20:45:45 GMT CQPolitics.com - The announcement Friday by former House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert, R-Ill., that he will not seek re-election in 2008 capped a week in which three veteran House Republicans in a 24-hour span declared that the current 110th Congress would be their last. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/ushouse/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070817/pl_nm/usa_congress_hastert_dc nm/20070817/usa_congress_hastert_dc Fri, 17 Aug 2007 17:50:02 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/ushouse/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070817/pl_nm/usa_congress_hastert_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070817/2007_08_17t135838_450x284_us_usa_congress_hastert.jpg?x=130&y=82&sig=ABWWgctgr0HTrJ.DTI96Qg--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="Representative Dennis Hastert (R-IL) announces in Yorkville, Illinois August 17, 2007, that he will not seek another term in Congress. (John Gress/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Dennis Hastert on Friday confirmed reports of his retirement, telling supporters he will not seek another term beyond the one ending in early 2009.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/ushouse/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070817/pl_nm/usa_congress_hastert_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070817/2007_08_17t135838_450x284_us_usa_congress_hastert.jpg?x=130&y=82&sig=ABWWgctgr0HTrJ.DTI96Qg--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="photo" title="Representative Dennis Hastert (R-IL) announces in Yorkville, Illinois August 17, 2007, that he will not seek another term in Congress. (John Gress/Reuters)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/ushouse/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/cq/20070814/pl_cq_politics/hastertplanningtoretireatendof2008gopsourcessay cq/20070814/hastertplanningtoretireatendof2008gopsourcessay Tue, 14 Aug 2007 18:00:40 GMT CQPolitics.com - After less than a year as a rank-and-file House member, former Speaker J. Dennis Hastert is expected to call an end to a political career that made him the longest serving Republican Speaker in the history of the House of Representatives. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/ushouse/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/cq/20070811/pl_cq_politics/politicaltriviaforaugust1113 cq/20070811/politicaltriviaforaugust1113 Fri, 10 Aug 2007 23:15:41 GMT CQPolitics.com - CQPolitics.com on Friday published a story about New York Republican Rep. Vito J. Fossella, who represents Staten Island and part of Brooklyn. Fossella is the only House Republican who represents part of New York City, which is overwhelmingly Democratic. How many House Republicans represented at least part of New York City in 1965 ??? the year Fossella was born? http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/ushouse/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070808/pl_afp/olychn2008rightschinauscongress afp/20070808/olychn2008rightschinauscongress Wed, 08 Aug 2007 07:55:33 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/ushouse/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070808/pl_afp/olychn2008rightschinauscongress"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070808/capt.sge.jbd27.080807075143.photo00.photo.default-512x356.jpg?x=130&y=90&sig=v6NaB_SNwZdnYFQkVOAivA--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="US Representative Dana Rohrabacher, Republican from California, testifies during a hearing in Washington, DC, in June. US legislators have introduced a resolution in the House of Representatives calling for a boycott of the 2008 Olympic games in Beijing unless it &quot;stops engaging in serious human rights abuses.&quot; The resolution was sponsored by Rohrabacher who is a top China critic in the House.(AFP/File/Saul Loeb)" border="0" /></a>AFP - US legislators introduced a resolution in the House of Representatives calling for a boycott of the 2008 Olympic games in Beijing unless China &quot;stops engaging in serious human rights abuses,&quot; Congressional aides said.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/ushouse/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070808/pl_afp/olychn2008rightschinauscongress"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070808/capt.sge.jbd27.080807075143.photo00.photo.default-512x356.jpg?x=130&y=90&sig=v6NaB_SNwZdnYFQkVOAivA--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="photo" title="US Representative Dana Rohrabacher, Republican from California, testifies during a hearing in Washington, DC, in June. US legislators have introduced a resolution in the House of Representatives calling for a boycott of the 2008 Olympic games in Beijing unless it &quot;stops engaging in serious human rights abuses.&quot; The resolution was sponsored by Rohrabacher who is a top China critic in the House.(AFP/File/Saul Loeb)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/ushouse/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/usnews/20070807/ts_usnews/theresenergyleftintheenergydebate usnews/20070807/theresenergyleftintheenergydebate Tue, 07 Aug 2007 20:22:16 GMT U.S. News & World Report - It&#39;s the Energizer Bunny bill. It just keeps going and going. After clearing the House of Representatives last weekend, the embattled energy bill is headed toward a conference committee with the Senate. But, laden now with provisions that one chamber or the other, or the White House, or some combination, find objectionable, the energy bill may be going and going and going for some time. Senate Republicans are calling a deal breaker the House measure that would require most utilities to generate 15 percent of their electricity from renewable sources. ... http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/ushouse/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/cq/20070806/pl_cq_politics/ethicspaneldeferstoprosecutorssuspendsjeffersonprobe cq/20070806/ethicspaneldeferstoprosecutorssuspendsjeffersonprobe Mon, 06 Aug 2007 20:30:48 GMT CQPolitics.com - Responding to a Justice Department request, a House ethics panel has suspended its investigation into allegations of criminal misconduct on the part of indicted Rep. William J. Jefferson, D-La. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/ushouse/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070805/pl_afp/uscongressmilitary afp/20070805/uscongressmilitary Sun, 05 Aug 2007 22:38:00 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/ushouse/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070805/pl_afp/uscongressmilitary"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070805/capt.sge.ikf50.050807223755.photo00.photo.default-512x327.jpg?x=130&y=82&sig=BPvYjp030Mi2Rl7A6LZMKg--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="A V-22 Osprey, belonging to the United States Marines, prepares to land at Marine Corps Base Quantico in Quantico, Virginia, April 2007. The US House of Representatives early Sunday passed a mammoth defense appropriations bill containing nearly 460 billion dollars in funding for the US military in fiscal 2008, slightly below President George W. Bush&#39;s request.(AFP/File/Saul Loeb)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The US House of Representatives early Sunday passed a mammoth defense appropriations bill containing nearly 460 billion dollars in funding for the US military in fiscal 2008, slightly below President George W. Bush&#39;s request.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/ushouse/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070805/pl_afp/uscongressmilitary"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070805/capt.sge.ikf50.050807223755.photo00.photo.default-512x327.jpg?x=130&y=82&sig=BPvYjp030Mi2Rl7A6LZMKg--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="photo" title="A V-22 Osprey, belonging to the United States Marines, prepares to land at Marine Corps Base Quantico in Quantico, Virginia, April 2007. The US House of Representatives early Sunday passed a mammoth defense appropriations bill containing nearly 460 billion dollars in funding for the US military in fiscal 2008, slightly below President George W. Bush&#39;s request.(AFP/File/Saul Loeb)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/ushouse/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070805/pl_nm/usa_energy_house_dc nm/20070805/usa_energy_house_dc Sun, 05 Aug 2007 15:58:06 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/ushouse/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070805/pl_nm/usa_energy_house_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070805/2007_08_04t212606_450x265_us_usa_energy_house.jpg?x=130&y=76&sig=7z9yFzzfgCTxqHnK_EHfNA--" align="left" height="76" width="130" alt="A man views solar panels on a roof at Google headquarters in Mountain View, California, June 18, 2007. The U.S. House of Representatives on Saturday passed a Democratic rewrite of U.S. energy policy that strips $16 billion in tax incentives away from Big Oil and puts it toward renewable energy sources like wind and solar power. (Kimberly White/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The U.S. House of Representatives on Saturday passed a Democratic rewrite of U.S. energy policy that strips $16 billion in tax incentives away from Big Oil and puts it toward renewable energy sources like wind and solar power.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/ushouse/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070805/pl_nm/usa_energy_house_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070805/2007_08_04t212606_450x265_us_usa_energy_house.jpg?x=130&y=76&sig=7z9yFzzfgCTxqHnK_EHfNA--" align="left" height="76" width="130" alt="photo" title="A man views solar panels on a roof at Google headquarters in Mountain View, California, June 18, 2007. The U.S. House of Representatives on Saturday passed a Democratic rewrite of U.S. energy policy that strips $16 billion in tax incentives away from Big Oil and puts it toward renewable energy sources like wind and solar power. (Kimberly White/Reuters)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/ushouse/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070805/pl_afp/usclimateenergypolitics afp/20070805/usclimateenergypolitics Sun, 05 Aug 2007 07:53:04 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/ushouse/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070805/pl_afp/usclimateenergypolitics"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070805/capt.sge.ike51.050807221844.photo00.photo.default-512x341.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=R_8XpHmq4wDIrkdtMSUogw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="The Scattergood Power Plant operates after sunset in El Segundo, California. The US House of Representatives has taken an unprecedented step toward cutting greenhouse gas emissions as it passed a bill requiring utility companies to produce 15 percent of their electricity from wind and solar power.(AFP/Getty Images/File/David McNew)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The US House of Representatives has taken an unprecedented step toward cutting greenhouse gas emissions as it passed a bill requiring utility companies to produce 15 percent of their electricity from wind and solar power.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/ushouse/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070805/pl_afp/usclimateenergypolitics"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070805/capt.sge.ike51.050807221844.photo00.photo.default-512x341.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=R_8XpHmq4wDIrkdtMSUogw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="The Scattergood Power Plant operates after sunset in El Segundo, California. The US House of Representatives has taken an unprecedented step toward cutting greenhouse gas emissions as it passed a bill requiring utility companies to produce 15 percent of their electricity from wind and solar power.(AFP/Getty Images/File/David McNew)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/ushouse/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070805/ts_nm/hold_usa_defense_dc nm/20070805/hold_usa_defense_dc Sun, 05 Aug 2007 05:31:09 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/ushouse/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070805/ts_nm/hold_usa_defense_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070805/2007_08_05t012627_450x300_us_hold_usa_defense.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=Ub.gafCs1pF6DJg07vE6tQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="U.S. soldiers from the 2nd battalion, 32nd Field Artillery brigade, listen to their commander before going on patrol in Baghdad August 4, 2007. The House of Representatives early on Sunday approved more money for the Pentagon but not the unpopular Iraq war, which is expected to be the subject of a major legislative clash this fall. (Damir Sagolj/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The House of Representatives early on Sunday approved more money for the Pentagon but not the unpopular Iraq war, which is expected to be the subject of a major legislative clash this fall.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/ushouse/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070805/ts_nm/hold_usa_defense_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070805/2007_08_05t012627_450x300_us_hold_usa_defense.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=Ub.gafCs1pF6DJg07vE6tQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="U.S. soldiers from the 2nd battalion, 32nd Field Artillery brigade, listen to their commander before going on patrol in Baghdad August 4, 2007. The House of Representatives early on Sunday approved more money for the Pentagon but not the unpopular Iraq war, which is expected to be the subject of a major legislative clash this fall. (Damir Sagolj/Reuters)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/ushouse/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070804/pl_afp/usattacksintelligence afp/20070804/usattacksintelligence Sat, 04 Aug 2007 16:23:21 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/ushouse/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070804/pl_afp/usattacksintelligence"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070805/capt.sge.ike12.050807220528.photo00.photo.default-512x362.jpg?x=130&y=91&sig=5Ef4Z__g3WH533i9GYPx.g--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="National Security Agency (NSA) in the Washington suburb of Fort Meade, Maryland. The US Congress late Saturday gave final approval to a White House-backed plan to extend the power of US intelligence agents to eavesdrop on terror suspects, giving a long-sought victory to President George W. Bush.(AFP/File/Paul J. Richards)" border="0" /></a>AFP - US President George W. Bush pressed the House of Representatives Saturday to swiftly pass spying legislation to expand the government&#39;s ability to eavesdrop on suspected terrorists.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/ushouse/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070804/pl_afp/usattacksintelligence"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070805/capt.sge.ike12.050807220528.photo00.photo.default-512x362.jpg?x=130&y=91&sig=5Ef4Z__g3WH533i9GYPx.g--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="photo" title="National Security Agency (NSA) in the Washington suburb of Fort Meade, Maryland. The US Congress late Saturday gave final approval to a White House-backed plan to extend the power of US intelligence agents to eavesdrop on terror suspects, giving a long-sought victory to President George W. Bush.(AFP/File/Paul J. Richards)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/ushouse/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070804/pl_afp/usindianuclearpolitics afp/20070804/usindianuclearpolitics Sat, 04 Aug 2007 02:08:59 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/ushouse/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070804/pl_afp/usindianuclearpolitics"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070804/capt.sge.ica37.040807020851.photo00.photo.default-415x512.jpg?x=105&y=130&sig=b.dgMP0Dnp2g_5.VRL6YaA--" align="left" height="130" width="105" alt="US President George W. Bush (left) with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. The US Congress has to determine whether an operational agreement of a landmark US-India nuclear deal is legal, the head of the influential House of Representatives foreign relations panel said Friday.(AFP/File/Toshifumi Kitamura)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The US Congress has to determine whether an operational agreement of a landmark US-India nuclear deal is legal, the head of an influential House of Representatives panel said Friday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/ushouse/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070804/pl_afp/usindianuclearpolitics"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20070804/capt.sge.ica37.040807020851.photo00.photo.default-415x512.jpg?x=105&y=130&sig=b.dgMP0Dnp2g_5.VRL6YaA--" align="left" height="130" width="105" alt="photo" title="US President George W. Bush (left) with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. The US Congress has to determine whether an operational agreement of a landmark US-India nuclear deal is legal, the head of the influential House of Representatives foreign relations panel said Friday.(AFP/File/Toshifumi Kitamura)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/ushouse/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070803/pl_nm/usa_energy_congress_dc nm/20070803/usa_energy_congress_dc Fri, 03 Aug 2007 20:27:43 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/ushouse/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070803/pl_nm/usa_energy_congress_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070803/2007_08_03t113316_450x300_us_usa_energy_congress.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=pUgtDvIZIxdGZAf_NeK1qg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) talks to the press following a breakfast meeting with U.S. President George W. Bush, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) and Congressional Republican leadership at the White House in Washington, August 1, 2007. (Jason Reed/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The White House on Friday threatened to veto a massive energy bill slated for debate in the U.S. House of Representatives that sets aside about $16 billion in clean-energy incentives, mostly by repealing tax credits extended to oil companies.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/ushouse/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070803/pl_nm/usa_energy_congress_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070803/2007_08_03t113316_450x300_us_usa_energy_congress.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=pUgtDvIZIxdGZAf_NeK1qg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) talks to the press following a breakfast meeting with U.S. President George W. Bush, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) and Congressional Republican leadership at the White House in Washington, August 1, 2007. (Jason Reed/Reuters)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/ushouse/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070803/pl_nm/usa_energy_house_veto_dc nm/20070803/usa_energy_house_veto_dc Fri, 03 Aug 2007 13:33:28 GMT Reuters - The White House threatened to veto a massive energy bill that the U.S. House of Representatives will debate on Friday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/ushouse/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/cq/20070803/pl_cq_politics/housedemocratsingopleaningdistrictsaretopfroshfundraisers cq/20070803/housedemocratsingopleaningdistrictsaretopfroshfundraisers Fri, 03 Aug 2007 00:00:04 GMT CQPolitics.com - The partisan battle for control of the House in the 2008 elections will pivot on the fortunes of the 42 Democrats who were first elected to the chamber last November ??? when their party made the 30-seat gain that overturned the long-running Republican majority. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/ushouse/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070802/ts_nm/iraq_usa_dc nm/20070802/iraq_usa_dc Thu, 02 Aug 2007 21:07:42 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/ushouse/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070802/ts_nm/iraq_usa_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070823/2007_08_23t134958_450x300_us_iraq_usa.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=RoBfHcMf247axsNYV7887w--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki holds a news conference with his Syrian counterpart Naji al-Otari in Damascus August 22, 2007. (Khaled al-Hariri/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The U.S. House of Representatives voted on Thursday to require more leave for U.S. troops in Iraq, defying a veto threat from the White House that said it infringed on President George W. Bush&#39;s authority as commander in chief.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/ushouse/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070802/ts_nm/iraq_usa_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070823/2007_08_23t134958_450x300_us_iraq_usa.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=RoBfHcMf247axsNYV7887w--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki holds a news conference with his Syrian counterpart Naji al-Otari in Damascus August 22, 2007. (Khaled al-Hariri/Reuters)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters)