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A top House Democratic leader says Americans no longer fear bringing terrorist suspects from Guantanamo Bay detention center to the United States, a shift in public opinion that he says will fuel the defeat of Republican measures to block the transfers.

The head of the government panel charged with tracking the use of stimulus funds told lawmakers Thursday that he's not surprised to see mistakes like phantom congressional districts showing up on a Web site devoted to reporting the data.

The government watchdog in charge of tracking stimulus dollars said he can't be sure how many jobs the $787 billion program has created, admitting it "could be above or below" the 640,000 jobs the administration touts.

Senators are calling on General Motors and Chrysler to release more details on ongoing talks over the automakers' plans to close thousands of auto dealerships as part of their bankruptcies.

New York Representative Charles Rangel said House Democrats will move next month to renew dozens of tax breaks before they expire at yeara s end, including a research credit promoted by companies such as Dow Chemical Co.

The fight over health care has moved to the Senate, bringing with it the fight over abortion.

The same day the House of Representatives passed health care reform legislation, Rep.

Hundreds of new jobs in phantom congressional districts. Nearly 500 new teaching jobs in a Chicago school district that employs only 290.

It was supposed to be a discussion of the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program's Open Season, but many participants in Monday's town hall meeting in Montgomery County, Md., expressed concern over the health care reform package before Congress.

Rep. Chris Van Hollen , chairman of the House Democratic campaign committee, says his party is going to have some tough contests in 2010 but that doesn't mean Republicans are going to take over the House, reports CQ Politics .

The twin endorsements of the Watertown Daily Times and Assemblywoman Diedre Scozzafava provided the last minute momentum to propel Democrat Bill Owens to a win over Doug Hoffman in NY23, according to the New York Times.

Congressman Chris Van Hollen joins Senator Barbara Mikulski , state and local officials, and first responders at the Kensington Volunteer Fire Department celebrate the purchase of a new fire truck and highlight federal support for firefighter recruitment and retention support at the station.

The midterm congressional elections are a year away, but unsurprisingly, Republicans vanquished at the polls by the Obama landslide last fall are already talking about the possibility of reclaiming the House.

Lockheed Martin today announced the opening of its NexGen Cyber Innovation and Technology Center, a world-class research and development center for customer and partner collaboration located in Gaithersburg, Maryland.

The 177 Republicans in the House of Representatives plan to unanimously oppose health-care legislation that would constitute the biggest expansion of insurance to Americans in decades, illustrating the huge divide that remains between the two parties on key issues and setting up a major debate in next year's elections.

Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick, seen in a 2005 photo, was on the phoneA with House Speaker Nancy during the final hours of negotiation on the House health care bill.

Democrats have displayed a striking degree of pragmatism in seeking to push the health care bill through Congress, embracing or rejecting ideological considerations as needed to keep the legislation moving.

Of all the unresolved issues that Democrats still have with the House health care bill, the immigration fight might be the most in flux.

With time hopefully comes perspective, so we will again revisit what nationally some political analysts are deciphering from Tuesday's elections across the nation.

In this Oct. 29, 2009, file photo House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer of Md. speaks during a news conference about health care on Capitol Hill in Washington.