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WASHINGTON - Strapped homeowners could refinance into government-backed mortgages and states would get money to deal with foreclosed property under Democrats' housing aid plan. The measures, slated for votes Thursday, constitute the most significant action Congress has taken to date to address the housing crisis that's at the center of the nation's economic woes. President Bush has threatened to veto both measures, which he says reward lenders and speculators. Democrats counter that the bills will head off hundreds of thousands of foreclosures, stabilize the shaky housing market, and prevent neighborhood blight. The centerpiece of their plan is a bill by...

The dittocam is ON! Live Rush Thread- for all you cubicle-bound.

Amazing Bush Secret Kept With Iraq Visit Nov 28, 6:30 AM (ET By TERENCE HUNT President Bush holds up turkey during a surprise visit to troops at Baghdad airport Thursday, Nov. 27, 2003. ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (AP) - Three hours from landing on a high-risk visit to Baghdad, President Bush was most anxious about keeping it a secret. "I was fully prepared to turn this baby around, come home," Bush said later aboard Air Force One. To everyone's amazement the secrecy held. The world did not learn that Bush had spent 2 1/2 hours Thursday on a Thanksgiving Day...

Well, this was so wonderful to hear today. A teacher I know and had not talked to in probably a year, has come over to the side of the good guys since 9-11. She teaches high school government/history and had been really upset during the Florida recount. She had very little respect for Condi Rice. But, my goodness, how things have changed. She told me today that she didn't know where we would be if the guy she voted for had won. She was giving glowing praise of Dick Cheney. She admits she was wrong about Rice. And now for...