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BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Iraq is on target to meet by September key political benchmarks set by the U.S. Congress, Iraqi National Security Adviser Mowaffak al-Rubaie said Sunday. Iraqi lawmakers have cut their planned two-month recess in half and will be working six-day weeks for the rest of this month to try to pass the provisions by September, he said. Al-Rubaie disputed a report in Sunday's Washington Post that cited senior U.S. officials as saying the Iraqi government "is unlikely to meet any of the political and security goals or timelines President Bush set for it in January when he...

<p>WASHINGTON — Given the partisan attacks on President Bush over the war in Iraq, one would think that any declassified information made available to Congress would be high on members’ summer reading lists.</p> <p>Not so, say sources, who aren’t surprised that before summer recess, only a small fraction of lawmakers bothered to check out some 19 binders of recently released CIA documents, which include 10,000 pages of intelligence used to back up the war in Iraq.</p>

www.news8austin.com Bush has busy Crawford vacation scheduleUpdated: 7/30/2003 10:02:12 AMBy: Associated Press Fundraisers will help will fill President Bush's schedule during his month-long working vacation at his ranch near Crawford.In August, Bush will mix public policy events with six fund-raisers -- in Colorado, California, Oregon, Washington and Minnesota.The practice allows the administration, in certain cases, to bill taxpayers for half the travel costs of the political activity.On Saturday Bush will leave Washington for his Crawford ranch.The president's campaign aides have talked of raising up to $200 million this year in preparation for his 2004 re-election bid.Copyright 2003 Associated Press,...

Bush headed to Crawford for August By Chuck LindellAMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFFTuesday, July 29, 2003WASHINGTON — President Bush will spend most of August at his Crawford ranch, but frequent trips will take him to key electoral states in the Midwest and on the West Coast.Bush will be in Crawford's "Western White House" from Aug. 2 to 31, but at least seven of those days will be spent outside Texas on trips that combine fund-raisers with events promoting two key policy areas — conservation and the economy."This August, the president looks forward to traveling throughout the heartland to highlight his initiatives to...

SUMMER RECESS! Congress is about to take it's annual summer recess! Please contact your elected reps offices this week, ask them to inform you of the time and place for any upcoming "Town Hall Meeting" or other public forum your reps will be holding. This is your chance to talk with them IN PERSON, one of the most effective contacts possible. It appears that many bills, good and bad, are not going to be resolved until after the summer recess. This may be our best opportunity to press our views on avariety of subjects, as the end of the session...

<p>With less than a week to go before the Senate recesses for the summer, Senate Republicans plan to bring attention back to President Bush's stalled judicial nominees by forcing confirmation votes on four of his most contentious choices.</p> <p>Starting Tuesday with Texas judge Priscilla Owen, the GOP leaders also plan to force Democratic filibuster votes before Friday on Washington, D.C., appellate lawyer Miguel Estrada, Alabama Attorney General William Pryor and California judge Carolyn Kuhl.</p>