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Kristi Ellis

Bureau Chief, Washington

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Immigration Move Puts Pressure on Employers

The Bush administration is taking matters into its own hands to curb illegal immigration without help from…

Rangel to Focus On Peru Free Trade Deal

House Ways & Means Committee chairman Charles Rangel (D., N.Y.) said he will make consideration of a free…

Congress Puts China Currency Bills in Play

The Democratic-controlled Congress, intent on recasting the trade agenda, headed into a monthlong recess last…

Senate Committee Passes Bill Targeting China Manipulation

The Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee passed a bill Wednesday that would pressure China to…

Dems Mull Action Over High Court Pay Rulings

Democrats in Congress considered moves Tuesday that would counteract Supreme Court decisions involving…

House OKs Foreign Cargo Scanning Bill

Congress sent President a sweeping security conference report that requires 100 percent scanning of all cargo…

Senate Committee Passes China Currency Bill

The Senate Finance Committee overwhelmingly passed a bill Thursday that takes the first legislative step…

The China Syndrome: Senate Steps Up Push For Yuan Revaluation

The U.S. government came another step closer Tuesday to taking punitive action against China unless the…

Congressional Committee OKs Proposal for Cargo Screening

A Congressional conference committee on Thursday approved a proposal to require 100 percent scanning of…

Security Committee Adamant on Screening

The chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee said Tuesday there was no room for compromise on a…

House Bill to Mandate Scans of All U.S.-Bound Cargo

The chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee said Tuesday there was no room for compromise on a…

Apparel Imports Could See Fallout From Tainted Chinese Goods

Product safety oversight is getting more scrutiny from Congress after the discovery of contaminated imports…

Democrats Look to Take Tougher Stance on Free Trade Agenda

Democrats are brandishing their power over the trade agenda on Capitol Hill this summer, replacing the Bush…

Fuentes Line Factory to Comply With Labor Laws

A Guatemalan factory producing blouses for the apparel line of celebrity Daisy Fuentes and shirts for Wet…

Fuentes Line Factory to Comply With Labor Laws

A Guatemalan factory producing blouses for the apparel line of celebrity Daisy Fuentes and shirts for Wet…