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BELLINGHAM, Wash. -- Congress has approved more summer activities at ski areas on federal lands.

Wildlife advocates are urging a federal appeals panel to restore endangered species protections for wolves.

Urging wildlife preservation, Ian Somerhalder testified before the Congress on behalf of the Multinational Species Coalition.

Under pressure from Congress, the Obama administration is backing away from a plan to make millions of acres of undeveloped land in the West eligible for federal wilderness protection.

Congress is pulling on its hip waders again to try to rescue a government policy wreck left over from 2005's Hurricane Katrina.

Brian Schweitzer said. Schweitzer said the breakdown in talks between the three states and the Obama administration makes it unlikely Congress will address the issue this year.

Roger Clemens has been indicted for making false statements to Congress in 2008.

A federal grand jury indicted Roger Clemens for allegedly lying to Congress.

The people of the nation's capital have waited more than two centuries to get a vote in Congress, and now it looks like Washington's roughly 600,000 residents will have to wait even longer.

May 19, 2009 - -- The Democratic-controlled Congress is moving to restore a Bush administration policy that allowed loaded guns in national parks.