Even now, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac's recent troubles may not dim their influence on Capitol Hill, says Mike House, director of FM Policy Focus, a lobbying group that's campaigned for years to regulate the GSEs more strictly.

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Mike Hill in Watertown, Mass.

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Man of the match Derek Campbell, Mike Prpich, Phil Hill, Wes Jarvis, Matt Towe and Jason Silverthorn notched one each for the visitors.

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In Indiana's 9th Congressional District, Republican challenger Mike Sodrel took the seat held by Democrat Baron Hill.

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And, of course, Defense Secretary Gates and the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, Admiral Mike Mullen, are expected to testify on Capitol Hill next week about this issue.

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Here to help us suss it out is Mike Gerhardt, a professor of Constitutional Law at UNC Chapel Hill.

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On Wednesday, US Defence Secretary Robert Gates, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Mike Mullen, are due to testify before Congress on Capitol Hill.

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Mike Lee have begun to move the monetary reform question on Capitol Hill.

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In Poway, northeast of San Diego, Mike Perry and his neighbors watched in disbelief this week as fire climbed over a hill near his home and crept closer to his front door.

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Hill says he has spoken to a lot of people at the club since his appointment to succeed Mike Ruddock.

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