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"I'm not aware that Congress is doing anything," said Rep. Peter A. DeFazio, Oregon Democrat. "I don't think anybody wants to wade into it." (AP Photo/Don Ryan)
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Low short-term interest rates will be needed for a "considerable time," Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen told the Joint Economic Committee of Congress on May 7. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
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Though transfers of detainees from the prison at Guantanamo Bay have picked up in recent years as Congress relaxed some mandates, another defense policy bill and November elections are looming. Analysts say there is little prospect of any more loosening of controls at the detention facility this year. (Associated Press)
