As members of Congress return to Capitol Hill today, President Bush this morning took the occasion to urge them to approve everything from reforms of federal housing loans to a Colombia free trade agreement and overhaul of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.

"I ask members of both parties to get these pieces of legislation to my desk as soon as possible," Bush said just before boarding Air Force One for a visit to Eastern Europe in a trip that includes a NATO summit.

— Carrie Sheffield, Web editor, The Washington Times