Tag: congress
member name: Walker Bennett, SF Author
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December 18, 2009 04:47 AM EST --
Senators may be home for Christmas only in their dreams
Ho, ho -- oh, no! For weeks -- months, really -- Republicans have stalled health-care legislation in the Senate. But now Democrats have . . .
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February 13, 2009 03:10 PM EST --
<big><big> CCHC Report on Economic Stimulus & Patient Rights </big></big>
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Part 1: National Health Surveillance </big> </big> . . .
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June 08, 2009 07:31 PM EDT --
Among Israel's U.S. Backers, Anxiety And Some Support Greet Obama's Words
President Obama's new formulation on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict - along with his tough new stance against Israeli . . .
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December 13, 2009 02:13 PM EST --
Can Congress create agencies insulated from White House control?
MinnPost
WASHINGTON, D.C. The U . S . Supreme Court takes up a case examining the extent to which Congress can create an . . .
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December 18, 2009 04:37 AM EST --
GOP senators to block defense bill in bid to delay health-care vote
Senate Republicans said Thursday that they would try to filibuster a massive Pentagon bill that funds the wars in Iraq and . . .
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August 29, 2009 01:43 PM EDT --
Access and the Internet
Washington should pass legislation that would prohibit Internet service providers from blocking or discriminating against content.
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June 08, 2009 06:25 PM EDT --
Call For Amendment To S416, Cluster Bomb Bill
I'd like to encourage you to take a position that would advocate lobbying for an Amendment to S 416, the Cluster Bomb Bill, so that it comes much . . .
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June 09, 2009 11:47 AM EDT --
"I have come to the conclusion that one useless man is called a disgrace. That two become a law firm; and that three or more become a congress!" -- John Adams in "1776" by Sherman Edwards & Peter . . .
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June 09, 2009 01:01 PM EDT --
Omnibus CYA Act Of 2009
A healthy rivalry between the branches of government is the soul of our republic, so when the Senate's proposed ban on releasing photos and videos of torture fell short . . .
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June 10, 2009 12:24 PM EDT --
Fear Rules
Didn't some famous guy say, "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself."? Well, there is something else: our government.
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June 10, 2009 12:29 PM EDT --
Hide Them!
Graham insists, "We're not going to do any more business in the Senate. Nothing's going forward until we get this right." By "get this right" he means, of course, bury this evidence, . . .
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June 10, 2009 12:35 PM EDT --
Gimme That Old-Time Religion
A whole lot of Faustian chickens are coming home to roost in the GOP's crumbling coop. The party courted those base voters -- evangelical Christians, hardcore gun-rights . . .
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June 25, 2009 03:06 PM EDT --
No good deed goes unpunished. The "good" legislation is consistently nullified by lobbyists and money interests.
Arianna Huffington: Lobbyists on a Roll: Gutting Reform on Banking, Energy, . . .
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June 26, 2009 10:55 PM EDT --
Have you noticed that Drug War reform is suddenly in the air? In recent months we've seen a startling rise in the number of politicians and citizens of all political stripes willing to challenge the . . .
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October 01, 2009 03:06 PM EDT --
Congress these days resembles a French train station men's room. Use plenty of soap.
By Dave Lindorff
It's Congress: Don't Forget to Wash Your Hands After Hearings
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October 26, 2009 09:20 AM EDT --
CONGRESS MOVES TO CONTROL ALL U.S. WATER
Conservatives are warning Americans about the ambitions of federal lawmakers to control all waters within the United States including those on private . . .
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November 30, 2009 09:35 PM EST --
Obamacare Is Unconstitutional | Gene Healy
As Harry Reid's health care bill moves to the Senate floor, the debate over Obamacare finally begins in earnest. Shouldn't the Constitution be part of . . .
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May 24, 2007 05:54 AM EDT --
For at least 10 years that I know of, there has been a legend floating around the 'net about Congress taxing email. Well, coming soon to an ISP near you...
Net taxes could arrive by this fall . . .
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May 04, 2008 07:21 PM EDT --
There is a bill currently before both houses of the U.S. Congress which will essentially revoke the Copyright Act. I have links below to both the House and Senate versions of this bill, laughingly titles . . .
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May 19, 2009 10:38 AM EDT --
This has me tremendously disturbed. Combined with the "Orphan Works Act" of 2008 ( http://www.copyright.gov/orphan/ - I totally disagree with this act because it's a giveaway to big . . .
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