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House votes to end 25-year offshore drilling ban
MSNBC 06/29/06 The House voted Thursday to end a quarter-century offshore drilling ban and allow energy companies to tap natural gas and oil beneath waters from New England to Alaska. Opponents of the... ...
rudkla - 30. Jun, 22:44
Estate-Tax Cuts "Sweetened" With Corporate Welfare for Timber
To butter up Senate votes, lawmakers pushing to roll back taxes for the ultra-wealthy are throwing a tax break for timber into the mix - and drawing the ire of public-interest advocates. http://www.tru thout.org/issues_06/062806 EB.shtml ...
rudkla - 29. Jun, 11:01
Debate on Hill Over Power of the President
What should Congress do if the president refuses to enforce a law - or some part of it he deems un-Constitutional? It's a question that has simmered in the GOP-controlled Congress over issues ranging from... ...
rudkla - 28. Jun, 23:07
Bush ignores laws he inks, vexing Congress
LaPorte Herald-Argus 06/27/06 Se n. John McCain thought he had a deal when President Bush, faced with a veto-proof margin in Congress, agreed to sign a bill banning the torture of detainees. Not quite.... ...
rudkla - 27. Jun, 14:47
Scheduled Release of Flood Maps Has Lawmakers on Edge
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is slated to release a new set of flood maps that could force California cities to spend millions on repairing local levees. Reps. Dennis Cardoza of Merced,... ...
rudkla - 27. Jun, 08:58
Legality of US Bank Data Searches Probed in Belgium
Belgium's government said on Monday it was investigating the legality of counter-terrorism searches by US officials of thousands of private records held by Brussels-based international bank cooperative... ...
rudkla - 27. Jun, 08:56
The GOP faces an uphill fight on re-selling the Iraq war, now in its fourth year
Polls, Pundits and Pols "You'd never know it from some of the reporting and bloviating on the debate over an Iraq withdrawal, but all major polls show that the public favors withdrawals, with strong support... ...
rudkla - 23. Jun, 21:54
Shielding the flag, shattering liberty
Star Tribune by staff 06/22/06 America is a nation built on four flimsy sheets of parchment. They're not as thrilling to look at as Old Glory, but the brittle pages of the U.S. Constitution have done... ...
rudkla - 23. Jun, 15:36
US didn’t find WMDs, despite claims
MSNBC 06/22/06 Senior U.S. intelligence officials said Thursday they have no evidence that Iraq produced chemical weapons after the 1991 Gulf War, despite recent reports from media outlets and Republican... ...
rudkla - 23. Jun, 15:24
Congress quietly holds classified briefings on Iran
The amendment indicates that few in Congress have received access to US intelligence on Iran. Democrats' comments also signal that key lawmakers have yet to be briefed with regard to Administration policy. http://tinyurl.co m/qckrs Iran... ...
rudkla - 23. Jun, 14:13
