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Stop Biometric Social Security Cards
(excerpt) Senator Chuck Schumer wants to amend the immigration bill to require you to get a new Social Security card with biometric information embedded in it. Creating this new card would . . . * Cost... ...
rudkla - 20. Jun, 09:24
FBI searches GOP congressman’s home
USA Today 04/18/07 Multiple sources are telling The Hill, a newspaper on Capitol Hill, that FBI agents searched the Virginia home of Rep. John Doolittle, R-Calif., last week as part of the ongoing corruption... ...
rudkla - 19. Apr, 17:28
Fingers in the Wind
William Fisher writes: "We all know why our public servants are held in such low esteem: earmarks, bribery, corruption, obfuscation, et cetera. But there is another practice just as cynical, just as toxic,... ...
rudkla - 22. Feb, 22:27
The Rise of "Revolving-Door" Consultants
It happens every day: Lobbyists open the right doors, make the right arguments and push their clients' narrow interests to the front of the line. The results vary. A Native American chief gets a West Wing... ...
rudkla - 24. Dez, 22:06
Don't let Congress spend its way home
FreedomWorks by Dick Armey 12/01/06 Before leaving town for the holidays many Members of Congress are hoping that the current lame-duck session will deliver more spending, more earmarks, and more pork.... ...
rudkla - 4. Dez, 14:51
What if they weren't there?
The Free Liberal by Paul Jacob 10/23/06 The first line of the New York Times article says: 'Nine months after Congressional leaders vowed to respond to several bribery scandals with comprehensive reforms,... ...
rudkla - 24. Okt, 18:01
Congress Earmarks $20 Million for Victories in Iraq, Afghanistan
Tucked away in fine print in the military spending bill for this past year was a lump sum of $20 million to pay for a celebration in the nation's capital "for commemoration of success" in Iraq and Afghanistan.... ...
rudkla - 5. Okt, 14:45
Washington Deal Maker Details Palm Greasing
The Cunningham scandal set off alarms about the proliferation of Congressional earmarks -- money for pet projects inserted anonymously in spending bills -- which critics say pervert public policy, encourage... ...
rudkla - 7. Aug, 14:41
Hastert et al. benefiting from earmarks & land deals
http://www.ufppc.org/conte nt/view/4698/ Informant: jensenmk From ufpj-news ...
rudkla - 22. Jun, 22:08
Is the NSA spying on U.S. Internet traffic?
Two former AT&T employees say the telecom giant has maintained a secret, highly secure room in St. Louis since 2002. Intelligence experts say it bears the earmarks of a National Security Agency operation. http://www.inf ormationclearinghouse.info /article13714.htm ...
rudkla - 22. Jun, 11:27
