Progressive Caucus rising
In These Times
by Nick Burt & Joel Bleifuss
11/09/06
Don't buy all the crap coming from GOP talking-point memos or the blather from mainstream pundits. The midterm elections do not signal a move to the center. Yes, a few conservative Democrats were elected, but the big gainers were progressives. In particular, the Congressional Progressive Caucus is on the rise. No longer will Rep. F. James Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.) be able to grab the gavel and run, as he did at a hearing last year when faced with pointed questions from Congressional Democrats about the [USA] PATRIOT Act, Guantanamo and the 'war on terror.' During a hearing, Sensenbrenner, the chair of the House Judiciary Committee, used his standing to abruptly declare the committee's public hearing on the PATRIOT Act over. He cut off the microphones of the Democratic half of the panel and smugly shuffled out of the room, thereby avoiding any more frivolous questions about 'civil rights.' Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich) -- the new chair of the Judiciary Committee -- will welcome such questions...
http://www.inthesetimes.com/site/main/article/2914/
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Sensenbrenner
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Conyers
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Guantanamo
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=PATRIOT+Act
by Nick Burt & Joel Bleifuss
11/09/06
Don't buy all the crap coming from GOP talking-point memos or the blather from mainstream pundits. The midterm elections do not signal a move to the center. Yes, a few conservative Democrats were elected, but the big gainers were progressives. In particular, the Congressional Progressive Caucus is on the rise. No longer will Rep. F. James Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.) be able to grab the gavel and run, as he did at a hearing last year when faced with pointed questions from Congressional Democrats about the [USA] PATRIOT Act, Guantanamo and the 'war on terror.' During a hearing, Sensenbrenner, the chair of the House Judiciary Committee, used his standing to abruptly declare the committee's public hearing on the PATRIOT Act over. He cut off the microphones of the Democratic half of the panel and smugly shuffled out of the room, thereby avoiding any more frivolous questions about 'civil rights.' Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich) -- the new chair of the Judiciary Committee -- will welcome such questions...
http://www.inthesetimes.com/site/main/article/2914/
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Sensenbrenner
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Conyers
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Guantanamo
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=PATRIOT+Act
rudkla - 10. Nov, 14:45
