Archive for the 'Congress' Category
Saturday, April 12th, 2008
baltimoresun.com
Bush stance likened to Nixon’s
Judiciary Committee lawyers urge judge to make White House answer subpoenas
Associated Press
April 11, 2008
WASHINGTON President Bush’s refusal to let two confidants provide information to Congress about fired federal prosecutors represents the most expansive view of executive privilege since Watergate, the House Judiciary Committee told a federal judge yesterday.
Lawyers for the Democratic-led […]
Posted in Congress, Bush, Charles Schumer, Department of Justice, Richard Nixon, Judge Mukasey, Diane Feinstein |
Monday, April 7th, 2008
Think Progress
April 7, 2008
Despite His Votes To Cut Veterans Funding, McCain Says We Owe Vets ‘A Debt We Can Never Repay’
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He also said that veterans should have access to “the highest quality health…care in the world” upon returning:
As President, I will do everything in my power to ensure that those who serve today and those […]
Posted in Congress, Military, John S. McCain III |
Sunday, March 30th, 2008
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I found these stills to accompany Vincenzo’s observations
which are best read before viewing the enclosed video.
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From the electrons of Vincenzo Kolchak…
“I guess I missed on the hat — I just showed this to (L’il Vincenzo) and now he knows where Krusty the Klown came from — I have to say that Galapoochie is the […]
Posted in Congress, John Spencer, Television, 1950s, Richard Nixon, Children |
Wednesday, March 12th, 2008
Slaughterhouse exec defends himself
By ERICA WERNER, Associated Press Writer 13 minutes ago
The head of the Southern California slaughterhouse at the center of the largest beef recall in U.S. history said Wednesday no unsafe beef was processed at his plant but that his company is ruined despite no evidence of contamination.
Westland/Hallmark Meat Co. President Steve Mendell […]
Posted in Business, Congress, Health, Cuisine, Violence, Department of Agriculture |
Saturday, March 8th, 2008
March 9, 2008
Bush Uses Veto on C.I.A. Tactics to Affirm Legacy
By STEVEN LEE MYERS
The New York Times
WASHINGTON — President Bush on Saturday further cemented his legacy of fighting for strong executive powers, using his veto to shut down a Congressional effort to limit the Central Intelligence Agency’s latitude to subject terrorism suspects to harsh interrogation […]
Posted in Congress, Bush, Torture, Pentagon |
Friday, March 7th, 2008
No Need for Lawmakers’ Approval of Iraq Pact, U.S. Reasserts
By Karen DeYoung
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, March 6, 2008; Page A18
The Bush administration yesterday advanced a new argument for why it does not require congressional approval to strike a long-term security agreement with Iraq, stating that Congress had already endorsed such an initiative through its 2002 […]
Posted in Congress, Constitution, Bush, Cong-SENATE |
Sunday, December 2nd, 2007
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This has been going for years.
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Secrecy invoked on Abramoff lawsuits
By PETE YOST Sun Dec 2, 3:43 AM ET
WASHINGTON - The Bush administration is laying out a new secrecy defense in an effort to end a court battle about the White House visits of now-imprisoned lobbyist Jack Abramoff.
The administration agreed last year to produce all responsive […]
Posted in Congress, Abramoff, Bush |
Friday, November 30th, 2007
Think Progress had this story from the Morning Joe program on MSNBC…
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This morning, former White House chief of staff at the time, Andrew Card, appeared on MSNBC’s Morning Joe and completely discredited Rove’s argument:
SCARBOROUGH: We have to start with something that we all are talking about a couple of days ago where Karl Rove […]
Posted in Congress, Bush, Iraq, Rove, Andrew Card |
Tuesday, November 27th, 2007
I switch off the television when Tom Cruise, Roger Clemens,
any high school football coach or
Karl Rove begins to speak.
It’s a survival mechanism.
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Paul Abrams
Huffington Post
Rove: “Congress Pushed Bush to War in Iraq Prematurely”
Posted November 25, 2007 | 08:56 PM (EST)
You are not going to believe this, well, actually you will… According to Karl Rove (on Charlie […]
Posted in Congress, Iraq, Television, Movies, Rove |
Sunday, November 11th, 2007
Is he referring to that concept for which
Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas said
“The right to be let alone is indeed the beginning of all freedoms.“
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“We deal with a right of privacy older than the Bill of Rights-
older than our political parties, older than our school system.”
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As is the case with everything in […]
Posted in Congress, Bill of Rights, administration, Constitution, Supreme Court, Intelligence |
