From Senator Dodd’s Speech in Opposition to FISA Bill on Floor of U.S. Senate: “And let me make clear, at the outset of this debate, that this is not about domestic surveillance itself. We all recognize the importance of domestic surveillance – in an age of unprecedented threats. This is about illegal, unwarranted, unchecked domestic [...]
April 11, 2008 – 10:28 am
From myLifetime’s Breast Cancer Petition: “Urge Congress to end the practice of ‘drive-through’ mastectomies, [which is] when women are forced to leave the hospital following their physically and emotionally difficult breast cancer surgeries before they and their doctors may feel they are ready to go home. Senator Landrieu and Representatives DeLauro and Moran are championing [...]
February 15, 2008 – 01:09 pm
From the Rutland Herald’s The Senate caves: “Democrats in the Senate caved on Tuesday for fear that they might be designated soft on terrorism, approving a bill that gives the federal government broad powers to spy on Americans with little judicial oversight. It was a defeat for Sen. Patrick Leahy, who has sought to hold [...]
December 7, 2007 – 01:05 pm
Live From Congress: The Ocular Penetration Restriction Act of 2007
[Hat tip to Josh for the link]
November 29, 2007 – 03:30 pm
From Huffington Post’s article on The Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act, which passed in the House last month and is waiting for Senate approval: “…the Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act could easily be abused to define any group that is pressuring the political system as “terrorist,” ranging from polygamists, to second [...]
November 11, 2007 – 02:06 pm
From Frank Rich’s column, The Coup at Home: “So what if America’s chief law enforcement official won’t say that waterboarding is illegal? A state of emergency is a state of emergency. You’re either willing to sacrifice principles to head off the next ticking bomb, or you’re with the terrorists. Constitutional corners were cut in Washington [...]
November 8, 2007 – 03:59 pm
From The Brad Blog’s post, Game of Chicken: Republicans Vote AGAINST Tabling Resolution to Impeach Dick Cheney: “Still trying to unravel what specifically happened today on the floor of the U.S. House, where Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) used a “privileged resolution” to try and force a vote on his measure to begin Impeachment proceedings of [...]
September 27, 2007 – 10:03 am
From Think Progress’ BREAKING: Lieberman-Kyl’s Iran amendment passes: “By a vote of 76-22, the Senate passed the Lieberman-Kyl amendment, which threatens to ‘combat, contain and [stop]‘ Iran via ‘military instruments.’ Sen. Jim Webb D-VA called the amendment ‘Cheney’s fondest pipe dream’ and said it could ‘read as a backdoor method of gaining Congressional validation for [...]
September 24, 2007 – 12:25 pm
From Slate’s Why isn’t Congress asking tough questions about Pentagon spending?: “The [proposed] military budget—not including any money for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan—totals $500 billion. This is roughly equal to the military budgets of all the rest of the world’s nations combined. Adjusting for inflation, it is larger than the U.S. military budget [...]
September 4, 2007 – 02:16 pm
From the NY Tmes Op-Ed, America’s Toe-Tapping Menace: “What is shocking about Senator Larry Craig’s bathroom arrest is not what he may have been doing tapping his shoe in that stall, but that Minnesotans are still paying policemen to tap back.” [A take on the Craig scandal that didn't even occur to me, which is [...]
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