House Bill Limits Whole-body Imaging
On June 4, the House voted 310-118 for a bill (H.R. 2027) limiting the use of whole-body imaging devices as the sole or...
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Judge Sonia Sotomayor’s Shadowy Thinking
There may soon be more “penumbras formed by emanations” in the invisible, unpredictable “living Constitution” if President Obama’s U.S. Supreme Court nominee, Sonia...
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Congress Passes $3.56 Trillion Budget Resolution
On April 29, Congress passed a nonbinding $3.56 trillion budget resolution for the 2010 fiscal year. The resolution (S. Con. Res. 13) first...
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Republicans Open to More Stimulus
"Second verse, same as the first," go the lyrics to a '60s Herman's Hermits song about Henry VIII and repetition ad naseum. And...
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Pelosi: More Bailout Funds Needed
On both sides of the aisle, lawmakers are beginning to express doubts that more bailouts will solve the nation’s economic problems and have...
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Public Lands Bill Threatens Energy, Economy
With our economy already staggering under an avalanche of debt, taxes, regulations, and the high costs of energy, Democrats in the Senate have...
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Senate Considers D.C. Voting Rights Bill
The U.S. Senate voted 62 to 34 yesterday to begin debating the D.C. voting rights bill (S. 160), which would add two permanent...
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Pelosi: Contraceptives for a Better Economy
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi has revealed more of her worldview of humans and their worth. In an interview with George Stephanopoulos...
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20,000 Troops To Be Deployed in United States
"The U.S. military expects to have 20,000 uniformed troops inside the United States by 2011 trained to help state and local officials respond...
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According to Pelosi, Impeachment Proceedings Are “Off the Table”
When California Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi became House Speaker with the election of a Democratic majority in 2006, hopes ran high in some quarters...
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A Housing Bill of Horrors
In response to the housing crisis, the American Housing Rescue and Foreclosure Prevention Act of 2008 (H.R. 3221) passed in the House (272-152)...
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Former Senator Jesse Helms Passes Away on July 4
On July 4 of this year, an old patriot passed away. Former five-term North Carolina Senator Jesse Helms, retired since 2002, finally succumbed...
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Warrantless-search Legislation Moves Forward
The bill amending the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) would allow the government to engage in massive collection of American citizens’ communications without...
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Senate Climate Change Bill Crashes
On Monday, June 2, the U.S. Senate began deliberating on the Climate Security Act (S. 3036), in what many hoped would mark the...
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