links for 2008-01-15
15
Jan
2008
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Last month, President Bush signed a $516 billion omnibus spending bill, although complaining of the thousands of congressional pet projects, or earmarks, in the bill.
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Over the past decade, Sen. John McCain has annoyed, aggravated and nearly destroyed some of the most powerful members of Washington’s Republican establishment, creating a list of antagonists including anti-tax crusader Grover Norquist and the vehement Gun
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“Give me a break. This whole thing is the biggest fairy tale I’ve ever seen.” Thus spoke Bill Clinton last Monday night, exasperated by Barack Obama’s claim that he — unlike Hillary Clinton — had been consistently right (or wrong, depending on
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With oil prices still flirting with $100 a barrel, everyone is talking about the need for “energy independence.”
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The 110th Congress will kick off its second session this week by tackling a politically explosive surveillance measure for the third time since last summer, but not much new is expected from lawmakers preoccupied with the November elections
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On Election Day in 1978, Republican State Senator John Briggs of California surveyed the wreckage of his political career.
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Senator James Inhofe (R-Okla.), Ranking Member of the Environment & Public Works Committee, was recognized today by the Congressional Management Foundation http://www.cmfweb.org/ (CMF) for having one of the top websites in Congress.
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An interesting press release from the Lt. Governor in South Carolina about next weekend’s primary. What does he say about voters who are 65 plus?
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The Washington Post’s Ben Pershing alerts us to the latest report on Congressional websites (e.g., official .gov sites).
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After successfully pressing for the first changes in the Freedom of Information Act in over a decade, Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, now moves to his next open government project: shining the light on federal spending.