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• Ask A Lobbyist Dept.: Maybe It All Works Out

  Published: July 25, 2007, 2:35 pm

  Tags: Ask A Lobbyist Dept, Congress, Lobbying

  Every week, our Anonymous Lobbyist answers your questions about how laws get made and why they probably shouldn’t. If you have a question about the dirty business of doing business in...

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• Dept. Of Set Redesigns: Wacky New House Judiciary Panel Finds Miers, Bolten In Contempt

  Published: July 25, 2007, 1:29 pm

  Tags: Bush Administration, Congress, Dept Of Set Redesigns, Harriet Miers, Impeachment, Watergate

  Well, looks like Harriet Miers and Josh Bolten are now officially in contempt of Congress, thanks to the 22-17 vote of the House panel, pictured at left. Miers and Bolten were arrested and sent to...

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• Do something Congress

  Published: July 27, 2007, 12:06 pm

  Tags: House, Senate, 110th Congress, Republicans, Democrats

  People are pissed that Congress has "done nothing" to stop Bush and his lost-cause war, and that does nothing to improve the GOP's chances in 2008. As Republicans squawk about the "do nothing" Congress, voters will simply seek a Congress and president better able to stop and reverse the Bush/GOP agenda before it does further harm to our

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• Congress Votes on Banning Mercury From Vaccines

  Published: July 18, 2007, 8:25 am

  Tags: Mercury, Paul Offitt, Congress, Thimerosal, A Champ, Every Child By Two, Vaccines, Rosalynn Carter, Sanofi

  you want to call or fax your Congressman and don't know who your Member of Congress is you can find out by Clicking Here or going to http://capwiz.com/a-champ/directory/congdir.tt Your Congressman's contact information can be found there.E-mail your Member of the House of Representatives AND CALL their office (Congressional Switchboard

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• It Is Time for Julie Gerberding to Step Down

  Published: July 17, 2007, 7:17 pm

  Tags: Congress, Gerberding, Cdc

  agencies and those in Congress with responsibility for overseeing agency budgets, with reigning in wasteful spending; demanding measurable results from programs and grantees; and with reevaluating current spending before asking politicians and taxpayers to send more scarce tax dollars."CDC Off Center" is not an effort to discredit the good

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• In Brief: Alberto Gonzales is going to be impeached ...

  Published: July 30, 2007, 6:44 pm

  Tags: Alberto Gonzales, Congress, Congress Will Appoint Matlock To Take His Place, Doj, Impeachment

  Alberto Gonzales is going to be impeached tomorrow, and then everyone in America gets ice cream. [National Journal]

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• More Evidence of Yahoo Wrongdoing?

  Published: July 31, 2007, 3:03 pm

  Tags: Culture, China, Congress, Dissident, Dui Hua, Shi Tao, Yahoo, Csco, Goog, Msft, Yhoo

  a Yahoo lawyer had lied to Congress about the case: "His testimony to Congress last year was accurate and forthright. In regards to the Shi Tao case, Mr. Callahan's testimony stated that Yahoo China did not know Mr. Shi's identity, and the Chinese government did not provide the facts surrounding the case or disclose that the nature of

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• Duncan Hunter Knows His Priorities, Just Not His Facts

  Published: July 31, 2007, 6:35 pm

  Tags: Rubber Stamp Congress, Right Wing Stupidity, Hardball Chris Matthews

  alleged perjury before Congress. Hunter demurred from answering for Gonzo, but used the airtime to slam the Democrats for ignoring what he thinks should be the priority for Congress: the “loopholes” in the FISA law. The only problem? Those loopholes aren’t really loopholes. They’re protections to American

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• Quote of the Day: Will Rogers

  Published: August 2, 2007, 7:29 pm

  Tags: Quote Of The Day, Congress, Politics, Quote, Quote Of The Day, Quotes, Will Rogers

  “The more you read and observe about this Politics thing, you got to admit that each party is worse than the other. The one that’s out always looks the best.” Will Rogers, Illiterate Digest (1924), “Breaking into the Writing Game” US humorist & showman (1879 - 1935)

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• Walking Before Midnight Dept.: Something Interesting Happened on C-Span!

  Published: August 3, 2007, 11:37 am

  Tags: C Span, Clips, Congress, House, Immigration, Michael Mcnulty, Steny Hoyer, Walking Before Midnight Dept

  Chaos4tm Uploaded by luvnews Last night, crazy nonsense went down on the House floor, as Republicans walked out on a vote because of sour grapes after their anti-immigrant motion was shot down in a...

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• US Congressman and others in the pocket of Turkey.

  Published: July 28, 2007, 5:54 pm

  Tags: Turkey Robert Wexler Kurds Armenians Turcomans Cyprus Us Congress

  Jonathan Katz, representing Congressman Robert Wexler was also given an oil painting done by Mrs. Nukhet Durudogan, depicting a lovely landscape seen through her bedroom window at home in Bodrum, Turkey. This thoughtful gift was slated to be placed in the office of Florida Congressman ,Robert Wexler in Washington, D.C. It and other presents were

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• Stop Being Characters in Their Story

  Published: August 4, 2007, 10:24 pm

  Tags: Fisa, Congress

  if the folks camped out in Congress are tired after working a longer than normal session, they have my sympathy.  What they don't have is a pass to sign anything that will get them out of town. They certainly can't blame exhaustion for this. Under pressure from President Bush, House Democrats on Saturday grudgingly prepared to move

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• How a DENR ‘midnight deal’ was forged

  Published: August 5, 2007, 8:13 am

  Tags: Environment Watch, Congress Watch, Governance, In The News, Ambient Air Network Project, Angelo Reyes, Department Of Environment Natural Resources, Edcel Lagman, Emissions Technology Inc, Kalikasan

  FORMER Department of Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Angelo T. Reyes will surely be hounded by his alleged “midnight approval” of the $1.3-million full payment to the Emissions Technology Incorporated (ETI) for the Ambient Air Network Project. But he will not be alone. Albay Rep. Edcel Lagman may find himself similarly

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• The perks of being congressman

  Published: July 29, 2007, 12:07 pm

  Tags: Congress Watch, Governance

  before the 14th Congress opened, Budget Secretary Rolando Andaya Jr. had humored the neophyte members of the House of Representatives about the enviable perks enjoyed by lawmakers. The former representative of Camarines Sur who once chaired the powerful House appropriations committee was invited to orient the first-term legislators on the

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• Webcasters tie it in the 3rd, head to overtime.

  Published: December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm

  Tags: Webcasters, Soundexchange, Rockstar, Riaa, Law, Congress

  exec Jon Simson told congress that they will not be enforcing the new internet radio royalty rates this week. SoundExchange and webcasters are headed back to the table to try and hammer out rates that reside closer to the realm of reality and fairness.Stay tuned...this one isn't over yet.Professional Rockstars is following this closely,

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