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Thursday, December 11, 2003
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Democrats protected workers from GOP assault this week by blocking a spending bill (filled with pork barrel waste) that would have allowed President Bush to strip overtime pay from as many as eight million workers. Click here to learn more about this ... [Kicking Ass]
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President Bush found himself in an uncomfortable position today, trying to ask allies like France, Russia, and Germany to forgive Iraq's debt just a day after the Pentagon informed those countries they would not be able to get any contracts to help reb... [Kicking Ass]
10:51:08 PM Google It!
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A much-watched first date for presidential hopeful Dennis Kucinich ended with kisses on the cheek and an endorsement. By The Associated Press. [New York Times: NYT HomePage]
10:50:16 PM Google It!
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President Bush explained today that "the expenditure of U.S. dollars will reflect the fact that U.S. troops and others risk their life." By David E. Sanger and Douglas Jehl. [New York Times: NYT HomePage]
10:46:17 PM Google It!
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West Texans and some state officials are calling for a halt to a deal that allows a group of well-connected Midland oilmen to sell water from the state's public reserves. By Ralph Blumenthal. [New York Times: Business]
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The advisers are planning a campaign that takes account of what they see as Howard Dean's strengths and weaknesses. By Richard W. Stevenson. [New York Times: NYT HomePage]
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[Washington Post: Editorial] By David S. Broder
...Gore's action changed the race and rattled Dean's rivals, though all of them vowed in Tuesday night's New Hampshire debate that they would carry the fight to the voters. With Gore running interference, Dean has the best blocker he could find to fend off attacks on his positions and his electability. The endorsement should boost Dean in Iowa, where Gephardt has been a real threat, and it may help with African American voters in South Carolina and other states.
Some, however, may wonder how much confidence to place in Gore's political judgment. This is the man, after all, who lost the White House in a time of peace and prosperity, a strategist who refused to permit President Clinton even to campaign for him in New Hampshire, West Virginia or Florida -- all Clinton states, any one of which would have given Democrats the victory. ...
9:51:41 AM Google It!
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[Washington Post: Editorial]
IN UPHOLDING virtually all of the McCain-Feingold campaign finance reform legislation yesterday, the Supreme Court issued one of its most important decisions in a generation. The ruling, embraced by five justices, makes clear that Congress is not helpless to prevent politicians from seeking unlimited contributions from corporations, labor unions and wealthy individuals -- who then expect, and get, a sympathetic congressional ear. The ruling also makes clear that Congress can respond when those groups circumvent restrictions on political giving by running campaign ads of their own, thinly disguised as discussions of "issues." It affirms, in other words, that the Constitution does not require a broken democracy in which the government is impotent in the face of a culture of influence peddling.
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[Washington Post: Nation and Politics] By David Von Drehle, Washington Post Staff Writer
It's not every day the National Rifle Association and the American Civil Liberties Union are outraged by the same Supreme Court decision.
The two organizations are often used to represent opposite poles of American politics, the gun-toting right and the liberal left. But both groups hated yesterday's unexpectedly broad ruling by the court to uphold the major provisions of the McCain-Feingold campaign finance law.
Reformers have been trying to squeeze the influence of money out of politics for at least 100 years, but yesterday's ruling was either one of the boldest steps yet or a terrible overreach, depending on which side was analyzing the case. Surprise at the scope of the ruling was just about universal, however. Even many proponents of the campaign finance law had expected the court to use the First Amendment to strike down new limits on political advertising on television. ...
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[Washington Post: Nation and Politics] By Eric Pianin
Washington Post Staff Writer
The federal government plans to warn pregnant women, nursing mothers and even those thinking of getting pregnant to limit their consumption of tuna as part of a broad advisory concerning the dangers of eating fish and shellfish with elevated levels of harmful mercury. ...
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[New York Times: International News] By DAVID E. SANGER and DOUGLAS JEHL
— President Bush found himself in the awkward position on Wednesday of calling the leaders of France, Germany and Russia to ask them to forgive Iraq's debts, just a day after the Pentagon said it was excluding those countries and others from $18 billion in American-financed Iraqi reconstruction projects. ...
9:25:03 AM Google It!
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[AP Politics] By LEIGH STROPE, AP Labor Writer
WASHINGTON - Several hundred union members rallied outside the Labor Department (news - web sites) on Wednesday, calling for tougher laws to protect American workers and denouncing the Bush administration for what they said were anti-union policies.
The rally was one of more than 90 events in 38 states designed to call attention to hurdles workers face when trying to form unions.
Shawn Franklin, a Transportation Security Administration airport screener at the rally, cannot bargain as part of a union for pay and work conditions because government officials said such actions would be incompatible with the war on terror. ...
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