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Obama doesn't need this friend
Alcee Hastings used to be a federal judge. Then he got impeached by the House and convicted by the Senate. Now he's a congressman from Florida. People have a right to vote for whomever they want, even one of the six federal judges in America ever to be...Tags: Personal Weapon Control, National Government, Gun Control, Barack Obama, Parliament
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Gonzales off the hook for mishandling secrets
Associated PressThe Justice Department refused to prosecute former Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales for improperly - possibly illegally - storing in his office and home classified information about two of the Bush administration's most sensitive counterterrorism...Tags: Upper House, National Security Agency, Michigan, Laws, National Security
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Victory in the voting rights battle
We've come to the end of a remarkable journey. In the early 1960s, most Southern blacks were barred from voting. Yet today, just over four decades later, blacks and whites from across the country have selected an African American man as the presidential...Tags: History, Jesse Jackson, Democratic Party, Minority Groups, Barack Obama
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Tuesday's Democratic National Convention schedule
TELEVISION COVERAGE: The network news channels (ABC, CBS, NBC) will offer nightly prime-time coverage of the convention from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. The cable news channels (MSNBC, CNN, Fox) will broadcast live from Denver and offer round-the-clock coverage....Tags: Wisconsin, Oregon, Parliament, California, New Hampshire
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Wednesday's Democratic National Convention schedule
BLOG | SCHEDULE | PHOTOS/VIDEO | SPEECHES | POLITICS A-Z | RSS TELEVISION COVERAGE: The network channels (ABC, CBS, NBC) will offer nightly prime-time coverage of the convention from 7 to 8 p.m. The cable news channels (MSNBC, CNN,...Tags: Wisconsin, Oregon, California, Parliament, New Hampshire
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Executive privilege showdown looms for Congress, White House
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterCongress and the Bush administration headed for a preelection showdown Wednesday over the issue of executive privilege, with House Democrats scheduling a hearing that would put a key former administration figure under oath and the Justice Department...Tags: Upper House, Colleges and Universities, Local Authority, National Government, The White House
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Spy on mission to rebuild trust on home front
Sun ReporterThe best-received jokes at the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee's annual conference this summer dealt, only partly in jest, with impeaching President Bush. The speakers, who included liberal Democratic Rep. John Conyers Jr. of Michigan, railed...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Armed Forces, Minority Groups, California, Internal Revenue Service
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Politics dictated Justice Dept. hires
Associated PressFormer Justice Department officials broke the law by letting Bush administration politics dictate the hiring of prosecutors, immigration judges and other career government lawyers, according to results of an internal investigation released yesterday. For...Tags: Same-Sex Marriage, Minority Groups, The White House, Republican Party, Demographics
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House issues slavery apology
Associated PressThe House of Representatives issued an unprecedented apology yesterday to black Americans for wrongs committed against them and their ancestors who suffered under slavery and Jim Crow segregation laws. "Today represents a milestone in our nation's...Tags: Upper House, House M.D., National Government, Minority Groups, Tennessee
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Four arrested in protest of Karl Rove
The Swampby Katie Fretland Former Bush advisor Karl Rove was invited to speak at a GOP fundraiser in Des Moines, Iowa, but he did not get the warmest of welcomes from four residents who pledged to arrest him. Law enforcement officers......Tags: Republican Party, The White House, Newspapers, Parliament, Corruption
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Send Rove to jail petition passes 100,000
The Swamp(Brave New Films used the video above to promote the petition) by Katie Fretland A petition to send former White House deputy chief of staff Karl Rove to jail over refusing a subpoena to testify before a House committee has......Tags: Prosecution, Corrupt Practices, Values, National Government, The White House
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Bush Justice officials broke law: DOJ IG
The SwampMonica Goodling and D. Kyle Sampson, key aides to former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, violated federal law and departmental policy by considering political affiliation and other improper factors in Justice Department hiring decisions, according to...Tags: Prosecution, Upper House, National Government, The White House, Lawyers
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