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Clinton Administration Veterans Figure Heavily Among Obama Legal Picks

law.com
15-Nov-2008 7 related
        

Dozens of former Clinton administration officials are experiencing renewed popularity as President-elect Barack Obama assembles the legal arm of his administration. Four of the five members announced Friday as part of Obama's...

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Nat Hentoff: Time bomb for liberties in Bush legacy

sacbee.com
14-Nov-2008 1 related
        

Soon after 9/11, George W. Bush, addressing Congress, said of our murderous enemies, "They hate our freedoms!" But on Oct. 17, 2006, Bush – following the path charted by Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld and then-Attorney General...

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2010 & 2012 Election Prologue

donklephant.com
14-Nov-2008 478 related
        

Divided government will be restored in 2012, either through the Republicans winning the presidency or (more likely) a majority in the Senate. If the latter, we will be in the interesting situation that we have a divided...

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Simon Lazarus and Ian Millhiser: Barack Obama must stop the supreme court from providing immunity...

guardian.co.uk
13-Nov-2008 1 related
        

Simon Lazarus and Ian Millhiser Fourteen years ago, a single mother named Ann Dunham began a long, ultimately unsuccessful battle with cancer – and a simultaneous war with her health insurance provider. Congress passed Erisa in...

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Democrats air 'serious concerns' over Cheney records

bostonherald.com
13-Nov-2008 25 related
        

Added 3m ago WASHINGTON - Senate Democrats on the Intelligence and Judiciary Committees last week told the White House to preserve all records produced by the Bush administration and expressed "particular concerns" whether Vice...

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What Party is more Partisan?

wackbag.com
13-Nov-2008
        

Percentage of time voting along with your party, 110th Congress* * 97.5%: Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL), Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) * 97.4%: Sen. Ben Cardin (D-MD) * 97.3%: Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) * 96.9%: Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY)...

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The New Congress And Technology

cbsnews.com
13-Nov-2008 3 related
        

Presidential elections may capture the public's attention, as Barack Obama's victory did last week, but the less glamorous work in the U.S. Congress tends to prove more important for technology topics.

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Dickinson Grad Successful

dickinson.edu
12-Nov-2008
        

Dickinson graduate Patrick Sheahan ’07 was recently promoted to the press assistant on the Senate Judiciary Committee in Washington, D.C. In August, Sheahan left his post as staff assistant in Senator Patrick Leahy’s (D-VT)...

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Obama's First Big Mistake on the Job: Rescuing Sen. Joe Lieberman

democrats.com
12-Nov-2008 161 related
        

By Dave Lindorff The word is that Barack Obama, in keeping with his promise of a new post-Bush/Cheney era of “civility in government,” is telling Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid not to eject the treacherous Sen. Joe Lieberman...

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Are We Safer?

freemarketnews.com
11-Nov-2008
        

Tuesday, November 11, 2008 - FreeMarketNews.com Leroy Richmond still can't believe his luck. In 2001 the postal worker and volunteer safety captain at the U.S. Postal Service's Brentwood facility in Washington, D.C., was among...

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