Put Up Your Dukes
Birch claimed to the crowd of 200 people that she and another HRC official had a private meeting in 1995 with a conservative GOP Member who had “railed against gay people, calling us homos and went
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Prescription Drug Benefit Is Latest Turn in a ‘Long Road’
“When President Johnson signed Medicare into law in 1965, he said in his speech: ‘No longer will older Americans be denied the healing miracle of modern medicine,’” Sen.
Jeffords: Bush Policies ‘Even Worse’ Now
Jim Jeffords (I-Vt.) will offer a scathing critique of the White House today and restate that he has no regrets about the decision that rocked Capitol Hill.
Product Placement for Edwards
“I don’t care if anybody listens to me, but it would be nice if everybody would just shut up just so you didn’t have to go through that 10 times today,” he barked.
Vacancy Could Doom BCRA
“For those of us who take the Constitution seriously, it is odd to hear colleagues essentially arguing that one is violating one’s oath of office by voting not to end debate on a nomination,” Feingold
Oh, Nellie
In yet another bad sign for President Bush’s $726 billion tax-cut plan, Sen. Ben Nelson (D-Neb.) last week chewed out David Hobbs, the White House’s chief Congressional liaison.
Capitol Raises Threat Level
Additionally, two “Dear Colleague” letters will be sent to House offices today from Sergeant-at-Arms Bill Livingood.
Levin’s Homeland Insecurity
“As you may know, Rove is referred to by President Bush as his ‘boy genius’ and is credited for the rapid political ascension of the president,” said the Shadegg e-mail.
War Polling: It’s Not So Cut and Dry
Today, on the broadest questions about invading Iraq, all major polls show majority support.
Another Switch?
“I appreciate Dick Gephardt letting us know that he’s running for president,” said the staffer.
Whodunit?
The list also shows that a reconciliation package, including President Bush’s economic package, is planned for just before the spring recess.
Democratic Response to the State of the Union
Gary Locke delivered the Democratic response to the President Bush’s State of the Union address Tuesday night. Following is the transcript of his speech: Good evening.
State of the Union Excerpts
During the second half of the speech, President Bush will talk about our challenges abroad to defend the peace by confronting them: “The qualities of courage and compassion that we strive
Text of Pre-State of the Union Speeches Delivered by Daschle, Pelosi
And what the two of us would like to talk about today is what the American people are telling us – and what we, as a nation, should be doing to make sure that their concerns are not only heard, but heeded
Kerry Hits Bush for ‘Blustering Unilateralism’ in Georgetown Speech
“We can do better than we are doing today.
Could Blunt Be the Next One in Line?
When he was first elected to the House in 1996, Blunt wanted to jump-start his House career by running for Republican freshman class president.
Russell Building an ‘Injustice’?
All of us know them to have been exactly that. But I thought we had learned that it is unwise to anticipate history’s verdict.”