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The war funding bill: Any President would veto it

see “Senate OKs deadline in war funding” (Washington Times, 4/27/07) http://washingtontimes.com/national/20070427-124845-4769r.htm I haven’t written a lot about the House and Senate...

President’s Identity Theft Task Force issues recommendations

The Identity Theft Task Force has issued the formal recommendations they’ve been putting together since May, 2006. The recommendations include feedback solicited from the general public. The...

I Don’t Recall, Senator

Durbin quickly did a smack-down on Gonzales saying that that statement was essentially malarky and likened it to saying "if i disagree with the president on the war in Iraq, I am not supporting the...

Supreme Court Upholds Ban on Partial Birth Abortion

The Supreme Court upheld a nationwide ban on partial birth abortions today in a 5-4 vote. The Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003 which was passed by Congress and signed into law by President Bush...

15,000 U.S. troops could have their Iraq tours extended

The AP is reporting that the Pentagon is considering extending the tours of duty for 15,000 soldiers currently in Iraq. Gen. David Petraeus, the U.S. commander in Iraq sees some positives coming from...

NBC News: More National Guard Troops May Be Going To Iraq

Citing sources within the Pentagon, the Thursday edition of the NBC Nightly News reported that Defense Secretary Robert Gates plans to put 12,000 more National Guard troops on alert for deployment to...

The Problem With Gallup Polls

I was making my rounds through the blogsphere this morning and happened upon an article over at Daily Kos indicating it is the will of the American people to have troops withdrawn by the Fall of...

COPA: Its Not About the Children

Fresh perspectives by: Whymrhymer “Perhaps we do the minors of this country harm if (free speech) protections, which they will with age inherit fully, are chipped away in the name of their...

The week (March 23rd, 2007): Nobody asked me, but…

By Jefferson Flanders With a doffed cap to Jimmy Cannon, nobody asked me, but…SHOULD TRANSPORTATION SAFETY ADMINISTRATION airport screeners be allowed to unionize? Congress thinks so, but...

Dems Deny Vote on Amending EFCA to Disallow Illegals

Last week I wrote about H.R. 800: The Employee Free Choice Act, alerting you the bill would allow unions to form in companies without offering workers the opportunity to vote in secret ballots as...