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Josephine Hearn / The Hill:
Pelosi move triggers revolt — Furious black lawmakers, rallying behind Rep. William Jefferson (D-La.), were pulled back from the brink of open revolt against House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) in an emergency meeting with her yesterday. — The meeting with a handful of CBC members …
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Brian Ross Reports / The Blotter:
ABC News Update on Hastert Story — Brian Ross Reports: — Richard Esposito and Rhonda Schwartz contributed to this report. — Despite a flat denial from the Department of Justice, federal law enforcement sources tonight said ABC News accurately reported that Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert is …
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Laurie Kellman / Associated Press:
Some lawmakers wary of fight over FBI raid — WASHINGTON - Some lawmakers are warning of a voter backlash against members of Congress "trying to protect their own" if party leaders keep escalating a constitutional dispute over the FBI's raid of a representative's office.
Susan Crabtree / The Hill:
DOJ: Hastert is not under investigation — The Department of Justice issued a statement clarifying that Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) is not under investigation Wednesday evening after ABC World News Tonight reported that he was "very much in the mix" of the DOJ's sweeping congressional bribery probe.
R. Jeffrey Smith / Washington Post:
Libby Told Grand Jury Cheney Spoke of Plame — Vice President May Be Called as Witness — Vice President Cheney was personally angered by a former U.S. ambassador's newspaper column attacking a key rationale for the war in Iraq and repeatedly directed I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby …
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Associated Press:
Special counsel: Cheney may be called to testify — Prosecutor says vice president's 'state of mind' relevant in CIA leak case — WASHINGTON - Vice President Dick Cheney could be called to testify in the perjury case against his former chief of staff, a special prosecutor said in a court filing Wednesday.
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David Johnston / New York Times:
Counsel Says He May Use Cheney in Libby Trial — WASHINGTON, May 24 — A court filing on Wednesday by the special counsel in the C.I.A. leak case suggested that Vice President Dick Cheney would testify as a government witness in the trial of his former chief of staff, I. Lewis Libby Jr.
David S. Broder / Washington Post:
The Shadow of a Marriage — The two sides of Hillary Rodham Clinton — the opposites that make her potential presidential candidacy such a gamble — came into sharp focus Tuesday morning at the National Press Club. — For the better part of an hour, the senator from New York held forth …
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Charles Babington / Washington Post:
Fragile Senate Coalition Set To Pass Bill on Immigration — The Senate moved to the verge of passing landmark immigration legislation yesterday, scheduling a final vote for today on a bill that would tighten the borders while allowing millions of illegal immigrants to stay in the country and permitting new guest workers to come and go.
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Howard Fineman / Newsweek:
Selfless Oracle? — Al Gore is at his most appealing when he isn't running for office. But that doesn't mean that the former veep has left politics for good. — May 24, 2006 - In Washington the other day, I got a chance to tell Al Gore something I'd meant to say for a long time …
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Gregg Easterbrook / Slate:
Ask Mr. Science — The moral flaws of Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth.
Ask Mr. Science — The moral flaws of Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth.
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Griff Witte / Washington Post:
Expanded Worker Checks Would Use Faulty System — A federal database program with a checkered track record could dramatically expand to affect every U.S. employer and worker under provisions of the immigration legislation being considered by Congress. — The program is intended …
Mohammed Daraghmeh / Associated Press:
Abbas stuns Hamas with talk of referendum — RAMALLAH, West Bank - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Thursday he will call a national referendum on accepting a Palestinian state alongside Israel if Hamas does not agree to the idea within 10 days. — Abbas' surprise announcement …
Charles Lane / Washington Post:
Breach Was More of the Spirit, Not the Letter, of the Constitution — The FBI raid on Rep. William Jefferson's congressional office was an aggressive tactic that broke a long-standing political custom. But while it might violate the spirit of the Constitution, it might not violate the letter …
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
FBI beefs up staff to probe pols — Federal law-enforcement officials say they witnessed a dramatic jump in campaign-finance and other election-related crimes in the 2004 presidential election year and are determined to beef up their policing of candidates running for federal and local office around the country this year.
Michelle Malkin:
THE JIHADI SNIPERS REVISITED — For most people, the Beltway-area sniper case is a distant memory. Over and done. But in Montgomery County, Md., the pain and suffering caused by convicted killing spree murderers Lee Malvo and John Muhammad is as fresh and raw as it was three years ago …
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David Leonhardt / New York Times:
This Glass Is Half Full, Probably More — HERE is a political Rorschach test for this midterm election year. What's your reaction to the following: — These are the best of times in many ways. Americans are wealthier than previous generations, they are healthier and they enjoy a higher standard of living.