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Laurie Kellman / Associated Press:
White House, Cheney's office, subpoenaed — WASHINGTON - The Senate Judiciary Committee subpoenaed the White House and Vice President Dick Cheney's office Wednesday for documents relating to President Bush's warrant-free eavesdropping program. — Also named in subpoenas signed …
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Mike Allen / The Politico:
Dems force Cheney to flip-flop on secret docs — Dick Cheney's office is abandoning a justification for keeping the Vice-President's secret papers out of the hands of the National Archives. — Officials working for Cheney had tried to claim he is separate from the executive branch …
leahy.senate.gov:
U.S. SENATOR PATRICK LEAHY — CONTACT: Office of Senator Leahy, 202-224-4242 — VERMONT — Senate Judiciary Committee Issues Subpoenas — For Legal Basis Of Bush Administration's — Domestic Surveillance Program — Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) …
Spencer Ackerman / TPMmuckraker:
SJC Wants WH, DOJ's Own "Family Jewels" — The CIA's declassification of its "family jewels" — decades-old files on scandals past — may have attracted a ton of attention, but the Senate Judiciary Committee this afternoon subpoenaed the Bush administration's family jewels …
Michael Abramowitz / Washington Post:
Cheney Aide Explains Stance on Classified Material — Vice President Cheney's office offered its first public written explanation yesterday for its refusal to comply with an executive order regulating the handling of classified material, arguing that the order makes clear that the vice president …
Leader's Journal releases of democrats:
Senate Republicans: The "Grand Obstructionist Party" — While Senate Democrats are determined to move America in a new direction, Senate Republicans are doing their best to stop change at every turn. Senate Republicans are forcing the Senate to waste hours upon hours debating meaningless motions …
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The Carpetbagger Report
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Think Progress:
Senate Conservatives Aggressively Obstructing Critical Legislation — Senate conservatives in the 110th Congress are obstructing and blocking legislation at a rate more than double that of the past two Congresses combined. — During the first six months of the current Congress …
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The Spirit of Man
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
GOP preps for talk radio confrontation — House Republican lawmakers are preparing to fight anticipated Democratic efforts to regulate talk radio by reviving rules requiring stations to balance conservative hosts such as Rush Limbaugh with liberals such as Al Franken.
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White House:
President Bush Rededicates Islamic Center of Washington — The Islamic Center of Washington, Washington, D.C. — Fact Sheet: Strengthening Our Friendship with the Muslim Community Worldwide — THE PRESIDENT: Imam, thank you very much. Thank you for inviting me. I bring my personal respect to you, sir.
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CBS News:
Poll: Young Voters Favor Obama, Clinton — CBS/NYT/MTV Poll: More 17- To 29-Year-Olds Paying Attention To 2008 Presidential Campaign — (CBS) Democrats Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton are the favored presidential candidates of younger Americans, according to a poll conducted by CBS News, The New York Times and MTV.
The Atlantic Online:
Too Little, Too Late — It's frustrating to see this level of attention given by the MSM and the Huffington Post alike to the theory that GOP Senators are taking on Bush over the war. I was writing about this yesterday and have a Guardian column out about it but we're way past the point for this kind of B.S.
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Washington Post, Guardian, Liberal Values, Middle Earth Journal, Daily Kos, Taylor Marsh, Needlenose, Brian Beutler and Eschaton
Washington Times:
'Amnesty' fake papers pledged in wiretap — ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: — The head of a Mexican forgery ring was convinced he could make phony documents that illegal aliens could use to indicate fraudulently that they were eligible for a new amnesty, says a government affidavit recounting wiretapped phone calls the man made.
Tomoeh Murakami Tse / Washington Post:
Buffett Slams Tax System Disparities — Speech Raises at Least $1 Million for Clinton Campaign — Warren E. Buffett was his usual folksy self Tuesday night at a fundraiser for Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) as he slammed a system that allows the very rich to pay taxes at a lower rate than the middle class.