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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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James Risen / New York Times:
Senate Issues Subpoenas in Eavesdropping Investigation — The Senate Judiciary Committee issued a series of subpoenas to the White House, Vice President Cheney's office, and the Justice Department today related to the National Security Agency's warrantless wiretapping program …
Amy Goldstein / Washington Post:
Fired Prosecutor Says Gonzales Pushed Death Penalty — Figures Show Attorney General Often Overrules U.S. Attorneys' Arguments Against Capital Charges — Paul K. Charlton, one of nine U.S. attorneys fired last year, told members of Congress yesterday that Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales …
Josh Meyer / Los Angeles Times:
Senate subpoenas White House over wiretapping
Senate subpoenas White House over wiretapping
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Ana Marie Cox / TIME: Swampland:
Romney in Deep Doo-Doo? — I'll have a more formal version of this story up in a bit, but: it turns out that strapping your dog to the roof of your car might actually be against Massachusetts state law, which says anyone who … Not that we can lock him him up.
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Ana Marie Cox / TIME: Swampland:
Romney's Shaggy Dog Story — I can't be the only one who finds, in this anecdote, something else entirely besides, "emotion-free crisis management": … Unless by "emotion-free" you mean, "the kind of cold fish who could feel no emotion about strapping his dog to the roof of his car."
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Boston Globe:
Journeys of a shared life — Raising sons, rising expectations bring unexpected turns — The five Romney boys each had their own profiles within the family. As Tagg would later describe his brothers, Matt was "the jokester, always pushing people's buttons" and Josh was "the typical middle child …
Carrie Budoff / The Politico:
Immigration bill struggling — Proponents of the Senate immigration bill were unable to block an amendment Wednesday on identification requirements, casting doubt on whether the overall measure will clear a crucial test vote set for Thursday morning. — The bill survived its first cloture motion Tuesday by a vote of 64 to 35.
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Bloomberg:
Immigration Measure in Doubt Over Senate Defections — The fate of U.S. immigration legislation was cast into doubt when at least six senators who helped revive the proposed overhaul said they either oppose or are leaning against a move to permit a vote on final passage.
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Audio: Voinovich humiliates himself in shamnesty debate with Hannity; Update: Cloture votes down to 60? — A travesty. He's the personification of the bill's ills: ignorant of and incurious about its weaknesses, confused as to what's in it and what isn't (per his comments …
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National Review:
Cloture Tomorrow — A Senate source with well-established good instincts predicts: "Vote should be close... I'll be very surprised if this bill lives beyond tomorrow morning. Not certain, but four of the 64 are now on record as changing to "no" votes. One more and it's over—assuming none of the "no" votes flip."
Gateway Pundit:
MASS RIOTING Against the Regime in Iran (Video!) — RIOTING IN IRAN!! — The latest gas crisis has the people rioting against the Regime! — ** Report: Upset crowds set fire to some 50 gas stations in Tehran! — ** Another Report: "The Situation is Out of Control!" — Video from a Leftist Iranian website.
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MSNBC:
'Hardball with Chris Matthews' for June 26 — CHRIS MATTHEWS, HOST: Ann Coulter, author of "Godless: The Church of Liberalism," plays HARDBALL. Let's play with her! — Good evening. I'm Chris Matthews. Welcome to HARDBALL. Tonight, from our HARDBALL plaza, just steps away from the U.S. Capitol …
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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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Linda Greenhouse / New York Times:
Even in Agreement, Scalia Puts Roberts to Lash — It's not every day that one Supreme Court justice, even one as rhetorically unrestrained as Justice Antonin Scalia, characterizes another justice, let alone the chief justice of the United States, as a wimp and a hypocrite.
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Rob Bluey / Bluey Blog:
Earmarks in the Amnesty Bill: Trading Votes for Pork — There are all sorts of goodies in Sen. Harry Reid's clay pigeon amendment, but two pork projects — one in Utah and the other in Alaska — stand out. Why? Three of the senators who would benefit from the earmarks voted in favor of cloture yesterday.
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Nico / Think Progress:
Meet The Press Roundtable To Feature Christian Broadcasting Network Blogger — ThinkProgress has learned that this Sunday's edition of NBC's Meet the Press will include a journalist roundtable featuring David Brody, a blogger and news correspondent for the Christian Broadcasting Network.
CREW:
CREW RELEASES "THE BEST LAID PLANS: THE STORY OF HOW THE GOVERNMENT IGNORED ITS OWN GULF COAST HURRICANE PLANS" — 27 Jun 2007 // Washington, DC - Today, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) released a new report, The Best Laid Plans: The Story of How the Government Ignored …
Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
CQ Radio Scoop: Fred Thompson Statement — In an exclusive scoop at BlogTalkRadio, Fred Thompson will make a statement at 3:30 pm CT today through an additional show for CQ Radio. Be sure to listen live, or catch the podcast that will follow. — If you want to embed the player …
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