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Greg Sargent / Election Central:
Exclusive: Senator Chris Dodd Will Put A Hold On Telecom Immunity Bill — Senator Chris Dodd plans to put a hold on the Senate FISA renewal bill because it reportedly grants retroactive immunity to telephone companies for any role they played in the Bush administration's warrantless eavesdropping program, Election Central has learned.
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Washington Post:
Senate and Bush Agree On Terms of Spying Bill — Some Telecom Companies Would Receive Immunity — Senate Democrats and Republicans reached agreement with the Bush administration yesterday on the terms of new legislation to control the federal government's domestic surveillance program …
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Manu Raju / The Hill:
Leahy: Intel panel about to 'cave' on surveillance — Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) on Thursday condemned Intelligence Committee Democrats for brokering a deal with the White House that would provide retroactive immunity for telephone companies that assisted …
Jane Hamsher / Firedoglake:
Come On, Dodd Mania
Come On, Dodd Mania
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New York Times:
House Fails to Override Child Health Bill Veto — Supporters of a bill to provide health insurance for 10 million children failed this afternoon, as expected, to muster enough support in the House to override President Bush's veto. — The vote to override the veto was 273 to 156 …
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Michelle Malkin:
House showdown: The S-CHIP veto override vote; Update: Crazy Pete Stark accuses President Bush of blowing Iraqis and American troops up "for his amusement;" Update: 1:15pm Eastern Veto override fails;Update: MSM ignores Stark remarks — Update 3:20pm Eastern. See my new post on Pete StarkRavingMad.
Jeff G. / protein wisdom:
BREAKING: Pelosi working on Bush Impeachment? (UPDATED) — Via Richard M, who attended a meeting of anti-war activists in Los Angeles on Sunday: … Sadly, each of these explanations seems equally plausible. Which — equally sadly — speaks volumes about today's Congressional Democrats.
Washington Post:
House Fails to Overturn Bush Veto on Children's Health Insurance
House Fails to Overturn Bush Veto on Children's Health Insurance
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MSNBC:
Twin blasts strike near Bhutto — Ex-prime minister unhurt, up to 45 others killed, 100 injured — Flames burn in the center of Karachi after two explosions strike near a procession carrying former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, who returned to Pakistan Thursday after eight years of self-imposed exile.
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Mark Silva / The Swamp:
Richardson: Pakistan's Musharraf deserves no help
Richardson: Pakistan's Musharraf deserves no help
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Spencer Ackerman / TPMmuckraker:
Mukasey: President Can Break Some Laws — While Mukasey doesn't think there's an inherent presidential right to torture — which he said is explicitly prohibited by the Constitution — that's not to say he doesn't take a broad interpretation of the president's Article II authority.
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Paul Kiel / TPMmuckraker:
Is Waterboarding Torture? Mukasey: Yes, if It's Torture — Mukasey has firmly established that he's against torture — yesterday he even compared it to the Holocaust (see also here). — But what exactly does that mean? Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) asked Mukasey if he thought waterboarding was Constitutional.
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Wingnuttery — Keep it up, GOP. Please, please, please keep acting crazy. — For those with bad eyes, Mr. King has created a chart claiming the S-CHIP really stands for "Socialized Clinton-style Hillarycare for Illegals and their Parents." — Guys, you've done outdone yerselves on this one.
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Houston Chronicle:
Paul, Obama draw support from military voters — WASHINGTON — Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul, the congressman from the Houston area who opposes the Iraq war, has gotten more contributions than any other White House contender from donors identified as affiliated with the military.
Brian Maloney / The Radio Equalizer:
Rush Limbaugh eBay Auction, Anti-Conservative Smear Campaign — SMASHING EXPECTATIONS — Reid Smear Letter Bidding Reaches Shocking Level — *** FLASH - $851,000! When bidding reached $10,000, we were amazed. And when it ratcheted up to $45,000, many were astounded.
Ideas Primary:
ENDING THE STALEMATE ON IRAQ — President Bush's approval rating is in the low 30s. Congress's is even lower. Voters want a new strategy in Iraq, and they are clearly disgusted at the inability of the President and Congress to agree on one. — The logjam in Congress on the most pressing issue …
Jennifer Parker / Political Punch:
Yee-haw — So later this month, according to THIS INVITATION, the presidential campaign of Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-NY, is holding a "Rural Americans for Hillary" lunch and campaign briefing at the end of this month.... ..but she's holding it in Washington, DC.... ...at a lobbying firm...
Michael Scherer / Salon:
Giuliani's Christian-right foes to meet again — At a second meeting this weekend, leaders will mull mass defection from the GOP if the pro-choice New Yorker is the party nominee. — Rudy Giuliani in Washington on Oct. 13. — Washington — Key conservative and religious leaders …
Multi-National Force:
72-year-old concerned citizen takes down suicide bomber — Multi-National Corps - Iraq — Public Affairs Office, Camp Victory — APO AE 09342 — FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE — RELEASE No. 20071018-04 — 72-year-old concerned citizen takes down suicide bomber — 2nd BCT, 3rd Inf. Div.