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Immigration Bill Derailed in Senate
WASHINGTON (June 8) -- The Senate divisions that derailed a White House-backed immigration bill -- for now, at least -- mirror the U.S. society's deep differences over the issue, according to polling data, lawmakers and analysts. Those gaps will challenge any e...
Jun 8, 2007, 12:47 pm - LOTTOMIKE

Oregon Governor Gets Food Stamps
SALEM, Ore., April 27 He swore off beer, had to put the pricey organic bananas back on the supermarket shelf and squeezed four meals out of a single chicken, all in the name of reducing hunger. And this is not even an election year. Gov. Theodore R. Kulongoski s decision to live on $3 a day in grocery money for a week, as he had been urged to do in an Oregon food stamp challenge, could confound the surest cynic. At 66, he...
May 2, 2007, 7:52 am - LOTTOMIKE

President Calls War Funding Bill 'Prescription for Chaos'
WASHINGTON (May 2) -- President Bush 's veto of an Iraq war spending bill that set timelines for U.S. troop withdrawals puts new pressure on Democrats in Congress to craft a compro...
May 2, 2007, 7:20 am - LOTTOMIKE

Lawmakers Consider Less Crack Cocaine Penalties
March 12) - Momentum is building in Congress to ease crack cocaine sentencing guidelines, which the American Civil Liberties Union and other critics say have filled prisons with low-level drug dealers and addicts whose punishments were much worse than their crimes. Federal prison sentences for possessing or selling crack have far exceeded those for powder cocaine for two decad...
Mar 13, 2007, 7:56 am - LOTTOMIKE

White House Tries to Avoid Iraq Showdown
WASHINGTON (Jan. 17) -- A Senate resolution opposing President Bush 's war plan on Iraq put the White House and...
Jan 18, 2007, 1:31 am - LOTTOMIKE

the social security issue
WASHINGTON -- President Bush tried and failed to fix Social Security's long-term finances with his own party in control of Congress. His determination to keep trying, even as Democrats take over, is fueling speculation that he is ready to meet their price for coming to the bargaining table: dropping his goal of letting workers create private retirement accounts. While Democrats don't take over the House and Senate until January, already some in both parties a...
Nov 24, 2006, 2:33 am - LOTTOMIKE

"Imputed Income ... time to pay close attention
Anyone who owns a home or hopes to own one needs to pay close attention to this socialist scheme to redistribute income and assets via siezure through taxation.... and we do know the foundation of the current DemocratSocialist party is FOR THE GOVERNMENT TO OWN EVERYTHING . They do not believe in private property ownership, period. &qu...
Nov 1, 2006, 9:18 am - konane

"Give Us Shari'a, UK Muslim Leaders Tell Gov't
Seems the mafia uses a similar tactic paying for protection but this one is saying the violence will stop if moderates can be in control of everything. Smacks of racketeering, extortion IMHO. Anyone believing that BS offer might want to apply for this job opening ...........
Aug 16, 2006, 12:10 pm - konane

"Winning Is Not an Option
Winning Is Not an Option Chasing the infidel American crusaders out of Iraq is the jackpot. And that is precisely what the Democrats are for. By Jonah Goldberg Source NationalReviewOnline Let...
Jun 16, 2006, 12:54 pm - konane

'Green' Politicians Add to Gas Price Woes
And we have the same facts laid out for us again. Clintons' economic policies can be reviewed here top 4 paragraphs, the results of which we're living through now. http://alamo-girl.com/0341.htm 'Green'...
Apr 28, 2006, 11:31 am - konane