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...Schiavo's doctors had not properly diagnosed her condition. He has suggested that if abortion is made illegal, doctors who perform abortions should be given the death penalty and called the notion that global warming is occurring "crap." And for many years, looking to promote abstinence, he has given Capitol Hill staffers a detailed presentation on sexually transmitted diseases that includes many pictures showing how they harm the body...
...last year on the so-called "Bridge to Nowhere" - which would have spent more than $200 million to connect two virtually uninhabited areas in Alaska - Coburn now has his eye on a bunch of projects inserted in this bill by two of the most experienced and powerful men on Capitol Hill, Mississippi Republican Senators Thad Cochran and Trent Lott. And while Lott and Cochran won a vote last week to keep in the bill $700 million for a railroad in Mississippi damaged by the hurricane that has already been rebuilt (a project dubbed the "Railroad to Nowhere" by critics...
...radio stations, Catholic organizers and liberal activists - stunned lawmakers and caused several Senators who had been on the sidelines to begin working for some compromise that would both tighten borders and give some hope for illegal workers who are already in the United States. But a quick survey of Capitol Hill Monday showed that the new round of events, coordinated by unions and civil-rights groups on behalf of illegal immigrants, may be counterproductive...
...atmosphere of mistrust. Democrats remain worried that the GOP is trying to sabotage a compromise in order to provide a campaign issue and portray the opposition as intransigent, as they did to great effect with homeland security in 2002. A Democratic Senate aide said that Democrats on Capitol Hill "are concerned that this will stir up the right-wing opponents and kook fringe while accomplishing very little," creating "a side issue" that distracts from the goal of getting a good bill...
...Yorkers, felt deeply touched by that day. Indeed, I had found it hard to even watch the trailer online. At the heart of “United 93” is the story of the passengers and the hijackers of United Airlines Flight 93, which was aimed at the Capitol building, but crashed into the Pennsylvania countryside when the passengers fought back against the hijackers. Greengrass, who directed “Bloody Sunday” and the unusually artistic thriller “The Bourne Supremacy,” takes his time with the story, building up with almost painful...