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Afterward, Kevin Terrell, who was among a group of attendees dressed in camouflage, told TIME that his militia group, the Ohio Valley Freedom Fighters, is closely watching various gun legislation in Congress. He noted that former President George Bush's expansion of presidential power is a problem because he believes the current president has used it to his advantage. "I used to think I was a right-wing Republican until Bush," he said. "Now that absolute power has been passed to a left-winger...
That the bill - also known as Waxman-Markey after its co-sponsors, the Democratic Congressmen Henry Waxman and Edward Markey - is historic is obvious, as it marks the first successful attempt by Congress to address climate change at a national level. But as the bill moves to the Senate, where the virtual requirement for 60 votes means that passage will be even more difficult, it's far less clear that Waxman-Markey is strong enough to meet the long-term threat of global warming. The sheer difficulty of the negotiations that produced this 1,300-page bill - and the fact...
...change. This week Minnesota Representative Jim Oberstar - the Democrat who runs the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee - unveiled his $500 billion, six-year draft bill to overhaul the nation's transportation system. Though the bill is still nebulous, analysts say it's a considerably more transit-friendly bill than Congress has produced in the past, pouring $100 billion into public transit. New transportation bills are authorized only once every six years, and there's a real sense that this year - with a convergence of concerns over congestion, climate change and gas prices - could be a watershed moment for transit, just...
...House seat in 1994 with no political experience. Financed his campaign with $100,000 of his own money. Served three terms in Congress, where he repeatedly fought spending increases and pork-barrel spending...
...millionaire, Sanford is known for frugality. Former employees said he required them to use both sides of index cards and Post-it notes. In Congress, he slept on a futon in his office...