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Senator Tim Johnson (D-S.D.) and Congressman John Peterson (R-Pa.) have embraced the HSPH report...
...succinctly when he argued that supporters of the Schiavo bill “reject the fundamental precept of American government—namely that it’s a limited government.” Whether one loves or loathes Frank, it is clear that when the famously liberal congressman complains about too much government he likely has a point...
...Feingold has a point. After 10 years in power, the Republicans have become as arrogant and, arguably, corrupt-yes, you, Congressman Tom DeLay-as the Democrats were when their 40 years of legislative control was mercifully halted in 1994. But there is a difference...
...also struck some as odd that the matter would be addressed on an urgent basis. "I'm looking into this, and I've asked for some information," said Republican Congressman Todd Tiahrt of Kansas. "Why is it an emergency?" Tiahrt, who favored funding only $18 million for preliminary planning and has requested a briefing on a "site survey" conducted for the DNI's space, said the Administration was leaning toward an expensive site in the Tyson's Corner, Va., area of the Washington suburbs. He wants to know why the new intelligence czar can't settle for more reasonably priced...
...poll, nearly half the supporters of Sinn Fein, the I.R.A.'s political wing, want the group to disband. While the sisters basked in Washington goodwill, Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams was snubbed by congressional allies and disinvited from the St. Patrick's Day party at the White House. Says Congressman Peter King, a longtime Sinn Fein supporter who met with the McCartneys: "They have a forum that no one has ever had before. [If] this case is followed all the way, and the guys who did it go to jail for it, that will have monumental impact on the people...