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...CONGRESSWOMAN HEATHER WILSON'S BILL would allow the targeting of individuals, not devices, but would require eavesdroppers to get a warrant within weeks of doing so. The bill would require that Congress be given written notification and justification for no-warrant wiretaps. Most Senate Republicans support Bush's plan, but leading House Republicans back Wilson, a New Mexico Republican, who chairs the subcommittee that oversees eavesdropping...
...almost astounding that Katherine Harris would willingly put herself in a position to be the butt of more jokes. But as a candidate in the absurd political circus that has been the Republican Senate primary race, that is just what the former Secretary of State and two-term congresswoman has done, and she now finds herself imploding on the eve of the primary election next Tuesday, painted as a bumbling, Starbucks-swilling, intolerant party pariah...
STRIKING SEQUEL After losing her primary, Georgia Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney--who tried to rebuild her reputation after smacking a cop on Capitol Hill--blames "the press in this room tonight" for physically hurting her mother and her staff but leaves it an open question as to who's at fault for her sing-along that evening with pop singer Pink's Dear Mr. President...
...coming midterm elections, Democrats can ink, not pencil in, newcomer Hank Johnson for the 4th Congressional district win in November, retaining the seat for Democrats as they fight to gain control of the House. Johnson defeated embattled incumbent Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney in a runoff Tuesday night in a Georgia district that has been a historical lock for Democrats. And it's even more of a sure thing now that the more moderate Johnson will be the candidate this fall...
...down voluntarily. Connecticut's party chair and Republican governor both made it clear they wanted him to go, but Schlesinger is having none of it. "I'm not leaving the race under any circumstances," he says. Party operatives have even started comparing him to Katherine Harris, the unloved Florida Congresswoman whose seemingly hopeless insistence on running for the Senate has infuriated Republicans who see a chance to take a seat there slipping away thanks to her unpopularity...