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...problem has quickly gotten out of control nationwide," says Republican Congressman Kevin Brady of Texas, who in January introduced a House bill that would permit the jamming of cell-phone signals within prison walls. "Criminals are using cell phones even from death row to threaten victims and harass lawmakers. Inmates are making literally thousands of calls from prison...
...Southern District Court of New York. With a minimum of political fuss, she became the first Hispanic federal judge in the state. Nominated to the Appeals Court by President Bill Clinton in the summer of 1997, she was overwhelmingly approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee - including its then chairman, Republican Orrin Hatch of Utah. But Mississippi's Trent Lott, then the GOP leader, prevented the full Senate from taking up the nomination by using a "secret hold," a procedure that allows a Senator to prevent a motion from reaching the Senate floor for a vote...
...after strong lobbying by Democrats and Hispanic groups, Sotomayor's nomination came up for a vote in the Senate on Oct. 3, 1998. The vote was 67-29 in her favor. The nays included two Republicans who had voted against her in the Judiciary Committee: John Ashcroft, who is no longer on the Hill, and John Kyl of Arizona, who is still on the committee and is also the Senate Republican whip. (Seven GOP members who are still in the Senate today voted to approve the nomination...
...pick itself will also minimize friction. Yes, conservative activists and some Republican Senators will use a few of Sotomayor's more liberal statements and opinions to try to rally their base, revive the Republican Party and raise money...
...buying oceans of oil from countries that wish us ill. It would be unpopular, of course, but many responsible things are. Revenues from such a gas tax might also help Obama stop being so, well, irresponsible about how to pay for his "new era of responsibility." (See pictures of Republican memorabilia...