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...Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid called it a "shocking revelation," and Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry said the White House should "stop hiding behind legalese." Democratic Rep. Henry Waxman of California, who would likely chair the House Government Reform Committee if Democrats win control of the House, sent a letter to the White House asking for "a full accounting" of "the President and Vice President's actions in authorizing leaks of classified intelligence about Iraq." Democratic Rep. John M. Dingell of Michigan, who, as a 50-year member, is dean of the House, said the "protection of those who risk their...
...immigration is not what is being said by the radical right, but the nature of the debate itself.Every immigration reform proposal currently being discussed has one common message: those folks ain’t okay. The most tolerant piece of legislation being considered in Congress—proposed by Sen. Edward M. Kennedy ‘54-’56 (D-Mass.) and Senator John McCain (R-Ariz.)—would help some undocumented workers gain legal status. But the bill would also slap immigrants with a $2,000 fine, a significant sacrifice for families struggling to make...
...words. We tend to think of being caught crying in public as being exposed - a raw, unvarnished act. It is a way of being emotional, to be sure, yet crying can be a way of avoiding emotional complications; see Randy "Duke" Cunningham?s pre-indictment press conference, or Sen. Dick Durbin?s oddly excruciating apology for comparing Gitmo interrogators to the Nazis...
...afternoon,however, Sen. John Cornyn, the Texas sponsor of a bill that would have split the difference between the Sensenbrenner and Kennedy bills, was in full retreat - literally leaving the building through the basement passageways into the Russell Senate office building. At the end of the day, Sen. Jon Kyl of Arizona, Cornyn's co-sponsor, was left alone proposing a series of amendments and wishing out loud that Cornyn were still there to offer some of them himself. Each went down to defeat as Kennedy sat, Buddha-like and in complete control, casting proxy votes in his deep baritone...
...When we last left this story, Republicans were scrambling to come up with a legislative fix for the unauthorized domestic collection operation, in part to prevent a broader backlash against the program in Congress. Leading the way was Sen. Mike DeWine, who proposes to create a special subcommittee to review the program and all its details every 45 days...